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I keep getting videos on youtube now about how like, Dan Olsen realized he’s self conscious about being a youtuber instead of a traditional filmmaker, and Watcher got too big for their britches because they conceptualized themselves as a ‘real tv show’ rather than a youtube series and not behaving accordingly, and like those are two very different strains of insecurity about not being a 'real’ artist? Yet at the same time, they should not be worried about that. There has only ever been one real filmmaker on youtube, and that was Jenna Marbles.

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[beabaseball]

desperately trying to find a video essay(???) documentary about exploitation films, specificially sexploitation, that I watched at some point and now cannot figure out WHERE or how I ever found it in this dire internet. I remember clips from interviews with one of the actresses who went on to become a director, and her talking about people who insisted she was complicit in her own oppression, etc. but she was mostly trying to make some money. It wasn't soley about her, but also the general history of exploitation films, and I remember it went up to the 70s with an exploitation film including footage of mastectomies for trans people. Does anyone have any idea what this might have been?

[beabaseball]

It was far too well lit, graphic, and compelling to be that one guy somerton but I will live in fear until I find it again

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desperately trying to find a video essay(???) documentary about exploitation films, specificially sexploitation, that I watched at some point and now cannot figure out WHERE or how I ever found it in this dire internet. I remember clips from interviews with one of the actresses who went on to become a director, and her talking about people who insisted she was complicit in her own oppression, etc. but she was mostly trying to make some money. It wasn’t soley about her, but also the general history of exploitation films, and I remember it went up to the 70s with an exploitation film including footage of mastectomies for trans people. Does anyone have any idea what this might have been?

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[eggings]

happy disability pride month to anyone who has a disability from a condition that “usually isn’t a disability”. happy disability pride month to people with disabilities that aren’t often understood by able-bodied people. happy disability pride month to people who don’t have any official diagnosis yet. happy disability to people whose “labs look completely fine”. wishing you peace this july.

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[professorsparklepants]

making a list. i AM taking suggestions.

[professorsparklepants]

updated with @sroloc–elbisivni’s contribution

[professorsparklepants]

updated with @transselkie’s contribution <3 and @riverofrainbows’s!

[professorsparklepants]

So my criteria on these are:

1. Are there multiple parts that are distinct sonically and/or lyrically from each other? Bohemian Rhapsody is made up of several very different parts stitched together with key changes and lyrics that border on nonsensical. I want you to listen to it and think “what the fuck did they just do here (positive).” Take me on a journey.

(I Got A Boy does this beautifully; the first verse is a group of women discussing a change in their friend, the second verse is the friend talking about her new boyfriend, and the third verse is about her inner insecurities over the relationship.)

2. Is it iconic? Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best selling singles of all time. It charted in the US in three different decades. It’s the #3 best selling UK single of all time, topped only by a Christmas song written for charity and a Princess Diana tribute. To be considered it’s equal the band needs to be extremely prominent within its genre and the song needs to be a celebrated part of their discography.

(Has I listened to Jesus of Suburbia before I made this list? No. But I had heard of the song, to say nothing of the band!)

3. Is it long? This is admittedly a silly question but it is one I consider, especially in an era where we get 2 minute songs released for radio. You can’t do an entire suite of music in three minutes or less 😤.

(Hilariously I think Bohemian Rhapsody is the second shortest song on this list right now, but it is over 5 minutes!)

[beabaseball]

“Touch” by Daft Punk? I would accept if it’s not a bohemian rhapsody as I feel it misses a personal major factor (able to be belted in a group) but as that is not one of the listed criteria I think it does fit

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[lectorel]

I would vote for Biden's shambling zombie corpse before I would risk Trump coming back into power.

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[ravenkings]

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[dropoutposts]

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These two sat next to each other in the college humor office for several years and simultaneously know everything and nothing about each other

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No, it was a terminally online takeaway. It doesn't mean I was watching them through the AAC office building with binoculars for 10 years, but it does mean I read a post on the dropout discord one time, which should be infinitely more terrifying to you.

