#Positive declaration

[basictutor]

A Positive Declaration for Husbands

A Positive Declaration for Husbands: Speaking Life and Love into Your Marriage

… Speaking Life and Love into Your Marriage I am a husband, and I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have been chosen by my wife to be her partner in life, and I will honor and cherish her always. I declare that I will be a source of joy, love, and inspiration to my wife and my family. I believe in the power of love, and I know that my wife and I are meant to be together. I declare that I…

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#Devoted husband #Fulfilling families #Hope and encouragement #Husbands #Love into marriage #Loving husband #Marriage strengthening #Positive declaration #Powerful affirmation #Prioritizing marriage #Proactive husband #Seeking God&039;s guidance #Speaking life #Strong husband

[panncakes]

“I hope you’ll have countless dental impressions. Patients won’t show up late or act up, except I can be late.”

#my tooth your love #mtyl #mtyledit #bai lang x jin xun'an #mine* #taiwanese bl #disgusting i love them #this just in the tooth bl declares verses exist; hundreds of bl fans left distraught and confused as they can't project #heteronormative stereotypes disguised as sex positions onto queer men #more at 7

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

Fearing a doctors appointment but then you find out the doctor is actually the most amazing medical professional you have ever met in your life and he? Actually? Genuinely? Cares???

Is this what it feels like to be high?

#i very nearly combust into tears and declare my undying love #holy shit the tests didn't even get any results and he still said that if i was in pain there was obviously a problem #and i got a referral for physical therapy and he referred me to a neurologist?? #i didn't know he could do that? #he said my issues could be 'neurological functional or psychiatric' but that he didn't like saying anything was psychiatric because then #everyone writes you off #this was a elder white man as well #he gets it? #surreal fucking experience #chronic illness #chronic pain #doctors #disability #disabled #chronically ill #positive experiences!

[futuretrain]

the jokes and memes are very funny admittedly but i have honestly very little patience for people who don't use twitter on here and elsewhere going "well what's the big deal it's just another dumb social media platform going down we're not losing anything essential". we are. we are losing something, if not essential, then at least very, very close to it.

because twitter isn't just "that place where all the dumb discourse happens". it's a place where state agencies share vital information that saves people's lives. it's a place that gets news from breaking stories pretty much as soon as they're happening, often from many points of view simultaneously, often before *anywhere else*. it's a place that has organized, directed, and popularized social movements and protests.

we don't really have an alternative to a platform like that right now, and it will be a while before another emerges with a big enough reach to make it feasible to use it in a similar way. in the meantime, twitter has become a public tool that many people and organizations have relied on for years. right now, it's hosting evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in multiple regions of the world - do you see tumblr or another website right now taking up that role?

so yes, while we're all laughing (and it is genuinely funny, even as a twt user who has relied on it to organize and share information about protests), don't minimize just how big of deal it is that a platform like twitter is probably going to be dead soon.

#idk this may be preachy or. idk. but i do genuinely get annoyed at ppl here going ''what's the big deal twt is not a news source'' #i'm sorry to say but you're just wrong. that's simply not accurate and ignores the reality of what that website is #unfortunately to everyone and people who rely on it especially twt has become hugely important to sharing news #and even after half a year of searching for alternatives a clear winner has not been declared so ppl haven't started moving yet #so any platform positioning itself as an 'alternative' to twt right now does not provide the same reach that is vital for news to be shared #twitter #internet #ń txt

[wonder-worker]

"In total, Leonor governed Navarre as lieutenant, with some minor hiatuses, from 1455 to 1479, making her the effective ruler of the realm for nearly twenty five years. Out of her female predecessors, only Juana I served a longer period; however, Juana I was detached from the governance of the realm and physically distant from Navarre. Leonor however, remained in the kingdom throughout her lieutenancy, making her the female sovereign with the highest record of residency in Navarre.

One of the enabling factors for Leonor’s constant presence in the realm was the “Divide and Conquer” power-sharing mechanism that she employed with her husband, Gaston of Foix. Blanca and Juan had a similar division of duties, but unlike her parents’ often contrary objectives, all of Leonor and Gaston’s actions can be seen to be working toward their joint goals of obtaining the Navarrese crown and politically dominating the Pyrenean region. In order to achieve their ambitions, the couple were adept at working as a team even when physically seperated or carrying out divergent duties.

