#selective activism

[capitalisticveins]

How the fuck did Damien’s mom help try to end the oppressiveness and discrimination against humanborns in DAMN but turn around and disapprove of her son liking men???

#selective activism #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted damien

[gayvampyr]

“queer spaces should be inclusive of people who don’t enjoy sex and who have “strange”, negative or repulsed relationships with sex” and “sex is an important aspect of lgbt community, history, and activism and queer people should be allowed and able to talk freely about sex without stigma or shame” are ideas that can and should coexist.

#‘queer people were banned from and shamed for having sex and that’s where a lot of our activism stemmed from’ and #‘not liking or having sex is considered abnormal and a mental illness and also needs to be destigmatized’ are concepts that not only can but #often do coalign #it’s esp important to consider that a lot of lgbt ppl who have a tricky and strained relationship with sex are like that because of trauma #which is very common for queer folks #it’s really not an ace-only thing #like i am sex repulsed but it’s very hard to discern if it’s because i’m asexual or if it’s the trauma. either way i deserve to have those #feelings and be included in lgbt spaces and discussions about sex and treated as just another queer person with a different experience #instead of being alienated because my feelings about sex don’t directly line up with yours #im so sick of people in this community trying to pit us against each other. as an ace lesbian that shit is so toxic and harmful #my relationship with sex is fluid. im sex-positive always‚ but i often find myself sex repulsed. im otherwise neutral about it but im sick #of people acting like it’s either you enjoy sex and have it frequently or you hate it and you shame everyone who has it like youre a puritan #and it’s often aphobes who bought into that ‘aces are puritanical celibate straights who want ppl who have gay sex to die or think they’re #‘dirty’ or some shit. and it was literally 90% crypto-aphobes pretending to be aces to get people to adopt that into their belief system #the same way crypto-t/rfs pretend to be trans women who want to prey on the ‘innocent women’ #and y’all will use those posts/screenshots as ‘evidence’ that whatever scapegoat you’ve selected is actually inherently bad/homophobic/ #misogynistic/etc and not even #acknowledge the giant hole in your logic cuz you’re too busy trying to find a scapegoat #it’s the same tactics and y’all fall for it every time #text post #like. lesbians are CONSTANTLY getting hounded and told that we’re broken or mentally i’ll for not showing interest in (having sex with) men #for the same reason asexuality is considered bad or wrong or weird #not showing interest in heterosexual relationships or sex is why this is so important #anyone that falls outside the scope of heterosexuality is part of this community whether you like it or not

[ooctlt]

I really like this blog most of the time, but sometimes you take reasonable earnest asks that are trying to be thoughtful, and are such a dick about it.

Like if it's the characters being dicks, fine. But you could say something in the tags or post to indicate you're not just viciously mocking someone for trying to engage.

I still haven't submitted an ask since seeing your response that led to comments along the lines of "anon should go die in a hole" for asking, pretty reasonably, why harrow would want to stay with people she didn't seem to like or want to be around or interact with.

(i know, because she does like them and does want them around but doesn't know how to show it) but it's an ASK blog. How do we hear that from her unless someone ASKS

i understand it might be surprising and a bit hurtful to see an ask answered with the characters being mean/flippant, and for that i do apologize that it wasnt made clear that it would be a common thing in this blog. id like to issue the disclaimer: there is always the possibility that the characters here will not take your question well. they might answer rudely, and instigating behavior is not only encouraged but expected on both ends. this does not reflect my personal opinions as the artist; there are over 250 asks even after i constantly compile duplicates, and i will answer the asks that i personally like.

i will assume you are referencing the two most recent posts where gideon acts rudely and i repost an old panel: for the former i thought anon was really sweet for being so heartfelt and encouraging, but gideon isnt the kind of person who needs to be told shes brave for doing that by a stranger. it was a simple act of survival. and harrow is still very much in the passive deprogramming phase. the latter response was meant to kickstart (spoilers) what i will call the "dicks last resort" arc, where i clean out the inbox and share more simple, low effort, but potentially rude responses*. this is because i have roughly drawn almost daily for 87 days straight, and would like to recuperate without being burnt out because i love this blog and i love art.

