As Someone Doing A Masters In Screenwriting In The UK Rn, Alongside 100% Supporting The Strikes In The

As someone doing a masters in Screenwriting in the UK rn, alongside 100% supporting the strikes in the USA, I would heavily recommend that people both look into and be weary of how much of any piece of media made by a USA company was produced in Britain with any decent percentage of British cast & crew.

Because we’re part of different unions (I forget the acronym right now, huge brain fog, forgive me), but since Brexit the British government has made it essentially impossible for us to strike or protest without being straight up arrested. So if USA based production companies start cutting contracts with their actors and writers and start hiring from the UK instead, that is a direct ‘fuck you’ to the strikes.

Luckily, everyone I know who is involved in writing or acting support the strikes and are doing their best to be very careful to try and avoid working for USA companies. But not only might it be something that people miss, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people simply didn’t care (especially if they have no intention of working in the USA themselves or joining those unions)

I haven't seen this version anywhere so I made one!

People really need to learn that drag from different countries also can have different origins. For example, I’m from the UK, where the drag scene is largely influenced by Pantomime. Which is a family friendly form of entertainment which usually feature a Dame (aka a Drag Queen) and/or a Lead Boy (aka a Drag King).

Kids go to these things, and always have. Their safety has never been an issue.

i saw some thread on xitter with some dude asking why drag queens "want to be around children so much" re: story hours and all the replies were either predictably disgusting or very defensive but not a single goddamn one of them answered the question so i will help in case anyone ever asks you this incredibly stupid question: they are clowns!! drag queens are just clowns!! they put on extremely silly makeup and huge wigs and bright clothes and do over-the-top performances that make people laugh and smile and sometimes cry. that is the definition of a clown. they like to perform for children because they are a type of clown and children are great audiences and it is not any deeper than that. god damn.

Pretty sure your dog didn’t say that

can people with harry potter urls just not fucking follow me

The assumption that a 25 year old and a 40 year old dating is inherently bad or inherently fine is also an issue. Generally speaking, I would call it a red flag, but I also think the meaning of red flag has been fucked up by the internet as well.

For me, it’s a red flag relationship because there are more scenarios where it’s unhealthy than where it’s healthy. However, I also don’t think it’s fair to immediately jump to grooming or predatory behaviour unless - like someone else in this thread said - they have a history of that.

TL/DR: Things can have Bad Vibes but actually be fine sometimes. Your gut feeling isn’t always right.

I wish age gap discourse hadn't spiraled the way it has because I want there to be a safe space to say "Men in their 40s who date 25 year olds aren't predators, they're just fucking losers"