Contact: kickneckbeardass (at) gmail This is my ranty sub blog - my personal/fandom blog is elsewhere. I can't send Asks, but I can answer them! I'm generally going to save my pissy reblogs for this place, so be prepared for mostly angry reblogs. If that's too negative for you, I totally understand. I'm a feminist and pro-SJ! I'm a big MLP fan, but I dislike most online Bronies due to my bad history with them. I'm mostly yelling at that 99% though, so if you see me yelling at Bronies - I don't hate them because of the ponies, but because of the toxicity of the fandom, esp online. Despite my angry tone, I'm very open to being educated on shit I mess up on - if I'm fucking up, tell me! I don't want to be ignorant on purpose.
When we talk about being fat-positive and we say, āweight is not an indication of health,ā I will reblog it. But I want us to also say, āhealth is not an indication of value.ā
I could be at any weight and I will never be healthy, because I am chronically ill. Someone might be chronically ill and fat, or they might be chronically ill and not fat, and it really doesnāt matter.
When you make it about health, youāre saying health is the pinnacle of human achievement, and youāre shitting on those of us for whom health will always be a pipe dream.
Iām chronically ill and deadly thin and the amount of times Iāve heard people sayĀ ābut you look so healthyā when i feel like iām dying is ridiculous. I donāt look healthy, any doctor could tell you that, I just look thin.
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One of my cousins passed away unexpectedly at the age of 35, and had been paying back a loan from the bank. About two weeks after his death, my great aunt received a statement from the bank (his mail was being delivered to her house) about a late payment. She called the bank and explained the situation and the only thing a manager could say was āWell, thatās unfortunate. We can arrange so payments will resume in 30 days, that should be enough time to have already paid for the other arrangements.ā
On top of the unexpected $10,000 funeral, cremation and burial bill, my aunt had to finish paying my uncleās $5,000 loan. Sheās a disabled retiree, on a fixed income, and could barely afford to pay for her insulin for diabetes. She nearly lost her home of more than 40 years. Fuck the system.
My great-grandmother had her identity stolen before she died at the age of 93, and thousands of charges were racked up on credit cards in her name. After she passed away, they called my mother to try and collect. My mom laughed at them, and told them: āSheās dead, good luck collecting.ā The credit card asked my mother, āDonāt you want to clear your grandmotherās debts? Donāt you want to clear her good name?ā My mom laughed at them again. āNo,ā she said. āBecause a 90 year old wasnāt watching porn with those credit cards, and her name is fine. Donāt give credit cards to old women likely to pass away soon. This is on you.ā
Which is how I learned as a young child to always question collection agents, and to never pay off debts that arenāt your own. They often canāt even collect that money from the estate, if there is one, depending on how you write your will and what kind of account the money was kept in.
If a loved one of yours dies and bill collectors (credit cards, loans, etc etc) start calling you off the hook and request that you pay off their debts, tell them in no uncertain terms to go fuck themselves.
The reason being is that the moment you give them a single penny, that debt is now on YOU because youāve now agreed to pay it off.
Do not agree to pay off their debt. Do not pass go, do not give them $200.
Boosting this to let people know that if any of these greedy little dog-fuckers start harassing them to pay off a relatives debt the correct thing to do is just tell them to piss off and not pay them a single thing
And that there is NOTHING they can do if you do this
Never, ever, EVER pay so much as a single cent on a debt owed by someone whoās passed away. You make even a single payment and thatās considered you accepting responsibility for the debt, and they can then legally expect you to repay the whole thing.
