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when you're feeling full hater mode about a piece of media but you know one of your beloved mutuals enjoys it

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MY TRANSPHOBIC MOM ACCIDENTALLY HI/HIM -ED ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS BUT IT'S WORKING

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surely an american pope is an apocalypse indicator

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sorry. i’m all booked up.

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If you're reading this you need to tell me the name of your favorite black character NOW‼️

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it’s like they say, the lord be with you. and with the chicago cubs

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If you're reading this you need to tell me the name of your favorite black character NOW‼️

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an american pope is so unchic

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I think it's important to interact with normie straight men on their territory to remind them that they are never safe

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best of PWHL mic’d up

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I also partake in the head hits discourse nearly every time it comes around, but it is frustrating to see it framed here as almost universally and exclusively wanting the guy who hit him punished when that goalie should have been pulled the minute he was hit in the face hard enough for his cage to be dislodged.

scott stevens (who famously changed the trajectory and longevity of Lindros' career with a head hit) had his career end on a slapshot to the head. hörnqvist's second to last known concussion came during warmups when -- out there without a helmet -- he was hit by friendly fire.

subconcussive impacts can cause brain damage, and research from BU suggests head impacts rather than concussions cause cte. that's head hits. that's fighting. that's pucks that get past protective gear.

head hits have no business in hockey, not only because it can take a player out of a game or a series or a season, but because players have to live the rest of their lives with the brains and bodies they're left with in retirement.

Gary Bettman and the rest of the nhl saw what happened with the NFL lawsuit and dug their heels in about denying the science and accepting zero responsibility. The NHL paid 70.6 million dollars in legal fees for a settlement with players that paid out only $18.49 million. they wanted to send a message to anyone else who ever tried to hold the league accountable.

In March, the wrongful death suit of Steve Montador was set to start. It will argue that the nhl failed to keep Montador safe and misled him about the longterm repercussions of brain injury. we'll see if it goes anywhere.

I hate plenty of guys for ending or nearly ending the careers of some of my favorite players. there are guys I think actively make the league worse because of their style of play, and I wouldn't be sad to see them immediately retire into obscurity.

but i also think about what beloved Paul Kariya said when asked about ending illegal hits:

“I’m a believer that you don’t go after the employees, you go after the employers.… If you start at 10-game suspensions and go to 20, that sends a message to the players. But if you start fining the owners and suspending the coach, then it’s out of the game.”

Bennett shouldn't have hit Stolarz in the head. but Craig Berube and the Leafs medical team should have cared enough about their goalie to pull him as soon as that first hit to the face happened. it's giving 2017 when gallant let flower finish the game after laying on the ice, holding his head after being hit.

Fine Vincent Viola for the head hit, and fine MLSE for ignoring the cage dislodging face hit. put it into a pot for when the nhl finally loses and they have to pay millions and millions and millions of dollars for treating the lives and well-being of players as expendable in the name of entertainment.

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toxic soulmates

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i fucking IMMEDIATELY ran to go draw him after seeing his met gala fit SSSCREAMING GUYS MY GOAT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL

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Rihanna & A$AP Rocky at the 2025 Met Gala

photographed by Ruth Ginika Ossai

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Chance the Rapper