#just keep that in mind

[kissmefriendly]

I just need y’all to keep in mind that the entire framing device of Frankenstein is that it’s a letter. And I need you to imagine being Walton’s sister going forward.

#just keep that in mind #I promise it will improve your reading experience 100x #poor Margaret lmao #frankenstein #frankenstein daily #I wrote an epilogue YEARS ago from her pov I should dig it up #I MIGHT have published it to fanfic but I have no clue and I don’t remember #or I just kinda imagined I did

[bookshelfdreams]

I'm gonna say something that most of y'all won't want to hear but I think it needs to be said:

Watching videos and looking at pictures on the internet is not bearing witness.

The vast, vast majority of content you find online has been specifically curated so people will click on it and spread it. Nothing is authentic; nothing is reality. Everything is presented to you through a filter, and there is always an agenda. That doesn't mean that everything you see online wants to manipulate you (although a lot of things do), but that someone, somewhere, decided you need to see this specific thing, and that decision wasn't random. Neither was the selection of what you're shown and what you aren't.

This means you cannot witness anything on the internet - unless it only exists in the digital space. Witnessing an event means experiencing it firsthand, unfiltered. To be a witness you need to be there, as it happens. Witnesses are important, because they experience, with their senses, everything. Witnesses are valuable, because they can confirm or deny the story someone else tells. The whole, entire, objective truth will forever be out of reach, but by collecting a lot of witness accounts, and joining them together like puzzle pieces, we can get close to it.

But watching videos on the internet doesn't make you a piece in that puzzle. It doesn't make you a witness. It makes you a consumer of media.

And more often than not, it makes you a consumer of propaganda.

#this is to say: watching things is not activism #and theres always always ALWAYS an ulterior motive #the motives can vary greatly but there is no neutral information #just keep that in mind #current events #thoughts

[iamfuturepixels]

#I'll be real with you #i don't think this man would survive in Wisconsin #dungeon meshi #delicious in Dungeon #polls #tumblr polls #shuro #shuro dungeon meshi #toshiro nakamoto #i gave it some thought: i can see him appreciating kwik trip #that's his one source of comfort in this state #but it's technically not a fast food place so it can't be on the poll #just keep that in mind

[honeyjars-sims]

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[Bonnie, Chantal, and Johnny arrive at Ginny's house]

Bonnie: Thanks for taking the twins tonight, Mom. Destiny's at her dad's. And Jimmy…

Ginny: Don't talk to me about that asshole. I told you from the beginning he was gonna be nothin' but trouble.

Bonnie: He isn't always like this. We've both been under a lot of stress tryin' to make ends meet.

Chantal: Can we watch a movie tonight? Please?

Ginny: I guess I can get the projector runnin'. Just try not to talk through the whole thing this time.

Chantal: I won't! Bye Mom!

Bonnie: Jeez, kick me out why don't ya. Bye baby, be good for your grandma. You too, Johnny.

Johnny: Haha, grandma!

Ginny: You know I hate being called grandma. Ginny suits me just fine.

[cut to outside] Chantal: Ginny, you never met our dad, right?

Ginny: No, your mother didn't like introducing her boyfriends to me. I don't think she even knows his real name.

Chantal: Yeah, she said she just called him "Sunny." She always says she'll tell us more about him when we're older.

Johnny: Who cares? He didn't want us anyway.

Chantal: I know…but aren't you curious? He could be anybody. Maybe he's a billionaire.

Johnny: A billionaire from Grims Quarry? Yeah, right. He's probably in jail. Or dead.

Ginny: Jeez, Johnny, you're so morbid. No wonder you have trouble sleepin'.

Johnny: I'm just sayin'. He must be pretty bad if mom won't tell us who he is.

Ginny: All she told me is that he wasn't the type to raise a family with.

Johnny: [scoffs] Yeah, and Jimmy's father of the year?

Ginny: Hmph. Hopefully that mom of yours gets some sort of sense soon.

#ts4 #ts4 story #the sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims storytelling #here's a note on bonnie #her version of events is not always 100% accurate #just keep that in mind #stksafeharbor #sh:messers #sh:prologue #sh:bonnie #sh:chantal #sh:johnny #sh:ginny #safeharborstory

[estellardreams]

I assume... You like dogs more than cats.

