Anonymous asked: What is your relationship with your parents like?
My parents are pretty much some of the coolest people ever.
We haven’t always gotten along, and it’s taken a lot of work to get to the point that we are now. But I’m really happy to say that my parents are two of my closest friends and greatest supports.
TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general horribleness
I am asked all the time why I think Professional Internet Types tend to be male more often than female. Is it because women aren’t as aggressive about building an audience and so struggle amid the media saturation? Is it because women aren’t as funny, or aren’t as talented, or blah blah blah?Maybe we need to consider that one of the central reasons women artists/vloggers/musicians/etc. are less likely to rise to prominence online is that whenever women build an audience online, men threaten those women with rape and murder. And unlike traditional celebrities, most of these women do not have the resources to hire the kind of lawyers and bodyguards that one needs to stay safe.
Like all misogyny, and I want to emphasize this, this is bad not just for women but also for all human beings. We are better off as a species if everyone has a chance to be heard, and we are worse off if talented people like Kitty Pryde don’t have the basic safety and security that one needs in order to effectively make and share stuff.
But it’s not just these kinds of horrifying threats (which as pointed out above is “the most normal thing”).
I also want to say something to all those guys who are like I was as a teenager: You’re not a sick person trying to get someone’s attention by harming or threatening them, but you do have a weird relationship with the women who make work you like. You think that if this person knew you, you could be friends…maybe more than friends. And so you want to get her attention, so you can get to know each other, because then you’ll definitely become friends or maybe—
Stop.
When you start falling down that rabbit hole, stop. I know it’s hard. But stop.
What we love—even if these people make highly personal and confessional vlogs or whatever—is the stuff they make, not the people themselves. And what we really want is for more of that stuff to exist in the world. So the only proper way to be a fan is to let them be, so that they can bring more good and useful stuff into the world for us to enjoy.
(via barefootsockmonkeys)
If people are really going to assume that guys with long hair are gay and girls with short hair are lesbians then I am going to assume that all bald men are actually eagles.
The success of this post makes me feel significantly better about the fact that I’m not going to have hair in ten years.
(via only-outsiders)
i hate when i wear a skirt or dress somewhere and people ask me why i’m dressed so fancy like i don’t need an occasion to free my legs from the constraints of pants thank you very much
Some days I wear a suit and tie just for the fun of it and people always ask me why I’m so dressed up. It used to bug me, but then I realized that I can make up absolutely ridiculous stories and no one will question them. No one questions you when you look nice.
Okay so next fall when we have class together we’re both going to dress up on the same days and then make up awesome stories about what we’re up to.
Why wait?
I’m ready when you are
(Source: isaacedlahey)
The trick is to not let people know how really weird you are until it’s too late for them to back out.
(via smallcitysecrets)
i hate when i wear a skirt or dress somewhere and people ask me why i’m dressed so fancy like i don’t need an occasion to free my legs from the constraints of pants thank you very much
Some days I wear a suit and tie just for the fun of it and people always ask me why I’m so dressed up. It used to bug me, but then I realized that I can make up absolutely ridiculous stories and no one will question them. No one questions you when you look nice.
Okay so next fall when we have class together we’re both going to dress up on the same days and then make up awesome stories about what we’re up to.
Why wait?
(Source: isaacedlahey)
i hate when i wear a skirt or dress somewhere and people ask me why i’m dressed so fancy like i don’t need an occasion to free my legs from the constraints of pants thank you very much
Some days I wear a suit and tie just for the fun of it and people always ask me why I’m so dressed up. It used to bug me, but then I realized that I can make up absolutely ridiculous stories and no one will question them. No one questions you when you look nice.
(Source: isaacedlahey, via smallcitysecrets)
People either take me far too seriously or not nearly as seriously as I would like them to.
Anonymous asked: You are adorable and funny.... ;)
I was going to type out a thoughtful response to this but I’m wearing gummi Ring Pops and the swag is making my keyboard sticky.
Swag.
“Oh, shit, man. You know that vial of pheromone shit labeled ‘female’ that we’ve been putting into all of this Calvin Klein’s ‘Obsession Night for men?’”
“Yea, why?”
“It doesn’t say ‘female.’ It doesn’t say ‘female’ at all… it says ‘feline.’”
“Oh.”
“Well, fuck it. In for a penny, in for a pound.”
OKAY LISTEN UP THIS IS A POST ABOUT PARROTS
I MEAN LOOK AT HOW COLORFUL THESE MAJESTIC WING’D BEASTS ARE. THEY’RE LIKE THE PRIDE FLAGS OF THE WILD.
THESE PARROTS ARE NUZZLING AND IN LOVE. IT’S SUPER CUTE.
I CAN’T TELL IF THIS ONE IS AFFECTION OR IF THE ONE PARROT IS BITING THE OTHER ONE IN SPITE. MAYBE IT’S A BDSM RELATIONSHIP???
THIS WOMAN IS THE LUCKIEST WOMAN EVER I MEAN LOOK AT ALL THOSE PARROTS IT’S INSANE.
okay I guess that’s not actually talking about my opinions on parrots. ummm parrots are cool I guess, and I would like to pet one someday and say stupid things to it and have it copy me. I feel like that would be great fun.
[rebloggable by brogan’s request]
If people are really going to assume that guys with long hair are gay and girls with short hair are lesbians then I am going to assume that all bald men are actually eagles.
Oh hey look, it’s Brogan on my dashboard
I find it interesting how many people now know me as that one guy that said that eagle thing once.
I’ve been responding to her questions about my day using only zebra noises
The next time someone asks me why I rarely do promos I’m going to point them in this direction and then flee into the sunset.
I'm Brogan. Hi.
