Where are you outside Tumblr?

Oh man, with the news that Yahoo has devalued Tumblr, then why don’t we do one of these.

Tag this post with where you’d like to be found outside Tumblr. Just in case.

ex: #ao3: myusernamehere, #twitter: myusernamehere, #dreamwidth: myusername here

AO3 is for all kinds of fanfic

And other fanworks, for that matter, but let’s talk about fic: When AO3 was proposed, it was in response to Strikethrough and other similar events. Livejournal deleted a lot of accounts without bothering to distinguish between actual pedophiles, survivor support groups, and 100% consensual fantasy fandom activities being done by adults with other adults (most of which involved RP accounts for 16-year-old Harry Potter characters anyway).

I helped write the first AO3 Terms of Service and set up the Abuse committee. AO3 was always intended to be welcoming to all kinds of fic, no matter how dirty, sick, socially unacceptable, bizarre, or out of fashion. During those initial TOS talks, we specifically discussed grotesque RPF snuff porn as the test case for something all of us on the committee found distasteful but would nonetheless defend because, by defending it, we created a space where all of our own favorite things were protected too.

Policing fic content is a slippery slope. Even if you only police the “worst” stuff, you create an environment where the more sensitive authors and no few of the ones “shipping to cope” are no longer comfortable posting at all. Attacking people for posting fic about rape/abuse/etc. is demanding that all survivors disclose. No amount of whining and backtracking will change this fact. It is a disgusting behavior that drives people from your fandoms and creates needless misery while adding nothing of value to the community.

If you want to kick certain kinds of content off of AO3, you do not belong on AO3 in the first place.

Reblog if you think there needs to be more Deaf representation in mainstream media

I want to prove a point.

YES, we need more Deaf representation in mainstream media.

We need more Deaf/deaf/hard of hearing/audio processing disorder representation in mainstream media.

We need more Deaf/deaf/HoH/APD people of color representation in mainstream media, including D/d/HoH/APD women girls and non-binary people of color representation in mainstream media.

We need more Deaf/deaf/HoH/APD Muslim representation, and Jewish representation, and other religious minority representation in mainstream media.

We need more representation for Deaf/deaf/HoH/APD LGBTIQA+ representation in mainstream media, including women girls and nonbinary D/d/HoH/APD people.

We need more representation for Deaf/deaf/HoH/APD people who have grown up with poverty.

We need representation in all kinds of media.

We need representation in movies. In TV. In Books. In plays. In games. In comics. In toys. In all kinds of media.

Yes we need more Deaf representation in mainstream media.

YES WE NEED MORE DEAF REPRESENTATION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

YES! YES! YES! We need more deaf actors/actresses play deaf characters in mainstream media. We need more signing deaf representation in mainstream media. Even in any sign language. We need more mute deaf representation in mainstream media. We need more deaf culture representation in mainstream media We need more deaf surrounded hearing representation in mainstream media. YES, WE NEED MORE DEAF REPRESENTATION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

Reblog with who your partner pokemon would be in the tags!

You know, your best pal, your bud, who follows you everywhere, who sits on your shoulder (or maybe you sit on theirs). We’re talking Ash and Pikachu levels of companionship.

People literally have no reason to hate pokemon go

“Pale awkward kids are outside” cry me a fuckin river some of them may have depression or social anxiety and wouldn’t be able to get out or exercise otherwise

“No one looks where they’re going” do not sit there and tell me people don’t do that to begin with you all fussed about the same thing when texting got popular

“The stops are inappropriate and disrespectful” ok yeah but the GPS  is random and the app just came out so that will be fixed obviously; plus people are visiting historical sites they otherwise wouldn’t visit probably and learn something

“Teenagers-20-somethings are everywhere and it makes me uncomfortable” your 5 year old screaming in the middle of the park makes me uncomfortable bye bitch

“It’s weird and immature” life is weird and immature go fuck yourself 

Yep.

This is the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Test.

Level of social anxiety isn’t a competition - but this is a useful tool for getting an idea for yourself, and for others to get a glimmer of what social anxiety disorder means in day to day life.

what if instead of gender we all had pokemon types

Tag urself im fairy and/or fairy/electric

I want to be one of those girls that other girls hope are gay too

80s workout gems!

Hale told me to give her three random words and she’ll do her best to improvise a song based on them, then this happened. [Soundcloud]

if you were abused or are being abused by your parents as a minor you have probably heard something along the lines of “I do so much for you and I get THIS in return?” or “you’re so lucky to have everything you want!” or even “you don’t think about anyone but yourself”

but they’re wrong. they’re so wrong. they tell you this so you find nothing wrong with the way they’re treating you. and consequently you no longer feel you deserve the things every human being deserves and need to live:

love. love for oneself especially is a big one. your parents betrayed your trust and abandoned you emotionally and if the people you are taught to trust betray you, then how can you possibly think we’ll of yourself?

but you are so good. you are good and kind and have survived so many things no one should have to be put through. you are beautiful and strong and deserve all the love and care in the world. if you can’t convince yourself of it on your own yet hear me now:

you ARE good. you ARE kind. you DO deserve kindness and love.