i always think about that study where they had adults hold a baby, and when they were told the baby was a girl the adults said she was cute and small, and when they were told the baby was a boy they said he was big and strong. they rated the baby’s ability to do things and tendency towards certain toys differently. they even held the baby differently. (x) or when they rated the baby’s physical ability to do various tasks such as climbing up a slope differently, (x) & when they measured how much parents told their girl children vs. their boy children to be careful and stop being so rowdy (x), & when they measured how often girls and boys were told to be quiet. (x) this was, obviously, all unconscious behavior in the adults. they’re not all like, raving sexists who outspokenly believe that women can’t do stuff or that girls really should just be quieter, be more still than boys. like its not even counting the direct, actual messages, its just literally how every single person in your entire life treats you, and if asked they would probably deny that its even because you’re a girl. how the fuck am i supposed to believe this doesn’t affect a child’s development when its literally constant throughout the entire process
This shit starts as soon as early as when someone’s still a fucking fetus. I’ve heard the saying “discrimination starts as soon as you leave the womb” but it actually starts earlier than that.
GoddAMN I am so sick of genders
“Delusions of Gender” by Cordelia Fine goes over all this in lots of detail if you want to be REALLY infuriated (and educated!)
This is the Dog of Protection.
Reblog and you’ll never be forced to reblog anything you don’t want to ever again!
omg bless
“Ever again” gOOD OKAY.
Yaaaaas!
Here y’all go
That doggo is freaking adorable
YOS
Because I know at least one of you need this
What if we started using dashes for QPRs in shipping? Like Character A-Character B
Like say two characters are in a qpr and are named John and Jane. John-Jane whereas if it were romantic it would be John/Jane or platonic it would be John & Jane.
STOP SCROLLING!
Oka, I plan on following everyone on tumblr
literally everyone
Please reblog so I can make this happen
reblog this if your blog is a safe space on april fools and won’t have any jumpers, screamers, or anything scary or anxiety inducing
One. I’m way too lazy to do anything for April 1st.
Two. I won’t even be aware it’s April 1st because what even is time and how do you keep track of it?
Three. That’s not the kind of discomfort or anxiety I like to cause from my blog.
Four. If I am to post/re-blog anything like that on my blog I will be tagging it appropriately to AVOID unwilling participation.
Oh hell yeah all of the above
In my mind it’s still world sleep day
I legit thought April’s Fools was a month away from now till I looked at what day is on my phone, time is a fucking joke at this point
But yeah, this is a safe place guys
Hi I've just read Five Dark Fates (loved it) and I have a question that may sound dumb but I felt like you may know. Whose Fates are they? With the other titles it was obvious there were three crowns, one throne etc. But I think I may have missed it? Kat, Mira, Arsinoe, Jules and?? Billy? Pietyr? Fennbirn as a whole? Daphne/Illian? The goddess? I feel I may have just missed it but I hope you can help. Love your blog!
Don’t worry! There is no such thing as a dumb question. But I unfortunately do not know the answer to this myself. If any of my mutuals know.. could you tell us??
I always thought Mira’s tragic death, Kat’s too, Daphne, & Illian showing that no matter how much the royal siblings tried to be a family it never worked. And usually ended in a worse tragedy than usual since they were able to create emotional bonds. Kats unwilling killing of Mirabella and the tearing from her sibling. Mirabella with her baby sister killing her knowing the middle child (Arsinoe) would be furious since Mira had trusted her. And Arsinoe having to deal with the grief of both siblings being dead the 5th fate in my opinion.
Though I always thought Rho’s death was along the same lines with her faith to the goddess (someone who did not care for her daughters/reincarnations/descendants) blinding her too Kat’s lies. the ‘‘chosen” Queen by the hand of the goddess. In turn allowing the dead to be sent into her and locking into her grasp just like Kat was trapped as a puppet till the end.
Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.
If my mutuals can’t rb this then we can’t be mutuals
*Reblogs in enby*
just to be clear, the fact that music was nominated for a golden globe is absolutely disgusting. every single (adult) involved in that gross, ableist movie should be sickened by themselves.
for those of you who don't know, music (2021) is a movie being directed by sia about a nonverable autistic girl. not only does it not include any actually autistic people in the movie itself but it also only took advice from autism speaks which is looked at as a hate group by the majority of the autistic community. leaked scenes have also shown the movie glorifying prone restraints which are incredibly dangerous and have resulted in major injuries and even death to disabled people as recently as last year.
autistic people just like me have been incredibly outspoken about how harmful this movie is but the allistic have been mostly silent. we are already seeing reviews calling this movie 'inspiring' and important' and it's absolutely horrific! we need your help calling this out. please stand with us and call out this disgusting display of disrespect to autistic folks.
💛 - your local actually autistic pal
p.s. please, please reblog if you aren't autistic.
sia wasn’t even just silent, when autistic actors pointed out that she hadn’t even tried to contact anyone with autism to be in her film, sia’s response was “well maybe you’re just not a good enough actor.” when she was challenged about making this film, she assured us that she had “done her research” by WATCHING HOURS OF MELTDOWN VIDEOS.
Please don’t watch Music, it’s exploitative, deliberately excluded autistic people from our own narrative and inspires nothing in us but pain and anger.
Autism Speaks recently confirmed that they were not, contrary to Sia's claims, consulted in the making of this movie. I repeat: the terrible people Sia lied about asking for advice had to clarify that Sia was lying about having asked them for advice.
