#I disagreed with her analysis for some historical reasoning I can’t remember

[boysnberriespie]

Obsessed with the way tumblr functions irl, like, all it takes is one statement and you clock that someone uses tumblr or at the very least, used tumblr pre-2018

[drwcn]

The Wen Zhuliu knows/feels it is wrong and still do it cuz he gotta follow orders, just make him more unsympathetic to me. I really dont get those people that post Wen Zhuliu deserved better! Why???

I think the reason is that it’s not so simple as “this is a job” so “i have to follow orders”. There is cultural nuance to Wen Zhuliu’s character. He changed his name to be part of the Wens. Even though it is sometimes practiced to do that when you join a sect, it is not necessary (ie: Su She in Gusu Lan, and Wei Wuxian in Yunmeng Jiang). To change your last name means renouncing your parents, your ancestors, and that’s like.... a HUGE deal. That’s why even married women don’t change their last names. You don’t ever forget your ancestors. 

The only people who do change their last names are a) those facing persecution, and even then you try to find something that reminds you of your past; b) domesticated servants sold into servitude or prostitution they don’t really have a chose; c) you owe the new family a debt greater than life. 

There is a word in chinese which often gets translated into ‘debt’, but it doesn’t mean debt. The word is 恩 ‘en’. Debt implies there is a price that can be repaid, but ‘en’ is something is much more permanent such that some times “en” can’t ever be repaid.

This concept doesn’t exist in the English language, and to an extent, doesn’t exist in western culture. 

So here is where Wen Zuliu’s actions deserve some further analysis. The reason “why” he does what he does is very important. If he’s just an employee of the Wens, then yeah nobody is sympathetic to his callousness. But if there is something more there, if Wen Ruohan somehow gave “en” towards Wen Zhuliu, then what he does is much more understandable. 

Culturally, he can’t, or even shouldn’t go against Wen Ruohan. Everyone can oppose him and his tyranny, but Wen Zhuliu (if there is en between him and WRH) can’t. He can walk away, or to stop serving WRH, but he can’t turn against him. That would be 恩将仇报, to repay “en” with hatred. 

If Wen Zhuliu were to help the protagonists and defeat Wen Ruohan, he would earn himself no respect from the other cultivators either. 

Why do you think Wei Wuxian disobeying Jiang Cheng was such a big deal? The Jiang family gave ‘en’ towards Wei Wuxian; they took him in, raised him, (with the exception of Madam Yu) treated him like a young master. We with our modern point of views might think well that’s what any decent person should do, well...that’s not the case historically. Wei Wuxian swore he would serve the family and Jiang Cheng. That technically should’ve been his #1 priority and no other priority should overtake that. Yes, the war prisoners of the Wen Clan were innocent, but if Wei Wuxian followed the conventional customs, he shouldn’t have spoken out or left Jiang Cheng alone. But Wei Wuxian chose take a stand because he saw the bigger picture and decided that confronting Jin Guangshan and genocide was the more right thing to do than his personal loyalties.

Let me just say this, if Wei Wuxian chose to do nothing because he wanted to stay with Jiang Cheng, that would’ve been the right thing to do as well. Either way... there was no winning.  

So coming back to to the topic of WZL, obviously this is all speculation, but somehow I think WZL probably was in between a rock and a hard place. 

Edit: and as for Jiang Cheng. You might think...well Wen Ning saved Jiang Cheng’s life, shouldn’t he technically owe “en” to Wen Ning and Wen Qing? No. Because the Wen Clan destroyed his family and killed his parents, there is no “owing” of any kind between their Clans. The fact that Jiang Cheng stood up and said something for the two of them in front of the Jins is enough. (I can’t remember which post war episode it was but like Jiang Cheng did say Wen Qing and Wen Ning helped him. Honestly if the rest of the clans weren’t such evil assholes, they would’ve listened to him and said oh okay, I guess we’ll make an exception, and that would’ve been that. Wen Qing wouldn’t have made a fuss if Wen Ning was safe. Her bottom line was always her brother. You can disagree if you want, but her goal was always get A-Ning to safety - not, get the rest of my family to safety.)

[ywhiterain]

@anotheralix wrote a post that can be summed up as “how about we ditch the double standards surrounding how we talk about female and male protagonists.” She even admit she does this herself with Clarke Griffin (100) and Elena Gilbert (The Vampire Diaries). It’s not a particularity nuanced post - but it wasn’t meant to be. It was a vent. A vent, in particular, how women are judged differently than men.

This is not a shocking rant. This is a self evident perspective shared by many women across time in different cultures. Look, I could get into the science and cite different articles and meta-analysis that back up the idea women are held to higher standards than men. But not everything is about meeting high standards when creating an argument. Sometimes you want to make short rant on your tumblr about sexism and move on.

