#2014 here we come

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[briankang]

Magic, madness, heaven, sin

#taylor swift #tswiftedit #candy swift #tscreators #tscreatorsnet #~ #i haven't made a non-kpop related set in so long......rlly coming back to the Roots #anyways i've been watching someone react to songs of hers and he did blank space and i was like hm. i should gif it #2014 video quality my beloathed #this was fun though.....the improvement from the first time i giffed this way back when omg..... #also i have no idea what tags to use. SLKGJLSKDG #we go with god..........at 5:30 am especially #i was in the middle of this before the chan one from earlier actually but i needed to finish it before bed. so. here we are #anyways. good night.

[cvtesins]

what the fuck do you mean i cant bring my fucking emotional support greaser bf you fucking asshole

#in celebration of butch posting like its 2014 heres the first post #this was my first time doing the pitt dlc cus idk why i never had it in 2014 when i first played fallout 3 #but like LET HIM COME THE PITT IS SO SCARY I NEED HIM COMPLAINING OR ELSE ILL LIKE EXPLODE I CANT DEAL WITH THE TROGS ALONE THEYRE SO SCARY #even tho butch would 100% die the instant we step out but like please let him come #lana del rey song like dear lord when i get to heave please let me bring my man #PLEASE #fallout 3 #fo3 #butch deloria #the pitt #fallout 3 dlc #fo3 dlc #the pitt fallout 3 #the pitt fo3 #butch deloria posting like its 2014

[a-typical]

— On Palestine, Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé (2015)

#change cannot come from within israel. it might be decades before we see any sort of strong resistance movement inside israel FOR Palestine #and even more recent protests in Israel are similar to the one described here - and that's primarily due to israel's #diminishing democracy and disappearing middle class - which are (now) totally separate from Palestinian liberation #and of course nationalism/right ring has become more prevalent (globally) since this interview in 2014 #On Palestine #Noam Chomsky #Ilan Pappe #Frank Barat #Palestine #Israel #Palestinian rights #free Palestine #free Gaza #politics #atypicalreads #nonfiction #zionism #history #philosophy #political #nsnv #israli #rothschild demonstrations #cast lead #operation cast lead #antisemitism #victim complex

[unproduciblesmackdown]

asia kate dillon as a spirit in the tempest via shakespeare theatre company in 2014

#not to be confused with how apparently this same production was redone in 2016 (ft. different actors naturally & re: our purposes) #asia kate dillon #who also understudied for ariel but i found no record in text or image of them going on in that role #shakespeare theatre company the tempest 2014 #don't anticipate Needing a tag exactly; but for the [multiple posts] of it all & Why Not & that's the way it keeps intuitively coming to me #i'm also not sure we can see them in pic three but that's the ensemble / company / bevy of spirits ft a couple ppl who Could be them #lot of available pics of the gods puppets who were operated by the spirits but cannot see them in any.... #but they're definitely here as; in pic one: person most in front on the left but not the person crouching #pic two: person standing next to the ship mast with their back to the camera #pic three: [?] could be either the person who we only see via the top of their head either against driftwood or the shipwreck there #pic four: same moment as pic one so the noncrouching person furthest in front on the left #pic five: person furthest in front on the left #the tempest

[gawayne]

ughh SORRY BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT the people you meet in engineering are just by and large so unpleasant I hate it here

#DONT get me wrong there are at least three very cool eng students here #but fuckign. come on we have to admit it. the structure of the program makes you worse and more annoying #out of stress out of competitiveness whatever #yknow what I’ve never heard in english class or art club? earnest discussions of crypto #elon musk fangirling #clique-forming based on whether you have a fucking pilot’s license #using gay as an insult like it’s 2014 #physical assault #etc #christ be normal for a bit!! talk about something that doesn’t make me wanna kill myself! #tbh think the issue might be that smart mean rich kids either go into mech/elec or medicine #and there’s nowhere else in the country for aero freaks to go so they all end up here. revving their audis at 10pm and cutting off busses #no joke every few months I’m like huh I should try to make friends in this program. and I go to a social event or talk to someone or w/e #and then I remember that they are not fun to hang out with because I don’t invest or like cars or want a plane or drink #and I am not willing to sit thru that discussion until someone brings up something more interesting. usually there isn’t anything #see our capstone group works bc it’s full of adhd bitches. today we talked about eggs for an hour #ughhhhh. genuinely I think it’s weird how many ppl don’t have hobbies beyond gaming drinking and investing and I fundamentally can’t get #along with them and that’s why all the cool engineers are found in art club #or maybe I’m just insane and annoying who knows

