#i personally prefered to go to college in the capital

[mearpsdyke]

also an addition: it's normal for smaller cities to have "terciarios" which are teaching careers more accesible to those that can't afford to travel to the bigger cities, terciarios are different from actual big city colleges in more ways than one, but they're really important either way for people that want to pursue higher education.

amazing your daughter goes to a great public university with spending a dime and u are complaining

[theoi-crow]

The humans in Greek Mythology are the mega rich and powerful:

In my college classes people are often shocked when I tell them my favorite part of Greek mythology is the gods themselves and I'm not a big fan of the humans.

99% of my classmates prefer the humans in mythos, especially the ones that stick it to the gods like Sisyphus and feel bad for humans like Kassandra and Helen who have been wronged by the gods because "they're just like us." My classmates and teachers hate the gods and don't understand why anyone in modern times would want to worship such violent and selfish beings whenever I point out there are still people who worship them. They hold onto the idea that people in mythology embody the human experience of being oppressed by terrible gods and fate and we should feel bad for them because "they're human just like us" but they forget that the people in Greek Mythology are NOT just like us. They are more relatable to medieval royalty, colonizers and ultra rich politicians who make laws and decisions on wars and the fates of others, especially the poor and the very vulnerable.

Every hero or important human in Greek Mythology is either some form of royalty or mega rich politician/priest-priestess (of course this is with the exception of people who are explicitly stated to be poor like the old married couple in the myth where Zeus and Hermes pretend to be panhandlers). All of them have an ancient Greek lifestyle more relatable to Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and especially to British royalty during the British empire, than the average person.

All of them.

Odysseus, Patroclus, Theseus, Helen of Troy, Kassandra, Diomedes, Agamemnon, Perseus, Hercules, Aeneas, Paris, Any human who has a divine parent or is related to one, etc. Although sometimes the story omits it, it is heavily implied that these are people who own hundreds or even thousands of slaves, very poor farmers and the tiny barely there working class as royal subjects.

They are the ones who make laws and whose decisions massively affect the fates of so many people. So no, they can't just be forgiven for some little whim, because that little whim affects the literal lives of everyone under their rule. By being spoiled they've just risked the lives of thousands of people and possibly even gotten them killed like when Odysseus' audacity got every single slave and soldier in his ships killed or when Patroclus as a kid got upset and killed another kid for beating him at a game. (A normal person wouldn't kill another person just for winning a game but royalty and those who think they're above the law do it all the time, plus the class status of the child wasn't mentioned but the way he didn't think he'd get in trouble implies the kid was of lower class, possibly the child of a slave or a foreign merchant.)

The gods get a bad reputation for punishing the humans in mythology but, if not them, who else is going to keep them accountable when they are the law?

And whose to say the humans beneath them weren't praying to the gods in order to keep their masters in check?

Apollo is the god in charge of freeing slaves, Zeus is the god of refugees, immigrants and homeless people, Ares is the protector of women, Artemis protects children, Aphrodite is the goddess of the LGBT community, Hephaestus takes care of the disabled, etc. It wouldn't be surprising if the gods are punishing the ultra rich and powerful in these myths because the humans under their rulership prayed and sent them as they did historically.

Every time someone asks me if I feel bad for a human character in a myth, I think about the many lives affected by the decision that one human character made and if I'm being completely honest, I too would pray to the gods and ask them to please punish them so they can make more careful decisions in the future because:

They are not just like us.

We are the farmers, a lot of our ancestors were slaves, we are the vulnerable being eaten by capitalism and destroyed by the violence colonialism created. We are the poor subjects that can only pray and hope the gods will come and correct whatever selfish behavior the royal house and mega rich politicians are doing above us.

And that's why I pray to the gods, because in modern times I'm dealing with modern Agamemnons who would kill whatever family members they have to in order to reach their end goal, I'm dealing with everyday modern Achilles who would rather see their own side die because they couldn't keep their favorite toy and would gladly watch their subjects die if it means they eventually get their way. The ones that let capitalism eat their country and it's citizens alive so long as it makes them more money. These are our modern "demigods," politicians who swear they are so close to God that they know what he wants and so they pass laws that benefit only them and claim these laws are ordained by God due to their close connection just like how Achilles can speak to the gods because of his demigod status via his mother.

Look at the news, these are humans that would be mythical characters getting punished by Greek gods which is why anything Greco-Roman is jealousy guarded by the rich and powerful and is inaccessible to modern worshippers because Ivy League schools like Harvard and Cambridge make sure to keep it that way. That's what we're dealing with. These are the humans these mythical beings would be because:

In our modern times the humans in mythos would be the politicians and mega rich that are currently ruining our society and trying to turn it into a world where only the rich can manipulate wars and laws, just like they do in mythology.

Fuck them.

I literally have so much more to add about my disdain for them and I didn't even touch on the obvious ancient Greek propaganda.

[the-joy-of-knowledge]

How to answer tough interview questions.

Subscribing to the Harvard Business Review was one of the best decisions I made. I have learned so much about career development, personal branding, and job crafting. This article summarizes some of the questions you will get asked in a behavioral interview (courtesy of HBR) and I have included my responses to all of them. Assume I am seeking a HR role in a Fortune 500 company

Tell me about yourself and describe your background in brief?

How did you hear about this position?

What type of work environment do you prefer?

How do you deal with pressure or a stressful situation?

Do you prefer working independently or on a team?

How do you keep yourself organized when balancing multiple projects?

What did you do in the last year to improve your knowledge?

Tell me about yourself and describe your background in brief?

I grew up in small country in West Africa. I went to a great school through scholarship with the condition that I would pay it forward to the younger generation. So, after high-school I spent two years teaching math to elementary school kids. It was there I discovered my interest of people development. I enjoyed taking a kid from "I don't like math to can I get more homework? When I moved to the U.S for college I chose to study Psychology with a minor in Organizational Development. And my internship as a Human Capital Manager has allowed me to further develop my communication and leadership skills.

How did you hear about this position?

I learned about this position through Stacy Williams. She was one of the panelists on the fireside chat I convened in my school on the importance of women in leadership positions. I followed up with her through a coffee chat. She really enjoyed her job and the company culture. Her enthusiasm about her work encouraged me to apply and I am really excited to be going through the interview process.

What type of work environment do you prefer?

I thrive in environments where I am constantly learning. A place where each days brings a fresh set of challenges that I can solve. I also like working with teams where we can collaborate on tasks and brainstorm solution-oriented ideas. In my former internship I worked with an incredible team as a project manager in the human resources division and I worked on certain projects where I had full creative control on the outcome. I enjoyed the balance of both.

