Strange Chick, Enjoyable Entity

Hi there! Somehow you ended up on my blog. Regardless of how you came to be here, you are welcome here and I appreciate your visit.

[herpsandbirds]

[sentientsky]

it's gonna be okay (/threat)

[thememedaddy]

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[mousey-toy]

[thememedaddy]

[holy-leapin-splits-batman]

cosplay by Violetmasque on tiktok

[aquaticptato]

DIVA ALERT

[importantcatpics]

[partywithponies]

One of the most annoying genres of people on the internet are people who act like they believe science is one single monolithic thing. Like, you'll see an article saying something like "scientists studying the movement of tectonic plates", and then in the comments there'll be several smug people saying "smh why are scientists doing this instead of finding a cure for cancer", like. Why would a geologist be doing that.

[sergal]

my favorite mashup emoji is this one and i wish it was real so bad

[coastal-mangos-one]

[clowngirrl]

[draconym]

It's nuts how common it is to not allow children to be angry, even (especially) in households where adults are angry all the time. As a child I knew my own anger was unacceptable--not just expressing it outwardly but feeling it at all. So now as an adult my immediate reaction to my own anger is often to feel guilt instead of like. Noticing when someone is being rude or unfair or my boundaries are being violated or whatever. fucked up.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

every time i'm watching a show that involves any law enforcement investigating instances of abuse i'm unable to *fully* enjoy it because it's just such a stark difference from reality.

one such instance i'll never forget- my mom called the police because of a man dragging a woman (girlfriend most likely) by her hair into the woods. with description, the police informed her that these people were 'most likely part of the local homeless population'. they said this as if to clarify: we are not even going to pretend to care about this (most likely) murder. my mom was distressed about this for a while and looked around the area again later on but both the man and woman were gone at that point.

[rars]

whatever man *walks outside of your render distance*

[thesweetiepienovels]

Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Walking for three minutes, is better than nothing. Drinking a glass of water and eating a snack, is better than nothing. Wiping down the counter, is better than nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. You don’t have to achieve grand things if all you’re capable of right now is the smaller things. They are still achievements. Don’t do nothing just because you don’t think you’re capable of doing bigger things, just do something you’re capable of today. 

[night-the-starfish]

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[pnglove]