Ok, but seriously, Unique and pregnancy … remember her comments about Rizzo, and remember her ideas for doing Gaga … 

There was a lot of stuff about sex, consent, and the lack of it, and promiscuity (and the lack there of) all over that episode. Like, from a bunch of angles, including:

Kurt being non-consensual tied up and tricked into making out with a guy.

All the girls want to be the virgin! Except Kitty, who says feels she’s closer to Mary Magdelene, and we know her history.

Santana said a toy a kid wanted sounded “molesty”. Also she was roofied at Lilith Fair? I mean, hopefully that didn’t mean sexual assault, but that’s certainly what it implies, unless I’m missing something?

Becky wants to force people to make out with her. Sam thinks she needs to be treated for sex addiction.

I am pretty sure there’s more, too, throughout it.

I think it’s always important to keep in mind when discussing consent issues on Glee is that none of these characters really know they matter a lot of the time. In “Vitamin D”, the nurse drugs them so much that they can’t remember their high-energy performances after they come down. No one is upset. No one knows they should be upset. Not Rachel, who’s been trained to threaten lawsuits; not Finn, about whom fandom seems to confuse privilege and empowerment; not Kurt, who has Burt Hummel as a dad.

Look at Blaine’s reactions to the Vaporub incident. Look at Sam and Artie reacting to Ryder’s disclosure in “Lights Out”. Look at the collective non-reaction to Brittany’s various actions concerning consent. Sue commands Santana and Brittany and Bree to seduce boys and they don’t react.

What if we name our band the Nipslips? Boob lovers of all genders will show up for sure.

I really wanted this done before the new episode aired so now I’m just gonna collapse and sleep forever

Fic rec!

Couldn’t easily find this on tumblr, but I thought this fic was lovely so writing my own rec post for it!

One’s Impossible, Two is Dreary (aka, There are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.)

G rated, Klaine but mostly Unique + Marley + Blaine + Kurt, ~1800 words.

Summary: 

Kurt’s voice in his ear is warm and evens out all of the jagged edges on Blaine’s insides. “I’m back early from Callbacks and wanted to make sure to respond to you before it got too late. Care to explain this text?”

Ah. Right. About an hour ago, when Marley was in even more of a tailspin about Jake than she was about Mr. Schue, Blaine had given in to his own niggling insecurity and typed and sent ‘Are you sure you don’t mind I’m a Katy?’ before he’d really thought about it. He felt dumb about three seconds later: Kurt was no Jake Puckerman, plus Kurt was his fiance, plus the longer he thought about it the dumber this whole week’s assignment seemed.

This is just a really sweet and interesting response to 5x04. Kurt talks to Marley (and Unique and Blaine) about what happened.

"You’re gonna hear me roar!"

chordover: @becbecbobec, me, @darrencriss and @blakejenner goofing around

Heather Hogan’s Glee Recap 5.04 (x)