How do you deal with pressure or a stressful situation?

Stressful situations are inevitable and I learned to navigate them successful throughout my college career and my various internships. The first time I came across a stressful situation was in my Sophomore year. I worked as a customer service representative at a big department store and it was holiday season. You can imagine the amount of pressure - long lines of customers all waiting to get attended too. Instead of succumbing to the pressure I made sure to really understand the pain point of each customer which were long wait times and stock outs. If we were out of one brand of sparkling water, I would quickly recommend a different brand. If lines were long, I would go to the floor to help the bagging process. Customers left feeling satisfied with their shopping experience. Overtime, I have realized that the key to dealing with pressure is willingly choosing to complete the tasks with a positive mindset instead of worrying.

Do you prefer working independently or on a team?

I like a mix of both. I enjoy working on a team. The process of strategizing with my teammates on the best way to approach a problem allows for critical analysis and diverse points of view. Wh I also build camaraderie and trust with them while we tackle big problems. I enjoy working alone as well because I get to see how I approach different problems and compare my current performance to my previous ones. Working alone also gives me an opportunity to get feedback from my managers on my progress or areas of improvement. I like a balance of both.

How do you keep yourself organized when balancing multiple projects?

I am used to working on multiple projects. A typical semester for me is juggling between my classes, weekend job, extracurricular activities, and passion projects. So to stay on top of my deadlines and due dates I like to prioritize my tasks based on their level of urgency and importance. I use the time blocking method to schedule time for my projects. I take advantage of tools like Google calendar to keep track of due dates and appointments and Notion to manage big projects.

What did you do in the last year to improve your knowledge?

Last summer, I took some time off to really learn about veganism. It seemed intimidating at first because I did not know enough. So I turned to research to understand the facts. I began making home-cooked meals by following recipes from people I trusted and liked on YouTube. As I began noticing changes in my gut health and productivity levels, I started a blog to share my experiences. Now my blog has over 500 enthusiastic vegans who are on the same journey as I am. it was one of the best investment I made in myself.

The Big Pivot

[hughiecampbelle]

Howdy howdy! First I just wanted to say; Congrats on 10,000 followers! You deserve it!! Your hard work, creativity and dedication are so present in everything you do, and it's so inspiring. I wish you lots of luck in your future projects ☺️☺️

May I please ask for a romantic ship for The Boys?

I'm 22, non-binary (AFAB, if that matters) pansexual/romantic, and polyamorous (no preference for gender)

General personality stuff:

MBTI is INFP

Ennegram types 2, 4 and 8

Zodiac: Taurus sun, pieces moon and rising

Hogwarts house- Hufflepuff

I'm in college- Women and Gender Studies major with a Queer Studies minor

My goal is to go into harm reduction/community + advocacy work : )

Dreams for the future; ideally a semi-active lifestyle where I can pursue my interests- I'd like to have a home gym, a gaming set up and a crafting room one day. The work I'm going into will likely be very emotionally draining so ideally I'd have the free time to relax/recharge by playing games, doing art, and hanging out with my partner. Something I'd really love to do one day is get really high and go into an aquarium or planetarium

Favorite places I've been; Costa Rica, Italy, Santa Cruz/Monterey (specifically the boardwalk and aquarium)- I'd love to visit France and Japan someday

Pet peeves; I strongly dislike when people have an inflated ego and genuinely don't care about/respect others. Hate capitalism/pro-capitalist arguments and People who don't recognize larger underlying issues or who choose to ignore key information when looking at an issue

I hate when people are condescending and cruel. I get super annoyed with people who don't follow road safety or who are just rude drivers

Appearance: I'm 5'3, chubby, and kinda muscular. I have lots of scars on arms, chest, and legs. I have mid-length brown hair that I usually wear in a half-up style. I like dying it but bc I'm working right now, the ends are just bleached. I have dark brown eyes, some freckles/moles/scars littered across my face, and round cheeks. Fashion consists of graphic tees (with puns, memes, and trippy art) and jeans or shorts/cargo pants. I'll wear lots of different kinds of jewelry, including fun earrings, chains, and chokers. My style is casual/comfortable. I put effort in, but prioritize comfort lol

Hobbies/likes- theatre/acting, going to the gym, roller skating, playing video games, listening to music (and singing along.. Badly), smoking weed, watching TV shows and movies, drawing/coloring hanging out with friends, Writing, reading, going to museums/amusement parks, taking care of/watching animals, making bracelets/jewelry, surfing/swimming

intellectual interests; extistentialism, law/politics, current event/media analysis, anything to do with space or the ocean, animals/environmentalism, studying languages

Positive traits: my friends have told me that I'm smart, funny/goofy, sarcastic, polite, thoughtful, strong, patient, trusting/trustworthy, empathetic and compassionate. My friends generally come to me for advice and I've been told I'm a good listener. I also like make myself useful (doing dishes, wiping down counters, laundry, etc) I'm passionate and very excitable and it makes me pretty talkative (when I want to be). Sociability depends on my mood. Sometimes I sit back and enjoy group dynamics, other times I participate more in conversation

Negative traits: I'm pretty self conscious/ insecure, and indecisive because of it. I definitely have a tendency to be envious. Bad habit of taking stuff personally and dwelling on issues that I should let go. can get annoyed/frustrated easily, especially if I'm overstimulated. I'm also jumpy and gullible. Communication is very important to me in all my relationships, but when I get depressed, I tend to isolate.

I show my love through acts of service and prefer words of affirmation. I enjoy doing things for my loved ones and making sure they can relax, feel safe, and be happy. I'm not exactly sure how to describe my type so I'll list a couple characters I simp for lol- Wolfwood (trigun), Aki (chainsaw man), Percy (Vox Machina), Levi (attack on Titan); I guess how I'd describe them is- sarcastic, closed off but vulnerable, funny, brooding, obsessive, sensitive

Misc stuff

- Right now, some of my favorite media includes The Boys, Trigun, The Office, Gravity Falls, Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, Breaking Bad, Hollow Knight and Arcane.

- Games I usually play include Overwatch, League (I'm ashamed), Hollow Knight, Pokemon and Harvest Moon

- Currently Attempting to get through a book called The God Problem. Super interesting but goddamm it's thick

- I collect a lot of stuff. I have a Ton of comfort items- my posters, stuffed animals, collectible figures, etc.