Theyāre like vampires - they canāt collect unless you let them in. Donāt invite them in.
pls give me 1(one) reason aces have ever been oppressed, and 1(one) example of aces being a part of lgbt history(before 2004 at least) and then maybe iāll consider the idea that aces belong in the lgbt community lol
Proof of the existence of asexuals in LGBT+ communities before 2000:
The Golden Orchid association (1644-1949) - a group of women in China that included lesbians, bisexuals, andĀ āwomen who wanted to avoid both marriage options, and any romantic or sexual partnershipā that today we would call asexual or aromantic.Ā
Another Golden Orchid association link (which, interestingly, describes what appears to be a poly relationship).Ā
Personal experience of a queer-identifying person noting that aces were part of the bi communityĀ in the 80s and 90s.
A book published in 1999 supports the previous link of someoneās personal experience, and notes that asexuals could be considered part of KinseyāsĀ āGroup 3ā³ (the bisexuals) because they wereĀ āabout equally homosexual and heterosexualā andĀ āhave no strong preferences for one or the otherā just like bisexuals.Ā
Another book that supports the personal experience source by noting that asexuals were considered part of the bisexualĀ āGroup 3ā³, which was published in 1999.
Another post of someoneās personal experiences of asexuals being part of the LGBT+ community in the 90s.Ā
A source from 1999 noting that, while some female-female relationships in the early to mid-twentieth century were obviously lesbian relationships, not all of them were, but that it would be a mistake to label them all āfriendshipsā. It specifically notes that asexual partnered relationships also existed.Ā
This book describes a series of interviews done in 1990 by Catherine Whitney who interviewed heterosexual women married to gay men, and found that they were often asexual. It also describes how, in 1990, Ann Landers (a very popular advice columnist) asked her readers if married couples could enjoy a full life without sex and was flooded with 35,000 responses from people of all ages who had little or no sex and didnāt miss it. It also describes how āBoston marriageā was originally coined with a not-necessarily-always-accurate implication that such a relationship between women was nonsexual, but that later on the assumption was reversed to imply women in a sexual lesbian relationship, and how that caused some women involved in such relationships to hide the asexual nature of their relationships for fear of being called frauds by the larger lesbian community.
This 1997 book that statesĀ āTo be a Kinsey 3 (bisexual) is to be equally attracted to men and women, i.e. completely bisexualā¦it is also to be equally unattracted to men and women, i.e. completely asexual. Bisexuality is never about two, only about one ā asexual, or self-fulfilling ā or three ā continuously and equally attracted to both men and womenā.
Proof of asexuality being considered as a concrete, distinct orientation before 2000:
One of the first online posts about asexuality in its current use, was made in 1997.Ā
A study on anorexia and bulemia in gay and bisexual men done in 1999 found that 58% of anorexia patients were asexual.Ā
The 1997 Australasian Gay & Lesbian Law Journal mentions asexual as aĀ ārelevant sexual identityā.
A 1983 issue of the Journal of Sex Research studied the Mental Health Implications of Sexual Orientation among heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual people.Ā
The article āAsexuality as Orientation: Some Historical Perspectivesā describes different historical studies on asexuality, including a study from Johnson in 1977 where the word asexual was used to describe womenĀ āregardless of physical or emotional condition, actual sexual history, and marital status or ideological orientation, [who] seem to prefer not to engage in sexual activityā. It also describes a 1980 study by Storms who included asexual as one of four orientation categories when mapping out sexual orientation. It also describes a 1983 study by Nurius that found out of 685 participants, 5% of males and 10% of females were asexual. It also describes a 1990 study by Berkley et al. that included questionsĀ ārelated to homosexuality, heterosexuality, and asexualityā and included four items (out of 45) that were specific to asexuality.Ā
This book published in 1922 contains a lot of what I personally would describe as narcissism and pseudo-science, but acknowledges asexuality nonetheless:Ā āIn addition to the ordinary distinctive males and females, we have asexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, and old women of both sexes.ā
This book from 1996 that notes āA transsexual may have a heterosexual orientation, a homosexual orientation, a bisexual orientation ā or an asexual orientationā and clarifies that āa very small number ā are asexual or bisexual.ā
This book mentions a study by Malyon in 1981 that noted the options available to gay and lesbian teenagers choosing whether, or how, to come out by ā[describing] three possible modes of adaptation in adolescence: repression of sexual desire, suppression of homosexual impulses in favor of heterosexual or asexual orientation, or a homosexual disclosure.ā
Kinds of oppression that asexuals face:
Eunjung Kim wrote a chapter titled āHow Much Sex Is Healthy? The Pleasures of Asexualityā that describes how āthe absence of sexual desires, feelings, and activities is seen as abnormal and reflective of poor healthā in Western contemporary cultureĀ ābecause of the explicit connection between sexual activeness and healthinessā and argues thatĀ āmedical explanations of asexuality as an abnormality that has to be corrected constitute a large part of the stigmatization and marginalization experienced by asexual people.ā It also discusses the ways in which some groups, specifically Asian American males, that are desexualized can erase the space for asexual Asian American men to simply exist.