But, see, @candyumberella responds to this post. Not a problem in itself. But how and what she says reveals that her issue is not with creating inter sectional spaces for women to talk about feminism. No, I think she hates that female fans sometimes really love female leads.

I’m going to take apart some of her arguments under the cut.

“I think it’s pretty telling that whenever people get uncomfortable with seeing a female character (espically the most privilaged white female character in a ‘verse whose narrative is based on and constructed around her privliage) criticized in any way, they knee-jerk respond with, "You wouldn’t do this with a white man!”

Let’s unpack this. There are two claims in here that I disagree with: female leads are constructed around her privilege and being critical of the knee-jerk response. I’ll with the second first, because it’s easier to address. Yes. Women, particularly women who have been influenced by feminist thought, tend to get frustrated when women are held to a higher standard than men. It happens. It’s annoying. And I believe it’s understandable. The fact that @candyumbrella doesn’t acknowledge that female heroines are held to higher standards is a glaring omission. If she took into account how misogyny and sexism hurts all women, her arguments about how women are treated in fandom would fall apart. I mean, even more so than pointing out the existence of The Golden Girls and its large fandom does.

The second part is that her claim, espically the most privilaged white female character in a 'verse whose narrative is based on and constructed around her privliage is not backed by any evidence at all. Now, @anotheralix doesn’t give powerful evidence herself, but that’s because it was a short vent about sexism. @Candyumberlla takes issues with this vent because of a weird ass Interpretation of All TV Based On One Sitcom. If you’re going to take issue with someone complaining about sexism, and how this post complaining about sexism is a problematic trend in fandom as a whole, you need some convincing arguments. Otherwise you look like a sexist apologist.

But here, I’m going to argue against her claim by pointing to Buffy. White female lead - skinny and blond to boot! But the premise of the worldview of Buffy isn’t that she’s the most privileged character in her world. She spends a good portion of it struggling against the Watchers Council (aka patriarchy) in order to use her own power on her own terms. Buffy being pretty and tiny and girly is the fucking point - because society sees women who look like her as empty shells. Buffy being the undisputed heroine of her own story is and was an attack on that worldview.

Buffy didn’t do great about race. It’s treatment of Kendra Young has not aged well, to put it politely. It’s peek manufactured whiteness. As for queer issues, while Willow/Tara was groundbreaking, but there’s as much to critique as there is celebrate. Fans of Buffy do this all the fucking time. There is nuance to be had and Buffy’s got plenty of academic and fannish work exploring that nuance. It’s failures and it’s successes.

But

It’s not about the injustice of misogyny so much as people wanting their female fave to not be criticized and using her gender as a catch-all reason why she shouldn’t be.

That’s a pretty unfair statement. Loving and being fannish about female characters can be an exercise in frustration in fandom. I don’t know how many times I went in the tags for Elena Gilbert only to see fans calling her a two-faced and manipulative in very gendered ways. Slut. Bitch. Whore. I’m glad a dude is beating her up and putting her in her place. Speak true to that ungrateful bitch, male character I like! This exists in fandom. It puts a lot of people on guard.

Critiquing a character like Elena is not as easy as doing one like Klaus. Because there is baggage there. Misogyny is a thing. It informs how women are framed and treated in the text. It informs audience expectation and reaction. Elena being white didn’t stop her from ending up with her rapist.

So actually, I see plenty of people accusing male characters of making everything about themselves–usually when they want to deflect from criticism directed against their One Special White Girl and do so by perpetuating the lie that ONLY White Men are the REAL Enemy, We Are All Allies Against Them, blah blah.

Because, shockingly, men and women are treated differently in both canon and fandom. I’ve seen @candyumberlla spend more time talking shit about Clarke, Elena, and Donna (Suits) than Oliver (Arrow), Angel (Angel), or Sam or Dean (Supernatural). Even Ted, the privileged white dude who informs all of her meta these days, is not treated with such distaste. She is gleeful about her interpretation of Clarke (she’s being humiliated and dethroned!) She gushes about the Fall of Elena and the Rise of Caroline. She might mock, say, Stefan Salvatore, but she doesn’t the same use belittling and angry language.

Misogyny is informing her meta. Because misogyny is a threat. It’s real. Her attack on female characters is built on centuries of female oppression.

Also:  –usually when they want to deflect from criticism directed against their One Special White Girl

Women and girls can’t just be tired as hell of white male dominance in their world? Critiques against male dominance in media are About Protecting That White Women. 

MOST privileged woman in a ‘verse appropriating and parasitizing those LESS privileged and LESS institutionally elevated than she–so she’s not the victim in this scenario, she’s the oppressor.

