#i shouldn’t have to say that

[seagull-yuri]

I am begging people to just say Black when they mean Black. POC is an umbrella term encompassing all non-white people. If you mean Black hairstyles, say Black hairstyles instead of just “POC hairstyles.”

#poc has its place as a term #pleaseeee just use it where it fits #black is not a bad word #and don’t say ‘'colored people'' #that’s weird and racist #I shouldn’t have to say that #but you’d be surprised #vagueposting #kinda vent #i am this close to losing it

[anonymousdidsys]

Dear Evan Hansen is a terrible musical which handles its subject matter terribly and is made for the sorts of “mental health advocates” who will call you evil for having BPD and believe in “narcissistic abuse”

#musicals #dear evan hansen #is this an unpopular opinion #idk i hope not #and jesus christ before anyone takes this personally #you’re not a bad person for liking a musical #fucking OBVIOUSLY #i shouldn’t have to say that #I’m saying I don’t think deh deserves the acclaim it has

[lilislegacy]

just imagine

percy and annabeth in their 40s having teenagers.

3 to 4 hyper, witty, extremely intelligent teenagers. with powers.

imagine them all stuffed into the car for long roads trips since they can’t fly. imagine them in a heated match of pool volleyball. imagine them on opposing sides of capture the flag at camp

oh gods…imagine family game night

#AHHHH #i hope percy and annabeth have good insurance cause things are getting destroyed #percy and annabeth’s biggest challenge yet: parenting teenagers #you think they ever… like… think tartarus was easier? #no no i shouldn’t say that #(but secretly?) #percababies #percabeth babies #percabeth #percy jackson #annabeth chase #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo

[fallahifag]

palestinians don’t owe you anything

#like i shouldn’t have to say this but #we aren’t responsible for absolving your white guilt #please stop dming me weird shit it’s just going to get you blocked lmao. i already said i’m going through a tough time #your first response to that shouldn’t be #‘let me tell this random palestinian that i feel so bad about what’s happening i might *insert extremely graphic suicide mention* #please go to therapy. #like i’m a real person who’s dealing with real life things lmao #im not playing fr i don’t want this shit in my messages i WILL block you and i won’t read it #this goes for asks too.

[pirateprincessjess]

I feel the need to periodically remind people that Idiocracy is a eugenics movie.

One of the things that eugenicists believe is that it is bad for society when the “wrong people” breed.

The entire premise of the movie is that “stupid people” kept having kids while “smart people” didn’t have kids, and it ruined society because stupid genes propagated while smart genes died out. This is eugenics propaganda.

I know people will read this and their response will be “actually it’s satire” but the movie isn’t satirizing eugenics. It’s satirizing anti-intellectualism, and consumerism, and it proposes eugenics as a solution.

When eugenics was first conceived, it was used as a way to justify inequality. The idea was that people who held privilege were able to do so because they were smarter and genetically superior to lazy and stupid people who don’t have privilege. Obviously this is bad and wrong, but it is also the core lesson of Idiocracy.

The movie literally ends with the main character becoming president and having “the smartest children in the world.” Because he and his wife have smarter genes than everyone else. The proposed solution for the things that Idiocracy is satirizing is for the smart people to have children that can be in charge of the world.

I know it’s fun to use this movie to dunk on anti-intellectualism and the MAGA movement, but we need to stop. When you quote and reference this movie you are spreading eugenics propaganda.

#remember yall #eugenics is bad #and anything that says a certain type of person shouldn’t have kids is probably eugenics #even if they don’t realize it #so let’s stop holding this movie up as some great prophetic work #because it’s not #also good lord they say the r word a lot in that movie #and it’s super gross #ugh I hate this movie

[aestheticallynotdeerlightful]

Heyyyyy, y'all like trolls?

Bunch of random little doodles to try and learn to draw them all

.

