adam is watching oppenheimer. gansey is watching both and giving his social commentary on both that makes everyone roll their eyes but he's so gansey about it that they'll listen anyway. ronan doesn't care about either, but he wants to sit in the theatre with adam for 2+ hours and hold his hand so he will be there. blue and henry are watching barbie and blue is gonna walk in with gansey and henry on each arm dressed as ken
what black mirror episode are we in now
Anyway, fuck the CEOs and other execs. Support the strikers.
"writers deserve attention more than actors" literally only 2% of actors can pay the bills with acting. For every megastar on screen there are a dozen other people in the shot who are SAG. Acting gets so glamorized but there are SO MANY people in SAG who NEED residuals to live on. Background Party Girl #4 needs her check too!!!! There are people who play recurring characters on syndicated shows who cant afford health insurance!!! Ke Huy Quan gave an oscar winning performance and LOST HIS HEALTH INSURANCE the next year.
Robin Tim: I need to tell you something but I don’t want you to see me any differently or tell Batman just yet
Nightwing, thinking he’s coming out: I promise it won’t change anything
Huntress, also thinking he’s coming out: if he says anything when you do I’ll kick his ass
Oracle, also also thinking he’s coming out: just know you can tell us anything
Robin Tim, who just caused his first young justice international incident: okay so-
I’m sure Red tornado tried his best (lying)
Rise of the Pink Ladies was nominated for choreography Emmy this week. You cannot legally watch an Emmy-nominated show because god forbid the studio has to pay workers for it—that’s the state of the industry with streaming right now. That’s why SAG and the WGA are striking.
seeing people be like ‘I know it’s going to be hard to support the sag strike because movies and shows will stop coming out but-’ is so fucking funny like can I introduce you to a beautiful concept called the million billion movies and shows that already exist that you couldn’t even get through in a lifetime if you wanted. welcome to heaven <3
CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions
if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators (i do not care if you're a fan of marvel. you shouldn't be, but it should be irrelevant either way)
I think one of the most profound forms of love is "I'll try that, for you. I may not like it, but I'll try it."
It's a confused middle-aged man in a pottery class, whose daughter is helping him with his clay's plasticity. It's a kid scrunching up their brow while listening to their mom's favorite music, trying to figure out why she likes it. It's a girlfriend who says "Yes, I'll go with you" and her girlfriend cheering and buying a second ticket for a con. It's a friend half dragging another friend through an aquarium, the one being dragged laughing and calling out "Wait, wait, I know we're here for the exhibit, but I haven't been here! Slow down!"
It's being willing to spend some of your time trying something new because it makes someone you love happy.
It's also "Yes, I'll go to therapy."
"Yes, I'll take my meds."
"Yes, I'll have this difficult conversation."
"Yes, this [healthy coping mechanism/treatment/conflict resolution technique] may be uncomfortable, embarrassing, challenging, painful; but I'll do it, for you, for me, because it's important for our happiness."
I'm going to have to disagree strongly but politely with the first two sentences here, and parts of the fourth. Medical treatment is an incredibly personal choice, and I don't encourage anyone to get any medical treatment because other people want them to or for the sake of others. It's very common for disabled people to be pressured into unwanted or unneeded medical treatment by their loved ones, because the loved ones feel that they "should be doing something to get better".
I understand your point, but I also understand the other person's perspective. While a lot of people ARE unnecessarily pressured into therapy by less than well meaning families, I also do not see anything wrong with suggesting someone to go to therapy and for the person to decide that they'll go. They, obviously, also have the choice not to, at which point the other person has the choice to leave. A good example, I think, is Jennette McCurdy, whose exboyfriend had a substance addiction (and later got diagnosed with schizophrenia, I believe, but I might be confusing that with a different person), and while she, at least according to her accounts, supported him, at a certain point his worsening addiction made him unfit for a romantic relationship, so she suggested therapy to him again (they allegedly talked about it before), and they broke up shortly after he refused. I think that it was his choice but I also don't think Jennette did anything wrong by leaving him because of said choice.
I agree that neither person did anything wrong. A person deciding whether to get medical treatment and a person deciding whether or not to stay in a relationship are both choices they have the right to make. My point is that I don't feel that medical treatment is something that should be done for the sake of a relationship, due to the highly personal nature of it. I also want to point out that romantic, platonic, and sexual partners, as well as friends, can also pressure people into medical treatment, though they often have less direct pressure due to people being less likely to be directly dependent on them than on family.
It's also important to note that the behaviors causing issues CAN be solved outside of therapy/medication, and therapy/medication don't always change those behaviors at all - even if the person taking meds/doing therapy is fully engaged with therapy and willing to change.
It's important for the perspective to be "this BEHAVIOR that negatively affects me is a dealbreaker for me, if it continues I will need to remove myself from this relationship" and not "if you don't stop this behavior using this specific method that may or may not be effective and may even harm you, I will remove myself from this relationship".
Therapy and medication are often positioned as the only solution to certain issues, and not only is this untrue, but they can even exacerbate said issues or cause significant unrelated harm.