Asexuals also face sexual harassment, rape threats,Ā corrective sexual assault, and corrective rape (which, no, is not a lesbian-only term according to actual South Africans) specifically because they are asexual.Ā
There was a recent study by the AAU to identify sexual assault on college campuses, and broke down the responders to their survey by sexual orientation, including asexual. The results clearly show that asexuals are not immune to unwanted sexual contact, stalking, intimate partner violence, or sexual harassment.
A chapter ofĀ āAsexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectivesā that notes the specific way that asexual people are talked to/about:Ā āBecause asexual difference cannot be iterated in the linguistic field where sex and a sexed position dominate the discourse of sexuality and desire, the asexual subject is linguistically and visually dismantled and reconstructed in the position of a fetish object. This fetishistic conversion happens because the asexual person is made into an image, or spectacle, for consumption.ā andĀ āThe difference between the unassailable asexual (someone who lacks all of the traits commonly blamed for asexuality such as past history of abuse, disability, etc.) and the spectacular asexual is that while the unassailable asexual allegedly makes asexuality digestible for a skeptical public and presents an accessible image, the spectacular asexual is always consumed as a fetish object, regardless of mental health, ability, and gender.ā
The studyĀ āIntergroup bias towardĀ āGroup Xā: Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination of asexualsā is exactly what it sounds like. The articleās abstract states:Ā āIn two studies (university student and community samples) we examined the extent to which those not desiring sexual activity are viewed negatively by heterosexuals. We provide the first empirical evidence of intergroup bias against asexuals (the so-called āGroup Xā), a social target evaluated more negatively, viewed as less human, and less valued as contact partners, relative to heterosexuals and other sexual minorities. Heterosexuals were also willing to discriminate against asexuals (matching discrimination against homosexuals). Potential confounds (e.g., bias against singles or unfamiliar groups) were ruled out as explanations.ā
The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality describes many issues that asexuals face, including: how asexuality is seen as āinvisibleā and lends to people thinking it does not exist, how asexuality is actively erased asĀ āunimportantā or not its own identity, the explicitly and implicitly negative messages associated with a lack of sexual attraction, the fear asexuals face when they believe there is something physically or psychologically wrong with them for being asexual, the belief asexuals face about how they must be deeply flawed since they do not conform to other sexual identities, how asexuals face cultural ideologies that sexuality is biologically based and ubiquitous (that all humans possess sexual desire) and that donāt acknowledge asexuality, that to describe oneself as asexual is a statement of moral superiority or purity or failure to find a suitable partner, that asexuality is an immature state they willĀ āgrow out ofā, that asexuality is a description of action or a preference, that asexuality is unnatural or unhealthy or has to be a symptom of something else, etc.
