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scalesandredroses · 2 days

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the thing about gay bdsm dynamics is they will make explicit what is implicit in normative cisheterosexual dynamics and then those complicit in cisheterosexuality will act all scandalized about seeing themselves in the funhouse mirror

#kink #gender roles #cisheteronormativity #bdsm #power dynamics #lgbtqiap+#camp #discomfort #self examination #cultural criticism #maybe this is why I like tropes in rp so much too?

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scalesandredroses · 5 days

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the broken are the more evolved — split, 2016

#split 2016 #Casey Cooke #the beast #Hedwig #dr. fletcher #abduction mention #abuse mention

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scalesandredroses · 6 days

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Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke

Split (2016) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

#anya taylor joy #Casey Cooke #split 2016 #gun mention

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scalesandredroses · 30 days

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leave your laundry on the floor for them

#goblins #witches #folktales #webcomic #hee

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scalesandredroses · 3 months

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I often see posts about curating your own online experience that make the point, “content creators aren’t your parents.” And, yes, that is absolutely true! And I try not to be like “as a parent,“ but as a parent…

EVEN PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE READING/VIEWING BEHAVIOR. NOT filter everything ahead of time for their kid.

When my kiddo was 5, his pediatrician was asking him the usual Well Child Visit questions (“What are your favorite foods? What do you do to get your body moving? Do you know what to do if you get lost in a public place?” Etc.) and she asked, “What do you do if you see something on TV that scares or upsets you?”

I piped up like, “Oh, he doesn’t watch TV without one of us in the room,” which was true at the time and is still largely true now. She said, “Yes, but that won’t always be the case, so make sure you’re talking to him about what to do if he sees something that upsets him.”

So we started talking to him about that, and the answer is simple: “Turn it off or leave the room, and talk to someone you trust about what you saw and what you’re feeling.”

The answer is NOT “Ask your parents to make sure you never see anything upsetting again,” because that’s just not possible — and ultimately that would be doing the kid a disservice, since sooner or later he’s going to be out in the world where we can’t control what he watches or reads. That doesn’t mean we don’t try to make sure he’s watching/reading age-appropriate stuff, it just means that’s not the only safeguard he has — and that’s a good thing.

So yes, content creators aren’t your parents and aren’t responsible for making sure you never see anything you don’t like — but also, your own parents should have taught you what to do when that happens. So if they didn’t, take it from me, your internet mom:

Turn it off.

Walk away.

Talk to someone you trust about how you’re feeling.

And leave the person who created the thing that upset you alone.

#coping #parenting #censorship #filtering #curating your own experience #agency

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scalesandredroses · 4 months

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