Hmm...

You know how TERF means "trans-exclusionary radical feminist," right? I'm starting to feel like there needs to be a term/acronym that means something along the lines of "asexual/aromantic-exclusionary (radical?) ...um... LGBT-supporters... ...?" Needs some work, but that would be the gist of it. This is assuming, of course, that there isn't already a term/acronym like that and I'm simply not aware of it. And, with that said, this certainly isn't a new phenomenon or anything.

Take this Polygon article about the most recent Ghostbusters movie, for example. Basically, the article seems to take the stance of "They must kiss/confess love/fuck/whatever, or it just doesn't count at all." Fuck off with that shit. Look, if they made another new Ghostbusters movie involving these characters, and they made Phoebe openly gay, I would be totally fine with that (and if other Ghostbusters "fans" have a problem with that, they can fuck off, too), but at the same time, don't go shitting all over things that don't exactly match up with how you wish they were. "Not every queer romance needs to be clearly spelled out on screen, but..." has very strong "I'm not a racist, but..."/"I'm not a homophobe, but..." energy.

Also... Phoebe Spengler is "so, so queer-coded" because of... her hair and the way she dresses? Uh, so, was Egon Spengler "so, so queer-coded," too, then? Because Mckenna Grace in these new movies was explicitly and intentionally made up to look almost exactly like how Harold Ramis looked in the original movies. I mean, sure, it could be both of those things, but it's way more the latter than the former in intention, though. And I don't recall anyone trying to claim that Phoebe was "so, so queer-coded" in Afterlife (especially considering the chemistry she had with Podcast [a male character] in that movie).

And, lastly, "in case you're lucky enough to have not watched the newest new Ghostbusters movies" (emphasis mine). Implying that anyone who has watched them is "unlucky"? Fuck off with that shit, too. The new Ghostbusters movies (i.e. Afterlife and Frozen Empire, anyway[1]) are fine. Admittedly, I didn't like Frozen Empire nearly as much as I did Afterlife, myself, but it's not "a frankly bad movie" either, and I don't feel "unlucky" to have seen it.

(I don't feel comfortable putting the "homophobia" tag on this because it doesn't really fit, and I don't have an "acephobia"/"aphobia" tag yet [nor do I feel like putting one just on this one post], but if I ever, sadly, find a reason to make another post in the future that would need a tag like that, I'll add it and backtag this one with it as well.)

[1] - I thought the 2016 movie (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call or whatever the fuck they're calling it now) was okay, too (despite the intensely shitty trailers for it), but that's neither here nor there, as that movie has nothing to do with the newer ones, which were actual, passing-the-torch sequels of the originals, rather than a failed attempt at a reboot.

"What to know about the 25th Amendment as Trump makes wild claim about Biden"

Link to article.

Oh, I'm sure Trump is at least vaguely familiar with the 25th Amendment, considering how many people were calling for the removal his own stupid ass via the 25th Amendment during some of the more delusional episodes that occurred while Trump was in office. Even though Trump is, of course, lying his obese ass off about it here. It's just yet another example of projection by Trump and his army of Trump-dingleberry-connoisseurs.

Biden had one (ostensibly) bad "performance" at a debate, as those on all sides in government and the media have been ever so quick to repeatedly, incessantly remind everyone (though hardly anyone on either side cares to comment on the deranged, divorced-from-reality performance that Trump himself had during that same debate, of course, which I guess is simply because that's how Trump acts all the goddamned time, and everyone's just so fucking tired of it). Aside from that, however, Biden has been pretty much the same gaffe-prone, mediocre president, after that debate, that he was before the debate. That's not a cause for invoking the fucking 25th Amendment, especially when compared against all the lunatic shit that the GQP allowed Trump to get away with as the POTUS (and even actively cheered on, in most cases).

"It's Harder to Stab When You're Being Punched in the Face"

A post on whatever.scalzi.com.

Man, I hope the Dems, and Kamala Harris in particular, are finally going to start calling a spade a spade when it comes to Trump and his gaggle of anus-inhalers. I don't necessarily want them to actually start living "in the gutter," or whatever, because I equate that with the egregious spewing of utter horseshit that Trump and his lickspittles get up to all the time. However, actually pulling no punches and refraining from being namby-pamby milquetoast pantywaists like they have been for most of the past few decades or so would be super great, not gonna lie.

And yeah, as I said over there, Trump's messaging when it comes to Project 2025 has been... shall we say... spotty, at best.