I've Seen So Many Promising Trailers And Then The Actual Movie Falls Short Because They Churned It Out

I've seen so many promising trailers and then the actual movie falls short because they churned it out so quickly. Same thing happens with overhyped books or the next book in a series half the time. One of the best books I've ever read is 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr. It took him 10 years to write it.

To make something beautiful for the sake of bringing joy to others is a process incompatible with seeking quick profits.

i dont know exactly how to articulate this in a way other people havent but everything is too fast now. 24/7 news cycle, online focuses that last for hours instead of months or years, songs written just so ten seconds can go viral. movies and books churned out to meet some nebulous income quota. idk. im motion sick

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"This is a nightmare": Female Inmate Speaks Out Against Trans-Identifying Male Transfers - Reduxx

An inmate at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW) is speaking out against the transfer of trans-identifying male

please read this article, it is so cruel that these women are being forced to go through this. this is state-sanctioned torture

“We feel like we are part of some sick joke. This is a nightmare that we can’t wake up from,” she added. “The women here are traumatized over and over again and it seems as if no one cares about our needs. We feel like second-class citizens with no rights.”

I work in a adolescent locked mental health unit. Guess how many kids on average there identify as trans or non-binary? I would say it's around 30 to 40% of them. During orientation, my co-worker said to me, "rule #1: we just use they/them pronouns for everyone so they can't get offended at us for using the wrong one".

it's always "trans youth are at a higher risk for suicidal thoughts" and never "suicidal youth are more prone to deciding they're trans"

Okay fuck it if this post reaches 666k notes by the end of 2023 I'll practise basic self care

Why 666k? Because it's funny and impossible so good fucking luck

People on twitter are saying glasses aren’t a disability aid, and like… I get glasses have been pretty normalized, but I’m poor and need my glasses to drive/see in general/stop myself from getting migraines so… if my glasses break, I’m pretty fucked. Not being able to see is a disability for many, actually.

Watching The Handmaid's Tale and there is a scene (don't worry this isn't really a spoiler for the plot) where the doors close as Aunt Lydia leaves the room with all the handmaids, after which all the handmaids get up from their sitting on their beds and run to a handmaid who is on crutches. They all start to hug her, smiling and laughing and whispering stories to each other in this close knit mob of women, momentarily free from the eyes and ears and ears of authority. I feel like those kind of scenes are so rare in TV and movies today, showing how women always manage to find community and resilience in each other even in the darkest places. It just hit me hard in the emotions.