bairnsidhe:

owlsofstarlight:

paintmeahero:

symmetraismygf:

the athiesm of women/people of color/lgbt people is absolutely different than the athiesm of cishet white men and i feel like people forget that a lot

how?

Don’t have spoons for long explanation – also this is only speaking for christianity – but religion has been a force of oppression for women, people of color, and lgbt+ people and the rejection of the religion is often coupled with the rejection of how religion treats them.

I’ll also say that abuse survivors are included in this because it is a reaction to and an attempt to reconcile how (christian) god would allow abuse to happen.

For straight white men atheism is usually rooted in intellectual and rational superiority complexes. It’s a “i am more rational and intelligent than you, how can you believe in something so obviously fake” thing as opposed to a reaction to a societal institution that upholds their oppression and abuse.

Women, PoC, Queer people, immigrants, trauma survivors, etc:  How can I believe in something that teaches you to be cruel?  How can I trust the books that tell me of peace and love, when you use your faith to hurt me?  How can a loving god allow [insert injustice of the day]?

White Men: I, as an Intellectual, eschew silly superstitions that say I might, someday, after my death, face one (1) single consequence.

poule-malchanceuse:

squidgepidge:

cosmickatya:

goathornsandblackwool:

famousflowerof-manhattan:

fruitsgarden:

becausebirds:

Playing fetch with an emu.

this is the fiunniest Ffcuking thing i ve ever fuckin g seen

Oh my god??

precious dumb dinosaur

Ok but aren’t emus actually super dangerous

anything has the potential to be dangerous, especially big animals in constant contact with humans. (theyre common farm animals, in some places) they have VERY powerful legs and big nails [above] so yes emus are potentially dangerous, but I think the big-danger-bird you’re thinking of is their relative, the cassowary [below]

Emus are honestly big babies. I’ve been in a pen full of at least 30 who were ready for their breakfast and I was carrying their breakfast so they were all super hyper and trying to get to the food first by kicking each other away. Their feet came up to my head at each kick and it should have been terrifying, except that despite brushing against me not one foot ever came remotely close to hitting me, and once I filled their feeding station many of them sought me out for pets/attention.

They’re big and good babies.

Disclaimer: They were all born and raised by humans and very well loved.