strange pairs, lieutenant

Audrey, mid-20s, she/her is fine but you gotta use it ironically.

[optical-trapping]

[cryptotheism]

Theres also 2 hour video essay analyzing Snape wives as a new religious movement that draws on the history of Christian mysticism, midrashs, and idea of what unifies religion as a concept. Why do you think Harry Potter fanfic has lead to so many movements like them and the Zizians?

Harry potter fanfiction itself didn't lead to anything. If Harry potter wasn't around, these groups would use some other popular media property. They wrapped these things in Harry Potter aesthetics because for nearly a decade it was one of the most popular pieces of media on earth. I also generally don't like to focus on whatever pop-culture thing is wrapped around these groups. It distracts from more meaningful discussion. It also leads to people comparing Snapewives and Zizians in ways that are not necessarily useful or material.

[cryptotheism]

A lot of people cover groups like these from the angle of internet anthropology, or public interest journalism. This isn't inherently bad, people have done it well, but inarticulate discussion can lend itself to sneering internet freak-show behavior. Or more commonly, relegating the topic to an incurious fun fact.

[louisegluckpdf]

i think every publisher should have to institute a ban on books that fail what i’m calling the “little life” and “what else?” tests

[louisegluckpdf]

for reference.

[pleasuretrade]

the Leather Archives & Museum here in chicago is remodeling and they posted a pic of some of their bathroom graffiti before they presumably tear it down/paint over it and

[whitealbum]

when you see the words girlhood girlie pop girl’s girl female experience and you immediately know you’re about to see something so completely unrelatable that it makes you feel like you’re on a different planet

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

posting about being a "sensitive white boy" in 2026 just makes you sound like this

[thesmellofdustafterrain42]

The guy who owns the junkyard a few blocks from here : Hey what the fuck

[loki-zen]

has anyone considered that it was probably her house too. where else was she supposed to put her chintz?

[dogpuppy]

[squirrelly-13]

they got married btw

[visit-me-here-in-wonderland]

oh you’re not kidding

[polkadotmotmot]

Sonya Sklaroff - Rainbow Flag, 2017 - Oil on panel

[whatagrump]

one thing that often gets overlooked when we point and laugh at dehydrated/starving silver saying that flint controls their reality is that he's literally right

[hotgirlcastiel]

[certified-linguistics-moment]

[havingapoemwithyou]

buying stock by Denise Duhamel

[rozzed]

why not have the reader re-read a sentence now and then? it won't hurt him....

[matumnaples]

Before June I have to share one of my favorite tiktoks

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]