- When I first meet people, I'm overly formal and will crack a few jokes, but once I'm familiar with someone, I cuss a lot and enjoy playful teasing, but I always encourage to set boundaries if they need to.

- I'm a big over thinker. I can be pretty independent and self sufficient (sometimes) but I'm also very very insecure and doubt myself a lot. I've got lots of vocal stims and am pretty fidgety.

- I listen to a lot of different kinds of music but I think the main genres I listen to are indie and alt rock

- some of my favorite artists include khai dreams, Hozier, Mitski, Maneskin, Queen, and The Weekend, and I really enjoy musical/cartoon scores and soundtracks (especially Adventure Time and Steven Universe)

- Fave songs right now are Stress Relief (late night drive home), Good Luck Babe (chappel roan), Don't Look Back (kotomi, Ryan elder), First Time (Hozier), and Die For You (the weekend)

I did my best to flow along with the rules you laid out- hopefully I didn't miss anything- I apologize if I did. I know this is really long, so I apologize if it's overwhelming. Please don't feel pressured to answer. Take care! 💛

-thatstonedwriter

Marvin loves your intelligence. Whether you're talking about politics and law or the best way to undermine Vought, he's absolutely blown away by your thought process. He's always bragging about how smart you are to anyone who'd listen

Everyone else you work with (maybe there are one or two exceptions) tends to think about what they want and act on it compulsively. You're level headed, thoughtful, something he wasn't used to at first, but instantly fell for

You and Marvin are constantly doing things to make each others lives easier. You might wash the dishes one night while he folds the laundry. Showing up at the office with coffee and something sweet when he pulls an all-nighter. Small gestures that mean so much and that show your love

Dealing with Butcher means being told hurtful things and being expected to brush it off like it's nothing. Knowing it'll hurt you deeply, Marvin makes it clear to him (in private of course) that you're off limits. He can be an a--hole to him all he wants, but he draws the line when it comes to you, no exceptions

Marvin definitely takes inventory of all the things you collect (posters, trinkets, etc.) and, no matter what, finds something to add to it. He finds tons of small, cute things that remind him of you. They're left on your desk or on the counter in the kitchen where he knows you'll see. Usually there's a little note attached in his pristine handwriting, always with a heart by his name as if you didn't know it was him who'd left it there

I hope you like it my love!!!! :D Xoxoxo💜💜💜💜

Want to request a ship?

[wishlikes]

My dad is a computer guy. Like, built his own computer(s) in the 70s, revamped his college's class signup process when he was a student, the company he worked IT at for 30+ years begged him to come back only months after he retired (he did not go back. their quality and efficiency of service noticeably went down), capital C Computer Guy.

All this to say, if my mom or sibling or me need/want a New Device, he gets Significant Input into what we get. When I went to college, he handed me a page of ads for different computer models with 2 circled. "Get one of these," he said.

Today, we were looking over what kind of ipads they're selling these days cause my old one is starting to crap out on me. and. y'know. i would like to continue drawing digitally. and i'm feeling very 'old person yells at technology' about the fact that i'll need to get a new pen too, bc the new ipads don't support the pen i have. and the usb-c pen would be fine except it doesn't do pressure sensitivity. i'm telling my dad "what's even the point of a pen if it doesn't have pressure sensitivity?" And he just nods along because he's a computer guy, not an art guy and he doesn't know what i'm talking about. But the other compatible pen charges through bluetooth or some shit instead of plugging into something. and i don't know about you, but that just seems very wrong to me. and i expressed this, and he just nodded along again. and i have to accept that in this conversation with my retirement age father, i am the 'old person yelling at technology'. and that the pen which i will be getting in the hypothetical situation of me having a new ipad, is in fact the one that charges through magic (bluetooth) and has a bunch of other features that i don't need (what do you mean 'squeeze'), purely bc the pressure sensitivity is in fact a must have (my dad nods serenely and cluelessly).

Anyway.

We get to storage size (we have already figured out model. "Get a Pro," my dad says. I nod serenely and cluelessly, and choose the 11" bc it's cheaper and i prefer smaller anyway). We get to storage size and the smallest available storage on this new model is 256GB, the same as the storage on my current ipad (biggest available storage on that model). And. To be clear. I have had my ipad for 8 years and haven't even used half it's storage. I have already made my dad aware of this. "You're getting the 512GB one, at least," my dad says. "Maybe the 1TB. 2TB seems a bit excessive, though." I nod, though 1TB also seems a bit excessive to me.

"Are there any differences between the 512GB and the 1TB," my dad asks. I scroll through. The 1TB has another option for the glass of the screen that i don't want anyway. It has another 'core' or something. And it has 16GB of RAM instead of 8.

My dad stares at that number. He keeps coming back to it as we discuss all of the other specs of the new ipad compared to my old. 16 whole Gig of RAM. He is staring at that number like he stares at a box of cookies. I get him to admit that I probably do not need 16GB of RAM, since my old ipad certainly doesn't have that and it's suited me just fine.

After much back and forth, we finally agree on the hypothetical new ipad i will hypothetically be getting.

I will be getting the one with 1TB of storage space. and 16GB of RAM

[catgirlforeskin]

hii u seem very smart and well read and I wanted 2 ask as someone who's just started reading capital (very slowly) what reading/theory resources do you recommend? Especially ones that have really shaped how you think and analyze things today :3 I'm also really curious how u became so knowledgable about the conflict Ukraine is having, I want 2 learn more but it seems like a lot of history and I'm not sure where 2 start

I’m honestly not sure what to recommend because I was mostly shaped by a very eclectic scatter of a million articles and whatnot, it’s hard to point to any one source. I wish I had saved more of the stuff I read in college, there were a lot of good academic journals and stuff I’d have no way of finding now.

When I was first getting into leftism/anarchism I read a lot of Noam Chomsky but I don’t think I’d really recommend him, he’s more of a “baby’s first” exposure to anticapitalism, and if you’re following me you’re beyond needing him lol.

I’ve always been a history person above all else and prefer reading on the ground reporting from conflicts/political struggles than more abstracted theory (though it’s useful to have that foundation and analytical skills built up).

The Daughters of Kobani, Generation Kill, and README.txt are good military history done by reporters on the ground (though README.txt is a lot more than just military history). The authors of those vary in political radicalism (the first two being mostly libs) but it’s hard to find that kind of reporting anywhere else.

I’m currently reading Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill, Homage to Catalonia, and Rise of the Warrior Cop, and so far recommend all of them, Homage to Catalonia would be my one anarchism recommendation here I guess, wish I had more but I just can’t remember anything else off the top of my head. I’m sure some mutuals will have stuff to recommend down below.

