ahlia-sorrelxtaye:

A general thing that I hate needs to be said, but after today apparently has to be:

Just because I draw adult themed art or have characters with adult themes does not mean it is okay to approach me as a sexual object or about my characters as sexual objects.

Don’t open a conversation as a -stranger- talking about the kind of sexual fantasy you think would be ‘hot’ for my characters. It’s uncomfortable and invasive and inappropriate. I don’t know you, and even if I DO know you, respect that there are boundaries unless -explicitly- stated that such things are okay. The friends I joke with and share adult themed content with are those I have discussed specifically the boundaries of such to ensure that all involved parties are comfortable. Even -ask prompts- (which I haven’t done in a long time) are things that I have specifically consented to.

It does not make me want to RP with you, it does not make me want to be your friend or speak to you -at all- if you engage in unsolicited sexual behavior. Just don’t.

stoneandbloodandwater:

fromchaostocosmos:

fromchaostocosmos:

cutecreative:

hymnsofheresy:

hachama:

hymnsofheresy:

ravenclaw-burning:

hymnsofheresy:

when christian artists change the line in hallelujah from “maybe there’s a God above” to “I know that there’s a God above” >:c

#idk why i’m so unreasonably angry#maybe cuz it’s my fav line

it’s also because Leonard COHEN (!) was Jewish and this is a quintessentially Jewish line, and changing it to that level of Annoying Certainty is stripping it of its Jewish meaning and imbuing it with that particularly American smug evangelical Christian attitude that makes me tired, so very tired

THAT IS EXACTLY WHY

I don’t think I’ve heard any cover artist sing my favorite verses

You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

um woah

I will always hit the reblog button so hard for Hallelujah but ESPECIALLY mentions of the elusive final verses which are just about my favorite lyrics ever. Why do people always omit the best part of the song??

In Yiddish

In Hebrew

In Ladino

Yeah, I wonder why the verses that reference specific Jewish mystical and chassidic concepts that aren’t readily understood by American “I love Jews, you know, Jesus was Jewish!” Christians never get any airtime. Funny that.

You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

These are specifically about Chassidic Jewish theories of the holy language, how each letter and combination of letters in Hebrew contains the essence of the divine spark and if used correctly, can unlock or uncover the divine spark in the mundane material word. And of course, there are secret names of God which, when spoken by any ordinary human would kill them, but if you are worthy and holy and righteous can be used to perform miracles or even to behold the glory of God face-to-face. The words themselves have power. Orthodox Jews often won’t even pronounce the word “hallelujah” in it’s entirety in conversation, because the “yah” sound at the end is a True Name of God (there are hundreds, supposedly) and thus too holy to say outside of prayer.

None of this is to mention how David’s sin in sleeping with Batshevah (the subject of much of the song, with a brief deviation to Shimshon and Delilah) is considered the turning point in the Tanach that ultimately dooms the Davidic line at the cosmological level and thus dooms Jewish sovereignty and independence altogether. From a Christian perspective this led to Jesus, the King of Kings, and that’s all very well and good for them, but for the Jews, the Davidic line never returned and is the central tragedy of the total arc of the Torah. Like, our Bible doesn’t have a happy ending? And that’s what this song is about? There’s no Grace – you just have to sit with the sin and its consequence.

Of course, Cohen is referencing all of this ironically, and personalizing these very high-level religious concepts. Like the point of this song is that Cohen, the songwriter, is identifying with David, the psalmist, and identifying his own sins with David’s. The ache that you hear in this song is that the two thousand year exile that resulted from one wrong night of passion and Cohen feels that the pain he has caused to his lover is of equally monumental infamy. Basically, in a certain light, the whole of Psalms is a vain effort for David to atone for his sin and I think Cohen was writing this song in wonderment that David could eternally praise the God who would not forgive him and would force him and his people into exile. But he ultimately gets how you have to surrender to the inexorable force of God in the face of your own inadequacies and how to surrender is to worship and to worship is to praise – hence, Hallelujah. You can either do the right thing and worship God from the start, or you can fuck up, be punished, and thus be forced to beg for His forgiveness. It’s the terrible inevitability of praise that’s driving him mad.

Like honestly, I identify with this song so strongly as an off-the-derech Jew, I sometimes wonder what Christians can possibly hear in this song, as it speaks so specifically to the sadomasochistic relationship that a lapsed Jew has with their God. It’s such a different song from a Christian theological perspective it’s almost unrecognizable, man. This song continues to be a wonder of postmodern Jewish theology and sexuality from start to finish. Don’t let anyone give you any “Judeo-Christian” narishkeit. This is a Jewish song.

