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why are birds so cursed
A Non-Comprehensive List of Birds That Piss Me Off
1. Dracula Parrot. This thing pisses me off like, a bunch
2. King Vulture. the felted craft project equivalent of a haunted ventriloquist dummy
i will never not resent this bird
3. Jacana Bird. This is the most unnecessary cursed nonsense. i deserve an apology for having to look at this. I can feel its fingers stroking my ears
No it does not have SIX FREAKING LIMBS. it’s carrying its stupid creepy spawn under its wings. A+ parents but still, piss off. even the normal 2 legged version isn’t much better
put those AWAY.
4. The Shoebill, which i’m sure we’re all sick of hearing about. this thing is the epitome of a crappy photorealistic cgi disney villainy. i despise this bird.
also this is what they look like standing up. i just feel like i shouldn’t have to deal with that, i really do.
5. Inca Tern. truly, hipsters ruin everything
6. Tragopan. it looks like a star wars species, which i dislike on principle
7. The Secretary Bird. it wears yoga pants.
also i’m uncomfortable with the length of its eyelashes
8. finally, i really dislike this one specific parakeet
in conclusion, these birds exist to haunt me and this knowledge is a burden. birds exist to observe our sin; always watching, they are filled with malice. flee from them
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whoever isn’t renewing sonic boom right this very second is a coward and a fool
did…did eggman just ask if tails called his dick small
@randomshoes @afriendtokilltime WTF is the sonic franchise? It has yet another cartoon? Featuring sonic broken down from years of existing with his series
Also Sonic has a crush on Princess Peach apparently....

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Another Great Director compilation tribute: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, a master of German Expressionism. From top to bottom:
Nosferatu (1922) - perhaps his most iconic fillm
The Last Laugh (1924)
Faust (1926)
Sunrise (1927) considered to be one of the greatest films in history and also one of the films for which Janet Gaynor won the first -ever- Best Actress Academy Award.
Need I say more? Oh yes, F.W. Murnau was allegedly very interested in the occult, passed away very young and his tomb was desecrated in 2015, the skull being stolen.
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Um, Sunrise is considered one of the greatest films in history?? Me and @afriendtokilltime watched that for a project we’re doing on the academy awards and, um....
I mean, there are really good parts of it, but it’s a bit incoherent, and nowhere near as genius as his Nosferatu. Also it’s the one film where “it was all a dream” would have, no joke, been the best possible ending.
Who can I call and yell at about the fact that the censored version of this song from 2004 bleeps out the word “white” in the line “and the white man get paid off of all of that”?
I recognize that it’s been 16 years and there’s a global pandemic and cops shooting black people and, you know, Trump, but we noticed this the other day and it really pissed me off.
Anyone who votes Democrat in the Presidential election this year voids all future right to complaining about “rape culture”, “patriarchy”, and “believe women”.
Just seriously. You do not. Ever. Get to talk about these issues ever again if you vote for the Democrats.
This is a perfect example of the moral purity problem I’ve talked about before. I think the most revealing part of this one is the punishment. You can never talk about rape culture again! Discussing patriarchy is a privilege and first you have to eat your vegetables, go to bed on time, and prove you’re a virgin.
Are you kidding me? We want people to talk about these things. In fact, we want as many people as possible to talk about these things. Acknowledging and addressing these problems should be a responsibility, not a goddamn cookie for good behavior. This habit we’ve developed of telling everyone they can’t talk about anything needs to stop yesterday. Discussion is good. You shouldn’t require a certification of moral purity from the Great Progressive in the Sky to be allowed in. And you definitely shouldn’t lose your right to engage in social justice discourse because you choose to vote for a bad candidate who happens to not be Donald Trump in a country hopelessly snared in a two party system. That is a completely valid response to a shitty situation. It may not be yours, and it isn’t the only one, but it is reasonable, and it doesn’t mean you agree with all or most of his policies, let alone his behavior. (Let’s be clear on this though: even suggesting that Biden’s policies or personal behavior are at all comparable to Trump’s is irresponsible and short-sighted.)
