#maybe for those with privilege

[danielnelsen]

while i get where this comes from and it’s true to an extent, i reeeaaaally don’t like how people try to explain “trans men don’t [necessarily] have male privilege” with things like “some trans men don’t pass”.

like sure that’s the most obvious example (someone who is seen as a woman won’t have the privilege that comes with being seen a man) but you’re still acting like being a passing trans man is just a free opt-in to male privilege which is………kinda the issue.

#personal #ohh don’t be weird on my post please this is just on my mind #i’ve seen it so many times just in the last few days #like yeah a passing trans man receives more benefits than anyone who’s seen as a woman #and i’m sure most people making those arguments DO understand that it’s not that simple #but very few people engaging in these kinds of discussions in good faith would argue that someone seen as a woman has male privilege #(note: VERY FEW people engaging in GOOD FAITH) #i see people be like ‘everyone thinks all trans men pass’ and like…….WHO is thinking that who’s also gonna listen to you here #maybe it’s just my grew-up-in-a-conservative-religious-environment thing but your experience is not universal #i would also like you to consider whether ‘anyone that looks like a man has male privilege’ is consistent with your other views #1k #(oh god guys please)

[jewreallythinkthat]

The most moderate, nuanced and productive people I have discussed the Israel-Hamas war with have been Jews, Israelis, and people with Palestinian family. Everyone directly affected by this just wants it to stop and to have peace and safety in the region in a way that minimises the casualty count.

The most extreme and performative and vile things I've been told are by people who have no connection to this and like to think they are experts because they have covered adjacent topics during learning, or read stuff online.

If all the randos in the west would just shut up for ten minutes and let those of us actually affected, with an understanding of the history of the land and the culture and the generational trauma experienced by Jews and Palestinians alike talk, we might actually have a chance to salvage this and stop it spiraling

#jumblr #antisemitism #i/p #nuance is something so easy to have and yet people choose not to #we are measured and non extreme because we dont have the privilege to be angry. #someone literally said that they wont ensge further with me because the topic makes me emotional #jews get called genocidal #palestinans get called Antisemitic #how about the rest of you shut the fuck up and let the adults talk #maybe youll learn how to problem solve and not be a bigot if you listen to those you so desperately want to hate #its pathetic #we all know hamas doesnt represent all Palestinians #we also know hamas teaches Antisemitism in schools in gaza and the west bank #these two things can and should co-exist in your head #that doesnt meam all palestinians are rabid jew hating murderers #it means the situation is complicated and not black and white and will take more than just screaming for a ceasefire to actually solve #we are not a football for your performative activism

[rebellum]

The whole transandrophobia discussion thing is weird bc it feels like it's a bunch of poc and jewish trans people being like "here are my experiences of how specifically being MASCULINE had affected me, and the discrimination and violence I experienced based on that. And here is how that relates to me being a racial/ethnic minority"

And then a few loud white trans people going "ohhh you wanna be oppressed so bad you *slur*. This is why there aren't any poc in your movement it's because REAL poc understand intersectionality"

#hot take white culturally christian or athiest leftests do not properly interpret white jewish ppl #like as a poc i and other poc understand that white jewish ppl often get racial privilege #but a) not always b) they experience oppression based off of their ethnicity #idk from my perspective it seems like white goyim either see jewish ppl as 'the disgusting exotic enemy' or 'basically WASPS but they #wanna feel special' #with no nuance. no recognition #look maybe this next part is bc i didnt grow up with jewish ppl and therefore didnt know until I was 18/19 that jewish ppl can count as #white. but like. idk how to say this. i dont wanna speak over white jewish ppl. but like. #jewish ppl that have obvious jewish features (whether Ashkenazi facial features OR they dont have those but wear eg kippahs) #arent like. white. idk pls correct me if this is antisemitic or incorrect or something. #but like. light skinned =/= white obviously. #i just struggle to see how my bestfriend with her lovely dark eyes and curls and nice nose counts as 'white' when ppl call her the k slur #across the street. ykwim? #like white doesnt mean light skinned. it means 'part of the in-group of white ppl' #like my ex who is white and jewish? yeah hes white. if he didnt wear his necklace then goyim wouldnt know. you know #like obvs he still experiences ethnic oppression but he doesnt experience racial oppression #but other ppl with more prominent eg ashkenazi (im singling them out bc most jewish ppl here are ash.) like i dont GET how they have racial #privilege.

