#i know i know i'm preaching to the choir

[it-is-only-a-novel]

Reminder that it's aphobia if you tell an aspec that they need a partner to be happy.

Yes, even if you told them first that you accept them the way they are, and you're just "expressing concern".

#it's okay not to know about amatonormativity #but you are invalidating them #and that's aphobia #tw aphobia #fuck amatonormativity #amatonormativity #aspec #non partnering #aro #aromantic #ace #asexual #aroace #taging with ace tags because this is for all aspecs who choose to be non partnering #or choose to partner differently #also non aspecs of course #yes I'm preaching to the choir #but I needed to say it #M's post

[solarpunkani]

You know what I feel we need more of?

Community centers.

Specifically, places where people can gather, have fun, host events or even just hang out. Similar to what libraries are, but not quite--a place where kids can be loud and rowdy and hang out, make friends, practice sports. Though they definitely should still have quiet areas, maybe craft rooms too. A nice place to go to and hang out after school before you're ready to head home--or a safe place to stay if you don't want to head home. Community centers could also still be fantastic for adults too--they could be used as a place to host classes on different crafts, or repairs, etc.--and still be a perfectly valid place to hang out and seek refuge.

Places like these do exist in many places in a few different forms, but a lot of them are directly tied to organizations and groups that may make people more hesitant to partake in them (ie churches, Police Athletic Leagues), or they have a cost barrier to taking part of the amenities (YMCA). While these places are definitely suitable and fulfilling for many people, they're often limiting and stifling for others--if not just flat-out inaccessible. Not to mention, they don't all fill the roles I mentioned above.

I think having robust community centers would be great for societies all over. I'll admit, my imagination is a bit grand--community gardens, sports rec rooms, swimming pools, reading and craft rooms, a repair cafe, a food cafe, maybe a dorming area for overnight stays, soup kitchens, showers, mutual aid closets and such.

Though I guess that brings about the question of how this would be funded. With churches, it's tithes and other forms of community fundraising. With police athletic leagues, its... taxes, I guess? Alongside other donations. And with the YMCA, it's memberships that provide the funding for their amenities. My initial instinct is to say a mix of taxes and maybe some community contributions would be what funds a good community center, but then there comes the issue of some places having better or worse community centers depending on the median income of their area... especially when you see how places like libraries already get little funding in favor of larger policing budgets (the libraries in my city are all closed on Sundays, and have shorter hours in general, for example)

I know I'm just rambling at this point. I just think community centers are cool! They're punk! And we should have them--cool, fun community centers!

#out of queue #ani rambles #solarpunk #community #i know I'm kinda preaching to the choir here but man. community centers. want more of them. #oh its 1am no wonder I'm rambling

[golyadkin]

OBVIOUSLY i'm going to draw Axe Pete

#the venture bros #pete white #fanart #i love how unhinged he is here like i know i'm preaching to the choir but how can i not #art tag #also this would have been done like an hour ago but i accidentally drew him too buff and had to redo a bunch of lines and shading lmao #the dangers of drawing the worlds skinniest computer scientist #also i made him pink #because i like when he's pink

[queenlucythevaliant]

In Narnia's metaphor, Edmund isn't Judas Iscariot. He's us.

Edmund's betrayal isn't eating the Turkish Delight or even liking the Witch. That, and the effects of the Turkish Delight that follow, are his temptation.

His actual betrayal comes when he's seen evidence of the Witch's evil (at Tumnus's house) and heard all about the Witch's tyranny and the goodness of Aslan (from the Beavers) and he still chooses to go over to the Witch alone.

Of course the deck is stacked against Edmund! Of course he's being deceived and manipulated! Of course he's just a child! That's how sin works!!! Haven't you read Screwtape???

Edmund's sin is easy for us to excuse, but it is still inexcusable. That's the whole point. It is petty and small and childish and still wrong. Just like so much of our sin.

#i know I'm preaching to the choir here #every day i am plagued by bad takes #starting to think that Screwtape should just be required reading for people who want to sound off about sin in narnia #Edmund and Susan in particular #narnia #the traitor who mended

[carlyraejepsans]

nothing more infuriating than strangling the little goblin in your brain that wants to be an asshole and making an effort to respond politely to smth that annoyed you and then immediately being accused of snarking.

