#which was just so fucking exhausting

[penelopelima]

Look, I'm a big proponent of analyzing works of literature through the lens of feminism. I think it is extremely valuable, it adds a great deal of meaning and layers of interpretation to not only the work itself, but the many works that have been influenced or in conversation with it since. I think there is immense value in engaging fully with a text and critiquing its ideological content and messaging. I will always defend this. I also think criticism of the author's life and politics is relevant to the criticism of their work.

But at the same time, my biggest fucking pet peeve is when people go "this classic is X and I refuse to engage with it" or "this author is X so I refuse to read anything by him". And I don't mean in real, day to day life. Read whatever you want for pleasure, I'm not here to tell you that you have a moral obligation to read books that you don't enjoy. But when we're in an academic setting, or in professional literary critique, or even serious intellectual conversation, that doesn't cut it. Because you are meant to use your critical thinking and interpretations skills. You have to go deeper.

Arguing that classic books should not be studied or analyzed anymore because they have sexist content is counterproductive. Because, although the classic canon is reflective of real world marginalizations and I agree it should be updated to include voices that have been historically pushed aside... The fact stands that those that are considered classics have a great deal of influence in posterior works and the development in a whole culture's literature. When you argue for taking an influential work of literature out, you are arguing for all of us who study literature history, or simply want to be educated in it, to lose an important piece of the puzzle. I find hundreds of books I studied to be severely flawed, sometimes even disgusting, but they gave me tools to interpret many posterior works better. They gave me a clear view of society, even if that view is bitter.

To illustrate my point. Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet, one of the most influential poets of Hispanic Post-Modernism and Nobel prize winner, was, by his own admission, a rapist. A few years ago, some of my university classmates organized a, let's say, campaign to pressure the deanery into taking his work entirely out of the syllabus. They argued, since this was a progressive institution, it was shameful to force students to read his works.

The thing is, I don't want to be shielded from the truth to the point where my higher education is incomplete. Where I cannot understand fully how a literary movement developed because my teachers have taken out authors that were key in its evolution. I want him to be reviled and the understanding of his work to be coloured by his extreme misogyny and selfishness. I want his accolades to be taken away and for him to be remembered as a disgusting rapist. While also being able to have a full picture when I inevitably encounter works influenced by his. I want to be able to know, and create my own opinion, instead of having a censor choose which works are apt to be read. If I am to practise feminist literary critique, I need to know. I need to have a full education, comparable to those of my peers, to those who come from a different university or school of criticism.

This is how critical thinking develops. You need the full picture. The good and the bad. Feminism cannot exist without critical thinking. It cannot exist without analyzing reality for what it is, and confronting it. Feminist literary critique is a difficult endeavour, oftentimes thankless and exhausting. It is looking again and again into the hatred and contempt men hold for women and have for centuries. It is engaging with it, confronting it. But it is worth it, and I believe that people who just throw the whole book away without reading it first because it's problematic are actively working against feminist literary criticism and erudition itself.

[uncanny-tranny]

This might seem like an "old man yells at cloud" situation, but it's just wild growing up and being told how dangerous distracted driving is - how, at highway speeds, you can traverse the length of a football field (100 yards, 91 meters) in a matter of seconds - how one split second sending a text while driving could result in a potential fatal crash, and then getting on the road as a driver and being surrounded by billboards. Their entire purpose is to catch one's attention, so they're lining major roads, which tend to be highways. How is it that you're told how important it is to never be distracted while driving, but still being advertised to?

At best, this type of advertising is an eyesore to pedestrians and motorists and a general waste of electricity to light it, and at worst, it is an active danger considering they are there to advertise and therefore, must catch people's attention.

I'm not even against advertising in theory, but this particular mode bothers me so much and I hate how pervasive it is - especially in large cities or highways.

[inkskinned]

he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.

except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?

at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.

except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.

about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.

he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.

[theygender]

So apparently the symptoms for chronic fatigue include loss of memory, reduced concentration, and fainting/lightheadedness when sitting/standing up?? Why didn't anyone tell me about this 😭

[deoidesign]

Idk who needs to hear this but time and time again isn't over!!!

Webtoon removed the "time and time again will return!!!" Banner and I don't know why, but it's not over!!! There's still another 1/3 of the comic to go! There's a lot more stuff that I'm working on and it'll be coming back soon!

Please be patient with me, I know it's been a long time... But the stuff I'm making is really good and there's a lot of reasons it's taken this long. I promise I want it back more than anyone.

I'm trying to come back around the end of October. I'm doing my best to get everything ready in time, so no promises, but I'm on track to do so! I'm just one person writing and drawing everything, and my editor was fired so I'm not even getting any notes anymore. It's literally just me. I'm doing my best I promise!