Politically, it appears that they took on different areas of negotiatiion. Gaston was the designated emissary to the French court, which was entirely appropriate as one of the French king’s leading magnates. One important example of his involvement in negotiations of this type include Gaston’s visit to the French court in the winter of 1461–62 to negotiate the marriage between their heir and the French princess, Magdalena, which ensured Louis XI’s backing for Leonor’s promotion to primogenita. Gaston also conducted negotiations on behalf of his father-in-law, Juan of Aragon, with the King of France, with a successful outcome in the case of the Treaty of Olite in April 1462, which was intimately connected to the marriage that Gaston was orchestrating for his son and Magdalena of France.

Even though Gaston normally took on the role of intermediary with the French crown, there are two letters issued by Leonor during her marriage in December 1466 as lieutenant of Navarre that show her involvement in French affairs. These letters were written during a period of extreme crisis, when Juan II’s difficulties in Catalonia were matched with Leonor’s continuing struggle with the Peralta clan in Navarre. In these letters, Leonor was playing on her familial connection to Louis XI, in hopes of his aid and backing, asking him to “commend this poor kingdom and the said princess to him [Louis XI] as one who is of his house.” Moreover, these letters show Leonor’s independent interaction in crucial diplomatic negotiations with France, both in receiving embassies directly from Louis and in sending her own personal ambassador, Fernando de Baquedano, with detailed instructions on how to proceed.

Gaston appears to have been more engaged with marital negotiations for their numerous offspring than Leonor. However, this may be due to the fact that the couple overwhelmingly chose French marriages for their children. Only three of Leonor’s children did not contract a French betrothal: Pierre who became a cardinal, a daughter who died young, and Leonor’s youngest son, Jacques (or Jaime), who married into the Navarrese nobility. Given the fact that Gaston was more intimately connected to the French court and the nobility of the Midi, it seems reasonable that he would take on the role of chief negotiator for these matches. All of the marital arrangements for their children were made in order for Gaston and Leonor to achieve their joint goals, the acquisition of the throne of Navarre and the consolidation of their power and influence in the Pyrenean region.

Another area where Gaston necessarily played a more central role was militarily. Robin Harris acknowledges Gaston’s successful military career and notes that after his useful military service to the French crown, “the comte was permitted by the [French] king in the last years of his life to employ his military resources in order to further his family’s interests in Navarre.” Gaston also performed many military services for his father-in-law; the agreement of 1455 that promoted Leonor and Gaston to the successors of the realm required Gaston to go to Navarre on Juan’s behalf and retake those areas that had fallen to the rebels “for the honor of the King of Navarre as well as for his own interests and those of the princess his wife."

However, there is some evidence for Leonor’s involvement in one military foray. In the winter of 1471, Leonor took part in a daring attempt to seize the capital, Pamplona, from her opponents, the Beaumonts. Leonor participated in an attempt to storm one of the city gates with a group of armed supporters. Moret notes that “this surprise was reckless; for it exposed the person of the princess to obvious risk and was somewhat rash.” Moreover, the element of surprise was ruined by the cries of her supporters shouting “ Viva la Princesa !” which alerted the Beaumont troops to the threat, and Leonor and her supporters were swiftly ejected from the city.

Like her mother, the noted peacemaker, Leonor was also involved in moves to reduce the civil discord in the realm. Zurita credited Leonor with “making a great effort to resolve the differences of the parties and subdue the kingdom into union and calm.” Leonor represented her father in negotiations for a truce with the supporters of the Principe de Viana on March 27, 1458, at Sang ü esa. Zurita notes, “The princess Lady Leonor was there at that time in Sangüesa and signed the treaty with the power of the king her father.” Leonor was instrumental in the forging of another truce that was contracted in Sangüesa, in January 1473, and she was also present at a conference with her father and her half-brother Ferdinand in Vitoria in 1476 “accompanied by the nobility of Navarre to renew the treatties . . . and attempt to arrive at a stable peace.

