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it literally HAS to be okay to choose to be fat in order for fat liberation to mean anything at all tbh

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I've said this before and I'll say it again: it's more important to know and understand fully why something is harmful than it is to drop everything deemed problematic. It's performative and does nothing. People wonder why nobody has critical thinking skills and this is part of it because no one knows how to simousltansly critique and consume media. You need to use discernment.

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i have rule i semi-adhere to for media criticism which is to ideologically meet shit where it's at (or where it's presented to me). i like to call it the "i didn't make you market it that way" rule--like, if lancer's union was just presented as a sci-fi setting, that would be fine. i don't expect all sci-fi settings to be communist utopias! but when the creators of lancer use the word utopia like 20 times & bandy around words like 'mutual aid' and 'post-scarcity' and 'anticapitalist' when describing it, then to me that becomes absolutely fair game. similarly if someone says 'stardew valley is fun i like farming :)' then i'm not gonna reply with a long post about how it's ideologically petty-bourgeois--but if they say 'stardew valley is anticapitalist', then they've opened up that can of worms and it's fair for me to point out that the worms exist.

#think this second part is what turns me off to a lot of media now #or at least certain media #can’t call an example off the top of my head #but a decent amount I’ve engaged with recently feels like it’s too aware of certain moralities #to the point of trying to make in universe justifications #that just don’t work #also when authors take me out of their writing bc they feel the need to over explain or tell me how to feel about something #that points not really the same as what this post is talking about #But it came to mind

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the thing about me is i get hannibal and hamilton confused

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I think all computers should have cd slots and all phones should have headphone ports send tumble

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all it takes is a stranger’s compliment and a gentle breeze in ur hair to make you feel like life is worth living again

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A loaf and her loaflings on the lake

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canNOT deal with this man

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I’m glad my mom died

i forgot i asked for book recommendations for a moment and was like jesus christ im not qualified for this

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you’re just like the rest of them

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The San Francisco Examiner, California, February 25, 1935

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Bothersome beast, comforting friend