John Waters commencement address RISD 2015.
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This conversation plays through my head any time I see a “queer is a slur” bullshit post on this site or anywhere, really.
(Homer’s Phobia, 1997 – guest star, John Waters)
Someone just liked this, so I want to add an important note:
“queer is a slur” is a common tool used by TERFs to poison young queers against their own community. They teach young queers that using “queer” is against the rules because “queer is a slur” and then young queers repeat it because the elders in their queer social circle told them so.
Why? Because if young queers understand that queer is a loving and welcoming term for everyone who is not straight or does not match their birth sex, then TERFs lose all their power.
Because TERFs don’t just hate trans and non-binary people. They also hate bisexuals and pansexuals for wrecking their view that to be a wlw, you only live women with vaginas and to be mlm, you must only love men with penises.
But also, to reject the use of queer, you must reject intersex people because TERFs base their entire view on what set of genitals you have, and because intersex people don’t have textbook junk, TERFs don’t like them either.
And you must reject asexual queers across the board because so much of TERF defense is “I just wanna fuck a woman with a vagina or a man with a dick!” And if you have zero or minimal interest in fucking anyone, you wreck their arguments about what queer people want.
You know who else TERFs don’t like? Questioning people. Because to question your sexuality and realize you are straight is a loss for them. To question your gender and realizes it matches your birth sex is a loss for them. Why? Because to question either of these things means you examine who you are beyond a base level, and if you go behind a base level and understand even a basic sense of the confusing and difficult nature of sexual attraction and how it does and does not affect your gender, you can more easily see the holes in TERF arguments, which are all based on stereotypes of gender and sexuality.
The only reason the “B” makes it into the TERF acronym of queer culture is because if they left it at “LG” their hatred of the entire part of the community who is most comfortable using “queer” is a six-foot neon sign.
And to any bisexual TERFs I haven’t yet blocked who want to argue they are bisexual TERFs, so my argument about the use of “B” as a political abuse is invalid: The monosexual TERFs will have you against the wall in a fucking second. You are the sullied allies they put up with until you step out of line.
Lastly, the gay man in this episode is voiced by John Waters. He is a gay legend for tacky film and also an activist for queer rights. When his joke of the Baltimore Museum of Art naming a bathroom after him finally came true a couple of years ago, it was a gender-inclusive bathroom. And he brought his longtime friend and trans activist Elizabeth Coffey with him.
I am certain John Waters would tell you not to fuck TERFs in the same way he has said not to fuck people who don’t have books in their houses. And I am certain John Waters–an out and proud gay man known for his beautiful trash cinema and love and support of trans people–would tell you that queer is not a slur.
So this has become a thing now. I’m making the Homework Help series, various playlists to help you get homework done, because homework is a lot easier if you imagine that you’re not doing homework at all.
In this playlist, imagine that you’re a detective filling out paperwork to solve a case.
In this playlist, imagine that you’ve just found alien life, or that you’ve found radio waves coming from a nearby planet, and you’re filling out paperwork on it. Note: Sounds from NASA are actually waves that the planets give off, the frequency has been upped and the waves have been condensed for human hearing
Also: feel free to request other playlist themes here!
hes actually been doing this shit for years now. hes been running a "camp" since 2015. its $1k for 2 nights. if u dont wanna share a room w someone the "vip experience" is aboug $6500 and even a day pass is like $400. meet and greets cost about $900 and they wear surgical gloves. the fans are called "the echelon" and he constantly repeats the phrase "you wouldnt understand", so when theres any critcism against the band the fans are quick to come to their defense because they already have a them vs us mentality. and i believe in 2013 jared leto held a competition of some sort where the prize was sleeping in his bed. hes a creep and its definitely a cult
тєη ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ, αℓℓ gαтнєяє∂ тσ ∂ιηє;
σηє ¢нσкє∂ ση нιѕ яαgє αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωєяє ηιηє

it’s been a long, hard road. but we’re finally here: i hit 1k last night!! thanks to everyone who promo’d me along the way. y’all are perfect lovelies.
i’m going to do a giveaway at some point but i simply don’t have the extra funds at the moment to do any sort of shipping. like, i have all of the products i want to give out (for the most part) but no money for shipping?? and i’d rather have that in hand before i make said giveaway so it doesn’t end and i’m just like “welp.”