I’m as pissed as anybody that he won the nomination; hell, it sent me into a bit of a depression spiral, and made me think a lot less of people in general. I’m so sick of hearing he’s electable I could vomit. But if you can’t understand why someone would vote for him anyway than you’ve been living with your fingers shoved inside your ears.
(Responding from this blog, because this is the one I’m on the most, and where it’s easier for me to monitor discussions.)
Before we get started, I want people to understand who Lisa Bloom is (taken from Wikipedia):
Bloom received significant media attention after Harvey Weinstein was accused of serial sexual harassment and assault. According to an October 2017 article in The New York Times, Bloom acknowledged advising Weinstein on power dynamics and harassment, calling him “an old dinosaur learning new ways” and asserting that “he denies many of the accusations as patently false”.[28] Bloom’s advising role, which she had held since late 2016,[20] was pilloried in the media for its dissonance with Bloom’s prior representation of sexual assault victims, with some calling her book adaptation deal with The Weinstein Company, signed during Weinstein’s tenure as co-chairman, a conflict of interest.[29][30]
On October 7, 2017, two days after the initial reports and amid mounting criticism, Bloom stepped down from the team advising Weinstein after reported friction with members of The Weinstein Company’s board. Bloom, according to emails purportedly obtained by The New York Times, had proposed promulgating “photos of several of the accusers in very friendly poses with Harvey after his alleged misconduct”.[31] Bloom denied plotting to undermine the accusers;[32] however, The Daily Beast later reported that Bloom had offered journalist Ronan Farrow opposition research on one of Weinstein’s accusers, Rose McGowan, during his reporting on Weinstein.[20] Farrow further claimed that Bloom served as Weinstein’s operative and would report any information she gleaned about his investigation back to Weinstein. “Lisa, you swore, as an attorney and a friend, that you wouldn’t tell his people,” Farrow told Bloom. “Ronan,” Bloom replied. “I am his people.”[33]
The 2019 book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey contains Bloom’s own 2016 memo outlining the ways she would proactively assist Weinstein in undermining and discrediting his accusers, and the subsequent billing documents for services rendered in 2017, that enumerate further such efforts undertaken on his behalf. Bloom’s assistance to Weinstein included “counter-ops” tactics such as planting articles online that portray his accusers to the public as untrustworthy or “unglued” women, and enticing his victims to sign non-disclosure agreements that would silence them.[34][35]
Shortly after resigning from Weinstein’s team, Bloom allegedly fell victim to “email prankster” James Linton masquerading as Weinstein. Bloom wrote an email in reply to the prankster that “[t]he new round of far more serious allegations were [sic] not made known to me”, specifically calling out Weinstein’s alleged sexual assault.[36]Variety later reported that Bloom “was only aware of accusations of verbal remarks, behaviors, and temper tantrums” when she began advising Weinstein, and was unaware of more serious allegations of rape and sexual assault.[37] Bloom later apologized[38] for her role advising Weinstein and called it “a colossal mistake”.[39]
Bloom also represented former Amazon Studios president[40]Roy Price amid sexual harassment allegations, but said her representation of Price concluded before Price’s accuser Isa Hackett “went public”.[41]The Daily Beast reported that Bloom, while representing Price, had attempted to discredit Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter’s Editor-at-Large, to media outlets considering publishing Masters’ report on the allegations against Price. Bloom had allegedly accused Masters of a conflict of interest for badgering Price to advertise on her KCRW show, a charge Masters denied.[20]
Bloom did call her representation of Weinstein a mistake, and if that’s a genuine change, I give her credit for that. But let’s not pretend that her actions were defensible. Maybe we can find better representatives of women’s rights, than someone who represented Harvey Weinstein. Maybe, among the plethora or proper women’s activists out there, we don’t need to scrape the bottom of the barrel and include Lisa Bloom (and people like her) as main speakers in our discussions on women’s rights.
