#Classics in media

[jeannereames]

This will be dropping shortly. Interesting experience/interview. Guy is a polyglot and kinda scary smart. He asked me for the interview after the Netflix "Making of a God," whereupon he decided to go and read Arrian, then did a rabbithole dive. Now he wants to learn Latin and/or Greek (to add to his collection of languages). It was about a 2-hour interview, that they'll have edited down. Despite the hype (he does know how to sell it), a lot of the discussion was about sources and the ancient Greek context. I enjoyed myself.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

[prokopetz]

i was just thinking about how 90% of my obsession with Diogenes started with Tumblr memes. what if there were similar memes for other philosophers? like jean-paul Sartre or sun tzu?

There are in fact Tumblr memes about Sun Tzu, though you need to be part of fairly specific circles to get the really good ones. I'm not personally aware of any significant body of Tumblr memes about Sartre, but I won't swear on my life they don't exist.

[snail-shell2335]

Do You Know What It Means To Be Loved By Death?

[matildaeroot]

Me, Alive 💕✨

[daxnorman]

[k-wame]

best summary of this film ive ever read

[charmedchapters]

[nerdby]

ALL👏🏻MEDIA👏🏻IS👏🏻POLITICAL👏🏻

[nuzzle]

Misako Aoki will appear in the upcoming lolita fashion romance movie "Happiness" to be released May 17th 2024!

Similar to the production of "Kamikaze Girls" it's a film adaptation of a manga adaptation, originally based on the novel written by the same author: Nobara Takemoto. It seems like the featured brand will be Innocent World this time. I'm looking forward to it!!

[academiclover]

[tapeworrmart]

Closure ⛓️

[themainspoon]

You know, with how strongly so many on Tumblr have reacted to the possibility of TikTok bans, I would have thought that the fact that both sides of Australian politics are planning to ban all social media for everyone under 16 would be something somebody would have at least mentioned:

Like, let us not forget that while social media can cause harm, it's also an important space for lots of kids to find information and support, especially queer kids, and/or kids with abusive families (among others).

Also, I feel like I shouldn't need to explain why "Think of the Children!" rhetoric isn't trustworthy, and why being required to submit your ID to corporations that make their money by selling data should be avoided at all costs. With the ammout of Australians who have been impacted by massive data breaches and leaks, the idea of being made to put even more of our personal information online is not an enticing one.

[donutdrawsthings]

Out of every Classic Who serial out there, Fury From The Deep is by far the funniest serial to only survive in audio format with a few telesnaps.

[halbarryislife]

doctor who missing episodes...

[daxnorman]

Grace Jones Nightclubbing