[luxe-pauvre]

Reading is more than a skill, or one mode of communication among many. The media we use to interact with one another shape the world we inhabit. Early humans spent millennia communicating only by voice. The advent of reading and writing transformed society. It altered people’s consciousness and politics, along with the intellectual feats they were capable of. The decline of reading will bring about changes of the same magnitude. It will affect our innermost thoughts, our society’s politics and culture, and how we tell the history of our civilization.

Rose Horowitch, The End of Reading Is Here

[tomb-mold]

can i come over and touch your things and belongings

[nansheonearth]

Start calling men "boyboss" when they try to get authoritative

[a-reverii]

" you might belong in hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal, those patient hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil. "

━HUFFLEPUFF

[liberalsarecool]

Intellectual property laws used to mean something when it targeted the consumer.

Now the venture capitalist steals the IP to make derivative AI bullshit.

[drops-of-universe]

i be like “never again” and guess what i did? agained

[newtonpermetersquare]

The Scientific Method

[icefemsanonymous]

Why is porn the only media category that's allowed to be as offensive as possible?

The level of racism and ableism in a lot of mainstream porn would (rightfully) upset most libfems if it was in any other category of media, but it's somehow okay just because it's porn? Why is porn immune to any criticisms of it's racist / homophobic / misogynistic / ableist content the way no other media category is?

There's a slave category of porn where black women are abused like slaves by white men, or black women are portrayed like savage beasts with no self control, or Asian women are portrayed as docile and submissive to the extreme and fetishized for it, or there's hijab porn specifically fetishizing women who wear a hijab, or or

This would (rightfully) cause a major outcry in any other category of media. "But its just a fantasy!" So is any other category of media that would (rightfully) be criticized for portraying such offensive and bigoted content. Why is porn above such criticism?

[mousemilf]

tuesday is practice for wednesday

[lesspopped]

please wear sunscreen!!! I've seen "fuck the beauty industrial complex" posts about complicated skincare regimens and am 100% with them except sometimes they mention sunscreen and no. no. absolutely not. sunscreen is a wonderful supportive friend who wants to keep you safe, and you should let her do it. throw out all your other cosmetics and skincare products if you want, but keep your sunscreen. and if you're not wearing sunscreen, start wearing it!!!! this is not about terror of aging, this is not about every tiny imperfection our fucked-up culture has made you feel insecure about, this is about protecting yourself from skin cancer. wear the damn sunscreen.

[asukam]

Sure you can be a lesbian if you change the word lesbian to mean something totally different but you'll never be a homosexual female. Sad!

[disorientation]

Having a "stupider people have done this" attitude about the things you want to do can open so many doors

[ddeck]

there's like a thousand ways for a shower to work and you wouldn't even imagine half of them until you have to take a shower at a new place

[redlipstickresurrected]

Clotilde Olyff (Belgian, b. 1962, based Brussels, Belgium) - Stone Alphabet, 1994. She collected these over a 14-year period from the banks of rivers and oceans.

[ryan-sometimes]

This makes me feel like such a boomer, but I hate it how all media has been TikTok-ified and algorithm primed. Songs are shorter, designed for short viral clips rather than a full listening experience. TV shows and movies are sloppier, dragging on and on, assuming you’ll be on your phone and have it only in the background. Even books have been chewed up and spat back out as easily consumable tropes, with bite-sized chapters and mannequins for characters. This late stage capitalism hellscape we’re in has made art into something you snack on rather than savor.

[without-ado]

Strawberry Full Moon over Ely Cathedral l VeronicaJoPo

[stuckinapril]

Every time you notice yourself losing your mind ask yourself when the last time you sat down and read a book was