#people will really read into your tone read wrong and then demand you apologize for the tone THEY read into your words #i know I'm preaching to the choir on the autism people website but like. LMAO #next time I'll just say skill issue and block. howzaboutit

[canisalbus]

I'm sure you get loads of these but heck I said I'd give it a shot anyway!

Your artwork is so inspiring and beautiful. I recently graduated from art school with a degree in Animation Production but I've decided I'd love to be an illustrator some day. Your work really motivates me and gets my brain juice buzzin. Keep it up!!!

.

#oh thank you! I'm glad you did! #first off as a general rule I think it's always okay to message any individual independent artist/creator #and tell them that you like their work #you may think they probably get lots of positive feedback and such and another one doesn't matter #but I would bet money that the actual amount is almost always smaller than you'd think #so every kind comment has the potential to cheer them up and inspire them #and motivate them to continue creating and posting their work online for people to see #messages like that can linger at the back of your mind for ages #I regularly think back to the nice things people have said about my art over the years #especially when I'm struggling with art block and feel like what I make isn't worth anything and that I'm bad and my stuff is bad #this got a little long winded and I'm probably preaching to the choir #but what I wanted to say is don't be afraid to let creatives know if you like their work it's always appreciated #I'm flattered to hear my dog doodles motivate and inspire you! #animation and illustration are both good choices imo #I wish you all the best on whatever you end up doing #answered #starfruitwyne

[glorious-spoon]

watching that kiss scene for the [redacted] time and yeah i am not immune to buck getting his chin gently tilted up for a kiss for probably the first time in his life

#911 #bucktommy #listen i know i'm preaching to the choir here but that detail killed me

[feelboss]

i gotta say it. astarion's ass would not be a cute fruit bat. halsin would be a fruit bat. they're giant and fuzzy. diurnal. astarion's sneaky little shit head ass would not have a six foot wingspan. astarion would be an absolute gremlin of a creature. probably not even a vampire bat bc they're an incredibly altruistic species. i need to google "biggest shit head of the bat world" to give you a more specific species but his ass is not a fruit bat.

#bg3 #bg3 shitpost #astarion #like 90% of y'all on tumblr have the right idea #so i know I'm preaching to the choir #but you know.

[mishkakagehishka]

I mean, idk, go ahead and imagine a world without art. It doesn't just mean no museums. No tv shows or movies (scripts are writing, and film in general is an artform, too), no comics (illustrations and writing), no music (composing, writing if lyrics are present), no fun romance novels or silly adventure stories, no plays and musicals, no video games (animation and writing). All of your entertainment is made by artists. Not even going into the fact that it's self-expression's core, but just go for the very basics right now. Imagine a world where you have nothing to use as a way to destress, enjoy yourself, or even just fill the quiet moments. Idk about you all, but I feel like it'd be pretty dystopic.

#i know i'm preaching to the choir on tumblr where people seem to Get It much more but #i just think that people who devalue art really don't understand how much of our lives is actually dominated by art

[its-not-a-pen]

holy shit guys i finally watched andor. it's not as good as everyone says it is; it's better. 

this is the kind of star wars i use to dream about but could never imagine happening. it's painful. it's thought-provoking. it's complex. I could not look away even if I wanted to. Andor is not something you comsume passively, it demands your attention, if you're sick of modern cinema with it's superheros, emptiness and cynicism, this is for you. this is not assembly line whimsy that pays lipservice to higher ideals only to uphold the status quo. this is film made with passion and a burning desire to tell a story. 

 i think the thing that made me realise that this was actual, good cinema was how subtle the goodness is. i was on ep 3 and thought to myself; "hmm this show is really interesting but it's kind of annoying that they only made each episode 20 mins long." each episode was 40 mins long.

#andor #star wars #sw #cassian andor #diego luna #also while im here i'm living for Regional Accents Starwars #nature is healing #i know im preaching to the choir but to all the stragglers GO WATCH ANDOR. PIRATE IT IF YOU MUST.

