Trashpool's Dumpster Fire

If you are a gentile I would like it if you reblogged this so that people can understand the kind of thing we’re dealing with right now. A lot of people think antisemitism isn’t real or isn’t a big deal. Your blog may be able to reach people mine cannot

It really astounds me how many people seem to think communication is a largely unimportant part of progressive politics, as if merely having identified the ethically correct position means people will understand what you mean instead of what you say.

when people who want to be vaguely progressive say 'nature' all secular style but it's painfully obvious they mean 'god' while thinking they don't mean god

"natural behaviour" "the natural body" "nature intended" "nature created" no da fuck it didn't

“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behaviour, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.” - Yuval Noah Harari

Also, fuck nature in general

When you look at all those AI media projects, both the ones that are vaporware and the ones that did release something, none of them ever actually say it's easier or cheaper in any way. They all emphasize that yes, they did spend many hours and waste lots of money on this. That one AI Coke commercial straight up boasted that their workers had to crunch to make it. Like we'll be impressed. If your pitch is "we can make this in a way that looks worse, but isn't less expensive, and we'll proudly mistreat our workers all the same" then why are you doing this, this appears to be a lateral move at best like what is the utility being sold to me by you, the Coca Cola Company, in your dumb AI polar bear commercial

the United States government, which absolutely does not have a history of shooting, bombing, drugging and poisoning its citizens and definitely reflects the will of the people-

“you voted for this” wait until you hear about gerrymandering and all the forms of voter suppression the state and federal government has tried

i have to reblog this again because i go insane when people act like the problem with her is "its cringe for adults to like kids media" or like "the books sucked anyways" like those are completely irrelevant and try to shift the blame and focus from the active harm. even the fact the books also have bioessentialism and antisemitism is a whole different conversation

sometimes i talk about how awful it was to feel trapped by my daily makeup routine and how i couldn’t leave the house without putting on a full face and it played a major role in the misery of my high school experience because i had to spend so much extra time getting ready in the mornings and that followed me into my early 20s as well and it was hell and it was so incredibly liberating to go through the slow and uncomfortable but ultimately essential process of getting my bare face back and having makeup be an optional accessory instead of a mandatory uniform. and the response always tends to be ah yes of course, because of your trans and your masculine. and it’s like aha so close! actually! I think if I ended up being a feminine cis woman I also still would not deserve even a second of that shit! I think trans women and nonbinary people and every human alive should have the option to leave the house without a single cosmetic product ever touching their face! but thanks for playing!