every house is haunted.

I told a commenter this today but I have been asked several times about where my take on Annie comes from/why my dramatic divergence from the common fanon of her being soft and sweet and shy and caring. I think it’s a legitimate question, and my legitimate answer to this is that among other things, it simply does not interest me to write a woman that way, any woman. you would never in a million years write a male character where those were his defining characteristics and nothing else. as such, I will never write a woman that way. and yes, of course I think there’s strong arguments from canon that back my approach and at the same time, that fanon option being the predominant interpretation of a disabled woman, which to me flies directly in contradiction of the few words she says with her mouth, is imo an excellent example of how ableism and misogyny can converge to color peoples’ interpretations of her and is something worth being aware of.

the detached brutality of all these “women need to have more babies” thinkpieces man

split your body wide open for the stock market

STOP the "grimdark muddy and grey medievalism film about a white dude doing some bullshit" industrial complex. WHERE is the Questing Beast WHERE are the cool women WHERE are the people of color WHERE is the fun and whimsy and fantastical

This is part of my Ancient Civilizations class that I teach, which does a whole week about Australia and the Torres Strait Islands because I was sick of never seeing them represented in USAmerican history contexts. With the help of @micewithknives and @acearchaeologist I've learned so many incredible things about Australia's past and it's been incredibly rewarding to share them with students.

we seriously need to stop conceding to the personhood trap when it comes to abortion rights. is a fetus a person? thats a spiritual question. i dont care about the answer. should another person dictate what someone can do with their body? simple answer: no.

"everyone is paying super close attention to everyone else all the time" actualy statistical error. hypervigilance georg, who enters fight or flight when someone starts breathing differently, is an outlier adn should not have been counted