#Conscious Consumer

[clickedge23]

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[time-to-write-and-suffer]

I love how on Tumblr, "media literacy" has become "Um, just because someone writes about this doesn't mean they're endorsing this. I hate all these media puritans ruining everything."

I'm sad to inform you that knowing when and whether an author is endorsing something, implying something, saying something, is also part of media literacy. Knowing when they are doing this and when they're not is part of media literacy. Assuming that no author has ever endorsed a bad thing is how you fall for proper gander. It's not media literacy to always assume that nobody ever has agreed with the morally reprehensible ideas in their work.

Sometimes, authors are endorsing something, and you need to be aware when that happens, and you also need to be aware when you're doing it as an author. All media isn't horny dubcon fanfic where you and the author know it's problematic IRL but you get off to it in the privacy of your brain. Sometimes very smart people can convince you of something that'll hurt others in the real world. Sometimes very dumb people will romanticize something without realizing they're doing it and you'll be caught up in it without realizing that you are.

Being aware of this is also media literacy. Being aware of the narrative tools used to affect your thinking is media literacy. Deciding on your own whether you agree with an author or not is media literacy. Enjoying characters doing bad things and allowing authors to create flawed or cruel characters for the sake of a story is perfectly fine, but it is not the same as being media literate. Being smug about how you never think an author has bad intentions tells me you're edgy, not that you're media literate. You can't use one rule to apply to all media. That's not how media literacy works. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Aheem heem. Anyway.

#anyway this is just more of that lefty shit where 'well i can't be racist because i'm gay!' #'well i can't be media illiterate because i love villains!' #not how that works babes #'well I KNOW bad from good so i can't be affected by media!' #'everyone else also knows bad from good and defines it the exact way i do!' #'so if i think this is bad then the author must also think this is bad!' #i have bad news .... #also how do you know bad from good? who taught you that? hmm? #did you fall out of the womb knowing? or did you pick up some things on the way here? #'i just know' no you don't! that's what i'm saying! #assuming one thing is always true is the opposite of being a conscious consumer of media soz #assuming someone thinks and knows the exact same shit you think and know is not media literacy!!

[ecoroundup]

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[byler-alarmist]

Do people know most paper receipts are harmful to their health?

I'm going to get up on my soapbox for a minute, but do people realize how pretty much everyone is being overloaded with endocrine disruptors like BPA/BPS on a near-daily basis??

I don't think many people understand that ever since most of the world transitioned to thermal paper receipts (cheaper than ink), almost every receipt you handle from the gas station to the grocery store to the Square terminal printer at the local co-op is coated with Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its chemical cousin Bisphenol-S (BPS).

These chemicals have not only been proven to cause reproductive harm to human and animals, they've also been linked to obesity and attention disorders.

Not sure if your receipt is a thermal receipt? If you scratch it with a coin and it turns dark, it's thermal.

BPA/BPS can enter the skin to a depth such that it is no longer removable by washing hands. When taking hold of a receipt consisting of thermal printing paper for five seconds, roughly 1 μg BPA is transferred to the forefinger and the middle finger. If the skin is dry or greasy, it is about ten times more. 

Think of how many receipts you handle every day. It's even worse for cashiers and tellers, who may handle hundreds in a single shift. It is also a class issue, since many people who work retail and food service are lower-income and will suffer worse health consequences over time from the near-constant exposure.

Not only that, receipts printed with thermal ink are NOT recyclable, as they pollute the rest of the paper products with the chemicals.

People don't know this and recycle them anyway, so when you buy that "green" toilet paper that says "100% recycled"? Yup, you are probably wiping your most sensitive areas with those same chemicals (for this reason, I buy bamboo or sugarcane toilet paper as a sustainable alternative to recycled paper).

This page from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has some good links if you want to learn more.

As consumers, we need to demand better from our businesses and from our governments. We need regulation of these chemicals yesterday.

If you are a buyer or decision-maker for a business, the link above also contains a shortlist of receipt paper manufacturers that are phenol-free.

If you work at a register, ask customers if they want a receipt. If they don't and you can end the transaction without printing one, don't print one!

As a consumer, fold receipts with the ink on the inside, since that's where the coating is. Some more good tips here.

