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[ayankun]

hi, are you here to witness me ramble incoherently about niche thoughts on niche media? 'cause that's all I got

[ayankun]

[ayankun]

If you are a queer and/or neurospicy AFAB type person who would like to see some of your lived experiences described and championed in a novel written by a queer woman in 1884, then let me heartily recommend "A Country Doctor" by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Read a scan hosted at the Internet Archive

Or listen to an audiobook recorded by LibriVox Audiobooks and hosted on YouTube

Or see if your local library has it! Mine had a collection of Jewett's novels and short stories, and I'm very much looking forward to the next one included in the set, "The Country of the Pointed Firs," which is advertised as her masterpiece.

"A Country Doctor" is generally advertised as a novel with feminist themes -- and to be sure this is an accurate sales pitch -- but as a queer and neurodivergent reader I also encountered frequent and quite striking depictions of highly relatable or lived experiences of mine that I most strongly associate with my queer neurodivergence.

So if you would like some evidence that you've never been alone in feeling the way you feel, or would like some peace of mind that your experiences have a historical precedent that defies false claims of woke snowflake-ness, or if you just want to read a pretty good novel about tradition vs. modernity and rural vs. urban sociological conflicts of late Victorian America, here you go.

[davidmalki]

Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time

[lezbianz]

being a humanities major who’s friends with stem majors is so funny because you’ll ask your friends what they’re doing today and they’re like “UGH it’s so stressful i have to stabilize the reactor core for my nuclear power midterm and then i have to build the supercomputer from i have no mouth yet i must scream for my electrical engineering homework :/ what about you” and you’re like “oh well i have to read a fun little book and write an essay about gender.” and they still think you have it worse

[freakinflipflop]

Being a stem major who's friends with humanities majors is ALSO funny bc you ask what's goin on with them and they're like "oh yeah my day's pretty good! I only have to read 50 pages for this one class today and half a book for another one. It's much better than last week where I read three books and wrote a 10 page paper about their overlapping motifs for one class while also researching a niche period of time that our library doesn't have any resources on. How's it been for you?" and you're like "oh I have a lil packet of fun math puzzles due tomorrow." and they look at you like you're carrying the weight of the universe on your back

[tesria]

This is your reminder that just because something falls within the skillset you've practiced, so you can do it and you don't find it particularly hard or stressful relative to other things, it doesn't mean it isn't actually hard work you should be proud of yourself for accomplishing!

[3amfanfiction]

this applies to writing and art, too

[tpwrtrmnky]

researchers: this condition is underdiagnosed advocacy groups: we'll spread knowledge that it's underdiagnosed healthcare workers: some of us will use expanded diagnostic criteria now patients: wow we finally know what's up

tabloids: the condition is mysteriously spreading. this is DANGEROUS.

[goodgrammaritan]

[ayankun]

Adam Neely: Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future

[ayankun]

Technology Connections: You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

[ayankun]

Folding Ideas: This Is How You Get JARHEAD Sequels

[ayankun]

Sideways: Why Hellfire is the Best Disney Villain Song Ever

[ayankun]

Hear me out

Mary Poppins but it's wuxia with Michelle Yeoh

[ayankun]

Being introverted means going to the work Christmas cookie exchange and coming back feeling like your psyche’s been sandpapered for three hours.

[ayankun]

just a quick update, turns out that wasn't introversion that was autism

[ayankun]

Mrs. Evans only ever wearing black and white bc she finds understated to be fabulous

[ayankun]

no joke, one time (a long time ago) I had a dream where I found this shirt at Target, and spent wayyy too long agonizing over whether I should buy it.  Just when I decided I did want it, after all, I woke up.

Anyway, that’s the moment I should have know I was trans.

[ayankun]

Me: 🎶wildcats, in the air

@piningfor-thefjords: Nope

Me: 🎶wave those cats up in the air

@piningfor-thefjords: nOPE

[ayankun]

Daydrunk NYE HSM has commenced! Happy holidays to all who celebrate 🥳🥳🥳