art is art even if I hate the people who made it and think it sucks and all the fans are rude about it. art status cannot be revoked based on who made it or how it appeals to me or how people engage with it. imho.
you disagree. reblog.
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let’s say that being hot as a form of empowerment for all women could even be a thing. let’s say it’s possible to look hot for yourself and not for men. where did your idea of hotness come from? why is it important to you to look hot? who decides what’s hot? why must you change something about yourself or cover something about yourself to get hot? what makes you not hot at your most unmanicured state? why? how did you know what to do to get hot? do the people around you view hotness in the same way?
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art is art even if I hate the people who made it and think it sucks and all the fans are rude about it. art status cannot be revoked based on who made it or how it appeals to me or how people engage with it. imho.
you disagree. reblog.
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I'm sorry but I downloaded maleware onto your computer... yeah no not malware, *male*ware, your computer is a boy now... he said so himself, that's how i know. he also told me to tell you he like-likes you. yeah he still runs like normal he's just a boy now. oh btw he has no more space on his hard drive. yeah...yeah it's all maleware now, sorry
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Unpopular opinion: not everything that makes you uncomfortable is bad. Sometimes discomfort means your worldview is being challenged. It’s okay to sit with discomfort and think about where it’s coming from.
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im beggin yall to have fun as much as you are able
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im beggin yall to have fun as much as you are able
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im beggin yall to have fun as much as you are able
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So did the "fuck content warnings! You HAVE to see this if you CARE!" crowd just forget that content warnings exist, y'know, for people personally tied to it. If they put a "discretion advised" disclaimer before a news story about a shooting, that's to avoid triggering people who have trauma from similar shootings. That's. That's why it's called a trigger warning
They imagine that they're righteously screaming at some fiend refusing to engage out of self-interest, but really they're just retraumatizing people who were directly impacted by the violence, or who have family or a community who were, over an entirely imaginary crusade
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On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.
These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.
In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.
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happy glorious 25th of may
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Reblog if you want your followers to ask you anything they're curious about.
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you, reading this. you're a creature now. reblog to creature your followers
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