[aroace-rizgukgak]

Lmao this person. You can't say any opinion or comment about any online figure without being called parasocial, to the point that nobody knows what parasocial means anymore. What post did you see on discord?

[ifyouknowmeirlgoaway]

You can see their desk layout in a bunch of the old college humor videos, too. That's not secret knowledge?

[beabaseball]

It sounds like someone who thinks parasocial relationships are bad and not simply a category of relationship? Like, we’re all in parasocial relationships. The important thing is to realize they are parasocial, and not mistake them for like. A mutual relationship.

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[beemovieerotica]

struggling with how to word this, but putting it out there anyway:

i can fully understand the posts on here from a lot of americans being tired of “vote blue no matter who” posts when the #1 thing that people are constantly (and sometimes only?) addressing is how the republican party is going treat trans/queer people if elected.

it’s part of an unfortunate pattern of prioritizing the effects on a demographic that includes white + upper class people, when people of color and those in the global south are actively and currently being killed or relegated to circumstances in which their survival is very unlikely

it is genuinely exhausting to witness this, and i was also on the fence about even participating in voting because i a) felt like it didn’t matter and b) every time i voiced being frustrated with the current state of the country, white queer people would immediately step in with “but what about trans people!” -> (i am mixed race trans man)

and i say this with unending patience toward people who do this, because i know that it’s not something they actively think about. but everyone already knows how the republican party is going to treat queer people. you are probably talking to another queer person when you bring up project 2025. the issue is that, for those of us who aren’t white, or for those of us who are but who are conscious of ongoing struggles for people of color worldwide, the safety of people around the world feels more urgent than our own. that is the calculation that’s being made.

you’re not going to win votes for the democratic party by dismissing or minimizing these realities and by continually centering (white) queer people.

very few people on here and twitter are actually talking about issues beyond queer rights that concern people of color, or how the two administrations differ on these issues instead of constantly circling back to single-issue politics. this isn’t an exhaustive list. but these are the issues that have actually altered my perspective and motivated me to the point of committing to casting a vote

• the biden administration has been engaged in a years-long fight to allow new applicants to DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program that allows undocumented individuals who arrived as children to remain in the country) after the Trump administration attempted to terminate it. the program is in limbo currently because of the actions of Trump-backed judges, with those who applied before the ruling being allowed to stay, but no new applications are being processed. Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of just deporting the 1.8 million people, but he continues to change his mind depending on whatever the fuck goes on in his head. he cannot be relied on to be sympathetic toward people of hispanic descent or to guarantee that DREAMers will be allowed stay in the country. biden + a democratic controlled congress will allow legal challenges to the DACA moratorium to gain ground.
• the biden administration is open to returning and protecting portions of culturally important indigenous land in a way that the trump administration absolutely does not give a fuck. as of may 2024, they have established seven national monuments with plans to expand the San Gabriel Monument where the Gabrielino, Kizh / Tongva, the Chumash, Kitanemuk, Serrano, and Tataviam reside. the Berryessa Snow Mountain is also on the list, as a sacred region to the Patwin.
• i’m recognizing that the US’s plans for clean energy have often come into conflict with tribal sovereignty, and the biden administration could absolutely do better in navigating this. but the unfortunate dichotomy is that there would be zero commitment or investment in clean energy under a trump-led government, which poses an astounding existential threat and destabilizing force to the global south beyond any human-to-human conflict. climate change has caused and will continue to cause resource shortages, greater natural disasters, and near-lethal living conditions for those in the tropics - and the actions of the highest energy consumers (US) are to blame. biden has funneled billions of dollars into climate change mitigation and clean energy generation - trump does not believe that any of it matters.

i may circle back to this and add more as it comes up, but i’m hoping that those who are skeptical / discouraged / tired of the white queer-centric discourse on tumblr and twitter can at least process some of this. please feel free to add more articles + points but i’m asking for the sake of this post to please focus on issues that affect people of color.

