Racist white folks don’t even realize they’re admirers of African culture.
it’s the little things
“I, along with all of his siblings and his entire family, wish to loudly repudiate my son’s vile, hateful, and racist rhetoric and actions,” Tefft wrote, clarifying that he certainly didn’t learn such values at home.
“I have shared my home and hearth with friends and acquaintances of every race, gender, and creed. I have taught all of my children that all men and women are created equal. That we must love each other all the same,” he continued. However, he acknowledged, that Peter chose another path.
The family has remained largely silent, but Tefft said these recent events pushed them over the edge. Remaining silent, he believed, would be a mistake.
“It was the silence of good people that allowed the Nazis to flourish the first time around, and it is the silence of good people that is allowing them to flourish now,” he wrote.
DAMNNNNNN
This is me.
I am fat.
I am fit.
And I am a badass, apparently.I know whoever’s following me is here for art, but bear with me. This is important to me.
I’ve never seen myself portrayed as this cool fighter in the photo – so the fact that this is me, is a revelation to me.
This photo was taken as part of an article about plus-sized women who work out for fun, not for weight loss. It’s an interesting article; it reviews recent scientific studies debunking myths about fat bodies, and includes interviews with 3 other women besides myself. It’s in Hebrew, though; here’s a LINK.I started practicing in Abada Capoeira 4 years ago.
All these four years, I’ve been constantly struggling with crippling insecurities and self doubt, every single practice. But my struggles are working out for me. It’s slowly sinking in, that being fat doesn’t stop me from doing anything – I stop me from doing things.
After all, just like everyone else in western culture – I was taught that fat people can’t do things. And I’ve always been fat.I’ve spent most of my life worrying about food, dieting, and forcing myself to exercise. It was clear to me that I, a fat person, could never take pleasure in sports, so I never sought out a pleasurable experience in my workouts.
At some point, I became sick of torturing my body and my brain with haunting thoughts about food, with my seesawing weight and the depression following the inevitable weight gain.
And I decided to give up.
I quit my gym subscription. I quit the weight watchers thing I had been part of.
I just existed with my body and tried to be ok with it.I wasn’t. My body’s always been a useless lump attached to my brain, holding me back. Giving up didn’t change that.
My best friend had started taking capoeira classes. He’d been raving about this awesome sport for a few months, about how nice and communal and friendly it was. How creative and fun. He made it sound awesome. And I decided I’d take a venture outside my comfort zone, and give it a shot.
My friend was highly skeptical. He knew that I was a proud couch potato, knew how much I hated working out – and capoeira is an intense fucking workout!But I tried it, and it was so hard, and so painful – but most of the time I didn’t even notice, because my big strong brain was getting a workout, too. And suddenly, I could do a one-handed cartwheel! I felt like a superhero!
My friend stopped going a short while after I had started. But I stayed. Not because I was forcing myself, not because I had a goal. I stayed because I just liked being there. I liked the process, I liked the progress, I liked the people, I liked the person it turned me into. I did it for fun.
And that’s my revelation for you guys – working out can be so much fun, even if you’ve always hated it. You just haven’t found the thing that engages you, yet. Get creative! Go outside your comfort zone! Try something no one expects from you! And forget about your dumb goals! Just have fun!
So now I’m still fat. And I’m finally cool with it.
Took me 30 years of living, but I’ve finally realized that my body isn’t a thing to be looked at. It’s a tool for me to use. A powerful tool. And it’s mine; I live inside of it.
And when I give it a chance – it never ceases to amaze and surprise me.
That’s it, bye.
(LONG long post. click on the title to go to the link)
SHERLOCK WHUMP:
The
Breaking Wheel (J_Baillier) – The instant classic. Prolonged, nuanced medical angst. The
best. (and the 7PercentSolution & J_Baillier sequel On the Rack )Lunar Landscapes (J_Baillier) – This author is a genius. And this work has practically every
colour of Sherlock angst/whump that exists.Fratros, Eros and Agape (emma221b) – John finds Sherlock bleeding in Magnusson’s office. What
happens next (is glorious)Harmless Things (J_Baillier) Scorpions do horrid things to Sherlock
All the Best and Brightest Creatures (wordstrings) – This is epic; and heartbreaking and beautiful. So
beautiful….My Will’s Not My Own (SailorChibi) – Read the warnings. This one broke my heart; oh Sherlock. It’s
never his fault…The Dying Detective Remix (SailorChibi) – When will Sherlock EVER ask for help.
