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is the Ziggurat server still active? im not sure if its just me but i dont have permission to view any of the channels anymore 😨

no it’s not active. I don’t like running it any more so i turned it off

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I think you had a post about people not being willing to write truly freaky women? Like, they write real, average personality traits as quirks?

I’ve probably made and reblogged a few different posts because this is something that’s gotten under my skin for years.

There’s a broader conversation to be had about how gender roles have locked down women so hard that having normal baseline interests like junk food and video games are seen in some circles as rare and unique personality traits, but then there’s the peripheral experience of being looked down on for having traits that others receive praise for but you have them too much so it doesn’t count. I use this example a lot but I know women who bullied me as a teenager for liking dragons and horror, but now they post nonstop about how “different” they are for liking Fourth Wing and mainstream booktok “dark” romance. Not to mention the army of strangers who remind me of them. They talk about the misogyny they experience from men who mock anything women like, which is true and it sucks, but then they turn around and claim people like me who don’t jive with those books for personal reasons must also hate women and the stuff I like doesn’t count. Even beyond books, I’ve never been a feminine person and got bullied a lot for it growing up, but a lot of the mainstream narrative has shifted around to femininity being a prerequisite for feminism so the only reason I’m not a fan of pink or dresses or romance must be because of internalized misogyny.

To me, it’s just reinforcing gender norms with extra steps. You can only be special or unique in the “correct” way otherwise there’s something wrong with you.

I’m sure there’s already a name but I call it the “not like other girls” paradox.

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Idgaf if you don't want to write essays for school. I don't care if you don't want to write corporate emails yourself. I don't care if you can't draw well, I don't care if you can't write well, I don't care if you just really really want to talk to your favorite fictional character but don't want to RP with a real person because you have social anxiety or whatever

If you're still regularly using generative ai, chatgpt or midjourney or character.ai or literally whatever the fuck, im personally blaming you when my utility prices start going up.

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THE SWIMMING PIC HAS ME SOBBING 😭😭

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life when you aren’t romantically attracted to people

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I don't really know how to word this but too many people write female losers in a sexy way that isn't "beautiful like a woman in sweatpants on the bus" type way. Like, many depictions of female loserdom are themselves cultivated fantasies.

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In light of the ceasefire agreement, Gaza needs resources now more than ever, and you absolutely should continue donating. Here are some important campaigns:

1. Gaza Funds - provide direct support

2. Life for Gaza - rebuild vital infrastructure

3. Crips for eSims for Gaza - keep Gaza connected

4. The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund - provide medical support for children

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imagine being a Korean person awake at like one in the morning trying to accept that the president of South Korea actually just tried to go full dictatorship by way of an emergency martial law because he was basically having a political temper tantrum and every agency and corporation in the country is all hands on deck, code red mode on everything and the military is being deployed and then the assembly revokes the martial law and then the president is like lol nevermind and now you have to get ready to work at your shitty job on a Wednesday

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I’m sorry but if there is one thing the Tumblr left needs crucially, it’s the ability to celebrate.

I remember when marriage equality was called and there were waves of rainbows and love wins posts. When we successfully defeated Donald Trump, there was lukewarm relief, a reminder that you were only allowed one or maybe two days to celebrate and then it was back to work. That is if you were even a good person for voting Biden. We never did settle if he was better than Trump. (We did.). We didn’t celebrate student loan debt relief or any of the accomplishments of the Biden administration, or any of the times Trump was blocked, or other countries succeeding in keeping fascists out of office. Who cares if we had successes? It’s not good enough. Back to work!

And this anti-celebratory attitude stretches back to the past. On the 100th anniversary of female suffrage in America, we were reminded that not all women had the vote and so we weren’t allowed to celebrate. The only post I saw about Juneteenth was reminding us that there were enslaved people who were killed instead of freed and therefore celebrating the end of chattel slavery was wrong, and besides, we have prison labor so nothing really changed or got better and there’s nothing to celebrate anyway. Trans Day of Visibility comes with Trans Day of Remembrance so that people don’t fill the tags with hate crimes and death. So on and so forth. Nothing gets better. Nothing changes. Back to work!

So of course when we have a major setback, we fall apart and have to start frantic damage control. Frantic discourse ensues over how much people are allowed to unplug before it becomes bad and selfish. Yes, maybe you can have this one day off Mr. Cratchit but you better be here and miserable early the next morning. Like abusive bosses always insisting you squeeze out more, more, more, and any achievement is just proof you were lazy the other times and impetus for more work.

If we are never allowed to acknowledge any of our victories, how are we supposed to survive our defeats?

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Let’s goooooooo

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accidentally ran into the literal coolest person on this earth

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YOU hates terfs

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