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I’m back at the start falling apart in the old ways I wish I was flawless I’m not Was fading away but everything fell into place When you told me your name /// You’ve been in the dark believing your thoughts When they tell you you’re anything less than you are But that’s just not true cos all of the scars And the bruises they’re what make you human

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you're standing there like an angry god counting all my sins just to cross them off

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i know we’re both just messing around pretending to be whole but look at me. if the train was coming would you move. if the ground was falling from under your feet would you even notice or would it just be another tuesday for you. if somebody stabbed you could it hurt worse than you already do. what i’m saying is that i love you but i think we both drive over the speed limit when it’s raining. what i’m saying is that i want to hold your hand and i understand about how you sometimes have to sit down in the shower. what i’m saying is that i’m here for you and if the train comes please move.

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i know we’re both just messing around pretending to be whole but look at me. if the train was coming would you move. if the ground was falling from under your feet would you even notice or would it just be another tuesday for you. if somebody stabbed you could it hurt worse than you already do. what i’m saying is that i love you but i think we both drive over the speed limit when it’s raining. what i’m saying is that i want to hold your hand and i understand about how you sometimes have to sit down in the shower. what i’m saying is that i’m here for you and if the train comes please move.

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if you relate to having an idea for a story for 4 to 8 years with almost zero progress towards actually writing it down, clap your hands

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You weren’t the only one who thought of us that way

#philadelphia flyers #i have this theory that gritty is the physical manifestation of a curse on philly that makes it where gay love goes to die #anyway #tknolan #brioux #richiecarts #jeff carter #mike richards #claude giroux #danny briere

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I want everybody who’s calling Ken a Trophy Husband to know that he’s actually a Trophy Boyfriend, because when Ruth Handler invented Ken in the 1960s, she was adamant that he would never marry her and instead be her “handsome steady”, so that Barbie remained a figure of independence for the little girls and was never put in the position of housewife.

Her house is hers. She bought it and furnished it with money she made in her own job. In STEM, in politics, in healthcare, in fashion, in academy, in customer service. Her credit card is in her name (women in the US couldn’t have their own regardless of marital status until 1974). And it’s all pink and fashionable because femininity and badassness aren’t mutually exclusive. No matter who you are, you can be anything.

That’s why Barbie’s slogan is “you can be anything”. Teaching these ideals to little girls is why Barbie was created. Empowering women and empowering femininity is the original meaning of the Barbie doll. It’s not that you have to be all this to be a woman, but if you are all or some of this, you too are awesome.

And somehow pop culture deliberately changed that narrative. Sexualised, bimbofied, and villainised her, when she actually isn’t responsible for the impossible beauty standards — people are, she’s just a stylised, not-to-scale toy like most others.

Men are frothing because he’s just Ken and I guess they were expecting her to be just Barbie, but that’s exactly what Ken is. Canonically. A badass woman’s himbo boyfriend.

This movie has the potential to change the way we collectively see Barbie radically into what Ruth Handler’s intended, I’m so very excited

#barbie #she’s everything he’s just her boyfriend ken

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i've been thinking and i think a lot of celebrity discourse wouldn't be a thing if more people understood how PR works and that these famous people have been carefully curated as products for consumption 99% of the time. the reason a lot of actors seem so much like their characters is because, a lot of the time, they're deliberately playing that aspect of themselves up to promote the project they're in. why do you think so many straight actors starring in gay films have vaguely gay anecdotes prepared for interviews? why do you think leads promoting rom-coms often play up their chemistry in interviews? none of it is accidental. pedro pascal isn't walking around calling himself daddy because he happens to genuinely call himself that. it makes him more marketable. i think a lot of us know that celebrities' public personas are curated, but it doesn't stick because we want to be entertained and to like these people. the more I interact with PR people as part of my job and am made aware of the "rules" surrounding celebrity interactions and interviews - the more I've realised just how much of a performance all of it is. now i am not saying it's a Bad thing, i think this curation is mostly in place to protect privacy and keep promotion focused on the show/film. but i don't think it would hurt for more people and fans to remember that almost everything you know and see about celebrities is incredibly curated and tunnel-visioned to make them living breathing promo material for whatever they're in, which is to say that these are the last people who should be looked to as role models for moral and ethical guidance because they aren't *for* that.

#fame is abuse #curated personality #priced agendas

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Whenever people try to tell me to ship "moral ships" I like to think about how inherently immoral it is to flirt with service workers at coffee shops where they're obliged to be nice to you so... many coffee shop AUs are like. Immoral. But given that they are a fantasy where this is instant romance without the fear of trapping a service worker in an uncomfortable situation that's tantamount to workplace sexual harassment, I enjoy the cutesy coffee shop AUs immensely.

And that's basically my attitude towards all fantasy. There's lots of things I enjoy in fantasy that wouldn't work IRL. Enemies to lovers. Sudden kisses. Miscommunications in relationships. Codependency. Fight sluts who physically assault each other while emotionally connecting.

Once you start ascribing your morals to the fiction you consume, you tend to miss the issues in even the most innocuous, innocent seeming scenarios. It's easy to judge other people's fictional enjoyment until someone points out your innocent coffee shop AU is romanticised workplace harassment.

But it's all fiction. It's a fantasy. That's why it's fine.

A lack of education around things like consent, healthy relationships, self respect and respect of others, bodily autonomy, etc, has made people think they can rely only on fiction to tell them what right - but that's dangerous. And unsustainable.

#fantasy #ships #moral ships? #grey is the only color

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These excerpts from this article 😂

#jonathan toews #jonny #patrick kane #kaner #chicago blackhawks #hockey #apart but together forever #1988

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Saw something like this and made one of my own 😳

#nhl #nhl players #hockey #nhl memes

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1988 will live forever

#1988 #blackhawks #jonathan toews #patrick kane #hockey

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Some appreciation for the cap ♥️

#jonathan toews #last dose of jonny #oh captain my captain #chicago blackhawks #marian hossa #bryan bickell #dave bolland #andrew shaw

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it’s been fun growing old with you, bud.

#patrick kane #jonathan toews #1988 #kazer

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392. continue?

#danny briere

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Alexander Ovechcat says hello and what’s for breakfast? He gave me a vigorous hand washing when I interrupted his bath so I am just going to take his picture and stop interrupting him. . #tuxedocat #alexanderovechcat #ovi #omgwafc #morningswithmycat https://www.instagram.com/p/Comli7wLq_Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tuxedocat #alexanderovechcat #ovi #omgwafc #morningswithmycat

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SUKUNA-fied MHA🖤

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Deku and Denki have me in a chokehold.