⚠️ HAPPENING NOW AT NYC'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION: THOUSANDS OF JEWS AND ALLIES HOLD AN EMERGENCY SIT-IN, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. WE'RE TAKING OVER THE GRAND CONCOURSE. WE'RE REFUSING TO ALLOW A GENOCIDE BE CARRIED OUT IN OUR NAMES. CEASEFIRE NOW! NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! ⚠️
you know, one thing that i found extremely refreshing about the Barbie movie is how much it doesn't hate men or masculinity, and instead positions compulsory masculinity as similarly limiting and imprisoning as femininity when it's societally enforced
Happy Pride! A Reminder that "homosexual" wasn't added to the Bible until 1940's in English, not in the original language. the original word is Pornea which translates to abuse and pedophiles, not loving consensual relationship between two adults. Also King James KJV was gay.
Casablanca works so well because it's about a love triangle but there's also a 4th guy who would sleep with everyone in that love triangle and he is constantly saying some of the greatest lines in movie history.
CW: transphobia
Not sure if I should be amused or frustrated at my parents' inability to understand transphobia.
They asked me what's up with that rally a few days ago and I said "some people don't want people like me to exist"
And they looked utterly confused like "what why?"
- I said I wanted to eradicate transgenderism, not trans people.
- What's the difference?
- I'm not going to eradicate them as people, I'm going to eradicate their transgenderism.
- Okay, what if they don't comply?
- Firstly, I'm going to criminalise affirming transgenderism.
Something I've realized is it's essential to intentionally consume high quality content - philosophy, art, music, film, literature. A corporate job can really dim the quality of your creative pursuits, which is why people say they become more "boring" over time
It's all "be gay, do crime" until it's a trans woman performing actual meaningful resistance to hegemony, then the tenderqueers start wringing their hands and finding reasons to dissociate from her.
“Queer' not as being about who you're having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but 'queer' as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.”
bell hooks