Moving on…
Comparing someone saying they don’t want to hear from Democrats, to someone saying they want you to prove your virginity, is kind of problematic. And frankly, it’s kind of insulting to women/girls who DO actually have to undergo those types of tests or procedures. You’re comparing sexual assault (because that is what a virginity test can be, in theory) to someone saying they don’t want to hear from Democrats. It’s fine to disagree with OP’s statement, but the comparison you’re using is troubling.
Also implying there’s a “punishment” in OP’s statement is farfetched. Obviously, when OP says people aren’t “allowed” to talk about rape culture (etc.), they don’t mean literally. No one is going to haul someone’s ass to jail for speaking out of turn. OP is voicing frustration at a particular political group and they’re saying they’re not interested in hearing what those people have to say. That’s not a “punishment”. There is no real concrete consequence, apart from people having to face criticisms if they say something stupid, or just being ignored. That’s not “punishment”. It’s just…people choosing not to listen to opinions they don’t like. Which is what…everyone does. And I get that it frustrates people; I get told on a regular basis to shut up. But that’s not a punishment, per se.
I’m not going to speak for OP, but I can tell you why *I* reblogged the post. This post isn’t about not understanding why people would vote for Biden. (I think we all understand why someone would do that. Believe me, we are bombarded, hourly, about all the reasons someone is voting for Biden. We hear you.) It’s about whether or not it’s appropriate or productive to have rape apologists in discussions about sexual violence.
Personally, I don’t have a problem with people voting for Biden, so long as they [a] aren’t rape apologists who attempt to smear Tara, and who [b] actively and publicly take a stand against rape, no matter who is doing the raping. (I’ve been publicly saying this forever, and I’ve been consistently saying it.) But also, as a person who runs a moderately popular news blog, who gets hundreds of notes a day, I have yet to run into a single Biden voter who falls into that category. And if I did run into one, that’s like a fraction of a percentage of people who I interact with. That’s not a number that’s going to drastically change or alter my overall experiences on this site.
Obviously, people who vote with Biden, but acknowledge he’s a rapist, do exist. Lisa Bloom is a real person (but also from glancing at her tweets, she’s not really critical of Biden at all, she never talks about the allegation, she isn’t actively calling for him to suspend his campaign and allow literally any other candidate to step up to the plate, so she’s not someone I choose to politically ally with; but that’s my metric, people are free to elevate whatever voices they want to; I don’t think I’d be a fan of Bloom’s politics in general, so I’m not going to validate her opinions over the opinions of people who are routinely silenced and/or killed by the very politics she appears to support; people can call that a “purity test”, but every single motherfucking person tends to elevate the voices they agree with, and ignore the voices they don’t; interesting how it’s only leftists who are criticized for doing this). But she’s an exception to a rule. At least, she is for me. Maybe you have different experiences. That’s fine and understandable, but I can’t substitute your experiences for my own.
I haven’t personally (on this social media platform) met a Biden voter who ISN’T a rape apologist, who doesn’t attempt to smear Tara, who will actually engage in good faith discussions. (I’m not saying they don’t exist. Who I encounter isn’t representative of the wider population. But what I post on this site, is aimed at people I encounter on this site, unless otherwise stated.) So no, on this social media platform, I have no problem making the broad generalization that Democrats have had absolutely nothing productive to bring to these discussions.
Even Bernie Sanders (who isn’t a Democrat, but he works his ass off for the party) kind of proves my point. I think we can all agree that Sanders isn’t some misogynist. But the fact that he’s completely silent on this rape allegation speaks volumes. I get that he’s in a politically difficult situation. But women (and men) are put in personally difficult and violent situations every goddamn day, which is perpetuated by the rape culture we live in, which is further perpetuated by people’s selective attention when it comes to rape allegations. Which is why it’s important to speak out WHENEVER you see this shit happening. This became personal for me; it was within the last few months that I had to deal with my first instance of sexual harassment (it was nowhere near as bad as what Tara, and so many others, had to deal with, which is why I don’t tend to talk about it, but it was scary and made me feel unsafe and afraid to go work; and I was in a relatively GOOD situation, where my boss and coworkers were supportive; and the weird thing is, I don’t even know if the guy who was doing the harassment KNEW what he was doing was harassment, so there were all these feelings of guilt involved because I don’t want to get someone in trouble who means well).
