very strange when a USian talks about US politics without actually knowing any US history

“evangelicals have NEVER before been this involved in the government!!” ?? do you remember that time evangelical christians convinced us to outlaw booze on a national level. like. it wasn’t that long ago

US history is like 75% horrific racist atrocities, 10% our own government trying to set itself on fire in increasingly creative ways, 5% the Fatal American Need to Have A Good Time and 5% the Fatal American Need To Prevent Everyone Else From Having A Good Time. if you internalize that post that’s like “i’ll kick anyone’s ass, i’ll kick your ass, i’ll kick your moms ass, i’ll kick your dogs ass, i’ll kick my own ass” you have a pretty good idea of one of the main observable themes throughout US history

can't stop listening to this

one must imagine Sisyphus really rooting for the forces of entropy

when the boulder is ground down to a cobble, and that cobble ground into pebbles, and those pebbles into sand, and that sand into silt, and that silt into clay... only then will his torment be over

if they don't show up with a new boulder within fifteen minutes he's legally allowed to leave

one must imagine Sisyphus really rooting for the forces of entropy

when the boulder is ground down to a cobble, and that cobble ground into pebbles, and those pebbles into sand, and that sand into silt, and that silt into clay... only then will his torment be over

queer people who have done zero self reflection when they see someone who doesn't look fem in their space

ACTUALLY FUCKING THO

#the bioessentialism is gross and inescapable#‘oh i’m just not comfortable around this person bc i don’t know them!’#is that it? or is it that they’re masculine presenting and you only think of non-binary people as girl lite

Spectrum of overwhelm, now in triangle form due to popular demand

was asked to make a transmasc version of the meme

transfem version for those who can’t/don’t want to access twt

the current trend of "tumblr users embarrassing themselves by proudly announcing why they don't listen to any music made by black people" is really astounding.

i cannot help but think this is a direct result of liberal White Guilt and how people have interpreted "anti-racism" as form of cultural self-segregation - the kind of person who thinks trying to cook chicken curry is cultural appropriation, or sends white people anon hate for wearing a kimono (yes, this kind of discourse happened). like, "oh, no, i could never participate in this culture, i'd get my evil white hands all over it! it would be more Progressive if I only did White things."

if you're a poc you've seen this, i'm sure - this deer-in-the-headlights stare you can get from white people when you play music / show art / share a story / anything that is Racially Coded, this total refusal to actually engage with it out of fear that it is in some way Wrong for them to have any opinion on it. because they read somewhere that it's bad to use AAVE but the only lesson they actually learned from that is "gotcha, white people are not allowed to interact with other cultures as punishment for my White Crimes. this helps to fill up the gaping pit of my white guilt and makes me one of the Good People." this transforms their discomfort around non-white cultures (black culture, especially, i should add) into a kind of virtue

anyway if you are white and reading this. go listen to some fucking haliu mergia. ethiopian jazz. will knock your dick right off. go listen to rap or reggae or bollywood and have a genuine reaction to it - like, an actual, from-the-heart reaction. you are allowed to not like some of it. but you will definitely like at least a little. yes, you can compare it to lemon demon (or whatever) if that helps you get into it and that's your only point of reference. maybe don't say that part out loud. but don't, like, separate yourself from it, like you are seeing it in a museum and the only polite thing to do is go "ahh, huh, very interesting, so much culture here."

I did not write this nearly scolding enough.

I am disappointed that so many people reblogging this seem to have gotten the milquetoast message "appreciation is not appropriation! promote artists of color!" instead of what I'm actually trying to communicate, which is "a lot of people who call themselves well-meaning liberals are actually deeply uncomfortable around people of color and other cultures in general, so they frame their avoidance as a kind of respect so they can keep their own self-image consistent." I am not saying "aw, they mean well."

could've written it better but oh well! too late

We need a counter to “Heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a good point” that is “Heartbreaking: your favorite person in the world just said the stupidest shit you’ve ever heard.”

i hate this sites music taste so much its literally Racism The Music Taste site. you guys dont like rap you dont like jazz you dont like country you dont like blues you dont like ska you dont like reggae you cannot CONCEPTUALIZE listening to foreign artists you dont even know what turbofolk is you cant conceive of music existing out of anglosphere you think that mcr is punk and its the end-all of definition of "punk" for you i hate everyone here like WHAT music do you people even listen to what the fuck is left

a lot of people in my comments going like "THATS NOT TRUE THIS IS A STRAWMAN" and getting debunked by the exact people the post is talking about in the same comments lol.

quick, can you tell us why you came on a post largely abt antiblack racism and decided to single out the jamaican genre of music inspired by rhythm and blues of black artists from new orleans? answer quickly or the sawtrap goes off

is everyone looking forward to Carrington Event 2 Electric Boogaloo tonight?

i know it’s all just jokes but i think we should fr stop acting like the people around us don’t have inner lives. “npc” becoming an acceptable term to call people is very disturbing to me like genuinely idc if it’s not that deep…. plus the new phenomena of calling things you find no substance in “coworker music/movies/etc” like i get the conceit of the joke but i think when you refer to other people in that way consistently, you start to genuinely become convinced that people are just there to fill the background of your life, that they don’t have hobbies or families or lives beyond what you perceive, and that’s so bad. that’s sooooo bad to think of people

I still think if you want to broaden your taste musically you should do it by literally branching out. Take something you already like, look into it’s influences, and give those a try, find something you like then do that again and again and it’s infinite. Yes, by the nature of music in the 20th century this *will* eventually take you invariably outside your genre zone and national zone, if you’re willing to give it a try. (If you like Lady Gaga, she references Sun Ra on her first album and loves him, and from there you’re already a second away from so much music from Africa and Asia, let alone the entire jazz tradition…) Getting into music in a broad and general way is such a magical trip it’s indescribable. Look up the samples, check the wiki ask friends look up the references etc…