#it's been. alot...

[vilelittlecritter]

"hey! I think I found my footing in life!"

*proceeds to have the most earth shattering and perspective changing months of his life*

[cookiedough77]

my notes app is tired of the random shit my brain comes up with

[podddcasttt]

Friendly reminder that if you talk about how representation is important and how there's not enough diverse media, I implore you to seek out the media that already exists. And if you live in an area with a public library, go to see if they're available at your public library. And then go check them out.

As a librarian, it is demoralizing to see how low the circulation statistics are on lgbt+ books and books by BIPOC authors. I include them in displays and readers advisory, but people still don't check them out as much. Libraries only have a finite amount of resources, including space. We don't get a book then keep it forever. If not enough people check it out, we have to get rid of it to make room for more books. And when James Patterson Book #69 gets checked out 30 times in one year and cool, subversive Sci fi novel with a Black trans woman main character has never been checked out once, the librarian (me) has to make a hard decision.

If you're looking for something tangible and easy to do this pride month, look for lgbt+ books (there are millions of lists online that you can find. It's easier than it's ever been to find diverse books) and check them out from your library.

No time to read? Look for a short story or poetry anthology and just read as much as you have time for. Or just check out a book cus it looks interesting and read as much as you can. We have movies too.

As cool as it would be for me to just keep the books I want and get rid of the ones I don't, I have to listen to the community on matters of collection development. And the community tells me what books they want by checking them out and leaving the ones they don't want on the shelf.

If you think this doesn't apply to you because you live in a progressive area and obviously the books are being checked out, you're wrong. I once worked in a community with a large lgbt population. Those books were not getting checked out. If you want to tell me you live in a conservative area and your library doesn't have any diverse books, you are legally obligated to check the catalog before replying to this post. I currently work in a conservative community and we have lgbt+ and bipoc books. And if you still cannot find any, you are legally obligated to see if your library has a collection request form that patrons can fill out before replying to this post.

[themetalhiro]

Posting a wip in the first time in foreverrrrrr…. I told you i was workin on stuff !!!!

[decaffeinatedscarykoala]

[gingerteadragon]

playing alot of r.e.p.o lately with friends and we had 5!!!! ducks in one round.

[miramelindamusings]

Saw Beetlejuice Beetlejuice--it was alot of fun!

[yhwcomeback]

Decided to test out Krita for the first time, still getting used to so many brushes but I like how this one turned out

[fairuzfan]

I do want to say re:food appropriation, for Palestinians it is a very very very sensitive issue. I don't know a single Palestinian who doesn't react vehemently to calling food "Israeli." One, because you have to recognize that this is within a larger pattern of completely erasing Palestinian identity, and two, because food is an essential core part of culture, where historical, familial instruction should be acknowledged.

I find it incredibly.... insulting to say "well food can be exchanged between cultures and people, so what's the big idea?" and neglect the fact that even within the Levant, there is a diverse array of cooking styles. To call certain dishes "Israeli" especially within the context of how the state of Israel was established, plays into the erasure of Palestinians.

It's often necessary to attribute the food we eat to specific cultures. For example, I, a Palestinian, would never claim ownership over Macarona Bil-Bashamil, or Yalenji, because they're "Arab." That's just not how food culture works. Different cultures, different climates, different environments all contribute to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. Food in itself is political because of how heavily it is tied to a location in which things are grown and raised.

Food is what builds community. Women, young and old, pass this knowledge throughout generations. And ESPECIALLY between peasant families that grow and raise the very flora and fauna we rely on in our dishes. This is a professional sort of knowledge that we celebrate and consider incredibly important. To strip our very food of our identity is not only insulting, but negates the centuries worth of food culture we've established in favor of homogenization. So yes, it IS possible to appropriate food, especially when you do not acknowledge the centuries worth of knowledge shared.

[mayplantstarrwaters]

It's fall....I'm thinking of 60s cloak/cape fashion trend

[wilimia]

He's drawing wolfie

[belovedcarrion]

As much as I enjoy the system reveal SVSSS fics where YQY is sad but understanding about SY!SQQ and doesn't blame him for killing SJ!SQQ, I think the fics that explore more...extreme reactions are far more in character.

Like if YQY ever learned what happened to SJ, I think it would be completely in character to promptly attempt to murder SY. And if he didn't do that (because he understands it's not SY's fault, he's grown fond of SY, etc) he would instead be actively suicidal.

The worst part is that YQY wouldn't react this way because SJ died. He would react like this because SJ died, and YQY didn't notice. To learn that he not only failed his Xiao Jiu again, that he lost any possible chance of reconciliation (or more accurately, any chance for SJ to have his revenge*) and didn't notice?

In YQY's mind he not only failed SJ, but betrayed him, completely and utterly. And he will have realized all of this in an instant, decades too late for it to matter.

YQY would avenge him SJ, either by killing his "murderer", or by killing the person who failed him again. If YQY cannot blame SY then the only person left to blame is himself, and now he cannot even offer himself to SJ's anger, because it's too late, because YQY is always too late.

There is no universe where YQY learns what happened to SJ and takes it well, only difference in how extreme is reaction is.

(*This is YQY's view. He failed to save SJ and so he deserves every cruelty SJ gives him and won't even try to defend or justify his failure. Nevermind what SJ actually wants from him)

[doodoobug3000]

Are you enjoying your journey, "hero"?

[linkedin-offficial]

me when i get the opportunity to think about speculative biology and non-existent game mechanics in media i like

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[smolmoss]

crystals / fossils themed thingies! emojis or style for ur artfight account!!

[toasterkoi]

Are they lovers? Worse

-an animatic I made with a silly dopamine song because I was too lazy to make a rendered art piece, and I couldn't just keep this scenario locked away in my brain cage!!