#i better be paper published

[flamingfoxninja]

If a psychologist asked to study you would you let them

Give me enough money and I'll sing it for 5 hours. Welcome to Capitalism baby!!

[that-butch-archivist]

source: That's Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie! by Jane Caminos

[stuckinapril]

me stoically navigating my way through drama bc bigger things are ahead and it’s not my fault people are dumb

[unrelatedsideblog]

Is it One Piece AU?

Is it Sora, Warrior of the Sea AU?

Is it WENP boldly monetizing Vinsmoke family drama?

I don't know

Plot twist: It's Law's SWotS self-insert fanfic (fan comic?)

[acebytaemin]

you haven’t had a true test of patience if you haven’t ironed linen clothing with pleats or frills

[rabbitcrimes]

Have been rereading some of my favorite old wangxian fics and its actually fucking insane the extent to which the wangxian writers of this beautiful fandom INVENTED chemistry. Like jesus christ nothing compares, I'm so ensorcelled by the extent to which wangxian 1. think the other is interesting and fun 2. want each other 3. the TENSION of that

[otogariado]

i get why people would opt to say walter was a terrible person since the beginning, but i think that's like, the most boring takeaway you can get about his character. he was already insecure and prideful from the start, and it's what would hurt him and keep hurting him. but like, being insecure and prideful are regular traits any regular person can have. the actions that he makes because of these traits, which in turn keep fueling his ego more and more, are what makes him an interesting character. and he was already pretty capable of hurting other people, but he wasn't doing it out of malice, but more because of careless selfishness at first. what makes walter terrifying is that the more he does it, the more he becomes aware of what he's doing, and the more he keeps going and keeps being more and more meticulous and deliberate about what he does that hurts people and even to the point when it was specifically to hurt people.

i think the traits were there in walter from the beginning—the pilot did a pretty good job of establishing how powerless he's felt all his life and just how susceptible he is to letting this newfound perceived power get to his head so easily. he even says this explicitly in 5x06 "Buyout" when he tells jesse "i'm not in the money business, i'm in the empire business". but saying he was this monster from the start kind of implies he didn't undergo through a character arc throughout the show when it's quite literally what he did. he got worse. so much worse. through mostly the fault of his own fragility.

[dawnstarranger]

Listen everyone has their own metric for what good writing is and isn’t but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t get me down a little to see one of my faves dragged through the mud by both haters and fans alike on a pretty much weekly basis

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE NIGHT by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón.

So it turns out I've been doubling this title In Error--despite the reflected text on BOTH the cover AND the spine, it's just "The Night," and not THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT, which is what I'd been calling it. (Oops.)

Anyway! This came in a translation subscription box last year (it's translated from Spanish; the author is Venezuelan). The back cover says, "The Night is about palindromes and murderers, anagrams and social chaos, how words work and countries break down," which is fascinating (and I'm always here for wordplay!).

[fuckingbeautiful]

So like when you submit a paper to an academic journal for publication, it first goes to the desk of the editor of the paper, and they get to decide if it’s generally good enough for the journal but more importantly, whether the paper is a good fit for the journal before sending it to reviewers for peer review. And YET. The editor of [redacted] is letting these reviewers convince them that my paper ISN’T a good fit for the journal

[faaun]

. anyway after writing the tags 4 this post i told my research partner i will no longer follow his dreams lmao. still helping w it but i need to engage in research that i find satisfying

[e77y]

Trying to fix my resume ☝️🤓 Small problem: I sound like a loser no matter what

[improbable-implosions]

We've got a new book planned for Paper Cuts later this week, and it's a very exciting one! This tale, joining us by author permission, is one that I've been looking forward to since the moment I heard we can do it!

Drop by on Friday night, 8 pacific, 10 central, for Wheelers, by Matt Stephens! I've been really digging deep into Solarpunk as a genre of late, and the short story this is based on being practically my introduction to the concept! I'm absolutely ecstatic to be able to share this story with you all!

Once again, that's this Friday night, February 2nd, at 8 pacific, over at the link below! I'll post again when it hits the podcast feed!

[fruitbatvampiresociety]

bad: finding a text that spits in the face of an area of historical study that you’re passionate about

good: watching the ensuing slap fight of other scholars going “how in the fresh hell did this get PUBLISHED???”

[theother-victoria]

I never knew switching majors could feel this liberating…

[mothalaalee]

writing a critical analysis on your rival's paper publication: this is a direct attack. take it personal.