FearTheReaper

Me: 

Tolkien who in his Letters (fn 110) praised the work of British novelist Mary Renault, who at this point in her career had already written the Gay classic The Charioteer. 

Both The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea feature positive male characters who loved and lived with men.

Tolkien who, as a medievalist, was intimately acquainted with legends of intense male warrior friendships, such as the one of Amicus and Amelius, friendships that transcend the distinction between platonic friendship and sexual love. While Tolkien’s depiction of Sam and Frodo was ostensibly modelled on the relationship of a gentleman officer and his batman in WWI (in itself not a resoundingly heterosexual relationship), the theme of the ultimate sacrifice 

points towards medieval models of male-male warrior friendships.

Tolkien who, other than his close friend C.S. Lewis, never felt the need to (however humble) publicly condemn homosexuality.

Also x2, the Valar were canonically gender-weird! There are bits in the Silmarillion (which I would look up to cite but cannot as I am at work-if someone feels so inclined I’d appreciate it) where they are taking physical form ‘as one puts on clothing’ , and so were described in terms of forms they would “usually” take to best express their internal sense of gender, but with it acknowledged in text that that wasn’t necessarily a perfect fit.

Fire Lord Zuko waiting until the day he reaches the age of majority to pass this law, lest anyone think he is a coward

Zuko fights it for them.

Which, especially in more rural towns (where Agni Kais are less of a public event and more of a fast and violent duel) is terrifying because you challenge your neighbor’s kid over a stolen chicken-fish and all of a sudden the Fire Lord is showing up???

Firelord Zuko: *wakes up in a cold sweat near midnight*

It fucking doesn’t.

When I started dating my current boyfriend we talked for 6 hours on our first date and 7 hours on our second. We talked about a shit ton of different topics, and one of those topics was politics and the #metoo movement. We talked about sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Every step along the way towards us having sex he asked for my consent. The first day we actually had sex he made sure I was ready and checked in on me several times to make sure I was still enjoying myself. He was amazing.

I had men who were trying to flirt with me grab at me before I even knew who they were. I’ve had creepy old men decide giving me a shoulder massage while I was sitting down the perfect way they could introduce themselves. That is the type of touching we want to stop.

Any of the guys that are scared off by women saying “don’t touch us unless we ask” are the exact type of guys that need to learn about consent, women’s bodily autonomy and personal space.

If you are concerned that becoming friends with a women in the Me Too era will read to someone accusing you of sexual harassment, you need to rethink how you interact with women.

I have a bunch of guy friends, and none of them are afraid I’m going to accuse them of anything. Do you know why? We are friends. We treat each other with respect. Any of them can hug me goodbye or put their arm around me and I know they won’t touch me inappropriately. But when we first met that wasn’t true. We built a friendship of trust.

I am a hugger, I like hugging people. My friends know this about me, but when I meet new people I always ask them if it is okay that I hug them. I have had people say no, and I respect that and do not hug them.

A hell of their creation. We've been complaining about the consequences for ever and they called us snowflakes. Fucking took them too long.

Next up, another depression, climate change, health catastrophe, then artificial intelligence.

A color photo of Dr. MLK Jr. I got from twitter.https://twitter.com/FoxxyGlamKitty/status/1351036467343196164

another color photo shared by The Marin Luther King Jr. Center on twitter

https://twitter.com/TheKingCenter/status/1351114979097927681

In American schools we are shown all these pictures in black in white to make us think these are the sins of the past long before. They weren’t all that long ago. Today would have been MLKs 92nd birthday. Don’t believe the lies we’re taught in school that the era of segration was so far away ago. They are many color photos of him and the civil rights protestors and many of them are still alive today to tell their stories.