#i know that things Can change

[cyrsed]

ranting about GCs/t*rfs sorry!!! just been seeing too much of this stuff on twitter and i have to get my thoughts out so they stop bothering me T_T so yeah feel free to skip this, it’s just me being angry at how awful these people are and pointing out stuff we all already know lol

so like, it’s not that i didn’t believe in the gender critical --> right wing pipeline but it feels like during the pandemic it’s been streamlined to a scary degree, and the average GC’er these days (not necessarily on tumblr, but on any other social media p much) is completely indistinguishable from the average right wing fascist or qanon except that they maybe throw the word “feminist” in every so often.

it’s so evil and at this point i have no idea how those people are ever going to see how far removed from reality they’ve gotten when they’ve been completely poisoned by the anti trans hate machine feeding them misinformation and keeping them in a state of perpetually reaffirming each other’s beliefs thru dog piling trans people & preying on each other’s emotional vulnerability to things like SA.

it’s like. they accuse us of being disconnected from reality/~denying biology~/not understanding basic biology/being misogynistic/being homophobic, when they’re the ones who are all those things! and it’s so scary that they can’t see it. they’re the ones who don’t know the most basic trans 101 concepts (like that “transition” can refer to more than medical transition) and they still think they’re qualified to have an opinion on our humanity bc they’ve been told that the status quo and their gut reactions to things are just “common sense”/”just the way things are” rather than something that has been taught to us that we can and should question.

they can’t/won’t see beyond their own perspective, so it makes sense to them to say that we “deny our biology”, and to assume that trans people are literally claiming to change our chromosomes or something, because they’ve decided THEIR definition of man/woman is xy/xx (or whatever 1 specific trait they’ve decided on that day that will tooootally prove sex is binary), and by that definition sure, trans people would be lying if they said they could be another sex/gender than whatever they were assigned at birth, but that’s not what trans people are saying!

they’re so unbelievably self centered and sheltered in their echo chamber that they can’t/won’t understand that someone can have a different framework for talking about sex/gender. they’ll go “gender identity isn’t real!!” , but then immediately make themselves forget that trans people are often referring to gender when they say “i’m a man/woman/nonbinary” so they can make up some straw man argument that by a trans man saying he’s a man, that’s equivalent to him saying he has xy chromosomes.

(i mean, technically i would say that my biology is male/nb because i’m male/nb, but i don’t define “male” as “has xy chromosomes”. i’m saying that bci’m transmasc (an afab person who feels that “cis woman” is an incomplete/incorrect description of my gender), so my body is also transmasc because it’s my body. i’m saying that a male body can have ovaries/high estrogen/chromosomes other than xy, etc)

they’ll happily dog pile trans people right alongside right wing reactionaries/racists/homophobes who call people “groomers” (and they’ll go right along with the “groomer” thing too of course). if they really were feminists or whatever, you’d think that they would be calling out the fascist misogynists who they’re participating in these attacks with, but they don’t they just ignore them at best, and actively celebrate them at worst?

it’s like. how do you change someone’s mind when they’re plugging their ears so hard it’s almost comical? how can those people be reached? can they learn to think more critically? is that what the problem is? it’s already hard for people to swallow their pride and admit they were wrong about something minor, but this is something these people have based huge parts of their identity around ykwim? they’ll accuse trans people of being in a cult, and basing their whole identity around being trans, but then GC’ers have social media profiles that are Entirely dedicated to antagonizing trans people, and trying to make us unsafe. i have no idea how people could change their minds on a scale large enough to make even a dent in their community

(which is far and away more cult-like than the lgbtq+ community lmao. i remember seeing a r*dfem tell another r*dfem that she shouldn’t see her male therapist bc he’s ~male~ and therefore inherently can’t be trusted and doesn’t see her as human, despite the other r*dfem saying that she likes the therapist and has seen him for a long time, but she’s not sure how to bring up her views on trans people to him. and that same Popular r*dfem telling other women that the best way to find other r*dfems irl was not to look for r*dfems themselves, but literally to look for women in their community who look vulnerable and lonely and start feeding them anti-trans propaganda in order to convert them.

