ihaveabsolutelynoidea:

legitimate criticisms of feminism:

-transmisogyny and the lack of inclusion of transwomen

-the racist history behind it and the lack of inclusion of woc

-ignoring and invalidating women with disabilities

-pretty much anything that falls under lack of intersectionality

-internalized misogyny and girl hate

-promotion of political lesbianism

-radscum

illegitimate criticisms of feminism:

-a feminist was really mean to me once

-they’re sexist against men

neil-gaiman:

What’s your opinion on authors singling out negative reviews (explaining in comments why the review is wrong, defending their book, etc) of their work on sites like Goodreads?

 runningstars

I think authors are allowed to point out errors of fact in a negative review, if they really have to and it’s important to them (errors of the “I understand that the reviewer feels this is the worst account she’s ever read of the Thirty Years’ War of 1618–1648. I would like to point out that one reason for this is that my novel is actually set during the Hundred Years’ War, which occurred from 1337 to 1453…” variety.) And otherwise we should swear loudly to ourselves, probably startling our cats, then we should keep our mouths shut, and go and write other things.

Because I think it’s a good thing that people don’t like everything we do.

I mean that. 

I do not write books that everyone will like. Human beings like different things. If human beings did not like different things — if there was unanimity of opinion on what was good and what was bad, what books were enjoyable and what weren’t, then the odds are that I would starve. My books and stories are not to everyone’s taste, which is why I am so pleased that all people do not share the same taste. 

Some people like what I do. Some people don’t. The ones who like what I do are the ones who keep me fed, and to them I am grateful; and the ones who do not, well, fair enough. There is no letter that I could write to a website, nothing I can ever say that would make someone like a book that they do not like.

(Occasionally time can do that, and experience, and life, and people will come to me and tell me how much better American Gods got during the ten years between them reading it at sixteen and at twenty-six. But that’s a different thing entirely.)

Opinions are true. But they are only opinions. Once you’ve written a book, it belongs to everyone, and they are all allowed to have opinions, and the spectrum of opinions is the spectrum of humanity.

Sometimes I write things I am not satisfied with, and every now and then I run into people who think that thing I did that I didn’t like was the best thing in the world. I feel more uncomfortable around them than I ever do reading a scathing review.

feministdisney:

xashtrayboyx:

moniquill:

k3llyb3an:

gynocieum:

princecarlandprincessellie:

waltdisneyconfessions:

“The genders of the lovers shouldn’t be important!  But God forbid they be anything but male and female.  Okayyyyyy”

Lol fuck off. 

This confession is vile.

Everyone who agrees with this confession is vile.

Disney is big enough that it can sustain a wound. That’s the fucking POINT. Disney is big enough that it has power, and we’re asking for it to exercise that power in a way that counters the continual harm of erasure.

Disney doesn’t give shit about what you believe in. All it cares about it money. They would make a gay couple ONLY if it would bring them profit, and not more trouble. Why would they want to “sustain a wound” when they can profit? I don’t understand where people get their sugar-coated vision of Disney… Just because they make nice, family-friendly cartoons doesn’t mean that they’re some kind of white knight or something. :/

who is claiming they’re a white knight?  If anything, that’s the opposite of what people are saying.   But I can point you to about 4,000 examples of how public outcry shaped company policy just in the last year.    The last thing big companies want is bad publicity since it does, in fact, affect their profits since Disney’s brand name is probably its most valuable asset.  

This is exactly the right time to call for gay characters, as the tide is changing and a majority of US americans now support gay rights- there is the potential there to pressure Disney into changing its policy because there will, at some point in time, be a much larger social backlash if they continue to ignore the existence of queer people- and they know this.   It doesn’t even matter that some people will be all angry about it because they are soon becoming the minority voice, and Disney’s most important marketing segment- children and young adults- are now vastly more accepting, and demanding, of equal representation for their queer peers.   

This.

