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There's a post going around that's essentially telling people it's stupid to look for queer subtext in Disney movies when we could be enjoying "actual" queer content instead, and every time I see it, it frustrates me.

Queerness is baked into Disney whether the Mouse, or bloggers on tumblr, want to admit it or not. There is an extremely, extremely strong history of queer subtext in Disney films being intentionally put there by the queers who crafted your childhood favorites.

You can call out Disney's queerphobia, and you can condemn capitalism, and you can want the Mouse to topple (I do), but you don't get to sit there and act like we always had the luxury to just go "enjoy actual queer content." And for the absolute love of all that is holy, you don't get to erase the legacy of Howard Ashman, an out gay man who died of AIDS and is directly responsible for your favorites of the Disney Renaissance.

Regardless of whether you find Disney Gays "cringey" (which, honestly, just fucking Stop), I fucking need y'all to understand that queerness in Disney films is NOT just wishful thinking and it's not fair to shit all over people with a history of only getting to see ourselves as Disney fucking villains, alright? I love modern queer cartoons as much as anyone else, but WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THOSE, and there is immense value in analyzing the queer subtext of media that exists in a queerphobic society.

Educate yourself, please:

The Unique Queerness of Howard Ashman's Songs

Why Many Disney Songs Sound So Queer

Queercoding in Disney Villain Songs

What Makes Disney Villains So Gay?

John Waters, Divine, & the Trinity of Trash

John Waters Meets the Simpsons on "Homer's Phobia"

Rocko’s Modern Life: Cartoons Coming out of the Closet

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Full Video: Sloth

#sloths #i love them sooooo much

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One day I wanna be rich enough that I can just like. Give away hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in like scholarships or grants or whatever. That when I see someone make a post like “hey can I get $50 for groceries” I can just donate $1000. Or tip my server their rent money. Like that’s the dream

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One of the worst feelings is when you feel a hyperfixiation slipping.. Like no.. Youre so sexy pls keep giving me happy chemical

#me #lmao

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Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

VIDEO

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my favorite relationship is the one between humans and dandelions. in childhood we instinctively blow on its little fuzzy seed carriers. we take the role of the wind, we help the dandelions in a crucial part of their lives, and in return we get a wish and a moment of happiness. this is how nature is meant to work. we are just as unaware of our goodness as the honey bees are, pollinating the flowers 

#this is beautiful #wholesome #for bad days

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time management when you have adhd feels like this

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if we're friends or even just mutuals on here:

just because I’m quiet doesn’t mean I don’t care about you

I send happy thoughts and good energy your way

I’m bad at expressing these things a lot of the time

communication just takes a lot out of me sometimes (so I end up being pretty slow to reply to messages/texts/etc)

I read your posts and updates

I care about the stories/poems you write, the jewelry you make and/or the art you create

I hope the best for you

I care about you and I think you’re awesome

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Bucky “cool uncle with a vibranium arm” Barnes

#my love #i love him #sebby stop #bucky barnes #bucky #mcu #tfatws #tfatws spoilers #sebastian stan

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Pluto as seen from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft ; Its heart-shaped sea is filled with poisonous ice.

#Pluto #solar system #dwarf planet #nasa #galaxy #space

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even a libertarian is right twice a day

#acab

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Do you know what pains me?

Sirius didn’t know that the Dursleys were abusive.

At the end of Prisoner of Azkaban, he automatically assumes that Harry would rather live with them than with him. In the Goblet of Fire, Harry writes to him about Dudley’s video games and diet habits but never explicitly mentions anything about being abused. Even when he gets to Grimmauld Place in the Order of the Phoenix, he expresses his anger at not receiving information and though we know that he was also emotionally exhausted from spending another summer at an abusive household, he never discloses it. In fact, seeing as how he protected Dudley, Sirius could just as well be under the impression that the two were very close.

And I hate this so much because Sirius Orion Black grew up in an abusive household and if he had known for a single second that his godson was facing the same thing that he had faced, he would have really blown up a street in an attempt to get to Privet Drive and rescue Harry.

And it also breaks my heart because you know that Harry knew this which meant that he was more worried about his godfather’s safety and freedom than he was his own health.

#harry potter #sirius black #dursley family #dudley dursley

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make your tumblr the best space for you

you are not on this site to please others or cater to things that upset you

surround yourself only with the things you want to see

your dash should lift your spirits, make you think and smile

if it doesn’t, don’t feel bad about unfollowing or doing whatever you need to do that is right for you

first and foremost, ensure that tumblr is a safe, fun space for you

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Super Mario Bros. (1993) + incorrect quotes

#I'm laughing way too hard at this #lmaooo

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Game Night (2018) dir. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

#i love this movie so much #lmao #game night

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If I had a nickel for every big name Harry Potter fanfic writer who started their own cult, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

#WHAT #harry potter #cults #cult