hey.
so. haven't been around for quite some time, mostly due to my health issues (the usual + muscle aches and joint pains, i'm having a great time), but also in part due to The Situation. it's hard to care about anything with everything that's been going on, it all seems so pointless and meaningless, i'm living in a completely different universe from everyone else here. wish i could be that privileged, but alas. it's also hard being around here, and on other social media platforms for that matter, and seeing the raging antisemitism and sheer hate everywhere. i haven't checked my dash in almost 2 months, haven't checked specific blogs like i used to either, and have no plans on doing so anytime soon. i know what i'll find, i don't want it.
i was gonna stay quiet like i ususally do, especially since i genuinely don't have energy for anything rn, but it's been 2 months and i've been biting my tongue and screaming and crying into my pillow daily and i just need to get some of it out before i implode. there's only so much ignorance and hate that one person can take before snapping, so. here i am.
i have so much i want to say, i've written a million posts in my mind in the past 2 months, but i'm too Tired to actually write them down, and it'll just be one big messy ramble anyway, so i'm just gonna reblog a couple of other people's posts and make do with that. just a couple, don't worry, i know these are issues most either want to avoid dealing with or the opinions shared in those posts are a complete 180 degrees from what's trendy to believe in today. but i have to share it anyway. for 2 months i've been terrified, frustrated, bitter, angry and absolutely heartbroken, but there's one thing i haven't been, and that is ashamed. i'm proud of who i am. i'm proud of my people and their spirit. you will never understand what it's been like for us, what it still is like for us, but let me just say this: they wanted to break us, they wanted to break our spirit. they failed. we've never been more united. they just made us stronger.
so i'm gonna reblog some stuff so i can get it out of my system and move on. at worst i hope you just ignore and scroll past it; at best i hope you keep an open mind and maybe for the first time read things from a different pov instead of just the one sided propaganda everyone is continuously exposed to. maybe you'll see it isn't all black and white, maybe you'll see there are nuances you're not even aware of, maybe you'll realize you've been fed a lot of misinformation, half truths and even lies over the years. maybe. if you have questions or want to have a mature and civil conversation about it, feel free to msg me and i'll try and reply when my health allows me to, i'm open to discussion. if you want to unfollow me after this, feel free to do so. i'm not gonna force my truth on anyone, but i'm also not gonna change who i am for anyone either.
and on a more personal note, i wanna say thank you again for the msgs i've received last time and haven't replied to (due to health, Situation etc), and for the ones i've gotten since (will get to those soon i hope). i do feel the need to say this tho - i did have a peek or two at my dash and on twitter earlier on and saw some things. i was in a super sensitive state at the time and it was pretty disheartening ngl. it's hard nowadays, with all the hate going on and public opinion being what it is, to know whether or not you're still welcome in these spaces, whether or not people still like you and care about you, or if you've officially become persona non grata. most days it feels like the latter tbh. i just don't know where i stand. i said i'm not gonna force myself on anyone and i'm not, so if you're still ok with me…i guess the ball's in your court? 🌻
thanks for reading. thanks for sticking around, to those who decide to do so. take care y'all. never again is now. am yisrael chai. 💙
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Just popping in to say I read the new chapter of The Hedgehog’s dilemma and WOOH. WOOOOOOOOH. WOOOH BOY, I thought Roy was gonna kill Ted. Like woahh my god. That was so cathartically satisfying to have Roy completely read what was happening in the room and put his foot down like that. I am so very excited for the next chapter—even though my heart is just BREAKING for Jamie, gosh
Anyways- LOVING IT!
Thank you!! The difference between how Roy and Ted respond to Jamie's situation with his dad is so interesting to me and up until around mid-season 3, I was convinced it would be part of Ted's character arc — the idea that hurt people hurt people, and sometimes that hurt takes the form of giving well-meaning but ultimately deeply harmful advice because you're too mired in your own trauma to actually understand the reality of the other person's situation. So when I watched season 2, I interpreted Roy's complete lack of patience for Phoebe's dad ("he's a piece of shit") and him subsequently being the one to comfort Jamie at Wembley as the writers essentially signalling to the audience that he's able to approach the situation from a much more functional angle than Ted, and that Ted would eventually process his trauma enough to develop a more nuanced view of when his whole forgiveness and second chances thing is and is not useful. But then that didn't happen, so I figured if canon doesn't give you the character arc you want, homemade is fine.