His response (or lack thereof) is incredibly painful, for me. And he’s been silent for so long now that at this point, If he were to talk about how sexual violence was a big problem in our country, I’d probably kind of scoff at him. “Like really, bro? You never fucking talked about Biden’s rape allegation, and now you want to talk about sexual violence? Are you kidding me? Maybe take a seat and let people who HAVE been consistent on these issues lead the conversation.”
And look, Sanders’ response, of silence, is kind of the best response I can hope for, coming from a Democrat (most are just saying they believe Biden; words cannot express the hatred I hold for those people). The amount of misogynistic hatred and abuse I have had to endure ever since Tara became a national story, because I have the audacity to talk about it, is terrible. I can deal with it, but it doesn’t mean I want to. It doesn’t mean I welcome it. My personal comfort on my personal blog overrides whatever theoretical right people have to talk about whatever the fuck they want in whatever insulting and deeply misogynistic way they want.
If that type of gatekeeping offends you, then I don’t know what to say. These are my personal blogs. While I do my best to embrace free speech (to the annoyance of many on the left, who thinks more government censorship is a good thing), the 1st amendment doesn’t reign supreme on my tumblrs. I can ignore and discredit whoever I want. I can tell them they’re not welcome on MY spaces. (Even so, I still rarely block people. I usually put up with it, which is more pro-free speech than 95% of people on this site. But I guess that’s not good enough for people.) I want to be able to have discussions about sexual violence without people attempting to derail the conversation. And sadly, when dealing with Democrats, it’s been impossible. And that’s worth noting.
Discussion IS a good thing. But Democrats are actively trying to smother any discussion of this topic, which is why I hate their presence on my posts. Their presence on my posts does the OPPOSITE of fostering discussion. I wish that weren’t the case.
People can have whatever standards they want on their blog, but for me, if you’re not talking about Biden’s allegation in a critical way, then I don’t want to hear from you (on this topic).
So yeah, I generally agree, discussion is good. But I also think that you’re mistaken in your belief that what I (or leftists) am dealing with is people who want to have discussions. They don’t.
When they insist on their right to talk about rape, what they are insisting on is their right to smear victims of rape. Or to shame other people into voting for a rapist. Or to lie about a rapist’s record. Or to tell people to never say anything bad about their rapist.
These people don’t actually care about rape. They just want the right to shit all over people who do.
Just saying. There are a lot of people on this site who blog about women’s rights, but are eerily silent when it comes to the Biden allegations. At best, they might make some singular post saying, “Yeah, it sucks that Biden’s a rapist,” but then never really talk about it again. (At worst, they straight up smear Tara.) Yet they talked about Kavanaugh nonstop. My issues aren’t that y’all are voting for Biden. My issue is your silence. Y’all can’t conveniently excuse yourself from discussions about Tara’s rape, and then insist on your right to be included in discussions about rape later on, when you decide it won’t harm your political candidate. Social justice isn’t a game. It’s not done when it’s “convenient” for you. Talks about rape are ALWAYS inconvenient, for the victims. So yeah, rape apologists or deniers or ignorers can kindly shut the fuck up. Let other people who take this shit seriously speak for victims and lead the movement.
You present your argument as though we’re trying to shut-up people who want to talk about social justice. But I don’t think you understand: these people DON’T want to talk about social justice. And frankly, that kind of applies to Lisa Bloom too. I don’t know her personally. I don’t follow her. But yeah, she sure as hell doesn’t represent my version of social justice, even though she’s one of the “good” Biden voters. She’s political opposition to me. I’m not going to tear her apart for it (I’ve got bigger fish to fry), but I’m also not going to pretend I want to hear from her or that her opinion holds any value. She’s a rich white woman who doesn’t support M4A (she wants “affordable” healthcare, or “access” to healthcare, which we all know is bullshit), which IS a woman’s issue. She supposedly represents women who have been sexually assaulted or harassed by powerful men (her record on that is…questionable, but whatever, that’s what her claim to fame is), yet I don’t see her volunteering to represent Tara, if Tara wants / needs representation in the future. Her regretful tweet about believing Tara and voting for Biden is nice, but also could be virtue signalling, when taken in complete context with her other actions. For some, that will be enough. But for others, it won’t. And don’t think it’s a purity test, any more than literally every single other person has purity tests (no one listens to 100% of people; we all have people we choose to ignore because we deem their opinions as useless). Only they don’t call them “purity tests”, they call them “standards”.