And whatever you do, DO NOT RECYCLE THERMAL RECEIPTS

#i realized the other day that lots of ppl i talked to had no idea this was even a thing #important psa #demand more from your retailers and governments #environment #bisphenols #bpa free #bpa/bps #retail #food service #shopping #working class #capitalism #endocrine disruptors #endocrine disorders #adhd #eco lifestyle #environmental pollution #pollution #toxic chemicals #reproductive health #science #health #environmentalism #eco conscious #human health #consumer goods #consumer awareness #green living #green business #ecofriendly

[thespectral-wolf]

Hello PLA fandom, I'm probably late by a year and also never played a single Pokemon game in my life, but I decided that that won't stop me from drawing stuff

#pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #pokemon rei #trainer rei #rowlet #hisuian decidueye #pla #my works #so yeah even though my only experience with this game is watching two let's plays #and consuming whatever the fandom created #it has been taking up my thoughts for the past year or so #and I've been too self conscious about posting drawings bc I've been sticking to one fandom for so long #but going to get out of that mentality this is my blog I can post whatever

[finleycannotdraw]

I love being transgender

#trans #transgender #trans pride #lgbtq #queer #queer pride #i do not know what tags to use here #anyway this was inspired partly because i get to do my next dose of t tomorrow and partly because i was explaining some things #to my grandmother earlier and just. being trans is awesome. sure the world is scary but being trans is so brave actually #and I’m so much more conscious of who i am and what everything means #everything from clothes to relationships to the media i consume #anyway I’m transmasc and the main character in my story is transfem and I have such a special relationship with her #that’s it I’m done #have a good night everyone <3

[bonefall]

where’s that little horror piece about kits never growing up in Starclan? because I remember it so vividly but I can’t find it.

The one about Bright Stream?

Weird that it's so hard to find! It's probably because it's got such heavy tags lmao.

I really mean it though like, canon's permakitten system and the idea that Bright Stream is up there, forever taking care of fetus children who were filled by sudden knowledge and yet never grow past that point absolutely horrifies me. Jesus Christ. I don't know how anyone reads that final scene in Path of Stars and isn't filled with itching, white-hot existential dread, man.

Sometimes you just gotta write horror about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#partner and i were joking the other day about how like #they are the one known as The Horror Blogger and im the funny cat guy #because it's literally the opposite irl. you have NO idea #They are the one who is squeamish and I am the one that is like #only scared if there's 17 different kinds of existential horror #Which tbf is important in my line of work #But let me tell YOU. One thing that gets me every time? Fucked up afterlives #Probably from all the religious trauma but. Still. #''turns out your whole life is actually teetering on the precipice of a steep drop into the jaws of unknowable gods-- #and their concept of omnibenevolent and omnimalevolent are self-defined'' #''in death your life only has meaning to those still living and yet you're conscious to experience it'' #''you will helplessly watch people you thought loved YOU reduce your memory into how you SERVED them'' #''Powerless to stop it you will find that you were only valued as a tool in someone else's life'' #''There is no peace in death just being tired and uncomfortable forever'' #EURGH #It's why my most feared monsters are actually ghosts and vampires and certain zombies #Because it's not really about the monster it's more about what that monster implies for the afterlife #Certain zombies especially. ngl. Night of the livin dead 2 has the scariest ones ever #Intelligent. Violent. Able to FEEL themselves rotting and the only relief is to consume everything you ever loved #BRR #they did eat a bunch of cops tho so... at least they have that going for them #BONES MCRAMBLES IN THE TAGS #bone babble

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

reopening the ask box is like... just finishing vacuuming shed cat hair, and then immediately going and petting said cat vigorously & watching with delight as So Much Fur sheds right back onto the floor

#knocked it down from 96 asks to 53 lets gooooo #i was gonna keep it closed for much longer but like. that was past me's opinion when they were way more stressed than usual #current me misses Conversing with the Masses! or something like that! #is it a smart decision? probably not! #between packing & comms i dont have much time #but keeping it closed felt so wrong... i dont like keep out signs.... #absolutely unprompted #i forgot how time-consuming and difficult packing is #im too out of practice.... #ive got all my sketchbooks and notebooks and paper and comics boxed up #Except my wof collection. im waiting for book 15 to be shipped before i box em all up. gotta keep things Together #but yes anyway sorry the box is Open for whatever your little heart desires #which is.... bad timing bc im gonna be chronically Offline tomorrow and probably a decent chunk of the next day #now if yall will excuse me im going to Attempt To Write Fanfic. #we'll see if i manage more than one sentence #i am doing. so much usps research for this shit its hilarious #like yes! i will read reddit threads! watch yt 'day in the life' videos! job listings! etc! #but hey now i know about casing and relays/loops and dps and flats and the difference between city and rural- #its fun to learn new things for writing! #i will be taking Liberties anyway! but at least they'll be a conscious decision yk yk #and if i ever post i can say 'hey i know this is inaccurate But its for the sake of the fic. im doing it on purpose! not outta ignorance!' #also i feel so so bad for cca's like... the work 'ethic' is so fucking inhumane are they ok-

[snixx]

happy girls and women in sports day is it a good time to mention that the one common trait all my IRL crushes had is that they were all *dies inside from embarrassment* girls who played basketball.