Although both spouses were named to the lieutenancy of Navarre, the documentary evidence clearly demonstrates that Leonor appears to have taken on the bulk of the administration of the realm. This was entirely appropriate as it was Leonor, not Gaston, who had the hereditary right to the crown. Moreover, it was logical for Leonor to remain in Navarre so that her husband could look after his own patrimonial holdings and continue to serve as a military commander for the King of France.

Leonor was an active lieutenant but she struggled to implement her rule fully across the kingdom, as many areas were dominated by the Beaumont faction who were opposed to her and her father Juan of Aragon. This meant that at times, she had no control or access to certain key cities in the realm, including the capital, as mentioned previously. Her grandfather’s impressive seat at Olite was the center of her sister’s court, but Leonor eventually regained her hold on the castle and used it as one of her primary residences between 1467 and 1475. Sangüesa remained an important base for Leonor, and she was also associated with Tudela on the southern edge of the kingdom.

Leonor’s difficulty in implementing her rule across the whole of the kingdom is illustrated by a prolonged struggle between the lieutenant and the town of Tafalla, which consistently refused to send representatives when she called together meetings of the Cortes. Tafalla was a center of Beaumont strength, which had supported her brother Carlos in his struggle with Juan of Aragon and was thus bitterly opposed to her appointment to the lieutenancy. Between 1465 and 1475 there is a series of missives from Leonor both summoning representatives from the town and then expressing disappointment when they failed to arrive. During this period, Leonor appears to have called a meeting of the Cortes at least six times, but the town consistently refused to send envoys to the assembly. There is a sense of increasing exasperation and anger in these documents at the repeated failure to participate in these important events. At one point, in late 1471, Leonor personally came to the town to give advance notice of her intent to call another Cortes the following summer, perhaps to circumvent any excuse that the town did not have sufficient time to send representatives, but Tafalla still did not participate in the assembly.

As her authority was contested, Leonor was keen to stress her agency and her position in the documents that she issued. However, at times she even struggled with the chancery; between 1472–73, Juan de Beaumont retained the seals of the kingdom and refused to let Leonor have access to them. In 1475, she granted a reduction in taxes to the important city of Estella acknowledging the reduced capacity of the city to pay after the population had shrunk from the effects of war and flooding. In this document she stressed her efforts to assist all of the urban centers of the realm, to help them recover from the years of civil conflict and devastation, “the other good towns of the said realm have been refurbished by our certain knowledge, special grace, our own change and royal authority.

Leonor’s address clause drew on all of her family and marital ties as a means of establishing her authority:

 “Lady Leonor, by the grace of God princess primogenita , heiress of Navarre, princess of Aragon and Sicily, Countess of Foix and Bigorre, Lady of Bearn, Lieutenant general for the most serene king, my most redoubtable lord and father in this his kingdom of Navarre.”

The signet that Leonor used for the majority of her lieutenancy as well as her sello secreto had heraldic devises that mirror her address clause, bearing the arms Navarre, her family dynasty of Evreux, her husband’s counties of Foix, Béarn, and Bigorre, and finally the Trast á mara connections to Aragon, Castile, and Léon.

To sum up, Gaston and Leonor’s ability to divide up roles and responsibilities demonstrates the couple’s effective partnership, using each partner in the most appropriate arena. Moreover, this division was entirely necessary as the couple’s widespread territorial holdings and the demands of balancing the complicated and difficult political situation both within Navarre and the Midi and between France, Castile, and Aragon meant that both partners needed to be fully engaged and active in order to achieve their mutual goals and further their dynastic interests.

Even though Leonor and Gaston generally employed this mode of “Divide and Conquer” that left Leonor primarily responsible for the administration of Navarre while Gaston oversaw his own sizable patrimony, the couple did work together as a unit whenever possible. Documentary evidence shows that Gaston came to stay with Leonor in Navarre for short periods, particularly during the autumn of 1469 and 1470. There is also some additional evidence to indicate an earlier reunion in 1464, which appears to indicate a desire on the part of the couple to be together. Gaston and his party were stuck in the mountain passes between Foix and Navarre on his way to visit Leonor. The princess issued a series of orders to dispatch men and pay for additional recruits and mules in the mountains in order to clear the passes and roads for Gaston, including one order for 300 men to be sent to help. Gaston’s death in 1472 took place on another journey to see his wife in Navarre; he died en route of natural causes in the Pyrenean town of Roncesvalles.

