"Because The One Thing I Want, It's Something I Know I Can't Have."

what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

*supernatural finale voice* family DO end in blood. maybe the whole point WASNT the friends we made along the way. NEVER keep fighting

“dean and i do share a more profound bond… i wasn’t gonna mention it” in what world and on what type of drug is that not gay

if i cant kill myself i guess i just have to make art and cook good meals and listen to music and dress up pretty and hope it will be all worth it to be doing something to distract myself forever

a teaser being released today would've been perfect what a missed opportunity 😭😭

can someone please change the fucking prophecy

Sam is organising some of their archived items one day, and tries on the Holy Fire glasses just as Castiel walks into the room. He tries not to freak out because now he can see that Cas is surrounded by floating, glowing eyes.

Sam takes the glasses off. Normal regular Cas.

Puts them back on. Eyes everywhere.

Cas looks over and sees Sam's strange expression, not knowing the glasses he's wearing have been treated with Holy Fire, and asks if he's okay.

Sam fumbles his way through a "Yeah- I'm uh- I'm fine."

While they're talking Sam notices that actually, only a handful of the eyes floating around Cas are open, looking at him, while the rest are closed.

But then Dean walks into the room.

Instantly all of Cas's glowing eyes snap open and follow his movement through the room. "Hey Sam, hey Cas," Dean greets, unaware of the eyes watching him.

"Hello, Dean," Cas replies, all the eyes squinting closed like a happy cat.

Sam watches with interest. "Cas?" he says.

Cas's physical body turns to him, but only a few of the eyes leave Dean. "Yes, Sam?"

"Nothing."

The eyes all return to Dean before Cas even finishes saying, "If you're sure."

..........Sam is unsurprised.

generalizations, feminism, criminology, and statistical fallacies (tw: mentions of violence, SA, abuse, misogyny)

every day I see people say that we can’t generalize by saying “men do *insert violent thing here*” but the issue is, you literally can. Most of it boils down to a lack of statistical literacy. You can certainly say that “men are more likely to commit homicide,” but that doesn’t mean you’re saying “every man is a murderer.” This is called an ecological fallacy, which is when you apply statistical conclusions that are generalizable to a population to a single individual. We know this because homicide is the most reported crime.

Likewise, I could say "higher testosterone is correlated with increased aggression." However, I could not conclude that "testosterone causes men to be violent," even though cis men on average produce more testosterone, because everyone produces testosterone, regardless of their sex. Additionally, we know there are other contributing factors when committing acts of violence like age, intellectual ability, and socioeconomic status. This is called a reductionist fallacy, which is when you attribute a multifactorial issue to a singular cause. (could also be a causal fallacy)

Finally, I could say that "I was abused by a woman," but that does not mean I could then say that "all women are abusers" because that is not backed by statistical evidence. This is a hasty generalization, which is when you apply individual experiences or a small sample to a broader population.

Men are more likely to be perpetrators and victims of every violent crime, except for SA (though there is a “dark figure” as it’s called in the field for SA statistics due to underreporting). Women are more likely to be SAd generally, and trans individuals are the most disproportionately likely to be s*xually ab*sed. I would cite more sources (linked below), but this is a consistent fact of crime in every single criminology class I've ever taken as a current forensic psychology graduate student. Most resources you look at will mention this in some way.

I truly hate when men say “we experience this too!” but like, yes, y’all do actually, and y’all do it to each other. When you break down the statistics, men are consistently more likely to harm other men than a woman is to harm them. No matter how you twist it, patriarchy is the root of the problem. There is evidence that this gender gap is decreasing in some countries, however.

you might need to look some of these articles up by name if you don't have access:

Sex, Race, Age, and Violent Offending - Criminology Collection - ProQuest

Understanding the persistence of the victimization -offending relationship: Modeling causal mechanisms across place and time - Criminology Collection - ProQuest

Victimization as a predictor of offending behavior in youth - Criminology Collection - ProQuest

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) | Bureau of Justice Statistics

Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (UCR Program) — FBI

Transgender people over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime - Williams Institute