(Please do not use, trace, or repost my works anywhere without explicit permission from me first, thank you <3)

#deersart #my art #dreamworks trolls #trolls band together #trolls 3 #trolls #dw trolls #trolls branch #trolls bruce #trolls clay #trolls floyd #trolls john dory #trolls jd #not sure what tags to use yet #trolls brozone #if you like bzcest don’t interact with me I will block on site #i shouldn’t have to say that but I know it’s a problem

[aftgscenes]

Everyday I thank god (Nora) that aftg is set in college and not high school

#as an adult I’m so tired of queer media being set in high school #like no i actually don’t want to see high schoolers have sex and make out #I’m sure I would have still loved aftg as a teen but every year I get older it get harder to like high school centered media #I’m just over it #no saying it shouldn’t exist at all obviously #aftg #andrew minyard #all for the game #neil josten #the foxhole court #tfc

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

#This is about traditional publishing but there’s pretty privilege and ageism in self publishing too #I can’t think of the last time I saw an up and coming author recording videos who was over thirty #And frankly that’s a shame #It could be that I’m not looking hard enough #but it’s more likely that algorithms are trained the way they are #truly I don’t think they should have to do any of that at all #And forgive me but (and I know it’s rich because I’m an artist on a platform) but art shouldn’t be at the mercy of an algorithm #Now there’s also something to be said about self publishing becoming easier and easier to achieve success in #And doors opening because of influencer status is real and makes publishing wider in a way #But that doesn’t mean it’s accessible #I’m not gonna plaster my health issues over the wall but that life is certainly not accessible to me! #are you healthy enough to write and make sure people on social media still want to like your stuff #are you mentally well enough to be your own pr #I’m sure people who have studied this have more to say and have said it better but this is what I’ve observed #writing #publishing #publishing industry

[doctorsiren]

uh maybe he just has The Most rizz?

#doctorsiren #ace attorney #phoenix wright #thalassa gramarye #zak gramarye #ace attorney fanart #meme post #art #digital art #my art #fanart #procreate #uhhhh I thought of this as a joke and I thought it was funny and it’s not funny to anyone else but me but #Apollo finally snaps and calls Phoenix a mf and Phoenix is like HAHAH YEAH L + RATIO NERD I HAVE #maybe I shouldn’t say every thought that comes into my noggin #I’m so sorry

[1960z]

how people go about interpreting dr bashir I presume? really frustrates me sometimes ngl especially the “jules bashir died” scene.

like that whole scene is about julian revealing the depth of how deeply his augmentations fractured his sense of identity and who he is - which feeds into the themes of the whole episode surrounding how disability and then by extension disabled people are often viewed as a problem to be solved and because of that are often denied the ability to have fulfilling lives because the able bodied people around them don’t believe that they can.

but… idk, when the fandom talks about it there’s always seems to be a push to read a trans allegory into it that I don’t think is really there? I keep mulling over this post in my mind and when I initially reblogged it I didn’t really want to talk about this because the post is about how stories about racism can be hijacked by white people to be made about their own transness and it felt like as a white person, using that post to complain about ableism would be missing the point. but it really helped me articulate in my mind why the trans reading of this episode feels off to me because the same general principle seems to apply and that is taking a story trying to discuss a specific type of marginalisation and putting a trans reading above it because you can relate more to it personally.

“jules bashir died in that hospital because you couldn't live with the shame of having a son who didn't measure up!” this scene is the culmination of julian expressing his pain about what was done to him as a disabled child by his parents due to how they viewed his disability. but often when I see it being discussed, people aren’t really interested in talking about that. instead supplanting it with a trans reading instead which, in my opinion is an allegory that doesn’t even really work when you think about what’s going on in the broader context of the scene.

julian didn’t stop going by jules because he came to the conclusion on his own that the identity didn’t suit him similar to the way a trans person questions or rejects the gender they were assigned at birth, he stopped going by jules because he felt like the identity attached to that name was taken from him because of what his parents did. it’s not julian affirming who he wants to be it’s grieving over who he can’t be and to me at least, it’s honestly kind of harrowing.

and as an aside: when people read transness into a story about parents who change their child’s body and mind at a very young age without consent, which is literally a narrative projected onto trans people by transphobes to justify the curtailing of trans rights, that also doesn’t sit well with me. I think people latch onto this reading because of the idea of “killing a name” but again in the context of the whole episode the trans reading really doesn’t feel appropriate.

