You can use a custom CSS addon (i.e. User CSS for Chrome, CustomCSS Injector for Firefox) to make whatever pattern you want in the Youtube video progress bar. Very nifty for pride flags :3 (copy/paste in alt text)
garden variety conservative transphobia is going to get worse but radical feminism is also going to get worse. if youre a cis women terfs are going to try to recruit you and make you believe that the reason your rights are at stake is because of trans people. they’re going to tell you that all men are your violent oppressors and they’re going to include trans women in that category. they’re gonna tell you about women who are gender traitors and joined the enemy and they’re going to point to trans men. don’t believe them. trans people are not your enemy, we have no power over you, and we desperately need your support and your solidarity.
be aware of radfem pipelines and dog whistles too. be skeptical of anyone that talks about the divine feminine or correlates birthing, menstruating, or female reproductive organs with womanhood. be especially skeptical of people who use those biological things as reasons to why women are more spiritual, or more in tune with nature, or just that they’re better than men (read: anyone they decide is a man)
radical feminism is an expected reactionary outcome from cis women who are being oppressed by conservatives, especially when all they practice is ciscentric, liberal, white feminism. they feel the need to be radicalized but don’t have the experience and information to pinpoint the true source of their suffering. trans people are not your enemy, AMAB people are not your enemy, anyone who identifies as a man is not your enemy. we’re all being crushed under the same stone
i dont want kids ever but i cant deny it wouild be practical to have a baby around. like if you got grease on your hands you could just wjpe it off on baby lol. buttttt i geuss thats what pets are for
2010. A Japanese woman sits down to take photos of her shiba inu dog for her blog. Suddenly, a man leaps out of a time portal. “Sorry, I can’t let you do this. I cannot tell you why.” She asks: “Is it forbidden knowledge from the future?” He sighs: “No, it’s just too fucking stupid to explain.”
my time on bluesky has been so fucking funny to me. having an existing base + my dog seems like an algorithmic cheatcode and anytime i post him, regardless of the caption, the algorithm starts serving it to anyone’s discover feed and i get a slew of replies from 45-70 y/o’s that just see a dog
self shipping is great it’s like if that fake guy doesn’t fuck my fake guy (that is me) i’ll kill myself. i would not have survived vast periods of my life without hyperreal fantasies about my favs. and the best part about it is that nobody can stop me. and nobody will ever know. you must harness the power of the mind 👉🏻😤👈🏻 💭 🏳️⚧️👬🏳️🌈
being a writer leads to a genuinely helpful but also very stupid kind of mindfulness where you’ll be having a sobbing breakdown or the worst anxiety attack of your life and think “okay, I really need to pay attention to how this feels. so I can incorporate it into my fanfiction.”
i talk a lot of shit about how dire the state of the world is, but sometimes headlines like this make me somewhat thankful that i’m living through this time in history
I will testify that even if I strongly dislike, utterly hate, and cannot stand a character, I will never go on someones post talking about liking that character and say so. Basic decency and all that
This applies to ships and aus and headcanons, and everything too. Message your friends, make your own post, block and mute, do whatever you want in private, but don’t be rude on other people’s post 🫡
no, i am not “slightly smarter than average” im usually quite stupid but i get one death note monologue and one patrick jane deduction per week and watch video essays by transgender people
sorry i moaned when you yapped about your nerdy little interest. it’s really hot when you talk about things you’re passionate about. do you still want me
A few of the comments on the Megyn Kelly tampon post said something to the effect that periods aren’t gross and we should stop treating them as such.
I agree with the spirit of that.
But I also think periods are gross.
I think pooping is gross. I think peeing is gross. I think spit is gross. I think all of the fluids involved with intercourse are gross. I think childbirth is just about the grossest thing that ever gross’d.
I think humans are big gross bags of various goo.
I handle all of the gross things my body does by accepting the grossness. I deal with gross things as quickly as I can and then I don’t think about it anymore. Our varied assortment of bodily goo is a byproduct of being a human and living a life and just something we have to deal with from time to time.
There is no shame in it. We should not shame others for it. And I don’t think we should go out of our way to hide the icky parts of the human experience.
But I also don’t think we need to tell ourselves that gross things aren’t gross.
It’s similar to how I feel about stretch marks. I really do not have the time or mental bandwidth to convince myself they are actually “tiger stripes” and some beautiful aspect of my body. I view them the same as I view my knuckles. They are just there. I don’t try to tell myself I have pretty knuckles. I don’t think they are ugly either. I assign no aesthetic value to my knuckles.
I personally think this is a more healthy approach than lying to my brain until it believes something. I’m not saying everyone has to take this approach, it’s just what works best for me.
But I can say from my experience dealing with an elderly dying person for over a year, it only gets grosser from here, so you should definitely prepare yourself for all of the extra goo in your future.
Being a living creature of the Animalia kingdom comes with a lot of mucus and oozes and just because certain mucuses and oozes have specific names doesn’t make them any more gross than others.
i dont consider myself a ‘fashion guru’ by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo’ vs 'boot cut’ or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping
this also goes for aesthetic or -core titles. 'y2k tank top’ is going to get you resellers and fast fashion brands advertising to people looking to meet a current trend. 'thin strap crop tank top’ is going to get you a diverse group of results and not upcharge you to hell and back
additionally, shop second hand when you can, second hand and thrift sites typically organize clothes by the cut and color. theyll be more affordable than a depop seller curating you a style to sell you
useful terminology for different kinds of clothing shapes :)
my favorite bit of “rich people are Like That” ephemera that I picked up from my Russian literature binge was from a noble character who was complaining about his serfs neglecting their duties, specifically the duty of staying up all night long slapping the pond water in order to prevent the frogs from croaking so that the nobleman could enjoy his sleep at his country estate with its adorable pond. whenever I hear wealthy people’s complaints in this day and age the majority of it automatically filters to “the fucking serfs won’t slap the pond anymore and it’s honestly so destructive and cruel of them to deny me my beauty sleep like this” type statements
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i have to defend fictional women who aren’t good people because if i don’t who else will
the two flavours of this feeling are “i think she is flawed and going through it and figuring her shit out and that’s a very human quality that i appreciate seeing in a female character” and “i think it’s good she killed and ate those people and i think it’s really hot that she didn’t feel bad about it because confidence is attractive”
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