Jokes Aside I Think It’s Amazing And Heartwarming To See Like 4chan Incel Bros Perform The Miracle

in middle school during my Intense Greek Mythology Phase, Artemis was, as you can likely guess, my best girl. Iphigenia was my OTHER best girl. Yes at the same time.

The story of Iphigenia always gets to me when it's not presented as a story of Artemis being capricious and having arbitrary rules about where you can and can't hunt, but instead, making a point about war.

Artemis was, among other things--patron of hunting, wild places, the moon, singlehood--the protector of young girls. That's a really important aspect she was worshipped as: she protected girls and young women. But she was the one who demanded Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter in order for his fleet to be able to sail on for Troy.

There's no contradiction, though, when it's framed as, Artemis making Agamemnon face what he’s doing to the women and children of Troy. His children are not in danger. His son will not be thrown off the ramparts, his daughters will not be taken captive as sex slaves and dragged off to foreign lands, his wife will not have to watch her husband and brothers and children killed. Yet this is what he’s sailing off to Troy to inevitably do. That’s what happens in war. He’s going to go kill other people’s daughters; can he stand to do that to his own? As long as the answer is no—he can kill other people’s children, but not his own—he can’t sail off to war.

Which casts Artemis is a fascinating light, compared to the other gods of the Trojan War. The Trojan War is really a squabble of pride and insults within the Olympian family; Eris decided to cause problems on purpose, leaving Aphrodite smug and Hera and Athena snubbed, and all of this was kinda Zeus’s fault in the first place for not being able to keep it in his pants. And out of this fight mortal men were their game pieces and mortal cities their prizes in restoring their pride. And if hundreds of people die and hundred more lives are ruined, well, that’s what happens when gods fight. Mortals pay the price for gods’ whims and the gods move on in time and the mortals don’t and that’s how it is.

And women especially—Zeus wanted Leda, so he took her. Paris wanted Helen, so he took her. There’s a reason “the Trojan women” even since ancient times were the emblems of victims of a war they never wanted, never asked for, and never had a say in choosing, but was brought down on their heads anyway.

Artemis, in the way of gods, is still acting through human proxies. But it seems notable to me to cast her as the one god to look at the destruction the war is about to wreak on people, and challenge Agamemnon: are you ready to kill innocents? Kill children? Destroy families, leave grieving wives and mothers? Are you? Prove it.

It reminds me of that idea about nuclear codes, the concept of implanting the key in the heart of one of the Oval Office staffers who holds the briefcase, so the president would have to stab a man with a knife to get the key to launch the nukes. “That’s horrible!,” it’s said the response was. “If he had to do that, he might never press the button!” And it’s interesting to see Artemis offering Agamemnon the same choice. You want to burn Troy? Kill your own daughter first. Show me you understand what it means that you’re about to do.

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What if Bucky hadn’t been captured?

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Self-Care Master Post

So, I’ve realized that I have all these great self care resources that I use for both myself and others and I think having them in one easy accessible location would be useful, although several of the links may be repeat links, SORRY

Other Masterlists

The Big Relaxation Post (ambient noises, nature videos, databases, just for fun)

Coping Skills and Distractions (coping skills, meditation and relaxation, crafts, games, videos)

Recovery Resources (emergencies, finding therapy/doctors/medication, general recovery, substance addictions, restrictive eating disorders, binge/compensate eating disorders, binge ed/compulsive eating disorders, general anxiety, social phobia/anxiety, depression, family/friends

Self Injury Recovery Masterpost 

Hobbies Masterpost

Back to School Masterpost (languages, research, writing, reading, studying/organization, stress/anxiety, tests, class participation, software, self help

Back to School Masterpost (not the same as above!) (college, food, helpful sites, high school, mental health, resources, motivation, music/sound, school, stress, studying, tips)

Adulting Masterpost (cleaning, money, health, emergency, food, home, job, travel, better you)

Masterpost for Rough Times (crisis, relaxation, the quiet place, comfort foods, advice and tips, videos and movie, distractions, extras)

Deathshands Self Care Masterpost (depression, self harm, loneliness, anxiety and stress, bipolar/manic depression, hallucinations/schizophrenia, eating disorders, anger, insomnia, sexual assault, domestic violence, helplines, learn to love yourself, hard day?, more helplines)

Katelynn’s Self-Help Masterpost (General, self-harm, self defense, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, bipolar)

Masterpost of Masterposts (writing, movies/shows, food, beauty, health, education, music, art, typography, sewing, languages, communication, adulting, diy, random, masterposts)

Self-Help Masterpost of Masterposts (Cheer up and relax, fun stuff, mental illness, self harm, films, general, in case of emergency)

The Tumblr Guide To Healthy Living (nutrition, recipes, desserts, clense/detox, veganism/vegetarianism, weight loss, calculators, exercise, feeling good, battling eating disorders, “inspiration”) I do NOT promote losing weight for the sake of losing weight, thinspiration, dieting, fasting, or any of that. the list is here for recipes and exercises. I am a strong follwer of body positivity and HAES. You are wonderful the way you are!