this leads me to my next point: some of these answers will be curt and short and rude, because they are easy to draw. if i only prioritized the "good" asks or to make certain ask responses kinder, or longer, it wouldnt be a daily blog. it would be a monthly blog where 5 asks get answered among 100s. i didnt anticipate people asking about harrows piercings, and i considered shutting it down by just having harrow say she likes them etc. but i did want to give more insight into harrows character even if she wouldnt say so herself, and that took roughly 3 full unemployed nights. if i treated every ask in good faith the same way i wouldnt have time for anything else, because they take more effort and have to be seriously considered for the future. i can retcon their favorite ice cream or play off griddlehark fighting - it takes more to keep track of a narrative about people talking Around their issues

* by rude responses i mean "this will affect the 679ers negatively, much like making your sim 🧑‍🤝‍🧑➖➖ someone" there are a few asks planned to hurt in the same way one drafts a bad end in a visual novel, and this type of interaction is encouraged. of course if you dont want them to get worse dont send asks telling gideon she should flirt with MILFs (you cant send this ask now i already said it), but i encourage the banter.

TL;DR this is the "characters think you are weird for personal questions" blog. i am sorry i didnt warn of the ask-response banter, because i also enjoy drawing these characters being dicks. i do like when aggravation and conflict leads to character development. "how do we get earnest answers unless someone asks" sometimes you will never explicitly get that from them, and thats what the dead ends are for: to let you know to try something else and read between the lines

#the reason why i did not say anything sooner is because i do not like making ooc posts on here often. i want a little intrigue and mystery #i dream of when people will actively discuss in tags and notes how best to confront these characters #actual ooc #and i will say. i will not remember to indicate in the tags that i am not mocking the ask every time #i cannot be responsible for managing everyones feelings if they are hurt that harrowhark or gideon reacted badly #which i have seen people do! in the notes saying that gideons behavior makes them hate her a little! good! #if you dont like the direction this blog turns then i would encourage you to interact selectively

[lectorel]

Choose the option that most closely matches your habits, feel free to tag any additional information or caveats. (E.g. 'Moderately except my boss won't let us mask', 'mostly nominally in my home town, but seriously when traveling', etcetera, etcetera. )

Please reblog for greater sample size!

#covid 19 #masking #mask wearing #selection bias like woah #but i'm curious about the part of tumblr I'm active in #so it works out

[hysenty]

it is so disheartening seeing people being able to correctly identify and criticise the actions of russian invasion of ukraine and not be able to recognise/not giving the same scrutiny to the israeli genocide.

#like. Come on #and i really cant attribute it to anything but racism and islamaphobia #because why are you so selective in your 'activism' #a chance to show real solidarity and yet you are unable to? #israel/palestine IS NOT COMPLICATED #and quite franky if you beleive hamas is 'the reason' for israel's WAR CRIMES #then u must also believe that the azov batallion is justification for russian war crimes #if u support ukraine but not palestine #shame on you. Ur a massive fuckinh hypocrite

[layla-carstairs]

as much as I miss the tsc fandom being more active like it has been in the past sometimes I see a post from a couple years ago and I'm so glad it's not like that anymore. if the weird cliquely drama over people/ships/characters whatever being problematic or bad starts up again I will start blocking that's a threat

#imo it kinda comes out of there being large(ish) defined friendgroup within the fandom #that end up forming their own little echo chamber & will kinda start doing whatever because they know they'll be backed up #and it's incredibly annoying #luckily the fandom isn't big enough to support that right now lmao #also they tend to be extremely invested in only a select few characters and don't care for or actively dislike everyone else #so heaven forbid you're critical of their fave but they WILL be hating on yours. of course theirs is the only correct take #bella talks #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles

[razerathane]

"I'll destroy you."