 Overall, Gaston and Leonor worked together with the mutual goal of obtaining the crown of Navarre, throwing the weight of Gaston’s power, wealth, connection, and military forces behind Leonor’s hereditary rights and were willing to fight off opposition from their own family in order to succeed. They worked in partnership, with each partner taking on the most appropriate role; Leonor was responsible for the governance of Navarre, and Gaston supported her militarily and financially. They both worked on diplomatic efforts to achieve their ambitions; Gaston used his position as a powerful French vassal and general to gain support while Leonor negotiated with her Iberian relatives to maintain their rights.

[...] Tragically perhaps, Leonor hardly had a chance to enjoy the position of queen regnant when it finally came her way. Leonor’s death, only a few weeks after her father’s in February 1479, meant that her rule as queen lasted less than a month. Leonor changed her address clause to reflect her altered position as “Queen of Navarre, Princess of Aragon and Sicily, Duchess of Nemours, of Gandia, of Montblanc and Peñafiel, Countess of Bigorre and Ribagorza and Lady of Balaguer.” Ram í rez Vaquero points out that most of these titles were disputed; several were titles that should have come to her as part of her paternal inheritance from her father but in reality would have gone to her half-brother Ferdinand de Aragon. In addition, the French titles that Leonor had held as Gaston’s wife had already been passed to her grandson. It appears that Leonor had enough time to mount a formal coronation, on January 28, 1479, at Tudela, firmly establishing herself as Queen of Navarre, even if only for a brief moment. Moret remarked that “out of all the kings and queens of Navarre she was the one who reigned the shortest, although she may have been the one who desired [the crown] most.”

-Elena Woodacre, "Leonor: Civil War and Sibling Strife", "The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics and Partnership, 1274-1512" (Queenship and Power)

#gotta love ruthless ambitious mutually devoted power couples 💅 #(they can have a little fratricide. as a treat) #historicwomendaily #Leonor of Navarre #Gaston of Foix #aka the self-declared malewife #Navarre history #Leonor fighting and scheming and waiting for the throne for decades only to finally succeed and then die less than a month later #biggest of Ls honestly #I do wonder what she would have thought about that twist of fate #Was she bitter about the hollow victory of it all? #Or was there nothing but satisfaction that she died as the Queen of Navarre #a position she had fought for for so long #or...both? #(also let's get one loud 'BOO' for Juan the Faithless aka one of the worst historical fathers I have ever read about) #(this is the guy who raised Ferdinand 'I'm going to lock up my own daughter' of Aragon btw. This is where he learned it from)

[goodvibesatpeace]

#spilled ink #universe #quotes #life #love #care #peace #positivity #declaration #command #prayers #intentions #good vibes #good vibe tribe #goodvibesatpeace

[thehareswears]

I found out that my mom has Amazon so I can watch hazbin hotel!! I'm super jazzed about this because it's one of the only times I've had access to popular media, I can finally relate to other people's interests!!! AAAHHHH!!!

I have to watch it on my own time because my parents are religious freaks and they would have a cow over this. I'm just so happy though I feel like a real part of a community instead of a weird little wannabe freak like usual.

