CHOOSE RECOVERY

I'm still on this hellsite

[freshmoviequotes]

Hamnet (2025)

[counttwinkula]

hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

[counttwinkula]

oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao

these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!

that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)

i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.

ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[melomancy]

Artwork for Kate Bush’s Never for Ever — designed by Nick Price

[oliviawhen]

Doggust Day 15: Havanese. Unqualified and too small for this job.

[sehnista]

fruit nails🍎🫐🍑🥭🍇🍓🍅

[catchymemes]

[leviathan-supersystem]

telling someone "you know it can't love you back, right? 🙄 if it's in the house with you when you die, it will eat your corpse without hesitation" about their husband

[conan-doyles-carnations]

Love being brutally called out by the British Library

[endearingsalt]

Oh my gosh I went here a few days ago do you guys want to see the whole sign

[kaalbela]

It takes two by Steve McCurry

[twistedappletree]

listen. we can do this. if we put our cocks together

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

when I'm on my deathbed im going to queue like 15,000 posts from the perspective of someone who's dead and in hell so that the blogging never ends

[firstfullmoon]

It’s serious business, this living.

As long as the earth continues its stony breathing, I will breathe.

— Kaveh Akbar, from “Rimrock,” in Calling a Wolf a Wolf

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[watchoutforintellect]

“Tonight I love you on a spring evening. I love you with the window open. You are mine, and things are mine, and my love alters the things around me and the things around me alter my love.”

— Jean Paul Sartre - from a letter to Simone de Beauvoir

[sleeping-jo]

[inahiddenplace]

will i ever feel fulfilled? yes. i have felt fulfilled before. i will feel fulfilled again. will i ever be content? yes. i have been content before. i will be content again. will i ever be happy? ecstatic? overcome with joy? will i ever feel surrounded by love? supported? encouraged? will i ever feel proud? will i ever feel hopeful? will i ever feel confident in myself? will i ever feel optimistic about my future? yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. my present is not my eternity.