[thewatercolours]

Podfic: "Captive Crown" by GerbilofTriumph

A shabby narration of GerbilofTriumph's excellent King's Quest fanfiction, "Captive Crown," complete with outrageous attempts at accents and enough bloopers to start a drinking game (with um, raisin juice. There are too many goofs for the real stuff.) This wonderful fiction, full of courage, nightmares, and healing, is gratefully recorded and shared with permission of the author, @gerbiloftriumph. Go check out her awesome creative blog.

All seven chapters are available at the link above, but if you just feel like listening to the first chapter while you scroll, voila:

Original text here:

#podfic #king's quest #king graham #I learned a couple of things about Audible in the process but you're still getting the unedited version because I'm not confident enough to #implement all I've learned. :-) #As usual the thing that frustrates me most is that I cannot for the life of me do a good Graham impression. I mean - none of my impressions #are ever going to land me an act in Vegas - but at least with the others I can kind of hide behind the fact that they're all very zany #voices. Graham's more normal and so it feels like I ought to be able to give a better impression of the music of Josh Keaton's speech #and in my head I do a slightly better job at it then when I hear it played back. But it's all for fun anyway - I just wish my voice #was magic. #But regardless of quality I had a ton of fun and am very thankful to my good pal Gerbil for letting me do this! #I mean I'm preaching to the very small choir here but this really is one of the best KQ fics online and it was a joy to narrate. #if there's any tech flaws please let me know - I should preview the whole thing before I post but I'm too chicken to listen to my voice for #long. ;-)

[unforth]

Y'all (general) really really need to exercise the block buttons more.

An opinion you don't agree with? Someone makes you uncomfortable? Something you don't like? Even just a person whose way of presenting information makes you uncomfortable (even if you agree with them)?

Block.

BLOCK.

B.L.O.C.K.

Look, I get it. I used to think seeing opinions I didn't agree with was important, that exposing myself was a way of staying informed. But finally, I hit a breaking point - I already knew the viewpoints I disagreed with, and seeing them every day was making me miserable.

I've blocked liberally since then.

And the most remarkable thing happened: I routinely see posts where lots of people are disagreeing with the same person...and I already have that person blocked.

Because the most insidious thing about letting myself see the negativity and things that made me unhappy all the time is that leaving it all there gave me the impression that there were a LOT of vocally awful people saying things that hurt me.

But there aren't.

There's actually a surprisingly small number of people who get off on trolling or are so marinated in hate that they have to spew it all around them, and when you block those people, the world gets much more peaceful.

You're not growing as a person by exposing yourself to rhetoric that hurts you. You're just hurting, which is exactly how those people want you to feel: they want you to be in as much agony as they are.

Don't give them the satisfaction.

BLOCK THEM.

(tbh I've hit the point that I think people who willfully, deliberately, loudly, intentionally don't block are engaging in a form of self-harm. seriously, you're not taking a noble stand, no one cares if you don't block except the people hurting you.)

#unforth rambles #my mutuals all know this so i'm preaching to the choir #did i see a bad jiang cheng take again #yes yes i did #but specifically i saw a bad jiang cheng take triggered by anti deciding to vent stupidity instead of blocking the things they didn't like #and then a stan engaging instead of also blocking #both these people would be happier if they blocked #like antis you do realize if you hate a character your best bet is to block the people who love them right #sorry the back and forth is just exhausting #i blocked the anti #and i almost blocked the pro too #stop engaging it's pointless just do your own thing and block the people who you don't agree with #it's not creating an echo chamber #i promise you're not a better person because you let the same terf or anti or racist or whoever #expose you to their toxicity over and over #you've already given them a hearing by reading their first drivel ya know the one that led you to block them #if you know enough to know they're terrible why would you want to give them a hearing on literally any other topic #block and move on #there are so many better people out there who are actually worth your time and energy

[parab0mb]

Just found out that EA rejected the proposed 3rd Mcgee's Alice game, which at this point isn't surprising but still disappointing since I really liked the franchise (call it a comfort series/guilty pleasure/nostalgic, etc.), not to mention the creator seemed genuinely passionate about telling this story about a character that was near and dear to him despite the franchise never being a money-printing powerhouse.