#hazbin hotel #vent blog #hazbin angel dust #hazbin vox #hazbin valentino #the hare declares #cluster b pds #bpd safe #npd safe #aspd safe #hpd safe #sheltered #religious parents #positive vent

[triptych-of-voids]

hey just wanted to pop in and say that your Medic (or how you portray him anyways) is slowly becoming a fictive alter in my system, specifically a soother alter.

not really relevant to what you post, just thought you should know

im genuinely unsure if this is meant as as positive thing or not....? but i feel like this is something i have to address because i have received asks like this or comments in my tags about it and it keeps happening. i understand that i am just drawing canon tf2 medic over here, but that is me. those are drawings of me. i cannot control what you do or what is happening to you or other people, and i will not start fights over this, but please do not send me stuff like this please dont tell me about it. and this goes for everyone, please dont say stuff like this to me, please dont tag any of my art as kin or me or anything like that. thank you very <3

#usually i just delete asks like this or block people if it becomes an issue #but it keeps happening so i feel like i have to say something about it #i do want to clarify that i am not mad at you anon #and i understand that you cannot control what alters form #but it is incredibly jarring to have people come into my askbox or tags and proudly declare that they are me #so again i am not angry with you but i would really appreciate if people would stop saying things like this to me #again i dont know if you meant this as a positive thing or not #i suppose i should be flattered? that you find me and my art so comforting? #but i am going to politely ask you and everyone else to pretty please just not bring it to my attention thank you #the doc is in #replies from the void

[daincrediblegg]

Yeah I’m like so fine. So normal and fine.

#crozier x lady terror #egg’s wips #declaring a new terrorcel holiday for the oc havers #it’s oc tuesday (said with all the pride of sir john franklin himself- the only time it’s allowed in a positive context) #we love our ocs today. i mean it.

[basictutor]

A Positive Declaration for Wives

I declare that I am a wife, and I am proud to be one. I will honor my role as a wife with love, respect, and devotion, and I will do everything in my power to make our marriage and family thrive. I declare that I am a woman of God, and I trust that He wi

… Speaking Life and Love into Your Marriage I am a wife, and I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have been chosen by my husband to be his partner in life, and I will honor and cherish him always. I declare that I will be a source of joy, love, and inspiration to my husband and my family. I believe in the power of love, and I know that my husband and I are meant to be together. I declare that…

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#Devoted wife #Hope and encouragement #Love into marriage #Loving wife #Marriage strengthening #Nurturing families #Positive declaration #Powerful affirmation #Prioritizing marriage #Proactive wife #Seeking God&039;s guidance #Speaking life #Strong wife #Wives

[crehador]

overtake! ✧ episode 6

#crab watches #overtake! #god i wasn't fucking ready #i thought oh silly f4 anime that'll probably be a bit of mild fun but unspectacular #AND THEN THE EMOTIONS APPEAR #THIS IS DEVASTATING (positive) TO ME #the more they come to care about each other the more they're able to help each other overcome their pasts #but of course as kouya starts to care about haruka more he worries more #and doesn't want him to literally die #THIS IS FAMILY. TO ME. #i've said it before but i still REALLY love that it's not such a formulaic father-son bond #tbh i think it would've felt weaker if kouya were put in a position of replacing haruka's father #because like even without following a rigid family structure THIS IS A FAMILY!! BEING FOUNDED RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES!!! #i haven't even finished the episode yet i'm dreading what's to come and already on the floor from this moment #LOVE haruka going from so withdrawn to being able to make a grand speech/declaration like this #only to be told no i don't want that #ue ue ue GOOD WRITING IS AFOOT

[straawberries]

i get that fat people face actual oppression and do deserve all the positivity they get on tumblr. but can yall stop posting shit like "i think skinny people are gross and shouldnt be posting their tummies" tummy tuesday is fuckin body neutral everybody has a tummy someone whos skinny posting their tummy isnt speaking over fat people. just let people love their own fucking bodies jesus christ

what the fuck happened to the sentiment of "lets not insult peoples bodies regardless of who they are"

(no, this post is not saying skinny people face oppression for being skinny. istg if i see one person in the notes saying it is)

#sorry just have dysmorphia abt how skinny i am and kinda sick of people going 'i dont want to see your body and i think youre gross' #abt skinny people #i fucking get it fat people DO need body positivity! but a skinny person posting their tummy on tumblr dot com is not some fucking #smug declaration of superiority or whatever

[squishosaur]

I SAW YOUR PERSONALITY VIBE SWAP THINGY ive always loved the idea if super silly jamil like what are you doing I wanna throw you into the ground. anyway i jusy wanted to twll you that yay Jamil Viper

