The "if you voted for Trump unfollow me" posts are returning, but given then general makeup of your average tumblr user I think there's a different message I'd like to give.
If you didn't vote because "both parties are the same" or "it won't make a difference" or because Kamala wasn't the pure and perfect leader that you wanted or you "didn't want blood on your hands", honestly whether or not you follow me doesn't make a damned bit of difference. But I want you to look. Take a good look at the despair around you right now. And every godforsaken thing that follows I want you to fucking look. Look and know that you could have helped prevent it. We still haven't recovered from his last four years, the world hasn't fucking recovered, and now we're staring down the barrel of god knows how many more years and a river of fucking blood to come along with it.
But your pride and your principles were more important to you than the actual real fucking world we live in.
I hope, if nothing else, that you can take this in. I hope you learn. I hope you grow. I hope you find it in you to realize that in this country they soak our hands in blood the second we take our first breath and the only thing that matters then is what you fucking do with them. What you fight for. Who you fight for. Who you defend.
I hope you wake up. And you step up. And you fucking fight.
But until then. Don't you fucking dare look away.
chag chanukah sameach let's get lit 🕎
“what republicans really mean when they say they’re against DEI is—“
their hatred of DEI isn’t even a dogwhistle. DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. it is what it says on the tin.
republicans do not want diversity; they want hegemony where they end up on top
republicans do not want equity; they want inequality where they end up on top
republicans do not want inclusion; they want to exclude others from the country, from access to their own rights, from power; they want to push out everyone that isn’t them so that they end up on top
simple as. there’s nothing to decode.
i hope whoever actually shot that CEO is having a good day.
I love you PBS I love you NPR I love you public libraries I love you wikipedia I love you project gutenberg I love you librivox I love you libby I love you hoopla I love you openlibrary I love you internet archive I love you resources that make information free and accessible to the public
If you're still on the fence about voting, just wanted to drop in and remind you that the GOP has decided to go all in on the transphobia rhetoric. Just think about that and what it means—for your friends, for your family, for your neighbors. For the intersex people that will inevitably be swept up in this because no one cares to learn that the human body has natural variation. For people in prison, who will see their gender affirming care be reduced even further, amplifying the unjust punishment we force upon them.
Your vote, or lack thereof, has real world implications. People will be affected. And you cannot wash your hands of this choice any more than you can wash your hands of the environmental crisis we're living through. This affects all of us, and no matter what you choose to do, you ARE a part of it. Keep that in mind when you make your choice. As long as you do that, I can respect your choice.
ok, because i just saw a terrible take, i feel compelled to say that there is no "fic market" to "oversaturate" in fandom. good gravy.
you punch nazis!
(requested by anonymous)