[mantisgodsdomain]

The phrase "modern music recs" has lead us to check our music library and discover that apparently like half of the songs we consider "new" are actually from like ten years ago and we're just skewed in perspective because they were new when we first listened to 'em.

#and also all of our music taste needs to come with a grain of salt the size of jupiter #though that one's mostly just an Us Thing because we're a fan of songs that flavor blast our ears #“this song is pretty new we think- oh right its from 2014 we forgot that was nine years ago” #(repeat with roughly 90% of our collection) #we speak #...for further context on music taste we got recommended 100 gecs a bit back and the person recommending them was bang on #which we feel is some sort of like. extremely telling phrase but we have no fucking idea as to what popular music is like these days #bc last time we tried to listen to something popular we listened to mi tski for like three minutes and did not like it #(artist name censored here bc we don't wanna be an ass and show up in people's tags where they actually enjoy her music) #its music and you listen to it. unfortunately some of it sucks but thankfully some of it sucks in a way that we like #we know like three band names total and for half of those names its bc they got recommended to us #and for one of them its insane clown posse and for one of them its caravan palace which we're aware of half bc of their music videos #lone digger irreversibly altered our brain chemistry we're afraid

[ghoul-haunted]

it's really just: huh this feels kinda bad but there's nothing I can do about that (logs out of the history art account) (thoughts reset) I should draw isaac clarke

#you have no idea how much space dead space is taking up in my head right now #i know its not obvious because ive pivoted to musketeers blogging here but oh my god the remake is so good #hes my best guy my summer time gal my favorite horror game protagonist ever i love himmmmm #ive also been collecting screencaps of the musketeers costuming on the 2014 show because i want to draw ship art #for my 18 yr old self. i got you past self. i can draw the things u were incapable of drawing. we can make dreams come true #like. almost a decade later lmao

[eddie-rifff]

How did you first discover Roxy Music?

i think when i first got into david bowie (he was my Thing for about 5 years like i was batshit crazy about him) on tumblr in like 2011 i believe i also got into roxy just because a lot of people who liked bowie and t. rex (another big one for me, still is to an extent) also liked roxy and i wanted to fit in with all the other cool glam rock blogs; at the time i was exclusively a bowie blog.

i only ever listened to their first two albums for years until one day in i wanna say 2018 someone sent me an ask for an ask game about the album siren and i realized i had never listened to it or anything besides the eno albums all the way through, so i gave each song on siren a quick listen and found out i really liked she sells and whirlwind- this remained the only non-eno album i knew for a couple of years until i think late 2020 when i for no discernible reason got super into andy mackay. like i had always really liked him but something snapped one day and that like went into obsession. and now im balls to the walls in love with him and roxy music

but you didnt ask for the second half of this ask did u. oh well :)

#yes i have been on this website for 11 years no you cant get rid of me #i have seen so many people come and go over the years.... #i feel like theres only a handful of the 'original' prog fans left #like does anyone remember thais #i forget what her url was #but there was also caroline aka keithlemerson #these people all left in like 2014 #so you win eddie-rifff points if you remember either of them #there was also a girl named shelby who was really into carl palmer #she might still be on here lol #we follow each other on insta but im pretty sure we're not mutuals here anymore #OH and joceyln whose thing was steve howe #she got into roman stuff after a while and i unfollowed her bc she wasnt posting prog anymore lol #and skylar ! AH its all coming back to me #giulia if you're reading this do you remember any of these people #sorry im off topic now

[smugraccoon137]

