NEW FIC WHO CHEERED?

It's about time for LGBTQ+ youth to take back their power, so we're awarding grants up to $10,000 for projects that support LGBTQ+ youth in their own communities and schools

"But what if my school's not accepting or doesn't have a GSA club?"

We hear that - that's why LGBTQ+ youth can pair up with various different types of organizations to apply for a Changemakers grant, including:

• Nonprofits

• Public libraries

• LGBTQ+ centers

• Public schools and GSA clubs

• And other youth-supporting community organizations!

A fave example: One of our previous grantees from a GSA club in Vermillion, South Dakota couldn't get their school on board with their idea. So instead, they paired up with a local mural artist organization to create a giant sparkly unicorn Pride mural on the side of a downtown restaurant - which went on to earn the town a USA Today Reader's Choice award for small towns with the best art scenes!

Youth + a partner organization can apply for a grant now by May 5th at itgetbetter.org/changemakers

notice how nobody’s asking whether or not boycotting makes you sad or uncomfortable ??? it’s because nobody gives a shit. boycotting isn’t supposed to be comfortable for you at all times. get your shit together and stand with trans women.

to summarize: you have the moral backbone of a flatworm if your response every time harry potter comes up is to make it about your inability to give up a book

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Tumblr Holidays Masterpost

So I realized that I don’t actually know of a calendar of what I call “tumblr holidays,” which are days that are only really important to fandom/tumblr memes and you always make sure to reblog that one post (or many posts!) that celebrates it. 

Anyway, in honour of today being October 3rd, I figured I should attempt to make a tumblr holidays masterpost. 

General

Every Tuesday: SPN - It’s Tuesday

February

February 13th: Parks and Rec - Galentine’s Day

March

March 7th - Mr Crabs opens Krusty Krab 2

March 14th: Pi Day

March 15th: Ides of March

March 23rd: Ever Given blocks the Suez Canal

March 31st: Parks and Rec - “I didn’t know March 31st existed.”

April

Entire month of April: “It’s Gonna Be May”

April 1st: Community - “From now on, April Fools Day is banished. At Greendale, April 1st is officially March 32nd forever”

April 8th: Empire Records, Rex Manning Day

April 13: Homestuck Day

April 13th: Neil Banging out the Tunes

April 22nd: Earth Day - “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND”

April 25th: Miss Congeniality - The Perfect Date, because “it’s not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.”

April 30: “It’s Gonna Be May” – Yes, this is a repeat but so many people have sent me this “addition” even though it’s already included and literally the first item on this list that I’m adding it again :P

May

May 1st: “It’s Gonna Be May”

May 1st: Tweet - “Damn it’s May 1st already? What’s next, May 2nd? Fuck everything”

May 2nd: The Rock’s Birthday

May 2nd: Harry Potter - Battle of Hogwarts

May 4th: Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You

May 5/6th: Star Wars Day - Revenge of the Fifth/Sixth

May 25th: Douglas Adams/Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Towel Day

May 25th: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Night Watch - Glorious 25th of May

June

June 5th/6th: Les Mis - Barricade Day

June 19th: Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

June 27: “We Will Be Back June 27th”

July

Juy 31st - Harry Potter - Harry Potter’s Birthday

August

August 30 - Frankenstein Day (Mary Shelley’s birthday)

September

September 1st: Harry Potter - First Day of Hogwarts

October

October 1st: First Day of Halloween

October 3rd: Mean Girls - “On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was”

October 3rd: Full Metal Alchemist - “Don’t Forget 3.OCT.11”

October 9th: Spongebob Squarepants - Leif Erikson Day

October 13th: Parks and Rec - “TREAT YO SELF”

October 17th: Mean Girls - “Two weeks later, we spoke again.”

October 19th: Community - “October 19th is a feeling in all of us”

October 21st: Back to the Future Day

November

November 1st: Nightmare Before Christmas - “There’s only 365 days left until next Halloween!” “364!”

November 5th: Back to the Future - “That was the day I invented time travel!”

