#NOT. THAT IT STOPS PPL FROM RBING POSTS LIKE THAT WHEN I THINK

[woolydemon]

liberating myself by posting things so late at night like lol. these are my secret posts except they're not secret

[tardis--dreams]

One thing you need to know about me is that I will never reblog anything that has the addition "this should be reblogged by everyone" or anything of the like.

[citrusinicake]

shaking up the likes to reblog ratio discourse by saying reblogs dont matter to me either lol

[istherewifiinhell]

hand on rbing prev post as circling back around on sts thought apparently gave me enough to say it needed to escape the tags and be its own post. um! the emh from voy: my wife is a bitch and i love her so much

i think the emh is like. the exact definition of "the soul first shows itself by a gnashing of teeth" as its all well add good to appreciate the aliveness of nice and polite data who follows all the rules and is like. even MORE real than a flesh and blood person.

(in sense of his tangibility... his mechanical complexity and physical and mental competencies. are MORE than that of a traditionally recognized person. you know? not that that is an accurate summation of how the show acts about him. the only person who thinks that is julian bashir lmao. more often its like the. oh you disrespect him? well disrespect THIS! [he does a feat unmatched by any of the biological life forms around him] which... isnt exactly useful as principled, ideological and philosophic statement, about who gains the right of person-hood. OR RATHER! it is literally and precisely that, its conclusions sucks shit)

[Cam K podcast voice] when someone reaches for abstractions to doubt data's existent, the show throws materialist egg on their face.

The lynchpin in the proof of Data artificiality. Is that he has a PHYSICAL SWITCH, that can turn him OFF. This counters his otherwise uninterrupted verisimilitude of humanity. He looks like a toy. A thing. (Teenage wifi would like to point out if i had a big enough rock i could also turn riker off, but alas)

BUT the thing about the Doc, is that this guy ISNT "REAL". Getting shut down is not grand solemn act to the doc. It happens to him. ALOT. "Computer: End Program"... Hes so much more dependent on those around him. He isnt nearly the same as them. AND HES AN ANNOYING LITTLE BITCH about it. please turn him off when you done! please turn him ON to tell him things, and u could visit sometime... Turn your emergency holographic medical channel! cause this is a SENIOR STAFF MEETING. and hes the God Damn CMO.

AND. its not just mistreatment he gets (RIGHTFULLY!) angry about. Its that (as joelle correctly pointed out, ofc) when confused, or when things are wrong, when he has no control, he default right to agression! He is not a sad kicked puppy that goes 'oh' and 'i do not understand the meaning of ur behaviour' like data does. (again that sounds like data slander its NOT! i love data and wish ppl would stop laughing at him for having questions)

Whereas the biggest actual impediment of data's full recognition of personhood is his feelings, and suppose lack there of. He doesn't react to social stimulus the way people expect him too. If you try to goad him into a response he might say he 'is not capable of experiencing emotions such as you do' cause hes lacking the magic part in his brain that will do that. (to which... every neurodivergent person ever said: data, bestie, baby girl, they say that about a lot of people. you have clearly expressed internal experiences that are just... you baselines for emotion)

But to compare. When people say the doc isnt acting socially normal, which is an assholish thing to do, btw. HES READY TO BE AN ASSHOLE RIGHT BACK. His is INFACT, gnashing those holographic teeth! I don't think anyone has ever accused the doc of a LACK OF FEELING. Like, he has horrible beside manner, he "isn't programed for small talk"... but thats cause he's RUDE! He's too obviously prideful, snide, needling and just general, self involved for it to not seem like a DELIBERATE CHOICE that he is making.

And even when these traits are regarded to simple programing (which makes them... less real? 🤨) Examine the moments that are definitively about him claiming autonomy, engaging in recreation and becoming more self actualized. And find that a lot of them are angled to make him LESS likable. His hobbies, which he WILL speak about, AT LENGTH, include being a tropy writer, a photographer who makes hour long presentations, and a uncompromising operatic tenor diva.

