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Hey, remember when Michael Mell said this in Be More Chill Broadway:

"We're talking an insanely powerful supercomputer and you're using it to what? get laid? Did it ever occur to you that there could be consequences? That you're messing with something you don't understand?" "You're the one who said that technology isn't dangerous!" "Yeah, unless they use it like you!"

The fact that this is more relevant than ever is honestly scary I'm ngl :) Listen to Michael, he was onto something on this one

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ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

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jennyandersonphoto What a beautiful, full circle moment to watch @merrilyonbway’s final Broadway show today after shooting their final show last year at @nytw79 and being with them backstage at the @thetonyawards I just adore these humans and what they created. I love the magic of theatre so much and watching today’s performance was one of those once in a lifetime theatrical experiences that make it so special.

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People on this website will really mock anti-vaxxers and flat earthers for ignoring scientists and getting their alternative facts from facebook, and then turn around and insist they know more history than historians and more archaeology than archaeologists because they read an unsourced tumblr post once

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characters going “we were lovers once”: eh, it’s okay i guess. it’s nice enough

characters going “we were friends once”: absolutely devastating. one hit knockout i’m gone

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dreamt about a knight coming to you after a battle and getting on his knees in front of you and roaming his hands up your legs and smearing blood across your skin as he rests his cheek against your upper thigh. btw. additionally i would like to add taking his helmet off and hearing it rattle against the stone floor and running your hands through sweaty hair and praising him for protecting your kingdom. anyways.

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me realizing I never said this here, because I never use tumblr, but!! I made a Joe Iconis Discord server a while ago. We have fun times and we talk about Album, look at Joe’s bizarre tweets and wonder if he’s okay, and offer silly lil hcs a lot.  DM me if you want the link!! 

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Of all the voices in my head…

me when i start posting fanarts i’ve been hoarding for years again?? this is so old but cute enough to be allowed out into the world

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you were the coolest.

based on this painting

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oh by the way the musician: how's your wife doing?

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"depiction is not automatically glorification" can and should coexist with "some depiction is glorification and you need to be able to tell the difference"

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watched the black suits . really big fan of her

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Blue from Joe's 3D Scavenger Hunt

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from joy rosenthal / thebroadwaywiz

@actually_will_roland just blew the roof off @mrjoeiconis singalong @bwaycon

(spectacular clip of will singing "amphibian")

(jared weiss in the comments: "We have fun together. That conference room will never be the same 😎")

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