#tekken #tekken 8 #hwoarang #bandai namco #bamco #literally no spoilers here! #everything except the gameplay footage and alt angle special intro face is from already released trailers #gameplay / alt angle footage is from a close friend who captured that stuff on my request in the beta #hwo fans I beg u #pick him in the char select screen then dont choose p2 for 10 seconds and he starts bouncing like that #he was the only char in the beta that moved after selection #and as for the last gif with the finger wiggle in the gameplay #activate heat (2+3 aka triangle + x simultaneously) and then hit bb (back back) on the d-pad right after to cancel the heat attack #he'll do the little scene and then NOT do the attack move and taunt instead #we have waited TWENTY FIVE YEARS FOR A TAUNT FAM #but also #do that heat cancel for EVERY character... every single one has a taunt #this has been a psa #*mygifs

[ratcandy]

do you think that zote ever gets bullied for having mismatched horns

I guess it would depend on how much symmetry is valued by bugs hDKHSG. which caused me to look things up and find a study that tells me Yes bugs can in fact recognize Symmetry/Asymmetry to some extent if trained to recognize it. So that's neat

ANYWAY your question. I'll go with a Maybe. I'm sure it gets pointed out often enough considering he's one VERY few asymmetrical guys around here. With the only other one coming to mind being Divine due to her mask

But I dunno if it would be as much bullying as it would be "hey why are your horns different sizes? did one break and you couldn't molt a new one properly" and he goes "YES I lost it in a great battle. It was a devastating blow no bug could've seen coming. But I did. Alas. The beast was too quick even for my nimble reflexes. it got a Lucky strike and I earned a heroic scar " or whatever.

i could assume it's commented on to the same extent that like. heterochromia would be commented on. Brain sees asymmetry and goes Woah that's Asymmetry that's Crazy

#again not sure if Bullying would be the term for it #save for like. Kids I guess. but like #I would assume it'd be seen as insensitive to some extent. especially if it is seen as a case of losing a body part #and being unable to do anything about it. but considering it's Horns and theoretically they serve little function outside of #what I can only assume would be mate selection stuff and/or competition #I mean. I dunno!!!!! bully him for being unsexy by Some Bug Out There's standards due to asymmetry. #I'm sure there's something like that out there #I dunno. Many possibilities. Ur activating my bug brain and I don't think you meant to do that. #clamtalk #zote

[chaiaurchaandni]

#free palestine #palestine #performative activism #selective outrage #james baldwin

[astraltrickster]

#memes #media #gender #this meme brought to you by me trying to figure out whatever the fuck the deal is with the lyn twins in genshin impact #they're weirdly identical as many fictional m-f twins are #but why did lynette get the cat ears when lyney didn't? #there are a few possibilities #one is that it's related to epigenetic factors #i.e. they both have the genes for it but some factor caused them to only selectively activate in one of them #one is that it's an x-linked recessive trait such that they started as xx or xxx #and split such that lyney is xx heterozygous and lynette is x/ with the one x carrying it #another is that it's a y-linked trait and lyney is x/ and lynette is xy #or you know they could be fraternal with just ridiculously similar traits #or genetics just work differently in that universe #or any number of things really because biology is fucking weird #but shhhh i LIKE to think of the less common possibilities #especially when said less common possibilities mean they're both trans

[i-d-e-g-a-f]

i already have so many gripes with the original show and how they handle aang’s character arc and his relationship with katara/how they disserviced her by putting her in that relationship and i don’t trust netflix to fix ANY of that in the slightest, in fact i think they’ll probably make things i actually like about the original even worse and the actors are so young too oh my god Kiawentiio get behind me and it’s gonna be another horde of new fans rehashing the same tired old discourse i cannot do this again helpppp

#i’m fucking tweaking rn man #here comes a new wave of perfomative activism #atla fandom critical #atla fandom salt #anti kataang #i noticed an uptick in zutara/kataang discourse recently but i didn’t realize it was bc the show is coming out tdy 😭 #i cannot do this again i cannot relive another renaissance where zutara shippers are demonized for existence #i cannot deal with people shitting on katara for no reason again and people selectively ignoring zuko’s character arc when it’s convenient #for their argument and ppl acting like i summoned satan himself when i critique the aang #atla discourse #i don’t even try to engage in discourse it’s just always recommended to me no matter what i do and i’m just so tired of it

[cerealmonster15]

rewatched That One Scene to get the Vibes for this. it’s fine. okuyasu just needs 2 have his mind palace moment 😌

ref:

ty @gaminegay​ for sharing the cool pose refs post w/the world ily

[the post in question] [send me some suggestions if u so desire]

