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I always find it kind of weird that matriarchal cultures in fiction are always “women fight and hunt, men stay home and care for the babies” because world-building-wise, it makes no sense

think about it. like, assuming that gender even works the same in this fantasy culture as it does in ours, with gender conflated with sex (because let’s be real, all of these stories assume that), men wouldn’t be the ones to make the babies, so why would they be the ones to care for the babies? why is fighting and hunting necessary for leadership?

writing a matriarchy this way is just lazy, because you’re just taking the patriarchy and just swapping the people in it, rather than actually swapping the culture. especially when there are so many other cool things you could explore. like, what if it’s not a swap of roles but of what society deems important?

maybe a matriarchy would have hunting and fighting be part of the man’s job, but undervalued. like taking the trash out or cleaning toilets: necessary, but gross, and not noble or interesting. maybe farming is now the most important thing, and is given a lot of spiritual and cultural weight.

how would law work? what crimes would exist, and what things would be considered too trivial to make illegal? who gets what property? why?

how would religion work? how would you mark time or the passage into adulthood? what would marriage look like? if bloodlines are through the mother, bastardy wouldn’t even be a concept - how does that work?

what qualities would be most important in a person? how would you define strength or leadership? what knowledge would be the most coveted and protected? what acts or roles are considered useless or degrading?

like, you can’t just take our current society and say you’re turning it on its head when you’re just regurgitating it wholesale. you have to really think about why things are the way they are and change that. 

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The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online

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There isn’t a petition for this yet (as far as I know) but sign the #JunkTerrorBillNow petition

HEY IF YOURE IN THE US. CONGRESS IS TRYING TO END ENCRYPTION SO THEY CAN POSSIBLY LIMIT OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER “FOR THE CHILDREN” ITS BEEN AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND NOW AT THE SENATE, CALL YR REPS AND TELL THEM YOUR AGAINST THE EARN IT BILL. TELL THEM ITS THE END OF FREE SPEECH.

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Diana in Paris

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Please note this is set pre-Lila so sweet sunshine Adrien!

• Diana was visiting Paris because there was rumors of a villain

• Many hero's thought it was fake but something about this seemed family to Diana

• So shes in Paris walking down the street and BOOM!

• There's a weird villain with literally the worst outfit she has ever seen and....

• BABY HEROS!

• Why did no one tell her there were baby heros!

• They are so cut with their little black cat ears and tail with neon green cat eyes and their black and red spotted ladybug costumes!

• Wait ladybug themed?

• The baby hero's are the holders of the black cat and lady bug miraculous!

• Diana suits up and helps civilians get out of the way

• Then after the fight she goes up to the baby heros and asks if they're alright and does this happen often?

• They are shook

• This is Wonder Woman!

• Diana tells them stories about the past users, her mother and Heracles

• She also trains them because just because everything is repaired doesn't mean you can be sloppy

• Diana decides that Donna and Cassie would love her new protégés

• Also is it her or would Mari and Adri be perfect for Damian?

• Mari is sunshine but if you hurt her partner...

• And Adri is so sweet but depressed and moody

• She is so going to set the three up!

hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!

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Trippy ML Concept:

(Heads up. Might definitely write this fic)

Gabriel starts a new clothing line themed ‘white cat’ as inspired by Chat Noir, but instead it’s “Blanc”

Imagine. Just Marinette’s reactions. Her thoughts. The triggering. The bleeding panic. How? How?! It really messes with her memories she really wanted to forget - but now it’s all she can remember

The timeline doesn’t exist anymore... no one knows about it. No one understands why she freezes up at the teaser launch posters

And then Adrien (oblivious) starts modeling the clothing

And ofc it’s not Chat so he can wear the white mask w/out being recognised right? while Marinette, getting really and scared and fixated on all this has his photos practically glaring back at her

- And like an entire Tangled moment happens where it all screams out after so much staring and sweating where everything, everything just

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Hey guys I hope your all doing well and I promise I will start writing more Maribats ideas soon! Anyway I antes to tell you that there is a story on ao3 that was inspired by my little drabbles!

It’s Random Oneshots by Cindyquil_love! Click on the link and go read! This chapter is inspired by Tim meets MCD btw!

Cité des Démons; Part 3

Summary: The Dupain-Chengs have had enough of Paris, they’re tired of their daughter being bullied by those she once called her friends. In an effort to escape the pain of Paris they move to the most crime ridden city in the world for a spice of something new.

Note: I changed the year things happened if you couldn’t tell. Instead of becoming Ladybug at thirteen it happened at the age of twelve. This part is Marinette explaining to the Bats (minus Barbara) about her past, what happened in Paris, and why she should help them.

Prologue | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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Marinette had given both Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, otherwise known as Batman and Robin respectively, when she jumped off a building the first time only to have a yoyo appear at her side and used as a grappling hook. When they met on a roof a bit away she just laughed at their stunned faces, taking a bit of pride in it. The girl missed free running but Gotham wasn’t her territory and she wasn’t going back to Paris unless the Akumas come back. She seriously was having withdrawls when it came to the lack of a superhero identity. 

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