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It also genuinely really bothers me how so many people's "pro fat" posts are along the lines of "Yeah, fat is fine/good, eat whatever you want as much as you want!" Like yes that's a good sentiment and yes fear of fatness is what causes so many people to eat less than they otherwise would. I Understand This. But it's important to me that people understand. Someone being fat does not actually mean they eat more than a thin person does. Just because you're ostensibly defending or praising the fat body does not mean you aren't partaking in dangerous stereotyping

THE FENG SHUI OF THIS WEBSITE IS FUCKED

The really funny part is that many modern sources that want to gas up Sparta will bring up this specific anecdote, but stop at the "if" and just not mention what happened immediately afterwards.

similarly, "μολὼν λαβέ" (come and take them) is a really cool thing to say, made significantly less cool by having them taken

Spartan propaganda usually only works if you stop right before the end of the story tbh

it's so crazy too bc i'll be like "this phrase/practice is being touted as ancient knowledge with a secret unbroken lineage, but it was quite literally made up in the 20th century. like we can trace it back to its very inception in like 1961." and someone will be like "that can't be true because my grandmother taught it to me." and i'm like yes your grandmother was 20 in 1961.

im a trans woman and a real human being capable of suffering by the way. i exist.

im not porn, im a girl. i have friends and interests and hopes and things i want to do. i laugh and cry and i give hugs and i watch the sunset. i'm real. im a person. i'm a woman. please stop treating me like im an object. i'd love it if you stopped, i'd give you anything in return for it. please see me.

i do all this just like you do. i'm real. please see me as real. it would make me so happy if you did, if you saw me as just another person.

This is my local-ish zoo. Please sign the petition if you can (and call your state reps if you're a Tennessean).