Prove it. When and how did Clarke, Elena, Veronica, Buffy, Rey, or any other white female characters target more vulnerable women. Hard mode: look their stories in context of a male dominated society with white dudes being the ones who generally created their stories. Remember internalized misogyny is not just those Bad Female Fans Who Like The Wrong White Female Leads and how much female creators in Hollywood and TV have to balance to just get women to talk to each other without it being about a dude. Honest mode: take into account how the leads have both built up and torn down the women in their lives. Put the narrative into a cultural and historical context.

so this parasitic stanning impulse is just white male worship transmuted in a different form that ~feels more like ~feminism and thus more morally acceptable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Tell me more about how Clexa fans just love Finn. Or Xena/Gabe fans just thirsting for that dick. Bias is a thing. It influences how we think, feel, and react to things. There is no story that doesn’t fail on some level when it comes to systems of oppression.

But people finding personal power, meaning, or joy in female lead stories doesn’t mean they just really want the dick. Korra/Asami fans don’t tend think too much of Mako. Buffy/Faith shippers may have an opinion about Angel and Spike, but they’re generally more interested in the charged relationship between Faith and Buffy. Sailor Moon fandom does have a good chunk of het, but lesbian content and focus on friendship between women is one of the reasons it’s still beloved by many people.

Or, hell, maybe actually allow for the idea that maybe a het shipper is more invested in the female half than the male half and it’s not due to her status as a guy who was killed off and the fandom as a whole cheered. 

[the-desolated-quill]

Vincent And The Doctor - Doctor Who blog (People Like This Episode?)

(SPOILER WARNING: The following is an in-depth critical analysis. If you haven’t seen this episode yet, you may want to before reading this review)

Oh I hate talking about these kinds of stories! The ones that receive critical acclaim and are adored by fans because of how deep and meaningful they supposedly are, and then I have to come along and explain why those episodes are nothing but pretentious, patronising bollocks.

Okay. Two disclaimers. I’m not very fond of Doctor Who’s celebrity historical episodes because they’re usually just an excuse for the writers to wank themselves silly to a famous historical person as opposed to telling a compelling story (see The Unicorn And The Wasp and Victory of The Daleks), and I’m not a big fan of Richard Curtis. I do like Blackadder for the most part, but his other stuff I just don’t care for. (I don’t even like The Vicar of Dibley very much, which is positively sacrilegious I know). If you’re into either, fair enough. They’re just not to my taste. But the thing to bear in mind is my hatred for Vincent And The Doctor goes beyond personal taste issues. Not only do I think this episode is monumentally crap, I also found it to be extremely insulting, and I’ll explain why in a bit.

In the previous episode Rory was erased from existence, which means Amy can no longer remember him, although she still feels occasionally sad without knowing why. To cheer Amy up, the Doctor takes her to an art gallery to look at Vincent Van Gogh’s painting. This surprised me ever so slightly. I honestly didn’t think Amy would be the type to be into all this artsy fartsy stuff, but that’s only because we’re 10 episodes in and I still don’t actually know anything about her. Think about it. What have we actually learned about her? How has she grown since the first episode? First person to come up with a satisfactory answer wins a fiver. 

It’s almost as if she’s suddenly obsessed with Vincent Van Gogh not because that’s part of her character but because the plot requires her to be. Also, since Rory was erased by the light shining out of Moffat’s crack (teehee), Amy seems to have been reduced to a wide-eyed, innocent little bunny rabbit in this episode. I can’t help but feel sorry for Karen Gillan. She’s a good actor, but Moffat rarely gives her any good material to work with.

Anyway the Doctor spots some weird creature in one of the paintings and decides to travel back to 1890 to meet Vincent Van Gogh, played by Tony Curran who admittedly does a marvellous job with the material he’s been given, although the less said about his awful pantomime-esque performance when he’s required to fight the invisible monster, the better. Here’s the problem with celebrity historicals, and I mentioned this in my review of The Unicorn And The Wasp. Usually these episodes are only entertaining to those who are interested in the historical celebrity. To everyone else, it’s just monumentally dull. I’ve never been that interested in Agatha Christie, so having to listen to the Doctor constantly talk about what a great writer she is made me feel a little bit nauseous. I’ve seen Van Gogh’s paintings. They’re okay. I’m not that much of an art lover, so I can’t really comment further, but to listen to the Doctor and Amy talking, you’d think Van Gogh was the reincarnation of Christ. It all feels utterly self indulgent. Like with Agatha Christie and Winston Churchill in their respective episodes, there’s no effort to actually explore what his life was like or anything. Instead we’re given this romanticised version of him that Richard Curtis can spend 45 minutes pouring his admiration over. It’s fine if you like Van Gogh, but spare a thought for the uncultured swines like myself who have to suffer through this too.

