hey writers if you want to make a metaphor for racism, please maybe remember that racism is literally based on nothing. Africans weren’t enslaved en masse because the Robo-Musa threatened to destroy the world, they were enslaved because it was economically rewarding and politically convenient. If at any point your allegory for racism includes “so <oppressed group> did this major catastrophe and” then you have not only missed the point but you are literally reinforcing the ideas that racism have let racism self-perpetuate (that e.g. black people are naturally dangerous and violent and must be contained or begrudgingly accepted by the Nice White People)

same with any group (i.e. nationality, beliefs, etc.). there doesn’t need to be a logical reason. whatever later justifications your characters come up with for their racism/xenophobia, etc., are totally 100% fake. even if you think “no reasonable person would see that as a good justification” you’re not writing reasonable people

“The Japanese [i.e. their government] attacked us! Round up all the Japanese [i.e. American citizens] and punish them for it!” The illogic of that seems obvious, but if you confuse and spread fear among your own population, they will believe you and support the oppression

so if you write “oppressed group negatively affected us and now we punish them” as the reason for their oppression, write it knowing the oppressors made it up and are lying. oppressors always own the story, write the history, and hide the truth. uncover the lie at some point or your allegory is incomplete

This is an extremely critical question white fantasy authors need to start asking themselves. Not ‘why does racism exist’ but ‘who benefits from said racism?’

Oh so he’s doing eugenics now

All k9 dogs are abused hands down if you post any pro k9 stuff on my dash you’re unfollowed I don’t care if we’ve been mutuals for years, you can claim to be anti-cop or a leftist or whatever but if you post k9 dogs with like “a good doggo! A good boy!” fuck off, if I lose followers over this then good riddance

It’s ALSO worth saying that police dogs serve a significant role in worsening police brutality. A dog trained to attack a human will maim them. A cop looses a police dog on someone, and that person is expected to peacefully cooperate while a dog is trying to tear their limbs off. It is very easy for those massive wounds to get infected. It is an absurd amount of violence. And beyond the initial attack, the fact that a “poor sweet innocent doggo” did this is used to excuse that brutality in court. Especially if the victim, panicking in the moment, lashed out at the dog. As this website has demonstrated many times, majority-white juries have more sympathies for injured dogs than the people of color who are most often victims of police brutality. So they’re not just systemic animal abuse, they’re also a tool for increased police brutality and to excuse

Frieza / Freeza at Trader Joe’s

Tumblr Code.

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: ”17 cocks”

always reblog tumblr identification

this post makes me want to gouge my eyes out

im laughins so hard who changed it

without American politics changing after 9/11 we wouldn’t have seen michael sheen in good omens 

…explainnn

america’s response to 9/11 caused my chemical romance to form in protest

mcr inspired stephanie meyer to write twilight

twilight gets a movie deal

michael sheen gets casted as aro in the twilight films

a reporter asks michael sheen why he’s in such a silly film series for such a silly genre

michael sheen defends the genre publicly and cites neil gaiman’s works

neil gaiman hears about this and reached out and they go to dinner and eat illegal octopus

neil gaiman and michael sheen become friends

years later neil gaiman finally gets to adapt good omens for tv and casts michael sheen as aziraphale

this is the ultimate butterfly effect, and I will only be accepting any other butterfly effects that explain the genesis of the nichest fic. my ask box is open. thank you.

sleeping under a blanket in just your underwear when it’s cold and your blanket is warm enough to make up for it is the best fucking thing

until the demon living under your bed rips it off and has full access to your body

and the demon is probably hot so she can do what she wants what’s your point

a lot more likes than reblogs on this post bc this webbed site is full of cowards that know im right

I made this for no reason last night

no reason?? you were straight up inspired by God

Courtney Milan gets it!!!!

From Girl Scout’s social media. The original Twitter thread is here.

fanta playing the long game on advertising

this was the fanta can from 1972 - 1988, this CAN is playing the long game

is this the real life

is this just fanta sea

caught in the sand like

won’t escape oceanography

white people go like “is anyone going to redesign this nonhuman evil character as a poc?” and not wait for an answer

white people go “is anyone going to redesign this nonhuman good character as a white person?” and not wait for an answer

white people can rb but please do not clown

white people really cant give a shit abt anyone but themselves unless held at gunpoint or smth huh?

“what about the poor little white kids just trying to have fun?” what about the poor little kids of color made to feel unsafe and unwelcome in a space that was supposed to be fun?

“why can’t poc just make their own redesigns and we can keep these ones” why cant you realize that your actions have consequences and that you should maybe try to not enforce racist stereotypes??

like ofc its ideal to have VARIETY among both villains AND protagonists, its when your characters look like this

that the issue arises

scratch “can”, white people are encouraged to reblog