#I DONT MEAN IT TO BE

[hordemama]

interrupting my posting schedual for today

please do not forget my brothers and sisters who were and still are slain like cattle. american media does not report about us. my schools do not acknowledge or teach about the genocide. most of the people i know cannot even pronounce my last name or the country my lineage is from, Iran. many do not know that we have been hated and hated for generations.

please, listen to our music, enjoy our food, learn about our culture. i do not want to be forgotten.

[yakityyaku]

very funny (irritating) to me that everyone whined and yelled about stupid rainbow capitalism and how performative wokeness/allyship is a net bad we should all refuse to support and now like.

tumblr is doing nothing for pride and target isn't selling much (if any) of their pride collection offline except at certain stores (in democratic areas, basically) and build a bear has a much tinier collection than normal and all the actual pride stuff is on their "adult" website (not sure if it's in stores, but pride = adult is a hell of a message)

there are genuinely good criticisms for performative allyship in all its applications. it shouldn't be the only thing we expect from people and companies. but if all the shit I see being called performative stopped tomorrow then in terms of the LGBTQ+ community especially we just. wouldn't talk about queerness or queer issues or celebrate pride or do anything.

open your fucking eyes. we are very close politically to having gay marriage rolled back. now companies are basically being let off the hook to even make a miniscule effort (which matters to the people who don't have access to any other kind of support in their communities! which normalizes the community in public spaces!) because the only reaction they have gotten over the last few years are negative ones from BOTH sides.

we are so entrenched in discourse at all times for the sake of our OWN performance of who is the wokest and who is REALLY an ally or a good community member that we have basically handed over all the work of activists of the last several decades to the other side because we'd rather scream at each other over fucking chicken restaurants and shit than the real life backsliding that's happening.

and this goes for other shit too. feminism, poc rights, all of it.

also. trans rights aren't discourse and aren't just culture war arguments. in case any terfs think they can spin this to be antitrans.

[felixfeliccis]

Ok so what is jaywalking then

[joculine]

diversity win! this spider is forcefemming its prey!

(full article)

[collaredkittyboy]

[tallymali]

genuinely what is the reason for the internet becoming so prudish?? who can i fight about this

[thepixelatedcactus]

flying the original character artist flag with pride

[prinnay]

~don't forget to drink water~

❤ or suffer the consequences ❤

[bookshelfpassageway]

yknow i dont go here but sometimes i gotta go: seriously respect clowns. they have the worst pop culture representation in the world and also the best most thorough honor code. they're just here to be silly little guys who bring joy and are very conscientious about doing so responsibly. let them to their merriment in peace you dont hafta take potshots. i dont go here but like maybe i should, you all seem super chill

[perfectlyripeclementine]

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.

[absolute-artlad]

Huzzah!

[letmebegaytodd]

bro stop being so verbose the hoes keep having to look up dictionary definitions every time they talk to you

[caemidraws]

[Swan Song Dream 1/2]

[callisteios]

Hi, feel free to take my new uquiz to discover what kind of vampire you are!

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[quirinah]

she dun on my geon till i meshi