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[dykeselfcest]

I fear a lot of people learned to take good care of library books as children and instead of internalizing "leave shared community items as you found them as much as possible, because other people will use them too" they internalized "printing and binding a book imbues it with sacred energy and if you dog-ear a mass-market paperback you're desecrating the entire concept of written language"

[nightmaretour]

Controversial opinion apparently but a fucking ad should not have control over my phone's volume or the ability to pause anything else that is playing

[dootsnek]

every single person at kurzgesagt needs to be dragged into the street and subjected to torments dredged up from the depths of hell itself

i am going to turn into an infinite whirlwind of blades.

[cryptdwelling]

[lycanthropicture]

i love a show that gives ME what i want. not the audience. im not the audience. im specialer than the audience. i have wants that are better than the audience. yeah. i said it. im better at watching television than most people. i get what i want and if i dont then the show is bad. write this down.

[throesofincreasingwonder]

[The following is a text passage about a social phenomenon. Be sure to read to the end of the post and answer all comprehension questions before moving on to the discussion phase. Remember that you can consult other sources before answering!]

Also sometimes the purpose of a sex scene is to be titillating and that's, like, fine. You wouldn't go out there and argue that movies shouldn't have jokes unless they "serve a narrative purpose" because you understand that generally the purpose of a joke is to make the audience laugh and perhaps release some tension. Being horny is a normal human emotion like being amused or being scared and sometimes media is trying to evoke that particular emotion; the artist doesn't owe you a 30-page double-spaced justification for trying to make you feel something through their art. Your separation of horniness and sex from other emotions and experiences is sex negative and deeply ingrained in cultural conservatism.

Reading Comprehension Questions:

1. What phenomenon or phenomena do you think this post is made to address? Use at least two pieces of evidence to support you position.

2. (BONUS) What phenomenon or phenomena is this post not made to address? Give at least one example.

2. The poster says that "being horny is a normal human emotion." Does something being normal mean that everyone experiences it? Why or why not?

4. The poster says that the purpose of a joke in movies is to "make the audience laugh" and "release some tension." Using this approach to media analysis, what might the "purpose" of a sex scene be, other than advancing the plot?

For the next few questions, refer to the last line of the post.

1. What do you think the poster is referring to here when they use the term "sex negative"? Remember that you can consult other sources before completing your answer.

2. Given your answer to the last question, how does the phenomenon this post is describing contribute to, or feed into, sex negativity?

3. (BONUS) How does sex negativity relate or contribute to the "cultural conservativism" mentioned in the post?

[doodleswithangie]

(mandatory) bonding time

bonus Caine:

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Image one: Scenes of Pomni interacting with each circus member. In the center, Caine's head narrates, "Today's Adventure: QUALITY TIME with Pomni!"

Image two: Pomni vents about the circus as Zooble listens with a knowing shrug.

Image three: Jax crouches next to Pomni, who leans into his space as they study something offscreen.

Image four: Kinger and Pomni kneel together and share a hearty laugh.

Image five: Lounging on the floor, Pomni watches Gangle draw in her sketchbook.

Image six: Ragatha and Pomni idly chat, relaxed in each other's presence.

Image seven: A floating Caine announces, "Today's Adventure: QUALITY TIME with Pomni!" Pomni looks up at the text with a small, "What?"

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