Quinn G (hasn't given up yet)

When this is all over you have to remember what they wanted to do to you, and not forgive them for it. We will be popular again and we will make it impossible for them to do this to us again

Stay strong. Live for yourself. But if not that, for revenge

Hopefully people can remember that this is all especially hard for sexual assault survivors

Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying

You been hit by a smooth hymnal

Release the documents because the victims have been demanding this for years. That should really be the bottom line here. RELEASE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS (including photos and videos)

Fairy Seasons Fairy Seasons is an anthology of light and darkness, exploring the fickle nature of fairy kind. The stories span from delightful tales of fairy encounters to nightmarish situations within the darkest ...

Just your first daily reminder that I have a book campaign for the next 20 days.

If pledging is not doable, please repost! Any support means the world to an #indieauthor!

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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration over inhumane conditions at California’s largest immigration detention center.

People detained there have long fought abuse and the denial of basic needs like food and medical care.

it's because the notion that child sexual abuse is some uniquely taboo universally reviled übercrime for which men can easily get their lives/careers ruined is a myth and always has been. it's always been tacitly permitted, winked at, ignored, excused, and downplayed across all sectors of society.

I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra

I did not have "Not Like Us" on daily rotation for an entire year for the American media to start carrying water for middle-aged dudes creeping on high school sophomores.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Look the thing is, you can personally dislike someone -- or even have serious political *strategy* disagreements with them -- while also being clear that they don't deserve to be mistreated

On a level, our enemies are relying on us to forget this

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

Global warming projections have fallen since 2015 The world is on track for about 2.7 degrees Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming by the end of the century. That's down from roughly 3.6 degrees (6.5 Fahrenheit) projected in 2015. Temperature increase predicted by 2100, according to each year's global climate policy outlook 2024 2021 2018 2015 0.0°C 2.7°C 2.7°C 1.0°C 2.0°C 3.3°C 3.6°C 3.0°C 4.0°C Predictions of temperature increase are based on an analysis of all countries' adopted policies. Source: Climate Action Tracker / Graphic: M.K. Wildeman 5.0°C

Strange as it sounds, I think many people find a perverse comfort in the idea that the worst possible climate change outcome is not only possible but inevitable. If you believe we’re past the point where any action matters, you don’t have to actually do anything about it.

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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.

obviously this is bad, but it’s long been true of other countries we praise to the skies for their healthcare and a lot of progressive Americans don’t want to acknowledge that as a huge vector of oppression. there are a lot of places I couldn’t emigrate to even if I wanted bc they have BMI limits

pov: someone flirting with me just started a sentence with “I asked ChatGPT” and they don’t know what’s about to happen to them

"??? asked, but ??? interrupted before ??? could reply" I can already feel my future self's pure fucking rage and I do not care, I'm having fun and that's my main goal with this story and I don't feel like picking the names will be fun right now!

me writing every character name I haven't picked in this story yet as "???" knowing damn well that when I go back and try to fill in the names I'm going to want to kick my own ass for making that decision

this is what i've been saying. swerfs play a MASSIVE role in what's going on here, but so does the "you do fandom in an icky way" discourse. it enables fascists to capitalize by propagandizing their viewpoints as ones that self-proclaimed progressives tend to agree with.

"oh it isnt censorship its just getting rid of the icky evil bad fiction!!!" except they're going to keep broadening the definition of 'icky evil bad fiction' until the mundane shit you like is included just for having two men hold hands lol.

This is why I switched to doing full-service sex work!!! When people talk about this shit pushing marginalized women into more dangerous in-person work, I'm who they're talking about!

It's like if being a baker had Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Rules. Sorry, croissants are illegal this week.

An image with a deep purple heading which cuts to a purple-to-teal gradient. It says "Calling all emote artists! Conjured Ink is hosting a giveaway to celebrate hitting our subscription financing goal! The winner will earn $100 to make 5 emotes which will be used in our community Discord server! Read post for eligibility details".

Conjured Ink's OpenCollective page which shows both how we spend money and how much we currently have in donations. Under Recurring is the number $700, which is more than our goal number. We have currently collected a total of $1371.89.

Thank you for helping us reach a funding goal! To show we put creators first, we're doing a 5 emote comm for our Discord for $100!

To apply, reply to this post with by Nov 20:

1️⃣ Your emote portfolio
2️⃣ A bit about your art background

We'll pick by the 24th!

!NO AI!🚫🤖

Today's a great day to support some creators.

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it.

Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

A post on Mastodon by small cypress (@small_cypress@indieweb.social): As an art teacher I was worried AI would come up as an issue of "why should I learn how to draw when I can use AI instead." But the real issue is that my middle schoolers CONSTANTLY believe all art I show them is AI. Digital art. Photography. Oil paintings from the Western canon. "A human couldn't do that" Being convinced that humans can't make great art is kind of terrifying

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.

Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.

Primaries for senators

“We are disheartened to learn that Lord Killdude has broke his promise and has been shoving people in the volcano. If the murdergooner party is as moral as it once was, then they will publicly disavow Lord Killdude’s actions and work with us towards a bipartisan solution to the volcano problem”