(Sorry about the wild tangent it’s just 2AM and I love this song so dang much, you guys.)

donotingest:

a-daks:

weatheredlaw:

weatheredlaw:

i taught swim lessons and preschool, do y’all wanna hear the most ridiculous white kid names i’ve ever seen?

• i’ve met at least a dozen children named some form of “jackson” but the best ones were “jaxon” and “jakson” 
• a parent who i really liked named her son “jaycob” because she was worried people wouldn’t pronounce it correctly. when someone accidentally spelled it “jacob” she would loudly and obnoxiously ask “WHO’S JAH-KOBE?” 
• two siblings named “thor” and “tiara”
• i once had a classroom with four girls named “brooklyn”
• if you sent me a list of popular boy names, i could guarantee i’ve met every single one of them
• twin girls named paisley and brinley
• a girl named reader
• a boy named rocko
• keighleey
• kayde
• kolten
• if it can start with a “k” instead of a “c” i have met that child
• brittalynn 
• i taught a swim class with three girls named “london” but only one of them was spelled “lundon” and i know my boss did that to me on purpose
• a couple named all their kids after places in arizona: tatum, payson, and hayden
• and speaking of hayden, i’ve seen: haydon, heighden, and heydon 
• according to some white people, there are sixteen different ways to spell mckenzie
• lakelyn, blakelynn 

this is white culture

Throwing one on the pile: my nephew has a friend named Kaylube, pronounced Caleb.

I’m told the nurse taking his name at birth did it super fucking wrong, but I don’t believe that for a second. I think his mom regretted her dumbass decision to name a kid Kaylube.

seethingballofhatred:

nicloetje:

riversixx:

the-grey-panther:

rinasixx:

ratifiedrebel:

rinasixx:

rinasixx:

-(Heard over the phone) “I don’t care WHAT is in your pants or what you identify as, GET THE FUCKING PISS OFF THE TOILET SEAT”
– “I don’t get why some men like to call themselves straight and then say they’d never date a Trans woman because honestly if you’re willing to exclude an entire subsection of women based on something so stupid you’re probably not worth their time anyways”
-“I don’t know why some guys worry about gay men in the locker rooms because if I was a gay guy, even I wouldn’t date me. I’ve been wearing the same shirt for three days.“
-(Over spring break) “How the fuck do you make Kraft mac&cheese”
-“What do you mean it’s written on the box– WAIT SHIT IT IS”
-“I hit on a lesbian two weeks ago in the SU without knowing it and I still feel bad about it”
-“I honestly think I’d prefer living with a (Trans) person at this point because if they’re even as half as cool as you then it’s got to be better than living with two 19 year old boys who have fucking competitions of who can piss farther on the ceiling”
-“For some reason even in college guys don’t seem to get that the only reason I get so many girls’ numbers is because I treat them like I would treat anyone else”
-“No seriously they think you have to act uninterested or like a dick for some reason”
-“No I don’t know why they think hitting on a lesbian is anything but a lot of secondhand embarrassment for the rest of us”
-“My roommate came into the room looking really dejected and when I asked why he said that he spent hours talking to this girl just to find out that she had a boyfriend the whole time and didn’t say anything” (And after me asking why it mattered) “I dunno, apparently he doesn’t understand the concept of friends”
-(After me saying I don’t get heterosexuals sometimes) “Even I don’t understand straight guys little dude, and I am one”

Also:
“I’m actually really glad you’re a boy because now I can do THIS” (pretends to full on body slam me into the couch and then carries me around over his shoulder in a fit of laughter)

omg this warms my heart

Holy shit this got 1K notes you’re all gonna make my brother cocky

some fucko: not ALL men!!

me: you’re right. [op’s brother] would NEVER

Addition, said to me yesterday during a discussion we were having about toxic masculinity: “Honestly…in my experience, people in the LGBT community seem to have more empathy and care more about their peers than straight men do. Like I have a lot of friends, you know, but if I had to choose between who I wanted to talk to about something deep and emotional, I honestly don’t think I could talk to my straight bro’s about it because they usually don’t understand or just call me a pussy for it”.

And honestly that hurt me so deep because like…is it really like that for y’all? That sounds…so incredibly difficult oh my god

Faith in humanity +10 points

@im-not-phat-im-hussie

This is great but the mac and cheese thing tho

pepsibutch:

every episode on “my cat from hell”

owner: my cat is a DEMON

jackson galaxy: your cat feels unsafe