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This is literally the last month you can reblog this joke

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Do NOT Support ‘Adam’ When The Film Comes Out

I’ve talked about this before on this blog but this is the most disgustingly transphobic and lesbophobic narrative I’ve ever come across. 

CWs: transphobia, homophobia, lesbophobia, corrective rape, voyeurism

The book Adam by Ariel Schrag is being turned into a movie which has been named as one of the most exciting LGBTQ films of the year. You should know before watching that the book is about a cis boy who pretends to be a trans man in order to persuade lesbians to sleep with him.

Yeah… you read that right.

Book plot summary: 

boy spies on his lesbian sister having sex

boy decides to pretend to be a trans man (gross)

i.e. pretends to have a vagina because he thinks lesbians will want him then (he literally wants to fuck lesbians because he watched his lesbian sister have sex wtf)

he does get a lesbian to sleep with him, he straps his penis down using ace bandages and uses a strap on.

all the actual trans dudes we meet identify as lesbians this basically implies that trans men are not real men (lesbians i.e. women)  

another time they have sex again only he uses his actual penis but tells her its a strap on. that’s literally rape, she didn’t consent to an actual penis.

he confesses that he’s been lying to her this whole time but she doesn’t break up with him. she even says its okay cause she fantasised about him being “a real boy"

that’s a direct quote. massive transphobia. huge. not to mention this is now the “lesbian is cured by dick trope” which is disgusting and that trope leads to real lesbians and bi women being raped to “fix” them. 

he leaves new york, they’re long distance. they get in an argument and he calls her a slut and a whore among other things and then she dumps him

eventually they get back in touch and she has a new cis boyfriend so yep, she’s been “cured” woo she’s actually straight and he helped her realise that yay (massive sarcasm)

It is deeply deeply transphobic. To imply that our identities are just costumes for other people to put on erases who we are as people. More than that, to imply it is done to trick people into sex is a dangerous lie that literally gets us killed.

It is also deeply lesbophobic. To fuel this narrative that lesbians can be “fixed” by having sex with a man leads to real corrective rapes happening. 

Here is a review of the book by a trans man. I have yet to find one by a lesbian but will edit this if I do.

This book gives out incredibly harmful notions about trans men and lesbians that are used to hurt them in real life. It’s so entrenched in the narrative that I don’t see how the film can possibly be any better.

I do not say any of this lightly. it’s very very rare for me to call out a piece of fiction or for me to decide that a story is unfixable. But this… there’s no excuse for the bigotry in this. 

I’d like to tell people to boycott it but I can’t tell you what to do. So instead I’m going to ask that you share this because it being named as an exciting new LGBTQ film is going to make LGBTQ teens want to see it. And they should know beforehand how hurtful it could be. They should be able to arm themselves with that knowledge.

Don’t make queer kids see this film believing it will represent them only to be exposed to this hatred of their identities. 

Please reblog.

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I'm off to fight God does anyone want anything?

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hm so psa bc i didn’t know this, it’s not common knowledge, and flu season is around:

apparently you aren’t supposed to take dextromethorphan (a common cough suppressant. it’s in stuff like cough syrup, mucinex dm, tylenol severe cold) with sertraline (aka zoloft, the antidepressant) bc it has the risk of causing Serotonin Syndrome, which is not as fun as the name suggests. i’m not a doctor but like, avoid drug interactions bc they can be serious.

remember to read labels guys aaa

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Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918).

Emperor of All the Russias, Grand Duke of Finland and King of Poland.

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He was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894 until his forced abdication in 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Soviet historians portrayed Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.

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Nicholas II proposed and promoted the famous Hague Convention of 1899. The conference was held to end the arms race and solve international disputes peacefully. Due to his efforts, Nicholas II was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.

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The enthusiasm for power was something alien to him. Mild-natured and therefore incapable of forcing people to bow to the opinion he expressed, he was, however, far from being weak-willed and on the contrary was marked by a stubborn striving for the intentions he formed. Exceptional self-possession gave the Tsar the strength to spend hours on end tirelessly reading the reports and detailed memoranda submitted to him. He mistrusted most of his ministers and yet was incapable of carrying out the task of ruling the vast Russian empire alone.

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He was married to Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (1894), they had 5 children.

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He was executed/murdered with his family by the Bolsheviks.

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hey all my peeps from northern climates you know how sometimes ya look outside and it just like has this Look and you just Know it’s cold out like there’s no obvious signs no ice no snow you just KNOW it’s cold because you’ve lived here long enough that u look at the sky and you’re like ‘it’s cold’ how fucked up is that

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Infographic: Legally Married and Legally Fired , Center for American Progress

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Shout out to all the black kids with learning disabilities who aren’t taken seriously in this education system. I’m so fucking sorry.

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PSA: even people with diagnosed learning disabilities have been so brainwashed that we still tell ourselves that we aren’t working hard enough. We tell ourselves we are stupid. We don’t even realize it’s our disability. Having a piece of paper from a doctor doesn’t erase the lifetime of brainwashing and criticism. It doesn’t make our teachers stop telling us to “stop being lazy.” It doesn’t change the TV shows and movies that depict us as stupid. It doesn’t change the minds of the ignorant.

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this one goes out to the speech&debate ladies

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Someone: ADHD is a gift! You're so creative and intelligent!

The same person when I talk too loud or get worked up over nothing or forget to do something or speak too fast or say something inappropriate or don't hear what they say: What is wrong with you you're so immature and disorganized you need to try harder-

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Just found out moose can dive as deep as 20 feet (6m) for aquatic vegetation. Can you imagine like, being a diver, and you’re 20 feet underwater, it’s murky, and you run into a moose

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MOOSE!!!!

#misread this as mouse and i like that better

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Me and the boys, breaking into Area 51 to liberate a Kryptonian clone.

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Everyone who’s been talking to me knows i’ve been working on this comic about wlws and cats for a while and i’m so so happy it’s finally here!!! :D

idea stolen from this post :’3

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Not to be all emotional on main, but like.... Fairy Tail was my entire life when I was younger. It got me through the bad days and made the good days even better. It was the first thing that I fully invested myself in, and I looked forward to every day. It was fundamental in my childhood and I don't know what I would've done without it. So a grand thank you to fairy tail, for my childhood.