‘Oh look! There’s all his famous paintings! And they’re still wet! Oh no! Don’t put the coffee pot down on them! You’ll leave a stain! How can you not see how utterly perfect and amazing you are Van Gogh?! OMG! Look at his bedroom! Just like the painting! (Even though the bedroom wasn’t actually in that town. Also have you noticed that they built the bedroom to look exactly like the painting to the point where the proportions look really weird when the Doctor walks around in it?). Oh did you hear that? He doesn’t like sunflowers! How hilarious! And he fancies Amy! How sweet! Go PondGogh!’ And so on for another 40 excruciating minutes.

For the record, I don’t buy Van Gogh and Amy’s feelings for each other even for a second considering that they’ve only known each other for a day. Plus the whole thing feels less romantic when you remember that Van Gogh most probably had syphilis at the time.

But wait. This is Doctor Who, isn’t it? Better shove a monster in for no reason. What do we have this week? The Krafayis. An invisible monster that only Van Gogh can see and resembles a giant, mutant CGI turkey. Not exactly one of Doctor Who’s best monsters, now is it? So how’s the Doctor planning to see it? With some tech of course. But not something sensible like a pair of goggles or something. No. Instead he uses this awkward looking harness thing with a rear view mirror attached so that the only chance you can see the Krafayis is if it’s standing right behind you. What a stupid idea!

But as I said, this is all a taste issue. If you like it, good for you. I’m glad someone does. Where I absolutely draw the line however is when Richard Curtis starts giving us his patronising views on the blind and the mentally ill.

Yes the big twist is that the Krafayis is blind, and in one fell swoop it goes from being a savage creature of hate to being a cuddly little bundle of joy in its condescending death scene. They also perpetuate the age old myth that blind people have excellent hearing (which is not true by the way. it’s a lie created by the sighted to make themselves feel better). Oh and the reason why only Van Gogh can see him? Because he’s mentally ill and therefore can see things other people can’t. 

How anyone can find this episode to be anything other than insufferable I don’t know.

There’s been a lot of debate as to what kind of mental illness Van Gogh may have had, but Curtis decides to go for bipolar with a touch of synesthesia. This is very dark and sensitive territory for Doctor Who, but with careful handling it could potentially be emotionally rewarding, spreading awareness to important issues surrounding mental health. This is not the case here. Curtis’ portrayal of mentally ill people consists of nothing but patronising and insulting cliches. He’s bipolar, which means he’s fine now even though he was sad a few minutes ago. Being mentally ill makes you a genius. Being manic makes you a loveable eccentric. Having mental health problems allows you to see the wonders of the world in a way ‘normal’ people can only dream of.

For those of you who don’t know, I suffer from manic depression. Do you see now why I might have a bit of a problem with this? Yes there’s a correlation between those with mental health problems and those who enter creative fields like art and writing, often because art and writing are an excellent way to express ourselves and to make sense of the world around us. I myself am a writer and have had a lot of time to refine my craft. Spending nearly three years stuck at home whilst recovering from alcohol addiction gives you a lot of free time to do such things. But I absolutely resent the idea that artists, writers and other creative people are good at what they do because of their mental illnesses, as though it’s some special gift bestowed upon us by the Art Gods. People who think that are either ignorant, pretentious or stupid, and I would be more than happy to give those pricks my mental illness so they can see what it’s fucking like to be me. I can assure you it isn’t pleasant.

But wait! It gets worse!

It’s tragic that Van Gogh never knew just how successful he would become, right? if only we could tell him or show him how famous and well regarded he would be. That in my opinion is all the more reason not to do it here, but Curtis just can’t help himself at this point. The Doctor and Amy take Van Gogh to the art gallery in the future, they all stand on this turntable thing as Van Gogh cries while Bill Nighy talks about how not only is Van Gogh the greatest artist who ever lived, but is also the greatest, most awesomest person ever born in the entire universe, all while some awful pop ballad plays in the background to drown us in slush.

Good God, this is fucking awful! Who the hell thought this would be a good idea?! Talk about over-egging the pudding.

And then, big shock, Van Gogh kills himself. Amy is surprised because she thought showing him the future might inspire him to keep working. Me? I’m not in the least bit surprised. He gets taken into a blue box that’s bigger on the inside than the outside and travels to the future where he sees all the success and fame he will never get to experience in his lifetime. That’s more likely to cause his suicide than prevent it, if you think about it. And I HATE the Doctor’s speech about how life is split into good things and bad things. What is he, a fucking primary school teacher now? Depression is a little bit more complicated than that. But then again this is written by the same fucking moron who believes being mentally ill makes you a badass painter, so I guess I shouldn’t be too shocked.

Richard Curtis clearly thinks he’s written a sensitive and sympathetic tribute to a renowned artist who tragically took his own life due to mental health problems. I think Curtis royally fucked up with a paper-thin story that’s both patronising and insulting. And remember I have mental health problems, so according to Richard Curtis, I’m a genius. So basically if you disagree with me... you’re wrong :)

[wanderingfan]

Things I Enjoyed This Week

Hello Again.  Hope you’re having a good weekend!  Here’s some things I watched/listened/obsessed over this week.  This week I’m going to try to be a little more thorough on what each piece of content contains this time.

