hello you, lucky me

[pearlsasinger-deactivated202602]

women talk to men using their customer service voice and don’t even get paid for it

[tellmenoliesboutique]

[cassterbation-deactivated202006]

keep your fleshy prison vibrant by guzzling 8 bottles of earth sauce a day

[philosophi-a]

What is also interesting is the timing of the advent of postmodernist theory. (…) [P]ostmodernism came into vogue in academia just when the voices of women and people of color began to assert a significant presence there. It seems that when groups other than those in power attempt to say things, suddenly truth dissolves into meaninglessness. This is a little too coincidental for my taste. The coincidence becomes even more striking when it becomes apparent that this is not the first time this has happened. Right after the first wave of feminism, in the 1920s, when women had made some advances, had gotten the vote, and began to gain some access to academia, another nihilistic kind of theorizing became the rage in academia – relativism and existentialism. Again, just when women were trying to gain access, and to articulate our points of view, suddenly nothing was meaningful anymore, everything was relative, and meaninglessness was lauded as high theory.

Let them eat text: The real politics of postmodernism by Karla Mantilla (via philosophy-lesbian)

[isobelia-deactivated20221211]

t w i n   p e a k s   r e t u r n

[god-fearing-atheist-deactivated]

[chrisruetten]

Have goals, but write in pencil.

My Professor  (via chrisruetten)

[nayyirahwaheed-deactivated20180]

[newkidslegacy]

[thealogie]

where do I see myself in five years? hopefully replying to multi-paragraph work emails with: cool! thanks.-Sent From My iPhone

[imkindof]

[aye-sharp]

MY BLOG IS COMPLETE!

[mrtwoeightysix-deactivated20190]

nah but I’ve deadass wasted hours of my life staring at this

[hazeluni]

This use to put me to sleep

[originalweirdough-deactivated20]

Bliss

[visual-poetry]

»first impressions count« by javier jaén (+)

[incorrectshakespeare]

I don’t know how to stay tender with this much blood in my mouth.

Ophelia, Act IV, Scene V  (via thatkindofwoman)

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

8 Things to Give Up

1. Self rejection

2. Negative self-talk

3. Criticising others

4. Being a people pleaser

5.Fear of failure

6. Procrastination

7. Holding onto grudges

8. Expecting perfection

[thisishangingrockcomics-deactiv]

being into disco is cool bc any disco song you like there’s guaranteed a 20 minute extended version of out there and you can pop a percocet lay on a fur rug and forget you’re alive while donna hits the ninth chorus refrain 

[derekjarman]

نون و گلدون‎ (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)

[wetorturedsomefolks]

i think a major issue with politics right now is that if you really understand the system you see how its logic skews to the benefit of the ruling class, which the right understands and uses to its advantage. and since liberalism has to simultaneously defend the status quo and argue for progressive values it backs itself into a rhetorical corner and ends up ringing very hollow

i think that’s why democrats and hollywood are so cozy. i mean, the democratic party has to soothe the consciences of a populace who understand, intuitively and because they see it reflected in material reality, that the basic ‘centrist’ untouchable axioms of capitalist society perpetuate issues that the democrats claim to want to put an end to. what better solution to that than trotting out beloved, well groomed millionaires to act concerned over individual issues and sometimes propose bandaid solutions to them

the right doesn’t really need such a propaganda machine because what they say makes perfect sense if you agree with the premises of capitalist society. the left is shut out of public discourse because since it disagrees with the premises of capitalism it cannot engage in ‘reasoned debate’ on its terms. you’re left with liberalism, which tries to use resentment towards capitalism as a way of defending capitalism itself by channeling energy into reformism on capital’s own terms

the reason why neonazis get publicity so easily is because they don’t actually say anything that isn’t already the logical conclusion of how society would like you to view things, and the only check on it comes from liberals whose only response can be “what you say is unacceptable because it goes too far” and never “what you say is in direct opposition to my beliefs”

tldr: liberalism feels so hollow and weird because it actually involves more cognitive dissonance than most other ideologies do