[yangjeongin]

HYUNJIN | 230903 • WOLFGANG @ 5-STAR DOME TOUR 2023 NAGOYA

#hwang hyunjin #hyunjin #stray kids #bystay #createskz #malegroupsnet #a9gifs #flashing tw #*gif #*ccarly #*hyunjin #*carly:hyunjin #top five worst things i've ever had the privilege of giffing. #for those of you that tried to gif this and gave up. no it wasn't worth it #when the gif where he was literally just Red was the easy one to color . #most deceiving performance ever too like even with the gif in ps i was like this looks ok. second i start trying to color it. disaster #y'all are gonna get this to 1k or something now right that's what happens when i make ugly gifs right #i can't even do a comparison for y'all to see what i did bc the og doesn't even look that bad. what happened dude . maybe i made i tworse #tihs gifset k*lled me i'm dead now (derogatory)

[statementlou]

So I see folks pointing out that Louis' circle A tattoo is more likely an aesthetic choice than an announcement of a political commitment to anarchism, and saying basically that that maybe makes him a bit of a poser and I mean- I GUESS. But I don't like to look at things that way and I don't think it's useful. As I see it the subversive sexiness of the symbols of resistance have ALWAYS been gateways for people who are drawn to the struggle in vague ways and that's GOOD. Aligning yourself with those values is good no matter the reason, in my book, especially given the wretched options available out there, but also the journey doesn't necessarily stop there. Gatekeeping queerness victimizes people who are just trying things out and starting to discover that it may run deeper than just trying on a new look who should instead be welcomed and helped along their path, and I fail to see how gatekeeping political affiliations is any different (plus how counterproductive to actual movement building is that?)

ANYWAY. What I really want to say about Louis is that while I KNOW that Louis is probably not secretly a theory reading anti-state communalist anarchist, I think that actually Louis' optimism and idealism (and his unwavering commitment to allying himself with the working class and embracing those roots) are a perfect fit for the philosophy and always have been. I know that anarchism is mostly understood as being about throwing molotov cocktails and fighting the state (and the allure of its symbols are that they signify this, a terrific aesthetic for him to choose to sign on with in my book), but that's honestly largely cartoonish stereotyping that comes directly from anti-anarchist state propaganda. That resistance is necessary in this hellscape of oppression we live in and is super important, but in its heart anarchism is only about the state in that the state and capitalism currently stands in the way of its goals. The whole point of anarchism is that it's NOT about the state! It's about being able to imagine something better than a state, it's about how we live and about how we SHOULD live, it's about HOPE and picturing something utopian and something free of the ways capitalism pits us against one another! What could be more Louis than that?

"I need you and you need me and I love that" is as beautiful a way of talking about the cornerstone of anarchism that is mutual aid as any long winded essay I've read (even if what he meant was contextually different), and I think when he talks again and again about how special the space fans have made around him is he is expressing an intuitive understanding of the importance of autonomous zones, places and moments outside of the shitty life imposed on us by the system (also a huge part of anarchist thought). Maybe I'm just being an optimist but I think that Louis DOES understand that caring for people and wanting self-determination and freedom for all and allying himself with the working class involves a certain amount of resistance to and positioning yourself in opposition to the state. Thinking the symbols of smashing that state are cool isn't meaningless; it's a CHOICE. There are other cool symbols out there and I just happen to think that feeling a resonance with certain ones is something in and of itself, even if at this moment he does not choose to start a fight with the media about it all.

#long version of this part maybe later… (orrr maybe here and now oops lol): #I believe we are all born natural anarchists with a desire to live in mutually supportive ways and in freedom #it only gets beaten out of people by the trauma of the system and being forced to struggle to survive #Louis shares with many privileged people a certain immaturity of not understanding those struggles #but I think that 'immaturity' can include- in smart and good people- not having lost sight of that utopianism #because they are able to conceptualize it because they live the way we all should be able to #free of so many of the survival struggles #(I think that in some areas maturity is code for 'beaten down to a good capitalist') #anyway and that's why autonomous zones are important: #because you HAVE to have the experience of freedom sometimes to be able to move towards it #you have to experience wins to be able to keep fighting #it's the candy crush theory of organizing lol like: people will simply give up and lose hope if everything is struggle and despair #and nothing is hope and success #you don't have to win the whole fight to get glimpses but you have to have moments #anyway a song I love that is about that is Saturday Night by the Coup it's a BOP go check her out she feels like winning #boots is a commie but that's okay he Gets It :P #anyway #anarchism #blah blah blah #I love being a louis apologist I should add that to my header what can I say: I love him #also look how many WORDS I can churn out when there's no show😂gotta fil the time somehow #send me questions I beg you we've got a long couple months ahead #comrade louis

