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rowanisawriter

does any body want to ttalk about the character

leveragecentral

every leverage dynamic ⮎ the original team

thank you, all of you. you surprised me.

Let me tell you, I've taken lots of vacations by myself, and I've also taken lots of vacations with other people, and by far vacationing solo is the easiest, most stress-free vacation you can imagine. There's some kind of societal stigma against this. Ignore this. Vacationing by yourself is amazing. There is zero negotiation or compromise. You do exactly what you want to do when you want to do it. You eat whatever you want to eat, whenever you want to eat it. You pursue whatever tourist attraction you want, or none at all. It is the purest release from all obligations and responsibilities. You don't need to worry about whether anyone else is walking faster than you or slower than you and you've lost them in a crowd, did they want to do something different, have you railroaded them into doing what you want to do?

And it's easier to buy solo tickets to things. It's easier to squeeze into crowded bars. Everything about it is just so incredibly relaxing. Don't let society talk you out of it. It's obviously good to socialize and have friends and family who you want to hang out with and see, etc., etc., and it's okay if traveling solo just doesn't appeal to you at all. I'm just saying, I was just on vacation with people, and I had a great time, but we were out to dinner at the hotel restaurant and at the table next to us was a woman by herself having a glass of wine and eating spinach and artichoke dip for dinner while she read a novel and I was just like, honestly, I know that kind of dinner and it's so great lol. If you've ever wondered what it's like to travel solo, it's like that: dip for dinner and a glass of wine and a book lol

#a little scary being a young woman? sure #but what I learned about myself while traveling alone #one of the best decisions I’ve ever made #next to buying a technologically dumb printer

If you enjoyed The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, then I would recommend Cracks by Sheila Kohler. There are similar power dynamics (authority figure, outsider beloved by authority figure, jealous girl once-beloved), and it is set in an all girls boarding school. Points of view are never defined, as the entire swim team has developed a collective way of thinking and feeling. While it isn’t horror, it is horrifying.

#it’s obviously not 1:1 #but there are enough similar elements that I think it’s worth reading #the unworthy

surfeit-of-stoats

The truth, a sphere that also contains within it a lie that spins at a different rhythm, like a cog that seems broken, unnecessary, but is vital to the mechanism’s functioning. The challenge is finding the lie within the sphere.

— The Unworthy, Agustina Bazterrica

scribefindegil

everyone who is not currently in the process of moving please pause and take a moment to be grateful that you're not currently in the process of moving

prokopetz

I think the basic issue with a lot of media which purports to be about awful, fucked up people is that beyond a certain point it can't just be an aesthetic; you've got to have them actually do awful, fucked up things to each other, or else they're not awful and fucked up, they're just grumpy.

prokopetz

If you're tagging your stuff as "toxic yuri" and I've seen people who were friends in real life do worse shit to each other and laugh it off the next day, you need to step up your game, is what I mean to say.

vintageandroid

i made a post like this before but I can't find it now. so. I'll just redo it.

What's the first "big news story" you remember from when you were a kid?

It's something I love to ask mixed-aged groups sometimes because I think it's really interesting to see the responses. I've gotten answers from the Olympics of [whatever year] to Watergate to more recent stuff from my niblings.

My first news thing I remember is the OJ Simpson trial. I vaguely remember watching the news with my grandparents before that, but that's the first story I remember, in part because my second grade teacher had us go play so she could watch the verdict 😂