Diving aggressively back into my women's wrestling special interest

#Just got peacock AGAIN #hoping it's better this time #I miss my girls #😥😥😥 #Going back to NXT 2014 #So ready for pre women's revolution #And all my fav rivalries #Charlynch here I come #Becky lynch gives me such gender euphoria #Like I also want to be #A strong little butch who is also a bottom #Ma'am we are the same #wwe #nxt #women's wrestling #text #textpost #special interest

[cithaerons]

I remember a conversation I overheard in high school between a few teachers - a few of the teachers at my high school (poor, largely working class) used to teach at a different school in a small very wealthy community about an hour away. they were talking about how you just literally could not teach the same material at my high school that you could at the school in this other town. trying to assign a group of students at my highschool to read 1984 and the iliad and the odyssey for english class only results in students not doing their work and having to give a massive proportion of the class failing grades, which fucks up their ability to graduate or go to college or get a job. and they DID try! 

ultimately, lack of literacy, historical awareness, scientific and mathematical knowledge, &c is a huge problem. but there’s only so much individual teachers can do. and i’m very very wary of the persistent way of framing this issue as the fault of “bad teachers” and a “shitty education system.” 

#don’t rb #it's also something that is so stark to me in that.... #like me and my classmates were all taught the same classes by the same teachers #me and a few other students went away to university & have done extremely well #i got nearly all As my first semester of undergrad and graduated with highest honors despite my 'shitty education' #why? we were the few to come from solid middle class families. our parents had degrees & the means to support us #most of the rest of them did not even go to community college. one of my best friends is still trying to get her undergrad degree she #started in 2014 and my other friend never went to college & is living in a trailer with her kid and abusive boyfriend #& in way deep in anti-vaxxer 'fringe minority' conspiracy theories #(both are extremely smart especially Friend 1 but do they have the markers of 'academic success' that I have? obviously not) #the difference here isn't 'education' - it's class and wealth

[monjoonie]

YET TO COME CAUGHT ME IN THE FEELS

#army since 2014 #babes here we go #i really got emotional #and had the biggest smile #bts does that #so proud of them #also: no hate but since a long time i actually really felt and enjoyed the lyrics #they felt genuine and THEM #talking about THEIR STORY #nothing against their more metaphorical concepts #i love me some metaphor and artsy vibes #BUT #proof hits different for me #yet to come is a masterpiece in my opinion but in a subtle way #it hits quietly and softly kinda? #do you get what i mean?? #some more eloquent armys please help me out #what do you guys think abt yet to come? #yet to come #bts #bangtan

[nullians]

Shdjdjfjfj I’m gonna be real here for a bit. I do miss the old pokeani fandom days but like. I’m also so so glad that we are past certain trends. Uff. I know I whine a lot about being late to the fandom but maybe that was for the best after all…

#not gonna say I hate the innocence in some old fanons but aaaa #it was a lot to handle #d0 stuff #if you’re asking ‘Hey Null. How come you’re into vorpalshipping??’ I’ll have to point you to janna’s art around 2014 indeed #it was a crackship but then it got serious and whoops #here we are #my actual main ship from pokeani… well. except for the moments when coma kicks me in the ass #but that’s a bit rare these days #err long story short I have a complicated relationship with the old Trip boom era sndnndnfjfj

[killbaned]

the chicken is in the oven. i was originally going to just. use butter and salt because i'm scared if i use my seasonings it's going to make the gastritis go sicko mode but i can't. i can't fucking make bare seasonless chicken i can't FUCKING DO IT i'd rather starve.

i did, however, select only three seasonings (basil, parsley, poultry) out of the mix along w sea salt and butter so we'll see what happens.

i bought myself some of those knock off gluten free thin mints when i did my errands monday so i just munched on some of those for a sugar boost bc once again. i did not eat anything before i left the house.

in my defense, i literally couldn't have eaten even if someone tried to force me bc The Gastritis Is Gassing.

and also speaking of food regarding mom, she also said the food at the new rehab is decent. hospital food will never be "good" and her lunch came while i was there and their version of scalloped potatoes looked dry as fuck but i also asked if she wants me to bring leftovers when i come tomorrow and she said no since the food is good enough so that's also nice.

