The Spanish Gay

What I really loved in the Barbie movie was how you knew what Ken was becoming.

Because it wasn’t just Ken saying, “hey over here men can be doctors” or “hey I feel respected and seen here,” it was Ken saying “over here men rule the world, and I like that.”

There was a kind of futile knowledge of what Ken was going to do. We saw him discover this point of view, fully believe it and we just knew that Ken was going to share this point of view to the other Kens.

It was kind of like seeing a young boy discover a men’s rights YouTuber and have his insecurities feel seen and his thoughts validated. And it’s so hard to stop it, because it feels good to be seen, to rule the world! But those things shouldn’t come at someone else’s expense!

I honestly felt sad when I realised what was happening, because it is sad when people turn to hatred and contempt to gain self-respect and self-esteem.

The real world tainted Ken, because that’s what this world does, it’s tough and cruel and it’s so easy now to find someone who shares your point of view, no matter how divisive.

But, Ken changed! He realised that being Ken was enough, that he didn’t need to be Barbie’s and Barbie wasn’t his. People change and that’s beautiful. This world changes us, and sometimes that’s sad, but sometimes it’s also amazing. And I think that’s such a beautiful message.

honestly not even surprised that it was Stereotype Barbie who was enlightened. because she’s a stereotype. stereotypes are basic, flat, reductive. making margot’s barbie not even have a specified job, to not even be a leader in any capacity, is brilliant because she has all that space to grow into a full person from her own self-made stereotype, from how she first thought of herself, while also recognizing she doesn’t have to be a prodigy or trendsetter or a world changer to be considered worthy of being alive.

Barbie movie never said "we need to stop men" it said "we need to stop toxic masculinity" and if that made you feel called out I got some news for you

So many people marry people they don’t like hanging out with.

When they say to marry your best friend they’re talking about that you need to like hanging out with them. You should probably like just hanging out with the person you’ve committed your life to. Because that’s what you’ll be doing most of the time.

In most romantic relationships the sex and longingly staring into each others eyes part is a relatively small portion of it. Most of your time is gonna be reading the newspaper in silence or cooking dinner or trying and failing to do a book club with your friends.

We are witnessing the whitewashing of history in real time

Slavery is not a beginning job that gives you skills to upgrade. Slavery was for life. And for the kids lives.

Whipped Peter is a good example of the “personal benefits” of slavery when racist slave owners got mad at their slaves

And what “benefits” did 14-year old Celia get from slavery?

i almost feel like the internet is less usable than it was ten years ago. i guess there are more features but nothing runs smoothly, every site i go on has a subscription popup i have to close three times, there are ads covering the screen that have tiny little x marks you can't click, toolbars take up half the screen, search functions are shit, i have to fight against a million little annoyances just to find things. im not trying to romanticize the past internet and im sure it was more annoying than i remember, but the experience of doing anything online nowadays is filled with so much frustration

The sad realisation that you're not actually a quiet person, you have just been forced and shamed into hiding your entire personality and expressing joy.

Trying to learn that it’s not my responsibility to create or maintain harmony in the lives of those I care about. They are allowed to have difficulties in their lives and struggles in their relationships with others and it’s not something that I need to ‘fix.’ I am not responsible for their happiness or peace. Their struggles do not make me a failure. All I can control is how I interact with them.

i love making goofy memes about my webcomic XDD original by @gothfoxgirlboy