Main Fixation

Banana Fish 

This is going to be here for the next 30 weeks and I don’t know what to tell you.  Oh wait I do have something to say that I probably can’t sneak into the Eiji and Ash post I’m doing (hopefully it’ll be done by Tuesday.)

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW HORRENDOUS OF A POKER FACE EIJI HAS WHEN TALKING TO IBE.

“Oh, I will,” he says casually with his eyes bulging out of his sockets.  I loved Eiji in the manga and I’m loving Eiji in the anime and frames like this really say a thousand words about him.  I have a more depressing image that also says a thousand words but I’ll put that on a solo post later tomorrow.

Videos

Cooking With Twinkies! by brutalmoose           

contains food products including sweets such as twinkies, ice cream and cookies, condiments, cooked and uncooked sausage and hot dogs, as well as a man cooking and eating said food.

Brutalmoose’s videos are always a treat to see, whether he’s making frozen dinners, cooking weird recipes, watching old tv or television movies, or playing far off video games.  This one is him dressed in a mustard twinkie suit making food...using twinkies.   The art is in the editing hon.  And by that I mean it’s odd.

Down the Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen

contains disturbing information regarding things ranging from cult-like activity to mental illness to online abuse to attempted murder and suicide.  viewer discretion is advised.

Hey hi I accidentally binge-watched this whole playlist.  It’s documentary-like video series describing strange, often disturbing events ranging from events involving content creators to historical events like the plague.  What makes this series work I think is how the narrator acts completely separate from the events, only giving information in order to allow you to draw your own conclusion.

Arthur Games #2! by PeanutButterGamer                                              

contain bits of video made to make Arthur and its characters disturbing.  some edits are disjointed and a little off-putting

Another video that relies on odd editing.  These videos range from funny to slightly surreal.  It’s about Arthur games...based on Arthur.  The only episode I remember watching of Arthur is the one where he broke a glass bird by accident, and then one where his sister wanted to wish on a shooting star...I don't know I put in here because I watched it okay?

Examining the Yaoi BL Genre by GoatJesus

contains discussion of sexual assault, homophobia and sexism along with showing episodes that include sexual assault.

I almost removed this because there are some opinions GoatJesus has that I heavily disagree with.  However when it comes to this video in particular GoatJesus is very on point, so I feel like since I keep running into posts declaring they hate Yaoi (sometimes while putting any content with seemingly non-straight undertones into that category,) and then others justifying their love of Yaoi (but not...real LGDTQ+ people and the stories they write cough cough) by declaring some nonsensical reasoning like yaoi was before gay culture (which is...uhuh. sure. okay.) I think it’s important to have more videos like this that are clear and honest on how they feel about this topic.

The Shape of Ableism: How We Restrict Disabled and Disfigured Stories by The Princess and the Scrivener

contains discussion of mental and physical disabilities, ableism, prejudice, racism, sexism and how film portrays these topics with examples from The Elephant Man, Wonder, Me Before You, and The Shape of Water, among others.  

The way Scrivener discusses topics and her response to “critical” comments speak to me on this personal level it’s like she’s in my head and now I weirded myself out so if you want to see a proper look at the mistreatment and lack of disabled casting in films check this one out.

Are Rules Made to Be Broken? | Philosophy Tube by Philosophy Tube  

contains discussions on politics, activism, philosophy, racism and discriminatory laws

An quickie on why rules are made to be broken...not much else to say the title speaks for itself.  Short and sweet.

So I Installed 30+ Mods Onto Darkest Dungeon... and VAMPYRBORNE by Indeimaus

contains video game blood, violence and murder.  also swearing.

Whenever I’m interested in a game but don’t have a big wallet I usually look at a good playthrough of it.  However ever since I discovered Indeimaus I suddenly can’t imagine going through 30+ hours of a playthrough unless its someone I really like, because Indeimaus usually makes a single video that chronicles his experience playing through the game.

Gator Ate My Camera! and BIG PIG PARTY! by Brave Wilderness  

first video contains live gators in a feeding frenzy and raw meat.  second video contains pigs, chickens, organic cake (safe for animals to eat), birthday décor and Coyote eating a piece of the cake after dropping it on the dirt.

PIG PARTY!  GATOR PARTY!  Brave Wilderness videos are always a nice treat to watch when I feel I stopped in my tracks.  When I’m lying down not sleeping I usually watch some Brave Wilderness videos until I go to sleep.  Coyote’s love for creatures big and small is infectious.

Power Rangers (2017) - Deep Dive by FilmJoy                                               

contains people eating oreo cookies and watching a movie.  people chatting and having a good time on a couch and pausing to talk in front of the camera.  movies watching parts are set in black-and-white.

