*agressively sees the silver lining*

one of the biggest man-made environmental disaster in decades!

the Kakhovka HPP is completely destroyed and can’t be restored.

the scale of this terrorist act is difficult to predict. it threatens hundreds of thousands of lives — flooding will continue for at least another 4 days.

please do not be indifferent, spread information, reliable information from the Ukrainians who are experiencing this catastrophe in real time. do not believe russian propaganda, support Ukraine and Ukrainians in our battle for life!

beyond f*cked up what disney is doing in the indiana jones franchise considering harrison ford's advanced age

just like on a very fundamental level, if you want your feminism to meet the unique needs of every woman, your feminism cannot exclude men. i am a woman and i am a man. sorry but the unfortunate conclusion of trans-inclusive feminism IS that "woman" is not a category that exists on its own perfectly separated from everything else. to me (personally and ideologically) womens issues are mens issues and mens issues are womens issues. and both of those are agender/neutral/third gender/etc. issues and vice versa.

I'm a boy. I still face misogyny from assholes constantly due to being trans. Just because I mention "Oh I'm actually a boy", that doesn't mean they'll just stop being a misogynistic asshole to me, now it means they'll also be a transphobic asshole to me.

You can't shun me from discussions on misogyny simply because I'm male aligned. I appreciate the gender recognition, but I still face this shit and I'd rather I get to speak on my experiences.

Even my experiences from before I knew I was a guy have been invalidated due to the false idea that all trans people know they're trans from the moment they're born.

feminism is for everybody, passionate politics by bell hooks (google drive pdf download)

We are not going to let that fuckwad DeSantis gain a foothold in the 2024 election.

You are going to fucking vote for Joe Biden, and you are going to give us a fucking chance to save our country from fascism, and you aren't going to fucking complain about it, because there is literally no other choice.

We will not let another election be a close call. Are you listening?

Vote for Biden. Vote for whatever Democrat is most popular in your local elections. Our system sucks, but this is what we're working with. Just fucking vote.

"But he's --"

It doesn't matter. It does. not. matter.

Not every battle is about progress. Sometimes it's just holding the line until we get reinforcements. And they are coming. The Gen Z vote was monumental in stopping the red wave, and there are increasing numbers as more and more come of age.

Hold the line.

the highest praise i have for democrats is that they're not the fascists. but in a two party system, it's enough

if you're not obsessed with anything weird and niche please try harder. stop going outside for a while. consider getting weirder about the things you already like

Spooky

@ayeforscotland

Penetration is a gender-neutral act. Topping is gender-neutral. Bottoming is gender-neutral. You are not more or less of a man or a woman depending on how you fuck. You are not “fake trans” for having sex a certain way. You are not any less masculine for bottoming or any less feminine for topping.

Additionally, acting like being penetrated is an act of submission is deeply rooted in misogynistic, cisheteronormative ideas of sexual intercourse, as in "penetration is something that is done to women for the sexual gratification of the man, nothing more, therefore it is inherently degrading and feminine".

A cishet man getting pegged by his cishet girlfriend is not gay, he's not less of a man or submissive by default. A cishet man getting pegged by his cishet girlfriend can be sexually dominant and simply likes to be fucked in his ass - these two can co-exist. Yet, in the eyes of cishet society, a man that likes to have his ass played with, must enjoy it because it's "degrading" , not because it simply feels good.

That's why I so heavily preach about the difference between sub/dom/switch and bottom/top/vers. Penetration can be used to increase the feeling and severity of a power dynamic, but it doesn't create one. These two things are entirely separate from eachother, unless connected willingly.

hmmmm trans guys. trans dudes. trnas mascs. i love u.

The ideal body type

(via)

Hello, Sherlock Holmes adaptation writer. I have trapped you in this room. It is fully furnished and comfortable. On the table, you will notice a copy of A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of which redistribution is perfectly legal, as the work is in the public domain. You will notice it is rather thin. You have 24 hours to read the approximately 8,550 words in this story. To exit this room, all you must do is summarize the plot of the story without referring to Irene Adler as a seductress or implying she is attracted to Sherlock Holmes. Good luck.

Love when writers do an insane amount of unnecessary research for their fics. I follow an author that did like 8 months of intense research into 14th century Scotland so they could write smut about it, and guess what. It was some fucking incredible porn AND I learned about old Scottish politics

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LILE

@thebibliosphere

i’m starting a collection

the collection grows!!!!!

Still obsessed with Arthur Conan Doyle’s letter to Bram Stoker gushing about how wonderful a book Dracula is, but particularly how it makes such a good template for leaving fic comments, so I’m gonna to a BREAKDOWN:

Next time you don’t know what to say on a fic you enjoyed, just use the ACD method~

Honestly, if CG artists unionising kills the use of CG in films, I don't see a downside.

This post has riled a lot of people. For what it's worth, my point wasn't that technology is bad and Edison was a witch, my point was that any industry that can be killed by unionizing should be.

No worker owes their employer profits at the expense of their own ability to maintain a decent standard of living.

finally sports journalists are asking the truly important questions...

English added by me :)

they should invent a strain of weed called video essay