Whenever it’s right (Aliea) – John sees a beautiful man with green eyes on the train. And
then the train explodes…Electric Pink Hand Grenade (BeautifulFiction) – Everyone knows this one. The greatest brain in the world
gets the world’s worst migraine…Dangerous Mould (Benfan) – (Near) death via a petri dish
Raison d’etre (AmphigoricSymphony) – This is like the War and Peace of Sherlock whump. Bloody
Mary…Lopov (AmphigoricSymphony) – Mycroft saves a brutalised Sherlock in Serbia
Addicted to a Certain Lifestyle (sfmpco) – Another fill-in-the-gaps after Sherlock’s collapse at Baker
Street during HLV.Your Visible Ghost (anactoria) – Read the warnings. Sherlock goes missing and John receives a
video message…Staircase Wit (splix) – Sherlock just keeps getting beaten (up). And asphyxiated.
Quite beautifully.The way it was meant to be (whitchry9) – John leaves Sherlock for just four days. And of course; pneumonia.
Fever (thecommonplaceofexistence) – John leaves Sherlock again. Sherlock gets pneumonia. Again.
How to torture John (Dlvvanzor) – Read the warnings. Seriously. Read them. This is Sherlock
whump but almost equally John.The Yellow Poppies (SilentAuror) – Mary is a bad person. Sherlock suffers.
Rush (Valxyri) – Sherlock gets drugged with a massive overdose
In The Silence (ScopesMonkey) – A longer saga (Sugerverse) is worth the read but this
section is quite angsty and Sherlock gets concussion. Chapters 3 – 5 esp.A More Vicious Motivator (ShezzasCompanion) – Read the warnings. Sherlock returns from Serbia and well,
things just go from bad to worse…Perfectly Fine (cabintardlock) – Sherlock gets ill and like an idiot hides it from his
doctor…Pain Management (TheGracefulBlueCat**) – Missing scenes from HLV most about pain and angst and
trauma. **So many of this author’s works are wonderful Sherlock / John whump which I am
not going to list here but recommend…The Game has Changed (youtextd) – Mycroft arrives in Serbia too late to save Sherlock from
terrible, long-lasting trauma. This is the story of how John and Mycroft help
Sherlock back.Not the King’s Men (StoneWingedAngel) – Oh god. Sherlock 😦 this is as far as you can go before Sherlock is too traumatised to recover…
Getting Over It (The_Cool_Aunt) – Something’s not quite right with Sherlock. John starts to
notice…Finger Painting in the Dark (whitchry9) – Read the warnings. Moriarty gets his hands on Sherlock and
well… it doesn’t go well. At all.Tears of the Violinist (SUPRNTRAL LVR) – Moriarty steals Sherlock again. It’s brutal.
Cleansing (CumberbatchCritter) – John stumbles across Sherlock detoxing after being in
hospital for so long. It’s a painful process.Confessions (hockeylass) – John and Sherlock hit the road on a case; and then
everything goes to hell.Not Quite in his Right Mind (BakerTumblings) – Sherlock gets a head injury and it’s a shock for John…
No Incentive So Great (thisprettywren) – Sherlock argues with John. And then gets kidnapped. John is
awesome.The Fix (peg22) – Sherlock goes out for milk. And is injected with heroin.
Blind-Spot in Your Intellect (Only_1_Truth) – Sherlock tests a drug on a military-trained flatmate with
PTSD…The Emergency Contact series (blueink3) – Who Sherlock has as his Emergency Contact when he gets hurt, changes over
time…*******
JOHN WHUMP:
And a Doctor (StillWaters1) – One of my absolute favourites. Sherlock whump too. Doctor John everybody; stand clear.
De Ses Cendres (Amphigoric Symphony) – Tortured epic saga where Magnusson goes after Sherlock and well,
everybody suffers. EndlesslyThe Third Brother (uglycrow) – Another favourite. John gets wounded during a
visit to the Three Garridebs.The River Variations (withoutawish) – John gets hurt during a Three Garridebs encounter and
Sherlock fracturesInto Dark Waters (Breath4Soul) – (TFP) John waits for Sherlock in the Holmes mansion’s well.
He runs out of time.We go anywhere but to the ground (geordielover) – Read the warnings. Sherlock is gone and John…. breaks.
