#I fucking love video games. it’s an art form that should be admired but shitty games give it a bad rap

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Omg when someone talks about video games with you on Yik yak ❤️

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Gay and Tumblr etiquette: a guide

This is a compilation of rules that keep the lgbt community a safe space for all. A lot of the older gays are getting sick of seeing recycled bigotry, and we’re here to tell you what the general opinions are in the real world. Some of the content in this post contains not necessarily gay content, but cay culture. Gay culture is all about the lack of heteronormative toxicity, the promotion of critical thinking, teaching the youth that they need to rely on themselves and friends instead of the government, because the government doesn’t really care, and the abolition of White Christian ethics being forced onto people.

You need to read this essay. [x] You need to know your history. It’s important, you need to know it. This is the baseline you need to know. ACAB.

If you want to know more than just the baseline: [ here ]

Don’t debate transphobes, racists, or n@zis. Don’t debate them, block them. Do not reply. You are giving them a place to express themselves. This emboldens closeted racists and transphobes. Don’t do it.

If you disagree with someone who isn’t any of the above, carefully consider their argument. Could they be right? Is it a lesson that you’re just not ready for? Block them, ponder their words, and consider your stance on the subject. Only a fool walks away from an argument more convinced than ever that they are correct.

Pedophiles are not in the lgbt community. Pedophilia is not a kink nor is it a sexuality. It has been proven to be a mental illness in which the brain is shaped and ordered incorrectly. 

“Queer” Is not an inherently harmful term. It is a term that the community has reclaimed, and many people identify as queer. By calling someone who is queer “gay” or policing THEIR right to be called queer, you are erasing history. Queer is a term that people have used in the lgbt community since before stonewall. Queer isn’t your term to take away, especially if you’re not queer. 

“Gay” Is an umbrella term. If someone LIKES being called “gay”, no matter what the complex rules of their attraction are, respect it. Don’t insist that they belong in a certain box according to your definition of different sexualities. 

If someone is questioning their sexuality, don’t push them. The point is for them to FIND OUT what they’re attracted to, and what they like best. Whether they turn out to be gay, straight, bi, or ace, leave them the hell alone. Especially if they’re a kid.

“Terfs” used to be called “political lesbians” because people who were not wlw would take over lgbt spaces and advocate to “kill all men” and would point actual wlws against men. This is terrible. Bisexual wlws deserve to express their sexuality fully without judgement. Trans lesbians deserve to express their gender without judgement. ANYBODY who is amab or trans, or attracted to amab or trans people, deserves a safe place to express themselves. We got rid of these “political lesbians” and stopped them from poisoning the minds of bisexuals and trans men. We can do it again. 

(” queer is a slur “ was started by terfs. stop saying it if you’re not a terf.)

Nonbinary is not a fad. Nonbinary people have always existed. It is not new, and you are not allowed to police other people’s gender.

There are a lot of things to gender as a whole. Your gender, what you identify as, is a large part of your identity. Some people identify as female, some people identify as male, and some people identify as neither, both, or any combination of any other genders! This may be confusing, but that’s okay. You don’t need to completely understand someone’s gender, and someone may not even understand their own! What IS important is that you respect their gender expression.

Gender expression is mostly just two things. Pronouns, and Presentation. Pronouns (He/She/They/Xhey/Ect) are for the person who has them. Pronouns don’t have to “match” your gender. Your presentation doesn’t have to “match” your gender, either. It’s all about your comfort. You don’t have to understand someone’s gender identity, but you DO have to respect their name and pronouns. Always.

Mogai is a great term, even if it’s not popular. Mogai is an all-inclusive term for all people who are not allocishet.

Being ace does not make you straight. Being aro does not make you straight. Straight = You are actively and wholly attracted to the opposite gender. It is the lack of attraction to the opposite gender that includes them in the community, as well as the constant harassment from both straight and gay people for being “broken”

“Femboy” Is not an inherently harmful term. Calling a trans woman a “Femboy” without her permission is. People who use the term to refer to themselves, or to refer to people who are comfortable with the term, are not infringing upon anybody. You need to stop taking away terms from gay people because of what transphobic pieces of shit do. Yes, shitty transphobes refer to trans women in porn as femboys. This doesn’t mean that who the term was ORIGINALLY meant for, which is, gay feminine men, can’t use it to describe themselves. This is far too similar to “queer is a slur” for me to change my mind on this. A lot of people identify as femboys, and use the term for their comfort, leave them alone.

