no words.

the fact that people have decided that fandom is an inviolable safe space where anyone trying to point attention away is automatically in the wrong (see this) or to be ignored completely (see the ao3 drives time after a time). genuinely boggles the mind

What's absolutely insane to me is that Ahmed never commented once or involved himself in a single discussion around fandom, yet he was dragged into this mess. I think this person has to be lying about their motivations, otherwise they wouldn't have dragged a literal ongoing genocide survivor into this terminally online attempt at harassment. I think their motivations are a lot more malicious than they're letting on. Even a pure fandom entitled white brat would know that he has not approached a single fandom and shouldn't be bothered at all. Let alone treated in this way.

And for everyone on tumblr: have some fucking shame. Some shame is actually good for you.

So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

Saw a sharp increase in my follower count after posting this. The legitimacy of it is driving me nuts so I also feel the need to say that you can follow anyone on here regardless of whether you’ve interacted with them or not. People like the above mentioned blog are exceptions. Perhaps they themselves think they aren’t and therefore will act like they aren’t, but they are, trust me.

Just follow anyone you wanna follow. The worst thing that can happen is maybe getting soft-blocked by the other person, but if they do soft-block you, then they were never that worth following in the first place.

wow. really hope this isn't actually a norm taking hold with new users! this isn't facebook, you don't need to know people before following them

this is the '10 year mutuals you've never spoken to once' site

In 1988, ACT UP protested the FDA withholding HIV treatment due to requiring unethical double-blind studies of medication they already knew worked.

In 2024, trans activists protested promoters of an NHS-funded report requiring unethical double-blind studies of medication they already knew worked.

Transformers

when i showed this to my friends they didn’t believe me that sonic had a sword in one game

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imagine being 22 years old and all you like to do is draw comics about murdering people and Nickelodeon contacts you to write a childrens’ show 

i didn’t realize this was about Jhonen Vasquez and I was thinking “oh god what happened now”

no offense but you guys need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

Show me where I've made this mistake. Cite a specific time when I misinterpreted a post in this manner.

(i Will go back to everlasting haitus if that GFM slows down too much btw, seeing it to its goal ASAP is my primary focus right now)

every once in a while you just gotta go "This Reality Is Not Acceptable" and put yourself all in on one cause and not let up on it until it is done, to make sure at least one fact of that unacceptable reality, changes. at least one more tragedy avoided.

that is what i have chosen to do here.

i'll admit i'm not especially good at drawing more realistic portraits/people, but i took a crack at it for this. in the back of mind, is the thought: i want to be able to draw a proper family portrait for them a year from now, if they'd like one, and have nobody suddenly be missing from it.

donate, boost, share the GFM yourself on any platforms you may have/on websites i'm not on, in your community servers, anywhere sympathy and action can be found. please.

As of this update, April 11th, the GFM is at 42k out of 60k, but traffic has starting slowing down the past 48 hours, so I’m nudging more again with that status! Please let’s get this the rest of the way to the goal ASAP!

they don’t just need out, the whole family, including the kids, need prompt medical care! I urge anyone reading these words to help however they can, please, peace, and thank you 🕊️ 🍉

As of this update, April 14th, the GFM is at 46k out of 60k 🕊️ 🍉

As of this update, April 17th, the GFM is at 51k out of 60k, almost there, home stretch! let's get it, please! 🕊️ 🍉

While we're all talking about the antiblackness, transmisogyny, and zionism running rampant on the Tumblr staff team, can we talk about the fact that Tumblr staff has sided with a known predator several times too?

Months ago, an account called @critterkiddo posted a callout on @toonimal for being a pedophile and zoophile and running a website where adults and minors can exchange CSEM. Both accounts were then terminated, critterkiddo for "targeted abuse and harassment" and toonimal probably because of mass reporting.

Critterkiddo wasn't just terminated, though — all reblogs of the callout were wiped from Tumblr.

Toonimal's account was then reinstated. I submitted the following Harm To Minors report:

And received the following response:

We thought that the issue with the callout that led to the termination of critterkiddo was that we revealed some of toonimal's personal information in it. Information that was available to the public, mind you, but most websites are legally required to respond to complaints about their users being "doxxed" so whatever. I was actually doxxed when I was 15 and no one lifted a finger to help me despite the dozens of reports I submitted, but alright. We revised the document and removed all of toonimal's identifying information, and I posted the new version of the callout on @bi-greed —

And the same thing happened again. I was terminated. The reblogs of the callout (which had over 4,000 notes) were wiped. I have not received a response to the appeal request I submitted, last week.

Toonimal's blog remains active, where he gloats about @predstrogen getting terminated when he didn't because "she was breaking the rules and he wasn't:"

Because apparently it's fine for him to use Tumblr to advertise his website where adult self-identified pedophiles can talk to minors, as well as various other things like promote his belief that having sex with dogs should be legal and DM a Black survivor of police brutality to call them a cop bootlicker for disagreeing 🥴

You don't have to reblog this, but I would appreciate it if you did. It is very disappointing to me that Tumblr staff has gotten away with covering for toonimal twice. I'm too scared to repost the link to the callout a second time because I know I'll be terminated again, but I want people to know:

Tumblr staff stands with pedophiles and zoophiles and will work to cover for them and defend them while banning people of color and trans women who have done nothing wrong.

Roddy the Hotty…

Because has "white power" or any other actual racist, antisemitic, white supremacist slogan ever gone through what "river to the sea" just went though? Curious. Because we all know that the US government does NOT actually care about its Jewish populace. Crazy how I keep talking about the white right of comfort because it keeps applying.

My hot take is that actually food allergies are a disability and more people need to realize that. The amount of research people with food allergies have to do when they want to go visit places but arent sure if they’ll have access to any food there is insane. Allergy friendly food is almost ALWAYS incredibly expensive in stores bc of all those fucking fad diets that like yoga instructors and middle age soccer moms make popular. And on top of the price, it is so hard to FIND! Almost evrry grocery store ive been to has a tiny ass allergy section that is almost always near empty. Plus what about people who don’t have the money to pay 10$ for a loaf of bread? You go to starbucks and non-dairy milks are like 70 cents extra? People are definitely out there buying and eating stuff that is destroying their digestive systems because they have no other choice. I am begging people to stop pretending that catering to people’s food allergies is elitist and not worth is. We need to make these options openly available.

I'm actually very normal you stupid fucking bitch piece of shit

it's "women's rights!" until a muslim woman walks in

it's "women can wear what they want!" until a muslim woman walks in

it's "her body, her choice!" until a muslim woman walks in