There but for the Grace of John Watson / The Boys of Baker
Street (skyefullofstars) – Parts one and two of a trilogy where John is kidnapped,
drugged and becomes addicted and Sherlock is tested to the extreme. Bonus
Sherlock whump amongst this sweeping narrative.Reaction (Blind_Author) – Read the warnings. What happens to John before the semtex
and vest incident at the pool.Triage (scullyseviltwin) – John gets shot. Sherlock falls apart. The aftermath of
that…Handle With Care (TheGracefulBlueCat) – John gets attacked with a scorpion. What is it with these
men and scorpions??Very Good Indeed (stillwaters01) – John diagnoses what toxin he’s been drugged with and has seconds
to guide Sherlock to saving him.Deal (Basser**) – John underestimates his injury and scares Sherlock (**this author does lovely
whumplets)Vital Organs (firstdrafted) – How can John whump be so goddamned sweet. This is lovely
Fake Service Dogs?
You’re sitting at a cafe with your friend when suddenly a woman walks in with a toy poodle in her purse. The manager at the counter informs her “I’m sorry, but we do not allow dogs”. She replies with a heavy sigh and a “She’s a service dog. She can come with me”. Not knowing much about service dog law, and worrying about getting sued for asking further questions, he sits this woman down at a booth. There, she promptly unzips her purse and places the dog on the booth seat next to her. When the woman’s food comes out, the little dog begs and she feeds her bits off her plate. This dog is not public access trained, and proceeds to bark at those who walk by. This dog is a nuisance and causes many in the restaurant to complain. The manager cannot do anything but inform the unhappy customers that this is a service dog, so he can’t ask her to leave. In the end, it’s the customers who end up leaving.
Now I walk in with my highly trained service dog pressed against my leg in a perfect heel position, and I’m quickly bombarded by the manager telling me “No dogs! No dogs! We ALL know what happened last time”. Confused, I tell him “This is my medical alert and medical response service dog. Her right to accompany me is protected under federal law.” With a sigh, he seats me at a table far away from others where my dog promptly tucks under my feet, out of sight. When my food arrives my dog is still tucked tightly under the table because she knows she’s not supposed to eat when she’s on duty. She stays there ignoring those who walk past for the remainder of my meal. When we leave, a woman by the door exclaims “Woah, I didn’t know there was a dog here!”
See the difference?
Scenario number two occurs at a local grocery store when a man decides to bring his certified emotional support animal into the store with him. Upon entering he flashes a fancy ID card and certification papers. This dog is not as unruly as the first, but he still forges ahead of his handler, sniffs the food on display, and may seek attention from those who walk past. You find this dog adorable, and when he and his owner walk past you ask to pet him. The owner says yes and explains how all he had to do was go online, register his dog, and a few weeks later they sent him a vest, ID card, and certification papers.
Now I pull into the same grocery store. I’m in a rush to get an ingredient for a dish I’m making so I hurry into the store with my service dog next to me. I’m quickly stopped by a manager who demands to see my service dog’s certification card. Remember, this is NOT required by law, and most real service dog teams don’t have them. After 15 minutes of trying to educate, pulling up the ADA website on my phone, back and forth bickering, and drawing more of a crowd than I want to describe… I’m finally allowed in. I grab my ingredient, stand in line (where my service dog obediently moves between my legs to make space for those around me), and I get bombarded by people asking to pet my dog. I explain that she’s working, she has a very important job to do, and she’s not allowed to be pet while on duty. People walk away grumbling and complaining about how rude I was when other handlers like the man they met earlier allow their dog to be pet.
Moral of the story? Fake service dogs create real problems. The ones who are impacted the most are the true service dog handlers who rely on their dogs every day to help mitigate their disability. How would you feel if everywhere you went, you couldn’t make it 10 feet in the door because people were asking you questions? Imagine how much time that would take out of your already hectic day. Businesses lose customers because word gets out that there are unruly dogs in their store, customers become misinformed and start thinking some of these behaviors are okay, some people even start to believe the lies that anyone can just register their dog online and make him a service dog. The result? MORE fake service dogs. MORE real problems.
In this TST scene there is (an image file of) a blog post about changing Rosie’s nappies that wasn’t supposed to be there at the time because Mary is in this same scene, still pregnant.
