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I know i complain a lot, but the lack of aro culture in queer spaces is really annoying. no your “aros are valid!” *insert aro flag* posts don’t do it!

aromanticism isnt just about asking for “validity” from others. it’s also not just a hashtag u can put in a pride post that has absolutely nothing about aromanticism.

it sucks that I need to go back to aro spaces to find some quality content. there’s also barely any poc/asian aro-ace content out there that also focuses on aromanticism as a separate thing from asexuality!

this post will still not do anything, I know… but

pride month is almost over, yet aros still exist! include them in your voices, in your minds, in your posts.

hi everyone i want to see if there's a limit to the number of members you can have on a sideblog. so i need you to join this sideblog. how? just send an ask (not anon) and i will respond privately with the link. if you're interested in helping add new members lmk and i can promote you as admin otherwise no. once you enter you don't have to do anything just enjoy your part in this social experiment. <3

current number of members: 409/? (23/06/23 17:06)

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*pats a book I got from library* DW , WE'RE GONNA GET ALONG TOGETHER NICELY!!

GUYS GUYS GUYS LOOK WHAT I GOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS SO PRETTY AAAA

!!!

Lovecraft's stuff is great. I've been reading his work recently and it's so cool, especially the mythos. I think you're going to have a lot of fun reading it :D

New writers I am begging you to take writing advice with a grain of salt. And pepper. Maybe some cloves. Or garlic powder. What I mean is spice up your writing, instead of listening to stale rules that might not work for everyone.

Don't forget to feed your wip some lines of fresh words today and then let it roam free in your head.

So sick of going into tags relating to my disabilities and finding nothing but fanfic and whump. Can you just fucking not

Finding something cool and thematically rich and wanting to see what other people think abt it and all I find is shipping

Nope 2022

anyways reminder that scars of any kind are morally neutral and not bad or harmful to show. if that shit is healed and not a literal open wound it is not fucking bad. it is not okay to shame or trigger warning a normal fucking part of someone’s body, including and especially when it’s a sign of physical or mental illness.

look every single time I make posts like this someone comes on my post like “not self harm scars though! those are triggering!” and fucking. think about what you’re implying for just one second here. you’re saying that if anyone has ever even once hit a mental point where they harmed themself in a way that left a lasting mark they can never show their body uncensored again. this is okay to you? you think this is fucking okay?

also, to expand on this: do not assume you know what are and aren't self harm scars. i have 'traditional self harm scar' looking scars that are not self harm, just that i have a cat and scar easily. i have scars that do not look like self harm scars that very much are. you do not have the right to go up to someone and ask "hey, what are you scars from so i can decide if i can censor your body?", nor the right to assume the origin of someone's scars in order to censor their body. In general, no one's scars or any other part of their body is your business

"don't you mean figuratively"

often, when people use "literally" in exaggerations, linguistic purists "correct" them by saying they "mean figuratively". the common counterargument among Cool Linguists tends to be "well, language is dynamic! words change meaning over time, and the word literally can mean figurativelyǃ’

this counterargument would be good, except that it misses the much more important way in which the linguistic purists complaining about "literally" are wrong.

no, literally doesn't mean figuratively!

in a use like "I literally died when I saw them", the word "literally" is not communicating "oh, by the way, this is a figure of speech". it still means literally! it's a hyperbole, and it's using a word that means "this means exactly what the words appear to mean at face value" as a way of enhancing the hyperbole.

the meaning of the word "literally" doesn't change just because it's being used in this way. it doesn't mean "figuratively"; it means "really" (which, not a coincidence, can also be a synonym for literally in its more technical sense).

what I find amusing about this is that these linguistic purists have latched onto a thing they dislike, but they can't really explain what they don't like about it or even what the thing they dislike means, so their "correction" is just "hey, you should have said the opposite word instead!". it's like if topology pedants saw people say a straw has two holes and corrected them by saying "um, actually, what you meant to say is that a straw has two bumps"

The person I reblogged this from is someone I enjoy seeing on my dashboard.

do any of my moots listen to ice nine kills because I would absolutely love some recommendations :3

OOOOO YES I can give you some to start with if youd like 👀👀

ooooooo yes I’d love that!!! tysmmm <3

Ok so here are some of my personal faves of theirs to start:

- Rainy Day

- American Nightmare

- Ex Mørtis

- A Grave Mistake

- Stabbing In The Dark

Also I'm so down to geek out abt the band anytime you want, I love their work <2 happy listening!

jdjfjdj thank you for the recs!!!! ive only heard a few of their songs but I already love their music sm lolol

You should also listen to Hip To Be Scared and The Greatest Story Ever Told!!

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As a trans woman I can confirm that they indeed found an ancient forest inside a 630ft deep sinkhole in China

cis people can reblog this but keep it on subject, please

Happy pride month everyone always remember that the sinkhole has an ecosystem large enough to house not only insects but likely several species of small birds or mammals