What A Time To Be Alive

Hello side blog mutuals :3

[ebluh]

[ebluh]

Watched Hoppers after seeing a bunch of folks say it surprised them with how good it was and surprisingly dark/with horror elements.

[night-the-starfish]

MS paint fantasy, mixed media.

[importantpics]

@importantpics

[thisaliennerd]

chronic pain diagnoses are all like yeah we don't know what this is or why it happens. we also don't know how to treat it. good luck out there soldier

[icarianarts]

Beavis and Butthead’s adventures in becoming local convention scourges

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[sasha-on-the-side]

Been talking about this with friends so I present to you, the cursed spectrum of media literacy

[woolandflax]

[only-cat-memes]

[ebluh]

Girl who is “going to be okay”*

[11thfempachi]

i think nationalist conservatives are very attached to the past that didn't exist

[11thfempachi]

"our traditional clothes" no those are rich people's clothes. YOUR and MINE ancestors were walking around in a blouse and grey pants barefoot

"our traditional lifestyle" it's a middle class landowner lifestyle. our ancestors were living in the same room with pigs eating same food as pigs and knew probably even less about their religion than we do because they couldn't read the Bible

if we went back in time 90% of population were poor and illiterate almost everywhere on earth

[magnetictapedatastorage]

rejecting femininity is a lot less costly than you might think. it actually saves you a lot of money. makeup is unnecessary, your face is normal and normal people will not get mad I promise. shaving is unnecessary and it can get your skin irritated and infected no matter how careful you are. fully grown out body hair is actually very soft, only shaved stubble is scratchy, and it becomes soft if you give it time. bras are unnecessary and very expensive. think about it: why would a healthy human body be so weak it needs support for its own body parts? putting all of this together, you save a lot of money that would have otherwise gone into male CEO pockets, and you can spend that money on popcorn and vibrators and and aquarium tickets or save it for your future or a little of both

[04k96]

[rauaisilme]

It took me well over a decade but I get it now. The LA gangs are Hollywood execs

[slimetony]

Not to be vague but not again please

[lilcowgirl7-deactivated20210223]

I needed this drag. Let’s change guys and not look back

[user87262893]

working out your brain is a must!!

• hydrate it by drinking lots of water

• eat dark chocolate and blueberries and walnuts and salmon and other foods high in antioxidants!!

• play little brain games on your phone; I like wordconenct! anything that makes you think!

• read books. It’s simple but necessary. Even better - join a book club, or read with a friend, so you can have discussions after. This will improve your reading comprehension.

• do puzzles - it doesnt have to be sudoku, I love playing Beat Saber on the Oculus Rift because it makes my brain have to match colorful patterns to physical movements very quickly!

• learn a new dance - even a tik tok trendy dance. Learning new dance moves are proven to strengthen synapses!!

• go bird watching, or foraging, or anything outdoors that requires you to explore pattern recognition and visual searching

• watch a movie with the intent of analysis - this is best done with a cinephile friend!! talk about tropes and symbolism and character growth

• cross stitch, or sew, or do anything that requires matching nimble hand movements to patterns

• play or learn an instrument!

• develop a consistent sleep schedule (or as close to consistent as you can get!)

• when eating, try to identify the ingredients and flavors you’re perceiving!

I hope this helps :)

[moonlightwaterhealing]

I like how this went from me feeling like “hm why is this attacking me 🤨” at first, but feeling grateful seeing an added guide on a genuine expansion on a “ how to” work out the brain. This genuinely helps a bunch. People find solace in doing activities that get them through life by doing said activities of phone/tv or if that’s all they’ve ever known in their life to get them through things + etc tho. However, this was very impt to point out. Slowly beginning incorporating things to work the brain in ones own time.