i dont understand how he/him lesbians and she/her gays are so confusing to people
they’re. they’re just using. pronouns. they’re just using pronouns that’s all
some of you will be like “respect everyone’s pronouns or else😡” and then when a cis gay man uses she/her pronouns you suddenly don’t understand how to use correct pronouns bc you don’t think it matches with her sexuality, or a cis lesbian woman will use he/him pronouns and you’ll harass him for not being feminine enough and accuse him of being trans or whatever. like can some of you people make up your damn minds do you respect people’s pronouns or is your respect only for people you can strictly label and understand lmao.
these are the most early 2000s nu metal motherfuckers i have ever laid my eyes on, and exactly what i would expect from the people who voiced ed edd n eddy
oh! I have to tell you guys a great story one of my professors told me. So he has a friend who is involved in these Shakespeare outreach programs where they try to bring Shakespeare and live theatre to poor and underprivileged groups and teach them about English literature and performing arts and such. On one of their tours they stopped at a young offenders institute for women and they put on a performance of Romeo and Juliet for a group of 16-17 year old girls. It was all going really well and the girls were enjoying and laughing through the first half - because really, the first half is pretty much a comedy - but as the play went on, things started to get quiet. Real quiet. Then it got up to the suicide scene and mutterings broke out and all the girls were nudging each other and looking distressed, and as this teacher observed them, he realised - they didn’t know how the play ended. These girls had never been exposed to the story of Romeo and Juliet before, something which he thought was impossible given how ubiquitous it is in our culture. I mean, the prologue even gives the ending away, but of course it doesn’t specify exactly how the whole “take their life” thing goes down, so these poor girls had no idea what to expect and were sitting there clinging to hope that Romeo would maybe sit down for a damn minute instead of murdering Paris and chugging poison - but BAM he died and they all cried out - and then Juliet WOKE UP and they SCREAMED and by the end of the play they were so upset that a brawl nearly broke out, and that’s the story of how Shakespeare nearly started a riot at a juvenile detention centre
Apparently something similar happened during a production of Much Ado at Rikers Island because a bunch of inmates wanted to beat the shit out of Claudio, which is more than fair tbh
honestly Shakespeare would be so pleased to know his plays were nearly starting brawls centuries into the future
I played Claudio once and I fully support this
“When we took Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” into a maximum security woman’s prison on the West Side…there’s a scene there where a young woman is told by a very powerful official that “If you sleep with me, I will pardon your brother. And if you don’t sleep with me, I’ll execute him.” And he leaves the stage. And this character, Isabel, turned out to the audience and said: “To whom should I complain?” And a woman in the audience shouted: “The Police!” And then she looked right at that woman and said: “If I did relate this, who would believe me?” And the woman answered back, “No one, girl.” And it was astonishing because not only was it an amazing sense of connection between the audience and the actress, but you also realized that this was a kind of an historical lesson in theater reception. That’s what must have happened at The Globe. These soliloquies were not simply monologues that people spoke, they were call and response to the audience. And you realized that vibrancy, that that sense of connectedness is not only what makes theater great in prisons, it’s what makes theater great, period.”
*dark shadowed closeup of eyes* Can’t say yes because that’s not funny. If I say no then it is an invitation for someone to create a parody blog. If someone creates a parody blog then I will be able to banter with them, but if shit goes south I may be culpable for any fallout. Do I make a quip about how Boottea sounds like booty? No, far too pedestrian. Do I invent a false backstop and run with the joke? No, I will fall flat. I could ignore the question, but I do like the creativity and think it needs to be rewarded with an engaging response. Am I overthinking this? Should I just leave it? No, then they will know I had nothing. I cannot quit now. It is no longer about the response itself: its about sending a message. So, what message do I send? Something relatable, which sidesteps an actual response. A meme, perhaps. Something that says, “I’m awkward, but in a self-aware way”. Jesus, I am overthinking. This is probably how a death note character would plan a tumblr response. Wait
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*dark shadowed view of figure sitting in chair* hmmm… I’ll need to take a new approach. Despite the traps I’ve set, teaboot still seems to make his posts funny. How is he doing it? Where is he hiding? He knows that I know, surely. He’s lying in wait while I make my move so that he can make a better joke. Of course, he knows just saying yes would be too on the nose… but saying no would lead me right to him. Of course, if he leads me right to him, he will be forced to banter for the sake of the bit. However, this could take a more sinister turn and he’ll end up being cancelled by TERFs again. How long will he take to make his move? Is he overthinking things? Am I overthinking things? Is there any of that red velvet cake left? What will you do, teaboot? I will find you, and I will stop your tomfoolery. I am Justice.
ah, so they’ve finally revealed themselves. What now? Continue the roles as they’ve been set, at the risk of being cringe? No, cringe is dead. But, ah, is that settling for the easy path? Simple, expected, predictable- too predictable. This game begun on the pretense that I am light yagami, Kira, methodical and meticulous in my planning. If I am to defeat this foe, I must move beyond Kira, beyond the script that we two set. Become jarring, impulsive, absurd, and make a move that the real Kira would never make. Yes, that’s it-!
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