starting a collection of people who obliterate their food in impossible ways.
They're so confident about the imaginary content-restricting version of libraries that exist in their heads.
When I was eleven, I checked out weird ass fantasy romance erotica on my library card.
I went to the library. I asked the librarian where the books were. They led me to the section. I picked out the fantasy romance of my choice. They asked if I needed help checking it out. I said no. I checked it out. I read it.
No one can stop you from reading anything at the library. No librarian will tell you not to read a certain book. They might suggest a book to you, but they won't tell you not to read anything.
I read fucking Game of Thrones when I was like. Twelve. I read weird gay genderqueer shapeshifter romance when I was about fifteen. There was never any kind of "age gate" or censorship from librarians. I don't know if it's different in America, or if things have changed for the worse in the last twenty years, but I've never encountered any kind of system which prevents kids from reading whatever books they please in libraries.
I never tried checking them out, but I used to go grab erotica books and read them in the library, there's not like... a wall. they're on the shelves.
Okay person whonactually works at a public library here. We are specifically instructed NOT to comment on or even mention what people are checking out unless the person brings it up to us first. And I have had times where parents or kids will ask me if I think a book is appropriate which I will then give my opinion on, but I would check out whatever a kid brought up to me if that happened. Also, we let kids go wherever the fun they want, but they mostly stay in the kids are cuz there are toys there. But we are not policing every single kid to make sure they're staying in the "right" place.
Also, the conversation about restricting kids access to "inappropriate" material really bothers me first because what really counts as inappropriate and how do we apply the same standard to every person ethically (answer: we cant), but second because I think it's pretty patronizing to actual kids. Kids are smart, and I know a lot of adults don't get that, but kids are really intelligent and most of them will be able to identify things that are uncomfortable for them. So the experience of exploring and finding limits and interests is a healthy thing that all kids should have the option to experience in a safe environment like (hopefully) a library
Anyway. Just some thoughts from the perspective of a library employee
Another public librarian here.
My old library system (30 libraries) had gotten a number of complaints from older women that the DVDs were not clearly marked as adult. For reference, we have the "adult" (meaning not children's but ranging from pg-13 to R) on its own shelf and all of the "childrens" movies are on the other side.
So the technical processing team decided to start sticking R-18 labels on anything that was rated (R or NC17). And like we were a month or two into it before our collection manager threw up her hands and said, What the fuck?
Essentially, the problem was that we had a bunch of older women (moms and bitties included) saying that they didn't want to watch adult movies (or they wanted to make sure their kids weren't checking them out)
But NO WHERE was a policy saying we were to restrict checkouts. If a 6 year old handed me IT or Django, they got it. Even post stickering.
So our collection manager was pissed because she finally realized what was bothering her. Not only was the rating ALREADY ON THE FUCKING BOX, (on the back, where it ALWAYS is), but now people were using this as an excuse against library purchasing because you could see how many "evil adult" movies were on the shelf.
So we promptly took all the stickers off, circ went back up, and we then calmly explained to the bitties where to find the rating on the back of the box.
This is all to say that my CM took the Right to Read (watch/etc) super seriously and made sure that we all knew that anyone could check out whatever they wanted and if they wanted to file a complaint they could.
Long story short you don't say SHIT to anyone regardless of what they check out. AND that includes giant tatted dudes checking out the entirety of our Barbie collection. No one is too old, too young or too anything to check out what they want at the library.
I will say that things ARE worse in a lot of public libraries in the states now specifically because there's a small but very vocal and active minority of people who are fighting to censor or restrict access to materials they consider inappropriate for children
I urge US citizens to start attending sessions of their city and state legislatures and agitating for library funding without restrictions and AGAINST any book bans and censorship.
Here's just one example, but free access to information is under attack everywhere.
They’re about to break so many laws it’s not even funny, I can feel it in my bones
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This is the FUNNIEST SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN
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Reblogging for cultural enrichment
bout time I brought back the Laurel and Hardy flex tape-
From The Killers, 1946. A Film Noir Classic
I’m an archivist, behold my growing collection was of old photos mirroring timeless memes I’ve come across at various places I’ve worked.
i can’t believe it took elon musk not even a full YEAR to completely tear apart and destroy a website that people had used as a viable source for worldwide news, a website people had used for queer media, queer rights, a website people used as a source of income… a website that has YEARS of history to it, which has been completely thrown down the drain in favor of ai, memberships, censorship. corporate greed.
it makes me sick.
Talking to myself out loud like a point and click protagonist
Losing it over some of y'all's tags btw Here's my favorites
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good night
I need someone to send me 50 usd now
my "i have a bomb" backpack is raising a lot of questions from the TSA that are already answered by my backpack
Op shopping at simp station
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learning that self depreciation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.
is there anyone out there with a nyt cooking subscription
will they send me the chamomile tea cake with strawberry icing recipe
This buttery, chamomile tea-scented loaf is a sweet pop symphony, the Abba of cakes. A pot of flowery, just-brewed chamomile isn’t required for drinking with slices of this tender loaf but is strongly recommended. In life and in food, you always need balance: A sip or two of the grassy, herbal tea between bites of this cake counters the sweetness, as do freeze-dried strawberries, which lend tartness and a naturally pink hue to the lemony glaze. This everyday loaf will keep on the counter for 3 to 4 days; be sure the cut side is always well wrapped.
