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Gumbah (@therealgummbah)

threedollarsdotcom

made sure to unzip the file marked EVIL GIRLS just do it its good for you EVIL GIRLS open the EVIL GIRLS application and run it t. oday

rylandgraces

there’s a friday ass vibe about this wednesday boys keep your wits about you

gatheringbones

[“Many men who supported the revolutionary slogan of “Liberty, equality, and fraternity” interpreted it literally, believing that the rule of all men, bound together as brothers, should replace the rule of despots. For their part, many women worried that in the context of their economic dependence on men, full legal and sexual equality would expose them to new risks rather than expand their opportunities. As the nineteenth century dawned, the control of husbands over their wives was reaffirmed, although it was now usually described as protection. Women as a gender were excluded from the new rights that were being extended to men, and the goal of guaranteeing all children equal claims on their parents was abandoned. As Napoleon put it, “Society has no interest in recognizing bastards.”

But this is not to say that gender relations remained unchanged. It was harder to dismiss calls to extend equal rights to women when people no longer believed that every relationship had to have a ruler and a subject. Only a few radicals insisted that the logic of Enlightenment thought meant women should have the same rights as men. But only a few of their opponents still insisted that marriage turned every man into a monarch within his home.

People thrashed about in search of a new understanding of the relationship between men and women, one that did not unleash the “chaos” of equality but did not insist too harshly on women’s subordination. What emerged was a peculiar compromise between egalitarian and patriarchal views of marriage. People began to view each sex as having a distinctive character.

Women and men were said to be so completely different in their natures that they could not be compared as superior or inferior. They had to be appreciated on their own, completely dissimilar terms. In this view, women were no longer seen as inferior to men. Indeed, they were now assigned a unique moral worth that had to be protected from contamination by involvement in men’s mundane spheres of activity. Therefore, the exclusion of women from politics was not an assertion of male privilege but a mark of respect and deference to women’s special talents.

In the early nineteenth century, many writers took up a related theme, which had first been articulated by the Dutch journalist and preacher Cornelius van Engelen in 1767: the idea that sustaining married love depended upon emphasizing and maintaining the mental, emotional, and practical differences between the sexes. “Were a Woman to have the same authority as a Man, or a Man the same kind-heartedness as a Woman,” van Engelen warned, “the former possessing a man’s courage and resolve, the latter women’s tenderness and charm, they would be independent of one another.” Such independence was incompatible with marital stability. The different nature of men and women was precisely what made them dependent upon each other for “Marital bliss.”

Granting women equal rights, in this view, would actually work to their disadvantage. Arguing for rescinding women’s right to vote, a New Jersey man wrote in 1802:

Let not our fair sex conclude that I wish to see them deprived of their rights. Let them rather consider that female reserve and delicacy are incompatible with the duties of a free elector, that a female politician is often subject to ridicule, and they will recognize in this writer a sincere Friend to the Ladies.”]

stephanie coontz, from marriage, a history: from obedience to intimacy, or how love conquered marriage, 2005

enchantedbook

"Salammbô with the sacred python." Illustration by Suzanne-Raphaële Lagneau (1928), for 'Salammbô' by Gustave Flaubert.

spiribia

as a writer you will have a specific deck of vocab words you like using a lot and when you read other peoples' work you will see a very clear spread of different vocab words on their end. this is why you need to read, to collect other writers' words like it's a card game

letterful

lifeafterpsychiatry

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

dandelionuprising

Since the links broke with the namechange, here is the list again, now with working links, for those who may be looking for it!

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

whyldwaste

“Some men, and some women, appear to be born for the purpose of igniting desire. It appears to be their function. It is taken for granted that their intention is to fulfill desire—your desire—and that their smile, or their look, is meant to convey this intention. It is not their intention at all. They have, very probably, barely noticed you, and are too innocent to be able to imagine what you are imagining. These people are treated with an unbelievable brutality—a brutality made all the more hideous by presenting itself as love. And, in my experience, at least, these people, who are the objects of a lust at once abstract and consuming, rarely know how to defend themselves. They do not know, until too late, that they have any reason to defend themselves. This is because of that invincible innocence—and, less innocent, they would be less attractive. To rouse innocence to an utterly brutal, pounding passion is a fantasy rooted in everybody’s nature. It makes the head spin. Perhaps it makes the earth spin. What is lacking in every fantasy is that sweat of love which is called respect.“”

— James Baldwin

#james baldwin #quotes

victusinveritas

razielim

oh i'm going to misusle and straight up fuckle this knowledge so badly

#linguistics

moonstoast

—alienation under capitalism

the fate of man in the modern world by nikolai berdyaev // alienation: the city at night by felix wilkinson // terence mckenna // social isolation by max cavallari // the art of loving by erich fromm // george tooker // the foundations of historical materialism by herbert marcuse