With history generally, finding good sources is difficult, and historiography is imo the most important thing for leftists to learn. Figuring out how to compare different histories of the same events and tell the value of sources and how they’re cited is vital.

Something that really changed how I view stuff is the book There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer, I can’t recommend it highly enough. Was life-changing for me, and it’s honestly the one thing I’d recommend for anyone getting into any kind of leftist politics. For me urbanism really is at the heart of my politics, everything is connected to it. I hate to recommend YouTubers/podcasts here but CityNerd is very good for learning urbanism, he used to be a city planner.

This got longer than I intended but I also feel like it’s still severely lacking. Part of me wants to go find every good article I’ve ever read and link it here, but I’ll cut this off before it becomes too sprawling haha. Mutuals if you’ve got good stuff, put it below 👇

[ciaossu-imagines]

For the personal asks, can you answer the following questions:

5. List up to ten (or more, why limit yourself?) words you like and their definitions?

10. Talk about something you are working on?

11. Share something you are proud of?

12. What fandom currently holds your fixation?

15. What kind of weather do you like the best?

16. Talk about something you love?

21. What are you currently reading? Give us a quote if you like?

C

Of course I can! I’m really flattered you sent in something to learn more about me 😊 I hid this under a cut, just for the people who really are just here for the fandom stuff and don’t want to read the rambles of this writer but thank you so much for the ask!

5. List up to ten (or more, why limit yourself?) words you like and their definitions?

Okay, please forgive me but I work around drugs all day and some of them have fantastic fucking names that are just so fun to say. Domperidone is just so much fun to say and it sounds so fancy for a medication that’s normally used to help stomach issues. Moxifloxacin just rolls off the tongue really fun too (it’s an antibiotic, for anyone interested). Just saying the word ‘Christmas’ or ‘Halloween’ makes me smile like an idiot, because I truly love and look forward all year to both holidays now. I used to be a Christmas grump, because I had really bad memories of it, but I have found the spirit. I swear like a sailor, so ‘fuck’ and ‘cunt’ are both oft-used words that I love a lot. They’re multi-faceted. I also like really weird words, ones that aren’t often used or just sound so fun. Twitterpated is so fun, it just means to be very infatuated. I use whippersnapper unironically. I guess I could only find eight, but eight is pretty good, for such a weird but wonderful question!

10. Talk about something you’re working on.

I honestly have just really been working hard on getting replies out, getting caught up on reading I’ve been wanting to do (while letting myself feel less guilty about it by saying it will help the blog), getting stuff straightened out on the blog, and now working on building the queue and emptying the inbox. Outside of that though, I have been having fun, for an hour here or there, working on podficing. I really enjoy it, I get a lot of compliments in my day-to-day on my voice both in person but especially on the telephone, it’s been letting me test out a new microphone and editing software, and I eventually hope to be happy enough with something I’ve recorded to share it, either with just a couple people or the public at large.

11. Share something you are proud of.

Oof. Double oof. Triple, quadruple Oof with a capital for emphasis. I’m really, really bad at saying good things about myself or the things I’ve done in my life. I keep working at it in therapy, but it’s really hard for me and I don’t have a lot of pride in myself. However, I guess the closest I can come is saying I’m really proud of that goddamn college diploma hanging on my wall. For those who don’t know me well, I actually dropped out of high school in grade 12. That diploma is years later than it should have been but it took a lot of courage and hard work to go back, get my GED and get a college degree.

12. What fandom currently holds your hyperfixation?

I think it’s really common with a lot of people, myself included, that the fandom you’re currently reading or watching is the one you hyper-focus on. Because of this, because I’m currently reading Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! and One Piece, those are the fandoms I’m thinking about the most. However, with each new ask I pull up or each new prompt I bring up to write about, I’m able to rediscover the joy and love for the show/manga/game again so I don’t think the hyperfixation on those is too extreme. I can carry a lot of obsessions at once, what can I say?

15. What kind of weather do you like the best?

It really depends on the season. Where Canada has such distinct seasons, I have different types of weather I prefer in each one. In spring, it’s the really warm, clear days with the kind of blue skies that have an ombre effect to them and have big puffy clouds and just the slightest of breezes. In summer, it’s the freak summer thunderstorms with big lightning strikes that last for a couple hours and stop as quickly as they started. In autumn, it’s those perfect ‘sweater weather’ days that beg you to take long walks to look at all the colourful leaves and that smell like woodfires burning and dry leaves crunching. In winter, it’s snowstorms. Snowstorms all the way because they are beautiful to watch and it gives me an excuse to not go out into the cold.

16. Talk about something that you love?

Okay, but guys, despite being so young, because my older sister gave birth as a teen, and her kids are also starting young, I very recently just became a great-aunt. I was sent pictures, because I can’t be there, but holy fuck, that baby is the most adorable thing. They came quite premature, so unfortunately they’re not able to leave the hospital yet, but they’re so tiny and fragile and pink and just…despite not having children, I do think babies are adorable and love that one very much.

21. What are you currently reading? Give us a quote if you would like.

Outside of those two manga mentioned above, I’m rereading the Hold Me Closer, Necromancer novel and it’s sequel. I love both books a ton, wish other people would read and love them too and talk to me about them. They’re young adult, yeah, but they are fun. There’s a lot of quirky humour in them I love, the supernatural angle is well done in my opinion, the world is nicely fleshed out, and the main character is just a dude, but a dude you root for.

A couple of my favourite quotes –

“Most people felt lost after high school. Sometimes I felt like I’d never really been found in the first place.”

“So you’re telling me the zoo commissioned you to make a zombie panda in order to avoid a potential international incident.”

“I wanted to howl until I was nothing but sound.”

[patriciavetinari]

Wait I think I figured out the subculture thing in the shower and I think the answer is capitalism as per usual.

So, teens are rarely the spark of the subculture. Not never, but rarely. If anything, it's the college students and some young adults who are very visible or aquired certain popularity to be accessible to the teens. But teens are certainly most important carriers of any subculture, teens are the ones bringing the loud statement of the subculture to their conformist homes and, well, distinguishing themselves from whatever is the 'norm', not even neccessarily the 'accepted' (hipsters rarely struggled with that other than at the hands of other subcultures) but the 'mainstream'. Hipsters were actually very particular about NOT being mainstream even if entirely inoffensive about their demeanor.

