#and courage

[crimson-synths]

It just occurred to me how influential Sooby-Doo was for me as a child

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the main reason I enjoy most media I consume today

[thesargasmicgoddess]

I'm pretty sure she'll take ALL the blessings because she can't bring herself to say "No" to amazing, new, yet positively crazy adventures....

[sun-lit-goth]

So much happened this year, so much wisdom to integrate and process still, it’s been a year 😵‍💫

[goongiveusnothing]

Well said!!! Also, the harries on that blog! They’re obsessed!! 🤡

unless harry changes up his entire PR strategy, starts saying interesting or culturally relevant things, he's little more than a cultural court jester for teeny girls. if he couldn't get nominated on time's person of the year this year after winning AOTY, then what on earth would he have to do to get it next year? he's not gonna win another AOTY next year. any album he releases will be derivative and likely sell to the young tweens but not expand on his market or actually be commercially interesting or different. he's not gonna manage to say anything interesting about any of the major social issues of our times because he never has in 13 years of being famous. he's still gonna be a zionist, still spending time with transphobes, still getting hair transplants, still saying wishy washy nothings about LGBT rights, still making out with random women every other month, still wearing hideous and culturally forgettable clothing items, still being a shitty actor. why would he be considered groundbreaking when he was totally forgotten about this year too?

that's why his omission this year is actually interesting, because you'd think he had a cultural impact if you just heard the stats. but as those of us on these blogs have been saying, harry's cultural impact is limited to the very small scope of the very small type of fans he has. beyond that nobody gives a shit. nobody outside his cult of tweens is listening to his music, buying his merch, buying his pleasing, talking about his talents or anything he says. he's just like a children's entertainer, beyond what he offers these girls, nothing he does has any impact at all and is instantly forgettable.

[solnishscrem]

🍃

[cistematicchaos]

Oh, sorry y’all, I’m about to post something that is completely just me finding courage to rant about something I feel very uncomfortable about and wait, nvm, I’m not actually sorry about that at all, lol. It feels great. If I don’t add enough tags tho, definitely tell me because it’s kind of...trigger-y ig.

[awrathsodarkandvelvet]

Any Ares worshippers here? No? Ok bye

[blumineck]

Why do we segregate sports by sex?

Disclaimer: this video was intended as a fun look at the inconsistent logic of gender segregation in sports, but as a short-form video, it naturally does not go into much nuance. One thing I want to make clear is that I do believe we should be making sports more inclusive to trans and intersex athletes, and it seems to me that a great starting point would be to stop gender segregating sports that really don’t need it. Like archery!

[hhdmotors]

Happy Hanuman Jayanti from HHD Motors! 🙏

As we celebrate the birth of Lord Hanuman, the embodiment of strength, devotion, and courage, let us draw inspiration from his teachings of righteousness and humility.

HHD Motors wishes you a joyous Hanuman Jayanti filled with divine grace and spiritual fulfillment. Jai Hanuman!

[keiji-jin]

[03:55]

I am this 🤏 close to losing my mind and breaking. No one hold me back. I’m sick and tired. I’m tired and sick. I’m tired. I ran into a wall today bc I had lost my spatial awareness 💀

[runboybeneaththemoon]

[angelsaxis]

a prisoner worked for 136 hours to make a collective 17 bucks, all of which they donated to Palestine. and some of y'all can't even boycott starbucks.

[thingswedontunbox]

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Fairytales don't tell children that dragons exist.

Children already know that dragons exist.

Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed."

G.K. Chesterton.

[conundrum-cat]

Posts this and scurries off

[giantkillerjack]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.