i have a classmate, who is, i shall preface, very sweet and interesting, i think we potentially have some things in common. but she does something so fucking hilarious i just can't keep it to myself. for some reason she carries around this book about a very heretical sect of christian eunuchs in 18th century russia. so, the thing is, she carries it around everywhere and puts it on the desk every single time and... that's it. she's not reading it. she brings it with her and puts it on the desk even when we have, like, one class. and she never interacts with it at all. and not to be a fucking cunt but I've noticed that the pages have remained the exact same (again, not to be a fucking cunt but I've asked to take a look at it to see what page she's at. i'll check on the progress on Saturday if she brings it with her again). again she's sweet and all but this is really funny. performative reading is very real, especially amongst philosophy majors. she's not the only one that has done that she's just the only one who keeps doing it and doubling down