the way that they feed each other news stories (often unreliable ones, too) about transfems being arrested for SA (identical to how racist right wingers use stories about someone from a marginalized group committing a crime to justify their racism/homophobia/etc etc), along w other scaremongering tactics, it’s so obvious that it keeps them in a semi-constant state of being triggered and afraid and angry that would cloud anyone’s critical thinking skills & make them more vulnerable to uncritically consuming misinfo)

(i remember years back now, when there was a post going around r*dfem tumblr that was a supposed masterlist of examples of trans women committing sex crimes, yet when it was actually investigated, nearly all were completely unverified claims from homophobic/misogynist far right/christian “news sites” where no arrest record could be found, or other just as untrustworthy sources)

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[forestofsprites]

i think that sometimes the best thing that you can do is remind yourself that there are beaches. lakes, rivers, and ponds. there are forests. little woods and meadows. there are canyons. gullies and mountain cliffs. there are rainy days. dry spells and scorching blue skies. that the world turns. changes as much as it repeats. that feeling slow today won't stop tomorrow's high tide. won't make july's blackberries any less ripe

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

[syruubi]

The Hydro Sovereign comes to Mondstadt

[oobbbear]

I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times

Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use

[uncanny-tranny]

Basically, my philosophy around disability fakers is: I would rather a thousand people fake a disability than have one disabled person suffer without care, aids, compassion, or any help.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Good morning, Sleepyhead.

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[sophsicle]

time is so fucking scary. because it does not care if you are happy. you will think I wish to stay like this, right here in this moment. i have found my place. but then time comes like a wave and pushes you forward. you cannot stay. and neither can the people you love. forward forward forward. time has ripped the claws from my hands, and the teeth from my mouth, as I have tried to cling to yesterday. but you must move forward forward forward. Forward forward forward. Forward forward forward. Forward forward forw—

[royalarchivist]

YD: Hello, I'm from Korean.

Letshugo: Hello, I'm from Germany.

YD: Can you see what I'm saying?

Letshugo: Yes, I understand.

YD: Hey, this is really amazing. I speak Korean, and you speak German, but we have a conversation!

Letshugo: Yes, that's really awesome.

YD: I'm a Minecraft grandma who has been playing Minecraft for 14 years.

Letshugo: 14 years? How old are you?

YD: You don't need to know. 😑

Letshugo: Oh, ok.

Quackity has created something so amazing, it makes me so proud seeing his project help people communicate like this. He looks so happy. :')

[nonasbirthday]

If you were going to make a character that was the soul of planet earth in a human body you might think to make her motherly. Wise. Forgiving. Mother Earth cares for us, she provides, right? But Tamsyn Muir wrote Nona the Ninth and said YES planet earth is loving but also she is SO SO ANGRY and HURTING. And actually she cannot care for others right now she needs to be cared FOR.

Also she wants to eat pencils and she thinks flowers are sexy.

[donelywell]

February 29- March 2 2024

The first time Sonic went Super in Road Trip wasn't exactly as stunning to Tails as other au's and stories.

Tails is like maybe 5 here (I'm not actually that organized on the timeline for this au yet, I'm getting there though, things are getting in order.) and he wasn't forced to grow up and be a hero in this au. So he's a bit more childish than canon Tails because he doesn't feel as pressured to mature and grow up fast. Plus, he genuinely thinks Sonic is going to die and this is the last time he see's him, so tears are bound to come down.

Part 1

[thresholdbb]

what's the threshold theory

There was a post about how Tom is the only crew member who isn't really affected by the Borg, and there's a theory that he has so much luck because he saw the past and the future when he crossed the transwarp threshold. He saw the past and the future, all of time and space. There's some subconscious part of him that remembers that experience. In fact, Tom refused to play a part in Chakotay indulging Annorax's temporal incursions, probably because a part of him knew nothing good could come of it.

