Charlie Kirk: alright guys we need a new idea on how to protest all this liberal nonsense like “caring” and “feelings”
guy with a diaper fetish: glad you asked!
What bothers me about all this nonsense, is that it is entirely part of the patriarchal attempts to erase or glorify certain aspects of history. Let me explain.
In the past, it was exceedingly common, indeed expected for men to have safe spaces. They were sometimes even called this. A man had a study at home, or an office. Even in the poorer houses, during the growth of the middle class, circa 1700′s, men had a library, or a study, or a dressing room. They had social clubs that did not allow women. They were allowed multiple locations that were entirely theirs to do with as they pleased, including abandoning their wives to whatever it was they were doing, ignoring the world, shooting billiards, drinking, smoking and so forth. Even before the creation of the middle class after the plague, there were male-only groups, meeting halls, schools, and pubs. Men had plenty of safe spaces reserved for themselves that were unrelated to work and entirely focused on leisure. At universities, which were male only for the longest time, there were also common rooms, study rooms, rooms for leisure activities, pubs, mess halls and so forth.
Men have always had their male-only spaces. They have kept women from them, they have used them to escape from “the strictures of family life” specifically. They used them to avoid the things that men found overtly objectionable. They have used them to write letters, or converse with other women who were not their wives, or experience companionship with other men. They have even made rules about what could and could not be discussed.
Great historical partnerships, arrangements, bargains, treaties and on and on were founded in these male-only safe spaces. Lloyd’s of London, one of the largest financial institutions of the world? Founded in Lloyd’s coffee shop - a typically male-oriented space full of cronies sitting around chatting about their insurances on ships and trade. Publishing? Founded in pubs and churchyards. Property? governed through public houses and in male clubs. Law? An entire group existed at Temple Bar and the Inns of court to allow male lawyers to have freedom from the regulations of the city, to the point that they often fought with the crown. These men had an entire culture entirely to themselves, with additional safe spaces within that were the foundations of many of the longer standing legal and trade organizations. The British East India trading company? You guessed it. Put together by blokes sitting at a pub on the North Bank.
Safe spaces for men have always existed, while women were either kept from them or eventually had safe female spaces delegated for them by men, usually a solarium or parlor, or drawing room specifically. They were allowed to take the air or promenade in the park, but that was all.
To now see grown men in children’s clothes, acting as if the entire foundation of everything they hold dear and propagate as the heights of achievement wasn’t built in male safe spaces, by men escaping their families, or their jobs, or their obligations for a moment, is both appalling to me and uniquely ignorant. The history of male leisure and its critical impact on how the world works is being overwritten. This new history is a palimpsest that obliterates the intrinsic hierarchies at play in western culture.
These men are stupid bastards, and someone ought to give them a good walloping.
the little boy who created the Flaming Raging Poisoning Sword of Doom was at the live show tonight, and when the McElroys asked where he was, they couldn’t see him, so his dad lifted him up Circle of Life-style and people shone their phone flashlights and SURPRISE, HE WAS THE TINIEST CUTEST ANGUS MCDONALD
THIS IS THE KID HIS DAD POSTED THEIR COSPLAY PHOTOSHOOT IN THE OFFICIAL TAZ FB GROUP
I’ve been working on this piece off and on for like a year now and with the finale finally happening I figured it was as good a time as any to polish this off. the imagery in the crystal kingdom arc is my favorite thing ever
This is a checklist to help one understand Autism Spectrum Disorder. One may use it to self-diagnose or as a worksheet to present to a doctor or therapist and better communicate symptoms they are experiencing. All information is taken from the DSM-5, and I have received help from people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in order to create this checklist.
Section I Must check ALL of the following:
I have trouble communicating with others.
I feel I have odd social habits, such as an inability to participate in normal back-and-forth conversation, reduced sharing of interests and emotions, and/or a failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
I’m bad at picking up on nonverbal forms of communication, such as body language, gestures, and facial expressions.
I have difficulty developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
I have experienced these symptoms since I was a minor.
My symptoms have caused distress for me in social, occupational, and/or other areas of functioning.
My symptoms are not better explained by another mental disorder, substance use, or a medical condition.
Section II Must check TWO or more of the following:
I use repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech when communicating with others.
I prefer sameness, and I rely on routines. Small changes can cause me a lot of stress.
When I become interested in something, I experience it intensely and can become very attached and focused.
I am hypersensitive to the world around me.
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Section III Common Symptoms and Behaviors (not required for diagnosis):
I have difficulty picking up on sarcasm.
I often use overly literal language.
I have difficulty opening up to others and sharing my emotions.
I feel anxiety in social situations.
I am uncomfortable with making eye contact with others.
I am clumsy.
I self-harm.
Sometimes I shut down and just don’t want to speak at all.
I have trouble with perspective and understanding others’ viewpoints.
I have difficulty self-analyzing and therefore have difficulty letting people know how I’m feeling and expressing my needs.
I often find myself at a loss for words.
I am easily overwhelmed when there are too many people.
I participate in self-stimulation (or “stimming”), flapping hands/arms, spinning, or needing to apply pressure to certain parts of my body.
I come off as harsh sometimes because I have difficulty understanding others.
If someone upsets my routine, it triggers my anxiety.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