#yes. i said it. apparently my type is JOCKS #it wasn't conscious btw i just happened to notice a pattern after a while rip #i am the least athletic person you will ever meet btw. i hate sports #must have been all that high school musical propoganda i consumed in middle school #im a musical nerd so. clearly i internalized those movies a little too literally #abed nadir moment #girlblogging.pdf

[sleketon666]

Finally made a reference for my Tav

Her name's Marie, she's an undead half-drow. She's kind of a multiclass - a cleric of Kelemvor and a wizard with a speciality in necromancy (does it make sense? perhaps not, but it does to me). In Baldur's Gate she's mostly known as a travelling alchemist.

I'm planning on drawing a bit more of her and hopefully putting more information regarding her character and lore

#The sudden urge to draw her consumed me and cured my months-long artblock #I'm still kinda self-conscious about posting content of my self-insert characters online #But oh well #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 fanart #bg3 tav #Tav #tav bg3 #Tav Marie

[creative-clawmarks]

One more for the road.

#my art #jrwi spoilers #blood in the bayou #bitb #kian stone #timothy rand #rolan deep #i have to keep drawing them or the parasite that lives in my brain will consume all conscious thought #but like i also dont wanna wear out my welcome

[queerlyvictorian]

How do I explain to my therapist later today that beyond any real world situations that might be affecting the resurgence of my anxiety, there’s also this fictional friend group in an improvised fantasy roleplay podcast that just had some super serious drama with the each other and I deeply care about the state of their relationships with one another and-

EDIT: It didn’t come up lol

#it’s not that serious #but is it #this has consumed some part of my conscious brain so I’m constantly thinking about it #worlds beyond number #the wizard the witch and the wild one #worlds beyond number spoilers #queerlyvictorian posts #the wizard the witch and the wild one spoilers

[cuntwrap--supreme]

Why the fuck did 5 pro-anorexia blogs follow my main overnight? Like? I'm blocking all of you, obviously. Had a friend die from starving herself in middle school. I don't fuck with that shit. One of the blogs literally had a post like, "My mom is concerned about how much weight I've lost recently, but she's just jealous that I'm not the fat kid anymore and she still is. Skinny girls don't think about recovery." Like... Please listen to your mother. Holy shit. This is self harm and she's concerned. Your mother is not jealous that she's fat and you aren't. Stop. People literally die from this shit, and promoting an extremely unhealthy lifestyle isn't cute in the slightest.

#proana #block me #literally block me and all my blogs if you're cool with the proana scene #y'all are sick and know you are and will refuse any help #you're killing yourselves but don't even care because you want to look like bones #had a friend die from that shit. it's not cute. #she withered away and no one could convince her to eat. h #then one day she didn't show up to school and we found out she'd slipped into a coma and her organs were failing #literally because of the anorexia #this is the same behavior people with a bad meth habit exhibit. killing yourself but not caring. seek help. #help lines exist for a reason #nobody wants you to starve yourself to death. you can recover and be a healthy weight. #there's a fine line between weight loss because you're health conscious and anorexia #body fat is necessary for you to function properly #you can't build muscle without fat. your brain doesn't work properly without fat stores to pull from. #your body will literally consume nutrients from your bones if you're not getting them from outside sources (meaning: food)

[tinylilvalery]

Shiv weaponises her vulnerability to victimise herself to force Tom into forgiving her [1][2] + doesn't respect his boundaries [3][4] when he needs space from her.

1. In 1.10 Shiv comes clean to Tom on their wedding night about her cheating on him, AFTER their marriage (despite Tom asking her beforehand and giving her a chance then). Shiv weaponises her vulnerability into forcing Tom to forgive her, bringing up how when they met she was a "mess" and in a "very bad place" and how she needs him and also tries to gaslight Tom about their relationship never being monogamous. He forgives her because he's in a difficult position (divorce on the same night as marriage?? She didn't give him an out to call off the wedding beforehand and waited until after he was secured), he loves her, and he's forced to sympathise and accept things.

