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What if we win?

What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?

What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?

What if the rainforest ADVANCES?

What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?

What if you baked your neighbor bread, and they shared their home-grown blackberries?

What if every person who needed a home, had one? What if every person who needed healing was healed?

What if every body was treasured for what it was, not what it should be?

What if every trans child's parents attended their graduation, their wedding, their new-name-day?

What if every warehouse became a closed-circle repair station? Goods flowing out, and back, and out again? What if landfills started to SHRINK?

What if the water and air were clean? What if there was enough public transit that the cars dwindled, leaving the streets safe for kids on bikes, evening deer, midnight cats and foxes?

What if we win?

How would you win?

reachexceedinggrasp

I don't know how we've landed on this bizarre dichotomy of attitudes in fandom where people are either like 'we're not allowed to ship that it's not canon!' or 'caring about your ship becoming canon is for losers, not being canon is a sign of superiority etc. etc.' but I hate it.

We don't need any basis in canon to explore different possible relationships between the characters. You can ship people who've never met, you can ship people who are obviously not intended to be interested in each other, you can ship people who hate each other, and this is a fundamental element of transformative fandom. It's engaging creatively with the text and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with your interpretation of the work as written. Hence the word 'transformative'.

But also, a ship can be part of the fabric of the narrative and something that does play into your interpretation or expectations. It's not inherently trivial or not plot significant just because it's romance related. I feel like it's not difficult to see the difference in the types of engagement we're dealing with here. It's not your problem as the audience if you pick up narrative groundwork being laid for a certain outcome and then you care about getting catharsis and resolution for the narrative promise.

A lot of the time I absolutely do want my ships to be canon, I care about getting what I think is the most interesting or most satisfying version of something and that includes relationships, I don't think the writers are infallible and am never going to sit here and say 'whatever they decide will obviously be the Best Possible Outcome', and I'm going to roll my eyes at people who do say that because it's just... rarely been vindicated as a thesis, let's say.

It's normal when you're invested in a story to want to see it go in a certain direction, either because you think it's the best writing choice or because it's what you want emotionally. This is fine. This is basic to how we experience art. There is plenty of clear blue water between this entirely reasonable aspect of enjoying a story and the behaviour of wanky entitled shippers who become genuinely delusional and/or harass the creators.

tiktoks-i-enjoyed

The art of mindless embroidery.

by @ toolbburs (no pronouns in bio).

monsteracademia

monster theory reading list

this list is going to be some recommended reading when it relates to literary teratology or monster theory. some of these works predate 'monster theory' as a concept (which was coined in 1996 by jeffrey jerome cohen) but are foundational to that work regardless.

i'll try to include links to any readings that are freely available online and links to doi etc but if something isn't and you're really keen, hit me up and y'know we'll see what i can do.

monster theory: reading culture (1996) by jeffrey jerome cohen - the original and defining text on monster theory by the man himself. here is a link to a pdf of the first chapter, which i spoke about at length in another post.

the horror reader (2000) by ken gelder (editor) - an incredibly insightful collected edition about the horror genre as a whole, however gelder's introduction to part three, as well as marie-hélene huet's chapter introduction to monstrous imagination were incredibly helpful to my work personally. very generously, gelder has allowed free access to the entire work in pdf form!

the monster theory reader (2020) by jeffrey andrew weinstock - an amazing collected edition featuring cohen, creed, kristeva and a number of others that provides a really good foundational background knowledge of what contributed to the creation of monster theory as well as some fantastic takes on it post cohen.

classic readings on monster theory (2018) by asa simon mittman & marcus hensel - similar to weinstock, this collected edition features a number of classical foundational essays and some more modern ones surrounding monster theory. a very helpful starting point! here is a link to the introductory chapter by mittman and hensel in pdf form!

the monstrous feminine: film, feminism, psychoanalysis (1993) by barbara creed - creed's idea of the monstrous feminine is one of the foundational underpinnings of monster theory and is key in comprehending the 'other' as monstrous, particularly as it relates to women in a patriarchal society. highly recommend! here is the entire book in pdf form!

powers of horror: an essay on abjection (1982) by julia kristeva - kristeva's idea of abjection is a precursor to a lot of theoretical frameworks regarding the horror genre, in particular as a direct precursor to creed's work, then to cohen's work. here is the entire book in pdf form!

this is definitely not an all encompassing list of sources, but it is a good starting point for anyone interested in this particular niche field of literary theory. these are texts that were crucial for me in understanding the basics when i was starting work on my thesis.

whereareyourightnow

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theinternetarchive

embroidery samples, silk and metallic thread on felt; french c. early 1800s.

these two go hand in hand 🤝

“we often have to explain to young people why study is useful. it’s pointless telling them that it’s for the sake of knowledge, if they don’t care about knowledge. nor is there any point in telling them that an educated person gets through life better than an ignoramus, because they can always point to some genius who, from their standpoint, leads a wretched life. and so the only answer is that the exercise of knowledge creates relationships, continuity, and emotional attachments. it introduces us to parents other than our biological ones. it allows us to live longer, because we don’t just remember our own life but also those of others. it creates an unbroken thread that runs from our adolescence (and sometimes from infancy) to the present day. and all this is very beautiful.”

Umberto Eco

seedingsolarpunk

but the answer isn’t to unplug completely, now that we can hear her crying out day after day, the answer is not to shut out the noise, but t

Its better to filter and focus on your corner of unraveling Empire, than become an overwhelmed conduit aware of all suffering.

Slow down. Scope in. "your role is not to hold the whole planet together, it is to do your part with courage."

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ometochtli2rabbit

Tree roots following the pattern of concrete footpaths

woah

gardeningwithpina

My mentor: I wanna do a wall garden, because it doesnt take up too much space

Me, already vibrating from the dopamine and adrenaline: Let's talk about espaliers

gardeningwithpina

okay, so espaliers are beyond sexy, they are so unbelievably productive

The basics are just... pruning growing trees so they are more 2 dimensional, usually placed against walls. It takes a few years to form/ raise, but they are much easier to maintain than free growing trees in the long run.

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Not only is it more accessible, easier to harvest fruit, but the design has a double purpose; the walls hold and release heat that can keep warm-weathered plants alive during Northen winters!

We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are g

There are people who use this method to grow avocado, fig, etc trees outdoors without electricity in -20C weather.

A similar technique to espalier can be used to grow furniture without killing the tree!

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