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31 - any pronouns - bi - Belgian - autistic. See my about for more details. Icon by @yourspookyginger 

something something the juxtoposition of the "barbie outfits" in the margot robbie vogue photoshoot vs the costumes in the actual barbie movie; Harley Quinn's outfits in the og suicide squad vs birds of prey; margot robbie's dual celebrity persona as sex symbol for men vs icon of empowerment to women, her body at the centre of discussions on gendered fantasies. also something something projection of male sexual desire onto/creation out of symbols of girlhood (barbie as posable doll harley as daddy's little monster) the absolute rejection of self-objectification in both these (woman directed) films and in this essay i will not but others have and will and i can't wait to read every single one

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「 Wanted to try something new with my hair! I normally only like my swoopy bangs, but this was a fun thing to try out for a bit! It giving me vampire vibes and I love it!

Also I other news I learned @murderapparel has shirts now at @hottopic which is super rad to see them in store!!! 」

☥ Crop Top by @murderapparel x @hottopic

One fallacy, I think, of anti piracy arguments is that a lot of them seem to assume that if I'm unable to pirate something I'm going to pay for it instead rather than going "oh! that's a terrible shame" and then quickly forgetting about it

"If you were not pirating [media] you'd be paying for it and therefore piracy is evil 😡" actually if I were not pirating that media I would be thinking about something else. I have made the decision to not spend any money on this and even god himself could not shake it

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the research on this was already done decades ago and then quickly squashed because the record labels did not like the finding that people who pirated music were spending way more money on actually buying music legally than people who did not pirate music. it turns out people who care enough to pirate media are generally big fans of that media and willing to spend money on it if they have the money to spend

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article is from 2009 so we have known this for a LONG time.

The Norwegian study looked at almost 2,000 online music users, all over the age of 15. Researchers found that those who downloaded "free" music – whether from lawful or seedy sources – were also 10 times more likely to pay for music. This would make music pirates the industry's largest audience for digital sales. Wisely, the study did not rely on music pirates' honesty. Researchers asked music buyers to prove that they had proof of purchase.