I think it’s okay for people to have trans headcanons about julian of course or literally any character they want to really, but I think saying that specific episode codes him as trans isn’t all that great honestly.

#shut up abe #julian bashir #ds9 #star trek #I’m nervous to post this tbh and I’m not trying to come for anyone specifically #this is just a general trend I’ve noticed and have been frustrated w for a while #and I’m not trying to say that like you can never relate to a narrative that’s textually about a marginalisation you don’t experience #like something that fascinates me about spock is how his arc is written in a way that is relatable to many different marginalised people #and that overlap in experience is interesting to talk about #but we also shouldn’t forget that *textually* a lot of what spock goes through is a metaphor for being biracial #and I’ve seen people get frustrated bc like. people often do forget lol #it's just a thing where I think we should think about what readings we give the most attention to and why yk

[minefujicakes]

Little Twin Ritalins

#venture bros #the venture bros #venture brothers #dean venture #hank venture #little twin stars #Sanrio #I shouldn’t have to say this but obviously not ship and don’t tag as such thanks

[holomars-turtles]

tmnt crossover aus where the rise turtles are these hardened edgy super powerful war machines who terrify all other tmnt turtles are so funny to me because of how outrageously out of character that is . ‘2003 turtles would be scared of how powerful rottmnt turtles are’ but in reality Rise Leo would probably ask why 2003 Leo’s boobs are so big and then laugh so hard he pukes

#/lh ofc #not saying y’all shouldn’t have fun with your crossover aus it’s just amusing to me #do what makes you happy #rottmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2012 #tbh the rise turtles would probably be intimidated and in awe of the 2003 turtles cause they turned into dragons #they’re all cringe okay all turtles from all universes are cringe #I love them tho

[tnnrrdchclt]

#gets me very far. i’m just going through it and annoyed at myself when i shouldn’t be because i can’t anticipate everything — #no matter how intuitive i am or regardless of how much discernment i have. #i hate being here. i feel like i made excuses in hopes of not being here and still ended up here. #i wouldn’t even call them excuses because i thought i was giving grace and clearly looks like grace at my expense is a betrayal. #i’m getting better at choosing myself. at the moment it might feel like a loss and everything feels pointless and all i want to do is cry - #i never want to feel like this again. #anyone who wants to hate me can hate me. i do not care. #i will say that since i’ve posted this - it’s nice to see other folks and their take on self awareness. almost comforting i’d say.

[aychama]

Meditating.

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl lamb #cult of the lamb lamb #🐑 #baah #we say meeeh here #aychama #I heckin love drawing the bell #🔔 #idk how to draw fog #👍 #maybe I shouldn’t have done the lineart #I think the lineart is making it look flat #time for another style change for my next one then! #*cries*

[daily-teki]

can you draw the memory dance girl as a cat?

Day 150: happy 4/20 for everyone still in those timezones, here’s tekitty smoking a fat blunt

#do NOT let your cat smoke a blunt I shouldn’t have to say this but I still will #i WAS going to have tekitty eating The Bird but due to recent events he will be vacuum sealed and put in the freezer #daily teki #teki yttd #yttd memory dance girl #memory dance girl #your turn to die #yttd #yttd dailies #yttd daily #yttd art #teki tsutone #yttd fanart #daily yttd #tw smoking #i guess?

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

The scene where the brides of Dracula almost bite Jonathan is probably the hottest thing I’ve ever read and I will die right here on this hill

#and i’ve read a LOT of ao3 okay #i did dracula for my a-level english coursework and this was riiiight after my sexuality crisis #but before my monsterfucker awakening #let’s just say i re-read that a lot #i. really should’ve realised i was into monsters earlier shouldn’t i #“are we to have nothing tonight?” HI YES YOU CAN HAVE ME I’M FREE ALL WEEK #morgan speaketh #dracula #brides of dracula