@LordDe78 @OwenJones84 How is he being exploited? He’s getting paid to advertise using a product he needs as much as any other guy.
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Warped Jade
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Warped Jade
@WarpedJake
“You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.” - Henry Nouwen
Leander, TX Katılım Aralık 2022
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@OwenJones84 Exploiting people with mental health issues by using them for advertising should be banned and any company that does that should be hefty fined.
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They want this trans man barred from an advert, just as they wanted Dylan Mulvaney barred from advertising beer. Their argument is that trans people simply existing in the public domain promotes being trans, so they should be erased from public view.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/1…
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@hankgreen You could do an episode on the psychology of it and how stuff like horoscopes can be used as a tool for introspection regardless of any supernatural element.
Similarly, Jungian archetypes and Tarot often go hand in hand.
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Someone recently asked me to talk about “the science of astrology” and I legit didn’t know what to say. I try hard not to disparage people’s worldviews but I didn’t know how to say “there is no science of astrology” without sounding like I was belittling it.
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@CuddlyChompette Doesn’t spinning technically target the counter not the card itself?
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@FaatiTheStreet @kerorokai I think the allegory is less colonialist pilgrims and more indoctrinated WW2 soldiers and civilians.
It’s a moral about systemic injustice blinding those who perpetuate it, typically these characters aren’t even major protagonists but rather simply allies.
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Mis Leading@FaatiTheStreet
@kerorokai It’s the myth of Thanksgiving—that friendly natives and hungry pilgrims got together to share food Instead of the reality: of genocide, deception, thievery, and torture Using the innocence of white children to garner sympathy towards the poor solider for just following orders
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I’m gonna say something “mean”absolutely no disrespect to OP
But neoliberal storytellers and their pet “good one” colonizer trope needs to die like yesterday
I’d love it if police/soldier/colonist/knights/imperialist adjacent characters stopped having redemption arcs please🙏🏾
terra || kolapon 🍇 🌿 local wovengold enjoyer 🌿@kolapon_art
if i had a nickel for every time a queer golden soldier realized that the system they belonged to is oppresive and a total lie, i would have three and all of them are blond too😭
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This is why they don’t want you discussing your wages
Liz Shuler@LizShuler
Talk about your salary. Question mistreatment in the workplace. Know you deserve dignity and respect on the job and have the power to organize your coworkers. All union drives begin with a conversation!
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@RekItRaven Is it something you can actually change and combat or just edgy window dressing you’re supposed to begrudgingly overlook and can’t actually interact with or fix?
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@1989swagg @DrLoupis Because the people in the ad all trans men or non binary and have vaginas.
They need menstrual products too and would appreciate ones that don’t dress it up with hyper femininity.
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@DrLoupis This ad is giving me anxiety fr. Like we already have anxiety from having a heavy flow and we would hate for it to be so heavy that it leaks onto our pants. Why this ad? Just why
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@UnarmedOracle What about unhinged theories that loop back around to just being funny? Something like how Mark Rosewater conspired with Stanley Kubrick to fake the assassination archduke Franz Ferdinand in a secret attempt to help the Free People’s Republic of Snorsh crack packs for dirt rares.
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@KirstyBuchanan @Matthew_Hodson Try replacing that with any other category and see how bad it sounds.
“We have black men and men” sounds incredibly racist and inherently isolates a minority as unequal to the majority.
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@Matthew_Hodson Just trans men and men that's all that's needed. Very simple
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I have been called a fag and a bender and a poof but I’ve never had someone shout out, ‘Oi, cis!’ at me.
#CisIsNotASlur
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@trashtvnpolitix @Matthew_Hodson It’s not a qualifier, it’s a simple adjective that carries no inherent implications. That’s like refusing to be called a blond woman, a white woman, an Californian woman, etc
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@Matthew_Hodson I am a woman, I don’t need a qualifier. If a biological man is presenting as a woman they are a trans woman and that is great for them. Same thing for men. Stop trying to force us to have unnecessary qualifiers just because trans people have a qualifier. We don’t need or want it.
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@tonygoldmark That’s like saying “I’m not right handed, I’m normal”
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Yeah, that doesn't work for me. It infers trans people are somehow abnormal, as opposed to just different.
See, I thought "c*s" and "trans" worked because they were both neutral descriptors, with neither assuming superiority over the other.
twitter.com/Lt_Pippa/statu…
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"Cis/cisgender is a slur!" Okay then, what word would y'all prefer?