YES

#I have four dogs- #Ask #annonymous #These are old images tho #Just keep that in mind #I used to have a cat... But my mom was allergic so we had to put her up for adoption

[teabutmakeitazure]

So here why the strong ginger boy with fancy car. He can either hold your groceries for you or offer you a ride back home. Such a gentleman.

there is a shuttle bus/mini bus that'll take you up the hill for very cheap but

1. I want the exercise

2. I don't know the word for "this is my stop!" so there's a language barrier

ngl if I had that ginger in my life I'd be the bane of his existence (affectionate). he would see me and just know what I need help with. may it be jars or groceries or something on the top shelf, he will do it. let's just hope he doesn't see me crack open the jar even he couldn't open with 0 effort at all

#girl in the kitchen was struggling to open it so i offered my assistance #she looked at me like⚫_⚫ when i did it for her #ask #anon #i could treat you better than your bf #just keep that in mind

[the-badger-mole]

In honor of my Year of Content, I am asking my followers and people who just know me from around the site to send me asks. They can be about whatever you want (within reason). I will answer any questions I get today. And depending on the response to this, I may make this a regular thing (weekly or monthly or whatever. I MIGHT even go live in the future, if there's enough interest). The floor is yours! What questions have you been dying to ask me?

#ask the badger mole #open forum weekly #or monthly #this first time may be the decider #i reserve the right to not answer tho #ask whatever you want #just keep that in mind #year of content #THE YEAR OF CONTENT!!!!

[formulafc]

i once heard “honesty without empathy is just cruelty” and yeah….

#y a esto me refiero a q walls lo dijo en una de sus batallas de la fms hace años y siempre pienso en eso #but yeah #just keep that in mind #don’t be cunts #xoxo #rambles

[kipskiptrip]

Hi there

I've been on Tumblr for a while now (since like 2019 welp) and my blog used to get a fair amount of notes/activity? But now it always seems dead and no-one seems to see my posts, I think mainly BC most of my previous mutuals are now inactive/barely active?

Anyways how would you recommend going about getting new mutuals or just getting more people to see your posts in general? Should I do one of those "hi, looking for mutuals" posts, or try something else?

Oh and one more thing...

Have a great day 🥳 :)

Hi! Idk myself because even when I used to be active I had 0 followers it was a very personal thing I did the hi looking for mutual post and it worked so !!!! Also YOU TOO!!!! Im going to the beach for a week starting tmrw so :3

#If anything i recommend adding some art and such but tumblr also never existed for fame so !!!! #Just keep that in mind #Anyway youre famous to me my dear moot

[that-tall-queer-bassist]

OKAY for anyone who followed me from the nature wives server, while I'll keep my fics and ideas that include things that break cc's boundaries off the server, I'm not a fan of censoring fandom creations, so I'm gonna still post about stuff here. At the end of the day, they're characters like any others.

And if you disagree, think about this. Would you stop writing trans characters in HP fics just cause jkr (derogative) is a terf?

#feel free to unfollow me if this makes you upset #And if it makes you uncomfortable that I'm on the server I will probably leave. I didn't think that it would be that much of a problem tbh #I separate the characters and content creators a lot in my head. #Not to say that I believe in shaming any other fandom or fanfic. So don't come at me with that bs. #It goes against my core values to censor people like that. It can so quickly become a censoring of queer or trans people and that scares me #So yeah. just a heads up and general statement. #you get no judgment from me for your beliefs #regardless of my own. #just keep that in mind

[king-tyrone36]

Not about bein perfect, not about bein complete/ready sometimes it's just about gettin knocked down then back up again the opposition being every reason you should stay down the reason ya get back up is fuck it what else is there to do 🤷🏿‍♂️

#personal #we havent finished yet #just keep swimming #just keep going #just keep that in mind #achievement hunter #history #words n stuff

[welpnotagain]

i adore tumblr users continues effort to stay anonymous and say that this is the one platform everyone expects to basically know nothing about you but the second there is a new "challenge post" people just give out any information they could possibly want. Oh if I give you my birthday (something people often recklessly use in passwords) you'll tell my what my angel name would be? And if I put my angel name in the tag literally everyone can go back up and figure out my birthday? Sick! Yeah tell me my angel name!! Oh I get to know what Pokémon I am if I give you my exact height?? If I give you initials and the initials of my parents you'll tell me my pirate name?? Etcetc

don't get me wrong telling people your height is probably not a big deal. But I think it's funny/a bit concerning just how easy it is to get people to share information they might not have shared if asked directly just because you offer to tell them what kind of bread they are. Not to say people who create challenge posts are trying to gather your information, just to say be conscious of what information you are sharing through this and if you really are comfortable other people knowing this.

