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[tunafishjournal]

I’ll Turn A Cartwheel For You

I always loved the smell of lighter fluid on a warm summer’s day. It meant everyone was going to be in a good mood, and we were going to eat sumptuously. The dads got liquored-up friendly. Each dad relived his football days, even if he never lived them in the first place. Backyard pick-up games became historical in the shade of the reminiscent days. Hamstrings were pulled in today’s nostalgic play, but there are beers for that ailment. Sons were thrown into the game, while daughters did cartwheels on the poorly defined sidelines. Then a dad would enter the women’s kitchen with a status on the meat. Everything pended upon the Men’s contribution was the consensus white lie. The dad, with a ticking pass inside the kitchen, pumped-up conditioning a welcome repeal from outside, would pinch ambrosia or watergate salad. A salad that, on any other day, would not be considered a salad. An unwelcome trespass on the mom’s dishes without washing hands, but a forgiven transgression today. And if not too drunk, he was pinching his own wife with a wink. During the fades between adventure and make-believe games, the children soaked up the joviality of the adults; a sneak peek of who we were to be.

-  Leah Holbrook Sackett, TFJ Issue One: Celebrations

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[horsechestnut]

The dichotomy between Jason dying because he disobeyed Batman and Stephanie dying specifically because she was trying to follow his rules is so good, and yet so under utilized.

[wiltkingart]

Asche and Vindt from Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey

[caeliflammae]

anne rice said "erotica", the fans said "oh hm this is horror and abuse! let's turn this into a deeply upsetting character study about how abuse can create cruel people who perpetuate cycles."

iwtv (2022) writers said "this is a literal fucking saw trap" the fans said "but what if they were in love <3"

[tenowls]

SYSTEM COLLAPSE!!!!!!!

[valoale]

Keepin’ it professional

Been reading chew me up, but don’t spit me out by damagecontrol religiously for these past few days and let me tell you I am DEVOTED I mean, like, I love everything about it and my soul is for sale and I just had to draw Regulus is his docs despite being awfully rubbish at drawing shoes but shhhh it’s a good practice

[starreiii]

[genderkoolaid]

reading abt pauli murray..... forget he should've been at the club. he should've been on t

[anisaanisa]

Tomie Control | by Junji Itō | Nemuki+ No.5, Issue #67 ☆

[treacherousmp3]

LOOK HOW GORGEOUS HE IS

[tunafishjournal]

Song

Like clockwork toys clicking and whirring

And wound up to a whistle

The cicadas sing rounds a capella 

Fireflies dance at the water’s edge

Each a tiny living lantern in the darkness

Their flames snuffed out and rekindled

From moment to moment

The dark river an unceasing symphony

The trills, croaks and hoots of the soloists

Cutting through the night

My little one turns to me and laughs

I think the cicadas are singing for my birthday, she says

Soon she’ll turn three

And the cicadas will sing for her

- Ruth Callaghan do Valle (she/her), TFJ Issue One: Celebrations

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[dazais-guardian-angel]

Reminder that the Dazai's Entrance Exam audiobook comes out tomorrow! It's narrated by Patrick Seitz, Kunikida's English dub voice actor!

Here are all the places you can buy it:

Barnes & Noble

Audible

Google Play

Apple Books

Libro.fm

[deep-space-lines]

Full-Size / True Color Version

Sometimes I think about the fact that first living being to orbit the Earth couldn't understand what was happening to her, couldn't understand the history she was making. Laika wasn't a volunteer. The technology to bring her back alive didn't exist. They sent her up anyway. She died, scared and alone, in a malfunctioning spacecraft hastily built to meet a political deadline.

When her heart rate tripled from the stress of acceleration, did she understand the magnitude of what she was experiencing? When she saw the stars outside her little window, did she believe the world had gone dark? In her final hours, did she feel wonder, or just fear?

"The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it. We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog. When you understand that you can’t bring back Laika, that she perishes out there, and that no one can bring her back…that is a very heavy feeling." Oleg G. Gazenko

For me, there's some small consolation, at least, in knowing that although her death was unnecessary and cruel, Laika will never be forgotten. I love you, Laika. May you find peace among the stars.

Prints are available here.

[skunkes]

something silly and badly formatted

[dislocatedwishbone]

— Wendy Cope, Spring Onions

[thatsbelievable]