Asexuality has been shown in the media in a negative light for decades, reflecting the idea that (for various reasons steeped in classism and racism) any woman who wasnāt willing to marry and procreate was a threat to the status quo, as seen in this 1955 book that notes:Ā āWomen who did not marry incurred political and social scorn for another reason. The influx of eastern and southern European immigrants in the United States pushed the question into eugenic termsāthe wrong people were reproducing. Educated women came primarily from white middle- and upper-class stock, the most desired element by dominant social norms. When these women refused to marry and reproduce, they forced a new concern into the public discourse. it is not a coincidence that the stereotypical asexual unmarried older woman emerged at this time as a source of popular humor.ā
Some people in some religions are very explicit about hating asexuals specifically because they are asexual, seeing asexuality as āa perversion akin to homosexuality and bestialityā.Ā
Other religions see asexuals as actually sinful if they choose not to have sex with their spouse.
While not every member of every religion looks down on asexuals, many people in portions of various religions choose to view asexuals negatively.Ā
Some people even recommend asexuals avoid being in a relationship with non-asexuals and assert thatĀ āpromoting and trying to spreadā asexuality, or behaving in an asexual manner, is wrong or unhealthy.Ā
Because of these religious beliefs about asexuality, that also opens up asexuals to discrimination in various legal ways, including (but not limited to) things like the new adoption bill in Texas.Ā
Asexuality was implicitly pathologized until very recently, and even now, the DSM-V states that a diagnosis of HSDD may not be givenĀ only if the patient has a preexisting knowledge of asexuality and chooses to ID that way.
TL;DR:Ā
Asexuals have long been considered part of the bisexual community. When people used to talk about bisexuals, it included asexuals because asexuals were the bisexuals too. Bisexual history is asexual history.
Asexuals have also long been considered as a stand-alone orientation that was part of larger non-straight communities and could be studied in comparison to other sexual orientations.Ā
Asexuals face many of the same issues that other marginalized orientations face as well as issues specific to their orientation. These include erasure, medicalization, misidentification, harassment, rape specifically targeted at them for being asexual, and religious intolerance, to name just a few. Ā
None of this is exhaustive. There are more sources to be found and studied.Ā
The narrative that men are all inherently bad, that masculinity can only be toxic, that any association with maleness is wrong, and that āchoosingā to be more masculine is aligning yourself with the enemy,
Does actually hurt trans men.
A lot.
Nobody wants to be āthe enemyā. Nobody wants to hurt women, to hurt their loved ones, to be an abuser. When these things are made synonymous with manhood, it becomes uncomfortable and even horrifying to realize that you yourself might be a man.
My ex was a lesbian who spent 5 years driving into me that any expression of femininity was virtuous and progressive, and any expression of masculinity was proof that I still āneeded workā. For 5 years, I learned that the best thing I could possibly be was a feminine cis woman.
Two years after ending that relationship, I began to see transmascs (not many, but a few) speak up about the fact that trans men do face legitimate problems in society, and do not in fact oppress cis women. Not long after, I finally began to realize and accept that I myself am a trans man.
This is not an uncommon narrative. Demonizing maleness and masculinity as The Ultimate Enemy doesnāt help anyone; your enemy is the patriarchy. Not individual, marginalized and oppressed men.
All this serves to do is silence these groups, and make trans men fear the possibility that they themselves might be men. It perpetuates transphobia, it encourages violence against trans men, it silences trans men, and it pressures trans men back into the closet for fear of ābecoming the enemyā instead.
Masculinity is not evil, men are not evil, maleness is not abusive, men are not all abusers and predators, testosterone is not āpoisonā, and trans men do not deserve to be punished for being trans men.
Think about who your words actually impact; do you think itās the most privileged people who are going to listen and take them to heart, or do you think that itās the oppressed who are ultimately going to be most harmed by your ārighteous hatredā?
Hereās a chance to change some black trans lives
Saw this on facebook and am keeping the momentum going. Iāve copied all the fundraiser links below, and hereās the link to the original post in case youād prefer to look at the list that way.