Just like Sherlock deduced in the Great Game (Fourth Pip/Fourth Season) that the painting’s a fake because the Van Buren Supernova wasn’t supposed to be there at the time it was said to be painted.
Conclusion: it’s a fake! Season 4’s a fake!
This is Intersting
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I can’t make this big enough to read the text. Does anyone have a file where it is more legible?
Your favorite fic author is probably over 30.
(Yes, this is a response to a post going around how maybe it’s okay if adults are in fandom as long as they understand that fandom is for ickle kiddie-boos and walk on eggshells. Um, no. Back in my day, we kicked y’all off our yahoogroups so we could post adult material, and rigorously didn’t post adult material if the list allowed you.)
So, back in the day, several of the authors of an LJ community that posted NSFW fic met up and had a group photo, which they posted. Apparently, some of the 18 year olds said, “Ewwwwwww! They’re all, like, oooooollllld!”
There’s actually a good reason for that.
Writing is part being good with words and part being good at turning your life experiences into something that other people want to read. Remember my previous rant about how you can’t assume a mystery writer is a homicidal maniac, and you can’t assume that a reader who likes a character has the same personal flaws as that character? There’s a reason people assume these things about authors.
See, if you’ve never fallen in love, you might think romance is when the other person brings you a dozen roses and a box of chocolates. And that’s fine! That’s romantic, too! But if you have fallen in love, you might remember the time that you woke up and went to go to class and found a bunch of wildflowers and a plastic ring from a bubblegum machine tucked under your windshield wiper. And you might remember the half touched, half about to burst out laughing expression on your sweetie’s face when you showed up to class wearing that tacky plastic ring. You might think that love is thinking the other person is the best-looking person in the world, or that love is wanting to spend your life with someone else. That’s love, too! Well, at least the second one is (the first is probably just infatuation). But if you’ve been in love before you’ll know that love is also hurting all over because your sweetie’s abusive parent died and they’re unexpectedly destroyed over it. The latter is worth a million flowery declarations.
Now, I’m not saying that no one under 30 can write. Some young people have had very full lives. And some young people have a natural talent for extrapolating from their own feelings. Virgins can write convincingly about sex, even. But the more life experience you have, the easier it is to extrapolate, and the easier it is to come up with the specific details that make things feel real and true.
If you want to become a better writer, the best things you can do are write a lot, share what you write, and live a full life. And remember, before you say adults should be banished from fandom: your favorite author is probably over 30.
Sign the Petition
Discord recently banned their nazi community. Let’s have Tumblr do the same. Hundreds of neo-nazi and white supremacists feel at home on Tumblr and that needs to change.
They don’t respond to reports and apparently won’t care about anything other than intense negative publicity – so this is the best we can do for now.———————-
Following Discord’s recent shutdown of racist alt-right servers, we ask that Tumblr takes neo-nazis and other white supremacy groups more seriously instead of repeatedly ignoring reports on violent language.
I’ve reported several neo-nazi types to staff, including those who have posts like “gas the k-kes” and “kill n-gger apes” alongside nazi imagery and romanticized portraits of Hitler. This is the response I get every time.
> Hello,
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention; we really appreciate your efforts to make
> Tumblr a safer place for everyone.
> We do strongly suggest you block this user. You can find out more about how to
> do that here: https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/social#blockactions
Tumblr staff – by ignoring the rampant and violent hate problem within their community – are providing a safe place for violent fascists and other racists to feel at home.
This specially ironic since Tumblr pretends to stand with Charlottesville victims despite actively hosting neo-nazi groups (look under the tag #fashblr).
It’s outrageous that Tumblr staff refuses to ban these hate communities, and even more insulting that they pretend to be at the forefront of social justice. We want our communities to feel safe, and that cannot continue with the large neo-nazi presence. Multiple have already died in the past few months because of this ideology.
It’s clear that Tumblr will not respond to anything except negative publicity or advertisers leaving their network. So please let them know how the Tumblr community feels by signing and sharing.
What we need to happen:
1. Take reports more seriously. Do not just ask the user to block a dangerous user.
2. Explicitly condemn this hate speech in your Terms of Service. Although it already is to an extent, staff does not seem to follow their own rules.
3. Stop giving a safe place for Nazis and white nationalists. This behavior has NO place on Tumblr and you must remove those inciting hatred and violence.
4. Assign moderators to deal with this issue internally.
Thank you for your help.
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