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)
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There is a conversation to be had about the fact that Taylor Swift's album is being played in its entirety across all of iHeartRadio's 868 stations, pushing out the opportunities other artists might have had to get radioplay. That's the literal definition of a monopoly. No wonder she'll hit the top of the radio play charts with this maneuver, because at least 65 minutes (if not the back side of the album, which would take it to nearly twice that length) across EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT STATIONS will be dedicated to her, artificially boosting her radio play and decreasing everyone else's. In this essay I will—
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should've hate fucked ngl.
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i think sex repulsed aces and sex favorable aces should hold hands in solidarity and skip through a field together. or any other activity really, it's more about the solidarity. reblog to just fuckin hang out.
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same old, same old
[ print available here ! ]
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I can only Snap
I can only snap upon right hand
I can’t from left
I can write both with right hand slow in time
I can paint either hand
I can trace with a left hand
It’s my writing hand
Could’ve hugged away with both hands
But you know who you are
I love your attitudes smiles that got me through the rough times it was daily
I need glasses to see, I wore them daily
I placed items in holes, all the whole time
It was daily easy, seeing the un working; every hour upon clock, working in beginning from register, internet, to dock, best if internet again, comeback stop the weed smoking on clock
Round Robin
Kicking punching throughout my thumbs
Ohh I’m so tired
I’ll jump into body skins next, I don’t work there no longer
I was snapped out
All scary but also funny and nue it coming,
Skits and play’s In musicals
Was hugs gathered
Some play for some play against
And those remained in silence
My had snaps to, I was genuine
Good day... woman man, dude gal, those that, in between some mishaps, in disguise still masked, in clear clouded, mindset mind open, wanting gainful
Snapping for the next person
Who’s the face?
I have more time now
And others helped make it so
;)
When I would, take my boys to a party: no pushing shoving kicking punching screaming yelling, if another is doing bad walk away come tell us (dis-Respect un Equality sinnistered technicians) or rather take a REST near mom & dad, stay out of trouble, accidents surely to followed
I didn’t abide by same rules upon entering building, taken vacation never had time, gave 110%
Every help, to guidance measures, stay safe or let’s bandage that up, watch your fingers and hands, keep yourself intact
I’ll give it rest, I just out snapped
In a writing
Live long do more for a World
Peace ☮️
No red and blue needed
Guide, i still do
Find love, you would understand
More that I say
Just once, just in’s, just still there
From a just gone
Snap!
I love you all, when standing still for along time don’t lock your knees move
When moving a bunch, stretch before hand
Now I’m hanking it
Body first
Management second
They seconded my snap
It was an uneventful ambush
I didn’t (rhyme again here)
May all live • until you think of statistics, someone, it’s human, always fall in there
Animal can’t calculate and we have been humans for how long, statistic an always need until fixing, who has the time for fixing let’s keep them going.....
Pathetic wanting and those being paid for
i get confused too here!
I saved lives with my (can you guess it)’s
Hey 👋 you did
Now your catching on
You each have a pedestal
I just snapped out loud
Sun will rise tomorrow, be safe
Your wills are your own
Your will is yours
So be good
Make a better than waiting
For
Fore
Ohh watch out ohhhhhhh snap
All the different read this for, it’s all for you above, between some sly others overcoming in meanings and so on and such stuff, enjoy the L•FE
Hey you read it as life, you know you did!
But did you say read or read red or reed like myself exhaling to wind or rather moving along in, I still have more
Just wait
WordsbyMM
MMybsDroW
Martinez, Mark
Kram Zenitram (a reverse)
Zen i tram
Zen
Love Peace
Eracism also
It’s being worked upon :)
There was a song
‘I need a new job’
Which blog does this post fit?
Questions I still reach out for answers
It’s why I’m writing
Four years of time and writing
All so oblivious
I love you anyways & have always
Pay attention
Goodbye
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I'm not aromantic but I believe in their beliefs
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midnight parade
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for me at least, theres always been a really stark divide in the 'child character is the main antagonist' sort of stories.
on one hand. theres stories that rely on the shock factor of a child being evil, because we're supposed to believe that kids arent capable of that sort of thing. i guess its supposed to be frightening but the novelty always wears off really quickly for me.
i think 'a child is the villain' always lands most successfully for me when a kid is given power beyond their years (either by adults around them or otherwise supernatural/societal forces) and then everyone is floored when they arent exactly responsible with that power. and sometimes theyre even selfish! not because that kid is evil, but because theyre a kid.. acting like a kid would in their situation.
it means that any sort of story that follows requires a protagonist to reason with someone who may not even understand the harm theyre doing, or worse - not have the life lived to understand why they should care in the first place. and also, i think watching what happens when u have an destructive force seeking comforts that any child deserves doing whatever they can to have those things is (to me) much more interesting than 'child who is fucked up and evil for no reason but being born that way actually'
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dumbest
motherfucker
on the goddamn planet
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After months of research and development and market testing and perfecting the first item I feel confident selling online, I have realized... that it is an incredibly niche item that only a specific subset of absolute nerds would want to buy, and I will have to do a ton of explaining the basic idea over and over again before people generally get what it is I'm even selling. RIP me
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Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 (soon))
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I think Deku has a bit of a mean streak, actually. he’s no Bakugou—that’s for sure—but he’s not this innocent, sweet angel baby that the media has painted him out to be. but you only catch it when you least expect it, when you’re pushing his nerves, when the stakes to everything around him are high, when he’s tired of endless sleepless nights and just—snaps.
“Oh?” you go, grin unfurling like some grinch, chin resting on your hands as you leer at him from across his expansive desk. “You’re mean.” your words are teasing, a snarl that curls your mouth up. Deku stutters, eyes going wide, jaw snapping shut in surprise as he tries to think back on how rude he just sounded.
“No, I’m not—I mean, you wouldn’t stop and I just—there’s a lot on my plate right now—and you just—you keep on—I’m not—I’m not mean.” He’s sputtering, hands all over the place, the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose falling even lower with how he jabbers on and on. it’s endearing really, to see how he tries to upkeep his image of being so kind and understanding, even though his nostrils just flared at you. and his eyebrows turned down and he gritted at you, his hands were balled into fists, his words were so nasty, so ugly, so unbecoming for Deku.
you liked it. loved it even—vowed to get him like this every single fucking second that you could.
you pick and poke at him whenever you see him, teasing him and pulling at him. pushing him around even though the hero is so much stronger than you, so much bigger. and he lets you, tries to defend himself but—that’s not what you want. you want the ugliness, the snark, the mean.
he snaps, eventually, when you least expect it. grabs you up in black whip when you go to push him against the wall for the third time in only a minute, his eyes suddenly dark, the aura of the room suddenly charged.
“That’s what I was looking for.” you whisper to him, the grin spreading your face quickly dissipating in only seconds when you become the prey. when you become the one pushed up against the wall with teeth at your neck, a hand in your underwear, bullying your hole with too thick fingers.
“Why do you want me to act like this? Be so mean to you, huh?” he sounds so frustrated with himself, with you, growling and nipping and licking when you don’t answer quick enough. but your breath is caught in your lungs because finally—finally, did you get what you wanted. it just took a little bit of pushing, you suppose.
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