Help me get home, please! $1,220/10,000 ćć high priority
Gender Fluid Human In Need Of Help $1,655/3,500
Adopted Trans Woman seeking safety & medical help $16,880/29,000
Shaneās Top Surgery $1,639/7,750 ćć this one has been up for over a year and heās still waiting
Help J Remove Themselves from Toxic Household $937/2,500 ćć needs more contributions
Grace Mwangiās Gender Confirmation Surgery $2,986/38,000
Nyneās top surgery $2,943/8,000
Help Grayson start transition $1,201/2,000Ā ćć keep going!
Skylerās Transition Fund ā¬458/3,000 ćć needs more contributions
Londynnās New Life $8,828/15,000
NYIEMĆāS GENDER CONFIRMATION FUND $8,270/37,000
Zoeys transition fund Ā£4,224/10,000
Supporting Black Trans Elders cashapp $fakerapper $16,312/100,000
Top Surgery For Yadriel Acazio $1,762/11,000 ćć this one needs a boost
Cocoās Medical Transition Fund. $3,410/15,000
Mayaās Transition & Recovery Fund $1,957/35,744 ćć needs more contributions
Help Create Corbyn $1,883/4,000
Floraās Transition Fund $650/5,000 ćć needs more contributions
Amina Transition And Rent Fund ā¬3,382/5,000
Help Guilly Get Top Surgery!! $3,070/7,500
Atticusā homeless fund $5,598/10,000
HOUSING FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR $7,453/60,000
Ahrenās Top Surgery $3,961/7,500
Malakaiās Top Surgery $949/10,000 ćć needs more contributions
Top Surgery $7,420/8,000 ćć so close; letās close the gap!
Phoenix gotta move! $832/45,000 ćć needs more contributions
Kianaās Gender Transition $2,140/35,000
Jacobs top surgery $6,870/8,000
Skyeās Top Surgery $2,037/8,500
Hunterās Top Surgery $4,630/12,000 ćć time sensitive, get this funded before September!
Alexandriaās Transition fund $3,562/40,000
Mylesās Tracheal Shave Procedure $2,980/8,450
Zekeās Top Surgery Fund $4,469/9,000
help koo start a new life $1,009/25,000 ćć needs more contributions
Landonās Top Surgery! $810/2,000 ćć itās a small goal, but so vital to covering what insurance doesnāt
Donate to Mylaās Breast Augmentation $1,992/6,000
Vanessa L. Naisha needs support to seek justice! $14,543/15,000 ćć so close! Letās close the final gap
Travisā Transition Fund $14,777/30,000
Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! $2,135/8,500 ćć NEEDS FUNDING BEFORE AUGUST 4TH
Tylerās Transition Fund $13,285/30,000
Clarabelleās Gender Affirmation Surgery $10,415/20,000
help deluca get top surgery ! $4,842/7,000
Help Black Trans Woman Transition $18,353/20,700
Wriplyās surgery/ continued living fund $8,597/26,520 ćć this one has been up since 2018. I found Wriplyās socials and sheās still active, still waiting. Letās get this fulfilled
Help a black trans woman w/ advanced cancer in ATL $21,741/25,000 ćć keep the momentum going
Help Harmony, a Black Trans Woman Survive $7,676/20,000
Help a black trans-man get FTM top surgery! $6,054/15,000
Malikais Top Surgery $4,097/7,500
Finnās Therapy & Wellness Fund $2,960/7,000
Kyoās (aka Key) Transition Fund $13,514/25,000
Transition Funds for Dallas $6,790/15,000
Help a Black Trans Woman from homelessness $6,136/8,000 ćć letās get this goal met asap
Bottom Surgery and Electrolysis $6,329/40,000
Noelleās Breast Augmentation $11,135/13,000
Aeriās Moving Out & Transition Fund $14,819/20,000 ćć more than halfway; keep it going
SAVE A TEENAGE TRANSMANāS LIFE $4,340/25,000
Codyās Top Surgery $2,543/7,000
I will periodically update the progress amounts. As the goals are met, Iāll mark them as funded and change the colors from green to pink to make it clear. Iām also tagging the ones that could use more attention with red.