(love when opera singer is used as insult, media wise, oh noooo ur TOO good at singing. your voice is TOO powerful, ur vocal control and ability to perform complex pieces in multiple languages is TOO impressive. lol. mr picardo ur so cool and u looked good doing it. frankly)

In the moments that serve to mark specific advancement in control he gains over himself, he gets to make himself MORE OBNOXIOUS! You do not, infact, get to recognize a someones full personhood without running the risk that you, specifically, might not like them! As a person!

And in dramtic turns. His true psyche breaking, foundation shaking experiences are acted to hell! It's uncomfortable to behold someone so emotional. Confusion and denial not expressed quietly, but belligerently. Meeting of sadness fear that can only be expressed as anger. Unlike the picturesq Adam and Eve figures from the end of R.U.R. (spoilers? i suppose). His awareness of the true personal impact and price of mortality is not signaled by a noble self-sacrifice, gentle weeping and pleading to not have someone taken away. It's a choice he made to save a close friend, instead of a distant coworker, when forced to choose between the two.

And then, his complete and total inability to comprehend, internalized and accept that fact. A person would be dead, truly and utterly gone from this world. Cause he wanted to save his friend instead. And the only way to ingrate this horrible fact of reality, the capital A, Absurd, was to do it as any human might.

Have a very public and loud mental breakdown, spend prolonged period of in which you cannot be left alone because your darkest thoughts will loop forever into themselves as you become more and more upset, and yet, neither can you simply avoid thinking about it, has the only way to come to terms with it is though a mire subjects that cause revulsion. The desert of thought the mind shrink from, and the truth that lies in it. Which. Is very inconvenient for all your friends who would really just rather be having a normal one.

In conclusion? The doc shows autonomy and sentience by being loud, opinionated and embarrassing. Rude, precocious, and easily offended. Self obsessed, high-mined, and anguished. Dependent, vulnerable and inconvenient. Which is to say he possible the most real anyone could ever be. That he has a much of a soul as any of us. That he is a bitch and i love him SO MUCH.

[cruelsister-moved]

UM not someone whos top tag is transandrophobia and thinks trans men can be butches rbing my post abt butches not having toxic masculinity right below a post thats like ugh im so tired of the meanie lesbians gatekeeping being a butch from men aummmmm aughhh auagraaaaaaaa

[shoezuki]

ik ppl always complain bout like not getting reblogs and yeah that shit hurted n i feelin it always but liiiiiike. all the ‘why are the likes to reblog rations so horrible now what happened’ what Happened is this weird shit round like. rebloggin w comments lmao? im always seein posts about like ‘make your own post’ on shit that aint that wack like. all this ‘dont leave comments’ and the vibe that even just sayin shit like ‘oh this is nice’ or whatever the fuck when reblogging. and yall Dont think that affectin how ppl reblog? or if they reblog at all?

this place got some weird shit w like ‘keep it in the tags’ and that its Bad to reblog w comment and thats a recent thing. thats p fucking recent. ‘why dont people reblog more’ maybe because a this

[thewickerking]

everyday i wake up. i find a mutual in law whos blocked me. like whyyy i dont even do anything on this website. some ex muts too like what. i feel like i have very little internet presence outside of talking to specific internet friends on like. discord like what do i do on TUMBLR that makes ppl want to hardblock me. i swear i was blocked less by mutual in laws on my old account where home.stuck was one of my top tags (im an ex hs fan for context i do not support it and actively hate it) like ??? i KNOW im overthinking this its literally tumblr who cares and i laugh abt it a lot but idk it bothers me like im not fixated on it pleeease dont think im that terminally online or anything i think im just mental illness 👍

like idk idk i put a huge amount of energy into how im perceived bc it matters a lot to me that people around me like me ..like irl i will buy food for people i despise bc i want ppl to have positive associations with me soo bad . this isnt like an "ohhh im such a nice person how dare u not like me im so nice" thing bc i absolutely can and will be an asshole and im constantly walking the line between "im overly self confident for fun" and "i genuinely think im better than everyone and will say it" and like a bunch of other stuff i dont have to list all my flaws to make a point (<- almost did but decided againist it)