Deep Dive is a series that strives to see the joy in movies that are...not conventionally joyful.  They’re great if you’re tired of reviews that are essentially “this movie SUCKS” for 15-30 minutes and instead want to see someone at least try to find the good in even things that are atrocious.  This time though they watched a movie that was...kinda actually good?  All of them are surprised by this.

Klonoa: The Saddest Game Ever Made (Analysis/Tribute) - ChaseFace ...by ChaseFace

contains story beats to the first klonoa game, which deals with destruction, loss, deceit, and other themes, but its not gory or “adult” in any capacity.

Wh-what?  Why would I be sad about this game?  I never played it!  I have no reason to cry about this cutesy game about friendship and dreams.  N-nope!  D-didn’t cry at alllllllll-aaaaaaaaaagh *gross sobbing*

Podcasts

Waypoint - Captain Toad's Wild Ride and No Man's Guy

contains discussion on toxic behavior in gaming communities (including mention of a bomb threat to a game creator) and the culture and issues of gaming development and publishing, along with brief asides to politics.

This week Waypoint discuss how good Captain Toad is among other Switch Games, and then goes into a details discussion on what happened to No Man’s Sky, including the visceral reactions to it.

Oh No, Ross and Carrie! - Ross and Carrie Traverse Flat Earth (Part 7): The Jeran Campanella Interview

contains skepticism of modern science, religion (focusing on catholic,) atheism and the flat-earther movement

Ross and Carrie take a break from the out-of-body club to interview a flat-earther on his experience in becoming one.

Wonderful! - Wonderful! Ep. 43: Davey Coolstool’s Math Poetry

contains a married couple being in love

Wonderful is a couple who used to do a Bachelor Podcast called Rose Buddies, but after the show got to a point where the couple decided they didn’t want to encourage anyone to watch the show they moved on to just a podcast talking about things they think are wonderful.  Saccharine sweet and positive, will probably lull you to sleep.

The Worst Bestsellers - Episode 102 – Ramona and Her Mother

contains childhood nostalgia, memories, and family issues

The Worst Bestseller are ladies who go through...the worst bestsellers, from Warriors (LIES) to Fifty Shades of Grey.  But PLOTWIST - They talk about a book they actually love this time with Ramona and Her Mother, which seems to understand the small struggles of being a young kid that are still applicable today as they were in the seventies.

Let's Fight a Boss - Ep 79: Willy-Banilly

contains swearing and some dark humor.  also contain irish funeral arrangements.

A group of friend poke fun at each other while talking about what they watched/read, what they played, games news and emails.  They’re usually two hours long but sometimes less or more depending on the topics.  They can be very frank about what they like and dislike which might throw people off, but I respect them for still being good people.  Its hard for me to get differing opinions that aren’t attached to more toxic behavior, so its nice to be able to enjoy a podcast that’s still respectful.  

That’s it for this week.  Take care!

[autoirishlitdiscourses]

Discourse of Monday, 29 January 2018

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Unfortunately, the upshot is that these people who are interested in reciting. I will distribute your total grade for the quarter and was perennially in love with Rosalind, writes a letter explaining specific reasons/why your juxtaposition actually matters. With a few ideas about what you're saying when you say yes, that's incredibly comprehensive. I've thought about the poem, gave what was overall an excellent paper in such a strong job of setting up a rigorous analytical structure. If you develop more detailed lesson plans, you're on the assignment write-ups that people can find out about it. If you have two options. I'm sorry to take this set of options. So, for instance, you can which specific part of the section website, so is to say, there is also available. So I hope, too. Let me know, that your basic point of causing interpretive difficulty for the quarter is over remember that sometimes it will prepare you to embrace them, so I'm forwarding along his message.

Hi, Chris Walker, another TA for English 150, will result in no section credit; if you have any questions, and that part of this if you make changes to social structures, gender relations, speculative capital, urbanization? But I think, to put together an argument about it with particular ferocity to your own narrative dominate your analysis assumes that alternate options have been to section and do a different direction. Twelve-page research paper was not the discussions following them.

Hook-up, but, again, a basic critical taboo since the phrase in the construction of sympathies works in The Plough and the larger-scale issues in depth and with your selection on pp. You also did an excellent delivery, and there, generally aren't actually addressing the significance of this particularly moving passage. I don't think that what you're looking for a minute, do you see as important about those impressions, and especially of An Irish Airman Foresees His Death 5 p. And/or interpretation/.

In addition to the topic of your selection; changed We feel in England, was mentioned in lecture or section in advance will help you in this regard over the break you deserve to be read in class so far this quarter. Professor John Rickard's collection of James Joyce resources on the exam, and listens to a strong knowledge of the room, were everywhere but operated independently and no ambassador would ever be relieved. I sent this email before then, is that you really have done a strong logical/narrative arc will be given away on a copy of those quarters, I think you're onto a percentage, this was not the number of points you get at least one of the book, though, I think that your ethical principles are often very very good work here, and that writing a second essay?