The problem I think now is that whoever might be the spark for any new hypothetical subculture, has to go viral or likely goes viral due to increasing prevalence of social media (which was NOT the case with hipsters who despised facebook - too mainstream - and maybe dabbled in twitter but likely just hung out on pinterest and select few on tumblr).

Subcultures I think are incompatible with going viral in approval. If everyone likes this and wants something similar or to emulate it – it's not 'sub', it's culture, it's mainstream. And the companies know that. Clothing and decor and 'lifestyle' companies have harnessed this and now that I think of it, it started precisely around the hipster era, heralding the end of it.

So if any personality teens like – musician, actor, artist, writer gets enough likes on twitter, thus securing the teenage working bees will start carrying their style in a little flock – companies also see that and start producing and advertising exactly that style of clothing, decor and lifestyle. Everything that is different get's glossed and castarted and thrown on shein, thus becoming mainstream immediately.

Especially if you pair that with the book bans, the 'unalived' and the 'seggs' and the sanitisation of internet and social media, rebranding tough questions as 'too difficult', when 'Huckleberry Finn' is seen as ~problematique~ for depicting racism, the whole deal of booktok, and this insufferable, gagged and castrated media as the main source of this kind of inspiration for kids – is it a wonder anything dostinguishable and even mildly offensive struggles to be born?

So if you can't discuss death - how can you be goth? If you can't discuss suicide - are you even emo? If you can't talk about vandalism or post even a measly 'ACAB' without getting banned - what hope is there for punk? If you can't access or discuss controversial ideas some would consider offensive – how can you build a loud identity around (the lack of) such ideas? Even the fucking hipsters had this controversial idea of 'I liked it before it was mainstream'- yeah, it wasn't a good idea, but I disagree with emos on several points as well, yet I will always applaud their commitment to the point of view. Giving your philosophy a dresscode is a ballsy move that requires questioning authority even if in the end that philosophy is reconsidered.

Subculture is a community, communities (based on common interests) are now formed online more than in person, under the watch of companies who do not want any controversy near their precious ads, teens have not known topic-centered forums, just the algorythm spoon-feeding them 'content' and shein advertising 'aesthetics' one can change daily with enough products, all while maintining the most generic preferences and opinions, not backing up those aesthetics with any controversial worldview or philosophy or idea, juat making playlist after playlist for every aesthetic out of the minstreamest spotify top 100 artists, claiming taylor swift has goth songs or something (she doesn't. ABBA is more goth than taylor swift).

So I think to form a proper, healthy subculture, teens need to leave social media, tiktok and instagram particularly and read a bunch of banned books about death and suicide and capitalism and worker's struggle and sex and gender and stuff. But they can't because those books are banned or overshadowed by booktok friends-to-lovers-YA, and they've taken their spaces away and instead put up H&Ms selling them aesthetics.

[femmefatalevibe]

Firstly, I would like to say I love your blog so much! You’re such an enlightened person, thanks a lot for sharing your beautiful thoughts with us!

Anyways, unfortunately I’m here today to complain. Feel free to call me out a little more harshly if you feel like it’s necessary.

I’m on my early twenties. And I’m beautiful with a capital B. Since my middle to late teens, I’ve been perfectly aware that I’m better looking than most people, but I was quite an average child and tween, and used to rely a lot more on my intelectual prowess than anything else. I used to even be annoyed at my beauty and how people acted around it. Nowadays, I like being pretty, but I feel I much prefer being smart. I keep asking myself if my looks have anything to do with the way I’m currently feeling (to be described in the next paragraph), but I felt it was worth to mention it, it may as well be a factor.

I’m currently in college. Very demanding course, very high-end institution. I should be living my dream life, but there’s a huge problem: I genuinely feel that most people dislike me. I’m one of the smartest students in class. Definitely one of the most beautiful women. I’m not unpleasant to be around, I’m polite, well spoken, well read, a good listener. I never treat people like they are lesser, I do not hold a superior attitude.

And still, it seems I’m deeply incompatible with everyone around me. I have friends, but I often feel alienated. And the rest of people in my class, the ones I’m not close with, they’re even worst. They party hard, do lots of drugs, and I’m not interested in keeping people like that around. My friends are more mature and responsible people, yet they’re so… underwhelming. None of them are really capable of keeping up with my preferred subjects in conversation, so I usually level down to them and try to participate in the gossip and celebrity talk that interests them. I feel like they think I’m boring and snobbish. And I feel some of them even envy me. I feel like it’s so very hard to meet high-value people! Sometimes I feel like I’m thinking too highly of myself, or that I’m being paranoid. Yet, there’s this persistent feeling of not being known, of being disliked and alienated. And I know I’ll never find somebody worth my time romantically either while I’m stuck with this paranoia (that might as well not be that disconnected from reality at all)

Anyways, thank you for reading, and for your time and wisdom should you choose to answer this! I hope you have a lovely day!

Hi love! Thank you so much for the kind feedback. Comments like this make my day <3

Regarding your question: It's great that you had confidence in yourself – both inside and out. You've clearly made some admirable strides in your life by enrolling in an academically-rigorous program at an esteemed university and knowing to stay out of petty gossip, drama, or allowing the party scene to overwhelm your focus on your studies and self-growth.

However, be careful not to equate disagreeing with others' priorities with their lifestyle being "lesser than." You're simply at different stages of your personal growth journeys and are going down different life paths. We all mature at different rates (it takes different amounts of time for others to learn focusing on gossip is a way of time and personal peace – some never learn this lesson, unfortunately), have different pasts, and are informed differently in our daily lives/life bubbles. Consider that your interests and mindset are simply incompatible with these people. Take some time to reflect on your values, interests, hobbies, etc., and seek to expand your social/academic/professional circle to find people who align with (and support) your life path. We all have equal value as people. However, different actions will correlate with different results. Actions you consider "positive" will likely reap similarly "positive" rewards and vice versa. Comparison is the thief of joy. Seeking compatibility will set you free. Feel free to reach out to chat through any specific concerns or with a more in-depth conversation here: https://calendly.com/femmefatalevibe.

Hope this helps xx

[claire-ashe]

Lemure Family Collector

Again and again, the world had beaten her down. Again and again, everywhere rejected her. Again and again, nothing seemed to last. Again and again, she was bloodied and bruised. Again and again, she rose to her feet. Again and again, she carved a place to call home.

Hello, and thank you for stopping by my blog! I'm Hazel and this is one of my alt characters for FFXIV RP. My pronouns are he/him, I'm an early 20's college student still trying to figure out what to do with my life, but I'm getting there!