Also, I am not a Disney employee and it is not my job to figure out what would be best for their wallets. I understand being sympathetic when a company is unable to do something for financial reasons (especially a smaller one aka not Disney), but I am baffled by people who think that I’m only allowed to want things that I am 100% sure will be profitable to corporations.

Consumers can and should ask producers to better fulfill their wants and needs. 

(via gynocieum)

jenjin:

reblogging cuz of notes

Okay so this is one of those posts that people keep changing the text of and so several different groups of people are celebrating the number of notes all thinking it’s for the same thing. Like some of them think there’s 5 million jonas brothers fans on tumblr and some of them think that there’s 5 million people who reblogged it to say they follow back.

And idk I find that hilarious.

I am a potato though.

(Source: thanhv, via celifairy)

Even with characters biases set aside I think Rosemariné is a more complex and interesting character than Gilbert and Kazeki would be a lot more interesting if it was about him and Serge.

I guess there are a lot more stories about people like Serge loving people like Rosemariné than there are about people like Serge loving people like Gilbert, though.

I just have very mixed feelings aout Gilbert whereas I find Rosemariné perfect but underexplored. As it is you could probably make some kind of analysis about meaningful themes in the series having to do with Rosemariné simultaneously having a huge amount of power and dominance while appearing very feminine and coping with horrible PTSD. (Helping readers to cope with their own trauma and believe it could happen to anybody by portraying a traditionally masculine character in a similar situation?)

communistsextips:

Refer to each other’s genitalia as the “means of production” and then refer to handjobs as “seizing the means of production”. 

(via repository-of-lost-things)

neyruto:

maybe we’re all already superheros but our powers are really shitty like the power to tie your shoes really fast or to never burn an omelette

(via fubukinookaasan)

shakethecobwebs:

ungraphic:

i actually do not know how to spell definetly 

defiantly

definenetly 

defenitly

Definitely. 

De-finite-ly. 

The “de” prefix can mean “removal” while “finite” means that something has limits.

When you put “de” in front of “finite” you are removing the limits.

So when something is definitely going to happen, you are removing the limits of that thing happening.

Just a little process to help you remember. :3

omg my spelling life just got that much easier.

pre-serum:

premium more like creamium: There have been brony issues here and there and everywhere lately so…

auxil:

There have been brony issues here and there and everywhere lately so lemme lay down a few things about the issues here. 

My name is Nathan, I am 18 years old, and I watch My Little Pony. I wouldn’t consider myself a brony because I have no interest in the fandom. Now I’m not one for rigid gender roles so I don’t care if some grown ass men want to watch a show for little girls, I also don’t care if you want to make a fandom about it and all draw fanart and discuss this. But here’s the problem:

This show. Is not. For you. Let me reiterate that: This show. Is not. For you. 

This show was created for little girls, it’s written for little girls, it’s drawn with an art style made to appeal to little girls, it’s marketed to little girls, and if you haven’t happened to notice it’s a pretty fucking good show for little girls if you consider other things marketed to them. Don’t. Take. That. Away. From. Them. 

I don’t care if you watch it, I don’t care if you like it, hell I don’t care if you jerk off to it so long as you keep that shit away from the kids. Make a warning page on your website telling kids they need to be 18 or older that usually is pretty effective at scaring them off.  

The biggest demographic for MLP besides little girls it seems is 13-24 year old men. Now, let’s think about what’s marketed for this demographic:

• 99% of videogames
• 99% of comic books
• Most blockbuster films
• A good percentage of TV shows

Now you might not like any of those things, and that’s fine, but you need to understand the intentions of MLP and the reasons it exists: namely to teach little girls about friendship and the tolerance and acceptance of others. 

So don’t whine and bitch about how derpy hooves was changed because her design and demeanor could have been seen as offensive and now her voice doesn’t fit your headcanon. Don’t make racist comments about other people’s art because Rarity isn’t drawn as a thin perfect example of the Master Aryan Race. Don’t make rape jokes about a children’s show and brush off the genuine arguments against this sick shit as “PC bullshit”.

You’re grown ass men. Start acting like it. 

(via nightingales)