Been hearing a lot about āreparationsā lately? Well, this is one way to start working towards that, since those in power certainly wonāt.
This one has an urgent deadline, August 4th ā¬ļø
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Grace is a 15-year-old with ADHD and a long history of behavioral difficulties who ended up on probation after a fight with her mom led to the confiscation of her phone and her briefly stealing a classmateās phone.
Grace is now in a juvenile facility where her life is at risk from covid because one of her probation conditions was to do her homework, and when her school in Oakland County Michigan went online only, she struggled to complete her distance education homework.
As a result, Judge Mary Ellen Brennan ignored the Michigan governorās orders to minimize the incarceration of children and ordered Grace imprisonedā¦for not doing her homework.
The Propublica story on Grace and her single mother Charisse - written by Jodi S Cohen - is a heartbreaker and a half. It paints a picture of a kid whose need for extra educational attention was met by a stern and uncaring system, from caseworker to judge.
Judge Brennan does not come off well in this story. She ordered Grace to appear in person in court - the only case of the day with that requirement - and then refused a continuance when Graceās lawyer said he would NOT come to court and risk his life to argue her case.
Brennanās sentence was handed down after Graceās caseworker Michelle Giroux admitted that she did not know the details of Graceās learning disabilities and had not familiarized herself with the legally mandated supports for them that Grace had not recieved.
Brennan called Grace a āthreat to the communityā for missing her homework, denied Graceās pleas for more time to adjust to homeschooling, and had her taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
It goes without saying that, like the majority of Michigan teens sentenced to youth detention in defiance of the governorās orders, Grace is Black. Black children in Michigan are four times likelier to be imprisoned than their white peers.
Grace has not been permitted to see her mother, except by videoconference. Her motherās attempts to bring her clothes and toys have been rebuffed by the facility, because of petty rules like those stipulating that underwear must be briefs, or that jeans canāt be ātoo tight.ā
When Grace is brought out for videoconference status meetings with the court, the child is handcuffed and put in ankle shackles. She makes heartbreaking pleas to be returned to her mother. The judge has ordered her held until at least Sept 8.
the funny thing is we are only asking you to spread the information about the protests and police brutality in serbia rn. like that's it. No petitions, no money. We are only asking /screaming / begging you all to hear us. Not to trust mainstream media which is trying to cover up a dictatorship by saying we are only doing this because of coronavirus measures. No, that is not the truth! That is just the tip of the iceberg.
The people are fed up with a government which constantly profits of its people, uses public wealth building luxious buildings NO ONE WANTS (which they justify with excuses that it will bring jobs which it NEVER DOES š¤”) and using that money investing in various dubious projects from which we never see the end results. We are sick and tired of being told we have the best equipment, best hospitals yet now during careless government measures taken, people can't even access hospitals because there is simply no more space, people spend entire days just WAITING in agony to be looked at only to die due to lack of response on time. Medical professionals are not to blame, it's the government hoarding wealth to use amongst themselves.
All media outlets (the ones that have national coverage) keep perpetuating this lie. They do whatever the dictator in charge, Aleksandar VuÄiÄ, tells them to. We are living in complete media blackout. Western media keeps depicting these riots as a revolt against measures and depicting the rioters as hooligans (sound familiar?) and that is the farthest thing from the truth. I left out a ton of stuff, there is a lot more dirt to dig up about our government but please don't be an additional dirt that we need to fight through. Hear us out, help us out. This is a time for action. This is a time our people say no to an oppressive regime ruled by nepotism, lies and incompetence. Stand with us.
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Friendly reminder that hating Pokemon Unite isn't just about ""no Sinnoh remakes or no let's Go Johto"".
Fucking Tencent is the one making it.