As an example, if I was reacting to my delusions in a way that was hurting my partner, I would not go onto anti-psychotics, because 1. I have been forced onto them before as part of the medical abuse I experienced (without even having experienced psychosis at that point, no less), 2. both the side and intended effects of the meds harmed me, and 3. most delusions I experience are non-distressing and and an integral part of my conception of my self.
I would however find coping mechanisms to react to them in a way that didn't hurt her.
Likewise, many people are not willing to risk (often further) psychiatric abuse at the hands of a medication manager OR therapist, particularly if they are living with a medically stigmatized disorder(s), such as schizospec disorders, cluster B personality disorders, or dissociative disorders.
That doesn't mean someone is wrong to leave someone whose behaviors are causing them any kind of distress.
But I do think it is wrong to set an ultimatum of "therapy/meds or we're done", because that goes beyond setting a boundary over a behavior. That is controlling the WAY a person must put a stop to a harmful behavior pattern. It very much needs to NOT be "even if the behavior stops, if you don't go to therapy/start medication, we're done".
Suggesting therapy/meds, I agree is not wrong, as long as other options that have the same result are considered equally valid. I want to state that no one above seems to be saying that an ultimatum of "only therapy/meds" is acceptable, but I personally wanted to make the distinction.
Roy Kent, Keeley Jones, and Jamie Tartt really are the One True Throuple. like, I've read ot3 fics for other fandoms and there's people I'll ship as threesomes for fun, but I pretty much never actually want them to get together in canon or think that's the most positive emotional place for them to be. I read ot3 for the writing, or the angst, or the character study, or fun sexytimes, or because it's funny or ironic or whatever, and often the emotional journey is really impactful but could never in a million years happen in canon because of circumstances or individual characters or unrealistic choices, and I'm fine with that
Roy/Keeley/Jamie feels not only plausible, but the only outcome that makes sense. They can't end up paired off in any two-person configuration because the absence of the third one will be felt constantly, and they all have very clearly established romantic and sexual tension with one another. Keeley's canonically queer, Jamie's basically canonically queer ("i'm flattered" - subtext is part of canon, y'all), and Roy has always been very private about his personal life and absolutely gives 'i do what i want and don't bother labeling it' vibes. They all care about each other, they balance each other, Roy's been psychosexually obsessed with Jamie since season one (only being able to think about Jamie when he's with Keeley??), Jamie's had posters of both of them on his wall since he was a child, Keeley's already dated both of them, they all are very free with the physical contact at this point even Roy - I could go on, but long story short these three are perfect for each other and I need them to be in love
anyways we laugh and joke but it genuinely scares me how willing people are to overlook the very obvious, objective, and intended depiction of violent racism that billy serves as in the show. the duffers have said explicitly several times that billy targeted lucas because he was black. there’s absolutely no arguing or getting around it. and unlike steve’s behavior in season one, billy never feels remorse for it, never shows any empathy towards lucas, and dies a racist. and it’s like so sad and weird watching people in their 30s who should fully know better try to “welll….. but…..” in his defense
I think it should take longer to make tv shows and movies. I think shooting days should be shorter. I think AD's lives should be longer. I think we shouldn't have to be in a goddamn rush all the time. I think we should have the time it takes to make good art. I think fans should wait even longer than they do and be happy that everyone who made the art is getting full nights of sleep.
To expand on the crumbling of the patriarchal edifice of the family.
If society agrees that children can know themselves, and have a right to self determination…. Everything else that Conservatives argue they have a right to exert over children crumbles. As just two examples….
ALL corporal punishment rightfully becomes recognised for the assault it is.
Failure to appropriately consider the wishes of children in medical care and provide information in an age appropriate way is recognised as child abuse and malpractice.
Children are entire people, they deserve all of the rights, privileges and protections afforded to adults.
the multigender and nonbinary communities NEED to get better at listening to intersex people. intersex people are not “biologically nonbinary”. intersex people do not exist as a gotcha for debates about gender and sex. not all intersex people are “both” male and female. non-intersex people can’t identify as intergender. please consider us when you talk about your identities
to add onto this:
- intersex is neither a “third sex” or a blend of male and female. there are many many intersex variations, and that can lead to different identities for different intersex people
- but honestly. the idea you have in your head of “intersex = male AND female” is almost definitely wrong
- some intersex people identify as their ASAB, some don’t, but it’s often complicated
- you cannot transition to be intersex. you’re either born intersex or you’re not. I am not your nonbinary “transition goal”
anyways controversial onion here but no sorry i dont give a shit if i see homeless people using drugs right infront of me as i walk down the street, if you want to complain about it you can go sit in your house and be grateful that you have one to feel better
I will never validate any complaint about the unhoused tbh, "they go to the bathroom in the street" because they dont have anywhere else to go, "theyre an eyesore" where do you want them to go? look the other fucking way then, "they should just go to a shelter" clearly youre unaware of how unsafe shelters are and how much autonomy they take away from you theyre practically a slaughterhouse for people, "they should just get a job" ok I challenge you to see who wants to employ you when youre clothed in rags and have no home address, you also cant open a bank account when you have no home address, "theyll spend any money you give them on drugs" dont give a shit, im still gonna give them the change in my pocket because withdrawals are deadly. I will never side with someone when they complain about the homeless. Ever.
