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the social norm of “its your ethical responsibility to be constantly aware of, and angry about, every bad thing happening in the world at all times, even if you can’t possibly do anything about it” is possibly the best way I can imagine to create burnout and cynicism and depression in a population, so good job guys

thathighclassbitch

The lifespan of a corgi

So I love corgis! And I think many other people also love corgis, so here’s a small life span of your average corgi!!!

Ofcourse, every little corgi puppy starts off small. They cant walk or see, but they’re born with a fully functional sense of smell! All healthy puppies grow quickly after birth. A puppy’s coat color may change as the puppy grows older.

Puppies develop very quickly during their first three months, particularly after their eyes and ears open and they are no longer completely dependent on their mother!! Their coordination and strength improve, they spar with their littermates, and begin to explore the world outside the nest!!

They grow up fast, and soon enough, you’ll have a big, grown corgi. However, contrary to popular belief, they aren’t done growing just yet.

Every corgi has the ability to keep growing, as long as you raise them right. My personal recommendation is to feed them past midnight.

After a while, they most likely won’t fit in your home anymore. You’ll have to buy some land to house your corgi, as they can be a little clumsy in this size. They’ll still be equally as loveable, and make for great transportation!

Their final stage, they’ll be about the size of your average skyscraper. Make sure to keep them out of the city! They aren’t malicious, but they’re very playful even in this stage!

I repeat:

Do not keep them in a city/populated area

thathighclassbitch

Why the fuck tumblr

empress-of-snark

@shaylahope

thehangoverclub

pervocracy

thorndykes-deactivated20161204

please stop reblogging sylvia plath poetry

thorndykes-deactivated20161204

For ppl asking why she’s an anti black, anti Semite. She has used the n word and compared her depression to the holocaust

transwolvie

Even not counting her poetry her private journals are full of disgusting, overblown antisemitism. She didn’t just use Jewish people for her metaphors, she outright hated them irl and yet decided to use their suffering for her own gain

foulserpent

here’s a source with some quotes

meta-hemeralism-blog

okay, I’m Jewish and I appreciate this sentiment. and if someone wants to cut out Sylvia Plath, go for it, I get it.

But. by this logic we’d also need to stop reblogging TS Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and Shakespeare quotes. Virginia Woolf wrote anti-semetic things in her private journals, too. If you only want to read classic poets who liked Jews and black people, that’s fine, but like. good luck? Sylvia Plath isn’t an exception.

idk. Tumblr’s attitude of “consume nothing problematic” just doesn’t work if you’re part of a group that most culture-creators over the last few centuries have hated by default. For people actually in those groups, it’s not like the only two choices are 1) worship authors who hate you or 2) completely cut the majority of literature out of your life. You learn to read critically and acknowledge flaws where you find them.

anyway, as a Jewish woman, I would much rather see a version of this post that said “please read Sylvia Plath poetry critically because she’s anti black and antisemetic” than just “stop reblogging Sylvia Plath poetry.”

IMO, reblog Sylvia Plath all you want, just not unthinkingly.

theroguefeminist

I’m reblogging this now because I’m seeing anti-Virginia Woolf discourse lately due to the antisemitism in her journals and like… as a Jewish person who loves Virginia Woolf’s writing and an English teacher who knows that pretty much every writer of the classics is Problematic just…chill pls

benevolent-atrophy

The point isn’t to never consume media that isn’t ideologically pure. That’s never the point. Were that the goal, we would NEVER be able to consume any media. Nothing is ever ideologically pure, especially as time goes on and our social consciousness expands.

We should be telling people instead, “Be critical as you read this person’s work. They held bigoted views. Understand how that is reflected in their work, and be mindful of it. Be critical, be thoughtful”

Compelling others to not engage with something at ALL on ideological grounds is in the same vein as burning books. We should be compelling others to be critical and mindful, not narrow and willfully ignorant.