Just A Galactical Mess

fatphobia has been around showbusiness for years. even now, the majority of the parts fat or midsize actors get are “comic relief whose only character trait is being fat”, “ugly main character who loses weight and suddenly is desired by everyone” or “the one who dies first in the horror movie”.

see also: the movie “the duff”, where the “designated ugly fat friend” is played by an actress who IS NOT FAT.

all of these are women who would statistically have below average weight, but showbiz goes hand in hand with diet culture so they call them fat because they know that that way they’ll make more people feel miserable about themselves and then those people will buy those teas that make you shit your pants or start diets or subscribe to exercise plans that don’t work.

and it’s not just the women either. hollywood wants you to think that this is what an ideal healthy man looks like:

when really, this is unsustainable and for a large part unobtainable physique. zac efron exercised for several hours a day every day and basically only ate protein to look like this, and is likely dehydrated as fuck in the shot for extra muscle definition. meanwhile this is zac actually being happy and healthy:

and i think we can all agree that he still looks fucking amazing. this is what a healthy strong guy looks like. you know what every tabloid called this when down to earth with zac efron came out? A DAD BOD.

How do you take your coffee?

Favorite movie of all time?

The best place you’ve traveled to? What makes it the best?

What’s the name of your childhood best friend? Do you guys still talk?

Do you have a favorite or ‘lucky’ piece of clothing? What is it?

Have you ever been in love? Or thought you were in love? What was it like?

Dogs or cats?

Do you think it’s possible to fall in love at first sight?

Your opinion on marriage?

Name a song that makes you happy.

Who are the most important people in your life?

If you were famous for something, what would that thing be? Realistically speaking.

Would you press a button that, once pressed, magically cures world hunger but anytime someone would say your name you’d respond by slapping that person then doing a chicken dance?

Are you a fan of country music?

What’s the best animated movie you’ve seen?

What’s a movie on your watch list?

Romantic dinner or chill movie night?

Favorite TV show?

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you travel?

What’s a hobby you wanna take up?

Do you have any scars? 

You can tell your future self one thing… What do you say?

Do you like video games? What do you like to play?

What’s something you enjoy doing but don’t tell many people because you feel like they’d judge you?

Favorite outdoor activity?

Favorite movie from the 80s or 90s?

Name a celebrity you’d want to meet– dead or alive.

Do you believe in ghosts? 

Have you ever played with a Ouija board? Did anything spooky happen?

twenty-seven

in s e p t e m b e r

The CCs say: “Hey, I want to cover something important. As some of y'all know, I am deeply engrained in the Deaf culture because I want to be an interpreter, and I have Deaf family. The world is slowly becoming more accessible, and I am proud of our progress.

However, I want to discuss this school. This is the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf. The school will be opening soon, but they do not let their students sign, they discourage it. And now they require masks, which means Lipreading is out the window.

This article [there is an article on screen behind them] points out that even without masks, teachers would often cover their mouths when they spoke. So they couldn’t lip read. Their reasoning? To ensure that their students were “listening with their EARS”. Read that again.

You’re taking away their [Deaf children’s] language, they are not being given Dynamic Equivalence. They have nothing. When are y'all gonna learn that Deaf kids don’t need to be fixed? Please spread for awareness.“