#problematic things

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FINALLY! Someone who points out something actually problematic about this ship! THANK YOU! Absolutely! Sky’s definitely too big. Just imagine them both sleeping together then Skyfire rolls on his side and Starscream gets crushed under his weight. Totally why it’s the most problematic ship ever to happen.

(Also this totally isn’t basically the plot to the first fic I ever wrote with them)

cons of having a giant stone for a right hand pt 1.

right hand itches a bit but you can’t scratch the sweet spot because it’s a fricking rock

when people reach out to shake your right hand and it looks a bit awkward 

can’t type with both hands

can’t press any buttons with the right unless it fits

Doorknobs tend to break in just one twist

Can’t fit in the pringle can

can’t properly drive ( fated to drive with only one hand )

rock-paper-scissors is hard because people say he uses rock no matter what

not all clothes can fit your one frickin arm because of that stupid stone hand

candy wrappers that need to be opened in both ends can take forever

u know why he can’t ever close his trench coat ?? because buttons are hard when you have one giant hand

can’t ever tie shoes and might require assistance in doing so ( in reference to kid hellboy having loose shoelaces )

face palms can be painful if you’re not careful with your hand yo

posted with the permission of a friend, the above gem is but one of many examples of antiblack racism, transphobia and binarism that my friend is subjected to regularly on Grindr in Osaka and Tokyo.

sharing it here as i often hear of this kind of thing happening on Grindr in English speaking countries, but see little about it beyond that. antiblackness is not unique to America or other English speaking countries, it is universal.

it’s actually a rather thin line these days, but i’d say what matters most, is the way you treat gay ppl irl. if you are as pro-gay irl (treating us w/ respect and equality) as you are pro-gay shipping, then you’re not likely fetishsing. 

of course it’s fine to ship any characters, as they aren’t real people, they’re fiction. but if you squeal when you see a gay person irl and infantilise them or want to be their friend for stereotype reasons, then you’re likely fetishising as you’re being disrespectful. 

generally, when you’re shipping two characters, it’s because they have genuine chemistry. so like, if you pick the two hottest white dudes and have them bang cuz it’s turns your crank-you might be fetishising. not tht it’s wrong to imagine two (or more) fictional characters being together, but it’s easy to fall into the obsessive path of fetishising when you forget about previously established chemistry (requited or not). 

QAC 60 - Race, Culture & [A]sexuality: Support Asexual People Of Color

Asexual Awareness Week is a week set aside in October to not only show your pride as an asexual person, but to help raise awareness of asexuality and asexual people. sadly, some of the people who are most in need of increased awareness and resources are those who go unnoticed even within the asexual community itself.

it's no secret that the Asexual Community, particularly in English-speaking countries, has a Whiteness Problem. or at least, i hope that it isn't. there is more often than not a distinct lack of racial / ethnic diversity in asexual communities and spaces, which is why it ought to surprise no one that there is also a lack of resources and even awareness among fellow aces about the unique and diverse struggles and needs of aces of color.

with the bulk of asexual awareness, resources and discourse revolving around white faces and common narratives that are themself often derived from a uniquely white experience of what it is to be asexual, where is the support and inclusion for those for whom their racial, ethnic and / or cultural identity/ies inform their ace identity?

there are glaring ways in which asexual awareness efforts, activism and the asexual community in general have failed and continue to fail me as someone who is simultaneously asexual and black . it's my hope that we all can work together towards a future where there will no longer be aces of color who find themselves on the outskirts of a community that claims to be welcoming and inclusive.

...you’d never know that i dragged my tired ass outta bed at 4:00 in the morning after 3hrs of sleep to record this video unless i told you. so i’m telling you.