do you rage? i seethe

24 ~ trying to figure out how to build a life i know how to live ~ best way to talk to me is sending a chat! my old version of tumblr mobile hates functioning notes :/

[ghostofava]

god i need something so bad. but what is it

[feastofsnakes]

this is actually literally how every day felt in high school

[eastcentraltwo]

robert wun fall winter 2026 haute couture look thirteen

[indolentjellyfish]

tiny glass aphid

[segamascott]

[fictionadventurer]

One of my biggest literary pet peeves is when historical or history-inspired fiction pretends that "courting" is a synonym for "dating". Usually it's just a one-to-one word swap--in a modern context, these characters would be dating, but this is olden times, so they call it courting instead. Sometimes they'll pretend there's a shade of difference, and that courting is a more serious exploration of marriage or something. But I read a lot of fiction that was actually written during these historical eras, and the word "courting" is never used like that.

Two people do not decide that they are "courting". One person decides to "court" someone else. It's an action, not a stage in the relationship. A man decides to court a woman because he wants to encourage her to have romantic interest in him. He's trying to win her favor. It's not an exclusive relationship--a woman could be courted by multiple men at once. She'll spend time getting to know the guy who's interested in her, but they won't officially define their relationship as one where they only show romantic interest in each other. If they reach a point where they want it to be exclusive, that's when you propose.

There's no middle ground--either you're getting to know each other, or you're committed to marrying each other. This idea of a period where you kind of commit to each other until you decide you definitely want to get married is a modern one, and it occurs in eras where they use the word "dating" to describe it. The closest equivalent I can think of are times and places where they'd talk about a couple "stepping out together", but they're still not calling it "courting". Words have meaning, and the word "courting" has never meant that, so stop using it that way!

[starfieldcanvas]

the other mild historical disjoint i run into is when people talk about dating in the fifties like it automatically meant exclusivity. the whole reason we have the expression "going steady" is because the default was to or "go around with" or "go out with" multiple people. not in the sense of being in a stable polyamorous vee, but in the sense that archie is actively "seeing" both betty and veronica during the entire time the two girls are competing for his attention and they're both seeing other guys to make him jealous, and nobody involved considers this "cheating."

bizarrely, America has in many ways gotten more conservative about dating since World War II.

[redstonedust]

as someone who was on deviantart way too much in middleschool my relationship to the furry community is sort of like how athiest people still celebrate christmas.

[narcissene]

affirmations:

- it’s fun to be awake & in an upright position

- consciousness is a gift

- i CAN do this anymore

[girlnumbers]

hi can we play staring and breathing together

[vulpes-aestatis]

Baby sphinx trying to be like mama and waylaying travelers, but all its riddles are completely non-sensical like the ones a 1st grader would tell

[thecactifindahome]

[maluskrow]

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

i couldnt connect to people i felt like Bluetooth

[tearsofrefugees]

Clerks smile and 'flip off' security camera while 'sneaking' immigrants out of courthouse: DOJ

Two Utah court clerks have been dubbed "anti-ICE vigilantes" after they were allegedly caught "sneaking" immigrants out the back door of the

[antifainternational]

That's how you show real solidarity!

"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."

Think about what you can do at your job or in your daily life to resist fascism when the opportunity presents itself!

[genderoutlaws]

fundraiser for their legal expenses x

[plowmeouttahere]

Best thing about the world cup so far (aside from Cape Verde) is watching Haaland's goal celebration be him letting his smaller teammates climb him like he's a tree.

[touchstonelevity]

JFK CORY KENNEDY.

14x14” oil on linen

[sexcromancy]

i think ive never posted this even though its one of my first zines ever and a huge foundation for the #mypredator appeal. i was folding a bunch of them just now and realized and then proceeded to have a massive battle with pdf to jpg conversion attempts. yay

[gabriellabowden]

This is one of my new drawings, it's 11x14, mostly HB, called "GET SOME!"

[fadedlovemp3]

erling haaland kill harry kane and you will be reincarnated as a monster truck