anyways idk idk!! im so likeable irl which again sounds very egotistical but is literally true like im not afraid of confrontation or anything but im friendly and honest and ppl generally enjoy me being around which is something ive worked sooooo hard to make true and like. idk mutual in laws are people i see around and i like having little friends in my phone ! mils feel like classmates u see around but dont talk to much and the idea of that like. category (is that the right word..) of people not liking me is genuinely upsetting i literally dont have anyone in my entire school who doesnt like me or like. feels more negative abt me than positive or neutral (to my knowledge at least..)

like idk i feel like im going in circles and i genuinely am not super invested in this it isnt consuming my every waking thought or whatever its just frustrating and im a bit paranoid people are talking shit about me and like........ i am fine confronting issues people have with me like if theres a genuine issue pleeeeease talk to me abt it i would rather be confronted with an issue of mine out of nowhere then be blocked but most of the people who have me blocked probably have for things that arent objectively bad but annoy them like spam rbing or whatever (i dont think i spam the dash or mass rb from ppl but idk i might to some ppl) but i dont knowwww and its driving me off the walls <- will literally stop caring abt this in 5 minutes and it just thinking about it really hard rn and making my self feel worse by overthinking but also feeling better by talking it out instead of letting it fester

anyways sorry for the lack of read more im on mobile :( but like yeah im just talking it out ill feel better and more normal when i post this bc i just need to tell people things even if they dont matter just to have them out there and feel real or smn idk. i dont really get why it works but it does so yay ^-^

[tomdutch]

i think ! it would do these people good to!! wallow in their own anger and keep this shit to themselves because what good does it do you to constantly come to someone's blog to say something brainless and stupid and then log off for the day??? i could have a better conversation with a fucking four year old child at this point.

also when you report to other people about some Problematic Piece Of Shit you're just giving them attention!! just gag and move on like the rest of us

anyway i love your stuff i hope you don't mind if i start rb more to show my appreciation! god bless your patience have a great day

PLS 😭 naur fr like sometimes juicy shit happens and you wanna talk abt it with ppl online but if these ppl aren’t posting it themselves and have repeatedly expressed no interest in it then just take the L and move awn 🧍🏽‍♀️ i do not care abt deuxmoi. i do not care abt freak shippers 2 months away from menopause making floor plans of tom’s house and prayer circles for zendaya to get pregnant. frankly i wish y’all would stop giving them attention too so they could just rot away. if i wanna talk abt smth with y’all i promise i would not be shy lmao i would post abt it first and welcome discussion. but if you know you’ll get harassed for saying smth on your own blog, why would you go and send it anonymously to someone else so that they get harassed??? i’m a person too. i let shit slide off my back most of the time but i am not immune to suicide bating either 😐

also pls you’re so sweet, i have licherally no problem with y’all rbing more it would be great 😭 thank you for this ask 🫂💛

[spoonass69]

whenever people very vaguely talk about people being too mean to you on the internet, and don’t specify like actually bigoted ppl or whatever, pls be cautious. there are A LOT of people who claim to be activists and allys and all that stuff but then when theyre called out for doing something wack, instead of fixing it they go throw a tantrum and vague post about how “wahhh people just interpret things so wrong theyre so dumb ive learned and changed and GROWN how DARE you criticize me thats gonna stop me from growing!!!”

and yknow you dont wanna be rbing that or liking it bc it enables them

just,,, always be cautious of people online,, and also always analyze why you (as a white person) may agree with people throwing tantrums about people misinterpreting the things you say, instead of simply checking yourself, clarifying for those who misunderstood, and doing research.

in any kind of activism as a white person or a privileged person (idk i can only talk as a white person) youre gonna get called racist and homophobic, and youre gonna say things that you didnt mean to be bigoted, but they came off as bigoted maybe just because of careless wording or because you showed implicit biases that you didnt even know about. im not gonna tell you thats ok, bc i dont think its really an ok thing considering how many people are dying, but it’s inevitable and all we can do is listen and learn and do our best.