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idk if this is even worth talking about cause all my followers are smart and sexy and would never say cage should have died at the end of edge of tomorrow (2014) so I’m not convincing anyone. But my mind keeps going around and around like a hamster in a wheel or like (I imagine) Tom cruise in any room and if I make posts like offerings maybe it will calm the beast. Anyway the idea of Cage sacrificing himself would be a fitting ending for a much less interesting movie, based in a reading that sees his arc as “selfish coward->selfless hero” which if anyone sees his arc like that I would advise that they watch the movie again and pay attention. Cage explicitly Does Not Get Better through the movie if anything he gets Worse he just becomes the kind of person capable of saving the world. Which is kinda the opposite of a “good” principled person. One of the things that makes EoT great is that it doesn’t valorize violence and it doesn’t valorize death. Rita’s passive acceptance and even restless desire for her own death is—literally the entire point of the movie is to combat that. Why does it matter what happens to me? And Cage’s answer is essentially: it shouldn’t, it would be easier if it didn’t, but it does. Cage’s life MATTERS! Not to him, but to the movie! His death is not an acceptable cost for a happy ending! Also he doesn’t go from a guy who doesn’t want to die to a guy willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, he goes from a guy who doesn’t want to die to a guy who kind of does, someone for whom life isn’t a priority anymore because death has no meaning and life is a horror show. Him dying is not an act of moral good it’s not an act of heroism it’s the war winning.
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was alador less *actively* shitty than odalia? sure. is he more likely to see the error of his ways and actually change? yeah, probably.
but good heavens, if i have to see one more portrayal of him as some innocent victim of his mean scary wife i am going to start eating my own eyeballs!
he's not afraid of her!!! he has disagreed with her onscreen with no fear! when he's complicit in her mistreatment of their kids, it's because he either doesn't care enough to intervene or is okay with (or even AGREES WITH) what she's doing!
if he "stands up to" her, it won't be because he grew a backbone. it'll be because he grew a heart.
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people don’t like the barbie movie, and that’s okay, but people who justify it because it’s “basic feminism” or “everyone already knows this” and then go online to laugh at angry reviews from men are kinda showing their asses because it seems like they are either
1) incredibly out of touch with the population’s knowledge of “basic feminism,” or
2) convinced that people who *aren’t* As Holy As Me are Irrevocably Evil, which is sorta reactionary
Like, the movie starts out with a blunt statement that the problems original barbie set out to solve *still* aren’t solved, and that many people still feel safer with barbie in the world. Sure, barbie is a corporate product whose production is owned by people who literally couldn’t care about whether they were selling a feminist or patriarchal product, and Mattel only approved the movie because it’s ultimately favorable to their product (even if not them personally), but they literally address that in the movie. Like, for a group of people who are #intellectuals who #care about art and more importantly #care about women, it seems an awful lot like they’re bashing something that’s ultimately a harmless power fantasy for women that speaks directly to the struggles of both modern women and past generations whose movements still haven’t completely succeeded, because it isn’t the immediate establishment of queer communism without metaphor or preamble.
Ultimately, this is complaining that the Queer Theory Website’s population of Very Online Minorities doesn’t have a strong grasp on majorityfolk’s perspectives, but I’m still uncomfortable watching people break out the pitchforks for why Barbie Wasn’t Feminist Enough. Wanting something better isn’t a bad thing, and being frustrated the world hasn’t caught up with you doesn’t make you evil. Shaming folk for taking a step towards your opinions or exposing themselves to media supporting you (even shittily) does hurt you and the people you care about though.
It’s the whole bodyshaming celebrities thing again. Your witty post isn’t going to make Greta Gerwig make better movies, and it’s not going to make Barbie save the planet, or whatever. It is going to make the guy who felt seen in ken, the woman who felt seen when barbie talked about the male gaze, or anyone who felt safe and happy in the opening Barbieland scenes repress that part of themselves.
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how does one find black girl goth shit without the search giving me all yt women in black
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we have this argument every year I'm sorry but I can give less of a shit if you or somebody else identities as a bi lesbian especially right now PLEASE can we move the fuck ON already I promise you there are more important things in the world than bi lesbians and people who don't like bi lesbians!!!!
i know I'm being rude here, but god every year at the same time people just yap and yap and like what happened to "lgbtq discourse dni" just fucking. GHHRRRGGHHH!!!! it's not even the discourse that makes me mad it's that people drag it on and on, most of you are full ass adults just block and move on for your own sake jesus
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i think my colleagues have a ‘how much can we make solar do before she starts to get pissed off’ scale, or a ‘solar’s mood’ scale in place because as soon as my fave colleague came in he was like “how’s it going?” paused then said “you are so pissed off”
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