Give into love, or live in fear.

me listening to a musical about the most terrible heartwrenching tragic fucked up shit to ever exist

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

This is exactly how he got the role playing Weird Al.

not far off, actually. al contacted him, and radcliffe said he was very pleased and flattered but uh...why him? and al said he'd seen radcliffe sing the elements song next to a confused rihanna on the graham norton show like 15 years ago and went "this guy gets it."

By the way, the way that No Child Left Behind impacts the trade worker shortage in the US is because in about 2002 shop classes, home ec classes, auto classes, etc, had their funding diverted into teaching kids how to pass standardized tests so that the schools could continue to pay teachers and keep the library open.

It’s hard to figure out that you might be interested in plumbing as a career when you’ve spent twelve years learning how to pass multiple choice tests and having ceramics and band as the only available electives.

This is one place where I actually WILL do the generational thing and say that Millennials and Gen Z got completely fucked in a way that older generations didn’t.

It’s actually really fucking hard to repair a cabinet when you’ve never had a shop class. It’s really goddamned difficult to learn everything about car maintenance on your own through youtube videos instead of in a semester of auto shop. It’s really goddamned difficult to figure out you want to be a plumber or an electrician or a welder when you are eighteen years old, have been taught to pass tests and cajoled into applying for college, and you’ve never handled an air compressor or used a socket wrench.

I understand feeling like the Wattpad thing isn’t a big deal if all you posted there was work you feel is silly and ridiculous now. But you did the work regardless and no one else should profit off of that. You may not ever want to see the work you posted on Wattpad again, but no one else deserves to profit from it just because Wattpad decided to cash in. Remove your stuff from the website, do a search for your content in case someone else posted it for you, and send them a goddamn takedown notice. This is a shitty thing to do to young writers, and if it’s not pushed back against, it will only get worse.

I feel like the worst part about this whole ViacomCBS/Paramount+ deal is that not only does it take ideas and stories from writers, most of whom are very young, but it also gets around any possible agreement and resulting guidelines with the various Writers Guilds (of America, of Canada, etc). Basically, they’re trying to get/use free labor and that is absolute fucking bullshit.

EXACTLY. The actual content does not matter. It’s both exploitation and a blatant attempt at forcing young writers to accept it. We need to fight this in every ugly form it pops up in.

If you’re not aware of this, ViacomCBS made a deal with Wattpad to basically mine content off Wattpad for new shows. There is very little information about how this is going to work and a lot of risk that they will just take people’s ideas and not pay anyone for anything.

Get your fic off Wattpad right away.

Also if you’ve only posted it elsewhere, SEARCH for it on Wattpad regardless, as someone may have uploaded it for you. You might have to file a DMCA takedown, as Wattpad is notoriously reluctant to act otherwise, but it’s worth fighting this all the way through.

the thing about the “why can’t we say pregnant WOMEN instead of pregnant PEOPLE, PC gone mad!” discussion going on right now is that even the “cis ally” side is kind of not understanding why, exactly, “official” stuff about pregnancy needs to use gender neutral language.

the use of gendered language, whether in law or in company guidelines, has been used as an excuse to exclude trans people from various kinds of reproductive healthcare. there have been stories of abortion providers pointing to the use of “pregnant women” in all clinic literature to justify not giving trans men assistance. there are issues where “women’s health clinics” will refuse to accept referrals for anyone who doesn’t have “F” on their records, which of course includes many trans women. there are in turn stories of trans women being unable to access “male” prostrate cancer screening.

language in this sort of capacity needs to be as factual and neutral and carefully constructed to avoid loopholes as possible. at this stage in my life, as a non-woman capable of pregnancy, i don’t really CARE anymore if you talk casually about pregnancy as something that happens to women. but i DO care if the medical system writes out some guidelines that, in only acknowledging pregnant women as a possibility, open me up to the possibility of being denied care by transphobes who can claim they’re just following the rules.

this is a real issue for us, the gendering of health care leading to single-sex guidelines which are actively used by assholes to say “no, we only treat [gender] here”. it’s not a matter of nitpicking over everyday language; it’s about ensuring we are safe from loopholes that can be used to exploit us.

I know a trans guy who had his gender marker changed after top surgery, and later was refused coverage for a pelvic exam because he was marked as male. he had to fight tooth and nail and in the end they had to change his marker in the insurance system back to female just so he could get one. and the kicker is, they suddenly stopped covering his testosterone once he was no longer marked as male.

it’s for reasons like this that some people don’t get their gender markers changed, but that in itself creates dangerous situations when their marker doesn’t match their presented gender - I’ve heard horror stories of people getting arrested after being pulled over by a cop who thought they were lying about their identity.

So changing gender marker = no coverage for necessary healthcare, not changing gender marker = potentially dangerous situations. This system is literally endangering trans people’s lives. THAT’S why it needs to change.

Freelancing in technical theater means you’re on a lot of different email lists. People need a crew, they send out an email, you respond with your availability. Now, most people start these with things like “hey folks” or “hi everyone”. Neal is not most people.

His openers started off innocent enough.

Then, he started to push boundaries.

And as you can see, it has spiraled out of control since then.

Tag yourselves. I’m the anteater in a suit who thinks he can pass.

THEY JUST KEEP COMING

He’s even witty in real time.

Neal is a hecking gift.

this is a very good resource for an rpg character gjcjiscnnsjc

My new guide to professional email greetings.

DoorDash workers are going on strike tomorrow (July 31st, 2021). They’re demanding tip transparency and a base pay of at least $4.25 per hour. Don’t cross the picket line.

TODAY. Don’t cross the picket line. No matter what they offer you.

evil beach boys wouldn’t it be knife

evil cyndi lauper girls just want to have gun

evil simon & garfunkel the sound of violence

movie idea: guy finds a stone tablet engraved with a mysterious alien language and gets caught up in a national treasure-esque adventure to decipher its meaning, only to learn that it’s just an alien “live, love, laugh” decoration

Say hi to Ziva the cuddliest sweetheart out there 

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Babe wake up new chocolate man video dropped

it’s the fucking chocolate man again!!!!!

amaury guichon is a chocolate sorcerer I accept this but is he a fucking architect too? did he study design or carpentry or some shit? man’s either got an impressive wheelhouse of technical skills or a lot of help