Charlie

Please unmute this

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this 

This is my favorite post

I will never understand girls who throw their bras at guys on stage those things are fucking expensive and he has no use for it like what do you want him to do pass it down to his first born daughter

I thought this was going to be slut-shaming but it’s glorious

Until i read the caption i thought she was just being gay but neither parts dissapoint me

There are trolls at each door and you can ask only one question to know which one will not make you fall through an infinity of terrible bathrooms

this post almost moved me to tears

Real talk: realizing how common it is for female characters to be punished for on-the-page sex with death was a big part of my embracing the romance genre. Once I noticed it I couldn’t unnotice it. It’s everywhere. A woman having sex in literature or non-romance genre fiction is the literary equivalent of a red shirt on Star Trek.

It’s not just the sex thing, though that’s a key element. It’s that, in romance novels, the heroine gets to be cared for the way she normally would care for everyone else. It’s wish fulfillment in that her romantic partner will do emotional labor, spend a great deal of time thinking about her, or sacrifice his desires or fortune or reputation to be with her, or spend days nursing her back to health, or risking his life to save hers. In romance novels, you’ll find men taking care of children, talking about their feelings, putting effort into their appearance—even if they are adorably bad at it. Watch how many romance novel protagonists fall in love with a man who happens to be rich or handsome, but she didn’t give in until his behavior changed and he starts mentoring her, or providing for her, or being gentle toward her, nourishing her, listening to her, appreciating her… I suspect romance novels are looked down upon not for being juvenile formulaic “beach reads” but because they paint a fantasy world that leaves men feeling uncomfortable or even emasculated. But whether you’re a Midwest housewife or a big city CEO, women who read romance novels just want to read about men loving women the way women are expected love everyone else—with a nurturing and protective form of unswerving loyalty. Great sex they don’t have to die for is also a huge bonus, but the *romance* part of the novel is genuinely more about the woman being appreciated (for her beauty or spunk or intelligence at first, and then for all of her by the end).

“women who read romance novels just want to read about men loving women the way women are expected to love everyone else—with a nurturing and protective form of unswerving loyalty.”

THANK YOU.

This is important stuff right here.

every time i think abt thhis i wanna SCREAM laughing there is rlu someone who got paid to zoom in on this poor girls bulging lips and erase them

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Nice try fuckers.

This was torture.

Keep it out there. Truth matters.

Here’s another “friendly” reminder that the LGBTQIA+ community is not a fucking pissing contest to see who suffers the most oppression. The only people who do not belong in the LGBTQIA community are heterosexual, hetero-romantic, cisgender people (as in, ticking all three categories). You’re biromantic, asexual, cis? You’re in. Bisexual aro enby? Definitely in. Asexual, aromantic, agender? STILL IN. Our community is built on inclusion and love. Finding peace and comfort with each other when we can’t find it elsewhere. Stop fucking gatekeeping. You look like an asshole. You don’t get to decide who can or cannot be part of the community. We are not some elite club, where each member must adhere to some standard of queerness. It’s not a competition. Fucking stop acting like it.

Guys... As someone doing genealogy? This is legit how some parts of the world worked when it came to names. I have like 4 generations named "katarina". And so. Many. Generations. Named. Jensen. And. Jørgensen. In. Alternation!!!