#use your privilege

[mcelquotes]

I'm gonna say this as a white woman talking to other white women. Those of us with privilege can use that privilege to put ourselves between our oppressors and those who are most marginalized. And we can use our voice in a way that not everyone else has the ability or access or privilege to do. If you can get in a room where you can talk for people who aren't allowed access to that room, you've gotta talk.

Sydnee McElroy

[resistingpotato]

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These designs can be printed at home and also work great with a vinyl cutter. (That's how I make my IRL posters.)

[littledollll]

I understand many of us don’t have the means to donate. But there’s so many other things you can do to lend a hand. People need your help. Palestinians deserve a chance at life.

Please do your research and explore all your options with Operation Olive Branch. Things like One click emails take only a second to do and you could be helping so many.

I know it feels hopeless. It’s heartbreaking and trust me I know it’s overwhelming and draining. But imagine how Palestinian families feel having to live through it.

Feeling too lazy? Go on TikTok and use the audios. Find creators speaking out and view all their videos to the end, leave your phone on low volume and let them replay while you work, or eat, or shower. Do SOMETHING. Every little action counts. Don’t be a bystander. Do what you can. If we all put in a little bit of our time, a little bit of dedication we can make a change.

[noctomania]

Withholding your vote is not a rebellion. It is a concession.

[tk421-afk]

Virginia Tech and Michigan just announced they are dropping their DEI programs.

I saw someone’s first reaction (paraphrased), “I hope the football players all leave.”

And yeah, I am 100% on-board with that. But it also felt really awful, a lot of those kids, this is their only chance to … so many things … this is their chance!!! This is important!

As an academic I always grumble at “jocks” getting money when the smart kids get very little… but I will never begrudge someone their chance.

We, the ticket holders, the ticket buyers, the adults and money holders, WE are responsible for finding a much better way to tell

Our schools that this is NOT ok and we need them to use their power to HELP US!

I wish I had an idea, sorry. I hope this starts a good discussion though.

[tr1ppykay]

takes like these show such an immense lack of any attempt at meaningful understanding of transmasculine perspectives and experiences that it genuinely makes my head hurt. like you do realize there is a difference between not FEELING pressured to do something, and not EXPERIENCING pressure to do something, right? of course you do, but you read a few personal posts about transmascs experiencing euphoria and made a bad faith generalization on our entire social position.

sure, transmascs may feel less pressure to be attractive as personal affirmation of our masculinity. but a misogynistic society at large still continues to pressure us to be attractive and feminine. of course it is born from misogyny, but like we have been screaming for YEARS, we are still affected by misogyny.

a huge proponent of the targeted violence towards us is demonizing the effects of physical transition- about how transitioning makes us ugly (which OOP directly contributes to in this post) and ruins our value in womanhood to the potential men who want to fuck and marry and impregnate us. trans men are correctively assaulted to feminize us, largely because our oppressors see us as "deviant women who must be fixed by forcing us back into femininity, and eventually beauty." there is a literal book titled "irreversible damage" that outlines how we are "coerced into destroying our beautiful fertile bodies."

i have heard countless stories of transmascs seeking physical transition who were equally denied, because a psychiatrist deemed them as currently attractive women in their prime, who must have their value to the patriarchy preserved at all costs.

and ultimately, if despite all of this, we continue to reject white supremacist feminine beauty standards and find joy in our transition, a misogynist society that believes we have no value outside our current or potential attractiveness thinks we would be better off dead, lest we tempt other women to abandon ship.

transmascs are not your enemies! we are not experiencing wildly different things! i promise you that trans people across the spectrum will always have far more shared experiences than unique ones!

i am reaching out my hand to you, so we can stand taller and stronger against the white supremacist patriarchal pressure placed upon us both. will you reach back and grab it, or push me to the ground in an attempt to escape and save yourself?

[communistkenobi]

whenever a queer christian complains about feeling like they’re excluded from the lgbt community for their religious beliefs another microscopic violin spawns from the ether to play sad music for them

[theabigailthorn]

You're not uniquely talented or hard working you just went to the right schools.

Yes, yes! This is exactly why I started Philosophy Tube! Why shouldn't someone else, anyone else, have access to the education I got??? The intellectual and cultural heritage of our species is for everyone, not just privileged people like me! :)

[autumn-may]

I get why the 358/2 bonus missons exist from a gameplay perspective but from an immersion perspective i feel so bad for roxas.

[superfallingstars]

Snapetober Day 7: Flame

There is a light that never goes out...!

