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If I were your mirror Then you would see yourself in me Then it wouldn't be so hard for you To understand what I don't say You turn away Because you recognize yourself in me too well

— WENN ICH DEIN SPIEGEL WÄR | ELISABETH DAS MUSICAL

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Can you info dump about fandom misogyny or misogyny in general?

hey yeah I don't think this is infodumping, misogyny is not my special interest, I am forced to care and know about and fight it because it seeps into every inch of life and suffocates me and the people I love most. It's not fun for me, it fucking sucks knowing that the overwhelming majority of people, history, art, culture, everything to ever exist, has been dedicated to either completely erasing women from view or treating us chattel without interiority, it's in everything, even when people talk about like, funny videos of dogs online, it's always "he" because men are so unquestionably enforced and assumed as the default. When talking about any kind of art or entertainment with others it's never "is this thing misogynist" it's "how misogynist is it and is it a level I'm personally willing to tolerate" outside of like, a handful of fucking yuri manga or whatever.

It is a leviathan beneath the surface and I keenly feel every wave it makes but if you even acknowledge its existence half the people alive will call you hysterical

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Your feminism isn’t worth shit if it doesn’t defend trans women

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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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imagine cloth mother and wire mother in family court competing for custody of the baby monkey

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To reduce my screen time, I have weaponised my overactive and entirely impractical levels of empathy for inanimate objects. Wym you’re picking it up again? While it was sleeping? You complete and utter monster, let it rest!!

And it works. It works like a CHARM. Silly problems require silly solutions!

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oh yeah forgot to post these guys

for when you're definitely very normal about Things

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Two stunning winners ✨️

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I’m just saying if Daniel Radcliffe, the literal protagonist of the Harry Potter franchise since the age of ten years old, was able to disavow JK Rowling and move on from the HP universe then actually what the fuck is anyone else’s excuse. There is no one else on the planet who can say their entire childhood was HP more than that guy and he still cared about trans people more than the average tumblr user who says “we’re protesting by making all her characters queer and trans!!” like you can do better. You should do better.

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put “top 5” anything in my ask and i will answer ok go

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As a fic writer, i need every reader to know that:

I don’t care if your comment is coherent. I know what you mean and i love you

I don’t care if you ramble. I read every word and i love you

I don’t care if you leave a comment on a fic from four years ago or leave comments/kudos on like ten of my fics in one go. This isn’t IG, pls stalk my AO3. I love you

I don’t care if you mention the same thing in your comment that four other people have already mentioned. It’s actually really useful to know what resonated with people and I love everyone who takes the time to tell me they liked a particular turn of phrase

I don’t mind if your comment is super long or just a couple of sentences, i love them all

I love you

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hey so like

hi, you. yeah im talking to you. You like my stuff from time to time and reblog once and a while, and I always recognize you in my notes. we’ve never talked, maybe you dont like to say much or you’re nervous or something. it’s okay, whatever it is. 

I see you. you mean a lot to me. sometimes when I’m having a hard day, I’ll notice your name once again in my notifs and it makes me smile. im not kidding.

I don’t care if you’re a “ghost” follower or you send me asks all the time. i see you and I love you so much, genuinely and truly. you are really important to me. 

thank you. thank you for being there. <3

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I'm so glad to see AO3 making it absolutely clear that none of these things are allowed to even be HINTED at.

Here's some of the language from the new post about AO3's police on commercial promotion:

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There is a wide variety of things that are not allowed under AO3's non-commercialization rules.

Any other language which one might interpret as requesting or having requested financial contributions, whether for yourself or others. This covers indirect references, euphemisms, or other language intended to get around the TOS. Some examples of this include:

Thanks for the coffee!

My ☕ username is the same as my username here

This chapter is brought to you by my patrons

You know where to find me if you want early or bonus chapters

Check out my Twitter to learn how you can donate to me since I'm not allowed to discuss it here

If you want to hear more about my ideas, talk about fandom, or find more of my stuff for a coin, visit my Tumblr

Solicitation is not allowed, whether it's for yourself or on behalf of someone else.

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I just saw a story on AO3 tagged "pet p!ay"

TIK TOK MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE IT DESTROYS LANGUAGE

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"I have depression." - character who has been through extensive therapy.

"I feel dead inside all the time and nothing helps!" - character who does like, regular introspective thinking and is aware of the concept of mental health.

"Leave me the fuck alone I'll be fine once I get over my stupid shit." - repressed character.

"It's fine I'm just having an Empty Time. What? Yeah, empty times, you know, when everything is like bzzzzzz in your brain and you don't shower for two weeks. Why, what do you call it?" - ooooughhh now we're talkin