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@ transfems:

cut the collars off ur shirts in a straight line so they fall off the shoulder a little bit and show some collar bone

youll feel so pretty & feminine

with bra or cami strap showing or with no bra comfy pajamas with the nipples showing

do it w those old nerdy interest/band tees itl feel so cute

trust mee itl feel like a new shirt and like a girl shirt for girls

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I too have built a house out of donuts... unfortunately, nobody else has ever heard of a donut in this analogy.

Sending out the love to all my fellow donut-house-builders.

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You've gotta love Jews more than you hate Nazis.

You've gotta love trans folks more than you hate TERFs.

You've gotta love your unhoused neighbors more than you hate the billionaires.

You've gotta love immigrants more than you hate ICE.

You've gotta love queer kids more than you hate christian fundamentalists.

You've gotta love fat people more than you hate the diet industry.

You've gotta love disabled people more than you hate the insurance companies.

You've gotta love your fellow humans more than you hate the worst that humanity has to offer. You don't have to like every person you're fighting for, and you sure as hell don't have to give up your righteous anger, but hate is ultimately corrosive.

You've gotta love.

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This will now be my metric for American patriotism.

truly the most american thing is Big Drink. more than late stage capitalism, more than an unparalleled cultural focus on individualism, more than 9/11 jokes

what binds all americans together culturally is Big Drink

and you might be saying "is this fat shaming" or "but mayor bloomberg outlawed Big Drink in nyc" or "gays are so annoying about their iced coffee" or some other dumb comment but no open your minds, Big Drink isn't just sugary or caffeinated beverages

every day i see one of you hydration bitches (affectionate) on the train with a water bottle so big a toddler could drown in it. that too is Big Drink. we literally invented a bigger beer can (tall boy) in wisconsin in the 60s in the service of Big Drink

anyway i never feel more american then when i have Big Drink in my hands

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something my mum always taught us was to look for the resources we're entitled to, and use them. public land? know your access rights and responsibilities, go there and exercise them. libraries? go there and talk to librarians and read community notice boards, find out what other people are doing around you, ask questions, use the printers. public records offices? go in there, learn what they hold and what you can access, look at old maps, get your full birth certificate copied, check out the census from your neighbourhood a hundred years ago. are you entitled to social support? find out, take it, use it. does the local art college have facilities open to the public? go in, look around, check out their exhibit on ancient looms or whatever, shop in their campus art supply store. it applies online too, there is so much shit in the world that belongs to the public commons that you can access and use if you just take a minute to wonder what might exist!!!

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I love that I get most of my tumbler culture through haiku bot

alright tiktokians who moved here, imma lay some ground rules.

one, this is my house, I can't do anything about the furniture.

two, you aren't actually forced to reblog. yes, it's like reposting. no, just because people tell you to reblog, you don't have to. yes, it's very nice if you reblog art, because sometimes people do that for a job.

three, tag your shit

four, you can cuss. you can say kill. you can say suicide.

five, you can be horny. I don't wanna see that shit. tag it properly.

six, no tagging inappropriately because I will run you over with my car.

seven, yes you can comment! No one uses these most times.

eight, you gotta build up your timeline baby girl, this ain't TikTok.

nine, yes you can privately reblog if you're embarrassed

and finally. Ten, there is nothing I can do about the hornbots.

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literally just transition. dont even think about it just go.

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Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.

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Randoms

David liss

Bookworm Speaks!- Randoms by David Liss

Bookworm Speaks!

Randoms

By David Liss

**** Acquired: Barnes and Noble Booksellers Series: Randoms (Book 1) Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 25, 2015) Language: English

**** The Story: A science fiction superfan finds himself on his very own space adventure when he’s randomly selected to join an alien confederacy in this “exhilarating” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade debut novel.

Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fiction geeks. He knows his games, comics, movies, and TV shows like Captain Kirk knows the starship Enterprise. So it’s a dream come true when he learns the science fiction he loves so much is based on reality—and that he’s been selected to spend a year on a massive space station. To evaluate humanity’s worthiness, the Confederation of United Planets has hand picked three of Earth’s most talented young people—and then there’s Zeke. He’s the random.

Unfortunately, Zeke finds life in space more challenging than he’d hoped. When he saves his transport ship from a treacherous enemy attack, he’s labeled a war criminal. Now despised by the Confederation, rejected by his fellow humans, and pursued by a ruthless enemy, Zeke befriends the alien randoms: rejected by their own species, but loyal to each other. But their presence in the Confederation may not be so random after all, and as the danger increases, Zack’s knowledge of science fiction might be the only thing that can save himself, his friends, and Earth itself.