[sappho-favourite-pupil]

idk the thing about arcane is that it was so good and it could have been even better and then season 2 ruined everything. for example, i still refuse to believe - after months - that they decided to recur to the "love and forgiveness" trope. like fuck off. i didn't realize i was watching a disney movie.

what really baffles me is the writers really decided to go down this path with both caitlyn and vi's love story and - what's worse - with the political situation between zaun and piltover. yeah, violence is a cycle, but i'm sure forgiveness will be enough to stop caitlyn from hitting vi again and piltover from oppressing zaun, in the future.

[girlbossagenda]

HOW TO ROMANTICIZE YOUR LIFE PT.2

Here's the highly requested come backk, how to romanticize your lifeee!! Are you getting tired of the everyday life? Grab your friend, your cat and favorite snacks, it's time to add spice to your bland life!

୨୧Create a band!୨୧

Everyone wanted to be part of those cool 2000s band, like Roderick Humphrey from diaries of a Wimpy kid, so why not making friends, or become friend with the band kids!

୨୧Make your own site/blog୨୧

This is especially for my 2014 Tumblr coded girlies and the girlies that wanted to be a fashion magazine author, you just need to decide what you want to talk about! Do you want a gossip tea page? Do you want a spotted? Or a self improvement one? You decide!

୨୧Write poetry/songs୨୧

This is for my romantics out there! If you can, go in nature and write poetries or songs take a moments to yourself and express not only your feelings but also your creativity on paper throught your words.

୨୧Start a collection୨୧

Summer it's the best season to start collecting stuff, seashells, rocks, crystals, stamps, swinsuits,stickers,albums,dolls,manga,cards etc..if you ever get bored of your collection you can sell it or use it for DIYs

୨୧Trow a slumberparty/sleepover୨୧

I never went to a slumberparty, but they seem so much fun! staying awake with your friends till the first sunlights, stargazing, gossiping and crazy storytimes! They don't even have to be your friends, they can be your cousins or your siblings!

୨୧Make a mixtape୨୧

This is so old school, but it seems like a fun way to pass time, it's like making a playlist just phisycally! You can choose if you want to do it on a cd or an actual tape.

Here's the second part for my "how to romanticize your life"!! If you want you can find the first part here , as summer it's coming I'm gonna try to post more guides and answer my inbox!, stay tuned cause I'll make sure to make the most about this time and to give you more fun props! xoxo gorgeous

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[thegrimreaperisanerd]

Enchanted by the idea of Jean trying to call Kim by his first name after he's been settled at the 41st for a while and Kim immediately correcting him back to "Lieutenant Kitsuragi"

Jean baulks, Naturally; "You let fucking *Harry* call you by your first name."

"The detective took a bullet for me - he can call me whatever pleases him." Unbothered. Returns to his notes.

And there's not much Jean can say to that, so he lets it go. Except like a full year later Harry's rambling about Martinaise and drops into conversation that he took a bullet in the *general direction* of Kim, AND he was calling him by his first name on-sight.

Can't do shit, it's been a year. Not gonna imply that Lieutenant Kitsuragi was *lying* to him, are you insane? Just pure seething about it.

[elodieunderglass]

I volunteer in a charity shop in a small town surrounded by fields. One of our regulars is a tiny drag queen who, when not buying every piece of sparkly nonsense small enough to fit him, works with horses. He is a perfect match for your description of a retired jockey and I just thought you should know this.

(In reference to this description of a retired jockey which came about because OH GOD I MADE MYSELF SO SAD RESEARCHING JOCKEY INJURIES, I could not go on until trying to promise myself Killie got to retire (and not be horseless.) Also, while writing that comic, I got intensely and powerfully sad that I wanted it to be true, and that Greyuncle Killie could really be living his weird little life on some other plane. But he is not only fictional, but an OC; how lonely to only exist when one person thinks of you; how sad to seem so vibrantly real that it’s easy for someone to imagine, resignedly, that of course you’re the sort of man to wear a Barbour gilet - but not get to be real, or retire, at all.)

You cannot imagine how timely and lovely it was to receive this ask. Genuinely went from a strange grief feeling about a little man who isn’t real, to feeling a clear and powerful sense of life-affirmation. The world is full of so many guys, out there, and they are living complex lives, and if you don’t know that guy, maybe SOMEBODY does. Maybe you ARE that guy. And there are guys like you out there.

I am so, so glad to know this. Thank you sincerely.

[spkyart]

Momokarun, but instead of ghosts and aliens we yap nonstop about dnd and pokemon