Like, I know I'm not saying anything profound here, but it just reminds how wretched it is that it's still considered the norm for artist/writers/etc. to have to literally sell away the rights to their own stories, a part of them that they've poured their soul and experiences into, to a publisher (that has no passion for the project beyond the monetary returns) just for the POSSIBILITY that the story will maaaaybe reach it's intended audience and have the original vision/message be left intact.

As if it isn't bad enough that an IP that does end up succeeding will most likely be bastardized and milked to creative bankruptcy even after the creator dies, the alternative is that if the IP isn't "marketable" enough the publisher just holds the IP hostage from it's own creator (usually having no intent of doing anything with it).

Like, especially as of late it seems like publishers/studios are all too eager to do the latter, and it deserves to be straight-up illegal.

#rant #artists and creators deserve better man #I guess the silver lining is that going indie is sorta feasible nowadays (at least for video games) #but the people with ideas being at the mercy of the people with the money is still commonplace #and it sucks how legally one-sided creator/publisher relationships are #again I know i'm preaching to the choir and not proposing any actual solutions here #im just upset and wanna rant >:C #american mcgee's alice #alice madness returns #alice asylum

[void-dragon4]

tired of how ecology is seen as biology's useless cousin because it won't get you into med school. ecology is so fucking important but the only people who seem to recognize that are fellow ecologists.

when i do a basic surface level search for ecology jobs all that comes up are flavors of park ranger, educator, and researcher. which completely ignores the policy/engineering sides of ecology but also makes those other jobs seem so insignificant when I've seen people have some of the most fulfilling and impactful careers working in museum collections or being professors.

it's not environmental studies either. sure environmental studies is incorporated but ecology is an individual scientific field that overlaps a lot with biology, genetics, chemistry, geology, hydrology, and so much more. it is the science of connections.

in conclusion fuck you and shut the fuck up ecology is underrated and yall better give it more respect as a science.

#void post #ecology #i know i am preaching to the choir #and no one will see this post #but i'm so tired #i'm tired of being degraded for going into a field i love #i'm tired of forcing myself to leave said field for money and power #i'm tired of holding myself back because i am burnt out #but i know i cannot accomplish nearly enough in the 2 years i have left to enjoy ecology

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

i get that some people do not ship grace and frankie and that’s fine (i can’t relate, but that’s fine!), but i feel like describing their whole thing as platonic female friendship just isn’t quite accurate by the time the series is over. it’s, like, platonic female friendship where you live together and you’ve committed to being each other’s number one priority and life partner forevermore, and have deliberately foregone romantic relationships with men in order to instead be with each other. i feel like that doesn’t quite fit in the “yah yah, the power of platonic female friendship!” box. platonic female friendship is a powerful force to be reckoned with indeed and one of the greatest blessings on this sorry earth, but most platonic female friendships do not take that particular shape.

#dollsome's deep thoughts #grace and frankie #gaf s7 #which isn't to say there aren't some because i'm sure there are! #but like ....... y'all get what i'm saying #it's got a real gay energy is what i'm saying #or a queer energy to be more specific #just another day preaching to the choir on tumblr.com! #it's rebelling against heteronormativity is what i'm saying #it's slapping the face of heteronormativity like frankie slapped grace when she heard about one direction #also this post isn't in response to anything i actually read over here #i think it's technically in response to an old marta kauffman quote because i know how to spend my time productively #fighting the most timely and topical of battles

[foxgirltail]

Oh my god people are still on about how "not cis and not trans" is an actual identity people can meaningfully have

The definitions are opposites. The meaning of cis is "always identifies with your assigned gender at birth" and trans is such an umbrella term that it covers every other alternative

If you want to claim "not cis" and also claim "not trans" that tells me that they don't want to be perceived or labeled as trans, which is an (internalized) transphobia issue. Which is not a solid basis for an identity

#also egg jokes literally dont harm anyone and if you think they do reflect on why you think its bad when trans women say #'hey this reminds me of me before i knew i was trans' #oftentimes 'trans people who dont know their trans' or 'eggs' arent willing to even consider transness as a possibility due to society #and being told that thats an option they can consider does a lot #theres a million pressures preventing people from identifying as trans. a slight nudge in the other direction is effectively meaningless #especially coming from trans women who dont have any power in the political landscape #i know I'm preaching to the choir here but yknkw