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redditor joins tumblr and is shocked and upset by the concept of a gifset

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I know a lot of the folks who follow me here are white. I know that statistically, white people are more likely to listen to other white people as voices of authority when it comes to race — especially if they do not know where to begin when it comes to anti-racist practices.

So, I'm gonna be brutally honest with you other white folks — You have to care about Black men. You have to care about Brown men. You have to care about Native and Indigenous men. You have to care about Asian men and that means all Asian men, not just East Asian men.

If you are white it is imperative to EVERY kind of anti-racist belief and action that you vocally care about men who are not white.

Lift up, support, and platform the voices of non-white women who are discussing misogyny in their communities, BUT — this is also imperative to remember — those conversations are not for you to add your voice to. Especially if you don't engage with non-white people, communities, or culture in literally any other context. It's straight up just not your space and that's okay. Sit with that. Please.

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Yeah, it definitely seems like that. And it's especially confusing (and also telling) because of the ongoing conversation about the violence Black men face at the hands of police. This isn't to say the police don't go after all Black people, of all genders, but the fact that people can reblog posts about how young Black boys with toy guns are for some reason perceived as a threat, but not make the connection that it's Black masculinity that is perceived as threatening or inherently violent (from childhood) is just...... "reading theory" should not just be a box someone checks, it needs to be applied to real life. Otherwise what's the point of reading it. But some people on here make it incredibly obvious their only intention with reading theory is to brag about their moral superiority and shame other people for not reading theory as well as them.

That's exactly it honestly — there's such a cognitive disconnect that has to happen to think that way.

Like — even if they're "reading theory" they're clearly not reading anything written by Black authors because Black activists, authors, etc. have been identifying that masculinity and masculinization are key components in racially motivated violence for decades.

Just to put his name on your example — Tamir Rice was a 12 year old child with a toy gun. He was killed by a white police officer because Black boys are adultified by under white supremacy by virtue of Black masculinity being treated as inherently violent, dangerous, and sexual.

Tamir Rice was murdered in 2014. He would have turned 23 years old this year. He should be graduating college. Instead he is dead.

The tangible real world consequence of the demonization of black masculinity is murder. I truly struggle to understand why some people cannot comprehend this.

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How I think about the original design vs the more modern equivalent

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putting the word "twink" up on the shelf

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me holding a gun to a mushroom: tell me the name of god you fungal piece of shit

mushroom: can you feel your heart burning? can you feel the struggle within? the fear within me is beyond anything your soul can make. you cannot kill me in a way that matters

me cocking the gun, tears streaming down my face: I’M NOT FUCKING SCARED OF YOU

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I love that people just screenshot tiktoks. Fuck videos

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Can you make something good again please.

Aw anon! I didn’t mean to be such a disappointment of an artist to you. Here you go

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“It's just a small handful of ibuprofen, and it will help the words fade away."

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Check out my ongoing comic Crow Time. It has crows, and also neat pantheons of epic beasties.

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Explaining to straight adults that much of queer history happened within their lifetime and they were unaware of all the extremely important events and how many laws there were to prevent us from thriving because they werent part of queer circles themselves is like...

-leans in close-

How would you like to know about the war in Ba Sing Se?

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STOP! before you decide you are irretrievably doomed, try one of the following options:

transition

bdsm

iron supplements