I’m just really tired hearing about how people are soooo upset at the way progressives are critical of Democrats, but are silent when it comes to the way the Democrats have smeared Tara Reade.
*This doesn’t excuse the behavior of the GOP and right wingers, who are also hypocritical and have a far worse record on women’s issues. They’re worse than the Democrats in every way. But also, not every single post needs to be about how they’re worse. So I’m not going to focus on them here.
I think you really missed my point.
1) I don’t care about Lisa Bloom and my post had nothing to do with her, so I’m not sure why any of that happened.
2) I don’t know where you got the impression that this was a free speech issue. I’m having a rhetoric problem with, specifically, the last sentence, and the trend it represents.
3) The post said “people who vote for the Democrats” NOT people who consider themselves Democrats or Biden supporters. So it’s saying that anyone who votes for Biden in the general is now part of that group of people you are saying “don’t want discussion” and are “rape apologists.” Again, not Biden fans, not people who are telling you not to talk about Tara Reade, the millions of people who are choosing to vote for the only viable candidate who isn’t Trump. Hell, they didn’t even specify Biden in that sentence, so it could theoretically apply to voting for any democrat, which…is not a good look right now.
4) Claiming that I’m comparing this type of rhetoric to sexual assault is disingenuous at best. “Prove you’re a virgin” DOES NOT EQUATE to sexual assault, in any universe. It was a reference to Puritanism and religious obsessions with virginity (aka purity), and I used it in the hope that a conservative example of the danger of this type of thinking would be more likely to get my point across to progressive/liberal/leftists (whatever we’re calling ourselves now). But jumping to that really illustrates my point actually, because you just managed to accuse me of attacking victims of sexual assault because I referenced historic virginity obsessions. Which, by the way, is the opposite thing. What I said was more akin to comparing it to slut-shaming, if you insist on misunderstanding me.
5) Social ostracization is a punishment. It’s one of the oldest ones, actually. And it’s not being threatened in response to someone saying something immoral or stupid in a discussion (which I don’t believe should be grounds for this either), but in associating themselves with (voting for) someone immoral, ignoring all the reasons why people have very little choice in the situation. In a sense, you’re treating sexual assault as if it was a contagious taint, unrelated to what people do or say themselves. [See: the harassment of Natalie Wynn.] And sure, you can not talk to whoever you want, but that was a universal moral statement, implying that anyone who votes for Biden should be considered persona non grata by right minded people in any discussion related to rape culture. Which is crazy. A large portion of those people will be women. And plenty of them will be rape survivors or victims of sexual assault. Or, hell, have women who voted for Trump given up their right to discuss their own experiences with sexual assault? Fuck no.
6) To clarify: I am not saying any of the following: “You should not talk about Tara Reade’s accusation”; “Joe Biden is a great candidate.”; “Lisa Bloom is [literally anything].” I am saying this is an awful way to talk about these problems, and an even more awful way to think about them. Again, we want people to talk about these things, no matter who they are, and as you said, people really don’t want to. Telling them you won’t listen to them, that they are not welcome in the discussion, will make people who aren’t personally invested shrug and think oh, well, I guess I’m off the hook then. We want everyone to feel obligated to address rape culture and to listen to victims, not to create an elite group of morally perfect people who don’t vote, and have them hand down decisions on who is a rapist. Why not? Because nobody will listen to you and nothing will change.
Also just to be clear, before he got himself banned, the OP Mr Direwolf, was an an anti feminist MRA alt Righter who regularly was on the “hey downplay sexual assault against women” train and was largely pro Trump. Just to be clear on where this is coming from
There’s also a lot of pro-Trump re-blogs and comments, yeah.