[juniperleafdelivery]

#my art #trans #side note: following tags are a pretty long thought dump #ugh okay i'm going to be honest #i didn't know anything about predstrogen until she was banned and many people started talking about her #also looked through photomatt's blog very briefly #to me he sounds callous- if that's the right word. he just didn't seem to care about what happened to predstrogen prior to her being banned #also? car with hammers that explodes multiple times feels far from being a serious death threat to me #yes predstrogen explicitly mentioned death wishes #but i don't know. what she said is more cartoonish than serious #also something i noticed from photomatt: where is the evidence that predstrogen threatened other users? #i haven't been looking into all this that deeply #but that photomatt stating that as part of the reason for predstrogen's ban and then not elaborating is. weird. for lack of better words #on a slightly different note: i love tumblr and how i can be my silly queer self and nobody cares #but if we don't stand up for each other — especially those who are constant targets for harrassment and other crappy things #tumblr will eventually die or bear no resemblance to the site i enjoy so much #maybe i'm privileged! being a trans masc guy #or maybe i'm ignorant #but i guess i have a tendency to say a lot. and i hate staying silent when i have the opportunity to speak out #so i'm going to scream #and i hope y'all are going to speak in support of trans women too

[virtualcarrot]

[DE] musing abt the limits of superficial acab discourse and the way fandom deals with moral discomfort, I guess

“ACAB”, “the only happy ending should be leaving the RCM”, “you’re a terrible person if you draw/write these characters enjoying the sort of corrupt cop stuff that they canonically do in-game” discourse is killing meeee

God forbid you don’t performatively remind everyone that you do hate cops, actually; and god forbid that you don’t find that True Healing and Happiness for Disco Elysium’s characters can only be achieved by leaving the force.

Metas could be written about how Kim and Harry are actually deeply flawed people who enjoy wielding some form of authority in a way that they actually feel best working as cops

(is it healthy? no. is it Good™? no. Is it true to their character? this is where media interpretation comes in)

Metas could be written about how that doesn’t mean ACAB isn’t real, that just means they’re the kind of shitheads (that we, the players, still love) who enjoy being cops

Metas could be written questioning the amount they’d have to change to adapt to a life as civilians, how much and what kind of a push they’d need to go for it,  if it’s change they could even manage, if they could financially survive it, if they could find fulfillment in any other career, at their age

But no. Why waste time on that instead of easy slogans. I mean, we like them, these characters, and we don’t want to feel guilty for liking them, because what does it say about us, then, that we like flawed cops?

(nothing it says nothing it says we played a good nuanced extremely well-written game that skillfully made us like the sort of character whose past actions include sequestering some woman and beating a dude into disability. that’s what it says. i’d even argue that discomfort is part of the point)

#fandom #disco elysium #spoilers #meta : disco elysium #And hey! #I'm not saying that there aren't people out there writing corrupt cop content without realizing just how disturbing those behaviors are #either because of normalization #copaganda #privilege #or just deciding that they don't care enough to over analyze amateur works of fiction #(which while not ideal an argument can be made for to some extent) #what I'm saying is that the vast majority of ACAB discussion/content I've seen in this fandom is based on morality #and the search for an ideal more hopeful solution #more than character psychology #and while the hope for better is perfectly understandable and A-ok #and is where everyone should find a place to pitch their headcanons #the use of morality and politics as a blunt weapon to bludgeon people with and beat them into silence is exhausting #in general not even in this specific situation/fandom #especially since usually it amounts to: this UPSET ME (maybe even for good reason) so I'm going to make it YOUR PROBLEM #and RESPONSIBILITY

[butchsophiewalten]

“Jenny lived a very normal and fulfilled life, y'know? She just, like, lived in the suburbs, with supporting people in her life." Looks like we all have to kill ourselves now

donnt even worry im ignoring this paert 👍 he doesnt know her like i do

#ask #this is a joke #in actuality this isn't honestly all that dissimilar from how i've always thought of jenny #because even though i've always imagined jenny's home life as being pretty fraught #all the same i've imagined her as someone who still managed to find a support network in the form of her friends #where like. she gets to know a bunch of other queer people in Brighton and those end up being the people she really relies on #where the point is just that Jenny has had some privilege and some social cushion that Sophie simply hasn't #so their behavior and their outlook on the world is foundationally different #Maybe this sounds like i am coping. Maybe i am. i simply wannt my jenny ideas to coexist with filecanon ❤

