People In This Fandom Need To Stop Hiding Behind "we Don't See Race The Same Way You Do Because It Doesn't

People in this fandom need to stop hiding behind "we don't see race the same way you do because it doesn't work the same way in my country as it does in yours." This is a lazy excuse to perpetuate harmful acts against POC in the fandom and outside of it. While it's true that the concept of race differs from country to country, that does not mean other forms of racism don't exist.

Colorism is a universal concept regardless of where you originate and we see it happen all the time in various media across the world. It's when one favors lighter skin over darker skin. The reason colorism is rooted in racism is because it's just one of the many ways people can be discriminated against.

Sadly this whole situation with Lucien's skin tone stems from people not wanting to believe he's Helion's son. People would rather cling to his ACOTAR description than acknowledge the obvious retcon that happened between ACOTAR/ACOMAF and ACOWAR.

We all know when SJM is trying to insert herself into the narrative when she says certain things. Lucien's parentage is one of those moments because Feyre made the connection between the two. But people in this fandom don't want to accept Feyre's deduction as fact because it's easier to close their eyes to the truth than to confront their biases.

The Buffalo shooting occurred in a food desert. That was the main groceries store and it’ll be closed for quite some time. So here is one concrete thing we can do to help and that’s donating to the link below:

Buffalo Community Fridges

There’s a Twitter thread breaking it down

when I say ‘remember’ what’s the first taylor swift lyric that comes to mind

"no spam liking/reblogging!!" bro what the hell else am I supposed to do? just look at the shit? walk around the antique store without touching or buying anything? that's not how you run a business.

Depression is such an effective tranquilizer that it creates a great opportunity for plot twists in your real life. I have a pretty consistent opinion of myself which is "low" and "never ending guilt and shame for reasons I don't understand."

Recently received feedback from two different editing clients that started with "Please pass along to Jacquelynn that she is phenomenal at her job" and "I was blown away by the evaluation I received."

You always hear about how depression (and anxiety) lies to you and distorts reality, but there is logically knowing that and then there is like, physical proof of it and you are suddenly Neo in the Matrix jumping out of the fucked up little tube machine.

In case anyone is having a bad night:

Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe I’ve found

Here are some fun sites

Here is a master post of Adventure Time episodes and comics

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Here is a master post of other master posts to TV shows and movies

*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*

You’ll be okay, friend <3