#privacy #idk im just very much holding on to 'dont give out information at all on the internet' #it is a bit scary to me how easy and willing minors and adults even give out their personal information like its nothing #like i know if you only have 10 followers or wtv you think basically no one will see it but your blog is very much public #*usually public #people will be able to go back to look at old posts and people can look at posts without following you #just keep that in mind

[theprincessofpowerremake]

Would you say that a comical couple who are married that be acting like they hate each other and can't stand each other but love the absolute fuck out of each other and would do anything to keep each other safe count as an abusive couple? Cus I have a couple of ships like that and I'm worried 😮‍💨

i think it kinda depends?

for me, i would see that and my knee-jerk reaction would be thinking "that's a dysfunctional relationship", but it all depends on the execution.

if the point is to make it dysfunctional, then go ahead. but if you want to make it...functional, then i'd suggest making it obvious that they still care about each other.

like, maybe having moments that aren't at one or the other's expenses ( for example, person A helping person B recovering while scolding B for being "so stupid" and "so reckless" and "why the fuck did you do that, you stupid idiot, i thought i'd lose you" ).

and this is all from a writing standpoint, i'm not sure if you're just watching these couples or writing them, but i am speaking from the perspective of a writer.

if it's a watcher, on the other hand, i think the same general rules apply. if it's more of a joke-y/banter-y sort of thing, then i think it'd be fine for you to enjoy. if it's dysfunctional, and that is the point of it, as long as it's not actively sending bad messages to people and/or hurting anybody, you're also probably fine.

( for example, you could like the relationship of joker and harley quinn because it explores abuse and how it can really fuck with the victim, rather than because you actually want a relationship like that, y'know? )

or maybe they're keeping their relationship hidden, for some reason.

i'm not sure how helpful this is, since i'm not sure how exactly your ships' dynamics go, but i hope it's at least a little bit relieving?

#anon mail #writing advice #writing tips #suggestions #writing #relationships #romantic relationships #advice #basically #execution matters #just keep that in mind #you should be fine #feel free to dm me #if you wanna

[infinitenthq]

honesty hour?

i was wondering when we should do another one eee ! how do y'all feel about having one now, or we can always save it for tomorrow if it's more convenient ?

#im down for whenever #though we'd do it in like 10-15mins tonight mayhaps #just keep that in mind

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[cursedgamerchild]

"internet historian's alt-right anyways" "great day to have never liked james somerton" "never even heard of illuminaughtii before this lol"

that's great buddy but don't go around thinking you're immune to this. if you're not looking for plagiarism, you likely won't notice it unless its egregiously obvious. hell, you've probably consumed plagiarized content without even realizing it. even hbomb pointed out that these people disguised what they presented pretty well as long as you didn't try and dig deeper. don't come away just thinking of this as a callout piece, take this as an important lesson about vetting your sources. if googling scripts in quotes was enough to expose the original, we should all start doing that shit!!

edit: it got a little too doomer-y a little too fast so one quick addition

this is hbomb's curated playlist of queer creators, many of whom were victims of plagiarism

this is producer kat on reddit calling for any more plagiarism discoveries and for queer content creators to be uplifted

please take some time to uplift these creators and recommend any you know! if you can help uncover more of the original creators whose work was lifted that would be great too :)

UPDATE- From Hbomb's twitter: "We're in the process of cataloguing everyone James Somerton plagiarised and finding their contact information. Which is quite a task, so to help us out: If you see this and happen to be one of the people Somerton stole from, please email us at [email protected]"

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#hbomberguy #james somerton #illuminaughtii #internet historian #vice #ign etc have had issues with plaigarism before #this isnt just some youtuber scandal remember #even books can fall victim to this #kaz rowe's history vids exemplify this pretty well #i'd recommend the triboulet ass slapping myth one if you want a good breakdown #and somerton absolutely had problems with the way he discussed foreign media and anyone that wasnt a cis gay man #but considering most of his ideas werent his own that doesnt dismiss the original authors' work keep in mind