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I’m 90% shitposting when I say this, but we need this energy+the energy that powered Save Farscape for saving democracy.

Explaining the concept of a rosary to my non-religious friend I said "It's like a fidget toy but for prayer."

Fandom did not always avoid conflict (I’ve been reading and writing fic since 2000), but given the way fic and romance sometimes cross pollinate I think it’s both unsurprising and very specific to this moment that both romance and fandom are so tension avoidant. Drives me up a wall.

Fascinatingly, this conflict aversion is clearly spilling over into fandom/fic. I’m posting a story right now where the source text is chock full of angst and suffering yet people are still pearlclutching at me because I wrote a teenager having conflict with her parents for multiple chapters.

Seriously though if there’s a time-traveling unicorn who’d like to set things right, I’ll meet you by the star-watching rock.

"bluesky is dying" nobody cares. true posters will write "my dog a chonky boi" or "fuck Matt Yglesias" on a torn rag, stuff it in a bottle, and throw it into the ocean

Oooh, I do love Olivia Dade’s fat characters. I’m especially fond of Teach Me because they’re both older.

It’s a lovely book! It’s also
one of the only romances I’ve read where “I have trouble having orgasms possibly as an SSRI side effect” is not Magically Fixed By Penetrative Sex, and the guy has a daughter but it’s very clear she already has a mom and it’s not an instant family sort of thing.

Yeah, I feel like Rachel Lynn Solomon’s Weather Girl is the only tradpub romance I can think of where a fat man is one of the leads *and* he talks about fatphobia’s impact on his career.

People with my disability (CP) often struggle with math, and now jobs I can do are “train an AI model to replace you.” This after decades of being told I was doomed because I couldn’t have passed college in a STEM field so I majored in history and graduated summa and PBK. And got a PhD. I’m bitter.

Also one of the episodes of TV responsible for my love of Brad Dourif as a character actor.

Beyond the Sea.

the existence of the biscuit and the triscuit tantalizingly implies the existence of the (forbidden?) quadscuit

Frog and Toad gaze at their own reflections in a mirror. Toad holds in his hands a book titled "Fairy Tales." From "Dragons and Giants" In *Frog and Toad Together*

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.

The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad

It is the absolute worst thing about living in Philly, knowing how much of the money we generate goes to The Worst People Who Hate Us.

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

I picture Jenny taking charge by ordering Jamie out of the house and telling Claire he’s only allowed back in by dinner if she has knitted enough rows, since obviously she doesn’t have enough sense to see warm feet as reason enough to learn. 😂

Ian over here politely not saying things like, “well if he didn’t insist on you sitting in his lap you might know how by now… but I suppose that’s like asking it not to rain in Scotland.” But thinking at least a few of them. 😂

How I can tell I’ve been watching a lot of Outlander (yes, I can and do critique it at the same time): I definitely said “Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!” to the cat this morning as she attempted to steal my breakfast.

I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that

Normal Rockwell I believe man

Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.

And ahead of its time that way considering I still knew plenty of people who didn’t have much of an opinion of Elon one way or the other when it came out and the billionaire there is an obvious sendup of him.

Happy Public Domain Day, gang! Nancy Drew, The Shadow, Japanese superhero Golden Bat, and Betty Boop (dog version) have all just had their copyrights expire.

Go nuts!

Every year in December I listen to “This Year” by the Mountain Goats when I feel like I might in fact survive said year. It says a lot about my
2025 that I only just now tried it at 12 PM my time on December 31st.

The older I get the more I understand it’s okay to live a life others don’t understand

How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza?

Deep pan, crisp and even.

Exactly. The show does great work making Claire truly not ableist, pro reproductive freedom, and sex positive in ways DG is decidedly not. CB’s tiny acting choice in A Malcolm where C takes both Fergus’s hands because they are *both him* is so beautiful. Why have S8 step back from any of that?