Truscum and Trumeds are gross. Their entire personality is built off of policing other trans people’s identities. They want trans people to act like they’re cis, and conform to heteronormative societal standards. Their opinion is that it’s flamboyant trans people’s fault that cis people are transphobic. Which is simply not true. Transphobes are Transphobes because they’re bigots. It is never, in any shape or form, the fault of the oppressed for being oppressed. Ever.

Your love for the oppressed should come before your hatred of the oppressor. This does not mean that you expressing your hatred is “performative” in any way. You’re allowed to hate the oppressor, verbally, and often, so long as you, personally, know which is more important.

It is not okay to call people out. Calmly talking to people, or simply blocking them, is best. It is not okay to send hate anons. It is not okay to interact with bigots willingly. It is not okay to do something that is mean-spirited.

Be gay do crimes. (As in, fuck the police, they’ve always been against every minority. Including us.)

Disabled people are beautiful and loved. All gay spaces should be accessible.

The people that lead the protest that sparked lgbt rights across the world were black trans women. Remember that. Remember it good and well. 

Autism isn’t shameful. People with autism are worthy of respect and admiration.

Punk culture is antifa and gay culture. Bigots like punk fashion, and dress in punk fashion. We call these people “posers” and they should be beaten if spotted being a bigot at a punk function. Punk culture is all about being against the systemic oppression of the lower class and marginalized. Many punks go to protests for human rights and better work qualities. 

It is neve okay to police someone else’s identity. Period. 

It is never okay to police someone’s kinks. Pay attention to actual abusers and rapists, not fictional and 100% consensual scenarios.

Child touchers get their heads bashed in with baseball bats.

It’s not okay to bully people for shipping anything. Yes, anything, including abusive ships. Quit telling people to kill themselves over fictional people. What you SHOULD be worried about, is straight white boys who romanticize REAL abuse towards REAL people, not people just minding their own business and expressing themselves via FICTIONAL characters. Don’t tackle ships, tackle rape culture in real life. Go outside. 

It is never okay to police someone’s writing, art, or artistic expression. Yes, dark and violent content included. The idea that you can be punished for thoughts or expression of thoughts, regardless of if you’ve ACTUALLY harmed anyone, is white and Christian purity culture. If you think this is okay, read this: [x]

The above is in the same mindset of soccer moms that say “people who play video games are inherently violent” which is simply not true at all. Here’s an interesting post on a similar topic that will interest you: [x]

Just follow lace code. Doc martens have a lace code in the punk community, If you’re not a racist, follow the lace code. 

mosh pit etiquette [x]

more about gay punk: [x]

That’s all I could think of for now! Any other queer elders wanna have a stab at it?

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KASABIAN’S SERGE ON WHY HE WON’T READ REVIEWS

But can put the ball in the back of the net.

Serge Pizzorno, co-frontman of Kasabian, is softly spoken, polite, and I spend most of our interview internally admiring his hair—his trademark ‘do that he’s described in the past as, “The Japanese manga version of Keith Richards.” We’ve met up to chat about the band’s recently released album Put Your Life On It (which he wrote in six weeks), and although I’m sad to see he’s not sporting one of his trademark DIY t-shirts bearing a slogan of his choosing, he assures me he’s got plenty of ideas in the bag.

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In the past, music journalists have been quick to lump Kasabian into the arrogant, lad-rock pile previously reserved for fellow Brits Oasis, but other than their working-class upbringing and the fact that they’re mates, the comparison falls flat. True, they’ve got not qualms in saying exactly what they think, but that shouldn’t be confused with arrogance. Going from a “shitty little rehearsal room” in Leicester to playing the main stage at Glastonbury, they’ve definitely done well for themselves, and Serge reckons this recent album could be their best work to date. We chatted about their upcoming tour and freshly dropped record, why he stays away from reading reviews and that goal on the pitch five years ago that’s got to have put him into some kind of footballing Hall of Fame.

So how was the gig at the Opera House last night?

We didn’t know what to expect because they’re obviously not really ‘gig’ venues. So it can be like, “What do we do in order for the fans to really let go?” Cause you’ve got seats and stuff…

It’s kind of formal.

Yeah, but it wasn’t like that at all. It was so rowdy and it proper felt like a homecoming. It was great, the energy and the acoustics on stage are amazing. It was our first gig back, we’ve not played for nearly a year, so from the first note we were just made to feel really welcome.

I saw you gave them a little taste of your new album as well, how’d that go?

