#we fucking old men again

[handsome-edvard]

[hella1975]

it's been pointed out on here before that a lot of terf arguments are actually rooted in sexist idealology that feminists fought and died to unnormalise decades ago and that's its own kettle of fish but one thing i also find very frustrating about this so called 'radical' feminism is that it's so... defeatist? like the moment you categorically label an entire section of society as Bad and Inherently Evil then there's also the implication that nothing can be done about it, and it completely takes all accountability away. saying all men are evil is just another way of saying boys will be boys. he raped her because he's a man. he hit her because he's a man. he didn't listen because he's a man - it's almost offensively oversimplified. there's no point trying to fix this issue in society because men are just Like That, okay! so now what? it's not like they're going anywhere, so you just accept that 50% of the population are evil and will forever treat you terribly and there's nothing to be done about it bc they're biologically predisposed to it? like is that fr the argument here? you're soooo radical for that

[feline-evil]

Dick or no dick confirmation Pickles was always going to be trans to me anyways; if he's swingin' somethin that's phallo babes, if he's not then his t-dick fat. What's not to get.

[batwynn]

Remembering that time when I was five and didn’t even know filters existed—never mind knowing how to stop talking—and I was out with my grandmother (divorced from my grandfather) having a lovely day in a lovely little Maine town in the 90s.

The thing about Maine in the 90s was certain things like smoking weed was illegal across the country and generally frowned upon, but Mainers simply Did Not Care and more than happily grew and smoked pot anyway. The other thing about Maine is most of those Lovely Little Towns are constantly full of out of state tourists coming to buy kitch and eat lobster. These tourists tended to be from states that generally did not have the same attitude about pot as Mainers did. It was still considered a Very Bad Thing To Do.

So when my five year old self saw an older gentleman smoking a classic tobacco pipe amongst a crowd of tourists I remarked, on the top of my lungs, that my grandfather had a pipe too! Not that kind of pipe, though!

There was literally a beat of shocked silence before my grandmother laughed a little too loudly and said something about it being a different color or some nonsense. Of course no one, like, ratted out my five-year-old self and my grandfather out to the police for that. But there were definitely some shocked button-upped folks in that lovely little town that day.

Anyway, that was the one and only time I was a snitch.

[abluescarfonwaston]

Hey... What do you think Mia called her Dad? Papa? Father? Daddy?

Because she must have been at least 9 or 10 when he died if not a little older. Like. She remembers him. Even if he was always outside the village for work she remembers him. Remembers Misty losing him. Had to explain to Maya, or maybe worse- never had to at all - why he wasn't there. How she got his sense of humor and his laugh and neither of them can be held tight by him anymore but she can hold Maya tight and maybe then he doesn't feel so far gone.

What did she call him? Did she love him? Did Maya ever get that chance?

[kaleidoscopic-quiddity]

for anyone wondering about current public opinion on trans ppl in the uk, tories have #boycottcostacoffee trending on twitter bc this mural put on a random costa express van for brighton pride last year shows a person w/ top surgery scars and apparantly thats 'glorifying the irreversible mutilation of young women's bodies', so yeah, we're doing great (:

[helenofblackthorns]

Maryse winning that "which parent does Alec take after more?" poll by a landslide is still so crazy to me. like Alec literally swore on the Angel that he'd kill Clary if she ever told Jace that he was in love with him, wdym he's not like Robert????? he's literally his father's son?????????

[mbat]

okay i love the emotionally stupid gay men as much as the next guy (clearly) but man it was actually so refreshing to hear, explicitly in repeatable words!, that a character loves the other romantically and undeniably.

like, i get whats happening when characters dont say it in words, right? its been the way of doing things for years for reasons, but nowadays its mainly 'the character hasnt realized how they feel yet' or 'theyre in denial of how they feel' or 'they cant find it in them to say it out loud yet' and hey, those are all fine! theyre so super fun and add to the drama and story

but holy shit to actually hear stede be like 'the man i love is ed' (paraphrasing) like got damn and in the first season too??

just. what an absolute treat. didnt realize i wanted that until i got it. thank you.

[femslashspuffy]

Please god I just want to read fanfiction about the gay dads from mamma mia why does everyone fucking age them down to their 20s 😭😭

[upperranktwo]

My granddad died today, I feel so fucking broken, he was one of the kindest men I knew and always taught us to love and accept people... the only positive thing is that he is now back with my nan and uncle who I knew he missed dearly

[remember-ur-alive]

CHAT I MISS MY S^W YA0I

[scottstiles]

the idea that something called "artificial" anything is taking over basically all aspects of functioning society is the best indication of the direction we're headed

[a-kinda-nerdy-girl]

Anyone else in the USA feel like you're living in this gif today?

[shigussy]

the amount of pedo youtubers i watched growing up was insane but its actually really worrying that i had crushes on most of them and im so so thankful that my interest in most of them disappeared before they got exposed bc i would've lost my mind which did happen once with miniladd

[petruchio]

ok so the most recent update on the whole “my college crush moved two blocks away from me then i ran into him on the second day he was in the city but now we haven’t seen each other since” situation.

there’s this band i really like and i want to go see them next week when they’re performing, but none of my friends want to go so i posted an instagram story being like “does anyone want to go to this concert with me” and the one of the few who swiped up was the guy who was (and still is) my college crush’s best friend — WHO btw, was the guy i was obsessed with for most of my sophomore year BEFORE meeting neighbor boy crush. (tldr of the friend situation is, we had a brief thing, it didn’t go anywhere, i made out with a guy who lived on his floor to get back at him, a little while later we made up but i told him i didn’t want to hook up anymore so he asked me to get lunch, while we were having lunch the other guy (my current neighbor) came up and chatted with us, the next week me and neighbor crush made out, a week later me and neighbor crush get lunch, THAT doesn’t go anywhere, then the next week me and the original friend hook up one more time, after this we all go abroad, covid hits, and i never see any of these men again.)

anyway, today the friend hits me with “i love that band, jealous if you go.” and no i haven’t spoken to the original friend since one time my senior year where we both ran into each other at a party and basically said oh hey good to see you. he doesn’t ever reply to my stories. oh and also he was visiting my neighbor boy crush this past weekend, bc he still lives in another state but they were hanging out this whole past week.

SO YEAH IM FINE AND FEEL TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT ALL OF THIS!!

[astxrwar]

i wrote almost 3k today hehe