#swimming hall

[sandutita]

i just had another uncomfortable dream about being at a swimming hall. that makes at least three of them.

they're all a bit different obviously, but they all follow the same formula: i go to the swimming hall, then at the locker room i try to decide whether i should use swimwear to cover the upper part of my body or not. and every time i experience this conundrum i feel sad and frustrated at the injustice i and many others face.

i don't want to go swimming (in real life) anymore. not because i don't like swimming, i love it, but because of the misogyny that's ever so present in swimming areas. i've only recently become a topfreedom activist, so that's why this wasn't an issue to me before. now i dread the idea of having to face all that topfree inequality with the conscious and aware attitude i now have. i already feel so frustrated and depressed over this issue, i'd probably prefer it not being emphasised. i mean, being trans/nonbinary and having to use binary locker rooms is one thing, but everyone having to cover their chests simply because they're female-presenting is another.

cishet men have historically and repetitively sexualised, objectified and therefore also caused the demonisation of women's breasts, which is why they need to, according to current societal standards, be covered or censored in any situation or medium that is not explicitly shecksual/corno-graphic. this also results in women having to cover their chests in swimming halls and beaches (whilst men get to keep theirs nice and bare...), which is funny since we're all naked in the locker rooms and no one seems to have an issue with that. it's only when people exit the locker rooms and are wearing "appropriate swimwear" are women and men allowed to exist in the same space.

this society has normalised men being predatory so much, that if we were to propose gender neutral locker rooms to swimming halls, people would instantly object it, saying: "but then the men are going to assault the women!". are we really that weak as a society? that men cannot handle being around naked women, that they just have to assault them on the spot? no, it's not the gender neutral locker rooms that are the problem. it's misogyny and sexism. it always has been. how about we hold predatory cishet men accountable for their actions instead of punishing female-presenting people for being victims of misogyny? that could be a step in the right direction towards a better society. just fucking saying.

i dare to dream of a world where we can all exist in the same locker rooms, regardless of our gender, sex or body type and no one has a problem with it. i dare to dream of a world where female-presenting people can swim in swimming halls and beaches bare-chested, just like their male-presenting counterparts have been able to do for 100 years.

all of this is perfectly achievable in the real world, but only if we fight against misogynists and misogyny as a whole. everything counts, even the little things. if you don't think whatever feminist content you've made won't matter because of how "insignificant" it is, then you're wrong. post that shit my friend, and i just might reblog it, unless you're a terf, of course.

#topfreedom #feminism #intersectional feminism #terfs dni #topfree equality #topfree rights #women's rights #trans rights #important #my post #swimming hall #gender equality #gender inequality #feminist post #feminist #i had a dream #nonbinary #trans #transmasculine #fuck the patriarchy

[miniaturedelusionreview]

I just love being in the water. I could swim in the lake but I prefer a swimming pool. The cool water, arms and legs push me forward. I empty my mind from thoughts. It's just me and the water. In the swimming hall I use it's a bit of luxury because many times when I go there I have the whole pool to myself.

If I get rich one day I will build me a house with my own swimming pool. Water therapy I call it. To be surrounded by cool pool water. I think I could live in water. I can also like being in a bath tub or in a pool with warm water. After I have been swimming I find myself a warm pool. It's such a treat. And what if I looked anything like that woman in the picture? I would have felt more at ease walking around in a swim suit. Well, it is what it is.

#swimming #swimming hall #swimming pool

[pixelmesh-studio]

Der Weg zur Sportschule in Halle.

#google maps #screenshot #swimming hall #sports boarding school #halle

[highdefinitions]

an updated dumbass list for the people

the updated updated list

#mitch marner #auston matthews #toronto maple leafs #brock faber #matt boldy #minnesota wild #i am still unsure if there’s proof in bolds not knowing how to swim but it’s funny to spread this lie about him #connor dewar #matthew knies #connor bedard #chicago blackhawks #jack hughes #new jersey devils #kaiden guhle #montreal canadiens #max domi #nazem kadri #john tavares #jordan eberle #taylor hall #quinn hughes #vancouver canucks

[useless-catalanfacts]

Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.

#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate #and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns #in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id #*is over 1000€ per month #one thousand! #that's a whole salary! #in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make #the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we #already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to #interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language #(which ofc they never bother to learn) #there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of #affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us #and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for #them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s #and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the #affordable housing #everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be #mostly directed at tourists #and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the #parents' house #but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left #in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb #I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague #actualitat #airbnb #tourism #touristic massification #gentrification

[sidetable-drawer]

Amazing conversation I had with my co-worker buddy about Foster's that I'm still laughing about (this started with us talking about the tired "Frankie is Madame Foster's imaginary friend" "theory" and snowballed):

Co-worker: I mean if you're watching Foster's and what you get out of it is that everyone is unfair to Bloo when he's being a jerk, then maybe alternate universes do exist because I want to know what version of the show some people watch.