-snake anon

this one's specifically for you snakey. nobody else. okay? 👍

#it would be so sick and twisted if kalim were the more cynical and grounded one and jamil was the fun one though can you imagine. #a kalim who is mildly annoyed with and scared of everyone due to his trauma and all the attempts on his life and a jamil who stays smiling? #why?? maybe it's bc he feels forced to by nature of his position. maybe it's because he knows optimism will get people to follow him. maybe. #regardless. if jamil was kalim's closest friend And kalim was reserved and had trouble confiding in anyone else the overblot would hit Badly #silliest goofiest best friend ever declares that he's always hated you. the One Guy you can count on. #like what does he say in that situation??? #OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL OVERBLOT CIRCUMSTANCES ALSO MAKE ME SAD #vibeswap kalim and jamil would just be Worse nagisa and saegusa tbh #my art :> #comics #OKAY I WON'T POST ANY MORE JAMILS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK OKAY. #no alt text #askbox! #snake anon 🐍

[dutybcrne]

Kaeya absolutely thrives with a possessive lover. There will be a point at first when he does get a little weirded out, but solely bc he is still adjusting to accepting he’s genuinely wanted by that person. With an exceptionally possessive lover who consistently makes no secret of just how much they love him and how far they’re willing to go, he tends to get so weak for, because he’ll rapidly feel much more secure in their relationship and not worry as much that he’ll be abandoned, either from faded interest or due to his heritage.

#hc; kaeya #//He only starts drawing the line when his close friends in the knights/Winery fam get hurt #//But people won’t tend to go to those extremes; knowing him and who he usually associates with #//But he does LOVE partners who are V tactile; esp around others (once he gets used to it); hold him TIGHT so he can’t get away from easy #//Loves a partner who boldly declares him theirs to sb to drive home their claim; just SAYING he’s theirs at All gives him the fuzzies #//If they even so much as actively go and stalk him at work or daily routine; he gets a lil bit giddy #//If they are the kind to go Ape Shitt bc sb hurt him; he will ADORE THEM. Esp if right in front of him #//And smooch them all over their face; to hell with if they’ve got blood smeared across it #//Is prolly a bit MORE inclined to Initiate things if they do; tbh #//Loves the type unafraid to mark him up if they feel the urge to; esp if their jealousy got piqued #//Even if he may ask for more subtle spots like the junction of his neck; arms; JUST at the edges of the chest opening on his shirt #//Smth he can show off by shifting and positioning himself in certain ways; while not being TOO visible typically #//He does have to retain Professionalism after all. and would HATE to have to go to the church or Jean to erase the marks bc of it #//The main issue would be them rlly nagging him to open up so they can know More of him #//Bc THAT is difficult; no matter how whipped he is for sb #//However being given a decent incentive to Make him talk does help—esp the more they’ve shown to want to cling to him #//They are more trustworthy #//He lets a Lot slide when it comes to himself during a relationship #//Esp since he knows he’s more than capable of putting a Stop to shit if it goes to far; for himself or others getting involved #//But he can’t help getting the dokis when his partner is Unhinged; ESPECIALLY if such for HIM #//Esp if HE’S encouraged to be the same way #//Bc BOY will he himself RUN with shit if he’s allowed #//Sometiems he will deliberately do things to set off their possessiveness; but is always careful not to let it go Too Far #//He can handle the manhandling and being knocked around a bit by them due to his own masochism; loves them RLLY marking & wrecking him #//But he won’t do smth that will get sb Else hurt. unless they deserve it; THEN it’s a different story

[shopcat]

this might sound a bit dumb and out of no where but hmmm. how do i say this... there are a lot of posts and a general consensus about quote unquote media literacy on tumblr and how we feel about it, as well as the things that go hand in hand with all that (discussion of mischaracterisation, symbolism, analysis, etc) and i think people (generally) need to be more open about their thoughts or findings and less i don't know... harsh isn't the word but like, just less assumptive that people are inherently out to be willfully ignorant when it comes to dissecting media thematically or discussing characterisation & the narrative, esp things where the outside factor of the consumer/creator changes things drastically if you do or do not know or experience something (and therefore would have no reason to be like, somehow maliciously interpreting something). i guess?

