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Dragon Queen

@d4agonqueen1994

That 4 was an oops.Lesbian.Cisgender She\her pronouns.

I know it's called mothersday but the word mother isn't just a title or badge you get for being pregnant, its also an action.

Today is also for: older sisters who had to raise or adopt their siblings, aunts and grandmothers who had to take custody of their family's children, adoptive mothers of any kind, mothers who are trans, mothers who had to give up their children, nannies who had to step in and step up for their client's kids above and beyond what would be expected of a nanny, the women who do everything to help the kids in orphanages who may never know another mom than her, and yes, stepmoms too.

Any woman who has ever mothered.

You are incredible and sacrifice so much more than just the woes of pregnancy to take care of and raise children. Especially if you belong to a culture that doesn't recognize your sacrifices or celebrate them in any way due to some technicality. But if you are mom to any child, today is for you. Being a parent is an incredibly hard job, especially to those who did not choose that life nor were prepared to do it, but are willing to do it for the children anyway.

“If this hurts my shows I’m gonna riot” “they better not cancel my favorite show” “this is so selfish I NEED this show” “what about my mental health now that they—“

So you agree. Show-writers are important to you and to the industry and should be compensated accordingly for their important work.

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WGA Strike signs!

At Fox Studios:

[WGA Strike sign reads "A.I. WROTE THE this sign]

At Netflix:

[2 WGA Strike signs read "our therapists keep saying we have to stand up for ourselves, so here we are, sorry." and "I like your offer as much as you like an angry female lead."]

At Universal Studios:

[3 WGA Strike signs read "If you want a funnier sign, PAY ME!", "PRODUCE THIS: " followed by an empty box, and "I HEARD A.I. REFUSES TO TAKE NOTES"]

At Disney Studios:

[WGA Strike sign reads: "THE GREEDIEST PLACE ON EARTH" in Walt Disney font]

for more signs: source

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Non-Britons! Instead of being distracted by the pomp and fanfare of the coronation, here’s a reminder that:

  • The coronation was funded by tax-payer money. This same tax could have gone towards the cost of living crisis. People are starving and freezing to death as this is going on.
  • Protests (peaceful or otherwise) are illegal now. A lot of anti-monarchists are being arrested for simply holding signs.
  • Our government is currently trying to push through a revision to the Equality Act that will exclude trans and non-binary individuals.
  • Oil companies have made a record profit in the past couple of years. Oil and gas prices aren’t rising because of an inflation issue.
  • Our NHS is crumbling because funding is going to stupid projects like this coronation.

The organisers of the Not My King protest in London have been arrested. Police refuse to say what for.

Worth mentioning to anyone going to Edinburgh today - England recently introduced much harsher anti-protest laws. These laws don’t exist in Scotland.

Just so we're all on the same page with the writer's strike.

If during the strike, it's announced about AI generated shows. We are not watching them. Not even out of curiosity. Let them fail every AI generated show they try make.

The human voice can not be replaced by AI. Don't let them try.

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Sad mama dog reunites with her lost puppies. A dog mama named Cora ended up in a shelter after her owner had taken her babies away from her. Depressed, she wouldn’t move away from a corner, so The Marin Humane Society tracked down Cora’s puppies and reunited the family

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The whole "grooming" panic targeting trans folks was to dilute and distract from the actual preying on children being legalized by Republicans across the US.

Hey y'all. With the Writer's Guild of America on strike, you might be hearing a lot more about something called "residuals," which are payments that the writers get for the studios continuing to air their work on reruns and such. Already I'm seeing people trying to frame the union trying to bargain for better residuals as greedy and unreasonable, so I just wanted to give you guys a peek into my dad's full, 100% real residual payments for writing some of the most watched episodes of American late night television.

Yeah lol. If u hear anyone trying to frame the conversation around residuals as writers being greedy, please do me a favor and punch them straight in the face ❤️🙃🙃