[gxtzeizm]

the fact that me, as a fan of both lando and oscar without any bias (maybe a bit on lando but not that much), is going to witness both "oscar fans, lando antis" and "lando fans, oscar antis" posts all in my one dash 🥲🥲

also the fact that atp i couldn't even bother enough with this same situation on both lewis and george. now it happens on lando and oscar as well which got me like....

[anonymocha]

finally coming out as a dyke in 2023 is realizing i dont need to pretend to simp that Guy just because everyone else in my friend group does

[fereldanwench]

You should not have returned--You will die here with me! You can thank me later!

⚠️ do not reupload or edit my shots without my permission ⚠️

[teddybeartoji]

going to my grandma's bday today and i think my mom is coming too so that means there will be three autistic ppl with mommy issues sitting behind one table wish me luck

[roseworth]

what a fucking week (it’s 2 pm on a monday)

[milkweedman]

Made another spindle. It's very small. Also very irregular and lumpy due to the wood (I wanted the raised brown lines to stay and erred on the side of caution in how much I cut away...but that did lead to a very irregular spindle).

It also wanted to crumble as I carved, so pretty much all the fine tuning I just did by sanding it, which helps to compress the fibers down as well as remove material without crumbling or splintering.

It really came to life when I oiled it. Probably will be best after a few good coats and some time. My woodburning kit seems to be totally gone, which is a bummer. So I'm not woodburning anymore.

Spins well. Obviously being so tiny and light it was always going to be a fine spinning spindle, but effortless thread from an unprepped piece of fleece is pretty indicative as well. I seem to find myself carving mostly thread spindles at the moment. They're always so small and light in the hand, they remind me of holding baby birds.

[krispiecake]

tell me why i can hear another tenants fucking music from my flat. HE DOESNT EVEN LIVE IN MY BUILDING. HE LIVES IN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE BUILDING ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND I CAN HEAR HIS MUSIC FROM MY FLAT. MY FLAT WHICH IS IN A DIFFERENT SEPARATE BUILDING.

[whatudottu]

Regarding your cerebrocrustacean headcanons mentioned in the previous ask: they very well could be somewhat canon given how, when asked if Albedo and Dr. Psychobos would be willing to work together, Derrick J. Wyatt responded with "Psychobos seems like a total team up slut, he'll team up with any villain any time" (his words, not mine).

Which he likely meant in the sense of "Psychobos is so power-hungry he'll team up with anyone in order to get ahead", but with your headcanons and the fact he never talks much about his personal life in mind, you could alternatively interpret it as "Psychobos is so desperately lonely he'll accept anyone he has even the slightest similarity with into his clique, even members of a species he's violently xenophobic towards" (probably to cope with/serve as a rebound for his mancrush Azmuth friendzoning him /lh /hj).

Now all of this is making me realize that it was a massive missed opportunity in Omniverse to not have Psychobos' demeanor do a complete 180 around the people he works with compared to everyone else (whether sincere or a thinly-veiled manipulation tactic) if not solely for a few jokes. Especially him acting like an affectionate father figure towards Malware (whether he likes it or not) solely so he can rub it in Azmuth's face that "I'm a FAR more attentive and caring parental figure towards your creation than YOU ever were, and I use the term loosely".

WHAT DO YOU MEAN DJW SAID 'TEAM UP SLUT' HAHAH WHAT!? dear god it's true it's on the wiki what the fuck what the fuck assdfjhghsdlfkgfkl-!

I mean, look at his already canon group; Khyber, allegedly the greatest huntsman in the galaxy, teaming up with Dr Psychobos to make a little watch that can sample (specifically predatory) animals; and Malware, a technology absorbing mutant mechamorph, working with the cybernetically enhanced (also listed as a mutant???) cerebrocrustacean in order to make said watch- if liking the concept of animals and incorporating machines as part of oneself is enough to get into Dr Psychobos' clique well, he's certainly stretched what that means far enough to at least snag two others into his initial team up. Same can't be said for Attea and the incurseans which seems to be more of a sponsor type relationship, and Maltruant commissioned him to repair his body but violated the trade agreement so whether or not Psychobos would do business with the incurseans again, he's already squarely sequestered Maltruant in the outest of out-groups :P

Hah, the 'Dr Psychobos adopting Malware specifically to stick it to Azmuth' bit reminded me of a signing-the-adoption-papers version of the 'I throw my used car batteries in the ocean' thing- something along the lines of; [psychobos voice] "You are the most calamitous individual I have had the pleasure of meeting, and I use the term loosely." [malware voice, threateningly] "I have devoured and absorbed the specs of the Omnitrix." [psychobos signing adoption papers] [malware, experiencing the affects of cerebrocrustacean in-grouping and having no frame of reference on how to deal with it] "What the fuck is happening-"

[silkysong]

i feel like the heat is gonna fucking kill me

[watery-melon-baller]

what if me and the mutuals all watched the FNAF movie around 1-2am UTC together during Halloween (´·ω·`)

[deansawthetvglow]

should i accept this job i was offered?