Day: March 20, 2018

slowly-going-on:

Shoutout to the survivors of hidden, unconventional, or non-blatant abuse.

To those whose abusers constantly threatened but rarely acted on their words.

To those whose abusers would treat them well at times.

To those whose abusers would tell them the abuse was “for the best”, “out of love”, or “in your best interest”.

To those whose abusers told them the abuse was just a “joke”, or “prank” or “game”.

To those whose abusers would stop talking to them as a form of punishment.

To those whose abusers would still feed and shelter them, yet completely emotionally neglect them.

To those whose abusers gaslighted them into believing the abuse never happened.

To those whose abusers used uncommon techniques or methods to hurt them.

To those whose abuse was swept under the rug because it was ‘unbelievable’ or ‘impossible’.

To those who do not have proof of the abuse they endured.

Have you always believed the abuse was actually normal parenting? Me too. Do you feel like you’re making it up, or exaggerating stuff? Me too.

Guess what? Those are lies. Your abuse is valid. Your pain is valid. You are not fake. You are not alone.

jenniferrpovey:

fierceawakening:

leproblematique:

dasbaron35:

ladyshinga:

atalantapendrag:

I am so fucking angry right now.

Today on Twitter I have seen several tweets about the accounts of people who identify as queer being suspended for posts where they talk about being queer…

For “using a slur”.

This was absolutely forseeable. This is 100% what “just so you know, IT’S A SLUR” aimed at people using the word queer to describe themselves and their activism was leading to.

I’ve seen “gay” used as an insult in my life WAY MORE OFTEN and YET

Worse, there’s reason to believe that these Twitter accounts were suspended because alt-righters and Nazis reported them for using “queer” as a way of getting revenge for all the Nazi accounts that have been suspended lately.

What did I keep warning about? What did I keep saying? That if we keep ‘problematizing’ words that living, breathing LGBTQ+ people use to describe ourselves and our reality, we’d end up where they would be used against us by precisely the individuals who hate us the most. Something that would have never happened had a term’s reclaimed status been respected, instead of people constantly screaming that it’s a slur, in any and all situations.

THIS is why I keep saying “let people talk the way they talk if what they’re saying isn’t malicious.”

THIS. RIGHT HERE.

If the word “queer” triggers you (or “queers,” “queerfolk,” “queer community” and other plural forms)… 

…get yourselves a word replacer and Fucking. Stop. This. Shit.

Which also means that we now can’t advertise 90% of LGBT+ anthologies on Twitter. Queers Destroy Science Fiction, Hashtag Queer…Queer is in the title of MOST of them. Which should be enough proof that it’s not that much of a slur to a lot of us, right?

I did some quick research. At least one of the accounts has been reinstated. Is this alt righters or did somebody unleash a badly-coded bot? Either way, they need to get their head out of the sand and use more nuance.

domericbolton:

domericbolton:

remember how attack the block is the best movie ever

attack the block has john boyega, a fanciful but plausible plot, cool alien design, a band of plucky kids that are the modern equivalent of 1980s kids riding their bikes everywhere, biting but accessible commentary on race and class, and a character who’s stoned for the entirety of the apocalypse… what more could you possibly want in a movie

fierceawakening:

leproblematique:

dasbaron35:

ladyshinga:

atalantapendrag:

I am so fucking angry right now.

Today on Twitter I have seen several tweets about the accounts of people who identify as queer being suspended for posts where they talk about being queer…

For “using a slur”.

This was absolutely forseeable. This is 100% what “just so you know, IT’S A SLUR” aimed at people using the word queer to describe themselves and their activism was leading to.

I’ve seen “gay” used as an insult in my life WAY MORE OFTEN and YET

Worse, there’s reason to believe that these Twitter accounts were suspended because alt-righters and Nazis reported them for using “queer” as a way of getting revenge for all the Nazi accounts that have been suspended lately.

What did I keep warning about? What did I keep saying? That if we keep ‘problematizing’ words that living, breathing LGBTQ+ people use to describe ourselves and our reality, we’d end up where they would be used against us by precisely the individuals who hate us the most. Something that would have never happened had a term’s reclaimed status been respected, instead of people constantly screaming that it’s a slur, in any and all situations.

THIS is why I keep saying “let people talk the way they talk if what they’re saying isn’t malicious.”

THIS. RIGHT HERE.

If the word “queer” triggers you (or “queers,” “queerfolk,” “queer community” and other plural forms)… 

…get yourselves a word replacer and Fucking. Stop. This. Shit.

pumpkin-bread:

it just occurred to me that cats are basically pet monsters

  • go bump in the night
  • scratches at your door
  • alarming noises
  • “where are you, kitty?” looks under bed to see a pair of luminous eyes staring out of the gloom, unblinking. “oh there you are!”
  • you spot movement out of the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look you see nothing 
  • turn back and THERE IT IS

worstgimmickholidayurlonhere:

kerrypolka:

kinkstertime:

This whole bit is made all the funnier by knowing that all of the guards were just random extras who weren’t told what was going to happen only that they weren’t allowed laugh at any cost as they wouldn’t be payed if they did.

At uni I took a screenwriting course from THIS VERY GUARD EXTRA (who went on to contribute to some of the Python stuff), who confirms this and also that Michael Palin would use different ridiculous names in every take, so they couldn’t even prepare themselves for hearing it.

no fuckin way

Source: betterlucknext