Tencent is known for spyware, punishes those who support the Hong Kong protests, are KNOWN to rip off larger companies or buy out larger companies if they're seen as competition, are extremely rampant with censorship of any kind, and were receiving personal information from Apple such as I.P Addresses, and the CEO is extremely honored by the communist party that supports Muslim concentration camps.
This company is absolutely fucking garbage and it's pretty obvious from the comment section of the video that everyone who knows about Tencent is chiming in with them dipping the moment they announced it was made by them.
And if that's not enough to stop you from wanting to play tencent has driven many players who actually did enjoy their games away due to the rampant cheating that occurs and isn't dealt with in their other online games. They're known to try and milk their gamers for money with pay to win deals and from the sounds of it ""free to start"" means you'll have to pay eventually no matter what and then continue to keep paying in order to succeed or advance in later levels due to the pay to win structure.
For those who are excited about this there are LITERALLY so many other games on this oversaturated market that spent time on their back grounds, and textures, and design that dont make them look like a dollar store rip off game. Please look into literally anything else.
Pokemon Unite is NOT the way to go
I'm sure that people in the videos comments did a MUCH better job of explaining the dangers of tencent instead of me and theyre most likely a lot more well aware of the first hand experience with them. But please just take my word for it when I say that the ""unfair hate around this game because it's not a Sinnoh Remake"" is bullshit.
Iāll admit I was skeptical of these points bc there are no links or resources to back em up, so I did a little research.
So Tencent is a ridiculously large conglomerate holding company whose investments in video games ALONE pile up fast:
(Outside of video games, Tencent also invests in āsearch engine[s], e-commerce, retail, real estate, software, virtual reality, ride-sharing, banking, financial services, fintech, consumer technology, computer technology, automobile, film production, movie ticketing, music production, space technology, natural resources, smartphones, big data, agriculture, medical services, cloud computing, social media, IT, advertising, streaming media, artificial intelligence, robotics, UAVs, food delivery, courier services, e-book, internet services, education, and renewable energy.ā Needless to say, the company has a LOT of influence and power.)
Regarding OPās mention of the Hong Kong protests -- Tencent made a partnership with the NBA to secure rights to stream its U.S. games in China, but in October 2019, when Houston Rockets general manager Morey expressed support for the protesters in Hong Kong, āTencent began sending out refunds to customers after cancelling the broadcast of NBA games" due to NBA executive manager Adam Silverās support of Moreyās āfreedom of political expression.ā (x)Ā
Regarding OPās mention of censorship -- oh boy thereās a lot of info that proves their rampant censorship. Most notably, Tencent owns the social media app WeChat (which has āa billion active daily usersā) and uses it to facilitate Chinese government surveillance and censorship. Millions of WeChat conversations were found to be relayed to police; people have been interrogated and arrested due to their private conversations. (There have been āpenalties against numerous WeChat users for mocking President Xi Jinping, criticizing judicial officials, commenting on massive floods, sharing information about human rights abuses, or expressing views related to their persecuted religion or ethnicity.ā)Ā Also, WeChat SIGNIFICANTLY distorts the news available to its users by using AI to find and delete select topics (including in 2018, the ādeletions from some 4,000 public accounts...[of] major news stories like the U.S.-China trade dispute, the arrest in Canada of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, the #MeToo movement and public health scandalsā). (x)
Regarding OPās mention of ripping off other companies -- Tencentās founder and chairman, Pony Ma, has famously said,Ā ā[To] copy is not evil.ā There are plenty of allegations and remarks out there about his inclination toward copying.
Regarding OPās mention of Apple -- at least in iOS 13, Appleās āSafari browser uses Tencentās Safe Browsing system to help fight malicious webpages--but Tencent may log IP addresses in the process.ā Appleās also had many issues with surveillance and censorship in China. (x)
Regarding OPās mention of Tencentās money-grabbing -- their popular technique of gaining revenue from games is to publishĀ āfree-to-playā games, such as Pokemon Unite, and then include in-game transactions so people will pay *after* having gotten into the swing of the game.
