#we are all part of nature

[bastardbeewoman]

It honestly makes me so fucking happy that NO ONE in wwdtis is thin???? Like NONE of them fit into those stupid and unhealthy body stereotypes like we have in Marvel and shit, md the way the show adresses that all of their characters are hot and fuckable??? Like all of them are hot, there is no fucking debate on this???

And the fact no one body stype is EVER talked about, there is never a joke or stupid comment about anyone's body in a mean way/as the butt of a joke??

Like, I don't have to sit through some stupid fucking unnecessary scene with a dude with an 8 pack, I don't have to see a woman yet again being sexualized onscreen, I don't have to see a fat character being made fun of??????

I know a lot of people have already talked about this before, but I truly don't think I will ever see any other show without comparing it to What we do in the shadows. This funny vampire series has already done such a better job than more than half of movies and series I have seen????

#and not only regarding the body types thing but also regarding lgbt rep #how everyone simply is themselves and it all feels natural all feels sonso right? #the way their sexualities are intrinsically part of the characters and not the show trying to catter to the lgbt in some poorly done way??? #I am obsessed with this show I really am #wwdits #what we do in the shadows fx #what we do in the shadows

[staycalm-atthedisco]

Why is it that when people draw vampires with no reflection in mirrors/glass, their clothes are invisible too? Or they’ll only have the thing they’re holding visible, like it’s floating? Wouldn’t that same logic apply to the thing they’re holding? Are things that are touching their palms the only exception to the invisible thing? Shouldnt I be able to see the reflection of everything that isn’t their own body? I don’t know man it’s just bugging me a little extra today

#I think about this a lot actually #like obviously their hair wouldn’t have a reflection either bc it’s a physical part of their body #but then like wigs? that would have a reflection right? #what if they had piercings or implants of some kind? it’s like a part of their body but not naturally? #but all of this is based off back when mirrors were lined with silver so obviously vampires didn’t have a reflection #but modern mirrors aren’t backed with silver so I guess nowadays they would have a normal reflection anyway. .? #I just feel like we need to get a consensus on this topic #okay I’m done here I’m going to go smoke lmao #feel free to ignore this post entirely #me #personal

[dalloga]

hey! hope it's okay to just ask stuff about language and culture haha but I always wondered how Koreans don't find it awkward to use honorifics with family/partners? My language (German) also has a formal and informal way to address people though not as nuanced and I'd never use formal speech for someone only 1 year older than me but to me formal speech is ofc about respect but it also creates a distance btw me and that person so using it for a loved one is unthinkable to me ...

Hello anon!

These kind of questions about language and culture are actually very welcome here because as a literature student, I'm fascinated with both of those things.

Personally, I think the existence of honorifics/formal language in Korean creates so much creative potential for how the social bonds between people are articulated and developed. Having that kind of strict structure that underpins all relations establishes these very clear-cut boundaries which are then either kept or crossed with every interaction, every address, every sentence you communicate because, to a certain level, the basic elements of how that sentence is constructed announce your relation to the person you're addressing.

The decision to drop formalities (ie. between friends) or reversely, the decision to put formalities back on (ie. in an argument, or after a breakup) then becomes a moment where the status between personal relations is being negotiated — a kind of signal of entering into a new intimate space or exiting it, navigating and tracking that movement through language.

Personality plays a big role here too, with some people finding formalities more awkward (and therefore wanting to relax them as soon as they can) while others finding the absence of formalities awkward instead (and therefore preferring to keep them in place even when it's not needed). Other factors like age, social class, circumstantial context for the relation, etc all play into the decision of whether or not to invoke formalities, with the additional note that none of this is fixed or determined. That there are always exceptions, always contradictions, always changes, and that's what makes the interplay between language and culture so interesting.

I guess what I want to emphasize with all of this is the immense potential for nuance that a designated formal language introduces, and how so much of its expression depends on the diverse agency of the people who use it or choose not to. Because honorifics and formal language are a form of measuring respect and distance, there's a lot interesting ways that it can then be played with and manipulated for various effects. The flirtatious/comedic/slanderous potential of various honorifics and forms of formal language, for example. It's all part of what I think makes Korean such an interesting and rich language to use and study.