I got a long condescending and aggressive response to this from Mel, someone I used to respect, and then was blocked so I couldn’t respond (charming), so I just want to reiterate here that THE OP IS AN MRA TRUMP SUPPORTER WHO HAS BEEN BANNED FROM TUMBLR. Not, you know, a survivor of sexual assault or an advocate for feminism like was repeatedly implied in Mel’s response.
Also i got told that “my criticisms should cut both ways” in the same conversation where she complained about having to pay lip service to the fact that Republicans and conservatives are obviously worse. So that was fun. Apparently it’s okay to criticize other progressives except when it isn’t.

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Me: sees trans man not binding and one in a dress
Me : nope!
You didn’t have to draw a trans man with boobs sis, thanks for the dysphoria babeey
if u get dysphoric when u see a boob that’s understandable but its also your problem to deal with n u don’t get to shame other trans dudes for drawing people like them with visible breasts. as much as it sucks, most trans men do have non flat chests and it’s not a bad thing to draw trans men with breasts (unless ur sexualising them, or ur drawing a real life trans man who’s dysphoric about his chest).
also u can’t have a go at op for drawing a trans man without a binder bc it makes u dysphoric n then call him sis. dont be a fuckin hypocrite dude.
anyways good post op
some trans men can’t bind for medical reasons. some don’t prefer to bind bc it’s uncomfortable, and hot, and sweaty!!! some trans men arent that bothered by chest dysphoria!
trans people are not required to attempt conformity to be valid in their identity. no one is required to try and “look cis”. that’s your own shit to deal with.
Thank you for drawing trans men who aren’t binding and who wear feminine clothes, OP, seeing trans people like myself really helps with my dysphoria
I can’t bind because of my severe asthma and pain in my ribs from fibromyalgia. So seeing trans men who aren’t binding really helps my crippling dysphoria. Thanks op (also disabled trans men aaaaaah! 💖)
Also some trans men cant afford a binder, or are closeted, or itt isnt safe where they live to bind, binding isnt a necessity v
Also trans men, just like cis men, are allowed to wear dresses.
one of the things that I find remarkable about the trans community is that it is one of the most marginalized and mistreated communities in the world, and so many of the people within are like “You know what I want to focus my time and energy on? Making other trans people feel shitty about them selves.”
Oh, absolutely. There’s a strangely competitive edge to a lot of trans interactions. It happens with cis queer people too…sometimes? But with trans stuff, it’s hard, cause literally being around each other can cause feelings of secondhand dysphoria.
And yeah, that’s real, but you want to know what causes me secondhand dysphoria?
Yes. A cis man from a cartoon for 7 year old girls makes me cringe.
(Sidenote while I was getting an image for this post I found this gif of him dramatically removing a cumberbund and his formal shirt was also a bellyshirt like his casual/armor look? That was funny.)
I want to make it clear that it’s actually fine I feel this way. And it’s fine if i don’t want to watch She-Ra because for whatever reason Bow’s design pushes my buttons. But when it comes to She-Ra I think the whole internet got together and agreed that the animators should not alter their style in order to avoid making men in their late 20s uncomfortable.
Something can make you uncomfortable without it being something wrong.
Here, have another thing that makes my soul want to die!
“I’m cutting my hair short but I don’t want to look like Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man.” “I’d like to wear a suit but I don’t want to look like Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man.” “I want to transition but I don’t want to look like Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man.”
I think the amount of secondhand dysphoria/internalized shame/competition and latent aggression has to do with how there’s almost no popular image of us to…”aspire” to I guess? Especially trans men, which is the topic of this post (and which seems to have an incredibly nasty strain of infighting at least on tumblr but I know this is a whole community problem). So you know what you don’t wanna be, but what do you want to look like, and be perceived as? Your only model for that is a cis guy.
But I know what I don’t want to look like. I very, very definitely do not want to look like Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man.
I think a lot of trans people are afraid of looking freakish and silly cause that’s the only image that exists.