[oddbookreport]

As someone who works in immigration, The whole system is fucked. However, Biden has done a lot to make it easier. Here are some highlights:

- Work permits for asylum seekers. Trump did not allow asylum seekers to work above board, forcing them into cash paying, near slavery jobs. Biden has made work permits relatively quick and easy to get. Also, even though they aren’t cheap, ($520 each) his admin has waived fees for many categories including initial asylum seekers and Violence Against Women Act seekers. Also, anyone with a work permit that was renewed this year will have it for 5 years, enough that if trump fucks the process for everyone people can at least still make a living.

- Prosecutorial discretion. Under Trump, if you didn’t have a path to citizenship and you had immigration court, you were finished. Biden has essentially paused proceedings for hundreds of thousands of people who don’t have a case now, but might in the future, giving them time to work, marry, have children, and potentially open new doors for themselves.

- The one that made the news: Parole in place. To immigrate legally, you have to enter the country legally except under very narrow circumstances. If you crossed the border and don’t win in court, you currently have to apply for a hard to get waiver with a 4 year waiting list to leave and come back legally. Biden is trying to waive this by expanding the options for people who crossed the border and married citizens to eliminate the waiver process.

These changes could be gone as soon as january 25th 2025 if Biden loses, as the new administration will replace the whole administration with political appointees frothing at the mouth to send people back regardless of their personal circumstances.

Sure, immigrating to the US isn’t what everyone wants. I dream of a future with truly open borders where nobody would have to do any of the things I do for them. Right now though, Biden will make things better, even if only to a point. Trump will make them much worse.

[jabberwockypie]

Also poor disabled people.

Recipients of SSI are - by definition - not “upper class” because you can’t have more than $2000 at any give time. Half of SSI recipients aren’t white. (People of Color are also more likely to have jobs where they’re injured or working in dangerous conditions, and have also been disproportionately impacted by COVID.)

• The Biden Administration removed the In-Kind Support and Maintenance Rule as it applies to food. This means that - as of September 30th, at least - you won’t be at risk of losing your benefits if someone shares food with you. Previously, if your parents bought you groceries or your friend cooked for you, you could have your benefits reduced by up to 1/3.
• The Biden Administration is also removing some of the obsolete jobs that are used to deny people disability benefits. Applying for disability benefits involves the government telling you “Well these are jobs you could do with your disabilities” - and the list of jobs was established in the 1970s and hasn’t really been updated, and a lot of the jobs don’t really exist in the US anymore. So you can be told “Sure, you’re too disabled to stand, but you could be a Linen Grader, so you’re not Disabled Enough that you can’t work.” - even though that’s not really a job that exists in the US anymore. Under Biden, the SSA is removing some of those jobs like “reptile farmer”, “barrel assembler”, “nut sorter”, and “microfiche mounter”, so you can’t be denied disability benefits based on your hypothetical ability to farm reptiles.

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[beezlebutch]

"Pride month is over"

WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition

[jehandant]

Reblogging this again bc people in the notes are asking a lot of "Am I included? Am I disabled if I have x?" and I just wanted to add the flag here to show people who the pride month is for.

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This is the new flag, the old one was more vivid and in a z shape, but it's been made more neutral to be inclusive of people with seizures or sensory issues.

Each stripe represents a different aspect of disability:

Red: Physical disabilities

Yellow: Cognitive & intellectual disabilities

White: (And this is the key one I think) Invisible AND undiagnosed disabilities

Blue: Mental illnesses

Green: Sensory disabilities

If you're autistic or have ADHD? this is your pride month. If you have a mental illness, it's your pride month. If you're hard of hearing, this is your pride month. If you have an autoimmune disorder, this is your pride month. If you are not diagnosed with anything but you know something is up with you: THIS IS STILL YOUR PRIDE MONTH.