diddly-darn-ghost:

lmao im always in this dilemma where i dont want to say the phrase “dude chill out

its just a cartoon” because that would sound like im underestimating the importance of what animated narratives mean to people or it’d sound like i’d be saying that family content shouldnt be taken seriously 

but at the same time, everytime i see ppl getting really mad about cartoons on an unhealthy life-consuming level i just have to say it. “dude chill out its just a cartoon”

reverseracism:

Someone please wrap her in bubble wrap.

centali:

reverseracism:

Well shit

i’d day they should take that to the supreme court but ehhhhhhhh i don’t want that amendment to spread to fucking everywhere

uisce-bitch:

sarahgrowls:

aegis-of-the-sufferer:

teenagerposts:

Am I the only one whose internet addiction started with my parents not letting me fucking go anywhere

This but I also had no friends so I wouldn’t have anywhere to go if I was allowed

this is a thing! danah boyd is a researcher who has been studying social media for over a decade and in her 2014 book it’s complicated she argues that teenage social media “addiction” (which she also contends is like…..not actually a thing) is a result of the fact that “today’s teenagers have less freedom to wander than any previous generation” because “parents argue that these restrictions are necessary in an increasingly dangerous society, even though the data suggest that contemporary youth face fewer dangers than they did twenty years ago.”

as a result, teenagers are reclaiming these lost social spaces (which their parents and grandparents had in the form of mall hangouts, drive-in theaters, after school parking lots, etc) by using social media, where they can continue to “engage in crucial aspects of maturation: self-presentation, managing social relationships, and developing an understanding of the world around them,” aka stuff that teens are Supposed to be doing

a-girl-or-maybe-a-ghost:

The midterms weren’t a one time thing.

There were record numbers of voters at the polls this November.

The Democrats have the house, the first muslim women and the first native woman were elected for Congress, the first gay man was elected governor, several states voted to raise minimum wage and protect voting rights, record numbers of women were elected.

A lot of good came of this election season.

I know we wanted Beto to take Texas. I know we wanted the Senate to turn blue. Those things didn’t happen.

But Beto came so close. We were within reach.

So now, we don’t give up because Beto didn’t win. We don’t give up because the Senate is still in Republican hands.

Now, we keep showing up.

We show up for every election and we keep making progress, little by little.

Because that’s how this voting thing works. You show up, you do your part, and together we make change.

So for every election, initiative, proposition, I expect you all to be at the polls.

Change will come if we make it happen.