ihatecispeople:

what the FUCK is ariana doing acting as if she’s an ally to the LGBT community and likewise allowing transmisogynic portrayals for comedy’s sake in her latest music video

i talk about the intent of a portrayal again and again regarding other portrayals of hated minorities in media. though there are trans women who have a 5 o’clock shadow, trans women who let their beards grow out fully, trans women who don’t fit the norms of cis womanhood (or cisness in general), who are no less women than those who do, having a cis male back up dancer by the name of scott nicholson play a role where he is to be seen as a man in a dress only has one goal: to laugh at the idea of trans women thinking they’re women.

i seriously question the decision to add this detail to a music video for one of the most listened songs right now. ariana is a big enough of an artist to say that she’s refusing to add transmisogynic content into her videos and having her voice heard, yet this part is still in it. by allowing it in, she’s giving the impression that she either agrees with the mockery, or thinks it’s not big enough of a thing to question: both, in the end, equally harmful.

cis LGB artists and persons, such as troye sivian, took part in this music video, and still trans women are being mocked, showing how little the further cis community (and indeed, even the rest of the trans community) cares about the wellbeing of trans women.

ariana is, by including this, further helping transmisogyny hold its roots steady not only in its portrayal of trans women (and caricatures of men in dresses supposed to represent trans women) in media, but normalising this mockery to her audience, who will use this normalisation to harm trans women. it’s disgusting. ariana’s actions here are disgusting.

Good riddance, George

New Bechdel-like test for gay/lesbian romance films:

super-sootica:

strongorcbutch:

therebewhaleshere:

Your gay characters cannot:

Have an illegal or otherwise creepy age gap.

Cheat on each other or anyone else (especially not if the cheating is portrayed as romantic).

Die tragically, violently or AT ALL.

To all the people in the notes going “but but tragedy is a valid form of…” Yeah, sorry, straights broke it with decades of nothing but tragedy for LGBT characters. This is a moratorium on all such tragedy films with tragic endings for at least the next 50-75 years at which point there will be a review to determine if mainstream media has EARNED it.

Same for tv shows please

esmeriandreamer:

vendetta06:

write in the tags your sexuality and what you consider is low battery. i’m bi and i think 2% is low

youdirtyshisno:

My aunt’s cat is very shy and hides when there are guests in her house. She semi-trusts my parents and will at least be in the same room as them. Tonight, my dad made some progress:

gretasart:

Honestly? Would support

morthils:

ranger-truth:

sushinfood:

great-tweets:

watch the whole thing, i’m begging you

this is NUTS

Reblogging this again because I found out he’s actually the drummer in an all-mascot metal band called Charamel.

wait a second

maxiesatanofficial:

that “violet should have won the chocolate factory” post is using the capitalist lie of a meritocratic society to hijack a 1) fundamentally irrational and chaotic story 2) about a poor child escaping poverty. what next, hollering about how Jack of the Beanstalk fame should be hanged for larceny and murder, despite The Giant – an avowed cannibal – living a life of secluded opulence? It’s counterrevolutionary is what it is.