Ingredients Yield: One 9-inch loaf ½ cup/115 grams unsalted butter 2 tablespoons/6 grams chamomile tea (from 4 to 6 tea bags), crushed fine if coarse 1 cup/240 milliliters whole milk Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt 2 large eggs 1 large lemon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1½ cups/192 grams all-purpose flour 1 cup/124 grams confectioners’ sugar ½ cup/8 grams freeze-dried strawberries
Preparation Step 1 In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon chamomile to a large mixing bowl. Pour the hot melted butter over the chamomile and stir. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 2 Use the same saucepan (without washing it out) to bring the milk to a simmer over medium-high heat, keeping watch so it doesn’t boil over. Remove from the heat, and stir the remaining 1 tablespoon chamomile into the hot milk. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 3 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with the nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper so the long sides of the pan have a couple of inches of overhang to make lifting the finished cake out easier. Step 4 Add the sugar and salt to the bowl with the butter, and whisk until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, vigorously whisking to combine after each addition. Zest the lemon into the bowl; add the baking powder and vanilla, and whisk until incorporated. Add the flour and stream in the milk mixture while whisking continuously until no streaks of flour remain. Step 5 Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a skewer or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are OK, but you should see no wet batter), 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes. Step 6 While the cake cools, make the icing: Into a medium bowl, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from the zested lemon, then add the confectioners’ sugar. Place the dehydrated strawberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over the bowl and, using your fingers, crush the brittle berries and press the red-pink powder through the sieve and into the sugar. (The more you do this, the redder your icing will be.) Whisk until smooth. Step 7 If needed, run a knife along the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. Holding the 2 sides of overhanging parchment, lift the cake out and place it on a plate, cake stand or cutting board. Discard the parchment. Pour the icing over the cake, using a spoon to push the icing to the edges of the cake to encourage the icing to drip down the sides dramatically. Cool the cake completely and let the icing set.
We out here torrenting recipes now? Reblog
also literally fucked a man so hard yesterday that today i found pieces of my bed on the floor
I read this too fast and thought it said “pieces of him on the floor”
I live within bus distance of the Universal picket line for the writer’s strike, so I like to go down there when I can to march with em in solidarity. They are all extremely cool people, and since many of them are older than me, I have been treated to a lot of free advice on Adult Life from more experienced adults. 10/10.
It’s also extremely funny to hear them talk shit about studios/executives that they’ve had to put up with, because they’re no longer required to pretend Oh, They’re All Such Lovely People, We’re So Lucky To Work For Them.
- “Dick Wolf insists on having an a personal office at every studio where his shows are worked on. He never goes to half of them, and when he does, he’s not usually there long. It’s just supposed to be left empty for him in case he MIGHT show up.”
“I took a bunch of coffee creamers from there just before we called the strike.”
“Honestly, that sounds fair?”
“I like to think of it as payment for all the extra work I had to do for free.”
- “Never work for Netflix if you can avoid it.”
“Oh my God, RIGHT? It’s a nightmare!”
“That is the most exploited I’ve ever been, and I’ve been doing this for a while so that says a LOT.”
- “Do they ever acknowledge how many laws the cops break during a single episode of any of those SVU spinoffs?”
“We’re not even allowed to use the phrase ‘Bad apples’ because it makes them uncomfortable.”
- “Humor does not exist in the Dick Wolf-verse, so we’re only allowed to include one joke per episode. Sometimes I like to play a little game where I see if I can get away with sneaking in a second.”
“Has that ever worked?”
“I think once we got in a subtle pun.”
I’m not the first or the last person to say this but I grew up in the restaurant industry (third generation restauranteur) but everything that happens in The Bear is real life. Every restaurant you eat at? That’s what’s behind the kitchen door. There’s a crazy culture of abuse (both mental and emotional) as well as rampant substance addiction that’s considered “normal”. And I’m very serious when I say TV personalities like Gordon Ramsey truly make things worse by perpetuating the idea that yelling and screaming at both coworkers and subordinates is how a restaurant “should work”. And that attitude has genuine, real world consequences. So many good chefs- and good people- have taken their own lives because it’s so taboo to ask for help, or even just that maybe being yelled at all day every day might not be good for people’s mental well being.
The kitchen is a wonderful place. People from all walks of life come together in order to make people smile, to make memories, to make food that tastes the way food SHOULD taste!! But it’s also the same place where human beings are treated like absolute garbage. It’s where people plate hundreds of wonderful meals a night, but then eat their own dinner hunched over a trash can. It’s where people escape to a cold, dark, damp walk-in freezer to cry, because that’s the only break they get from being on their feet for hours at a time. It’s the place where chefs sometimes walk out after a hard night and choose not to wake up the next day.
The restaurant industry is changing. Owners and managers say that it’s because “nobody wants to work anymore”, but the truth is that people refuse to let themselves be treated as disposable anymore.
I dunno. All this is to say- remember the human beings behind every dish you eat. The chefs who put so much of their lives into food and the emotions attached to it. Whenever possible, eat at restaurants that have designated kickback fees to the kitchen staff. And if you work in a kitchen… you’re loved. You’re valuable. Please never be afraid to reach out if you need it.
Read more on restaurant service fees here if you’re curious what they are and how they work:
the phenomenon of the faceless mutual who could either be a weird girl or gay man