November 5th - V for Vendetta - “Remember, remember, the fifth of November…”

November 5th - Anniversary of US Election-Destiel-Putin Chaos

November 7th: Mass Effect - N7 Day

December

Entire month of December: Doctor Who - No I shan’t, it’s Christmas!

December 10th: Lizzie Bennet Diaries - “Please, it’s Christmas!” “It’s December 10th!”

December 23rd: Friends - Happy Christmas Eve Eve

December 23rd: Seinfeld - Festivus

December 23rd: Christmas Adam

December 23rd: RENT fandom appears

December 24th: Muppets Only One More Sleep Till Christmas

Please feel free to add your own/message me with holidays that you remember, so I keep this updated. Whenever they come up, I always forget to actually tag/track them, so I’m missing A LOT.

something to do while ao3 is down a:)))

If you see someone with a really bad fandom take, I’m begging you to open your emails and write a strongly worded missive to your local government official about something bad happening in your community or country.

If you’re in Canada you could email a rep about concerns about Elon musk interfering in our next federal election.

If you’re in the US the list is endless.

If you’re in the UK you could email about trans health care.

If you’re in Australia, what about dental care in Medicare?

If you’re in Europe, look into some EU initiatives of particular concern. Perhaps something to do with nature and biodiversity? Idk

Just today I emailed my local mla about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and tomorrow I’m going to pick something else and do it again

had a dream that someone suggested the best gender neutral form of address would be Mþ (pronounced Myth) and i immediately said "mith me with that gay shit HEYOOO" and woke up at 4:30am hanging sideways off of my bed

reblogging to remember this bc i LOVE rockstar eddie more than anything

Do you like rockstar Eddie? Do you like aspiring Broadway actor/theatre kid Steve? Would you like it if they kissed?

Part 4 of Old Lovers In Dressing Rooms is out now!!! It’s an angsty one!!!!

READ HERE

the earth won’t cater to you, why should ao3 ???

I only hate certain types of fic the same way I hate mosquitos and ticks. Like get these nasty little buggers away from me but also I respect their place in the ecosystem.

The radio crackled on. Robin clutched the microphone as steady as she could, the poor thing not used to the rough location of Steve's beat up Beemer.

"Evening, Hawkins," she announced into the mic. Not in her typical bravado. This was all Robin: trembling, scared, but defiant against it. "This is Rockin' Robin, here with Sailin' Steve in what very well may be our last broadcast."

She adjusts her spear, getting Steve to double check his shield. Not easy to do while speeding down the road, but when their destination is the same no matter where he goes, it doesn't quite matter anymore, does it?

"It's been a pleasure serving you lovely people and WSQK Radio," Robin continues, her voice shaking less as the certainty of her words takes over. "But it's time for us to sign off one last time."

"The end of the world is calling, baby," Steve says, loud enough for the radio to pick up. It's the first time he's ever dared to speak into it, and the wave of power it gives him makes him feel possessed. With the way his hand moves off the wheel to twist the knob of the barely functioning sound board between them, turning the music up as he accelerates and fueling his words, he may as well be. "We're here to pick up the call."

Steve grips the stick in front of the sound board, clutching the leather as familiar as the denim beneath his war clothes. "We've got one final song for you all, dedicated to an old friend of mine."

He smells ash. Tastes blood on the tip of his tongue. Feels the sting in his sides like a call from the other side.

Not painful. Hopeful.

Daring.

Trusting.

Fueling.

"We're gonna finish what you started, bud. I'm gonna make him pay."

As the first notes of the guitar solo to "Crazy Train" begin rattling his car, as his fingers tighten impossibly more on the wheel and a tear rolls down his cheek, he feels the ghost of a hand on his shoulder.

Ring laden.

Strong in its fear. Familiar in its loss.

Steve grits his teeth. Takes a deep breath as a calmness burns just as bright as the fire of vengeance.

"Eddie Munson, this is for you."

Then he shifts the stick, grips the wheel, and speeds straight into the apocalypse.