something questionable

Jade ∥ 29  ∥ adeyitus on twitter

[sarcasticmothdraws]

[miitaart]

Gorgeous outfit for a gorgeous man

[cranity]

those bullets'll make you dance!

[cam1lla]

“Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Schools shouldn’t teach this book in class because–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Nobody actually likes or wants to read classics because they’re–” you are an anti-intellectual and an idiot

“I only read YA fantasy books because every classic novel or work of literary fiction is problematic and features–” you are an anti-intellectual and you are robbing yourself of the full richness of the human experience.

[moonshinemagpie]

"you are functionally a conservative" is such a good and clarifying insult

Literally right after I saw this post, I saw another post in a discord chat for BOOK EDITORS in which an outspokenly liberal editor talked about how Nabokov should have never been published because he wrote about p*dophiles and described women's bodies in ways that made her uncomfortable. She described his writing as "objectively terrible" and said she wanted to burn his books. And other editors were bringing up classics they didn't like and talking about how they wanted to throw them in the trash. This wasn't like a light "unpopular opinion!" conversation. This was actual book editors talking about how books should be destroyed and censored.

There is something so scary and toxic in global culture right now. The revival of fascism is influencing everyone's mindset and approach to art, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.

I see far more books being censored today than when I was a kid. Librarians handed me The Catcher in the Rye, The Sexual Politics of Meat, and Animal Farm when I was literally 8-11. My mom would never have taken a book away from me. I read everything from the Tao Te Ching to the Qur'an to atheist texts under my desk at school. Teachers thought nothing of it or encouraged it. Books seemed universally acknowledged as sacrosanct to me.

Now I can't find any adults who don't hesitate or want to make exceptions when it comes to censorship. Even the most liberal social activist librarians I know go, "well except for book X..."

Functionally conservative. It's so important to have the language to express that.

[cam1lla]

Thank you for this addition!

[cricketcat9]

And, following up on the previous post …

“This makes me uncomfortable” is NOT a valid reason for censorship

These fucking book editors should remove themselves from the profession ASAP 😡

[prismatic-bell]

The only reason a book should be removed, the ONLY reason, is “we are keeping it in the restricted section for research because its only intended function is to cause harm.”

And to be clear, when I say this, I’m talking about shit like To Train Up A Child and The Protocols of Zion. One is a text responsible for the deaths of multiple children because it’s an abuse how-to, and the other is entirely fabricated “protocols” from a group that never actually existed but is claimed to represent all Jews, and it’s basically one long antisemitic screed.

And even these should be available. Just. Not where they’re gonna be used to start a white supremacist cult.

[jadejemdoesstuff]

I had an interesting night last night

[under-the-arch]

I’m so glad I have tumblr gold so I can view this post

[irishironclad]

Tumblr gold users rise up

[ironduuude]

[sexysilverstrider]

the group chat when i ask whos available to hang out next week

[hollycircling]

wanted to redraw that cute calendar page~

[wolfsrain]

it’s literally been so long i had to update my bio from 24 to 29 GOOD LORD

[nwarrior777]

cartoonish wolfs from wolf’s rain!

[bogkeep]

WORM UNSTRINGED. THE ALLWORM

[junuve]

regerenceless angelus i did while away from the net

Queen

[deebyfeeby]

phenomenal cosmic power 

itty bitty living space

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

the screenshot of you and your friends discord chat isn’t funny to the rest of us

[hotvampireadjacent]

sorry for having friends op

[tobi-poo]

[backwardsflame-deactivated20210]

pokemon x okami crossover 1/??

[vaults-of-zin]

Berserk is great because it’s about a tormented misanthropic warrior who embodies every edgelord trope imaginable slowly acquiring ridiculous sidekicks until he’s forced to become the dad of the group. 

[justspooklordthings-deactivated]

I actually really love the dichotomy of Guts as a person; it’s really engaging to watch him slowly soften up through his relationships with others and learning to trust again.

While he is an edgelord, I think it feels genuine. From the very beginning of Berserk, we’re introduced to a character born with nothing whose subsequently abused and given purpose only through the self and his own efforts (namely strength in this case). He learns to hold companionship only to have the only people he can call family taken away in a single moment.

And just like that, he becomes a man with nothing to lose and he’s surrounded by a world that only yearns for his death and constantly threatens to take away anything he could care about, again and again. Guts as a person is the strongest for not having already become a true villian.

[onion-souls]

Berserk - and Guts’ characterization in particular- is one of those things that sounds like it would be edgy drivel on paper, but the execution is fantastic and Guts is a genuinely fascinating character.