Me: Wilt is short. Eduardo speaks French. Mac can shoot lasers out of his eyes.

Co-worker: Coco speaks perfect English. Duchess is a nice person and Terrence volunteers at hospitals by reading to sick children. Berry hates Bloo.

Me: Madame Foster is a secret drug lord.

Co-worker: ...what are you talking about that's probably canon.

...it's too bad the spinoff is going to be for preschoolers (if it even happens because Zaslav fucks with everything) because I really need that to be a B-plot to an episode now.

#foster's reboot for adult swim where EVERYTHING is exactly the same as it was in the original but the characters are allowed to swear now #other than that nothing has changed #foster's home for imaginary friends #fhfif #fosters home for imaginary friends #cutie explains it all #working at a thrift store is fun because i have fun coworkers and we usually just quote YTPs and kids in the hall nonstop

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Family Swim - 2226b+ by Jen Hall Via Flickr: A sow and her 3 small cubs swimming across a channel in search of food or a safe place for a nap. Happy Bear With Me Monday!

#brown #bear #bears #Brown Bear #Brown Bears #Brown Bear Cub #Brown Bear Cubs #Brown Bear Sow #sow #cubs #cub #3 cubs #COY #bears swimming #cubs swimming #Jennifer Hall #Jen Hall #Jen Hall Photography #Jen Hall Wildlife Photography #PhotoJenics Photography #Jenonsafari #wildlife Photography #Wildlife #wild #Nikon #Photography #Nature #Nature Photography #Alaska #Alaskan brown bear

[strathshepard]

Gerry Hall by Bill King – The Picture Newspaper via IDEA

#magazines #gerry hall #bill king #swim #collage

[heycoyotegirl]

the soulmate au where your mark is the first thing your soulmate says to you would be so funny for daxton because paxton would have devi’s entire proposition ramble and devi would just have “Yeah. Okay.”

#also very good angst potential if the marks come in at 18 bc devi would be dating des when paxton realizes he’d broken up with his soulmate #and if the mark was somewhere hard to cover up that would explain why he gives up swimming in senior year. bc he doesnt want devi to see #and it would make so much sense for their characters #paxton who's loved devi from the beginning *knowing* that she's his soulmate but not wanting to pressure her because she's too good for him #and devi who had put him on a pedestal and then moved on only finding out that they're soulmates *after* she's fallen in love & chosen him #daxton #nhie #never have i ever #devi vishwakumar #paxton hall yoshida #my post #gonna have to add this one to my wip pile

[seeyoumondaydevi]

JUNE 8

#I’m assuming Paxton returns back to SOHS based on his shirt and the swim logo #wait is he working on the swim team #never have i ever #daxton #paxton hall yoshida #nhie #devi vishwakumar #devi x paxton #never have i ever netflix #team paxton #nhie netflix #maxi pax #devi and paxton #paxton and devi #nhie s3 #paxton x devi #NHIE s4

[deathsmallcaps]

Ok I’m probably not the best person to say this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of (as of right now) accurate insults on how the CGI approach for the Live Action Little Mermaid movie, but please be mindful that you don’t take things too far, and *especially* don’t start going after Halle Bailey (Ariel’s actress) and to a lesser extent, Ariel the character.

Antiblackness is still an issue in a lot of fandom spaces, and it doesn’t just come out as using nasty slurs or stereotypes. It manifests as drawing Black characters lighter and/or with more white features, it comes out as removing Black partners from ships, and it starts out as plausibly deniable insults that get the door open to microaggressions and outright nasty comments.

I’m not saying that all discussion of the movie should be stalled, or even if it turns out to be an artistic failure, that it doesn’t merit discussion. I’m saying that you shouldn’t extend your vitriol to the characters and actors.

If you really feel the need to insult her, it might be worth a little introspection. Ask yourself, “Do I resent that they changed Ariel, or that they changed Ariel in this way?”. You’re not irredeemable if your personal answer isn’t kind. Just be more careful, try and observe how that sort of world view affects your behavior to others, and then course correct.

A lot of little kids would love to see another Black Princess. A lot of little kids would love to have a Black mermaid as a main character. Hell, a lot of adults would love those too. Black fantasy characters have long been excluded, transformed, killed, merely in the background, relegated to stereotypes, villainized and have hardly ever in the spotlight, especially in major productions.

Don’t make it harder for kids (and adults!) to see themselves on screen. Don’t ruin their wonder. So don’t make unkind comments. Keep it to yourself. Frankly, Halle looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see the sparkles in her fans’ eyes as she swims across the screen.

