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talaricula · 5 months

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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

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nocasdatsgay · 3 months

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Have y’all notice that in canon, everyone who meets Nesta that isn’t tied to the IC likes her? Just me?

#cc hofas #house of flame and shadow #hofas spoilers #acotar #nesta archeron #pro nesta #nesta deserves better #I’m on my bullshit don’t look at me

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ilovemesomevincentprice · 1 month

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I've been asked multiple times, which Vincent Price films *I* personally recommend. Well... all of the above... Also, Theater of Blood...(Gif wouldn't load)

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cassianandfenrysaremyboyos · 2 months

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Obsessed with Ruhn and Lidia's different perspective's of the fire lighting scene because Lidia's like "Damn he lit that fire so quick and it was HOT!!"

And meanwhile Ruhn's like "Oh god I sucked at lighting that fire. She's gonna think I'm an incompetent idiot" Hahaha

#ruhnlidia #god reading ruhn's perspective after lidia's made me laugh so much #ruhn danaan #lidia cervos #hofas #house of flame and shadow #crescent city #hofas spoilers #lisa reads hofas

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stxrks · 7 months

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which way, modern tumblrina

#does this make sense to anyone …… it makes sense to me anyway #also hannibal can easily fit into both sides bc all roads lead to hannibal❤️#yellowjackets #house of the dragon #succession #interview with the vampire #heartstopper #good omens #our flag means death #what we do in the shadows

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 2 months

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everyone gaze upon them

#theyre so cute <3 #i guarantee that in less than an hour they Will be duking it out #i got the sweetest fuckin cats ever ngl #i wake up with one peacefully on my legs and the other's spine compressing my windpipe <3 #i have to forcibly remove them if i wanna get up in the morning <3 #little guys... little beasts in my house...#i go into a new room. i am Followed by tiny creatures that just want to vibe near me #i am Complete #photos from the bog #cats of tumblr #Excuse The Me-Shaped Shadow #i love having animals in the house. just. damn. there's a fuckin Beast in here and we get along #TWO BEASTS!!!#and they get along too!!!! we're all buddies its great!#cats my beloved <3

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lucienarcheron · 3 months

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Thinking about Tharion going to find his wife who went to find her addict ex boyfriend who is basically enslaved to the Viper Queen who wants Tharion dead and how the book ends without any kind of closure and I —