there are also going to be times when you’re completely right, and people are going to call you racist/sexist/homophobic or whatever. obviously check yourself every time that happens and hear ppl out, but if theyre just straight up wrong then ok. if you try and explain and they wont listen then ok. gotta disengage bc you cant do anything at that point. your activism needs to be more about advocating for what is right than appealing to people who refuse to listen.

ive still gotta work on rhat last part, and i think a lot of ppl still have to learn to be ok with others not liking the things that you say and doing their best to convince you that its actually you thats problematic whenever they get called out.

[vampireqrow-moved]

hey so I agree with a lot of the stuff in your post about the transphobia involved in the origin of the pansexual label, but I just have one question: what are the actual impacts of people with good intentions calling themselves pan? If you don't hate pansexuals and consider them bi, why type up a paragraphs long manifesto on the harms of the origin of the label if it means the same thing in the way that most non transphobic people (your audience) use it? a lot of identities can be used in transphobic ways (like bi and lesbian and anything really) and plenty of valid identities from problematic roots and evolve over time as people use them differently (queer, transsexual). so how is a person with good intentions using a not-perfect label in a way you don't like a threat to the community? if someone is using the label pan transphobically, wouldn't their bigotry exist independently? if pan people do not act in transphobic ways besides using the label pansexual, realistically what is changing if they call themselves bi beyond holier-than-thou aesthetic activism? plus, a blog on the internet isn't going to get everyone to stop identifying as pansexual, especially considering multiple prominent celebrities ID as pan. so why spend all that energy quibbling on semantics because some bi people use a slightly different word when you could be worrying about Literally anything else? just feels like you want to find something to argue about lol. extremely disappointed that I had to break a mutual

im going to respond to each thing you bring up chronologically- im not trying to nitpick or prioritize certain things you say ill just forget things if i go out of order and i dont want to miss something important. ALSO! i will be typing less formally (like keysmashes and shortening words n stuff) in this response than my og post bc its 1am as im starting to type this so im tired but i want to be clear that i am like. taking this seriously and im not like. mocking u in anyway if it could read that way?? i hope not but just in case anyways here it goes!

in terms of actual impact people with good intentions identifying as pan: honestly im not  sure the full scope of the impact this has, so ill only be speaking to what ive personally seen which might not be all. but like... id argue my younger self has good intentionals iding as pan. i wanted to support trans people, even if i didnt understand a lot of the nuance involved. as a result of this, i developed a sense of superiority over other bisexuals and a mentality that bisexuality was a primitive and lesser sexuality. that mentality is harmful, and although im not sure if it affected bisexuals around me (of which there are many most of my friends are bi ajfjfjf) its still a harmful mentality and can easily hurt people even if i specifically didnt. also using it even with good intentions, which i know many people have, still spreads and further normalizes a label that imo can not be separated from its transphobic origins. this effect is not as extreme as other forms of transphobia and biphobia by A LONG SHOT. the bi community faces a lot of other issues but that doesnt mean this one isnt worth addressing if that makes sense?

if i dont hate pansexuals: ik this is part of a larger point which i will adress but i specified this in my post bc i see a lot of other posts that are negative towards pansexuality have "i hate pan ppl" somewhere in it or a close equivalent. i do not shame these ppl for their anger, i just wanted to be clear i think a lot of pan ppl are bi ppl with good intentions choosing a label they dont fully understand based on a misunderstanding of bisexuality.

