all the snivelling little starmer apologists will always say “umm well he has to be transphobic to win elections” and like 1. well im glad youve decided us trannies can be the sacrifical lamb on our behalf and 2. its just demonstrably not true every piece of polling done on this shows that the uk electorate doesnt care about trans people one way or another because all their fucking groceries cost a billion times as much
this is just not an election-deciding issue! this is a personal political commitment from the UK’s political and media class! to use one of their little pet phrases, the legal assault on trans people is a “luxury belief” spearheaded by people who don’t have to worry about their access to healthcare or their ability to pay the rent! keir starmer is actively, affirmatively embracing this ideology!
Now is a really good time to be able to push back on that. Feel free to ask why a woman who has denied the Holocaust has a more important voice than several hundred thousand trans people and our loved ones, and also to ask if Labour has any plans for addressing the deficiencies in LGBTQ rights in the UK reported in the UN Special Rapporteur’s dossier on this shithole nation :)
The fact that jk Rowling has become this figure head for (anti) trans issues to the point she’s having meetings and sway with politicians is terrifying. It can be easy to forget sometimes in our online echo chambers how much influence over peoples opinions someone like that can have, and while she has a lot of people who hate her, there’s a shocking number of people who still listen to her and respect her opinions
flying completely under the radar because no one except me apparently ever looks at advertising.tumblr.com, the answer to most of your “why is this on the recommended page” questions is… they have a coterie of “creatrs” (marketing professionals, probably onboarded from the tumblr plus fiasco when they had a branding coach reach out to everyone who expressed interest) who will make commissioned artworks and fanposts to promote your shitty cop tv show or whatever. like doesn’t this violate EU laws to sneak in undisclaimed “native” advertising. should somebody look into that. they implemented a “commercial content” banner but are they using it. i’ve been saying “it’s the fandom shit opening the door to monetization and censorship” this entire fucking time well none of you listened
the real danger of spending too much time with friends is you stumble out of ten days of happiness and good food like oh my god THAT was real life. my job means NOTHING
Part of what pisses me off about the Wikipedia YouTube Essayist Industrial Complex is there’s actually a huge market for people who can present complicated research in an accessible narrative way. (Hi hello.) People love that shit.
But if I can replace you with a Wikipedia article and a TTS program, you’re a hack.
