[ystrike1]

Master's Wife - By Yun Baek (8/10)

"You were born to be a chaste wife."

What was it like to have no way out? Lots of modern women have asked themselves this question. Reading about possessive guys is all fun and games until you remember women were property once. This solemn story is about the quiet misery a "spoiled noble wife" experiences. Even when she is saved she isn't really. She doesn't know if she's receiving crushing love, or mere duty.

Jinya doesn't know her place sometimes. Sometimes, she has thoughts. Sometimes, she wishes being the wife of a powerful man wasn't such a stuffy existence.

Jinya has no friends, because that's normal.

She was married into her husband's family at the age of seven, and that's normal.

Her husband sent her away to live in an annex house until she became old enough to bear heirs, because that's normal.

If you read this review you have to say "hooray for feminism" after you finish.

Her first husband is a general. A man who could have become king. She lives a life of silk. A life the peasantry cannot even comprehend, but in exchange she must be chaste and quiet. No family secrets must leave her lips, and she must prepare to have many children. Her family branch has been struggling to produce heirs, and there is more pressure than ever on new wives.

[fairycosmos]

apparently youre supposed to perform. they love it when you perform. but it has to be authentic. they hate it when it's not authentic. but you have to perform.

[desperateonline]

What's so wrong with unhealthy codependent abusive love anyway huh?

[burins]

the thing about dickbabs is it's psychosexual on like eight different levels. and that's why it's good

[rainformation]

formative years? aren’t they all?

[absolutejamer]

show me a permanent self and i will show you a facade or a corpse

[thememedaddy]

[this-is-trans-joy]

everyone loves to hate terfs until they realise that it actually entails rejecting bioessentialism entirely and then suddenly you’re “taking things too seriously” and you “don’t have a sense of humour” like i’m sorry but saying protect the dolls doesn’t make you immune to terfism it has seeped into every corner of mainstream feminism and unless you’re actively searching it out and checking your own biases you will always be at risk of sharing a space with terfs

[this-is-trans-joy]

“Only women can—” nope. “But all men—” nah. “The divine femininity of—” gonna stop you right there. “Everyone born ama—” if you finish that sentence I’ll kill you. “Men don’t experience—” you’re wrong. “Gender isn’t real but sex is imm—” *loud incorrect buzzer*

It also goes without saying that bioessentialism inherently can’t be trans inclusive no matter how hard you try. “All men including trans men—” probably not. “This is only a woman’s issue—” is it really? “Afabs only—” why? “All trans men are like—” what? what are they like? finish the sentence i dare you.

[gatorzaeder]

Take my gay cats, Tumblr!

This is part 1, the next part will be gender identity centered :)

[skoople]

another heavy handed symbolism moment: my mom has a potted sunflower in the kitchen. because it is a sunflower, it keeps turning towards the light from the window. my mother keeps rotating it so it faces inward because she wants "to see its beautiful petals and have it really brighten up the space!" . the sunflower is visibly wilting .

[imperialinquisition]

are you going to tell her or

[skoople]

her masters degree is in biology

[targetedknowledge]

[subaru-copilot]

it gets to a point that is just weirder if they didn't fuck

[subaru-copilot]

you did all this and it was not even because you wanted to bang him? weirdo

[dickgraysonsptsd]

some % of why dick grayson is so appealing to me as a reader who is a rape survivor is that like it is literally just like that sometimes. someone rapes you and you have to go to work and get groceries and do your homework and wash the dishes. sometimes you have to go to work or class or the grocery store with the person who raped you. maybe you don't tell anyone about it for five years and maybe you never tell anyone. you compartmentalize it most of the time because life won't let you put the tasks of living on hold for you to process it, and maybe sometimes you compartmentalize it because that lets you live a life where it didn't happen. literally just a relatable guy

[dickgraysonsptsd]

i will add though from a purely irl standpoint i highly recommend looking into your local rape crisis center for (usually free!) therapy. and/or talking to a friend or other trusted loved one. and doing what you can to separate yourself physically and socially and professionally from the person(s) who raped you. i like when dick grayson suffers forever from unprocessed trauma but i want YOU 🫵 to be as kind to yourself as you are able to be. you can live a life where you rarely think about having been raped or molested or abused not because you're pushing it out of your mind but because your life is full and happy and you've taken good care of the wound so the scar is fading. i want you to have that.

[fakelawyerbug]

I've seen a bunch of "fandom etiquette" posts on my dash today and I'm going to say something that is maybe going to be unpopular but;

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

So much of "fandom etiquette" seems to be about insulating creatives from Feeling Bad and hostility to any kind of negative feedback is a pretty big contributor to why bigotry festers in these spaces.

[iridescentoracle]

#imo the potluck analogy applies- it would be rude to critique someone's icing technique at a potluck bc it wasn't as good as at the bakery #but if they had decorated their cupcakes w hate symbols it wouldn't be rude to tell them that's gross and gtfo #in fact it would be inappropriate to NOT say anything in that situation #or to complain that another guest who did point it out was 'ruining everyone's potluck' #and pointing out racism in fan works is 100% the second thing not the first! (via destructions-daughter)

[libraryleopard]

why do we always bash girls for poisoning their family with arsenic but never question if the family had bad vibes? or was unpleasant to be around?

[postmirror]

A Shining Nikki Directory: Events and Designer's Reflections in Release Order!

The narrative of Shining Nikki is one of its greatest strengths. But as the game is now, unless you've been playing since launch there is no way to know when to read events, what order to read them in, or even know that major events aren't contained within the "Main Story" tab itself.

Even if you have been playing from the beginning, the EN server doesn't always release events in the correct order ("Journey Review" has the events sorted an even less accurate order).

So i've tried to make a directory that places everything story-related in its original release order. This includes all the designer's reflections, and includes links to any transcripts i can find.

I hope this helps nikki fans, whether you just want to read the main story or see everything you can get your hands on!

[LINK]

[sasuke-shway]

[deathgasmic]

am i allowed to text friends i have not spoken to in awhile or will they gather and beat me with sticks send post