Food to Make

Really Nice Recipes Every Hour (Seriously, thousands of recipes- well tagged and great instructions. <3)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches

Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes

25 Hot Chocolate Recipes

2-4 Ingredient Recipes

Oatmeal Masterpost

Food On A Stick

Food in a Mug

Chocolate Chip Cookie Guide

Scotcharoos

Chocolate Baileys Mudcake

Fast Food you can make at home

Pancakes. 

Restaurant Recipes

Molten Lava Cake

Red Lobster Biscuits

Amazing Chocolate Recipes

Crockpot Beans and Rice

Broke College Kid Foods

Cookie Recipes

Reptar Bars

Things I Can Say to Myself When I Feel Shitty

Repeat after me

Daily Motherfucking Reminder

You still have

Fuck yea me

Emotional Support Bunny

I am Cute Too

Twenty Dollars

It’s Okay if you aren’t

Mental Grounding

I’m a Fucking Unicorn

Gold Stars

Permission Slip

I’m Proud

Remember the Sloths

Something Beautiful

Personal Victories Vest

Adorable Owls

You’re not unreliable

The Manatee

Motivational Cartoons

You are Good Enough

You are Making Progress

Shout Out

Puppy Love

Personal Qualities not Measured by Tests

Fat is Not a Bad Word

You are Not a Burden

I know you are feeling Sad

Eeyore

7 tips to free yourself

Bodies as Flowers

You Don’t Need To

My Pace

Note to Self

I will not hide

Kitty Loves You

Happy Monsters

I know it’s hard

Things to Be Happy About

Your Legs

Cute/Funny Stuff

Grover Does Science

Just Listen

John John counts with Grover

Classic Paintings with Sesame Street Characters

Best Song

Best Moment in Film History

Babies Experiencing Things

Low-Viscosity Rayon

Dramatic Reading of Rough and Ready

This Adorable Child

Women Rejecting Marriage Proposals (its funny I promise)

Snuff Dancing

Martians Discover a Telephone

Frozen- Everybody

Stretches for the “holy”

Fantastic Prank

Girl with the Twisted Face

Animal Therapy

The dog who can’t run

Baby Hippo

Animals being cute

Dog is Eeyore 

Cute Puppy/Kitty friends

Animals with the Vet 

This Majestic Cat 

Bunnies sticking their tongues out 

Cats sticking their tongues out

Den of Kittens 

Sloth Noises

Dogs in Leaves

Big Kitty

Puppies and Babies 

Puppies and Babies 2

Dogs Underwater

Cat Photobomb 

Cute Animal Pairs

Duck Tales

Newfies

Animals of Tumblr

Dogs with their Babies

Fat Cats

Bunnies

Giant Lap Dogs

Dog Shaming

Dog Shaming 2

Animal Thieves 

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Dogs Being Dogs 2

Dancing Cats

Cat Conversations

Popular Puppy Breeds

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Animals are Great

Silky Anteater

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Kitties Being Kitties 2

Mama and Baby Animals

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Animals using Animals as Pillows

Dealing with Assault/Trauma/Abuse

No is a complete sentence.

Self-care after rape

Resources for Male Survivors

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Things No One Told me about being a Survivor

Are You Disassociating? 

Depression/Anxiety/Panic and Hotlines

Online suicide hotline (not 24/7) 

Virtual Hug/Hotlines

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Panic and Anxiety Masterpost

Anxiety Masterpost

Letting It Out

50 Alternatives to Self-Harm

What to do when someone has a Panic Attack

Anxiety and Helping Someone Cope

How to Help Someone with Depression

Anxiety: A Self-Help Masterpost

Butterfly Project

Distractions

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Websites for when you want to…

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Ambient Noise Masterlist

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Art Masterpost

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Drawing Masterpost

Disney/Pixar masterpost

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Movie Night Masterpost

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Finals Survival Guide

Visual Glossaries

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All of Bill Nye the Science Guy

You’re Getting Old

Cool Sites

Skymall Catalog

List of Distractions

Have Another

And Another

And Another

No really, I insist

Just One More

Emotions and Coping

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Breathing Technique

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Recovery Binder Masterpost

DBT Handbook

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Self Care Cheat Sheet

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Feeling Weighed Down?