why write a paragraphs long manifesto on the harms of pansexuals origin: ok 😭😭 the real reason here is that im literally just bad at summarizing. like thats literally it. i also like talking, its a bad combination. plus ive been thinking abt this for like. over a year im not even kidding and just like i have a lot of thoughts and figured if i was going to bother making my own post instead of rbing someone elses that i might as well get everything i wanted to say off my chest. ALSO BTW i literally got an ask like a week ago that was several paragraphs long asking me to explain my thoughts on why pan was harmful and some other stuff so like. this is partially responding to that and partially just me wanting to air my grievances ? idk if thats the right expression 😔😔

why write the post if my audience of people who identify as pan arent doing it in a transphobic way ? again sorry i didnt really understand the phrasing so i hope this is a vaguely correct summary!! um but like... again imo i think pan cant be separated from its transphobia and like. again imo iding as pan is like. a transphobic action/choice? obviously one transphobic thing does mean someone necessarily is like officially a Transphobe (it CAN be depending on the action but i dont think that applies here) but that doesnt mean there arent problems with what they did. this is like very complicated, but like. someone doing something harmful without the knowlege that its harmful doesnt make that person a bigot by any means it just means they didnt know. and i feel thats the case here? a lot of ppl (myself included until recently) know next to nothing abt pansexualitys origins so a trans inclusve sexuality might seem like a safe and good bet just because they dont know too much abt it, and like? i cant hate those people cause that was me for 5+ years and djgjfjdj you just dont know what you dont know!

basically i think iding with a transphobic label is inherently a singular transphobic action that doesnt make the person transphobic by itself, but is still a transphobic instance.

a lot of identities can be used in transphobic ways like bi, lesbian, etc.: this is true and a point i attempted to make on my original post, but i might not have clear enough. my issue with pan is specifically that it is a transphobic response to a preexisting identity. lesbian isnt an attempted trans inclusive indentity that replaced an identity that already existed (which have many trans ppl identifying with the og label). transphobes can use whatever labels they want, but transphobes using a label vs a label having a transphobic origin is very different. bigots use inclusive and supporting language for their bigotry all the time but language that originated with that bigotry is worse.

many valid identities stem from problemstic origins (like transsexual and queer) but the words evolve: ok my paraphrasing is a little weird there. anyways. the thing here is that. those are slurs. reclaimed slurs that can be empowering to many people, yes, but slurs nonetheless. reclaiming a slur is taking a harmful word and wearing it as a badge of pride. first off, pansexual is not a slur (ur not implying that in anyway just. saying) and it isnt being reclaimed when people dont treat it as having harmful origins. transsexual is the way some people identify but ppl acknowlege its a slur and originates from transphobia. ppl love to act like queer isnt a slur, which is an issue in and of itself, but just. factually it has historically and is currently being used against ppl with the intent to hurt them. pansexual isnt on the same level as these and other words like the f slur, d slur, etc. pansexual originates from trans and biphobia WITHIN the community and not outside of it, and most pansexuals dont see themselves as reclaiming the title because they dont think anythings wrong with it in the first place. and reclaiming it just seems unnecessary considering its history? theres no empowerment from using pan as a label as opposed to queer or transsexual, and it just divides the bisexual community for no reason.

how is a person using a not-perfect label a threat to the community? ok i dont think its a threat but still an issue if that difference makes sense? id like to reiterate a few things ive said before, but for me personally, it made me look down on bisexuals and see them as lesser, and it made people around me see pan as the "trans inclusive" sexuality as opposed to bisexuality, and basically its usage just leads to further biphobia. is this the worst of biphobia? no!!! but its still biphobia and why not attempt to target and minimize that? i have no way to singlehandedly stop biphobia, but my post might get through to my friends who id as pan and that small thing is better than nothing.

if someone used the pan label in a transphobic way, wouldnt that bigotry be different from people using it not transphobically?: someone claiming all bi ppl are transphobic and only pan is the acceptable label is obviously a lot worse than someone iding as pan and saying bi/pan solidarity but again, the second isnt not an issue because the first one is a bigger issue, its just a smaller issue in comparison. i wouldnt say the bigotry is different, one is just worse than the other, but it still has the same problems.

