DO NOT TRY TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE AT THE POLLS.
DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE AT THE POLLS.
NO ELECTION IS EVER A SURE THING, EVEN IF YOU’RE IN THE BLUEST OR REDDEST OF STATES. IF SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN SIT THIS ONE OUT, THEY ARE EITHER IGNORANT OR MALICIOUS.
A spell for everything in the near future to go well. If you’re worrying about an upcoming event in the next seven days, this spell is for you. Like to charge and reblog to cast.
Can’t vote because you have to work?Check the laws in your state. Many states DO have laws that require employers to let you vote.
Can’t vote because you don’t have transportation?Lyft is currently offering rides free or at 50% off to anyone who needs to get to the polls. Uber is offering $10 off. Even many bike- and scooter-share companies are offering deals right now, and some cities (including Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, and Tampa) are making public transit free on voting day. And, chances are, you have friends who also need to vote, so see if you can carpool.
Worried you don’t know enough to vote?Vote.org will show you everything on your local ballot. Several organizations also have voting guides which will give you more in-depth information. Make sure you choose an organization you trust. I recommend starting with the website for your state’s ACLU or Planned Parenthood.
Don’t like any of the candidates? My recommendation to you is to pick the least objectionable person you think can win. I would never tell you to vote against your conscience, but I do still think it’s important to make your choice with the understanding that it has consequences. Trump’s victory margin was smaller than total Stein votes in key swing states. As for write-ins, know that your write-in could be equivalent to a vote for the candidate you like least and be sure you’re comfortable with that before doing it.
Reminders
Voting day is Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Hours vary by location, but the day does not.
Do not take pictures of your ballot.
Do not campaign at the polling place.
Make sure you have proper ID, if needed.
If you’re voting electronically, double, even triple-check every vote before submitting, even if you have an option to vote straight ticket. There have been cases where this doesn’t work as expected. If you can’t find your party candidate, make sure to check the next page as there have also been glitches (at least in my state) that push the Democratic candidate after the massive list of independent candidates.
If you’re voting on paper, check every side of every page to avoid missing any votes.
And most importantly, offer to take your friends, family, or co-workers with you to vote if they weren’t already planning to go.
I find the twilight renaissance funny, and I’m all for eliminating cringe culture, but let’s remember that smeyer changed Quileute legends and beliefs to fit her narrative, gave animalistic/abusive traits to her Native characters, reinforcing the uncontrollable “savage” stereotype, made the “pure”, pale vampires constantly insult and antagonize the werewolves (whose land they were living on) for no reason, and overall wrote some pretty racist stuff about her Native characters
Also, her entire concept of vampires is super racist. In her books, becoming a vampire makes you 1. Super hot and 2. White. If you weren’t white before, becoming a vampire makes you white and it is specifically the process of becoming white that makes you super hot.
I hate twilight but I do feel like this ignores the dude with the dreads. Not trying to say he’s an awesome character, but he became a vampire and stayed black. Doesn’t fix that 99.999999% of all the vampires are white but please include this in your statements.
I know about that and it’s definitely a conversation worth having, but I was specifically talking about native racism because I’m native and I’m addressing it myself. I wasn’t trying to name every single problem twilight has (there’s a lot) and I also could’ve talked about the anti-Latinx sentiments, abuse apologism but there’s people more qualified to address that than me
@crowspice – That guy only stayed black in the movies. In the books, they explicitly say that even if you are not white, when you’re vampirized, you become white.
I remember a lot of really stupid stuff from those books, but I honestly don’t remember that. You have a reference? I legit want to know so I can headdesk so hard I crack my skull.
In Eclipse, Jasper notes that even though the vampire who turned him, Maria, is clearly an Indigenous Latina (his words were that she had clearly Mexican features, so I’m assuming that means she’s not intended to be white) her skin’s turned as white as his has. Bree Tanner notes something similar about her likewise Latino boyfriend, Diego. I believe the Twilight Illustrated Guide finally confirmed that the darkest vampires go is ‘a barely discernible olive tone’ (which is how Laurent is described in the books) and that you lose your melanin when you’re vampirized. I don’t have page numbers, though, unfortunately.
rocky horror is the worst and is also transmisogynistic can we please finally get over this shit movie
ok but like the writer is transgender nonbinary and the language used in the play was the preferred language by trans people of that time can we not deny parts of our history because we’ve evolved since then thanks
So fucking much this.
PS, youth of today: you’ll be saying the same damn thing about art from this time before too long, for good or for ill. Terminology will, in fact, change. Definitions will, in fact, shift. It always does, they always do.
PPS, it is pretty much impossible to overstate how life-alteringly important this movie was to kids who didn’t conform to standard expectations of gender and sexuality, back in the day. Especially when back in the day was the mid-to-late 1980s, when the only queers you saw on TV were neutered AIDS tragedies, Bowie was playing straight, and even Elton John was married to a woman, and midnight showing of RHPS were pretty much the only place that felt like home. It was mental life raft for a lot of people.
That Rocky Horror Picture Show was incredibly important to all manner of people in the LGBTQ+ community.
Was extremely damaging to trans women because it continued to perpetuate extremely negative stereotypes of trans women.
Yes, it’s possible for it to be both. Because it is.
Yes, people who felt like they didn’t fit into the binary or straightness found a place in this film. And yes, it also contains Dr. Frank-n-furter, one of the most iconic examples of a trans woman played for transmisogynistic camp that’s ever been put to screen.
Also, a few points:
The usage of ‘transsexual transvestite’ doesn’t really apply here, because the film is invoking stereotypes of trans women but not actually saying they’re a trans woman, but rather an alien, a deviant, and a murderer. The line exists to sound good to a beat and support the caricature.
Richard K. O’Brien, the show’s creator, has indeed come out as non-binary.