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Luke and valentine’s relationship reminds me of obi wan and anakin

#if parabatai was a thing for the jedi obi wan and anakin would have been parabatai #ignore the detail that obi wan would have technically been too old #i feel like if you take all the negative things people think are true about the jedi #all the reasons people use as excuses to hate them #you’re left with the shadowhunters #like if the jedi really were the privileged stuck up entitled assholes people think they are #they would be like shadowhunters #idk if this makes sense #also im not saying i like valentine in any way #i very much hate him and think he got what he deserves #it’s just i feel like obi wan and luke would benefit from a nice sit down with maybe some tea #luke garroway…not skywalker lol #also i very much think the jedi are the good guys #i do not think the shadowhunters were the good guys they thought they were #but that’s a whole other conversation #idk..you can ignore all those tags #just something something parabatai fight as one entity because their souls are connected #something something dangerous ambition corrupting their own mind then betraying someone they once thought of as a brother #shadowhunters #luke garroway #valentine morgenstern #parabatai #star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #darth vader #jedi #kate's post

[not-poignant]

Hi! from the Behind the Scenes ask, 11 or 21 for Stain? Thank you!!

11. Was there a scene that you hadn't originally planned to include? Why did you decide to fit it in?

I have no plan for A Stain that Won't Dissolve, so right now, there's nothing that I'm doing that I didn't 'originally plan for' because there's no plan! :D

There's not even anything that's completely coming out of left wing, so far everything is steady and on track.

21. What is something you didn't expect people to notice or gravitate towards in this fic?

I didn't expect so many people to believe that the town secretly or actually has Alex's back based on a few minor things, because - presumably - they're rooting for the town not to be abuse and rape apologists, which they absolutely are when it comes to Alex's family and his mom?

Like, the level of sympathy for the SDV town has made me watch in real-time in a way how much people will like... excuse the inaction of individuals or a community under excuses like 'well they want to help' or 'they're actually helping' or 'it's nice that they care for him so much' when we have extremely little evidence of that.

It was like watching that kind of abuse denial happening in a broader kind of macrocosm, and I've had to reply to actually a lot of comments - maybe over 20 now - patiently pointing out that people being benignly polite to someone doesn't mean they're being supportive or that they've ever been supportive. And that the town is a huge part of the problem.

It's one of those 'a lot of these readers have never experienced this kind of community isolation while being abused by a family member and it shows' situations, and that's realistic, it's just interesting to watch unfold!

Like, not bad, just... uncomfortable as I am someone who has experienced that isolation, and in some ways watching people defend the distance and inaction of an entire community is...a little too close to abuse apologism for comfort. The whole 'they care' without adding 'but not enough to ever have done anything about it' does make the author in me go 'OKAY SO NO ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT IT' lol.

~

From this meme!

#asks and answers #a stain that won't dissolve #palmarosa #the abuse + community town one has been interesting #it's always an interesting dynamic to explore something childhood abuse related #and then watch real people play out those kinds of meta narratives #and sort of get a sense of how these things happen in the first place in communities #because people express the very thing you're trying to poke at and challenge and it'sl ike #'oh this would be...maybe you in a community' #'this is how this happens' #'and this is how people think to justify this happening' #and that's probably a more uncomfortable but also fascinating part of writing trauma recovery stories #it's very easy *sometimes* to pick up who are the abuse victims to 'get it' #and who is reading from a position of... #a lot of privilege re: missing that kind of upbringing #it's not always exactly like that #administrator gwyn wants this in the queue

[nero-neptune]

maybe i’m just easily annoyed (and the news is depressing), but i feel like people on here (or the internet in general lbr) are more willing to criticize/dismiss (even label unrelated things as) “white feminism” (even if it’s bringing up important/relevant issues) than talk about feminism at all. sexism exists in every community you can think of, within every race, ethnicity, social class, religion, nationality, sexuality, what-have-you. it’s easier and more entertaining ig to point out how feminism is lacking or who’s doing feminism “wrong” then attempt to bridge/fill the gaps and actually, Seriously Talk about sexism in detail (and not like it’s some sort of 2nd tier, we’ll circle back to this much later, type of oppression which i Really get the impression of, even within supposedly-progressive spheres) on the regular and not as a series of gotcha posts that get enthusiastically reblogged for a blip in time and then. crickets. like as far as the patriarchy’s concerned (like if i’m looking at this from their perspective), this nitpicking appears very divide-and-conquer. nothing goes anywhere. and things just keep slipping backwards. maybe i’m crazy (maybe i’m way off base), but isn’t feminism meant to help All women, even the ones you dislike? even the ones you hate? like what’s going on here? am i missing something?