And…the thing most likely to remind you of what you don’t want to look like is other trans people who don’t pass. I mean, that just makes sense. But it seems like a lot of people get this weird idea in their head of like…I’m the only “real trans tm”? I’m the way I see myself in my head (cis or cis-passing, etc), and these other trans people I see around me not passing, they’re clearly looking that way on purpose.
So yeah we individually and as a community need better strategies for dealing with secondhand dysphoria.
My friend works two jobs and doesn’t tend to specify which one he’s talking about, so he’ll say stuff like “a lady died at work today” and the rest of us have to play a fun little game called Nursing Home Or Yankee Candle.
Today he goes “someone threw a candle at me at work >:(” and I think I can finally reliably pin down one of his anecdotes but nope! It was the wretched nursing home!!!!!
not 2 be controversial on main but i think it’s pretty sad the first major generation to grow up online is projecting their adolescent self-hatred onto the “cringe” generation of tiktokkers
did zillennials seriously spend their youth making OC fanart on devart and livejournal and being told “oh look, they finally emerge” by their parents whenever they risked leaving their room only to turn around 10 years later and say “ewwwh you spent hours cosplaying an OC & learning a viral dance in your bedroom? fuckin cringe”
like….. did we truly lose sight so quickly of how it was to feel young and disconnected and desperate for someone, anyone, to really listen to you? to feel close to you? how quickly have we become jaded to the joys of carefully, earnestly crafting something alone in a dark bedroom and sharing it with the world, hoping for just one other person to say “that’s how i feel, too”? how much must we hate our younger selves in order to blame the teenagers of the world for creating costumes and dances and dreams for themselves???
Young people of the world:
I might not understand it, but I want you to keep doing your funky lil thing, and know that I will never judge you.
Many people are alive today who would not be if not for rats. I’m reminded of that statue in Russia dedicated to lab mice and rats who allowed the development of so many medicines and tests and treatments.
You may very well owe your life to a rat. (And this is on top of them being intelligent and adorable companions)
The rat giveth but the rat does not taketh away!!
bruh did yall forget about the plague?
They helped wipe out 30%-60% of Europe they are the gift that keeps on giving!!
Fun thing: the brown rat DOES NOT CARRY THE PLAGUE. It’s the black rat that does. The plague was stopped by brown rats displacing black rats and thus keeping them away from people.
Thank the rat again.
the black rat didn’t carry the plague its the fleas that were on the black rat that carried the plague the rats had no control over the situation
Also like.....@anneuaidd are you morally offended by rats ? Like it wasn’t a plan, they just did hat rats did, or technically fleas did what fleas did
I’m frankly disgusted by this Nosferatu apologism @dicecast sure the rats may not have planned it but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a plan. I thought you were one of the good ones.
She spoke a last farewell that scarcely reached his ears and fell back into the abyss. Perhaps she was the one who said, “Turn around.”
Adèle Haenel as Héloïse in PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019)
This movie is amazing but also this woman is distractingly attractive...

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I'll beat your teeth in you cunt.
Awww this is so cute. I love impotent threats.
Why was this sent to this account and not to mr. rolling stormcloud of the mind? Did you mention you hate Stephen Universe or something?
>be me
>about 13 years old
>basically naivete incarnate still
>just discovered the world of fanfiction.net
>have an account and a few stories posted so far
>currently working on a fanfic of Spirited Away
>get a comment one day
>commenter asks if I can put lemons in my story
>I think it’s an odd request but will do anything to please a fan
>write the next chapter acknowledging the lemon request and say that the chapter WILL CONTAIN LEMONS
>about halfway through the chapter I wrote a giant duck running past the protagonist with an armful of lemons
>duck says “MY lemons” then runs off
>feel pleased with myself at having granted my fan’s request
>years later I find out there’s another meaning for lemon in the fanfic world
>lemons are sex scenes
>my commenter was asking me to put a sex scene in my story
>at 13 years old I unintentionally trolled the shit out of some random person
>whoops
That is th most beautiful thing I have ever read
@afriendtokilltime @randomshoes thoughts?
Um, naiveté trolling is awesome?