#live action little mermaid #the little mermaid 2023 #Halle Bailey #I’m a white girl but the concept of a Black Ariel is near and dear to my heart #my best friend in elementary loved H20:Just add water and introduced it to me #and she dreamed (at least half then #we haven’t kept in touch) of ordering herself a mermaid tail to swim around in #and I really hope that she has. if she didn’t fuck up a year of college like I did (she was damn smart so I doubt it) #then she’s likely just about to graduate #M I hope you get a great paying job and can order yourself a beautiful quality tail and live out that little girl dream #you deserve it. I don’t think you had near enough #black girl Magic growing up. miss you #i doubt you’re on tumblr but just in case you’re wondering #‘is that me?’ I’ll give you a hint: #I used to say floober doober instead of cursing when we played Mario kart #I mean I did start cursing heavily later. but at first I said that #in any case idk if you’re still into mermaids but we both know you would’ve loved to watch this movie when you were little #this was both spurred on by all the flounder posts I’ve been seeing and ‘A Song Below Water’ by Bethany C. Morrow #one of the main characters Effie works as a Renaissance Faire mermaid and she talks a lot about #how people write fiction about her character but whitewash her or body swap her or would rather do self inserts #or the only comments made about her beauty are just about her tail and never about her Black skin or features #and how she (and her Mom before her death) were usually the only Black characters at the fair #and how she feels so beautiful and incredible being her mermaid self #also again I’m white so I don’t have personal experience but my younger brother is mixed #and he’s always been really lowkey about his feelings but #I took him to see Into the Spiderverse when it first came out #and he’s loved it since #here was this (adorable - don’t tell my brother I said that lol) lanky smart awkward hurting courageous Black boy on screen #and I can see in his heart how he’s been affected by it. he’s not a super fan or anything but I can just tell (big sister thing.) Anyways I #really hope that joy will happen more and more for everyone.

[apricote]

went swimming today!!! swam like 500m and my body hurts

#i haven't swimmed in a long time so i wanted to take it easy #im really out of shape because i literally hate all exercise LMAO #but i like swimming because you can do it in your own pace and most importantly: alone #anyway the swimming hall is so EXPENSIVE omg #i remember when it used to cost like 2 euros per visit and now it's 7 euros 😐 goddamn #i had fun though!!! ill go again next week #💬

[lemonsandsadness]

*sings two wuv tearfully*

#tally hall #funnis #I did this while waiting for my swim meet to start

[valeechtine]

Having disorders that just make you Exhausted is craycray what do you mean I haven't left my bed the whole day because of One lab that I had yesterday that takes a bit more effort than usual.

#my vision is swimming literally just sitting here using tumblr my ass could nottttt make it to the dining hall #but I'm so hungry... #chittering

[theweirdkidinside03]

Ariana Grande reigned supreme with we can't be friends (wait for your love) for the second consecutive week

we can’t be friends (wait for your love) - Ariana Grande

TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyonce'

Beautiful Things - Benson Boone

Lose Control - Teddy Swims

Doctor (Work It Out) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus

Training Season - Dua Lipa

Popular - The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti

Selfish - Justin Timberlake

I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti) - Camila Cabello

overcompensate - twenty one pilots

Never Be The One - Olivia O'Brien

yes, and? - Ariana Grande

MY MIND - Sarah Geronimo & Billy Crawford

obsessed - Olivia Rodrigo

Whatever - Kygo & Ava Max

Hands On Me (feat. Meghan Trainor) - Jason Derulo

Like What (Freestyle) - Cardi B

Love On - Selena Gomez

Love wins all - IU

HISS -Megan Thee Stallion

B.A.D. (feat. P-Lo) - Denise Julia

Truth or Dare - Tyla

greedy - Tate McRae

Ruin - Usher & Pheelz

Don’t Let Me Go - mgk

Deeper Well - Kacey Musgrave

No Angels - Justin Timberlake

Not My Fault - Megan Thee Stallion & Renee’ Rap

Back To You - B1A4

exes - Tate McRae

Friendly Fire - Linkin Park

In Your Hands - Halle

My Love Mine All Mine - Mitski

Been Like This - Megan Trainor & T-Pain

Enough (Miami) - Cardi B

Lovin' On Me - Jack Harlow

Sunday Service - Latto

Agora Hills - Doja Cat

ART - Tyla

REWIND - B1A4

#Ariana Grande #eternal sunshine #Beyonce' #Benson Boone #Teddy Swims #Miley Cyrus #Dua Lipa #Justin Timberlake #The Weeknd #Playboi Carti #Camila Cabello #twenty one pilots #B1A4 #BANA #Olivia Rodrigo #Cardi B #Ava Max #Kygo #Selena Gomez #IU #Megan Thee Stallion #Meghan Trainor #Tate McRae #Tyla #mgk #Denis Julia #Kacey Musgraves #Linkin Park #Halle #Latto

[maltheinielofgondor]

various activities and bugs with kin mates

#lotro #oc: ecthreldan #oc: maltheiniel #lord of the rings online #*mine #fnh #idk how odmi kept swimming in the roof or how daeon got a horse inside the great hall of dale