If we extend that same theory to Janeway, some of her wild luck with time travel and other crack plans starts to make sense. She doesn't verbally hate time travel until after the events of Threshold, since it happens in Time and Again without complaint. Janeway has an uncanny knack for time travel, as evidenced every time she deals with it. She hates time travel, but it might be because part of her knows exactly how to manipulate the timeline. She manages to avoid the "inevitable" temporal explosion in Future's End, saving both Voyager and Braxton. She resets the entire timeline in Year of Hell, and no one else followed her reasoning. She pulled it off flawlessly. In Relativity, she senses the incidents are all related, despite it being just one reading that connects them. By the time she's involved, she has a temporal incursion factor of .0036 and a time travel protocol named after her, even if that may just be Braxton's personal grudge. Then there's Endgame, where she intentionally changes the timeline. Up until this point, she has been dragged into time travel, but for the first time, she jumps in on purpose. How does Admiral Janeway know how to get them home sooner in a way that completely avoids the Temporal Integrity Commission? It's because she has seen all of time, and part of her knows exactly what needs to happen so she can get Voyager home and do it in a way that becomes baked into the prime timeline. Maybe she doesn't consciously remember what happened during her transformation, but the experience lives in her mind somewhere, guiding her decisions.

[inkskinned]

it takes a really long time to unlearn but there's no such thing as "cheating" or "half-assing" being a person. if you need to leave the cabinet doors open, leave them open. microwave your tea. sit down in the shower. buy the eggmaker. use your phone to calculate tip.

it's mostly fake posterity rules. who cares if you microwave your dinners. who cares if you use instant coffee. who cares if you stop watching the show that got boring. we all have a different set of skills and a different life and taking care of yourself is fucking hard.

at the end of your life there will be no final scoreboard. nobody is going to judge you because you brushed your teeth in the shower. there will be no final count of the number of times you had the same meal five nights in a row. there will be no fanfare or party because you won at being a person - and no one will be disappointed that you never understood the point of using paper towels to dry your hands off after washing them.

yeah, in this world, people will put up a fuss. i've noticed some of the biggest fusses are over what you'll put in/on your body. the fact that i will regularly eat deli meat straight out of the bag makes a lot of people genuinely concerned for me. but here's the thing: sometimes that's the only way i'm getting any protein. my doctor says i am doing fine. i'm sticking to my weird snacks and calling it deconstructed charcuterie.

they'll say they're horrified because you take a shortcut. that's fine. it's just that it looks like a shortcut to them because they're on a different life path. these kinds of things stand out to them as important. that's fine too. but for you? you've got other things that already make you pretty hard working. and these tiny things - well, they're just clutter on your journey.

[aro-in-danyl]

Trans Fem Alastor AU

"So are ALL of your friends woman?"

Alastor looks up from his book and tilted his head at Angel, briefly dislodging Nifty who was crafting him a new King Roach 2.0 crown.

"Whatever do you mean my good fellow? Husker's right behind you!"

Husk scowled and pointedly flipped him off while drinking straight from a bottle of vodka.

Angel patted his paw and took the bottle away with his other hand. "I mean a guy you don't have on your pay role."

Alastor hummed, "Woman are much better conversation partners. Witty, charming, and full of pizazz! Men just can't compare."

Vaggie poked her head into the room, and hearing this, grunted in agreement, "For once, can't say I disagree with you."

Angel exaggeratedly placed his hand over his heart and gasped like he'd been betrayed.

Lucifer was a bit suspicious, "You know, that sounds like something you'd say to describe yourself."

Nifty finished the crown and bestowed it upon Alastor with a flourish and a bow. He gave Lucifer a mocking smile, "I'm flattered you think so, I'd only be so fortunate."

Angel stopped antagonizing Vaggie and jokingly said, "to be a woman?"

Alastor laughed, this time like Angel had said something absurdly obvious, "Well yes, wouldn't everyone?"

[uncanny-tranny]

Periodic reminder that unless a person specifically and clearly tells you it is okay to tell others they are trans or queer, you should err on the side of caution and assume they do not want you to tell people (especially random people!) about their transness or queerness.

You have no idea, generally, why somebody doesn't talk openly about their trans or queer status, and you have no idea, truly, how somebody might react to that information. The most progressive person out there is still capable of harbouring incredibly negative thoughts about somebody's queer status.