2. Shiv only apologises to Tom when she sees how cold he's being with her in 4.8. There's real danger he's actually done with the relationship. The kicked dog isn't returning to heel. She apologises. He doesn't accept it (you don't have to accept an apology, especially if you're still upset and someone is tryna force an apology on you because THEY feel bad and want to alleviate their guilt and return things to something that THEY'RE comfortable with). She uses the fact that her dad just died, which doesn't change the fact that everything he said in the prior fight was true. Their relationship had been shit for ages prior to Logan's death, therefore Logan's death doesn't excuse the rest of the relationship, and he's still immovable. Damn, he's always comforted and folded to her before, he's not doing that right now. Shit. Bring out the heavy. I'm pregnant and it's yours! The ultimate card to reel him back. He wanted a baby right? But he doesn't even believe her now... Why should he care anyway? How much has she ever cared about him?

3. In 4.7 Tom walks away from Shiv and goes to the balcony, needing space, telling Shiv he's tired. She doesn't respect this need for space and corners him on the balcony, literally not allowing him any reprieve, and actively mocks him for being exhausted, pressing and pressing him until he snaps, despite the fact he didn't even want to fight in the first place. He needed space and wasn't allowed to have it.

4. Tom is exhausted and stressed out of his mind in 4.8 with his job (something that means the world to him and yet also something Shiv has never taken seriously - and how could she understand the importance it holds for him when she's a nepo baby). He asks Shiv to talk about this another time and that he can't do this right now. She doesn't respect his request and presses her needs above his and takes him aside again and isolates him, and then acts surprised and offended when he doesn't respond how she wants him to. Ironically if she had actually respected him asking to talk another time when he wasn't so stressed, she might have gotten the results she wanted: Tom back in her pocket.

#tom wambsgans #just a little character analysis #i realised tonight that she's rarely vulnerable with Tom - which is something he's always wanted #and so she weaponises her vulnerability and uses it on Tom when she wants something that her assertiveness can't get her #ie forcing him to forgive her #it's interesting too that she tries to ask for some slack cos her dad just died #everything in her mind is revolving around Logan now. everything wrong in her life is because her dad died. #totally consumed with grief in a way she doesnt even realise because it's so repressed #without meaning to her thoughts are all circling him #so she blames the relationship degradation on her grief for Logan's death #despite the reality of why it ended again #which was Tom realising the relationship was and always will be unequal and shitty #and she never really gave a fuck about how he felt esp in regards to prison but also the rest of the relationship #mind you i don't think at all she's conscious of the fact that she does this #but her vulnerability undeniably has ulterior motive and because she's so repressed she's not aware of her subconscious drives #she's never vulnerable for the sake of it. of being trusting. of being open with your partner - which tom values a lot #hence his relationship with Greg #she's oretty much only vulnerable with him to gain something from him #which is ultimately to keep him secured and not let him leave her #succession HBO #fucking phenomenally written character #how the fuck did they make her.

[byler-alarmist]

Seeing as how my post is getting low engagement, I'm curious:

Bonus: reblog with your answer and if you like, your home country.

#i realized the other day that lots of ppl i talked to had no idea this was even a thing #demand more from your retailers and governments #important psa #reblog for a bigger sample size #environment #bisphenols #bpa free #bpa/bps #retail #food service #shopping #working class #capitalism #endocrine disruptors #endocrine disorders #adhd #eco lifestyle #environmental pollution #pollution #toxic chemicals #reproductive health #science #environmental activism #environmental justice #health #environmentalism #eco conscious #human health #consumer goods #consumer awareness

[meringuejellyfish]

being into a work that is ongoing is a really interesting experience especially when its something like a manga/comic which takes a Long time (what an insane art form im always thinking about this) im waiting for the water to boil for my pasta im so hungry for dinner. Ok well by the time im posting this i ate like 40 minutes ago maybe an hour im so tired of eating dinners that do not have a side dish

#its so funny 2~ years ago seeing some things start to build up for/during the current wha arc and be like well id say i feel as though there #are a few too many plot threads and characters trying to be balanced all at once right now but im still very excited to #see where this is going #and now seeing it in its current state like oh my ! and so the story goes ........ #after such a high point that volume 8 was. ahh ! #very general ramblings oh my i just remembered the other night i fell alseep after going on a wha writing dissection ramble/ ''rant'' #i Love to talk . dont be my roommate i love to talk. i think fondly of falling asleep after digimon rambles #and one time that i woke up and the first thing i said that morning was something about the last unicorn #and my sibling was like ''you wake up and just think of these things ?!'' its My fun #how unique. a guy who thinks about the fiction he consumes. how groundbreaking #i am genuinely curious how anyhting will happen after this arc. so many strange and poor and fascinating choices .... #probably delete later i get self conscious about of the moment loose rambles online