#cRiTiCiSm as they call it

[bixels]

Baffled.

#personal #not art #like how do you arrive at this conclusion #what beliefs? #the man may be a total grouch but if there’s one thing he HATES it’s Japanese nationalism #Japanese nationalists famously HATE his work especially the wind rises which criticizes imperial Japan and calls out the invasion of China #don’t ask for context on the first part of the tag I’m not answering

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

"ummm the global strike was called on such short notice we need more time to plan ahead this just isn't gonna work it feels like slacktivism :///" hmm lets try to figure out why a palestinian journalist in gaza who has been documenting her own genocide for the past hundred fucking days called for a global strike on short notice during a livestream while the hospital she was sheltering in was being attacked and she believed she was going to be killed that night. lets think about it. lets put our thinking caps on. lets sit down in our thinking chair and think think think

#i saw someone call it slacktivism and i genuinely wonder if they're allergic to critical thinking #like. do you hear how tone deaf you sound. i do not think you do #mine #free palestine #bisan owda #wizard bisan #free gaza #palestine #global strike

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[perfectlyripeclementine]

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.

#nonbinary love #nblnb yearning #nb4nb #nblnb #wholesomeposting #yearning hours #ive been thinking about how some languages dont have a possessive tense #so you dont say “i have a thing” but rather “a thing is by me” #and like im not usually one for psycho linguistics and like critical thoughts etc etc etc #but i really like the framework of responsibility/commitment rather than ownership #i think about this mostly in terms of ecology #and relation to land #but i also love it as it applies to language shared between lovers #like i LOVE calling them mine or for them to call me theirs #but i'm also nonmonog and that was kinda weird to square for a while #and it clicked one time when i was talking about my neighborhood and i was like well #when i say my neighborhood or my city it's understood i'm not taking it away from anybody else #its understood i just mean the city where i live #so why cant we apply the same to lovers? #mine in the way i want to show up for you again and again #ok #done now

[fernsnailz]

do you think shadow was aware of his super strength when he stopped marinating in his tube ? since he can just flip buses i think it'd be funny if there had to be a learning curb

also the image of small crechure shadow being able to lift maria over his head is funny to me.

maybe gerald trips on some osha violation and when shadow goes to help him up he accidentally launches him into the ark's ceiling

i'm absolutely obsessed with this concept of overpowered tiny dude shadow pre-inhibitor rings. chaos and destruction everywhere

#yes gerald robotnik feeds his demon toddler mountain dew and yes he also calls it sodey pop no i don't take criticism #fernasks #sth #shadow the hedgehog #maria robotnik #gerald robotnik #fern's sketchbook #baby shadow

[wombywoo]

winter ❄️⛄

#call of duty #cod #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #soapghost #my art #I will not be accepting any criticisms on Ghost's babushka drip at this time ✋ #that man dresses like a russian bag lady and you can't tell me otherwise #also Soap is in a very deep one-sided argument as to why snowboarding is not for 'savages' #there have been several uses of 'radical' #at least 9

[khalliys]

We're not so different, you and I. Part 1, Part2

From Critical Role C2 E92: Home Is Where the Heart Is

#I hope the style-change for this part #has the jarring effect it's supposed to have #and isn't just weird lol #critical role #crit role #critical role fanart #caleb widogast #yasha nydoorin #cr caleb #cr yasha #trent ikithon #obann #cr #cr2 #cr campaign 2 #the mighty nein #art #khalliys #I don't think I'm gonna do the whole dialogue #honestly I think I could already call it done here #I may do a little more of that scene in the future #but only after beauyasha-week

[clar-a-m]

Bells Hells redraw!

