@marfmellow / marfmellow.tumblr.com
cis people are so.... bad. a woman being forced to out herself bc someone was blackmailing her and she wanted to control the narrative and come out before they could out her isnt a positive or good thing. like please actually fucking think for once in your life. you can support nikkie without acting like this is a positive situation
5th richest person on the entire fucking planet wants you to give him more money
he’s a little out of pocket right now after suing a bunch of people in Hawaii to force them to sell their land on the cheap so he can have his 700-acre $100,000,000 playground to himself
God, the fucking AUDACITY
It’s easy to forget how disgustingly, perversely rich this man is. He could live in the most absurd, decadent luxury, never lifting a finger, until he turned 1000 years old without spending even a tenth, a twentieth, of the money he has now. He could buy a Tesla and drive it into the ocean, every day, for the next 100 years, without spending even a twentieth of his money.
Even 1 billion dollars is so much money that the human brain has troubles fully comprehending it, so much more money than any one, ten, twenty human beings would ever need in the span of a lifetime, even assuming a lifestyle more comfortable than that enjoyed by basically any other human throughout all of history. He has over 63.
And he wants you to donate to him?? TO HIM??? He could improve the lives of untold hundreds of millions of people if he just decided to give away some of his absurd riches. He could give away 95% of his money without it impacting the quality of his life in any measurable way. And he wants people to just give him more of it?
bring back the fucking guillotine, eat the rich
If you’re Australian and didn’t get the memo, there’s a nationwide climate protest on January 10 being held by Uni Students for Climate Justice.
Find your local protest here: MELBOURNE: https://www.facebook.com/events/768013033713222/
Sorry, not about foxes, but, this is crunch time for climate change. Protest.
A form of divination based on chance words and meetings uttered by pedestrians or a conversation found through media.
It is known as a kledon in Ancient Greek, and historically a person seeking a kledon would whisper their question into the ear of a statue of Hermes found in a marketplace, and then walk amongst the crowd and listen to the first words or sentence uttered by a random person.
This form of divination can be performed in a quiet area, where you pray or meditate on a question for a deity, and then leave and walk to a busier street and listen for the answer from the first talking passerby.
Alternatively, this can be performed through a live radio station (avoid music stations). After meditating on your question, switch to a random radio station and listen to the immediate conversation, where your answer will be provided.
This is such a fun type of divination to do when you're in a fairly busy area
Today I’m going to talk about the opposite of child abuse, because you all need some proper references to compare your lives to.
First thing that made me realize how upside down my life was, was a friend, who had an abusive father, but good mother. And you see, because the mother was good, she realized when her kids were still small, that he’s abusive, that the kids would get hurt, and she moved the hell away from him and got a divorce. She was poor, she didn’t have many resources, and she had to work very hard to survive, and managed to get the abuser to pay alimony. My friend grew up surrounded by love and support, with high self-confidence, high social abilities, complete belief in their worth and lacking nothing. And then one day the abusive father was angry at the mom, and tried to take it out on my friend, my friend got a call filled with insults and threats. It was scary and my friend got upset, I tried to comfort them but I really didn’t have good words to say. They later called their mom, and this is what the mother said:
“You are a perfect person, if anyone is talking to you like this, you can walk away.”
I remember just feeling complete awe hearing this, told from a mom, to a child. It even cheered me up. Those are the words we should have been getting from our parents. This is the correct attitude.
This other example is something that made me cry, and everyone else I’ve told this story. It’s from a woman on youtube, who has a farm, and it was her dream her whole life to have a farm, and she also has kids. This year, she entered a competition in growing tomatoes, she grew a special tomato plant, and the competition was about who manages to grow the most tomatoes, biggest tomato, and so on. She usually lets her kids play in the garden, but she explained to all of them that they’re not allowed to touch the special competition plant, or harvest the tomatoes.
However, her youngest son, aged maybe 5 or 6, took the biggest tomato off, before it even started ripening. She made a video explaining about what happened, and then she smiled and talked about how she cares about her farm, and her competition a lot, but not even close to how much she cares about her children feeling happy and safe in the garden. She said, even though she warned the kids to not touch the plant, it’s kind of hard to remember for a child which plant is what, and that in long term, competition doesn’t really matter as much as happiness of her children. She even mentioned how she makes mistakes in the garden too, and forgives herself right away, and her children deserve the same forgiveness. And then, her son, laughing, runs up to her, and realizes she’s making a video on tomato he tore off, and he says with a grin “I’m sorry” and she replies, with warmth and affection in her voice: “I forgive you, my darling.”
If you’re, crying, it’s okay, I’m crying too. So here, some standards. Something to compare your parents to. If these people could have done this, your parents could have done it too. You deserved this kind of gentleness and kindness too.
white wlw who try to form their Masc™ identities by mimicking their poorly observed constructions of Black masculinity are and always will be cornball loser ass trash. y'all aren’t subverting femininity when you are taking your identities as White women to caricaturize Black men. that’s par for course for you. at best you’re just Queering™ your racism. stop it.
Hey if you wouldn’t mind could you give some examples?
I also think that a lot of Lesbian Style™ associated with the “attractive White stud/butch/top” aesthetic is essentially the “urbanized” streetwear we associate with Black men. wlw do subvert masculinity in different ways, including wearing “menswear” in a way that is aimed at the consumption of other women, but it does become noticeable when you see White people who (1) don’t interact with Black people or (2) only interact with Blackness when it benefits them consistently grabbing from Black culture.
They also have a habit of retreating back into White feminine fragility when they are criticized or confronted about their behavior, especially when it’s resulting specifically from them puffing their chests out in the above fashion, which is especially laughable considering they want to be viewed as Womanly Aggressive™.
I was telling @brownbitchbisexual after I made this post that it’s particularly bothersome because a lot of these women will be the most vocal about the male gaze and how Uncivilized men of color in specific are when it comes to approaching women and dealing with relationships—yet they use the same mannerisms and speaking patterns, down to catcalling even, to perform masculinity themselves.
If you’re interested in seeing a live example, Robyn Almodovar from Hell’s Kitchen was the person who prompted this post in specific. You can look at her clips with Reggie Miller to see the bit that really ticked me off, although I’ve complained about her antics throughout this season.
Ruby Rose does this a LOT
Ew
@EA @MAXIS WHATS GOOD???? https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwslxJgVa8/?igshid=osrwmxpv2x6a
I’m on pc and I’m still mad
paint, sing, garden, read, create in anyway possible
don’t let depression lie to you and tell you you’re not good enough to do anything!
enjoyment vs expertise, we don’t have to make a masterpiece just to enjoy something that makes us feel good! easier said than done but I took out my paints and im going to just let myself go nuts!
Cockatoo and Pomegranate, 1927, Ohara Koson
what an elegant birb
Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?
I have a tendency to beat myself up whenever something I make doesn’t meet my expectations (which is always). The result is that finishing something = bad feelings: I am effectively punishing myself for having created something. The natural reaction to this punishment is an aversion to creation, meaning that my perfectionism is harming me, not only by causing me to despise what I do make and by impeding the creative process, but by attacking even my desire to create.
new ask game: instead of telling me why you followed me, why haven’t you unfollowed me?
“Does a black woman’s hair always need an explanation? Why not just enjoy the view and leave it at that?”
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(via nessanotarized)
I ask this often
(via vibewithjade)