The Review: According to the text, the author is a full-blown science-fiction nerd. Indeed, references abound of various Science Fiction franchise: Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Stargate, Firefly, even Warhammer 40K! Zeke is like the uber nerd. (Not many references to fantasy or comic books though, but not all geeks are the same) What makes this character really stand out is that his knowledge of science-fiction is actually useful. Many of the tropes found in science-fiction turn out to be true and his knowledge greatly aids him. This is very refreshing as the other common tropes portray nerds having a command of thoroughly useless knowledge. The nerds shall rise…

While this book is marketed towards young adults, full adults can find a lot in this book, particularly the depiction of government. Ostensibly, the Confederation are the good guys and the Phands are the bad guys. The author does go out of the way to say that the Phandic Empire is evil and from what we see, they’re right. They’re an expansionist empire that ruthlessly subjugates other planets but what is done very well on the author’s part is making the Confederation not all that great either.

As the book goes on, it becomes clear the government of the CUP is corrupt and cowardly. Their devotion to law and order quickly becomes fanatical adherence and inflexibility. While it’s understandable that they would want to avoid open war with the militaristic Phands, they perfectly willing to sell out whatever and whomever in order to appease them. The leadership is more concerned with preserving they power and keeping public opinion on their side. They seem unwilling to actually do anything for fear of rocking the boat. Tell Bookworm if that does not sound familiar.

Zeke grows up very quickly over the course of this book and it is not always pleasant to watch. Loss of innocence never is. A lesson that has appeared more and more frequently in popular media is that dreams are only the next stage. Even after your dream comes true, it brings its own set of challenges and hurdles to overcome. Zeke realizes that going to space won’t be the fantastic adventure his beloved tv-shows say it is.

The ending is particular is a real gut punch.

In a lot of ways, this is the perfect young-adult book. Zeke’s journey is a parallel to becoming an adult. His wide-eyed innocence at going into space slowly falls away as he becomes to the reality of his situation and what the people around him really think about him. This is something everyone goes through and it makes Zeke very relatable, even if he quotes Star Trek a bit too often. Speaking of which…

The main problem for Bookworm is ironically what makes it so appealing to the science-fiction geek: it gets a bit too meta at a few points that frankly, it breaks the spell for Bookworm. When Bookworm reads a book or video games, what he always takes into account is the immersion level, how good the world building is. Bookworm’s favorite

Another problem is the character Steve, the Cockney-accented space lizard, or more specifically his name. Bookworm gets the joke: the word ‘Steve’ is not a complicated one and it is entirely likely that other peoples could use the word as a name as well. The thing is…Steve is up there with John and Bob as completely generic male names. When reading the book, Bookworm had to remind himself, “Oh Steve’s the lizard.” The joke is clever but the execution falls flat.

Finally, while it works as well as any science-fiction concept, the idea of basing an entire civilization and personal development on video game-esque skill trees seems particularly silly. Perhaps it is a commentary on the controlling nature of the Confederacy but Bookworm rolled his eyes at that a few times. The fact that Tamret can hack this ancient, unfathomable, technology only makes it more unbelievable.

Final Verdict: Randoms is passionate love letter to Science Fiction nerds and geeks everywhere of all ages. Perhaps it is a bit too focused on that particular demographic but the heart of the book appeals to any reader. Can’t wait for more!

Four Serenity Badges out of Five

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I love this, so much. I'm gonna have to get to drawing some fanart like this ❤️

im normal i swear

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i like the way this looks in my head

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I'm just gonna save this for later

how to draw arms ? ? 

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Me trying to write fanfictions for randoms

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what if i got silly

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On the topic of different markers of maturity, I read a book once (Randoms by David Liss) and I remember there being this system where life experience are quantified and measured so that they literally work like exp. points in an MMO and people "level up", and their level is constantly displayed, again like a video game, and almost everything you can do will gain exp., but a young character gains a ton of levels super fast due to surviving a really intense experience. It's been years since i read it and i have no idea if it even has a fandom, but i think the discourse would be crazy if it did. If two characters are the same age and one has a much higher level, well there's clearly a power imbalance, isn't there? If a younger character with a higher level dates an older person with a lower level, which one is the predator and which one is the victim? What's an appropriate level gap before things get sketchy? If you're dating someone the same level as you and then suddenly gain levels at a quicker rate than them, do you have to break up?

oooh that sounds interesting