I'm rebranding without changing my url, shhhh.
She/her. Anonymous secondary blog. I discuss social justice, intersectional feminism, LGBTQ issues and media, racism, and life. I'm an Asian American, cis woman and a bi Christian (I'm very irreverent on that last bit).
Yellowjackets, Class of 07, ALOTO are my current shows. I do love a women-filled / wlw heavy media...
I've written at least 2 small fics | ☕
if you want young queers to want to associate with elder queers then maybe the culture shouldn't be so ridiculous and over the top. I get second hand embarrassment from drag queens and leather daddies and kinksters in puphoods acting like they represent all gays
I would much rather be represented by drag queens, leather daddies and pups than by petulant cowards afraid of their own reflection. You are talking about people who never had the option of being seen as “normal people who just happen to be gay” and channeled their pain into self expression, community and art. And who are you? You define yourself not in terms of who you are and what you create but in terms of who you are not and what you lack. These people you hate only seem larger than life because your life is too small and insignificant to fit them.
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this is a stupid way to reply to that post because first of all it’s only tangentially relevant but beyond that u honestly should know how to respond to a fat person getting fitted for a dress if that’s literally part of your job. i had to measure a girl for a corset once who was apologizing abt her weight, and it was very easy to assuage her and also to point out that corsets generally look great on ppl with her body type because they’re able to fill them out better. that’s just an example anyway. or try smiling up at them and saying “i have a rule that you’re not allowed to be mean to your body while you’re here.” SOMETHING rather than just chuckling awkwardly in implied agreement (or the “i don’t think you’re that fat” that i’m sure many people attempt) like idk. do u not understand why so many fat ppl would feel a compulsion to apologize while showing you their bodies?? well maybe not since the cherry on top is of course the quirky mention of them being far too skinny to relate
like them being skinny is almost a non-sequitur here what does “read the room” mean
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Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!
Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It’s me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here’s the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.
Modern writing advice: Yes your protagonist should have flaws but ultimately we should root for them and like them from the beginning :)
Charles Dickens: Here is the worst ugliest rudest meanest nastiest bitch you’ve ever met in your life.
Modern writing advice: Make sure your POV character goes through a significant arc! Make sure they are changed by the narrative! Make sure they learn a lesson!
Narrators of every book of the 19th century: the lesson I learned is these people fucking suck, sayonara you freaks
Modern writing advice: It’s all about the character overcoming obstacles and learning! They learn their lesson so they can fix their mistakes and make good choices in the future! It’s a character arc! It’s called growth! Readers love it!
Everyone from ancient times through the 19th century: would you like to watch a Guy fuck up twenty times in a row
Somewhere or other, C. S. Lewis points out (and I’m paraphrasing here) that every era of writing has its own tropes and its own blind spots; its own failings and its own successes. This is why it’s important to read in lots of different eras: so you can see what does and doesn’t work, in the long run, and be able to make your own informed choices about how to write.
So the James Webb telescope took a picture of a infant star!!
The small glowing blob is protostar L1527! Caught in the glow of its sunrise-like creation the baby is only 100,00 years old! It can take up to 50 million years for a star to reach the size of our sun. This infant has a long time to go.
Located 460 light years away this is one hell of a childhood photo!
