be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.
I came out of Barbie with one single thought in my head and that was that I wanted Ken’s “I am Kenough” sweatshirt immediately
you ever take a uquiz and realize halfway through that you don’t respect the author and their opinion is useless to you
Saw this tweet and had to collect Ryan Gosling’s best PR quotes for Barbie
Hey uh brand new addition
john green quit tumblr because of the cock monologue
No, he didn’t.
This all happened a long time ago, and my memory is imperfect, but here’s my memory: The cock monologue certainly hurt my feelings! But when people are trying to force someone out of a virtual space, they sometimes resort to behavior that is similar to bullying except it’s not completely identical to bullying because the person they’re making fun of has a lot of power. (As someone who got bullied a lot in school, the feeling was similar in 2014 but it wasn’t identical–because I was aware of the fact that I was okay, that what was in danger was certain aspects of my identity/self-value that I treasured but not my entire personhood itself.)
Anyway, it hurt my feelings, and still hurts my feelings when I see it shared (it feels to me like a joke about my sexuality, although I understand other people don’t see it that way; but yeah, you don’t know much about my sexuality and I don’t really want you to but it feels like a joke about that to me, which just bums me out).
But all of that stuff is a side effect of my job and having been successful at it, and I like my job. It is a great job. All jobs have aspects that suck. My job has fewer such aspects than other jobs I’ve had.
So yeah, I did not quit tumblr because of the cock monologue. (I also did not ask tumblr to make reblogs un-editable.) .
I quit tumblr because a few people started to make extremely specific threats. One might, for instance, send me an ask that featured a google streetview screenshot of my home alongside a plan for breaking into it.
I was super scared of these people (or possible person pretending to be a few people?) because they seemed to have a lot of knowledge about me and my family. We lived in a normal middle-class neighborhood in Indianapolis and I felt very exposed and nervous all the time in my real life, and eventually the freaked-out feeling just got too big and that’s why I quit tumblr.
(Edited to add: I am aware that prominent people sometimes use death threats against them to portray themselves as victims and protect themselves against justified criticism for their bigotry or abusive behavior or whatever. I don’t want to do that; it’s important to note that I have a lot of resources and power and so was able to, for instance, move to decrease the threat, which a lot of people can’t do. But I also feel like not talking about the experience honestly has not really helped me or anyone.)
I SHOULD’VE quit tumblr much earlier–I needed to realize that people weren’t comfortable with me in their virtual spaces and that to them I came across as cringey or even creepy, but at the time, I wasn’t nearly self-aware enough to leave for any of those reasons, and plus there was a lot of pressure from movie studios etc to stay on the social Internet so I could continue to promote my books and the stuff around them. So I didn’t quit when I should’ve, and as a result had and caused quite a few negative experiences for people. I’m sorry about the role I had in causing those negative experiences. I should’ve had a better understanding of not just how I experienced myself but also how other people might experience me. That’s something i’ve worked on over the years but still come up short on sometimes.
At any rate, I might delete this later because it makes me feel a bit like all my nerves are exposed to the air but I did just want to clarify that the, like, Tumblr Legend of this whole thing is at minimum a bit over simplified.
brick by brick (crow by crow)
People are arguing why spiderpeople helped Miguel to stop miles
Obviously, the ones that weren't in the room only heard his request to stop him and didn't know why.
And the ones in the room did it for their own peace of mind.
Because they had their important police captain killed, and felt so much GUILT for not saving him. But then came spider society and they learned everyone has to experience it. The death wasn't their fault, that was the LORE
And then comes Miles, that already broke the lore and the universe didn't collapse because of it. And he wants to do it again. And if he succeeds, then the guilt will come back. Because it means they COULD stop it. When they thought it was unavoidable and made peace with it.
If Miles' dad dies, then it was the lore. If Miles saves him, it was ON THEM
spiderverse twitter 11!
a/n: GUESS WHO’S BACKKK (hint it’s me)
taglist: @autismnation @scarthefangirl @cerria @starsval @littlexscarletxwitch @xx-all-purpose-nerd-xx @seriously-citrus @heretofollowblogsilike
ⓒ wingedsirens2023— do not steal, copy or translate
super very really important spider-woman duties involve completing the national dex
“please tell them my name” girl i never shut up about u
I just love how very much Indiana Jones does not give a fuck they made it to the moon.
Pav doodle im srry i use this page as a dumpster
(i still need to post the rest of my style comic)
[ID: digital fanart of Pavitr spider-man on a white background. He spins his bangle on a web with one hand. He looks in the camera and says, "All in a day's work for spider-" the bangle bonks him on the head. "Ack!" /end]
SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) photographed by Beth Garrabrant
Raise your hand if you feel personally victimized by Foolish One (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault) from Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
the way long live and castles crumbling are like polar opposites this is so sick and twisted
orange snails and apple turtles
it's funny (not really) because imperial measurement system hahahha
also, i tried some moon girl colouring style for miles and gwen!!!! i love moon girl sm omg, so i'm probably gonna draw miles' hair like this from now on
One day tumblr will learn that critiquing a situation and empathy can coexist and you don't lose points for not wanting people to die AND being frustrated that a ridiculous amount of resources get piled onto high profile cases while people suffer. But not today huh