Sia recently said, in response to outcry from autistic people, that she was going to cut the restraint scenes from future screenings if the film and ads a disclaimer at the start because she had "listened to the wrong people" during her "research", but the fact remains that she was actively hostile to autistic people's concerns for a long-ass time and lied repeatedly - e.g. about having initially hired an autistic actress for the role, then replacing her when she found the set too overwhelming; quotes from interviews years ago confirm that she wrote the role for this specific actor all along.
okay I know we imagine Kat having something cute and cuddly like a fox or a bunny as a familiar but I bring you this:
An Aligator!
-They are deadly
-They are scary
This fits Katharines vibes 100%
Could you imagine a sweet little (murder baby) walking down the street with an alligator that's literally her size.
Tbh I’ve never really imagined her having something small as a familiar. I’m writing one fic where she has an elephant and another where she has a panther. I just feel like opposites attract
Omg awwwwwww!! I'm super excited for these fics
But yeah! Sometimes I vary because i feel like a fox matches her pre possessed personality but I also like the thought of her having something super large and scary to other people while she's just as happy as can be.
Wait, but wasn’t Sweetheart her familiar???
I mean yeah Tbh sweetheart probably was her familiar
Sweetheart was def her familiar but I think after all the shit she went through the Goddess owes her a solid
Katharine: *wants a familiar*
The Goddess: But you already had a familiar
Kat,pulling out a list ten miles long on all the bad things that have happened to her: I'll start from the beginning.
The goddess: FINE. You can have another one.
You know you have it bad when the fucking goddess, who let all of her "children" suffer with the rules of the Ascension and stuff like that, feels bad for you
Yeah 😂😂😂😂
Okay but also could y'all imagine her taking this alligator home to Pietyr and her siblings and being like look what I found.
I feel like Arsinoe would be pretty chill but Mirabella and Pietyr would loose their damn minds.
Mira and Pietyr: Kat what the FUCK is this-
Arsinoe, the Bear Queen who grew up between naturalists: Nicee, what'd you name it?
I think I just might have to make a headcanon post on this.
I don’t quite think Braddock would get along with the Crocodile. Just a bunch of growls as soon as they meet. Or maybe they are immediately friends and cause familiar trouble. Camden would join in sometimes.
Omg I'd like to think they'd become friends within moments of meeting and then just cause complete and utter havoc all over fennbirn.
Imagine the reactions of literally everyone else (walking into Wolf Spring) seeing all these deadly familiars just causing havoc in Wolf Spring and everyone walking about like ““this is fine”.
okay I know we imagine Kat having something cute and cuddly like a fox or a bunny as a familiar but I bring you this:
An Aligator!
-They are deadly
-They are scary
This fits Katharines vibes 100%
Could you imagine a sweet little (murder baby) walking down the street with an alligator that's literally her size.
Tbh I’ve never really imagined her having something small as a familiar. I’m writing one fic where she has an elephant and another where she has a panther. I just feel like opposites attract
Omg awwwwwww!! I'm super excited for these fics
But yeah! Sometimes I vary because i feel like a fox matches her pre possessed personality but I also like the thought of her having something super large and scary to other people while she's just as happy as can be.
Wait, but wasn’t Sweetheart her familiar???
I mean yeah Tbh sweetheart probably was her familiar
Sweetheart was def her familiar but I think after all the shit she went through the Goddess owes her a solid
Katharine: *wants a familiar*
The Goddess: But you already had a familiar
Kat,pulling out a list ten miles long on all the bad things that have happened to her: I'll start from the beginning.
The goddess: FINE. You can have another one.
You know you have it bad when the fucking goddess, who let all of her "children" suffer with the rules of the Ascension and stuff like that, feels bad for you
Yeah 😂😂😂😂
Okay but also could y'all imagine her taking this alligator home to Pietyr and her siblings and being like look what I found.
I feel like Arsinoe would be pretty chill but Mirabella and Pietyr would loose their damn minds.
Mira and Pietyr: Kat what the FUCK is this-
Arsinoe, the Bear Queen who grew up between naturalists: Nicee, what'd you name it?
I think I just might have to make a headcanon post on this.
I don’t quite think Braddock would get along with the Crocodile. Just a bunch of growls as soon as they meet. Or maybe they are immediately friends and cause familiar trouble. Camden would join in sometimes.
After Katherine’s Breccia Fall
Natalia: Katharine is at a very special age when a girl only has one thing is on her mind.
Pietyr: Boys? Natalia: Homicide
Arsinoe Raised by The Arrons
Hell that what it’s gonna be.
Genevieve tries to make a dress Arsinoe gives her HELL for the rest of her life
Other fun shanagins ensue with Aronoe being a strong poisoner gifted in making poisons and eating them.
imagne the gave noir (or whatever it’s called) poisoned food and Arsinoe she’d eat it ALL
and Mr. Chatworths and Natalias agreement would happen (maybe) which means billy and Arsinoe
Which means no dead Natalia!
And maybe the sibling would meet and have a good relationship with no hurt Kat.
And no being thrown down The Breccia..... but that means not cute moments.
TF
Wait.....
Wait a minute......
TF.... the f*ck
Wait Thalia......
Reyna......
What why?
Love Calculators Be Like:
Me: So I have 100% chance with anyone even though I’m not romantically interested in people interesting.
A summary of the three dark crowns suitors
The twins that are actually cousins
That one guy who supports murder
Arisone’s soulmate
Bonus: the guy who through the love of his life of a cliff
Bonus 2.0: The guy who cheated on the strongest naturalist in generations









