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@fromfoolishpeopletodeadpeople

I write, I paint, I sing. 18+ Don't hesitate to talk to me if you feel bad or good or anything really
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The thing about the r slur is that people who are using it again are indeed using it as a slur. This isn't a word that is being reclaimed. This is a word that is once again being used 100% as a slur. You're being a bigot if you're using it against others. Straight up. There isn't another argument to be made. Knock it tf off.

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i think the worst thing about the whole “anti-woke” culture is how it’s not only dumbing down people (folks are literally forgetting pronouns are an actual word class, an inseperable part of grammar and everyday speech) but also praising meanness and insensibility above all. it has managed to make malice and unkindness synonymous with factfulness and reason as if intelligence didn’t stem from emotions. as if feelings weren’t the very core of human beings. as if knowledge wasn’t achieved through passion, sympathy, and open-mindedness. as if the whole crux of this entire anti-wokeness movement wasn’t rooted in pure unadulterated emotion of hatred and hostility.

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april

i must not stir the pot. stirring the pot is the notifications-killer. participation in the discourse is the little-death that brings total activity obliteration. i will face the bad opinions on the internet. i will permit them to pass over me and through me. and when they have gone past, i will turn the block button onto their source. where the discourse has come from there will be nothing. only i will remain.

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mangedog

this is a way better model... you'll still get transphobic & intersexist drs of course but i prefer this to male / female or even having separate questions for gender & sex.

[we can't see the full form, but i'd suggest having a "something else" option and dominant hormone question too.]

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queen-simia

as a cis woman who's had a hysterectomy and partial oophorectomy, this would be helpful for me, too! it'd be pointless to try to diagnose me for disorders that affect organs I don't have anymore, after all.

being inclusive helps us ALL. 💖

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What people don't understand about "no excess physical activity/exercise" is that everything is physical activity.

I told the people at orthopedic urgent care that I can't do physical therapy because my condition doesn't allow for exercise. They gave me a list of things I could do at home. They were exercises. I was frustrated at first, but it made me realize how able bodied people can't conceptualize "no exercise" at all.

Walking down two hallways to get to my college class is exercise. Cooking and baking are exercise. Getting something from downstairs is exercise. Even typing is exercise. Each one of those things chips away at my ability to do simple things, like sit upright or speak or even just stay awake. When someone says they can't exercise for medical reasons, that means they can't, and pushing them to do physical activity because it "doesn't take that much energy" is dangerous. Everything takes energy.

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just saw a post accusing keanu reeves of being a zionist because [checks notes] the producers of john wick hired an israeli consultant on the film to do his firearms training. can we not do this.

before people say anything about the "return the hostages" letter he did not sign, wouldnt it be crazy if people brought that letter up or commented on a celebrity's israel/palestine stance in literally any other context than when they're specifically going after actors of color... you know who's gone beyond putting their name on a letter and actively voiced support of israel? mark hamill. florence pugh. jamie lee curtis. reese witherspoon. and somehow..for some reason.... i haven't heard a single person on here mention any of their beloved white faves... and i'm over here matrix dodging people telling me that taika waititi deserves to die because he has the audacity being an indigenous man who's saying the exact same things as his white peers. either you throw all of them away or you stop playing this game.

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papasmoke

On his unit Duvdevan:

Cohen began his counterterrorism service in Israels ‘mista'aravim’ or 'Arabist' unit (Hebrew: מסתערבים; Arabic: مستعربين, romanized: musta'ribīn) which is the name given Israels elite counterterrorism units that operate undercover. These units are specifically trained to assimilate among the local Arab population and are tasked with performing high risk terrorist arrests, intelligence gathering, and targeted assassinations; and use disguise and surprise as their main weapon. 

To be clear the guy Keanu trained with was a member of an elite IDF death squad. He was not just some random Israeli consultant with firearms training. I don't know if Keanu Reeves is a Zionist and this post is the first time I'd even heard about this connection but I do think downplaying the fact he trained with:

US media's favorite apartheid assassin undercuts your point. Like sure the producers chose this freak but Keanu Reeves then worked with him. If he'd received combat training from one of the guys who did the My Lai massacre that would also make him look bad.

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fairuzfan

at least in my circles, the people talking about taika waititi were people of color themselves. Taika has been an issue for years now because of his show being about woobified slaveowners. people are talking about him now while also remembering the context of other things he did in the past.

also, an actor on keanu's level has sway in the industry. he can make demands for a movie that thrives on his name and brand. we know this. john wick is one of the biggest blockbuster franchises so of course we're going to be focused on him. if keanu wanted to make up for this, then he should have been vocal about Palestine. this post is implying that keanu has no power over the people he works with.

also also. people have been talking about mark hamil and his anti-indigenous stances. I've seen posts over the years talk about his racism.

also also also. people talked about jamie lee curtis. back in october people were sharing her ig posts and her racism. we haven't focused on her since because of her irrelevancy. she is not having a popular movie or show come out as far as i know. neither is mark hamil. neither is florence pugh.

i don't care about most american media. i have said on this blog before that i can't stand watching anything these days because i know a vast majority of people in the industry are zionists. i dont care about him specifically. but you're writing this post assuming all the people interacting with the keanu post are... what? doing this out of racism? keanu reeves has so much social capital on here. so does taiki. keanu is about to have a popular movie franchise come out. taiki had his show. people are talking about them right now because they're timely and anticipating big followings. in taiki's case, he literally fired people from his show because of pro-palestine stances.

again. i don't care about media. i just genuinely don't understand what the purpose of the post was other than to imply people are being racist for having bare minimum standards of celebrities not interacting with israeli army members in a casual or professional capacity, and pretending you don't know why people are talking about keanu when its obvious because the news made a big deal of his hiring as shadow. if mark hamil or florence pugh or whatever are going to have a big movie out soon and people talk about it, i'll talk about them too.