#like i definitely was one of those people who dismissed certain issues as 'white feminist' but honestly #i feel like in the long run that's done a lot more harm than good #opening up different websites gives me whiplash sometimes like. oh you HATE women here. ok. #and then watching the news like. oh so EVERYONE hates women. that's crazy! #or maybe i'm just a debbie downer #i'm black btw if it needs to be said. like this isn't me necessarily defending white feminism but honestly #even the most privileged silver spoon conventionally attractive white bread women deal with horrific sexism #we saw that with amber heard (for a very recent example) #just bc 'white feminism' has a lot of blind spots doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about feminism at all #and at least on tumblr that's what it feels like has happened. i could be living in a bubble tho. we all have our blind spots #rambles #feminism #this is very stream of consciousness i just had shit to say.

[quarklynx]

Folks, can we please tag posts regarding current events? not everyone is in a space where they should be seeing content like that quite so frequently

#lynx thinks #there is obviously more nuance i could add to this statement but i tried tj keep it straightforward #tag your current events and news so that those who arent up to seeing more about that than they'd like don't have to #and i get it can sometimes be a privilege to avoid those topics at all if ever but like #the human brain iant designed for a constant deluge of depressing information #and some people have trauma that could be seriously triggered by some of these headlines ive been seeing #completely untagged stuff just being shared around. some posts dont wven have text that can be filtered either #even if you come up with your own unique tag for all serious irl stuff thats still better than leaving everything untagged #i genuinely can only stand to look at news articles for so much of my day before my mental health dives #and i cant avoid social media completely because thats where i network for my commissions #but i dont want to unfollow everyone that posts untagged things #tumblr can filter some things but if you tag stuff then theres a better chance of it being filterable #also on an unrelated note it's probably not a good idea to just reblog evwrything you see without vetting the source #you could accidentally be contributing to the spread of misinformation if you don't check the source before rebloggong #idk. maybe this is privileged of me to even ask. im just So Tired. every day it's just mote death and doom and im so... tired

[shopcat]

i do not understand nonbinary people who don't identify as trans SPECIFICALLY because they just think they don't qualify or aren't allowed or something like idrgaf about people's personal identity nuances and there is more to the dichotomy and yes it's ironic that there is a binary of "trans" vs "cis" and all of every piece of nuance trust me it's just like. You can also just BE trans and are so if you want it like it abso fucking lutely does not and never ever just meant "binary trans people flag" like not only is it just historically wrong it's ALMOST. a little insulting idk 😭 like the flag thing where people will be like the trans flag is for the transgenders and nonbinary people are like i can't use that flag though like yes you CANNNNNNNNN. ITS YOUR FLAG. just like the rainbow flag is for EVERYONE trans is both a die riot or and an identity you don't have to even conform to the "non binary vs binary" BINARY you can just Be Transgender like idk maybe it's bc like to a cis person i would say yes i'm just a trans person which they take to mean binary even if they don't have the words for it but actually it's just an all inclusive umbrella term + identity + the flag and pride that goes along with it to mean Transgandarr. oh my god it's awesome you can just do it idk whatever runs into a wall and i turn into a 2d image like this

#🐾 #idk i think more people are .. trans than they think and maybe i just find it sort of like hurtful that they don't want to be or think it's #this exclusive thing when i see it and historically it has been just another incredibly diverse label pretty similar to . every other label #and closest to the queer label gender wise imo like. ? it literally just never meant two kinds of people ever #and from memory doesn't the white stripe literally represent those off the gender binary #also that weird thing where idk people act like it's even trans VERSUS nonbinary like there's some sort of power structure #there are certain privileges and structures to everything but wtf is that even trying to do 😭 #like i don't consider myself nonbinary in the actual sense of the label i have no connection to it or the flag or whatever idk why i keep #bringing up flags lol. but i'm not just Trans Male that's crazy

