distill the life that’s inside of me

30s she/her bisexual all i do is thirst over dudes in bands

[armandgender]

what it feels like listening to music and thinking about the character

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[leaveme2thewolves]

i block ppl all the time so my blocklist ranges from "actual fucking asshole fascist" n "post that mildly annoyed me because im petty" and if i went thru my blocklist rn i probably would have no idea why i blocked each of them but whatever

[animatedtext]

[222circlingspiralings]

oh I see the blade never stops twisting

[lieserli]

You may not be able to feel the exact same way as someone else but when you care about each other deeply, you can put your heart a little closer to them. Surely, that is what making your hearts as one means.

[ripempezardexerox]

[mournfulroses]

Ema Saikō, from a poem titled "Forbidding My Sister Sake," featured in Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

[rationales]

[ovhellfire]

Not been online as much bc I've been reading so much and honestly it's kinda nice.

[ovhellfire]

Presented without context.

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

"is 35 too old for the club?"

Madonna is still singing about popping her pussy on the dancefloor at nearly 70 years old

[fishandshesmygills]

the point of fanfiction is to write something so self indulgent that nobody else has thought of it before or cares

[kumkaniudaku]

And then you can’t even say shit about bc people start trying to put you in a jacket and shit. Like omg it’s so strict???

[telepathylove]

in the chillest possible way,

[depsidase]

[fairycosmos]

for about a month in the early 2010s people used to say things like climate change is real and gay people deserve rights. does anyone remember this