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april - 20s - she/her - former lurker

[diphowell]

phil really has been posting photos where he sees dan being his most happy and real self for his birthday for years, huh

[diphowell]

who is ready

[a-gentle-yoink]

chompers

[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.

[hypokeimena]

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

[reunitedinterlude]

cherry blossom moment

[diphowell]

he’s in love with a former Lost wiki editor

[diphowell]

he likes him! he wants to spend his time having fun with him!

[reunitedinterlude]

insp by dnp being combined as a single entity again shoutout to one of my fave instances of this happening <3

[2009editingtips]

[danandphilupdates]

danandphil tiktok / reel

3/6/26

[krasnoarmeyets]

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

[userlesbian]

pick a good fifth date

[insomniac-ink]

2009 version

[reunitedinterlude]

*phil voice* you can kiss touch your male friends without it being gay 🫶

[sergal]

everyone shut da fuck up this is the only thing that matters

[sergal]

Oh My God Damn

[drpepperwhoree]

remember that pride is still a protest

[diphowell]

Happy pride month to Dan and Phil, and especially happy first pride month as an out couple! 🌈💕

[diphowell]

heated rivalry and tomodachi life came out at such perfect times for dan and phil thank you tv show and video game for giving dan and phil the perfect vehicles to talk about their relationship as an out couple