[baezdylan]

stranger things used to be about FRIENDSHIP!!! "friends don't lie" the show literally revolved around that phrase. like the whole thing doesn't even begin with will's disappearance, it begins with these four boys who love each other playing their favourite game, four kids with completely different personalities and backgrounds. st used to encourage differences and highlight unexpected similarities between characters positioned as polar opposites. breaking the age barriers. sharing knowledge between generations. refutation of either the "cool kids" or the "nerds" being superior to the other. the gradual symbiosis of those two worlds. FAMILIAL LOVE!!!!!!! the complex joy of being somebody's friend!!!!! the confirmation that yes, you can and are supposed to have more than one best friend. that's what the show was about. not... this

#stranger things spoilers #stranger things #i'm just tired #steve completely disregarding robin in nancy's presence?mike doing the same to will? dustin being the only one to care about eddie's death? #sorry that's not my show #dear billy was the best episode of the season simply because of that scene with max and those flashbacks #a lot of people are mad for all the right reasons but this is what personally bugged me the most #i'm glad the fandom opened my eyes to some stuff i didn't notice because of the privileges i enjoyed maybe? #but you can't convince me that eddie's death wouldn't be an integral loss for everyone back in s1 #and don't tell me it's because they grew up and romance took the front seat... it's not that #like... steve and dustin's final interaction before they go into battle? those weren't my boys... #the essence of the show is not what it was. i don't think there even is one anymore

[queers4years]

Indigenous Hawaiians really had a good system going: wake up reaaally early and do most of the days work while it's cool and by the time the sun was up and it got hot the work was done and you're free to surf and socialize. I wish the white people realized they themselves could work smarter and not harder and get time to relax. Instead of calling Hawaiians lazy (and being genocidal about it)

#Ik this happened in most if not all tropical regions that got colonized #they were so pissed that these 'lazy' people got all sorts of fruit and natural bounty 'handed to them' #when those indigenous people were just working before the colonizers woke up and felt no need to kill themselves in midday heat #Which is what's natural for an apex predator: lazing around #Like u see lions in big cuddle puddles during the hottest part of the day. And they have the privilege of laziness by being the top predato #Idk if lions have a specific time they hunt but ik they will hunt at night when people can't observe them #Also Europeans failed to recognize indigenous agriculture and the /purposeful / cultivation of helpful plants (done w/out clearing the land #And even if they were only foraging. Like. If you love the earth and care for it (and not clear it) the earth will love you back idk #Gah! It's just like we coulda eradicated capitalism in its cradle if Euroamericans werent so arrogant and sure their way of life was correc #Like what if they were explorers and not conquistadors and colonizers. And there was a true cultural exchange #Would it have been better if the Europeans never crossed the ocean (even if they weren't there to colonize)? yeah probably #Like while the disease thing wasn't on purpose (initially) Europeans did inadvertently kill a lot of people bc they had no immunity #But I also acknowledge the human desire to explore and see what's out there #But I wish it was like #Europeans: here's some horses and metal tools #Indigenous people: thanks. Here's a way of life more in harmony with nature and an understanding that we're part of the ecosystem #Europeans: oh cool let me bring these ideas back to Europe. Maybe we won't deforest all of England #(I say Europeans but eventually when Canada and America became independent entities they also were responsible for these things) #Capitalism #capitalism is hell #anti capitalism #Colonization #colonialism #colonial violence #Imperialism #conquistador #age of exploration

[amber-angel]

If I get one more comment on this discussion board telling me I'm brave or strong for being deaf I'm tearing into the professor for making this stupid fucking assignment

#stupid flighty bullshit #stop forcing people to be vulnerable and talk about deeply personal topics with strangers for a grade maybe!!!! #i normally dont care because people just lie but my god! #you realize that youve put so many people in such a hard position here right??? #it's either talk about incredibly hard topics and get scrutinized or talk about surface level pain and get pity! #and neither of those options are appealing! #and i dont want to have to respond to anyone else either. i dont want to give or get pity. fuck that #and you realize that in doing this youre forcing your more marginalized students to become educators right?? youre forcing us to teach #our classmates about being less privileged and how NOT to be total dicks about it #and that's YOUR JOB #also you know by prompting people to talk about sexuality and gender that youre prompting people to come out to an entire group of strangers #you know that right??? #you know how weird and unsafe that is right?? #you know that a majority of your class has publicly talked about being christian and are from the midwest. one of the worst places ever #right??????? #i dont know these people. i dont trust them. and you cant FORCE people to trust them #which is what youre trying to do #and it's quite literally already turning out horribly