Yeah, we played a couple of new songs. It’s always a little confusing for everyone with new material, but it went down great.

Your records always have a lot of cultural and historical references within them. Have you carried that on through this album?

There’s a lot of humour in the lyrics in this one. They sort of make me laugh, it’s just way more relaxed. I wrote about way more simpler things and there’s some really nice little cheeky lines in there.

Some good t-shirts?

Great for t-shirts, so many good t-shirts.

Everyone seems to be so into doing collaborations these days, but you mostly go it alone. Why’s that?

Yeah you are right, I suppose it’s not really come up. I’m not against it at all, but when we stop playing live I get in the studio and get a new album done, we’ll record it and get straight back out there. The timings have been great for us. If collaborations happen naturally they’re great, but sometimes you can see they’re a little bit contrived. And you just go ooh, that just looks like they’re…

Doing it for the sake of it?

Yeah. “We’ve got fans, you’ve got fans!” Y’know? But for me, I really would like to and I will do one day for sure, get some MCs and stuff.

You guys are influenced quite a bit by hip hop right?

Massively. I’d really like to do a record with someone or a collective, I’ve got bags full of beats and stuff. But once again, when it’s right. I do like the idea of… well I’m a romantic, so I like the idea of meeting someone in this bar here, and saying “Oh should we do something?” Rather than going through agents and stuff, that seems a bit weird you know?

Do you ever get annoyed with each other in the process of making the record?

It tends to run quite smoothly. It never really feels like recording because we’ve always recorded in our home. There’s something about that relaxed feel, it’s almost like you’re not even at work which is great.

Do you allocate certain guitars just for when you’re writing and recording?

I’ve got a Hofner guitar, Elvis had one, I‘m not sure if it was that exact model but similar. And that seems to be really lucky. I don’t really understand where it comes from, it’s just one day you pick up a guitar and you’ve got a song. Then other times you can go for weeks and weeks without anything. But that one seems to be a good conductor of thoughts and it sounds great.

One thing I’ve noticed about you guys is that you’re Kasabian fans, you really like and are proud of the music you’re creating.

It can get misconstrued as arrogance and stuff, but if you don’t believe in what you got then it’s hard to back it up. You play it every night and if it’s not from the heart and honest and you’re proud of it, then you can’t convince people of that when you’re on stage. When you get someone who doesn’t understand it, at least you know that it was what you wanted to make, and that’s the most important thing. It’s honest, it’s what we wanted to make, and you can’t really argue with that. You can not like it, fine, but it’s pure.

Do you still read what people write about your music?

I stopped about 10 years ago. The problem is the baggage you collect never really leaves. Whatever you’re trying to do, there’re people out there who won’t let you be who they don’t think you are. So it just seemed pointless, you know? Good or bad, I just don’t look at it. What you create should be free and if you overthink it and try and please everyone you’re not really making anything then.

I guess instead of reading about the reaction to your music, you can experience it yourself like at the Opera House the other night?

Yeah, it’s always surprising what translates and what people connect with. It’s always the last thing you think of as well, like you think it’s definitely gonna be this tune, and then it’s something else and you’re like, well how did that happen? There are so many different factors with what people connect with, and why and when. Timing is such a crucial thing.

I noticed that “Put Your Love on It” and “Acid House“ at the end of this new album. Was that a similar choice to putting “Fire“ at the end of West Ryder?

I don’t really know who listens to albums anymore, I think that’s just something that’s a lost art form. But yeah, the thinking behind that—and it was the same for West Ryder—was that it’s getting too near the end and you go, “This is on it as well? I love this album!” You get the story then you get this big giant bit at the end, like “fuck!”

Speaking of Fire, is it still the goal celebration for Leicester City?

Leicester City yeah, it’s amazing. Get paid every time they score which is brilliant.

Before I came to interview you, someone at work sent me a YouTube video of your goal at the Soccer Aid match. Was that one of the best moments of your life?

It’s up there, it is up there. It was a mad experience, it will live with me forever that. It’s amazing those little clips get bigger and bigger. What’s amazing is that Will Ferrell is the first person to come and congratulate me which makes it even weirder. Like, it’s Elf, you can’t not see Elf.

What’s the greatest length you’ve gone to, to catch a game?

It’s a mad season but usually we have to watch it on tour and it’s four in the morning. So it’s getting up in Brazil or staying up all night to watch it which is really annoying. But I live in Leicester so it’s pretty easy to get to the games.

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