Richard K. O’Brien, the shows creator, has also come out as a total asshole who says that trans women are actually men.
This is not a ‘young people’ problem.
This is not someone spitting on our ancestors.
This is someone pointing out a very real problem with a cultural touchstone in our community.
This is a ‘no one believes trans women when we tell people that it’s really harmful for us to see trans women depicted only as sick deviants, murderers, and victims constantly’ problem.
God fucking damn I’m so fucking tired anyway I’m starting to see people posting voting photos so it’s time to let you know that I’m giving out presents if y’all vote or donate.
When you vote:
Keep your “i voted” sticker
Put it on your hand
Take a pic of your hand next to a pic of your blog header
Send it to me as a direct message
And I will give you:
A unique sketch of your choice of pokemon
A 30-second electric kazoo recording of your favorite bit of a song to use as a ringtone
A 100-ish word short story on the topic of your choice
An extremely cute picture of my very adorable dog.
My bribes to you will be posted publicly but you will be notified privately if you want. If you don’t want me to share your name or photo just say so and I’ll message you instead of tagging you but I want to tag y’all because I want you to get to brag about the shiny present I gave you to celebrate Voting Day.
If voting is old hat to you, or if you aren’t in the US and you want to celebrate voting day I will give any of the presents above to anyone who makes at least a $5 donation to the ACLU (if you do that one screencap your donation confirmation and your blog in the same window and message it to me)
Please fucking vote. I love you.
*do not send me a photo of/with your ballot, i don’t know your jurisdiction’s rules about what invalidates a ballot so I don’t want to risk it – stickers or stubs only plz*
Eeeeeyyyyyyy election day is tomorrow! I’ll accept selfies with your stickers! I’ll accept pics of ballot envelopes (BUT NOT BALLOTS, AGAIN DO NOT SEND ME PICS OF YOUR BALLOT) and starting tonight I’m going to try to sprint through the early voting stuff I’ve gotten and then I’m gonna double down on the stuff from election day!
Again, everyone who shows me proof of voting will get a pic of my precious tiny adorable dog, oh my god look at her:
And as many of the following as you want:
A sketch of your favorite pokemon (you can make special requests too – I’ve got an ask for a heavy metal bulbasaur and one for a digimon and I’m down! I’ll do it special if you want! within reason!)
A super-short story on the subject of your choice
A 30-second song clip performed as an electric kazoo solo.
Use tumblr messanger to send me proof of voting and let me know what rewards you want!
Hey @mistresskabooms let’s do this and get ringtones for each other. 😀
(I am so proud to be taking you to vote for the first time tomorrow!)
I don’t want to discourage anyone’s enthusiasm, but guys, please be careful about offering giveaways for voting! It is prohibited under federal law. The odds of prosecution are low, but the last thing anyone wants is to give spiteful trolls ways to lash out.
AN INTERESTING THING:
This is correct only if someone is giving away items of monetary value!
Everything I produce is worthless so we’re still in the clear!
But seriously, that’s why it’s fanart, kazoo covers, warmups, and pictures of my dog instead of things that I would normally commission. It’s technically not legal to sell fanart or covers; I wouldn’t commission a 100 word story, and I’m kind of forcing y’all to take pictures of my dog.
Alright, I just want to make sure nobody’s opening themselves up to problems. If you’ve checked the relevant laws and are sure you’re good, go for it! Also, your dog is adorable.
God fucking damn I’m so fucking tired anyway I’m starting to see people posting voting photos so it’s time to let you know that I’m giving out presents if y’all vote or donate.
When you vote:
Keep your “i voted” sticker
Put it on your hand
Take a pic of your hand next to a pic of your blog header
Send it to me as a direct message
And I will give you:
A unique sketch of your choice of pokemon
A 30-second electric kazoo recording of your favorite bit of a song to use as a ringtone
A 100-ish word short story on the topic of your choice
An extremely cute picture of my very adorable dog.
My bribes to you will be posted publicly but you will be notified privately if you want. If you don’t want me to share your name or photo just say so and I’ll message you instead of tagging you but I want to tag y’all because I want you to get to brag about the shiny present I gave you to celebrate Voting Day.
If voting is old hat to you, or if you aren’t in the US and you want to celebrate voting day I will give any of the presents above to anyone who makes at least a $5 donation to the ACLU (if you do that one screencap your donation confirmation and your blog in the same window and message it to me)
Please fucking vote. I love you.
*do not send me a photo of/with your ballot, i don’t know your jurisdiction’s rules about what invalidates a ballot so I don’t want to risk it – stickers or stubs only plz*
Eeeeeyyyyyyy election day is tomorrow! I’ll accept selfies with your stickers! I’ll accept pics of ballot envelopes (BUT NOT BALLOTS, AGAIN DO NOT SEND ME PICS OF YOUR BALLOT) and starting tonight I’m going to try to sprint through the early voting stuff I’ve gotten and then I’m gonna double down on the stuff from election day!
Again, everyone who shows me proof of voting will get a pic of my precious tiny adorable dog, oh my god look at her:
And as many of the following as you want:
A sketch of your favorite pokemon (you can make special requests too – I’ve got an ask for a heavy metal bulbasaur and one for a digimon and I’m down! I’ll do it special if you want! within reason!)
A super-short story on the subject of your choice
A 30-second song clip performed as an electric kazoo solo.
Use tumblr messanger to send me proof of voting and let me know what rewards you want!
Hey @mistresskabooms let’s do this and get ringtones for each other. 😀
(I am so proud to be taking you to vote for the first time tomorrow!)
I don’t want to discourage anyone’s enthusiasm, but guys, please be careful about offering giveaways for voting! It is prohibited under federal law. The odds of prosecution are low, but the last thing anyone wants is to give spiteful trolls ways to lash out.
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