#ofturtlesanddemodogs

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ofturtlesanddemodogs replied to your post: Last night at DnD, I admitted that as a vegetarian...

I would be really curious to know what the scholarship says! Is it about how people’s language also reflects their attitude towards animals? I’m teaching language and behavior rn and wonder if I could use that as an example!

Yes actually! You hit it on the nose.

Some of the examples PETA brought up aren’t great examples, but the “be the guinea pig” one is a good example. Using the term “be the guinea pig” is both normalizing animal testing and also showing that’s where we expect animals like guinea pigs to be - in relation to ourselves.

While I’m not equating one population to another, it’s a similar idea to the use of like “g*p” as in “I got g*pped out of my money”, because of the racist background to this term that reflects a belief that the Romani people are tricky and thieves.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41302895 (for further reading, there’s more on this but I think if I remember right, Donovan covers the basics of what I’m saying)

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It was all her fault. She gave him the look. Even now, all doe eyes and wispy brown bangs Joey was giving him the look. Granted, it had a lot more confusion in it now that he’d dragged them both out of the car on this particularly bitingly cold morning. Pacey had been trying for weeks to articulate himself to his unlikely best friend, but he never found the words. Still, all he could do was exhale hot puffs of breath until finally, he did it.

He kissed her, sweetly and carefully but no longer hesitant. Pacey was all in. Her jaw was curved in his palms, training her lips to his and it put a fire inside his chest. Without reservation, he knew he had never been so excited about a kiss before which, for Pacey, was saying a lot. When he pulled back, gave Joey an inch to trade breaths with him, he caught a glimpse of her dark brandy eyes and he knew. Right away Pacey knew this was a terribly optimistic move that landed with a hollow thud. “Jo...,” he wished he could wave a little white flag right then and there.

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When she had been told she had a new student to tutor, she couldn’t help but wonder who it would be.  She was sitting, waiting in the tutor center, when Rich walked in.  “Oh, you can’t be serious.”

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Every night for the past month, it had been the same routine. Kaden would wait until his mother and sister had fallen asleep, and then, he would open his window and escape. It was easy, with the giant tree right outside. He would simply change into his gym clothes, pack a bag with his boxing gloves, and emerge into the outside world.

He was lucky there was a twenty-four hour gym in a small town like Derry. He had become more and more reliant on the release that boxing for hours on end gave him. Just knocking the shit out of a punching bag, an activity that was mindless and allowed him to disconnect... It was what he needed now more than ever. It was clear in how quickly he walked, the way his hands twisted on the strap of his gym bag as he rounded the corner--

And ran right into someone. Shit, who was out and about at this time of night? Kaden stumbled back a step and shook his head, recognizing a kid he went to school with. Richie Tozier-- they had never really talked, but his huge glasses, curly hair, and trash mouth were infamous. His instincts immediately kicked in, and he ducked his head.

“I’m so sorry, I uh, wasn’t lookin’ at where I was goin’...”

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“ ... Can I see one of your photos? “ It was more of curiosity than anything. Not that she had any real reason.

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(Hello! This is the main for prodigal-hargreeves jsyk!)

It took me longer to realize than necessary, but I figured that out lol XD

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SAME with the Resident Evil assumption lol >< I was a tiny emo high schooler even though Emo didn’t exist until I was a senior so my MCR/Gerard Way love is great!

I think they were big while I was in middle school but I just didn’t really get into that kind of music till the past few years. in my freshmen year of high school though I did get into Panic! At the Disco and so  I have a massive love for Brendon Urie.