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This is fascinating for two reasons.

1. They haven’t actually apologised for anything. She’s pre-emptively rejecting an apology that they have no intention of giving.

2. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are extremely well-liked. A lot of people are more attached to them in their roles as they are to the actual characters in the books.

What does JK Rowling gain by coming out with this?

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My final team for my playthrough of Fossil Fighters! 🦖

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maybe I'm just becoming a jaded perpetually online zoomer with a high degree of asshole factor, but I've grown tired of the notion that the policing of language is something that matters more than actual political activism.

like you're quibbling with people over whether or not they can say "stupid" or "bitch" or "cunt" because they all have histories of being ableist and sexist-

change the culture and the language will follow.

worry more about expanding services for people with disabilities or providing healthcare to women in countries with limited services, than you worry about some white boy from Colorado saying his friends are "dumb as fuck."

when you do shit like that too, you alienate people who might actually listen to you if you were educating rather than attacking.

this has gone around on Tumblr before but I'm going to say it again.

an old white guy calling people trannies but being generally supportive > person who uses the proper leftist language but thinks that we need "to be careful about letting kids identify as trans."

beat people who use slurs like the r word, yes, ok, because the use of that word has become very taboo, but spending your time on Twitter or Tumblr trying to stop every Internet user in the world from saying, "moron."

good fucking luck.

that's a great use of an "activist's" time.

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This will make you cry.

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Nevada looks like a chicken with pants...

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Thought y'all might appreciate a slide from a presentation I did

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this one is so real.

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Hey :)

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xkcd fans are the only fandom I've had direct experience with where people do the stereotypical nerdy fan thing of referring to installments of the thing they like by their release order numbers instead of their titles

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“I know I’ve told this story before, but my abusive ex refused to let me take birth control. I was on the pill until he found them in my purse. I went to the Student Health Center—they were completely unhelpful, choosing to lecture me about the importance of safe sex (recommending condoms) instead of actually listening to my problem. Then I went to Planned Parenthood. The Nurse Practitioner took one look at my fading bruises and stopped the exam. She called in the doctor. The doctor came in and simply asked me: “Are you ready to leave him?” When I denied that I was being abused, she didn’t argue with me. She just asked me what I needed. I said I need a birth control method that my boyfriend couldn’t detect. She recommended a few options and we decided on Depo. When I told her that my boyfriend read my emails and listened to my phone messages and was known to follow me, she suggested to do the Depo injections at off hours when the clinic was normally closed. She made a note in my chart and instructed the front desk never to leave messages for me—instead, she programmed her personal cell phone number into my phone under the name “Nora”. She told me she would call me to schedule my appointments; she wouldn’t leave a message, but I should call her back when I was able to. And that was it. No judgment. No lecture. She walked me to the door and told me to call her day or night if I needed anything. That she lived 5 blocks from campus and would come get me. That I wasn’t alone. That she just wanted me to be safe. I never called her to come to my rescue. But I have no doubt that she would have come if I had called. She kept me on Depo for a year, giving me those monthly injections in secret, helping me prevent a desperately unwanted pregnancy. I cannot thank Planned Parenthood enough for the work they do.”

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Curious Georgiana (via grrrlstudies)

I know I’ve reblogged this before, but it bears re-reblogging (?).  This is how you respond to abuse, this is how you give people control over their bodies/uteruses, this is how you act as a generally non-judgmental and compassionate person.  I love this story so fucking much.

(via coffeewithants)

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Damn, to say i rolled well is an understatement

Me and my dog in our way to absolutely decimate everyone

you're going about your normal day when, suddenly, surprise! you've been pokémon mystery dungeon'd!

unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the pokémon assigning quiz has been canceled. instead, you must spin THE WHEEL, assigning you a random, unevolved, non-legendary and non-mythical pokémon. you must now go on some sort of world-saving adventure as this pokémon. good luck!

tell me in the tags what you rolled, and how you feel about it - for bonus points, you can spin the wheel again for (or just take your pick of) a pokémon to be your partner.

bonus rules:

you're not shiny unless the wheel tells you you're shiny

take your pick of regional forms and evolutions (for example, if you roll vulpix, it's up to you whether that means normal or alolan vulpix)

apply whatever logic you like with regards to gender

have fun and be yourself!

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