#jjba #josuke higashikata #okuyasu nijimura #josuyasu #Cereal tries to draw #ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm #jojo jumpscare. angst jumpscare. not the brand of my usual things LOL jksdlfjds #it's ok hes fine he's FIIIIINE im allergic to perma angst #<- watches jojo which is full of perma angst #BUT THIS SCENE ISNT SO #‼️IT'S FINE ‼️ #anyway. i love josuyasu. i miss them i need more of them in my life always and constantly #usually i just copy paste the pose ref in the image but #i didnt feel like it this time bc i been here for like an hour or two LOL #i did not. mean to sit here for this long #i have therapy in da morning i gotta go to BED #ok anyway bye !!!!!!!!!!!! this was fun. i want to do More Of These #i LIKE the selection of poses #brain activated #not now tho it needs to deactivate so i can slep #BYE!!!

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

girl help the content about palestine on tiktok is turning from actual journalism content and educational resources and organized ways to help to "boycott everything or you're a bad person and if you don't use a game filter that generates 0.00001 cent you're personally the problem"

#of course theres still a lot of good stuff on there regarding activism but. *please* #the all-or-nothing disorganized activism comes from a good place but can also end up being discouraging/confusing for other people #theres a difference between 'follow this concise list of companies with proof of supporting israel as best you can' #and 'boycott everything on black friday/cyber monday because its the same time as the ceasefire ignore the sales and #don't buy anything from these big companies just make this a thrifty/homemade holiday season' #even though bds has amazon listed as a NON BOYCOTT company #and some people 1.) dont have a good selection of thrift/secondhand stores as alternatives #and 2.) cannot on short notice switch to making gifts for everyone #(like me! i switched away from homemade gifts *because its too much to do in the holiday season*) #(and switching up what im doing to all thrift/homemade would *cause me to burn myself out*) #mine #tiktok #free palestine #boycott

[echo-bleu]

Just finished the second part of this piece, I think it's my most complex artwork to date... Now I'm scared of posting it because everything lately just kinda flopped :'(

[ID: Screenshot of Procreate, on a detail of a digital painting, showing marble statues of Celegorm and Huan, Caranthir and Curufin.]

#ngl it's gonna be a serious self-confidence blow if it flops #and it inevitably will #celegorm #huan #caranthir #curufin #echo's drawings #silmarillion #silm art #tolkien #boy we are *struggling* with this again #and i hate that i even care #like the few mutuals (or not mutuals) who always reblog and leave nice tags should be enough #and the friends i show outside of social media #but it never is #i also know that it's a fairly small active fandom #and the art i see that does get a lot of notes #deserves it #plus there's a lot of selection bias for it to even end up on my dash #but still #sorry for the whine

[gohjuo]

just a heads up, it won't be formerly announced until maybe thursday but i will be going on a mini-hiatus from sunday january 14th-monday january 22nd. i'm going on a week long vacation to go visit @getouh & @lerevers. so i will be queueing up replies, and while it might not look like i'm active i will be chilling in draftland so that i can have some consistent activity. i don't intend to bring my laptop cause it's been 5000 years since i've last since the both of them, and i'll mostly be on discord when i can. but i do intend to do this for both gojo and yuki ( and i will reblog that on her blog as well. )

#✧ → ʙʟᴇssᴇᴅ & sᴛʀᴇssᴇᴅ ( ᴏᴏᴄ. ) #here to devote my time to my favs #and maybe become an icicle because it's like 20-30 degrees cooler there i think #but not a surprise if i've been actively talking to you on discord #i'm gonna be a little selective with my replies on discord #but please don't think i'm ignoring you #they are the bestest and i've missed them dearly

[icedsodapop]

I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift dating that football guy who knelt during the national anthem in support of Colin Kaepernick is simply a PR stunt on her part to deflect the criticism she received after choosing to date that racist Matt Healy. Like, just take a look at how publications like Slate are writing so favorably about it 😒😒😒

#anti taylor swift #white feminism #performative activism #performative allyship #selective allyship