like i get it and i absolutely understand and also hate when people seem to go out of their way to say all the wrong things and stubbornly cling onto things that are WRONG, and confronting someone's opinion and it being SO wrong that you can comfortably think of a rebuttal is ultimately very satisfying and scratches a certain itch and can lead to a lot of thoughtful discussion despite being essentially a big "get a look at THIS guy". but i do think there is a vast difference between like, a) someone masquerading behind being knowing buzzwords and being able to say the right words in the right order, b) someone who isn't familiar with certain concepts and DOESN'T know the right words to say but is happily open to learning, and c) someone using the guise of talking about "media literacy" to be ignorant, bigoted or willfully misinterpreting something in a biased way who refuses to concede if confronted or goes out of their way to pick arguments. whilst the first two aren't malicious, both could turn out to be, just like the last category tends to be rejects of the first two who dug their heels in about it.

whilst there is a DIFFERENCE if someone was being say bigoted and prejudiced with hateful intent, not being "media literate" is not actually a moral failing as much as it is made out to be in moments of sweeping generalisation, and i think punishing people for not knowing how to hold thoughtful discussion is obviously cruel and dumb and unnecessarily othering. you don't want people to learn things out of a sense of shame or guilt. i know it's not the INTENT, and i don't like, interpret even 99% of discussion about this whole thing that way, but that doesn't change that discussing people very broadly who just Don't Know something is always going to leave the 1% of a LOT of harshness thrown against someone who doesn't deserve that. even if they're the stupidest twitterina known to man or something.

media literacy itself is not inherent and it is HARD, as much as people try to pretend it isn't. personally i am someone who has always and probably always WILL struggle to understand complex themes and often do need someone else to guide me towards thinking a certain way, thinking in these ways don't come naturally to me as much as i try my best to and i often think the "wrong" thing as my natural conclusion. and every Damn time that happens i see someone going "if you didn't realise this you're a fucking idiot" like woah man 😭 calm down. i dunno i feel like people just forget that this stuff is something you have to train like a muscle, esp things like vocabulary or a more complex academic way of speaking, and to some of us that is always going to be inherently inaccessible or it's going to take twice as long for us to grasp, for whatever reason. i just wish people were more fair is all.

#🐾 #esp and i think i'm qualified to say this when it's someone who comes from a very isolated niche of online fandom or whatever. any online #community. who is used to being in that space with likeminded people and then loses their absolute shit when they're confronted with how #the average person thinks. like ohhhh my god calm down it is not that dramatic ever #as much as i like going to war about characterisation or something like that you don't need to be calling people evil and braindead and #stupid bc they didn't Politically Analyse a children's cartoon in great depth #😭😭😭 #anyway ... #i think this is in a roundabout way connected to that one post going around i reblogged #abt media literacy being taught in highschool and people just not paying attention #and i still think that's like unfair as a position to hold bc Again i DIDNT go to high school as in i did Not Attend it #the breadth of my knowledge ends after year 7 #and that's just me. like yeah some people ARE idiots and ignorant and pretend Again like their brains welded shut #but people generally are always open to learning and a lot of people very much Like thoughtful discussion about the arts #and thematic analysis of their favourite shows so they can describe why they like them properly beyond ''i just like it'' #and just really really broadly cutting them all off declaring them hopeless and indirectly declaring yourself smarter than them forever #is ultimately unhelpful. and fucking rude. if they've done or said nothing wrong at least #and even if they did think something wrong like damn that's happened to everyone please.. it happens all the time #there is just this inherent condescending way some people talk that gets on my damn nerves

[liesandnights]

Do you remember the way people would call out “love you!”

Conveniently leaving out the “I” as if they didn’t want to commit to their own declarations.

I agree that the “I” is a pretty heavy concept.

#i love you #you and i #declarations of love #love language #love #hope #live #laugh #positive affirmations #poetry #art #literature #music #dark academia #academia #vintage aesthetic #writers on tumblr #tumblog #aesthetics #writersclub #new blogger #reblog