TL;DR: Tencent is a despicable company whose hand in a Pokemon game should be a red flag. Donāt support this company.
for everyone wondering if these detention camps are realā¦ yes they are. the proof for that is a google search away. this is why there were wide spread protests across india back in december. this is just one state. we didnāt want them to implement this nation wide. but millions of people have already been wrongfully declared as āillegalā and have basically been condemned as non-citizens of indiaā¦ all because of a flawed citizenship register. if you want to help, please donate to CJP (citizens for justice and peace). theyāre an ngo that are fighting legally to free a number of people from these detention camps (usually the ones that end up in these camps are people from lower castes/class and have virtually no resources to get help). CJP is also going to villages and setting up workshops, spreading awareness on how to go about defending their citizenship. theyāve been doing this work for a long time and you can learn more about them here.
edit: i just noticed that you can only donate if youāre an indian citizenā¦ so if you are one, please consider donating. and if not, please share this so other indian citizens can see this and donate.
Hey guys, Ā I am asking for help getting through this month and I desperately need your help to get groceries and keep my water and electricity on. My son and I havenāt been able to get enough formula we were declined WIC and Iāve been rationing milk and rice so I really could use help getting food for kahlil.
Iāve been struggling a lot these past few months and I have regularly skipped on eating (often for several days in a row) to try and make ends meet due to losing my job at the salon, I have struggled with bill payments and getting groceries/household supplies with absolutely no income, I could use anyone and everyoneās help in boosting/donating to my post so that I wonāt lose him to social services. I have to have food in the house and utilities turned on by the end of this week or my parental status will be revoked.
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if itās just $1, it would literally save my life and sharing definitely helps just as much a donations and nobody has to donate if they canāt or donāt want to, thank you.š
If i remember correctly, character designer responsible for her said that Perfuma was designed with the intent of being trans, but by the time it was clear that they wouldāve been able to get that on Netflix, she had already been cast with a cis actress and they didnāt want to have weak representation of saying it after the fact. Later cast additions Double Trouble (nonbinary) and Jewelstar (transgender man) are both canon in-fiction and played by trans/NB voice actors.
If you see a police car or a cop with a speaker looking thing on it, FUCKING RUN. It's known as an LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device), a device that, when activated, can permanently damage your hearing and cause serious harm. If you're too close, you'll be left in a lot of pain and squirming on the ground permanently deaf. Ear plugs do not work. Unless you have one of those shooting range headphones, you do not stand a chance against them. Again, if you see them pull up, RUN. This is what they look like.
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chantel moore, a 26 year old indigenous woman from tofino, british columbia, was shot and killed by a police officer conducting a wellness check at her home in new brunswick.Ā say her name. donāt let this injustice go unnoticed.
Iāve had to stop using gofundme, so if you see that post going around, please rb this one instead! Iāll try to keep this short
Hi, Iām Octavius, Iām an newly 18 gay trans man. The Tl;Dr of my situation is that my mom wants my little brotherās dad can move in, which is a problem because heās also the man who raped me as a child, so I obviously canāt stay here. I havenāt been able to get work due to Covid-19 lockdowns hitting right when I was starting job hunting, and now I have until the end of June to find somewhere to live and a place to work. Iām doing my best to find somewhere I can work, but I need help to gather funds to get myself a roof over my head. If any trans people in the Winnipeg area need a roommate, hmu
My paypal is paypal.me/catboyjpeg , if you would like something for your donation (and this is the option I encourage bc I feel bad about taking donations), my commissions can be found here
Iām looking to raise around 1400 (CAD), which I know may be a long shot due to everything thatās going on right now. Anything will help me right now, and if you canāt donate, please reblog! Iāll try to keep things updated as they come. Thank you so much for any help, whether from donations or commissions or just spreading the word