I'm still very new to roleplaying but I've always had a ton of thoughts and ideas about my characters so this blog is both to help consolidate those thoughts and to also share them with anyone who wants to see them.

Claire's Carrd can be found here if you want a quick overview of things, though I will be going more in depth with who she is on this blog. My main FFXIV character's page can be found here as well.

I'm situated on Zalera (Crystal) and spend most of my time either raiding or taking GPose shots, but regardless I look forward to seeing everyone around the great, vast star we find ourselves on.

About Claire

Claire's past is a mystery to everyone who meets her, and she prefers to keep it that way. Claiming to hail from Ala Mhigo during the peak of Garlemald's occupation, she has since traveled to and taken up residency in Uldah. Her reasons for leaving Ala Mhigo behind are left up for debate, but most simply assume her to be a refugee like most others. Claire also claims to have been involved with the liberation effort of her previous home, though no formal records of her enlistment in any Eorzean Grand Company or the Uldahn Brass Blades can support this claim. Her only ties to any combative history is as a member of the Lemure Family, a group of mercenaries stationed in Uldah. To this day Claire works as one of their top sellswords and collectors, having been personally trained by the head of the Lemures herself.

Her attitude during jobs is always strict and to the point, she doesn't linger for much small talk, and she always takes on missions alone. All of this only adds fuel to the blazing fire in many minds: who is Claire Ashe, and why is she trying so hard to bury the answer? . . . . . You really want to know?

Who are you, really?

Claire's full, true name is Claire bas Syndris, a pure blooded Garlean born and raised in Ala Mhigo during the height of Garlemald's occupation. Her father was a well enough off commander put in charge of one of the platoons securing the capital, and her mother ran a fairly successful restaurant near the palace's front gate. 22 years of Claire's life passed by behind the blinding veil of Garlemald's propaganda, with the exception of one small hole: her Ala Mhigan friends.

After one fateful, painful day Claire decided to defect from the life she knew and sought to join the liberation efforts in Eorzea. Donning a headband and taking her now late best friend's name as her new surname, Claire spent the next six years training as a Lemure, being recognized as a potential Reaper and given a Soul Crystal. From then on Claire received personal training from Drusilla in the nearly forgotten Garlean art. When the time came, she aided in any way she could as a freelance mercenary, helping to return Ala Mhigo to the people it truly belonged to. Claire never saw her parents again, and to this day she is unsure whether or not they're still alive. Nowadays Claire puts her all into aiding her newfound family, the Lemures, taking every step towards the future she can to help bury her past behind her.

[lucky-clover-gazette]

things that happen in original wip:

- a massive corporation five seconds from overthrowing the emergency government (the corporation caused the emergency) is defeated by a not-tiktok-but-obviously-tiktok trend

- the main character fights and kills a corrupted monster version of herself from another timeline in the first chapter. this monster also kills the secondary main character, whose disembodied soul lives inside the main character’s iphone for the first act. the main character works retail and was literally just trying to close the store two minutes early

- they defeat the final boss, who is the actual boss (ceo) of the evil corporation turned into a big scary monster, by hitting it with a car

- online community of hyperfixated nerds who edit a wiki about the overworld for fun serve as integral sources of information and plot development

- the premise is transparently a metaphor for graduating college/being in your early 20’s during the pandemic. also losing interest in passions from adolescence bc of capitalism and depression and failure and grief

- main character keeps doing damage to herself with bombs, bc the entire thing is very zelda tropey and i strive for realism

- that super cringe oc you made with your bestie at 14 years old is real and she “died” for your sins (the sins are hers. she’s not real. she’s not dead. you made her real. you let her die. she’s your friend, and she’s not gone, but neither of you know it. you betray each other at the end of the second act. she dies at the end. you ride off into the sunset together. it’s complicated)

- there’s a big worm monster in the desert section, naturally. it’s your transmasc online friend and he is saved by his own need to correct people who are wrong about his big worm monster hyperfixation. i’m obsessed with this minor character. i just need to mention him whenever possible

- imagine the health potions from zelda are sold like monster energy drinks and also responsible for mass terror and death but everyone is too busy doomscrolling to figure it out. that’s fucked up

- heroic influencers exist and they fight ar monsters (think pokémon go) on instagram live bc no one is allowed to go outside and fight real monsters anymore

- the two main characters are so in love it transcends memory and physical form. i am still not sure if i will make them kiss

- your overbearing pretentious conservative-leaning 11th grade ap lang teacher who definitely clocked your undiagnosed adhd, the weirdly professional and mysterious thirty-something running your preferred fandom discord, the ceo of an evil corporation trying to control the world, and botw dark beast ganon are all one character. she is betrayed and destroyed by your best friend, the brilliant young person she once groomed and manipulated into dooming the world. you kind of take a back seat for that one

[southeastasiadiary]

Day Twenty-Five: A Day in the Life of the Other Jim Thompson

There are those who say I lack the ability to be spontaneous. Or perhaps they'll admit that I can be spontaneous as long as every detail of my spontaneity is carefully planned and approved at least three months in advance. But to these naysayers, I say, “Ha! Let today be proof you couldn’t be more wrong.”

I awoke in Chiang Mai with every intention of calling today’s entry “Repositioning #5” because that was the agenda set for the day: “Transfer by private car without guide from your hotel to the Airport to take a flight to Bangkok (10h10-11h35). Upon arrival at the Airport, please head to the exit gate and look for your driver who will be waiting for you, holding a welcome signboard with your name on it. Then, you will be transferred to your hotel in town by a private vehicle.”

The transfer to the airport and then the flight to Bangkok went according to plan. But then I met my local guide, Rich (or maybe Mr. Rich; I’m not sure whether “Rich” is a personal name, a family name, or merely a pseudonym; I expect the latter), a really friendly young man with an almost Cambodian permanent smile and a love of laughter. While we were waiting for the car, he said, “I have a suggestion. Your hotel room won’t be ready for several hours yet. You are scheduled to visit the Jim Thompson House on your last day. Why not visit it today instead? Then we’ll go get lunch. By that time you could check in.”

That idea sounded terrific to me, so off we set in a midday Bangkok traffic jam to reach the Jim Thompson House.

