[loveridden1999]

now that the world cup is out of the way can we focus on me instead

[everswift]

PAVE THE DESIRE PATH

GET A CHAIR EXCLUSIVELY TO PUT LIGHTLY USED CLOTHES ON

GET MORE TRASH CANS IF TRASH ALWAYS ACCUMULATES SOMEWHERE

[quasi-normalcy]

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

[quasi-normalcy]

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

[quasi-normalcy]

#yes! cynicism reads as very juvenile to me#and yes prev often stemming from teen pain

Yeah, like I see black-pilled people on here and my default reaction isn't "oh, these must be world-weary old warriors who've lost their faith in humanity", it's "these people are in their 20s and need a hobby"

[everswift]

LISTEN UP i am the lovechild of faust and narcissus obsessed with uncovering every dirty hidden corner of my own self and willing to trade in my soul and life for it even if the knowledge itself is what drowns me. but in like a sexy way that requires very little psychiatric attention btw

[tobydontknowsh-t]

there's probably a better way of wording the last part but like come on it doesn't matter if we're all the same to fascists

[everything-you-feel-is-real]

No I genuinely don't think there's any better wording of the last part

[everswift]

i know like nothing about olivia rodrigo's personal life or rumours or whatever. all i know is the lyrics to every single one of her songs feel like "the woman you were with previously is kind sexy smart hot talented gorgeous" "the girl you left me for is so beautiful i see how one could fall in love with her" and it all reminds me of being 13 and hearing my best friend talk about her new crush (guy whose existence i was unaware of until that moment) and when they kissed like a couple weeks later i felt such deep anguish and sadness i came to the conclusion it was probably because i was into HIM, because what else could it be

[warriorprincesstramp]

olivia rodrigo was meant to lez out behind the scenes of her acclaimed indie rock band but her destiny was stolen from her by big disney channel

[everswift]

the outer corners of her eyes don't crinkle in the same way when she smiles. i fucking hate injectables

[liberalsarecool]

Not every road to success is the same way. Some are paved with guard rails. Some are dirt roads. Some have many turns and twists. Some have massive potholes and spikes laid everywhere. Some have the safety lights shot out. Know your privilege.

[everswift]

piping hot take but talking poinys like "women's healthcare is under researched" "no one talks about the side effects of the pill/iud" "there are toxic imgredients in tampons" is in fact anti-intellectualism and is a very dangerous pipeline into "actually contraceptives and menstrual hygiene products can't be trusted" disguised as feminism

[do-not-u-dare]

let’s talk about how they made it impossible to function without a phone and digitalised everything and then turned around and went “actually! these phone things aren’t safe for kids but it’s magically ok once you’re eighteen. guess you’ll have to have your life dictated by your parents now lol cause we’re gonna take the devices away from you. IT’S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING”

[do-not-u-dare]

ok my apologies. take away my ability to buy anything too ig because these fuckass stores don’t accept cash anymore. take away my ability to communicate with people outside my house and school because I can’t text and I can’t email and I cant drive to them either and I can’t even fucking get public transport without a phone either. can’t order at a fucking restaurant without being asked to get a membership and install an app and also very sorry but you can only order through our online menu now! have you ever considered that it’s not just about instagram?

[rhapsodyx2]

i do feel like at the core of my beliefs there's a small and fragile "why can't we just be nice?", and every intelligent or structured thing i say is building layers of protection around that ideal to make it stronger and more logical in the eyes of people who would otherwise call it naive and childish

[merrymorningofmay]

"omg i LOVE it when love between characters is so strong it overrides the boundaries of flesh and selfhood, merging them into some sort of (un)holy chimera" — person who's uncomfortable with the idea of permanently sharing a bedroom with someone else

[cruel-hiraeth]

if you build “community” around hating other people, just know that the second you step out of line—regardless of your moral uprightness or the hypocrisy on their part—you’re the next person they’re going to tear to pieces.

[everswift]

vini jr eu te amo

[hellgrub]

where's the part from Whipping Girl about femininity being treated as a performance, artificial, fake whereas masculinity is considered authentic, even amongst many feminists

[hellgrub]

from the chapter "skirt chasers"

[iphigeniacomplex]

[Transcript:

The media neutralizes the potential threat that trans femininities pose to the category of “woman” by playing to the audience’s subconscious belief that femininity itself is artificial. After all, while most people assume that women are naturally feminine, they also (rather hypocritically) require them to spend an hour or two each day putting on their faces and getting all dressed up in order to meet societal standards for femininity (unlike men, whose masculinity is presumed to come directly from who he is and what he does). In fact, it’s the assumption that femininity is inherently “contrived,” “frivolous,” and “manipulative” that allows masculinity to always come off as “natural,” “practical,” and “sincere” by comparison.

]

[everswift]

drives me crazy when i remember that i was meant to be legally named YURI. and my dad was like uh that's a male name in russian so maybe something else. i was so robbed mother why did you have to marry a caucasian man who cares about cosmonauts i could've been a lesbian literally named yuri