regardless! this is something i promised i’d do so here we go. please don’t feel bad if you’re not on here, i appreciate every single person i follow and every single person who follows me. c:
ѕєνєη ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ, σηє ℓιкє∂ тσ ∂яαω ∂ι¢кѕ;
ℓιƒє ιмιтαтє∂ αят, αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωєяє ѕιχ
{i don’t follow a whole lot of non-mutuals. i don’t follow a lot of people to begin with, actually, pfft. but most of my non-mutuals are artblogs, and i love them!}
fullunadulteratedart ✧ justisaisfine ✧ ryantheradking ✧ sweetsweetsweetie ✧ undergroundmindpalace ✧ xxxrayvin
ѕιχ ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ, σƒтєη ѕтяєαмє∂ ℓινє;
σηє ∂ιє∂ тσ ѕ¢αℓє, αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωєяє ƒινє
{these are some generally awesome babies that i love following.}
achievement-hvnter ✧ blakium ✧ bmvagababe ✧ fakerahcrew ✧ feelsflavouredicecream ✧ fxreuk ✧ generaltay ✧ golaxies ✧ king-ryan-babewood ✧ literallyepsilon ✧ mirapancake ✧ neverbeenmoredone ✧ privatekissass ✧ teamgentsfancynews ✧ triskacircuswheel
ƒινє ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ, σηє тяαρρє∂ ιη тнє ƒℓσσя;
σηє яαη συт σƒ αιя, αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωєяє ƒσυя
{these are some mutuals that i am incredibly fond of. some of these people are so gr8 i cannot believe they actually follow me lmao..}
barkharley ✧ ellysaria1 ✧ kaijuno ✧ ryanhaywoodofficial ✧ scarymissmerry ✧ secret-ryan ✧ silvermoon442 ✧ spookyghostray ✧ teamdemarais ✧ tenlittleroosters ✧ tiredspaceking
ƒσυя ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ, ѕтιℓℓ тяуιηg тσ ƒℓєє;
σηє gσт ωнαт тнєу ωαηтє∂, αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωєяє тняєє
{the sqUAD. these are my best fucking friends. forreal. i love. they’re incredible.}
applesighs ✧ iwatchedyoufall ✧ mousethelawyerbot ✧ slimeybot ✧ theactualraynarvaezjr ✧ thealphamaggie ✧ thespinesmoustache
נυѕт тняєє ℓιттℓє яσσѕтєяѕ ℓєƒт…
σηє ∂ιє∂ σƒ α ρυη,
тнє кιℓℓєя ωαѕ кιℓℓє∂–
αη∂ тнєη тнєяє ωαѕ σηє.
{my qpp. the driving force behind everything that i am. my other half. c:}
✧ wexeatxthexrude ✧
thanks so much for 1k, guys. i love each and ever one of you. let’s reach for the stars together!
i wish media would stop perpetuating the name “trekker”. never in my career have i met anyone who prefers that title over “trekkie”
Organized Trek fandom was started by women, especially the letter writing campaign that convinced NBC to give the show its third season.
In the 1970s many male fans felt “Trekkies” was too feminine (also disturbingly close to “Spockies” which I kid you not was a real thing) so the backlash was to try forcing Trekker into the vernacular. Which was more “masculine” sounding and also similar to the male centric Trucker fandom which also was a thing that existed in the 1970s. Nothing more testosteroney than big rigs and CB radios, amirite fellas?!
Anyway, it never caught on. Thank god.
Oh my God, we’ll that explains the story I just added to this exact post, THANK YOU.
Last year, I went to RICC dressed as Ro Laren. This was literally the first thing that happened when I finally got past the line:
two guys come up from out of nowhere and hug me. “Aww! Star Trek! Awesome!” they said.
Me: Yeah…I’m a huge trekkie.
Guys: Oh. You must mean “trekker.” that’s the correct term that fans preferblahblahblah
Me: No. I meant trekkie.
I can’t believe that they tried to mansplain the word trekkie to me. like, HONESTLY. I know what I’m about.
ppl freaking out over bernie being like “Excuse me, I am talking” when clinton tried interrupting him during the debate…..have u ever watched a republican debate before. 99% sure ted cruz almost murdered donald trump right there on the spot for interrupting him the other night, just like he did 2 somewhere around 20-28 people in northern california in the late 1960s and early 1970s




