To the person reading this, I hope tonight treats you gently, and that tomorrow looks brighter.
#Solidarity Summer 2023#SAGAFTRAstrike#wga strike#be punk: support your unions#be punk: join a union#at this time the general public are not being asked to boycott#however INFLUENCERS do have SAG guidelines they need to follow re: struck work#the general public ARE being encouraged to voice their support for the strike and stand in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA and the WGA
Solidarity Summer is well and truly ramping up. AS IT FUCKING SHOULD.
And another one! 📢
Barnes and Noble booksellers are working on forming a union as well!
Their flagship store and New York has unionized along with 3-4 other stores! This is happening! People are tired of being seen as dollar signs and being made to work just to get to work more, to survive instead of thrive. Keep it UP.
Shut. It. All. Down.
#I see the desire to be punk and join unions is working#be punk: join a union#be punk: support your unions#Solidarity Summer 2023#Everyone deserves better working conditions incl. liveable wages and benefits and support to do their jobs!#Realistic work schedules!#To be paid “we want you to keep working here” money!#also gosh I really hope that teachers and med staff get in on this cause they deserve SO MUCH MORE#Teachers esp. deserve to have their workplace hazards addressed so that they aren't being asked to die on the job#union solidarity 5ever
Are you on strike?
I want to make so many dad jokes right now, you have no idea.
But, yes, I am a member of SAG-AFTRA since 1980, and I am on strike with my union, which has been in solidarity with the WGA since May.
I hope we can get back to bargaining, and I hope that the AMPTP will move off its stated position of letting us all go broke and homeless while their billionaire owners add decks to their yachts, so we give up and our unions are destroyed.
I hope that some sane people will sit down and negotiate with us, because so far all we are getting is outright rejections of our proposals, a refusal to counter, and the insulting fiction that paying a background actor 200 dollars one time to use their image and labor in perpetuity (thus eventually removing background actors from production, entirely) was some kind of groundbreaking offer to address the serious issues we all have with AI.
So unless and until the other side negotiates in good faith, I'm proudly on strike.
oh it's going down
- Along with stepping away from all film and television productions worldwide, actors will not be permitted to take part in promotional work of any kind, including press junkets, film premieres, and fan events like San Diego Comic-Con.
- Sources also say that SAG-AFTRA has informed publicists that any scheduled press or acting work after a strike is ordered must be cancelled. SAG-AFTRA members are also not permitted to promote any work on social media, as that is considered publicity.
- Actors are permitted to attend the pop culture convention as long as they don’t take part in any panels that promote a specific film or television show or discuss any current or future work. While attendance is allowed, individuals with knowledge of the publicist meeting tell TheWrap that SAG-AFTRA would prefer that its members completely skip the event [SDCC] later this month.
i’m so excited for these cards!
Just preordered the rainbow version for a birthday gift! ❤️
I haven’t bought something so fast before
Meet the Queen of Clubs, the bisexual pride knight! Her armor is engraved with floral designs and in her hands she wields a powerful magic sword made from petals! ♣️⚔️ The Pride Knights Playing Cards, art prints and uncut sheets are now available for pre-order here: prideknights.com ⚔️🌈
two gay troodons for the LGBTQ+ dinosaur month @a-dinosaur-a-day is doing! they adopted an abandoned egg a la penguins and are proud of their boy. using @dinofloof‘s design because it resonates with me
Holy shit, this is amazing
you gotta be as gay as possible on the computer otherwise alan turing died for nothing
some more garfs I drew for pride month last year, there are more variants but I’ll probably post them later on. happy lesbian visibility week!
It's June 1. It's time.
Go be gay.
From what I recall, the first time I saw 'rainbow capitalism' from a big brand was this image from Oreo in 2012.
It created a lot of controversy. Calls for boycotts and such. But Oreo didn't take it down. They were unapologetic and didn't try to appease the homophobes or backtrack.
And I know this sounds weird, but it was like a shift. Proof that public opinion or acceptance of queerness was widespread enough for a company to consider it profitable.
#Pride 2023#rainbow capitalism#corporations at pride#LGBTQ+ history#yeah there's been a whole cultural vibe of ‟your money's no good here‟ in plenty of places throughout history so this is important#also not for nothing#but supporting pride means that we can push these companies harder--to do better and be better and recognize our trans community members#we can and should hold any company with a rainbow pfp during pride accountable#if they want to come into our house they have to respect the house rules#and that means having policies and treating their LGBTQ+ staff well#and like not supporting the people who want to deny LGBTQ+ people their rights
Anonymous asked:
As a fellow trans person, do you by chance have an up to date map of "safe states" in the US? bc as someone who lives in florida and is getting Very Concerned about my health and safety, i can't seem to find any that are more recent, and i don't trust trying to google that shit rn.
As of May 19 2023
#Repeat after me: the way people in blue states help people in red states is by respecting the choices of people in red states#If someone is looking to move and seeking sanctuary? We help them do that#If someone is looking to talk about how fucked up it is that their home is being an ass to them? We hear them out.#If someone is protesting/organizing/fighting back because they want/need to and part of that is them staying? We support them loud and clea#What we do NOT do is assume that we know how to solve their problems or tell them how to feel/act about it#Trans Rights#Trans Safety#protect trans people#trust the members of our community to know what they need and help them with it#community solidarity 5ever#and if you're in a red state: You are worth being safe and healthy and happy. Whatever you choose--you are worthy of those things.
i went to a tiny counterserve diner once and accidentally poured sugar instead of salt all over my hashbrowns and was eating them sadly anyways. the waitress took them away and started making me another one and I tried to protest, but she just snorted and said "we're not catholic here". now every time i'm doing something painful out of obligation i think about how that is not repenting, this body is not a catholic establishment, there is no nobility in suffering.
I will never get over how weird it feels to have tragic and emotional chapters of your life where you just also still go to work, and the grocery store, and see funny videos online all while feeling such paralyzing fear and heartache
life just goes on no matter what