#apleasurableillusion

[lawschoolruinedme]

Saltiest Book Take: Invisible Women is a badly-edited book and doesn't deserve the high praise it seems to get. There are multiple straight-up typos in the book and the sourcing is abhorrent (like she'll mention a study that was done, and then you check the source only to see it's a url (not even archived) linking to a news article about the study). I can't believe how many people seem to think it's good.

Invisible Women is such a great example of a fantastic premise being ruined by a bad author. The author is a well-documented FART (Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe). There’s lots of reputable studies done about how the male-default is harmful (CPR; medication; etc.). And this book could have been something had it been taken away from this horrible human being. 

Happy Thursday! Let’s Play A Game! Send Me, Anon or Not:

1) Your Saltiest Book Takes; 2) Your Saltiest Lawblr Takes; or 3) A Weird Thing You Want To Know About Me

[brainstatic]

apleasurableillusion replied to your post “I’m trying to get myself better acquainted with the prison abolition...”

Not a part of that movement, but my gut would be something more like a hospital for really violent people. Moving the focus away from punishing them for what they did and towards rehabilitation.

Alright, but that can’t be applied to everyone. Like, take the case of Brian Hummert. He sent his wife threatening letters from a pretend stalker as a way of terrorizing her into submission. She found out it was him, said she was leaving him, so he strangled her with a dog leash. What I want to know is, in the abolitionist’s ideal system, what happens to Brian Hummert?

[nomorelonelydays]

apleasurableillusion replied to your post “Girls in my chapter are fighting about dress colors for a photoshoot...”

I laugh but we once had to vote on whether to wear white pants and I'm still angry it passed.

this is honestly so real to me im getting flashbacks of using Robert’s Rule for debating outfits.....this is not what robert would have wanted...whoever he is

[dhaaruni]

Just saw this article and it reminded me of your earlier post about makeup and your wedding: https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/mar/19/no-makeup-wedding?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Thought it may interest you.

Thank you, I'll read it! I'm ultimately not going without makeup but I'm not wearing much.

I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare-faced?

It’s radical to choose to cry, laugh and hug without regard for running mascara, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFino

[tami-taylors-hair]

apleasurableillusion replied to your post “Y’all.  Y’ALL. Apparently, in addition to their offensive, and also...”

I watched the whole back catalog of some catholic teen’s tiktok and I’m sorry to report she had POV videos of angels watching Christian martyrs die

lulz, that’s actually peak Catholicism. Like a bootleg Stations of the Cross. 

[felasintumbld]

apleasurableillusion replied to your post “Summary January 31”

That weirdly sweet steak sound very off

it wasn’t bad or anything it just.... was not what i was expecting or what i want out of a steak. their marinades were either great (salad dressing was good) or wtf (steak)

[felasintumbld]

apleasurableillusion replied to your post: [[MOR] i have no idea why i’m still on this...

Having said that, I enjoy having you around. I hope you stick around but I also think it’s healthy sometimes to take a break. I’m wishing you well!

Tumblr is in my experience not a great place to get interaction. Because of the nature of the dashboard, if you’re not on at around the same time it’s posted, you just won’t see a thing

I mean, yeah, that’s fair, and part of why tumblr is a hellsite. It just sucks to know that I’m going out of my way to post when the majority of my followers are also online and people are still not seenig it/seeing and not responding.

But thank you <3 

apleasurableillusion replied to your post: Summary January 23

Whoa I love those socks

Thank you!!!!