Hey so FUCK POST APOCALYPSE but also FUCKING LOVE POST-APOCALYPSE
explanation coming soon
Fuck Post-apocalypse: Post apocalyptic media is often inherently glorifying of toxic masculinity, with the men being the survivors, the ones in charge, violent almost all the time at the exclusion of all other options, and it is often filled with leadership based on whoever is the most “manly” or tough or violent. In addition, a lot of PA media is extremely ableist and transparently social darwinist, despite neither of those really reflecting the reality of low-resource, small societies. It often sacrifices anything outside the assumed “norm” for what would “survive in the new, brutal world” with a glee that borders on zealous. The fact this assumed norm coincides with white dudes with perfectly able bodies is not going unnoticed.
Fucking LOVE Post-Apocalypse: None of the above, however, is built into the genre. These are merely the tropes and attitudes that most prevail within it. It is very easy to, with a bit of research, find out how actual low-resource societies operated, and how people reacted in times of war, famine, drought, and worse. It’s often shocking how much people band together, particularly since our assumption is that of the social darwinist “myself above all others.” It’s much more likely, however, for people to team up and support each other. Conflict can still occur in a setting where this holds mostly true, as human societies have always fought, and the dangers of whatever caused the apocalypse are still very real.
In other words, Post-Apocalyptic media is often pretty fuckin ableist, pretty fuckin toxic and pro-violence, and pretty ooften directly crosses with, or outright is intended to be, power fantasies for (white, straight, and male) people who want to imagine themselves as the tough, super-badass Warrior types.
Having a halfway decent relationship with your abusive parent during adulthood is so weird. Its like, “oh mom, you’re so funny and cute! You violated me and made my childhood a living nightmare, causing trauma that I will never recover from, but nowadays you’re just a barrel of laughs!”
Like, its so great bc as parent and child you share a lot of mannerisms and personality traits, you’ve got a lot of in jokes, you just also have the heart wrenching awareness that this person will never, ever apologize for how they have victimized you, or even just admit to it
i’m tired of vaguing about it. watching you people post about and idolize bts is the most irritating thing and even more because i’m black. everyone knows they’re racist. it’s fucking known that the leader has said the n word. it’s known they’ve worn cornrows and have been called cool when we’re called dirty and ghetto. it’s known that they’ve appropriated our culture multiple times. not to mention that photoshoot. and it’s even worse because i know y’all act like they’re all pure n shit (which is a whole other type of racist stereotype) and then turn around and call us scary and ghetto. and on top of this? stop using aave. i’m especially tired of being told i sound like a kpop stan because i use language my community created.
((ok to reblog, don’t add on if you aren’t black))
native american appropriation (theyve also made fun of native american names, but the video has long since been deleted)
also worth mentioning: if you’re nonblack its not your place to “forgive” bts for the thing theyve done. you cant forgive them for any of their antiblack shit because guess what? youre not black. be quiet.
“When even the best plans and organizations fracture, we revert to relationships that go beyond political or social utility. That means relying upon deeper emotional attachments, maybe even a deeper physical attachments. And that goes back to the clusterfuck I just talking about. As much as sex sells, sex seals. Especially in LGB communities. Trans is not a sexual orientation—but lesbian is. Yet, if you have heard that every dyke has gone out with every other dyke, you are probably leaving out trans dykes. It is a rare and secure lesbian who would date one of us, and yes, that is significant.
Within dyke space, sexual and romantic relationships permeate the community, and not being able to comfortably flirt or fuck or laze away at a women’s spa restricts the ability of trans women to participate freely in a group that to a large part is defined by who wants to sleep with whom.
Sex is a mode of communication and acculturation that cannot be separated from social activism, political change, or anything else that queer women are trying to accomplish. Under attack, overworked, stressed, and trying to make rent—in these times, even revolutionaries will reach for the familiar. And until more trans women become part of that familiar, we find ourselves tossed aside in the name of expedience.
Even your dysfunctional ex is a known dysfunction!”
these are just my colored sketches but im not going to be done with this project for two more weeks so im posting these now before it becomes irrelevant
i loved sesame street growing up and i wish there was more representation of lgbt people living regular lives. being gay is often equated with just sex. i wanted to show bert & ernie in their shared domestic life for this assignment.
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