Misc.

30 Day Positivity Challenge

Trans Resources

Tips for Dealing with People in Pain

Ways to be an Ally to non-Monosexual People

Lowest Prices for Prescriptions

App to help recover from Eating Disorders

Contraceptives Masterpost

Dealing with Worst Case Scenario 

New Kind of Workout

DMAB Masterpost

So your friend has a chronic Illness or Disability

Having a Friend with Chronic Illness

HabitRPG

Education for Cis allies

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Cheap Travel for Students

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

I feel so bad but i’m just sitting here cackling as my bestie is sending me increasingly exasperated texts about her students’ first research paper (1 page long lol). Like. Despite having deadlines for each stage of research and writing, one kid emailed her at 7:45 pm for the final 10 pm deadline with a question about “resurch.” Multiple kids have plagiarized their papers, one of whom didn’t even bother changing the font or the color of the sections he copied and pasted. One girl just cited a fucking fanfiction story as one of her sources.

Middle schoolers are so precious, but god they can be so stupid too. Darling children lol

i think r/BenignExistence is my favorite subreddit 🥲 i love these pleasant little glimpses into strangers' lives

Okay so I have a lot of thoughts about the whole thing of the Gerudo being a race of entirely women, with the only exception being one man born every hundred years, and that man automatically being their king. Now this worldbuilding comes from Ocarina of Time, and there's obviously a metric fuckton of unfortunate implications there, because it was 1998. And it seems that Tears of the Kingdom is sticking with the lore of Gerudo men being extremely rare and becoming the King of their people, which once again has a metric fuckton of unfortunate implications because it's 2023 and Nintendo has somehow gotten even worse about this shit.

But let's set aside the whole... everything, and look at this from just the in-universe perspective. How does it work? I mean, it's pretty clear that there is no overlap between the kings; the old ones are normally long gone by the time a new one is born, but the Gerudo manage to take care of themselves during the hangtime. So they must have an established system of government and leadership that doesn't involve a king, and somehow that system is set up in a way that does a smooth transfer of power once a new king is born and old enough to take the throne. But why bother always declaring a random guy to be your King when you already have a perfectly functional system in place?

I mean again, the whole thing has a lot of sexist implications, but we're not looking at this from a real world context, we're examining it in-universe. And we could just go the lazy route and say that their king is in charge just because he's the only man, but I don't like that. I mean come on, the Gerudo are a race of entirely women, and most of their outside problems come from Hylian men being creepy about it. They are entirely a matriarchy; there is literally no reason for their culture to have an inherent respect for men, even if the man in question is one of them. And they're desert people; they live in an extremely harsh and dangerous landscape, if they don't have their shit together, they will die. By sheer necessity, their culture needs to put a lot of value in being practical, because if they're stupid about things, people die. They really can't afford to have a shitty leader take over, and just letting some guy take the wheel doesn't really fit with the way their culture must otherwise work.

So again, why the fuck do they bother having a King?

I think it's mainly just a ceremonial position. Yes, if the guy is a good leader he'll be in charge, but if he isn't good at being a King or isn't interested in the job... fuck it, they've already got a functional government system that's been leading their people the whole time, why fix what isn't broken? The title of Gerudo King isn't about leadership or power. I think it's more about belonging. Because the Gerudo are a culture where every single one of them can be defined in the same way... and there is exactly one exception once a century. Men are considered to be inherently outsiders at the best of times, and more often they're enemies. A man born into this culture is a natural outsider; he is completely unique, and that means he doesn't really fit into his community. And well... when someone is fundamentally different from the rest of their community, they tend to be ostracized.

So I think that's why the position of Gerudo King exists. It isn't about them needing or even wanting a man to lead them. The title of King doesn't need to involve any leadership at all. It's about giving the man born every century a place in their society. It's a way of saying yes, you are one of us, you are a Gerudo, you belong here, you are wanted and you are loved.

The Gerudo know that every hundred years, one of their children will be fundamentally different from all of his peers. And so their society is built to ensure that a child who is completely different from them will still be loved and accepted. He will always have a place in their society. He doesn't need to earn their love, he has it just for existing. These are his people.

The title of Gerudo King isn't an inherent position of authority. It's a promise of acceptance.

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Everyone in Infinity Wars gonna be complaining about how hard these last few years have been for them until Thor rolls up with no hair, no hammer, and one eye. 

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