Jez. 36. White American. Aceish butchish genderqueer dyke, spoonie, cat parent, plant parent, knitter, fanfic writer. (ze/zem or they/them)
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oh you haven't seen taika waititi dressed as gandalf today?? let me fix that.
jess208 asked:
hello!
i saw on twitter that some people are thinking about filming our reactions to the first 30 seconds of Good Omens 2 and hashtagging it so it can help promote the show. Is there any other moments we should record our reactions to?
neil-gaiman answered:
I’d do the end of each episode. And in Episode 6, a lot of things happen.
the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
You write all this and don't even say the fucking word woman and then in the tags you say "We support sex workers" You're just as fucking bad as everyone else.
oh, i see you and a few people like you are struggling with this content. no worries. let's try to work through this together.
If you put on your good reading eyes and big thinking cap, try to go back over the post and see if i do or do not use the word "woman" or "women." (HINT: I might also use man). then use these Key Reading Notes to guide your interpretation:
- do you think it is possible that any person can experience the results of a puritanical culture that degrades and dehumanizes normal human behavior? (THINK: Taylor Lautner was 15 when grown adults begged him to be their husband, their hands shaking, tears in their eyes. Did he have to use the word "woman" in his experience?
- how can society trap sex workers in a horrible loop of both scrutinizing their experience while also demanding excellent performance? how is a video of someone in ropes only okay if it is selling perfume or a car? why are artists on this site blocked by the porn ban, but none of the bots are? what conditions are we creating for victims to come forward? how are we preventing abuse in the industry that is obviously making a few specific people a lot of money? (KEY NOTE: is it only women in porn? is there a reason that when you picture pornography, you assume only women must be present? it's a visible connection to your misogyny: there is often also a man in the scene. that man is also a sex worker. why might it be that you were picturing the woman on her knees?)
- who are you fighting here? (NOTE: with your hands up, flinching, you try to devour the world because the anger in your heart burns louder than the kindness. this will annihilate you. you sit and you scream and it makes no difference. you throw your hands against the wall and it changes nothing. where is the word woman? here, right here, here you go: woman. woman. woman. was it worth it? does it help? does it save any one person? elicit any real response? make that wretched white heart of yours burn a little lower?
- when was the last time you actually reached out and helped a stranger? the last time you actually invested effort in your community? the last time you looked someone in the eyes and said - oh shit. we are both people. and we both deserve our humanity.
With the tags, because they are also excellent:
#what does it mean to be “as bad as everyone else”? #What might the author be trying to describe in the above work? #(THINK: Are the actions of an individual without social power equivalent to the industrial pressure they experience? #Are you dismissing any form of activism that does not cater to your personal sensibilities? Does this create change?) #btw <3 i legit just got back from volunteering <3 #i walk the walk girlie <3 #you chronically online asshole <3 #i fucking hATE when ppl are like WHERE IS THE WORD WOMAN #shut the fuck up. shut up. shut up shut up shut up. people are fucking dying dude #you are setting feminism SO far back #bc you fucking care about the specificity of a word #and im like. GO FUCKING HELP ANY ONE PERSON #you know these bitches are the type that will watch you pull a drowning person out of a river and then say like #'' your swimsuit is ugly and your swimming form isn't good'' #and youre like. wtf dude i was saving a life. #and they're like ''okay but you did it in an ugly way i don't approve of so you're just like the river that is drowning that person'' #and then you KNOW that at a later date this bitch will make an instagram post about how she pulled someone out of a river #(you are not mentioned in it except as a ''crazy person who made fun of her gender'') #i don't give a single FUCK about you!!! you do NOTHING when it comes to feminism!!! you care more about tone policing than actually helping #bc you don't actually care about people!!! #you are not a feminist you do not speak for feminists youre a fucking leech you are a fucking waste of time #the fact i have to fight OTHER WOMEN to make a GENERAL POST!!!!!! YOU ARE DOING HARM BABE!!!! SHUT . THE FUCK. UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! #ps i know sex workers irl. i asked their opinion on all of this. YOU on the other hand. seem like the kind that SAYS you're into feminism #but then looks down on women for wearing tight dresses #you absolute fucking creep #(i blocked too many people and got frustrated halfway through)
I hate you preserving beauty at the cost of enjoyment.
I saw a video of a woman with extremely thick hair doing a thinning method at home. One comment said "my hairdresser heart weeps" because apparently her method may lead to frizz and impact a unified hair look. The woman had so much hair it was giving her headaches.
Its the same as people telling me when I had long hair never to cut it because its so impressive. Its people telling natural redheads never to dye their hair because its such a rare pretty colour.
Its transmasc people being told they were so pretty as a girl and are wasting that.
Its girls being told they are wasting their figure/physical attributes because they are not displaying them constantly and wearing comfortable baggy clothes.
It's people telling you to never go in the sun, not smile and not to use a straw because it will give you wrinkles. Its being told not to eat certain foods because they are bad for your skin, or to do eat other foods because they are good for your skin regardless of whether you enjoy either of those foods. It's being expected to put hours into your skin care and prioritise it over activities you enjoy so you have younger looking skin when you are old.
It's being expected to wear clothes that are uncomfortable because they make you look thinner/more like an hourglass. Not to move in certain ways because it will be unflattering.
It's telling people not to prioritise themselves and their interests in their decisions but instead to prioritise their skin/hair/figure/etc.
I did not agree to preserve whatever natural features i was born with like a one man historical society for myself just because i happened to be made of those genes. I have every right to use and enjoy my body in ways other people don't think fitting and that don't preserve features that currently fit societal beauty standards. I do not agree to hold aesthetic pursuit over comfort and health and happiness.
I know one thing. When i am old i will certainly regret every single day i ate a papaya for breakfast (i hate papaya) instead of a pancake and didn't go into the sun. I will not regret having wrinkles, i just hope they are from laughing.
made some OFMD phone wallpapers if anyone’s still into that kind of thing 🤷🏻♀️
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Technically you're supposed to avoid lighthouses, so you don't smash up against the rocks.
But Edward Teach was never good at following rules.
He is a pirate after all.
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Beyond Belief with Jonathan Frakes except it’s tumblr posts
“And Oppa Homeless Style? Never happened, it was invented by a writer.”
“Do you like the color of the sky?”
“Ever had a girlfriend? What about three girlfriends?”
“What if you had a bar of chocolate that never ended?”
“They said it was the greatest mafia movie ever made. There’s just one problem: It never existed. Or did it?”