it's nice because these are all things that led to her flipping out repeatedly until she finally went AMA last time.

it's also nice because i feel like i can unclench a little and relax and not obsessively sit on my phone waiting for her to call losing her fucking mind about it.

oh also the new place has actual security features. you have to get buzzed in to enter, you have to sign in, you're given a visitor pass, and you have to get buzzed out.

the place she was at here just had an automatic front door and nothing else. which. i will be honest i stopped by a few times after work and i was like.

huh. kinda don't like you can just walk in at 1030PM or later and like no one is around or gives you a second glance. like what if there's a freak around who wants to bother vulnerable old people???

#anyway. weirdly enough i DO think she's maybe. beginning to realize i'm not like. making shit up when i'm expressing #concern about her mobility and cognition. bc someone asked her if she drives and she said she told them not in a couple years #and i was like 'it's been since at least 2018 since you last drove' and she said 'no i was still driving when we first got down here' #and i said 'yeah and it's been almost ten years. we got here in 2014. it'll be 10 years in october.' #and i could genuinely see like. the light bulb come on in her brain with her realizing she's forgetting more stuff than she thought #so again i'm keeping my expectations tempered bc frankly if i don't and shit goes south again i will fucking kermit and i'm not joking #the rug gets yanked from under me again like it did last time and i will not be able to control the melt down that comes from it #so we're onto cautiously optimistic but leaning towards 'she's likely to come back' #the optimism is regarding having proper resources if/when she comes back that makes it less of my problem #which lmao. she uh. kinda bombed the initial cognition test apparently. not an 'oh shit' kind of bombing but enough that like #they'll see what i'm talking about wrt her memory.

[clownboy-yeehonk]

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#so my grandma died #its ok bc shes been sorta fading for a while we knew it was coming sooner rather than later #the aide said she was talking to my grandpa last night and hes been dead since 2014 #and its nice to think that he came to come pick her up #funerals are always weird bc were not a very dramtically emotional family so its a lot of talking about the details #what hymns she wanted where the repasse should be what food theyll be serving what were all wearing #and its funny bc my grandma was a penultimately particular woman who wrote down precisely what she wanted done #down to the shoes she wants to be buried in as if anyone is going to see her feet #but GOD forbid she walks through the pearly gates BAREFOOT she could never #she died in the middle of the night and my dad joked that she probably did that so it wouldnt be a big scene in the middle of the day #when they came to take her body from the house #and on one hand like dad that is your MOTHER #but also objectively hes probs not wrong she would have hated a big scene in the middle of the day with neighbors watching #and i gotta request time off work and im asking my managers how i submit the request and i dont wanna say SORRY bc like its my dead grandma #but also ya i was supposed to be training a new girl this week at work 🙃 #like obviously were all really sad but theres so much to get done that you end up discussing all the details #shes def in a better place like i do believe shes with my grandpa again and she went peacefully and thats very much a blessing #but i have no idea what im gonna wear to this thing #and that feels like a dumb thing to fixate on! but alas #here we are

[altfire]

first spn sesh of the fated year :3 not the beginning bc we started early last year but still :3 it begins

#if ur not familiar i stopped watching spn during early season 9 #literally halfway thru the episode i was like Okay Fuck This Actually. I Can't Do This Anymore #and i decided that i would stop watching and stopped following all the spn blogs i did and just cut it out completely #BUT i still like. liked the show in a way. so i pledged that i would come back when the show was finally over and do a complete rewatch #but in 2014 during season 9 it seemed theyd never stop beating the dead horse so i set a far goalpost: ten years #surely theyd be done if i waited a decade! #and i was right. it did finally end. but i still waited for 2024 bc it had become a meme among my loved ones and i #and now here we are!!!!!!! #(i did decide sometime last year to start early bc i wanted to show my husband #bc he's never seen spn and we're both having a gr8 time) #(like halfway thru season 2 rn) (we have a long way to go) #watch your feet