No, seriously, tell me. In any discussion of trans identities or trans rights, we need SOME word to categorize people who are not trans.
Would "non-trans" do? I'm trying to meet you delicate fucks halfway here.
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@sailorsctaustin Miles story still is at its peak and still has momentum. While his heart is set he still has a long journey ahead.
Gwen’s story was given a satisfying conclusion with her making amends with her father and big finale monologue, while she’s still growing it it a complete arc.
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@T7tempest @MRmashiti @AVagabond5 @jessiegender @FDsignifier Pay attention to what he was saying. On the surface it is just punk snark. However, nearly everything he says to Miles encourages him to distrust the spider society and do the right thing.
He also teaches Miles how to use his powers and pushes him to get more information.
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@MRmashiti @AVagabond5 @jessiegender @FDsignifier No chemistry? Think you need to watch it again. No relevance? Did you forget that he helps Miles break free and gives Gwen the watch that is instrumental to her coming back to help? Think you really do need to watch the movie again
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Idk if yall are ready for how this character is about to change the game.
The way my 10 year old's eyes lit up when he took of his mask.
Expect him to have a bigger role and to be a cosplay staple until 2060
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@MRmashiti @polydeepcut @AVagabond5 @jessiegender @FDsignifier He was the secret guardian angel slowly and subtly guiding the protagonists.
Aside from his backstory literally everything he did somehow guided the heroes forward.
He was also one of the only character that was was unconditionally supportive of Miles when nobody else was.
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@polydeepcut @AVagabond5 @jessiegender @FDsignifier Exactly
He just popped in, was annoying & then left
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Incredible news out of Florida.
Florida's gender affirming care ban has been blocked in part. The decision is complex, but this should be enough to allow care to proceed soon.
This is the first (of many) wins against gender bans this year.
"Gender identity is real."
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@LeaveHeardAlone @Blankzilla @LunaRaven90 Her story is about coming out to her dad and feeling confident in her identity.
She has a protect trans kids flag in her bedroom and he wears a trans pin.
While she is likely bi as well, everything about her story this movie is incredibly trans coded.
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@Blankzilla @LunaRaven90 I read this as aggressively bisexual-coded, but both of these readings can obviously be true at the same time and I love it.
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@dr_froot @AgentCucco @ErinInTheMorn Yes they actually do. Fire in a crowded theater was a misquote of an off hand comment in a case that was overturned over 4 decades ago. It was originally used to argue for the censorship of draft protesters.
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She CALLED it.
Zooey said, many times, "this bill will target the trans community."
Majority leader Vinton shut her down each time she did and objected.
Said "this bill has nothing to do with trans people."
The FIRST person targeted by the drag ban was a trans person!
Rep. Zooey Zephyr@ZoAndBehold
When I spoke about how this bill could be used to target trans people, Republican Leadership objected multiple times, stating that "the bill had nothing to do with the transgender community." They'll use every procedural tool to silence the communities holding them accountable.
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@TenNoKishi @Kropotkinbaklng @robertoblake @jfwong There’s certainly room for nuance. Some of my favorite character designs are Teferi, Aminatou, and Kaya. In this case however I wish they did something original rather than simply cashing in on the LotR IP.
Something like the lcg’s Haradrim Cycle.
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@Kropotkinbaklng @robertoblake @jfwong Can you prove they're the same individual though? Because there would always be overlaps, but that doesn't prove much
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@have_no_beans @Ranting_Trans I don’t sense any judgment, just pointing out the humor of the situation.
Transitioning is framed as something radical that inherently goes against societal norms.
So, to see a “basic” trans person puts it into perspective that they’re just people living their lives.
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The funniest trans women are the ones that transition and end up incredibly basic. Like you hacked your bio-chemistry and challenged the entire patriarchal system to tweet about pumpkin spice lattes? Powerful ngl.
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@ScottMendelson It had a budget of $250million. It has already broken even and gave the crew something to do between bigger projects.
While movies may constantly be advertised as a big event that doesn’t always need to be the intended goal for the studio.
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#TheLittleMermaid opened with $96 million Fri-Sun domestic and $164 million worldwide (it should be around $200M by Monday). The frontloaded domestic figure and the lousy overseas figure look a lot more like 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' than 'Aladdin'. #boxoffice
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