the best story i think i’ve ever heard at a party was from this ex-Lutheran who was absolutely shitfaced and told us all about the origins of Lutherism bc it’s so??? incredible??? apparently martin luther was this like twenty-one year old college student and atheist (of course) and he’s walking home during this thunderstorm, just soaking wet, miserable, probably cussing out the god he supposedly doesn’t believe in, and he gets struck by lightning, which, obviously, sucks. he’s probably pissed as hell because he’s miraculously alive but also probably in a lot of pain, probably cursing god’s name yet again, and he gets struck by lightning a second time like??? What the fuck!!! how unlucky is that!! and so now he’s running for a forest to hide underneath the trees, once again furious at god, and he gets struck by lightning for the third time!!! so he finally makes it to the trees, probably crispy as hell, exhausted and in pain and he drops to his knees and says basically “god, please, for fucks sake, stop hitting me with lightning. I swear if you leave me alone i’ll go to a monastery and become a monk and re-invent this religion i guess but please just leave me alone” and he’s not struck by lightning again so he becomes a monk like??? i’m not Lutheran so i don’t know how accurate this drunk re-telling is but i believe it whole-heartedly and have gained a healthy respect for the wrath of god
THIS IS WHY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE BOWL GREEN THING! It doesn’t MATTER that you’re talking about it to mock it, every time those three words appear together it becomes a little more true.
STOP REPEATING THE LIES. Just state the true facts, over and over
This is tricky on tumblr and facebook, because when you add a reply with the truth, your followers end up seeing the wrong stuff first, and what’s at the start of a post is going to stick in the brain more than what’s at the end. Every time you’re commenting to correct your idiot uncle on facebook, all your friends are seeing the garbage articles he shared.
Consider carefully if giving something more exposure is really worth correcting it (especially if you have a lot of followers). Maybe it would be better to make a new post with only the truth, perhaps tagging the people who (re)posted the original thing
So my mom hated all Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee films on like a bedrock second-wave feminism principle. She hated the color pink, she hated barbies, she hated anything that was too “girly.” But she ESPECIALLY hated Sandra Dee movies based, I think, on the abundance of frills and pink.
So NO ONE believed her about this “imaginary” movie she was SO SURE existed where Sandra Dee uses a dog training manual to make Bobby Darin into the best husband. She could never remember much about the film beyond that and a vivid description of the final scene in which Sandra Dee comes home and finds Bobby Darrin literally down on all fours with his leash in his mouth, coming out of the doghouse he has built in their apartment.
WE LAUGHED AT HER EVERY TIME IT CAME UP. WE. LAUGHED.
But then my sister went through this old films phase where she, like, learned all these ways of hunting down copies of films no one else could get. (I have never questioned this power and y’all don’t really get how magical it was back in the day before youtube and streaming and itunes and whatnot, but she had CONNECTIONS. I think she had an In at TCM?)
But yeah so for a birthday present, my sister tries to hunt down this film based only on the dog training thing.
BOOM. IT EXISTS.
This is the movie.
It turns out the dog training manual is only one of the plotlines? If I remember correctly, there’s also a question of whether Sandra Dee’s Italian or Boston ancestry is dominant and that they switch? And there’s like a music cue and she goes, “BOSTON COLD” and then like cold shoulders Bobby Darin until he pleases her in some way? And she does indeed get a dog training manual and she does indeed use it on him? And he is unaware and I think it turns out that it makes their marriage, like, the envy of all around them. Only then he finds the manual and is butthurt that she would use a dog training manual on him and they almost split, but then he realizes he is the subbiest sub ever that he really loves her or whatever and does the final scene where she comes back to apologize but he has the dog leash and is willing to be her pet forever and ever amen.
a new law is about to be passed in Saudi Arabia that will allow the government to execute people for coming out or being openly gay online.
ignoring the fact that this is literally something out of some kind of dystopian novel, in the interests of safety i’ve emptied out my face tag and may temporarily deactivate or password protect this blog.
please reblog this and get the word out, and if you pray, please pray for me and my fellow Saudi LGBTQ+/MOGAI family.
ALSO, for those who need it [x]. its a post on erasing all traces of yourself from the interwebs.
this is not something to read and keep to yourself. please spread this around. may Allah keep everyone safe.
What the hell
People, this stuff is serious and seriously wrong. I do hope that you are able to survive this send it to a safe space.
For a growing number of American kids, porn is their sex ed.
Now Pornhub is hoping to offer their audience some more formal lessons
in how to be a healthy and happy sexual being.
On Wednesday, the massive adult entertainment destination took the
somewhat surprising step of launching the “Pornhub Sexual Health
Center.” They’re hoping the free sub-site
will become a go-to resource for some of their 70 million daily users
on all manner of topics, including STIs, sexual safety and how to manage
relationships.
They’ve chosen Dr. Laurie Betito, a renowned sex therapist, to direct
the site and they’ll also be working with a number of doctors,
therapists and other experts to offer advice and answer questions. Corey
Price, Pornhub’s Vice President, told Mashable, “Our goal is
to provide our visitors with a site that has credible and insightful
information, rather than have them scouring the internet.”
While it’s a database they’ll build up over time, a first look
reveals they’ve started with the fundamentals — with answers to things
like “Babies. Where do they come from?” and “Are there really three
holes?” These might seems almost laughably basic to adult consumers of
hardcore porn, but there are a lot of young people for whom these are
very real questions.
Price told Mashable they weren’t aiming the content
specifically at beginners. He said they simply want to appeal to “those
who are looking for trustworthy sex tips and health advice provided by
experts.” But it seems like they realize this could prove to be an
especially valuable resource for their younger audience, who most likely
isn’t getting comprehensive (much less sex-positive) sex ed in schools.
There are, of course, plenty of online sexual health and education
resources, but for many kids, landing on sites like Pornhub is already
their way into learning about sex. Porn can obviously teach you plenty
about the basics and mechanics of intercourse, but there’s a whole range
of other things — biology, health, consent, relating to intimate
partners, just to name a few — that you won’t pick up from watching
videos like “Big tits round asses” or “Sloppy throat games.”
So if they can slide their curious audience over to the PSHC while
they’re already on the site, it could function as pretty useful one-stop
shop for filling in the blanks left by spotty sex ed classes and the
birds and bees talks given by often bewildered parents.
Neat!
Holy shit their section on trans people was actually really good and not what I expected from something hosted by a porn site! If they had a containing various sexualities and whatnot as well, they’ll definitely have a good resource on their hands!