As it is necessary, then we'll figure out how to set up yours and demonstrated adaptability in terms of which is one of the contracting party, based only on his brilliance as a plausible outcome of the text that they deserve to portray themselves in the urban environments of the section website, from Latin denarius. Up to/one percent/for making a cognitive leap. This is, therefore, is actually the more interesting one, if you have missed for purposes of this policy is that each of you. I or the location yet. Hi, and yes, participation, paper, but rather what does it express their situation, and we will have the make-up exam after lecture or section in HSSB 2251, and the final exam. Another potentially productive topic, but it's an essential element from the recitation into a larger-scale umbrella of what I want to have a number of things quite effectively. It never compares, at However, if that works better for you to take so long to get my computer repaired. Which texts I have not yet worked out and take a look at it with a more successful in doing your research. Hi! Again, thank you for a second-generation descent of emigrants who left Nigeria but who lives in Ireland and his Jewish identity in Ulysses, is lucid, and some people may not, I think that there are parts of your grade; I do not consider getting close to ten-page paragraph or two days to grade your paper to pay even closer attention to your first or last, please let me know if you have to pick up absolutely every possible step to make any changes, you're about in the honors section, not on me. And they had a good place to explore the constitution of meaning, and I understand it, and that I have to cut into the final. Forcing yourself to articulate all of the better ways to the connections between the Irish as a companion piece would certainly be one of your material. The Plough and the context of Synge's photos of the entire novel, and let me know if you can't get to specifics. I think it will give him an F on the other half of the issues that you've chosen fails to conform to the course's large-scale course concerns and themes, looking at it closely more than nine students trying to crash the course, gives and takes on gender. Whatever's best for you. Quite frankly, I think that what it most needs to happen for this coming weekend. Just a reminder that you're likely to be at least 119 out of that was purely an estimate for attendance purposes in the context of other information that's not on campus tomorrow, then let me know if you have selected after your recitation/discussion, since the professor says about the relationship between these texts can also get you a reasonable compromise. The UCSB Library's advanced search. Hi! All of which is rather heavy, and you exhibit a very specific skill that takes a stand as Heidegger has it explicitly on why your juxtaposition actually matters. What can be a hard line to walk, and this is a component of your paper. I'll see you tonight! A-range papers: Receiving a lower-than-absolutely-perfect performance and discussion of Vladimir's speech, 33ff. —I can't imagine why he missed. Engaging in a very solid job overall with recitations this week, whether the Jewish population has any similarities to yours, and you reflected that in section last week. Ultimately, think about other playwrights, filmmakers, etc. Which is to challenge you to be more help. I say not to claim that you're scheduled to perform will prevent you from being an important passage and gave a strong preference and I'll get you an awful lot to discuss in connection with the material, and you related your discussion got cut short because the email I just wanted to demonstrate mercy, I feel this way, and is mentioned in that night. I don't want to make them pay off for you for your research paper next quarter. —Not just because you're bright and can take a radically relativist position and suggest that everything is going to select from them, paying for her and that she's not in terms of the A range for you, and I will re-reading skills on at least some points for your own ideas, but it's also a nice paper on the section as a whole, and have a thesis yet or didn't when you sent me before I go to bed late tonight and left them outside my office hours tomorrow if they cover ground which you are trying to suggest this, you should understand that that can be a place where people should only get naturally. I think X, which I will check your delivery; write a very good work here, and you display an excellent job. You took a while ago that discusses several critical approaches to this message. Third: remember that I'm allowed to disclose.

Synge's text, and made a final paper.

So, ultimately, do not sufficiently examine the text to text and how does it tell us? I am necessarily willing to insist forcefully for your paper comes in is the ideal goal of the poem, too. So I hope you have received a boost of a text in only small ways before I go to the text correct. The overall goal is to ask what is the best way to deal with multiple course texts and perhaps also talk about differences in diction between The Covey and Pearse; you have any questions, OK? An A for the misreading on the paper to this recording of a response to your recitation/discussion tomorrow, OK? Well done.

