thewomanandthebell:

People who argue that those who “flip burgers” do not deserve a liveable wage while they try to put themselves in the martyr role by proclaiming “well, I have kids and I’m earning a degree so I deserve better pay!” are missing the point entirely. Do they not think the “burger flippers” have families too? Do they not think that the people working at Dunkin Donuts are trying to finish their education? The answer is, of course, no. How could they see beyond their own nose when their head is so far up their ass. Those who work in a “less desired” job are not inferior to those working as EMTs or lawyers. They serve a purpose as you or I do. To assume otherwise is not only ignorant, it’s poisonous and classist.

pandavalkyrie:

Part of feminism isn’t just proving that women are strong and capable it’s also admitting that women can be awful and disgusting. It’s the flip side of destroying the ‘women are delicate angels’ myth. Don’t pretend women don’t beat, murder, and rape. They do. And stop glorifying women who do god awful things just because they do it in heels and lipstick ok that drug cartel woman is not someone you should be idolizing.

yennranmma:

whenever “strong female characters” insult men by calling them girls  my eyes roll so far back in my head i can see my brain cells die

wyomingsmustache:

I am huge supporter of Letting People Ship What They Want but there are some ships that test my dedication to this cause

sunwukxng:

dubiousculturalartifact:

peter-pantomime:

when I say, “don’t you dare kill or otherwise take this character out of the narrative of the show” and they’re someone of a marginalized identity, i do not mean “i don’t want to see this character treated like a fully-fledged character equally at risk of the highs and lows of the story like any other and i want them to live eternally on a golden pedestal that makes them impervious to the effects of the actions of the plot and therefore a drag on the story.”

i mean, “until this character no longer bears the entire weight of the acknowledgement and representation of marginalized existence in this show, i do not want to see this singular thread terminate in tragedy like it always does.”

it is not a demand that you treat them as untouchable. it is a critique that you are still lacking. it is calling you out on having concentrated so much meaning and significance in one single character that you have made them too important to function properly like any other character in the narrative, and it is asking you to acknowledge this deficiency and not make it worse by also having them end like so many of their tragic predecessors have. 

Create more of them to displace that weight youve assigned these individual characters, unhobble them from this iceberg-below-the-water existence, make them (plural them!!) part of the foreground and background, on the protagonist and antagonist sides, small parts and recurring characters - make diversity not some stale, recycled one-note effort you lazily check off the box for, but a conscious effort in including pervasive variety in your story, so that these characters can each become a fuller part of the narrative and have the equal opportunity to be impacted, positively or negatively, by the drama of the story.

When i say, “don’t you dare kill this character,” the real thing im saying is, “dear god, do better.”

*points*

*points emphatically*

*shrieks loudly*

*points again*

*gives hefty cheer & thumbs up*

i am literally so here for this i would add to this but i’ve got nothing to say cause all the points have been hit on the head

sarcasticwitch:

Okay but seriously the MCU missed its chance to establish tony and steve as friends, and in the trailer when Steve says “but he’s my friend” and tony says “so was i” there is absolutely no actual emotional impact to it. But imagine natasha saying that, imagine steve saying “i’m sorry nat; you know i wouldn’t do this if i had any other choice, but bucky’s my friend” and natasha saying “so was i” like just imagine Natasha playing the lead in civil war instead of iron man, imagine marvel getting over its sexism long enough to recognize that absolutely no one cares that steve and tony are fighting but everyone cares steve and nat are just imagine

itmegracyb:

here’s to the kids who’s parents are nasty and abusive in private but in public are wonderful outstanding people who are important to the community. here’s to the kids who no one will believe when they say “I’m being abused”. here’s to the kids who have to listen to people tell them what a great person their abuser is and “how lucky you are to have a parent like that”. and here’s to the kids who have to fake a smile and say, “yeah he/she/they are really great.”

fuckitandflee:

The real problem with books-turned-movies isn’t “omg they didn’t include every single word in the book” it’s “omg they completely overlooked the main theme, threw out any significant allegories, took away all the emotional pull, an turned it into a boring action movie with a love triangle in it”