Now, I have wanted to see this house since long before I ever thought I’d actually travel to Thailand, and I wanted to do so for the silliest possible reason. Back when I was a graduate student and a newly-minted college professor, one of my preferred means of relaxation were to read “noir,” hard-boiled mystery novels like The Killer Inside Me, The Getaway, A Hell of a Woman, and The Criminal. The author of all these novels was Jim Thompson. So, when I discovered that Jim Thompson lived much of his life in Bangkok, disappeared under unusual circumstances, and lived in a place sometimes referred to as The Jim Thompson Mystery House … well, that was a place that intrigued me.

There was only one problem, however.

The Jim Thompson who wrote the novels and the Jim Thompson whose house is in Bangkok were two entirely different people.

The owner of the house was an architect who worked for the OSS (the predecessor of the CIA) during World War II. One of his last intelligence assignments was in Bangkok, and he fell in love with the city. He decided to live here permanently. Then, discovering that the cottage industry of making Thai silk was about to die out, he became fascinated with the fabric and the designs often printed on it. He took samples to New York and showed them to friends of his who edited fashion magazines, and they began to feature Thai silk in some of their designs.

Thompson’s big break came when “The King and I” was first a hit on Broadway and then made into a movie. All of Yul Brynner’s elaborate costumes were made of “Jim Thompson silk,” and the former architect/former spy now had a third career: fabric merchant. As his wealth increased, he bought six houses (four from Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam/Thailand, and two from the Muslim community of weavers just across the river in Bangkok who wove his cloth) and joined them together into an East-meets-West mansion on the banks of one of the klongs (canals) of the Chao Phraya River.

All was well and good until Thompson took a vacation to the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia in 1967. Then, on March 26, he went out for a short walk … and was never seen again. The cause of his disappearance (and presumed death) remains a mystery. Some say he was kidnapped and then murdered, a random victim of a random crime. Others say he was still doing espionage work and was investigating something to do with the war in Vietnam, causing himself to be killed by an enemy agent.

And that, you have to admit, is a far more mysterious ending than that of the author Jim Thompson who simply died of a stroke at the age of 70 in 1977 after a lifetime of alcoholism.

The architect/spy/fabric exporter Jim Thompson, on the other hand, had filled him home with Thai art, such as this rare wooden Buddha (most Thai Buddhas are bronze)

and this sandstone Buddha.

He also collected ceramic works, like these pots that have no lid:

They are actually filled through a hole at the bottom.

Like the Confucius Cup in Hoi An, it's the level of the liquid itself that keeps it from running back out through the bottom. The claim is that, without a lid, the contents don’t oxidize as quickly and thus remain fresher longer.

Thompson’s dining room table consisted of two Chinese gaming tables set side by side.

His living room is open and spacious, looking like the perfect place to relax and read a novel by the other Jim Thompson.

His bedroom is set off from the rest of the house by a set of doors that once led into a pawnbroker’s shop.

In his bedroom are two horoscopes. The one on the left is his birth horoscope. The one on the right is (reportedly) a prediction that something sinister would occur when he was 61 years old. He was born in 1906 and disappeared in 1967, so …

His bedroom was simple and elegant.

Traditional Thai houses are built on stilts to protect the furnishings from flooding. Today the area beneath the house, which would have been plain in Thompson’s time, is decorated for visitors like me.

At the end of the tour, Rich suggested that we get sandwiches in the Jim Thompson Cafe. There were four sandwiches on the menu, and I ordered the ham and cheese. Unfortunately, the cafe was out of everything except tuna salad, so Rich said, “How about a tuna salad sandwich?”

You would think that, with all the plays I acted in earlier in my life, I could better conceal my emotions. But frankly, my face is often a dead giveaway for whatever I’m thinking even when I believe I’m being perfectly composed. So, less than a second after asking this question, Rich said, “Okay. We can find another place.”

Apparently, Rich can be spontaneous, too.

[3fluffies]

Wow. Just wow. I am in awe. I found this account yesterday. In that time I’ve read the Panem encyclopedia, and most of Favors (I skimmed everything about sex and Victor trafficking. It’s well written, but not my thing at all). I am amazed. This fic is a masterpiece of character and worldbuilding. Everything and everyone is amazingly well written. The only flaws that I could possibly name are about personal preferences of mine. I wish I could be more specific but it’s hard because everything is that good. Here’s a list in no particular order.

Fleshing out District 12 well enough to require (and provide!) a character list

Creating a new quarter quell that makes sense as a rebel scheme, a capital punishment (ha), and a way to push characters into interesting situations

Creating the culture of each district and then being consistent with it! Byte volunteered because he didn’t get into the college! WORLDBUILDING. AH.

Everyone’s characterization is consistent?!?

It fits with Songbirds and Snakes despite being written in 2012?

There’s more, of course. That’s just off the top of my head. It’s amazing. Please keep writing stuff when you have the time. I could have written a longer thing but you’ve been pretty loud about wanting feedback so I’m trying to send this as quickly as possible.

One other thing though. Have you heard of @lorata? There’s more hunger games fanfic over there, mostly about District 2. I love your worldbuilding as well, but I wonder what your thoughts are about those ideas. I highly recommend it!

Wow right back at you! Thank YOU so much for such incredible, detailed feedback! (In case my whining here on Tumblr and in the chapters hasn't clued you in, I'm always a slut for feedback.)

I will definitely investigate @lorata! Please leave some comments on the stories - ( understand completely about skimming over the sex trafficking aspects, this is by far the darkest fic I've ever written, and understand some readers aren't quite okay with going that dark).

Thanks tons for this feedback!

[how2spell-sandwhich]

6, 7, 16, 19 for the aro asks

6. what are your favorite parts of being aro? being aro, and knowing that i am aro, gives me the freedom to live my life and be myself. there are phenomena in life, like marriage, lifelong commitment, kids, living with another person, etc, that i want no part of and never have. being aro helps me to understand that i can exercise autonomy in my life by saying no, by choosing not to take part in those things if they’ll just make my life sadder, to allow my life to be my own and not someone else’s. the allos tend to get paired off, and i used to live in fear that one day my life would be me coming home to a husband and kids, because that’s the pattern i see in people most often. being aro and knowing it means i don’t have to submit to that. i have a friend who was once terrified that the friend group would abandon each other once we’ve all paired off, not knowing that two of us would find out we’re aro. i didn’t understand it at the time, because i kinda just thought my experience was standard and i was none the wiser that there was a whole ass other kind of attraction that i don’t even experience, i kinda thought that what i was experiencing was romantic attraction, but it wasn’t - it was mostly just caring about people, because of the amatonormative nonsense with people equating love to romance i got it mixed up, and no more than twice, it was sexual attraction. but that’s not the point. being aro allows me to experience fuller human relationships, because i have no desire to skedaddle away from any other kind of relationship in favor of a romance. it allows me to live my life to the fullest, and it’s who i am, and i think that’s what i like the most.

