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I've been assigned a post-apocalyptic novel to review and I'm bored because they didn't come up with a sufficiently interesting gimmick to distinguish it from all the other post-apocalyptic novels but it's reminding me of how I struggle with something this genre seems to take as gospel, which is the self-evident importance and centrality of babies.

Two characters living alone ended up taking care of a pair of babies, and there have been several comments about how "the babies are the priority", "save the babies", "we knew what was most important" and I guess I don't see the logic, or rather, I know it's not logical - it's emotional and also symbolic. On one hand yes, I believe that a central role of society is to take care of the vulnerable; that is a cornerstone of my politics. However, in a day to day survival scenario where you need to save either an adult or a baby, I don't think you should automatically pick the baby Just Because. It seems reasonable to save the adult, because you need their experience and pair of hands. You can always make more babies if you need to. Making an adult takes a lot more time. But babies tend to attain this exalted, near-religious status in these kinds of stories.

IDK, it would be interesting to see a post-apocalyptic setting where a contraception/abortion provider is a valued member of the community because resources are limited and pregnancy and childbirth are even more dangerous without hospitals, instead of people always popping out symbolic babies named Hope and shit.

netlfix

Not really feelin this whole school college work until I die thing

aurpiment

I’m a little bit annoyed at popular humor that characterizes menstruation as the uterus throwing a fit because it wants a baby. no it doesn’t. here’s my alternative anthropomorphic script. it’s no less embarrassing but at least I’m right:

henchperson: uh, boss? You know how a couple weeks ago, me and the girls put up that barrier against invaders, extra thick, just like you asked?

boss: yes…

henchperson: weeeel, the good news is no invaders this month.

boss: and the bad news? spit it out, already

henchperson: weeeeeel, we made it out of wet tissue again, boss. so we’re going to have to peel it off and put up a new one before it gets all nasty, you see…

boss: why is everything wet tissue with you people? get that thing out of my sight!

itsevanffsbutspam

there's actually a theory out there i read about some time back that posits that--since the uterus so quickly expels an embryo that isn't correct--it's a failsafe of sorts. it doesn't get the hormones that signal that it's a Functioning Human Embryo inside, so it might as well get rid of everything inside, so nothing unauthorised can stick around.

pangur-and-grim

rubiline-deactivated20210204

NO WINDOWS I JUST WANT TO FORCE QUIT A PROGRAM DONT TRY TO LOOK FOR A SOLUTION ACCEPT DEATH AND FACE OBLIVION

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For all its faults Tumblr has truly ruined all other social media for me because my friends all have Instagram and are all trying to get me on Instagram more but every time I open Instagram there are like fifteen things screaming for my attention and when I get over myself long enough to start scrolling it's like. Where is my chronological dash. Where is the following-only option. Who are these people. Why are there so many videos. Everyone is screaming at me. And then before I know it I'm thirty minutes into scrolling and I haven't seen a single thing that I actually care about. At least on Tumblr when I see stuff I don't care about I know someone I follow has found a new interest.

no-sharks-on-the-sun

they killed him for this

lakemojave

Happy Pride Month everyone! Remember 4 months ago when the CEO of this platform harassed and chased a trans woman off this website just for posting her transition timeline, then chased her to other social media platforms to continue harassing her, and threatened to call the FBI if she continued disputing the multiple dubious terminations of her blogs that did not violate tumblr's terms of service in any way? And despite tumblr staff insisting that the CEO was acting against their interests, the broad transmisogyny evident in the site's culture and moderation policy has still not been adequately addressed?

lakemojave

Remember that staff is continuing to nuke the blogs of trans women even after all of this. Remember this post when they call this site the queerest place on the internet again this month

lakemojave

It's 2 years later. It's gotten worse. Happy pride month.

anistarrose

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

terramosh

parasocialanxiety

I see a child run out in front of this car and I throw a black lace shawl over their shoulders, saving their life

victusinveritas

animentality

teaboot

ollie reminds me very much of my own void son, but Lucio has his weird folded ear that speaks evil thoughts directly into his brain such as “try to jump onto the stovetop while cooking”

OH I LOVE HIM!!! Ollie's uncle has an ear like that but it's from an old injury