Author: kirkwallhellmouth

Karma and Shadowcat by ~Autumn-Sacura

One of my favorite Marvel pairings-that-will-never-be. Or at least that will never be anything more than one sided because Piotr Rasputin is No Longer Dead. I just hope that if Xi’an shows up in Wolverine & the X-Men (she’s on the roster as staff, so it could conceivably happen) that the writers know/remember that she had major feelings for Kitty.

But I’m not getting my hopes up on them getting to share panel space again, because it’s just not likely to happen with the cast that book has all in one space.

In memory of Ashlynn Conner, age 10 (TW: suicide, bullying, tragedy)

missmokushiroku:

gaywrites:

Ashlynn Conner, a 10-year-old girl from Illinois, committed suicide Friday after enduring bullying at school, including comments that she “looked like a boy” after she got a short haircut.

Her family says the bullying had gone on for several years. Bullies made fun of Ashlynn, a fifth-grader, for how she looked. They called her a boy and said she was “fat,” “ugly” and a “slut.”

The day before she took her life, she told her mother she wanted to be homeschooled because of the bullies. Her mother said she’d discuss it with the principal that week. 

My heart is broken. We cannot let this go unnoticed. Rest peacefully, Ashlynn. Prayers go out to her family and friends. 

Ten. Years. Old.

This is why slut-shaming and fat-shaming and sticking to rigid, ridiculous gendering of appearance are horrible things.

Yeah, they’re fifth graders. They’re ten or eleven years old. And I for one am not surprised that they know the word “slut.” They know what they hear from older kids and from adults and from what they watch on TV or see in movies. People have clearly used these words around them and modeled these behaviours in the presence of these kids.

I’ve seen people wondering how ten year olds even know the word “slut.” When I was in fourth grade (1996-97 school year) a kindergartner  called me a bitch. Kindergartner. So no, I am not surprised that a ten year old knows the word “slut.” I’m saddened and angered by it, but I’m not surprised.

In memory of Ashlynn Conner, age 10 (TW: suicide, bullying, tragedy)

goddessofcheese:

panasonicyouth:

shejustgotstronger:

panasonicyouth:

Trigger Warning for Homophobia, Outing People, Glee Being a Hot Mess

life-ning:

Look at the message you’re sending to the LGBT youth that watch your show, RIB. Look at how terrified you’ve made them.

oh god, this is the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever read.

So I just sort of figured out why half of Tumblr was flipping out last night. I don’t watch Glee anymore, but I follow a lot of people who do and provide excellent commentary and GIFs and it allows me to see what’s going on on the show without actually watching it.

so these messages are horrifying and triggering as FUCK to me because I WAS OUTED. And legit it was the worst, most defining moment of my life, and I saw the clip where Santana slapped Finn and she should have instead punched his throat. It wasn’t painful enough.

i mean….do y’all think the show dealt with Finn outing Santana well enough? I only have context of what’s going on through other people who have seen it. 

Also I haven’t watched it in a while IS MERCEDES STILL LIKE THE BEST THING ON TELEVISION cuz she was always my favorite singer. 

Mercedes is and always will be the best thing/saving grace on that show.

But no, they did not handle Finn outing Santana well AT ALL. That slap? The only retribution. He didn’t get enough. 

That show has made me feel deeply uncomfortable with its tactless approach to very serious subjects lately. I really, really need to stop watching it. 

omg i am so happy for that MERCEDES BE MY QUEEN LET US RULE WESTEROS TOGETHER. I always feel weird about Glee because I also LOVED Kurt, and Darren Criss is fantastic so WHY AM I NOT WATCHING IT but then stuff like this happens and then I am reminded that I have enough in my life that makes me mad, so i go back to watch Parks & Rec because that show makes me feel fuzzy inside.

fyi i do not hate you if you watch Glee. On the contrary, all of you who I follow and who post about it are wonderful people and I love reading your commentary!!!

Agreed, I don’t dislike anyone who watches and enjoys Glee on a regular basis, but if you think Finn was in the right, you need to read the above messages.

Just watching the clips last night made me anxious because it brought back so many feelings from high school when I was pretty much harassed into outing myself to my parents before I was ready, all because some anonymous asshole was leaving notes in my locker threatening to beat me up and out me to everyone. I wanted to make sure at least my parents heard it from me but I honestly wasn’t ready when I came out. I’m a lucky one too, because my bully never went through with their promises. And I still don’t know who they were.

It’s horrible and disgusting, and the next episode, from the preview, doesn’t look to be handling it better. It looks like it’s going to “handled” as “You’re out now – you should be happy about this and you should cheer up and get over it already!” And that somehow performing Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” will fix everything. Um. Side-eyeing those writers pretty hard right now.

Dear Glee…

Following an episode in which one character outs another character in the middle of school hallway, then the outing is overheard by a politician’s niece, who tells her uncle, who decides to run a “family values” attack add questioning another candidate’s reasons for promoting a lesbian to head cheerleader, effectively outing this character to MOST OF THE STATE SHE LIVES IN with an episode entitled “I Kissed a Girl” (which may or may not end up featuring the Katy Perry song) is not cute.

It’s not cute.

I need a picture of Aveline with a “DON’T” sign for this shit.

My annoyance at the continuation of people slut-shaming Isabela aside…

I really think STDs/STIs would be the LEAST of Hawke’s worries. What with giant spiders, reanimated corpses, all manner of bandits, demonic things, and and the whole general Kirkwall-being-its-Hellmouth-y-self thing. Compared to that…yeah, an STD ain’t shit.