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Discourse of Thursday, 11 January 2018

All in all, are you going to be this same kind of psychological issues, specifically, issues relating to sexuality both by distorting the degree to which you should be substantiating some aspect of your grade and absolutely can't come to each other, in addition to the group's understanding of the Irish status to people by commodities and the professor and see what they remember from her discussion in relation to them. Writing Month: A cultural meta-narrative that is minimally acceptable will result in an abusive marriage although I think making a claim about exactly what is your job to figure out what you might have helped to be more comfortable with silence, because they haven't started the reading. I will hold up various numbers of people who are interested in getting into the abstract, through a bit nervous, but I think that her thoughts are often articulated in the specificity of what I would like me to assist you. You might think about specific questions can help you in this way, though. Do you have questions about those differences, specifically, issues relating to slavery, identity, but it's also OK to e-mail last night in section lately keep it from my grading rubric composed entirely of Samuel Beckett: The Dubliners' version of your/education; and changed that the syllabus. You picked a selection from Ulysses, the absolute last chance to talk about why a specific point of analysis. In general, but you are responsible for reading the Hades section, I have been structuring your argument though I felt that it is that you should have thought out the issues on the section would benefit from more specificity in this matter is perceptive and complex ideas. Again, well, and I hope are helpful suggestions. I think that what you'll drop if you want to build, and you've actually set yourself up to your larger-scale details of your paper's structure is elegant and graceful, and gave a strong job with it. I think you've got a number of ways. Basic grade: You added the to smell of perfume; changed off he went; dropped the fourth stanza, but a good weekend, and I think that thinking meta-critically about your paper though neither is it as 1: IDs of 2-4:30 in my office South Hall 2635.

I currently have a good weekend! Just a reminder that you identify in your section sent me. I think that your paper in a lot this weekend. Again, this is unlikely, you two after another group for some of the topic down to recite. I define what that means and how you're going to give up on reading will probably involve providing at least 70% for a reason that I do before I start being nitpicky with my own opinion, anyway that his workload was heavy this term, and the countryside?

There has just been so busy. SF author Frank Herbert's creepy and implausibly Lamarckian notion of cellular individual memory and history as an undergraduate were in Chris's, since I'm going to be able to point people to explore variations on standard essay format has to happen is for your reader to come through a number of people who have a good addition to doing so by 10 a. 73-74 3. But it's entirely up to you.

You may be that the overarching goal is to ask you to give you some numbers, all potentially productive move because it boils down to structural issues with your section during the term. Having to seek emergency medical treatment twice is a missed opportunity in multiple absences and is often a way to meet this status, there may be able to give quite a good weekend, and quite engaging. I suppose this is not the low end of the poem and its historical context. But not participating a very reasonable outline, I'm certainly not going to evaluate disability status and cannot provide any accommodations unless I hear back until tomorrow. /Or describing it in to the people who were born and raised and have already given up 70 points out while still letting the emotion of the more common to express more specifically into your paper should conform to the section, but this wasn't on campus may mean that I'm taking September 1913, which is already enough to satisfy this requirement. But you really have done some very intriguing suggestions that I have to perform. I am available after lecture. Patrick Kavanagh, I think that there are large-scale issues and texts that you're doing OK.

I think that thinking specifically about your own experience as a way into an analysis. On Wednesday I'll give you does not affect the current grade is unfair. Students Program. Answers the question of how successful your paper has to be specific in the urban environments of the text that they haven't done the reading this week and also do the legwork myself. Recall from my section, because I feel bad that it's one of its time as a whole. Which is to drop it off with flair; and dropped that in your proposal, if applicable 1. There is also a good job digging in deeper and/or larger concerns. Too, you are capable of this is the issue. If you go back through the section wound up being able to make sure that I have defined an A-range papers often have a good student so far, and is one of the pleasures of travel is to ask me if you have any questions or issues leading up to your recitation and incurring the no-show penalty. I still say that your topic that you cite. This is especially true if you have any other way, what is Mary likely to do, OK? Have a good background to the novel. If you'd prefer, I am saying is that someone could disagree with you to speak with me or with the novel drunkenness, violence, the professor, but you already have a couple of days to ask questions early if you feel this way is OK with you that it would be helpful. Safe travels for those who have been a pleasure to have a B-: A county in western Ireland, to be tracing a temporal development, for instance, if you'd like. I'll have to go first or last, please see me during my office hours due to nervousness and/or interpretation/. I think that there is in how you're using it for you, based entirely on your grade, but perhaps one of the poem and its representation of its lack of specificity. Well done on this. Ulysses is quite excellent.

It can also get some good ideas. We will then schedule an appointment right at 12:45 would be to ask you questions for discussion. —Williams, Culture and Society 2. My name is not to do this, but there are places where pauses in the same part of the poem and gave an excellent paper in such a good topic what I want, or any other questions, and you can conceivably go over that by more than five sections, which I say everything I've said not because I think, and will send your grade, then you should read it closely in it. You've definitely earned it.

I think that it would be in my box when you've done a very strong essay. A, whereas a B-—You're got a potentially productive move that would be to examine the histories of cultural phenomena and writing a history of theory. If you discuss this Wednesday, and there, and I quite enjoyed having you in section exactly three times, if you cannot come to section or sent me the URL where you need to be for you to do with it—all D grades are calculated, including you presenting tomorrow night. What the nature of your own motivations and how is the case that he made it a novel are always a good idea in a way to respond when I have to do with it—and that not doing so by 10 p.