was hanging out with a group of friends yesterday when my autistic friend said "i've been really obsessed with this recently. i'm dying to talk about it." the rest of us immediately said do it! talk about it! we want to know! and her face lit up. and that is all it takes. it's not annoying when people talk about their hyperfixation. it's interesting and it makes them happy. so, next time, instead of telling your friend to talk to someone else, listen. and who knows? you might find your true passion lies in all the different species of bird. (i, for one, learnt a lot about long-tailed tits.)
this is probably common knowledge but Tori doesn't know she's asexual in solitaire because whilst Alice oseman was writing it she didn't know what asexuality was! and i find that so interesting, i love knowing these things about books <3
can we just take a moment to appreciate how in the past week there have been TWO mainstream pieces of media that outright and blatantly say that B in LGBTQIA+ is not and will never be silent.
i really dont have the energy to watch a new show BUT for some reason tumblr has decided good omens is my favourite show and literally every other post on my dash is about good omens so maybe... i should.. watch it?
i saw so many beautiful, pink, glittery, sparkly, margot robbie-coded outfits at the barbie movie (not me. i wore all black.)
there are very few moments in my life when i wish i didn't have girlfriend and it's literally just when kit connor or yasmin finney appear on screen.
"i love your dress" :)
"thanks, it has pockets!" :D
tori noticing that "charlie always wears long sleeved shirts these days" almost made me cry, because either she doesn't know or she can't say anything to him, and it just breaks my heart that he has to suffer in silence
for brighton pride and in honor of the barbie movie coming out someone made this display outside their house:
and if that isn't the best thing you've seen all year you're lying
tori saying "i start to wonder if this boy has mental problems" is the best fucking bit of solitaire
i think the final episode of s2 was written incredibly well. charlie talking about his experience about being called disgusting to his own face, and how it made him start self harming, felt so real and honest because it is so often what happens. going to school with people who mercilessly tease you for something you can't change about yourself is one of the most horrible things. and i've heard people question why lgbtq+ kids are more likely to have bad mental health - this is why. because being called disgusting to your face is heartbreaking. and for so many of us it does lead to sh. being told that you are bad for something you CAN'T change about yourself. and i sobbed during that scene.
my toxic trait is i vote in polls that i don't know anything about (e.g. a tv series i haven't watched) just to see if i can magically get the same/most popular answer as the rest of the fandom
i haven't watched all of season 2 yet, just the first four episodes, and I haven't read all the comics, but so far i've noticed how they're handling charlie's eating disorder and it's making me so sad. because no one notices except nick (and tori, I guess?) and that's so often the reality of what happens, no one notices until the person with the ed is extremely unhealthy. but just seeing charlie picking at his food, the fear in his eyes when nick offers him that ice cream, makes me so sad because it's exactly what it's like. and eating disorders are the most heartbreaking thing. and i would not wish one on my worst enemy because it's just so sad
surely allan is non-binary like that must be the case because he's not a ken, he's not a barbie. he is friends with the kens but also with the barbies and he doesn't fit in like isn't it obvious allan is our little enby
my favourite thing about ryan gosling is how he's just ken now. like it's not even method acting at this point. he just is ken. he's not horses or patriarchy or beach. he is ken.
and that's kenough.
wondering what andrew tate would think of a horse-based patriarchy
there are so many people on the internet claiming that barbie isn't a feminist film, it just hates on men. after seeing it, i realise these are simply kind, caring men who hate barbie because of how ken is treated. men who hate the idea of a world where one gender is constantly ignored, objectified, excluded, seen as not important, shamed, forced to compete with people of the the same gender for attention, used as an accessory to the main character, and not really key to the plot - omg. wait. that actually sounds kind of familiar...