"the priest thinks it's the devil, my mom thinks it's the flu, but girl, it's only you" it's such a banger fucking line. to have come from one direction.
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"the priest thinks it's the devil, my mom thinks it's the flu, but girl, it's only you" it's such a banger fucking line. to have come from one direction.
"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry
john green is ight maybe the problem is that no one sees the full light of the sacred in the experiences of the marginalized anymore
it is very interesting to see the language of contemporary book criticism co-opted by Christian Nationalists to remove books from classrooms and libraries.
One recent example: My novel Turtles All the Way Down was banned from being taught in English classes because one school board member claimed it "romanticizes mental illness."
(It does no such thing, of course. TAtWD makes mental illness seem really unpleasant and not at all either lowercase-r or capital-r romantic. To acknowledge something's existence is not to romanticize that thing. But part of co-opting this language is misusing it for the end of removing books thematically centered on mental illness, or physical illness, or sex, or anything else that might be deemed insufficiently inocuous for Educational Literature.)
But the question of when writing about something veers into romanticizing it IS actually a very important question for contemporary literary criticism, and one that's been explored a lot (sometimes with generosity and care, sometimes not) in book discourse online. So the Christian Nationalist Right is using the language of analysis that we are using in ways that are at best misguided and at worst disingenuous.
It's really discouraging--I mean, on a personal level obviously but also just as an American who believes teachers should be allowed to teach--to see such widespread book bans in American high schools and libraries. But it's not surprising, really. Books retain a lot of power--to deepen our empathy with those who are suffering, to connect us to ourselves and to others, and to see the full humanity of those who might be dehumanized or marginalized by the social order.
On that front, the Christian Nationalists are right to worry. Books can be a path into loving one's neighbor as one's self, and seeing the full light of the sacred in the experiences of the marginalized. God forbid.
this is very interesting because while TAtWD is one of my favorite books it was also very much disturbing to read and it shows a part of OCD no one ever wants to talk about. and when they do, it's called romanticizing.
it is very interesting to see the language of contemporary book criticism co-opted by Christian Nationalists to remove books from classrooms and libraries.
One recent example: My novel Turtles All the Way Down was banned from being taught in English classes because one school board member claimed it "romanticizes mental illness."
(It does no such thing, of course. TAtWD makes mental illness seem really unpleasant and not at all either lowercase-r or capital-r romantic. To acknowledge something's existence is not to romanticize that thing. But part of co-opting this language is misusing it for the end of removing books thematically centered on mental illness, or physical illness, or sex, or anything else that might be deemed insufficiently inocuous for Educational Literature.)
But the question of when writing about something veers into romanticizing it IS actually a very important question for contemporary literary criticism, and one that's been explored a lot (sometimes with generosity and care, sometimes not) in book discourse online. So the Christian Nationalist Right is using the language of analysis that we are using in ways that are at best misguided and at worst disingenuous.
It's really discouraging--I mean, on a personal level obviously but also just as an American who believes teachers should be allowed to teach--to see such widespread book bans in American high schools and libraries. But it's not surprising, really. Books retain a lot of power--to deepen our empathy with those who are suffering, to connect us to ourselves and to others, and to see the full humanity of those who might be dehumanized or marginalized by the social order.
On that front, the Christian Nationalists are right to worry. Books can be a path into loving one's neighbor as one's self, and seeing the full light of the sacred in the experiences of the marginalized. God forbid.
(to the tone of creep by radiohead) but i'm asleep. on mypillow
iโm genuinely really content in where i am in life now. like im really doing great and am excited about a bunch of stuff but iโll never not be autistic and sometimes i really hate that
at the function just made a social mistake and had to lock myself in the bedroom and start crying and once again confronting the fact that iโll never be normal in my life
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eu amo ser brasileira. amo carnaval. amo cultura popular.
i want to be held and heard and understood and maybe taught
i feel out of place within myself
when I was 6, our preschool got a new set of play dough and for the entire day I went around asking ppl to please separate the colors back into the right ones after they're done playing with them. and ppl did, we had a nice fresh colored play dough and I was optimistic we could have good colors for weeks, if not months. I happily went home, confident my pals were going to keep it up. However, the very next fuckin day when I came back, the goddamn play dough was all mixed up and muddy; the fuckers had stopped doing that as soon as I had left the building. that's when the darkness in me began. the cynicism. the lack of faith in ppl. it all began in that moment
when i was 5 and our clas got a new set of play dough the first thing i did was put some inside my ear
when I was 6, our preschool got a new set of play dough and for the entire day I went around asking ppl to please separate the colors back into the right ones after they're done playing with them. and ppl did, we had a nice fresh colored play dough and I was optimistic we could have good colors for weeks, if not months. I happily went home, confident my pals were going to keep it up. However, the very next fuckin day when I came back, the goddamn play dough was all mixed up and muddy; the fuckers had stopped doing that as soon as I had left the building. that's when the darkness in me began. the cynicism. the lack of faith in ppl. it all began in that moment
First cat video ever? 1899, colorized & speed corrected.
Convenience isn't bad because of some inherent value in toil or it rots your soul. Convenience is bad because it often comes at the cost of an exploited underclass. I don't care if someone wants to taxi their meal to their house instead of making it themselves or even driving to the restaurant themselves. I care that meal delivery apps underpay their workers (they don't even consider them their workers), provide no workplace protections, and prey on their desperation.
The desire for convenience is a morally neutral thing (no matter how many capitalists want their workers to see unproductivity or aversion to the "grind" as a moral failing). Companies that sell you only convenience by making it worse for yourself and for others are not.