"this work is problematic because of how it handles [subject]": reasonable premise for media criticism
"this work is problematic because it depicts [subject]": do not pass go do not collect $200 this is, as a general rule, a functionally reactionary and conservative argument
unfortunately social media puts the activist meeting, the bitching session, the public outreach, the group therapy session, the silly blow off some steam gossiping about people private chat, and the group d&d session all in the same place, and so people mistake, for example, an outpouring of legitimate grief and rage as somehow a public-facing political statement, or a carefully edited and tactical political statement as a reflection of a person's most deeply held private feelings, etc
I'm really gonna need some of you in the CR fandom to take a step back from your rigid binary oppressor/oppressed view of power dynamics. like just a suggestion, but in between coming up with all these scorching hot freshman english class analogies of the gods as a powerful/privileged class and extrapolating that into 'in this case genocide is ok actually,' you might take a beat every so often and reflect on how the rhetoric of 'this powerful elite is controlling everyone's lives and must be stopped' has been used to justify antisemitism for, like... ever.
The Mighty Nein; On Hope.
@/mumblesplash // “Episode 76: Refjorged” - Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham // “Episode 46: A Storm of Memories” - Marisha Ray // “Mighty Nein Reunited: Uk’otoa Unleashed” - Liam O’Brien // “Episode 120: Contentious Company” - Matthew Mercer // “Episode 93: Misery Loves Company” - Laura Bailey // “Episode 112: The Chase Begins” - Matthew Mercer and Travis Willingham // “Episode 30: The Journey Home” - Sam Riegel // “Mighty Nein Animated Intro - Your Turn To Roll” - Kamille Areopagita and Kevin Areopagita // “Episode 94: With Great Power…” - Taliesin Jaffe // “Episode 69: The King’s Cage” - Matthew Mercer and Travis Willingham // “Episode 86: The Cathedral” - Taliesin Jaffe // “Episode 140: Long May He Reign” - Laura Bailey and Matthew Mercer // “Episode 97: The Fancy and the Fooled” - Liam O’Brien // “Long May He Reign” - Laura Bailey // “Episode 141: Fond Farewells” - Laura Bailey and Taliesin Jaffe // “Episode 131: Into the Eye” - Ashley Johnson // “Fond Farewells” - Matthew Mercer // “Long May He Reign” - Taliesin Jaffe
insp.
time to retake my favorite quiz: weed strain or mountain goats song? after six years trying i can get 99/100 right & i'm kicking myself for the one i got wrong.
the crime the criminal
Objection!
Your honor. It's true that a first glance at the evidence would suggest my client was responsible. But let's look a little further, shall we?
I have here a reverse image search for the crime scene as well as my client's photo.
And if you look closely at the results...
The blogs and dates don't match.
My client has been framed!
And why? Because their iconic "mischievous smile" makes for a funnier post, of course. But nothing, not even Tumblr notes, is more important than the truth!
I present to you: The original unaltered post and the true culprit!
Myocorrhizal fungi are so integral to plants’ existence that even if you think you don’t like mushrooms, you actually do
You. Mushroom hater. Have you ever enjoyed a fruit or perhaps a vegetable? Or bread? That fruit or perhaps vegetable (or the wheat for your bread) grew from doing yuri stuff with fungi. Thank the fungi for doing yuri stuff to your food
yall can't just google verbs or some shit
Have you ever had fun in your life. Have you ever tried whimsy or even merriment
i think popular media culture is poisoned in the following ways:
Nervously, I pull from the tarot deck. It's the Nine of Clocks. My fate is revealed to me: It's my bedtime, and I gotta go to sleeps
No matter how progressive or well-read you are, there are always going to be moments in your life where somebody pushes back against something that's so culturally ingrained you never even considered it before. And you'll say "Huh, it never occurred to me to challenge this but you're right" and that doesn't mean you were "morally toxic" before, it means you're a non-omniscient human capable of growth.
It’s normal to get sad as things start to get better for you. You may experience a sense of loss, regret, or shame over your past struggles. Do what you can to bask in the peace and joy you are creating for yourself. The present is what matters right now.
This is called the "analog loophole" and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. They can encrypt and copy-protect all they want, but eventually the file has to be sent to a speaker and/or screen, and it has to get there in a human-readable form because that's the whole dang point
The simplest way to exploit the analog loophole is just pointing a camera at a screen or a microphone at a speaker, but direct recording is also always possible and always will be. Anything that can be displayed can be saved and displayed again
You, Crowley, are in breach of the Infernal Code.
GOOD OMENS 2x04 'The Hitchhiker'
nothing funnier than saying "back in my day" in your 20s as if you aren't the toddler of adults
i gotta say even tho he was mad evil hickey was really out there ensuring those bitch boys weren't touch starved. he was out there in the trenches cupping faces like it was his only goddamn job on earth
some of my favorite mutuals post entirely about things that i do not understand or care about and our dms are barren like a desert. and yet the warmth of that big hot sun remains between us