if pan people dont do anything transphobic other than id as pan then what changes with iding as bi over pan other holier-than-thou activism: its just one less person using a transphobic label? which isnt that big but it might lead to their friends stopping iding as pan and cause fewer people around them to see bi as a transphobic identity. which is small scale stuff, i wont try to blow it out of proportion, but thats still a step in the right direction and hopefully more people follow with it. its not terribly huge or lifechanging but something small that may only affect the people close to you is still something rather than nothing.

a blog the internet isnt going to get people to stop iding as pan: oh absolutely not. honestly i expected to get unfollowed/blocked more than change peoples minds regarding the pan label (im surprised i only lost two followers so far honestly) but again, someone literally asked me to do this and i wanted to be clear on my stance on the label, since in the past ive been supportive of it. im not expecting the post to get more than five likes, its more directed to my followers rather than the internet as a whole. im not expecting a large impact, im hoping to change the minds of my followers and friends who id as and support the pan label. thats it. if something bigger comes from it- great! but thats not what im aiming to do.

prev point + many prominent celebrities id as pan: the first name that comes to mind is someone im not a fan of for separate reasons but thats irrelevant. i mean im repeating myself a bit but some celebrities in the past validated and made me feel excited abt my identity as a pan person when they came out, and it justified the label to me, even when i had doubts. i have never interacted with a celebrity and do not plan to change their minds abt their identity. again, my post was for my friends and followers and maybe who ever was scrolling through the biphobia tag and decided to read my post.

why spend that much energy worrying abt the pan label instead of something else: ive spent waaaaay more energy thinking abt a singular meme i didnt like regarding my favourite rwby character so like. maybe i just overreact to things lol. maybe i have a lot of energy and since i cant talk my friends ears off abt my favourite fruits or the different voting methods i learned in my math class or what would dreams taste like, then i gotta put my energy into something. idk. i have a lot of energy and honestly? this didnt take that much. but i felt it weighing on me as my friends talked positively abt the pan label, when i felt guilty for the superiority i felt over my bi friends INCLUDING my best friend and favourite person in the world so like. i spent enough energy worrying abt it, and like. in hindsight since its been over 12 hours since posting it, im thinking abt it less. i was more worried abt feeling dishonest with my friends than actually worrying abt pansexuality, but i figured i owed them an explanation for why my feelings around it had changed.

just feels like you want to find something to argue about: okay i DO love arguing but im not pulling this out of my ass for fun. its in response to posts ive seen on my dash, asks i recieved abt pansexuality, and my way of letting people know my views have changed and why since i know at least some people are curious.

i am sorry to lose a mutual as well, and i genuinely hope things go well for you, but uh yeah thats that.

again, if people have further questions im willing to answer them i just might take a while bc i have school and other stuff 2 do but uhhh yea sorry if im clogging ur dash sjfjfkkf

[gloxinian]

it’s such a weird thing to think abt nd ik i’m not always the best when talking abt being ace but i’ve been thinking more abt it w pride coming up nd more posts abt it being on my dash.  nd like... the biggest reasons i stopped talking abt being ace nd rbing ace stuff was bc i faced a lot of ableism and biphobia while in the ace community nd it resulted in me feeling so disconnected from my own identity as someone who is ace bi and autistic.  ik not every ace person is like that.  ik a lot of great ace ppl who would never do the kind of stuff that happened to me and it’s great!  idk i just saw a post going around abt how posts from “bad” ace ppl are trolls nd it just reminded me how i never felt like i could have a genuine conversation abt ableism and biphobia in the community without being mocked or discredited or called a liar trying to make all ace ppl seem evil (when that’s not even the case) nd it made me feel sad.  

im sure it sounds dumb or discoursey but it really is a personal thing fr me nd ive been reprimanded or w/e fr trying to speak up abt stuff nd it just idk hurt nd im constantly scared ill be called a liar again fr even talking abt being ace or my place in the community.  this is dumb im too tired to word this right sorry

[bi-marvel]

