Time is a river, and we come from it and flow through it. Strawb, mid 20s, she/her. Nerdy nerd nerd, materialist in both senses of the word. Dinosaurs, Three Houses, Pokemon, and political ramblings. In an open long-term remationship ❤️. k 18+ ONLY PLEASE, for your safety and mine!
Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.
my gf said someone she knows was fired because they were quote “insubordinate and neurodivergent” and i can’t stop thinking about that phrase. booty shorts that say
imagine being a renegade space marine and getting possessed and instead of killing you your sisters put a big collar on you and chain you up and put a big metal muzzle on you and put your hands in big kitty paws and youre stuck there drooling and snarling and being used as stress relief and
in my car i have one baggie of 3d printed space marine heads and one identical baggie of my meds. i am about to be very very deliberate in my next few actions.
Finding other trans people attractive is a crucial part of reducing one's own struggles with dysphoria, I am not joking about this. Obviously it is not ever a bad thing to want physical changes to help get where you want in your transition, but, once you start to realise people built like you now can be beautiful or handsome or even enviable for what are usually considered transgender traits, it can go a long way towards helping you feel like those traits aren't so bad to have after all...
On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.
These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.
In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.
timeskip Acerola ref sheet! She's the Champion Selene appointed after her retirement from the role, as Selene felt it right to put the region's hands into someone descended from Alolan royalty.