#critical role #critical role c3 #imogen temult #orym of the air ashari #fearne calloway #ashton greymoore #my art #my stuff #there's just 4 of them but i'm calling it a bh redraw

[rabbit-exe]

I do love when critical role et al decide to put travis willingham through The Horrors. they say "travis, it's been long enough. we have to scare you again." and he keeps agreeing to it

#critical role #candela obscura #''travis it's been three minutes'' - brennan watching travis visibly grimace at a description of an ominous coat #hare.txt #travis willingham #the call of cthulhu oneshot. the mothership oneshot. candela obscura. exu calamity. that time they made him do a haunted house

[vouam]

Honestly when I hear people say “not receiving gender affirming surgeries will make me feel suicidal” I hear the same thing as if someone said “if I don’t get a nose job I’ll feel suicidal”

It’s a physical insecurity that wouldn’t exist in a vacuum. I’m sorry that you were influenced to feel this way, but surgery will not fix something that is rooted in self-hatred. If you change it with surgery, you will find another insecurity to fixate on within a week.

Also, can we talk about how rebranding gender affirming surgery as some life-saving procedure is just promoting and glamorising a very misogynistic and corrupt industry.

#normalise calling gender affirming surgery plastic surgery #because thats what it is #radblr #radical feminism #radical feminist safe #radical feminists do interact #gender critical #radical feminist community #gender abolition #terfsafe #terfblr #anti cosmetic surgery #plastic surgery

[assassinregrets]

i think lucy lawless should be the new geralt

#the witcher #why not #critics are calling this my finest work

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Valentine's Day! (and this blog's first post anniversary!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #Woah...it's been a whole *year* since I took the leap and uploaded my 'first attempt' art. #It's outdated now but it holds a special place in my heart for the fact it started all of this off. #Calling this 'poorly-drawn' was always about accepting that my art was going to be imperfect and messy - and doing it anyways! #There has been a staggering number of times I have drawn something I almost didn't upload because I didn't think it was 'good enough' #only for someone to say they liked it - or that it made them laugh. And it has helped me realize - #-The worst critic for my work has always been myself. If I listened to it all the time...well we would not be here now B'*) #And now that I have dabbled in other fandoms I can truly see how lucky was to start out with the MXTX fans. #The supportive messages and tags have truly been a guiding force toward my artistic and self improvement. #I really can't describe how grateful I am. #Thank you for seeing something worth rooting for when I was just figuring things out. #Thank you for being sweeter than the candy I have strategically hidden in the nooks and crannies of this house. #But watch out! If you forget to find them we will get ants. #I remembered to not hide chocolate in the bed this year. Yes I know it melted last time. Yes it did stain. I'm still sorry. #Thank you for loving me regardless <3 Even if it looked like I shit the bed real bad.

[revvethasmythh]

I love that Ludinus fully does not obfuscate the fact that he's pretty chill with the Volstrucker program and kind of does imply the usefulness of the program for him, but he still thinks Trent sucks. He said "I can excuse the systemic torture and brainwashing of children into child soldiers and assassins, but I draw the line at pretending Trent is bearable to be around."

#also his ''desperate requirements might call for unsavory methods'' #yeah. that's the ludinus we know today huh #critical role #cr2e97 #the mighty nein #ludinus da'leth

[usaigi]

Miles is what I wanted in a Latino hero. Not a hero who happens to be Latino like Moon Knight, or like Namor who is from Latin American but is indigenous and not actually Latino. But an actual Latino hero. One who speaks Spanglish and gets annoyed when call him an immigrant because PR is part of the US and gets his cake from a Mexican bakery and loves his parents even if he feels like he can’t talk to them and calls Miguel tío

I love him so much

#there was fair criticism of the first movie for not waiting to call miles the first Latino hero #bc they did v little to show his heritage #but now!! there’s no denying it :D #miles molares #gwen stacy #Peter Parker #atsv spoilers #spider man across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #itsv #spiderman atsv #usaigi speaks

[captainofthetidesbreath]

CRYING someone save Travis, and Aabria. How can Matt do this to Cowards Corner 😭

#Critical Role #CR spoilers #Critical Role things #Travis Willingham #Aabria Iyengar #Also just in case: Cowards Corner was coined by Aabria on 4SD lmao. That's not me calling them that lmfaoo.

[wombywoo]

downtime 🩵

#cod #call of duty #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #soapghost #my art #simon may or may not be debating if he can smuggle a pigeon into his pocket #and johnny's currently roughdrafting their wedding vows on the spot #no I will not be accepting criticism on simon's choice of footwear ✋