For @merryspidermas‘ 11 Days of Xmas Positivity 

Day 2) Favourite mutuals

@visionofscarlet - the first mutual i’ve ever spoken to after someone stole gifs from her without giving credit (i think i’m still blocked lmaoo) but rosie’s great, she’s fun and easy to talk to, an insomniac like myself, her gifs are fucking phenomenal and she has a tiny obsession with vision (she also made me realise that vision is too underrated when he shouldn’t be). i don’t wanna go too fangirl so i’ll link some of my favourite gifs of hers (if tumblr doesn’t break the links of course):

x, x, x, x (i still hate you for that last one rosie just fyi)

@tony-stark-potts - i always see u in my notifs *insert squinty eye emojis here*. she’s also an english boy which means that whenever i use british slang in my tags she understands (although i’m very northern therefore i am trash). she makes moodboards and aesthetic stuff which is super dope and i had to stop myself from liking and rbing every one because i’d probably look like a crazy stalker. Some of my favourite moodboards by her:

x, x, x, x

@fuckavengers4 - i mean,,,, the username says it all, doesn’t it? diyora’s great and she’s funny and i see u in my notifs b, i see you. she makes edits too which i would watch but my laptop is broken so i unfortunately can’t, but i’m 100% sure they’re amazing so check out the lonely neighbourhood bi

@buckyjustwantsplums - i mean,,,,,,,, we met when ppl were saying st*rker isn’t a pedophilia ship so what more can i say? nah jk liv is so great to talk to, she once complimented me on my icons and i legitimately almost cried. i highly recommend giving her a follow unless you’re a st*rker then definitely not

@thefandomforme - a rare (kinda) spn blog that i follow which ships destiel (thank u for blessing me with ur posts maddie) so if you like both spn and marvel, she’s defo the blog for you! she’s also in my notifs a lot too, i see u maddie, i see u

and, of course @merryspidermas - she’s so fucking sweet and she’s so pretty!! and i will still fight you sami!! don’t think i won’t!! i almost died when you called me pretty smh man, smh. my 0 self esteem can’t handle that shit. i’ve only recently discovered that she has a sideblog for writing which my dumb ass didn’t notice until now (i’ll read some and probs update this with some of my faves but from the one mj one that i’ve read, that’s some good gay shit right there). if u don’t follow her, turn on your location i just wanna talk

[3rachad-archive]

Well, you sure are rude. Everyone (as you said) has the right to complain or post whatever they want, you're right about that. But everyone (again what you said) also has the freedom to express their thoughts about the situation. Dani posted her thoughts and people are responding to it. You've got the right to your opinion but others have the right to explain it from their point of view. Granted, some people could've used better language or not be so hostile but it is what it is.

i understand where you’re coming from, and maybe i could’ve phrased it better but you have to understand: when i constantly get anons asking me to stop rbing my content, or asking me why i haven’t giffed something, or telling me not to complain about not getting rbs, etc. etc.- it fucking pisses me off. as someone who’s been making gfx for as long as i’ve been on tumblr (meaning about…. 5-6 years), i find it ridiculous how hard ppl have to work to get any sort of exposure for their work. its fair, and i wholeheartedly believe its fine to express your opinion, but i’m sick and tired of ccs getting shit for speaking up abt their work and how they think it deserves better- and then being shot down. i agree with you that i might’ve spoken out of anger and i could’ve been politer but like… tbh… as you said, ‘it is what it is’ and i’m not taking back a word of it because i meant what i said. its unfair for ppl to expect ccs not to get hurt or upset and i’m just speaking out of a place of frustration. 

[misangremellama]

So like, if you don't know if someone is shitty or not and you rb from them, then whatever, but when you find out, you should stop rbing from them/delete the post, and if you like the post, find another version of it, screen shot it, etc. At least, personally I think that's the most ethical approach, and the thing that safest for the latinx ppl (like myself) who follow you, while also facing other forms of marginalization. It's also the best way to avoid giving platform to bigots.

Right, that seems like it would be the best idea because I thought about the disclaimer tag option and it still presents the problem of exposing people to someone harmful. I think I’ll do things that way from now on. Thank you!