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In mythologies where mermaids do get to walk, the cure is often framed as a tragedy because it’s short term, and they’ll have to return to their helpless flippered state at the end of the night, or day, or week. This frames the mermaid’s own body as a problem; it’s the body that is the tragedy, because it doesn’t fit on land and doesn’t belong there, and the mermaid must pretend to be something she is not in order to capture her love interest or save the day or whatever she is doing on land. At the same time, her body is an object of mystery and awe because of its alien and unusual nature.
It is rare to see the flip side of the story, with a mermaid’s love interest drawn underwater and tormented by the limitations of a body designed for land. There is some inherent gendering, here. Since mermaid stories are often heterosexual and mermaids are usually female, the love interest is typically male. We do not see men floundering in the ocean or struggling with breathing systems so they can be with their loved ones. Instead, it is the mermaid who must sacrifice to be on land if she wants to pursue her true love.
” —From s.e. smith at This Ain’t Livin’
I have never wanted to write mermaid fic more in my life.
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Ooo! Ooo! The only exception I could think of is that episode of Futurama where Fry falls in love with a mermaid and does in fact flounder and struggle with breathing systems and can’t come to terms with living in the ocean. But it’s a comedy and Fry is seen as unintelligent (albeit adorable), so, yeah.
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“It would not be hard at all to make higher education completely free in the USA. It accounts for not quite 2% of GDP. The personal share, about 1% of GDP, is a third of the income of the richest 10,000 households in the U.S., or three months of Pentagon spending. It’s less than four months of what we waste on administrative costs by not having a single-payer health care finance system. But introduce such a proposal into an election campaign and you would be regarded as suicidally insane.” —
“How Much Does College Cost, and Why?,” Left Business Observer (via andrewfm)
This is honestly completely heartbreaking. Everyone I know is completely in debt from student loans. My parents didn’t pay off theirs until I was in my 20s, and they went to college in the relatively cheaper 70s.
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man America nigga quit calling beige or peach “nude”
I don’t look like that nude
the fuck
Imma start calling it “WHITEY SKIN” how about that
UGH agreed that shit pisses me off every time I see it.
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If studying-lgbtq-people inboxes you asking to take part in questions about LGBTQ people “to help her understand” DO NOT DO IT. It is Sophie M Herold, the girl from Germany who attacks LGBTQ people and outs them to others. She is transphobic, homophobic and one of the sickest people I know. And now she’s back with a cunning new plan to get you NAME, ADDRESS, BIRTH DATE, AND PHOTO.
This girl is dangerous, and for some reason is allowed to keep making new tumblr accounts. We’ve raised awareness before and it helped, so lets do it again before she puts another persons life in danger. She collects your information and gives it out to others, she has sent letters to peoples parents outing them, other people have gotten hurt because of her. Yes, hurt.
Even if we can’t stop her again, get this message out and stop others giving her information etc.
And Sophie, you should know by now not to fuck with me again, wrong move, buddy.
Wow, that is one obvious-ass username. Wow, like I don’t even HAVE to signal boost this, it’s so obvious. But just incase: Guys, you know the person that got friendly with closeted LGBTQ people just to get enough info to letter, email, and I THINK send FB messages to their family to out them because -and she actually says this- she’s jealous and doesn’t have the courage to go out with women?
Like edman says but you know- repeating for emphasis, yeah studying-lgbtq-people is her. And to whom I say: DUN DE NANA DENNENE CAN’T TOUCH THIS
OMG, not this soulless monster again. I remember seeing one of her blogs that said disgusting things about LGBTQ people and giving out private information about them.
And it’s making me ill that she’s posing as a LGBTQ “student” (which is skeevy by itself) just to gather information about people.
This monster is THREATENING THE LIVES OF LGBTQ PEOPLE. She is a direct threat, and she’s making it clear she will do and say anything to try to destroy lives.
Please, everybody, be careful.
fyi
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Total remix
“just do it” by mladen miljanovic
Retro device planters…now I know what to do with my first generation iPod Classic
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but somebody donated ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
and that MET THE GOAL. THE ENTIRE AMOUNT WAS RAISED.
THEY MET THE GOAL.
THE ENTIRE AMOUNT WAS RAISED.
I am literally in tears right now. ugly boo hoo tears.
Woooot!!!
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“$3,650 Raised of $5,000 Goal
6 hours left”
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Detroit Future Youth: Road to the Allied Media Conference — Indiegogo
you guize—there’s only 350 dollars left until $4000.
ONLY THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS UNTIL $4000.
WITH SIX WHOLE HOURS LEFT.
CAN WE DO THIS????
YES!
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!
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