demi @demisapiens@cybre.space

of fucking course antisemitism is part of euro folklore, antisemitism is a constitutive element of european culture and identity

european xians: *demonize and terrorize jews for more than a millenium and a half*

white euro writer: i'm sure there's nothing charged about borrowing some folkoric images of ugly fairies and placing them in social roles identified with jews

this isnt really germane to jkr's terf shit (which is vile and others have spoken much better addressing it) but i've seen ppl defend the antisemitism in her portrayal of goblins by saying that she's basing them on european folklore, not antisemitic imagery and like

why do you think there's no antisemitic imagery in european folklore?

Today's gender is tiredness and the sound of rain.

Today's gender is mischievous and optimistic.

Today's gender is an enormous disagreeable jellyfish.

Number of items in the itch.io bundle for racial justice and equality: 1,741 (as stated on its page: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality )

Number of these items which are games: 1,704 (according to Azura's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1btNLbNZIqHDgox0Hx3BVKwuSL2wEnamHN-5ULGTrzXY/edit#gid=1318246858 )

Number of these games in which you can play a character that is a person of color: 61 (as far as I have found, listed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11eKwMOMPoTMIx6D5-Cv-YRHtEGyaiWQ-20BzDDa5SM4/edit?usp=sharing )

Number of these in which some commenters have observed that the player character looks like a racist caricature: 2 (as far as I have found, noted in the document above)

A reminder about fat people:

*Fat people are loveable
*Fat people are desirable
*Fat people are sexual (if they want to be)
*Fat people are allowed to eat whatever the hell they want
*Fat people are allowed to show their tummy and thighs and however much skin they want
*Fat people dont have to show any skin they dont want either!

And above all:
*Fat people don't owe you a fucking thing. Not an explanation, not a reason, not a performance to fit ourselves into some model fat that you can with Good or Bad
*I love fat people

the end, good day

Things we didn't do:
- Start the fire
- Shoot the deputy
- Steal the cookies from the cookie jar

Things we did:
- Tried to fight it
- Shot the sheriff
- Put the sham in the shama-lama-ding-dong

Things we will do:
- Survive
- Rock you
- Walk 500 miles
- Walk 500 more

Things we won't do:
- Get fooled again
- Back down
- That

Things we will never do:
- Give you up
- Let you down
- Run around
- Desert you

(Oops:
- I did it again)

Last thought on this I promise

(Until I need to bang this drum again; it's something we need to be reminded about periodically)

Anyone who non-ironically uses the term "echo chamber" to describe people doing self-care is a troll who you can safely block and mute

It's a big jump to go from the legit observation that echo chambers exist, i.e. "right-wing trolls only listen to other fashy people" all the way over to "and that's why you must listen to every reply guy"

Block and mute early

Block and mute often

Do it for reasons that are entirely "selfish"

No one is entitled to your attention

There will not be a test

Nothing bad happens if you don't hear them

Too many techbros? Mute 'em all

That one guy's jokes need a CW? Your timeline can be full of other stuff

You can even mute that one person's boosts while keeping their posts

It's not censorship; you're not hurting that person

And you don't ever need to explain it or tell anyone

why does grammar is hard

Everyone saying that pride month was cancelled, but it actually feels like the most genuine pride month in a long time.
No corporate floats or rainbow branding. Just people angry and pushing to change the world.

Today's gender is tiredness and the sound of someone walking on snow.

the law of ADHD:

if it is not directly in front of me, it does not exist

Today's gender is gayness and the sound of a tornado siren.

Today's gender is queer and surprised.

So. We need to straighten out a few things. I was following the protests on Twitter all night last night, and noticed two recurring themes.

The first is that a lot of Black protestors have been talking about how their protests were peaceful until a bunch of white people showed up and started wrecking shit.

Apparently, Black organisers have had to ask white protestors to calm down, and some Black protestors have had to put out literal fires which white people started.

We all know who gets the blame in these things. We all know who faces the harsh consequences and who gets to walk home without much hassle.

There are a bunch of reports of this stuff in a thread by @FreeYourMindKid@twitter.com (I trust him as a reliable source):

https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/1266598693647638528

What happened to content warnings? My stream isn't readable for me.