7. my least favorite part of being aromantic? the societal pressure to marry. you get massive raises at work just for being married. you pay less in taxes. supermarkets don’t sell fresh food in servings for one, they sell it in packages to feed a family, and if you’re only feeding yourself, you can’t afford it because it costs so much to buy that much food. people in charge of housing prefer couples and charge less rent to couples. being single has been made to be inaccessible, and it truly is a social issue. also, sometimes, i wish i could experience a desire for romance, so that i can marry a rich person and just not have to deal with being a servant to capitalism, which is what my family wants for me, because they know my physical health will never hold up for a 30-40 hour workweek and no one involved wants to see me sustain the physical damage my parents did. i’m aro but i’m also a disabled person trying to survive, and constantly being told i won’t have to fight tooth and nail for the right to life if i just go marry into the upper or upper middle class makes it hard, especially when they tell me that the secret reason they sent me to college and helped pay for it was so i could marry. why anyone would go into student debt to acquire a partner is beyond me, and if that was the reason to be there i wouldn’t have gone.

16. my views on romance? i’m romance repulsed but not romance negative. like, if it makes you happy, and your partner is decent, i’m happy for you. but i don’t want it in my life, it sounds miserable and annoying.

19. is there a song that’s very aromantic to me? i have been Looking for one if you’ve found one Please let me know

[boricuacherry-blog]

She writes in a notebook and lights incense, her robin's-egg-blue nails and silver cuffs providing hints of lasting glamour in her unassuming home.

In the past few months, however, interest in Davis and her whereabouts has surfaced thanks to an independent documentary on her life titled "Betty: They Say I'm Different."

"It feels very good. I'm really surprised myself that this is happening on this level," Davis says.

The film's London-based director Phil Cox calls Betty Davis "the Greta Garbo" of the music industry because the reclusive Davis shuns interviews and photographers, preferring to be left alone. Cox was told about her in 2012 after he had produced a film that was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and was looking for another subject. He became enthralled with the story of her short-lived fame and mysterious disappearance.

During her time in New York, at the peak of the discotheque boom, she obtained enough capital from a close friend to open a private club. The club was called The Cellar and it provided members of the college "in" crowd and several celebrities with a more or less exclusive place to hang out in. She would frequently book the Chambers Brothers to play there. The club was exciting for awhile but eventually Betty got bored and gave it up. She had moved to New York after graduating high school.

Betty and Miles Davis dated for two years. They were married in 1968 when he was 42. She was 24.

Miles Davis put his new wife's picture on the cover of his album "Filles de Kilimanjaro." He described her as "a beautiful young singer and songwriter" whom he credits with influencing his personal and professional life. With her background in fashion, she got him to trade his button-down suits for leather suits and colorful scarves; he, in turn, urged her to sing. Miles Davis credits her with changing his style from classic jazz to the more popular style of jazz.

"It came from being a model," she says on her fashion style. "I liked Stephen Burrows, Norma Kamali. And I used to work for Halston."

But things soured. While Miles Davis credits Betty with introducing him to a new sound and to musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, he wrote that when he and Hendrix began working together, he learned that Betty and Hendrix were lovers, which today Betty Davis denies.

"He wasn't easy to live with. Do you know what I mean? We got to a point when I was very unhappy being married. I always said if you're with someone, if you're not happy, you shouldn't be with them."

They divorced after a turbulent, sometimes violent year. "Every day married to him was a day I earned the name Davis," she says.

Dyana Williams was a popular radio disc jockey at Washington's WHUR-96.3 FM, Howard University's radio station from 1973 to 1975. Her on-air name was Ebony Moonbeams. Davis's music was on constant rotation at a time when go-go music was rising in popularity, says Williams.

"It was the go-go capital. And folks who loved go-go understood her version of funk, R&B, soul and rock," Williams says. "Considering what was going on at that time musically with Sly, Jimi Hendrix, all the bands, funk was big at that time, in my opinion. Betty was the first woman to merge those genres successfully. She was a funk, rock artist. She was THE funk rock artist."

"Betty calls herself a projector, not a singer. She was not an Aretha. It was an unusual voice. She couldn't be pigeonholed," says Cox.

Was she making a feminist statement? "How could I think about feminism with the songs I was writing?" she said, and laughed. "I never thought women had power. We had power in the bedroom, but we didn't have political power."

Her voice was raspy, not stylistic of many of the successful black female singers of the early 1970s such as Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross or Dionne Warwick. And unlike Tina Turner, who had husband Ike on songs and onstage with her as her "archetype beside her," Betty was a solo artist singing about her sexual prowess when she began recording her own music after her divorce from Miles, Cox says.

Miles Davis, calling her, "talented as a motherf****ker," wrote, "If Betty were singing today, she'd be something like Madonna; something like Prince, only as a woman. She was the beginning of all that when she was singing as Betty Davis. She was ahead of her time."

"I told no one of how Miles was violent [in our marriage]," she says. "So I wrote and sung my heart out. Three albums of hard funk. I put everything there. But doors in the industry kept closing. Always white men behind desks telling me to change - change my look, change my sound...I need to 'fit in,' or else no contract. I learned that stars starve in silence."

Davis was born in Durham, N.C., but moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, when she was in kindergarten. Like many black families who migrated from the South to Pittsburgh, Davis's father had taken a job at the steel mill. Her mother became a psychiatric nurse.

Davis acknowledges that she had a "setback" after her father's death. "That was about it," Davis says.

"After we did the first record, her life seemed like it was changing, and things were getting intense, and then years went by and she disappeared - I mean, really disappeared," says musician and record producer Greg Errico. "Then, after decades go by, I talked to her, but she was very, very quiet, very withdrawn. So whatever did happen over the years...at least I knew she was still alive. She's there. And, um, you know....it's been heavy, it's been deep."

Today, the Afro and thigh-high boots are gone. She wears "comfortable" shoes and keeps her salt-and-pepper hair simply combed. Davis says she was just doing the music she believed in, but that was a different time, she says, and now she is focusing on her "quiet life."

"I like that nobody knows who I am when they see me. I like to live quietly," she says. "But it would be nice to be remembered that at one time, I made music and made people smile."

[wisewastelandbluebird]

The Best Schools in San Jose, California for Your Child's Education

Introduction

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