#i went on a ramble there but the short answer to all of that would be: #honorifics mean different things to different people #both in the sense of who's using the honorifics and who the honorifics are used for #and also that the use of polite speech and the expectation of polite culturally specific behavior is taught from a young age #so it's a natural part of how we understand our position in the community and our relationship to others #with our continued participation in this shared cultural understanding being more deliberate/nuanced as we get older #culture #language

[fkevin073]

Fear Street 1994 &1978: Nick Goode Being a Clumsy Nerd or Nick trying and failing to impress Ziggy with his puns, his success rate is up to you he practiced very hard in the mirror before this-

“Except it’s all make believe. The truth is, you like Stephen King and spiders and the weird girl from Shadyside.” 

This man will never not be pathetic I swear-

#nick goode #ted sutherland #fear street trilogy #Fear Street Part 2: 1978 #fear street: part two - 1978 #fear street 1978 #fearstreetedit #fear street #nick x ziggy #look at this loser being a big fat nerd #he looks entirely too pleased with himself when saying Science and Nature #and what's with the awkward smile #like he's so nerdy #but he's a killer #ashley zukerman #we could have had it all #nick could have been the secretly wholesome nerdy boyfriend #and ziggy could have been the badass girlfriend #but no he had to make the devil his sugar daddy #screw this guy #ziggy x nick #also just have adult nick in there for fun #because even though he's trash he still has nerdy taste in movies #horroedit #movieedit

[serialreblogger]

if i don't take like five different kinds of medication every day my body's default state is to set itself on fire. but then, the default state of all living things, sans intervention, is death. so i think i'm okay to take meds actually

#for context i am feeling very tired of the sense that 'the more disabled you are the less ur life is worth living' #'quality-of-life' narratives can be *so* fucking destructive. even with my medication my life is currently demarcated by pain #physical & mental. anxiety is setting my brain on fire while i try to figure out my neurotransmitter meds. fibromyalgia is a bitch #adhd & executive dysfunction absolutely do Not help either #and yeah i'm tired of hurting! that doesn't mean i want to be Put Out Of My Misery. i want to live. #(why does every story and fucking government speech feel the need to tell me i would be better off dead?) #anyway. this is to say: disabled people are not fundamentally Broken. no matter How Disabled we are #or how much 'intervention' or support we need to survive or live comfortably. abled people will die without drugging themselves on calories #and dosing themselves with water three times a day #we are not broken for having physical needs. even ones that are different from yours #what is it that makes us human if not the ability to provide for others' needs? to provide 'intervention' we might not have without Society #is no different from a parent carrying their child before they can walk. disabled people are not children. but we are as natural as they #as much a part of a sustainable society as they are. if you can grasp that helping children survive is a basic human responsibility #you should be able to grasp that disabled people needing support is not an Unnatural Favour. it is owed to us #(if you can grasp that you should be allowed to have food even if you're not capable of gardening; if you can understand that ppl #contribute to society in different ways & that this variation of labour means interdependence is fundamental; #if you can understand that human rights exist. you don't have to care about us. social supports is not a favour we are granted #it is a right we are owed. a society that tells its members they cannot access anything they did not personally earn #is not a society that can survive. is not a society at all. society means cooperation for the collective good. a system that prioritizes #anything other than its individual members' wellbeing - profit; evolution; power - is not human. it is not built for its members. #it must be torn down. it is what we owe to each other: a society that does not allow its members to consent to participation in it #must either accommodate the wellbeing of every single one of its members - who have agreed to nothing and therefore owe the system nothing #- or it must die. there is no room for the human in a system that is hostile to our natures) #anyway got carried away but that's that on Why Capitalism And Ableism Are Inextricable #(& Any Attempt To Dismantle One Must Also Dismantle The Other; Or The Human Person Will Continue To Go Unvalued & then what's the point) #ANYway #got an ask recently abt my hypothetical youtube channel which i am using as motivation by waiting to answer it until i have a video up #a video. any video. probably one about gender theory in jurassic park but i do take suggestions #the tags on this post are rly just a vent-precursor to that #linden's originals

[mokutone]

just wanted to drop by and say blue bucket of gold is a very obito song imo. please consider. specifically very obito and kakashi but from a mostly obito pov.

"Friend, why don’t you love me?"

This part is obvious but not really in the sense that obito necessarily wanted kakashi to *like* him but in like. Understand him, and understand what he kept telling him about being so stuck up and stuff. Love as in listen. Does that make sense.

"Once the myth has been told / The lens deforms it as lightning"

So this part ok. I have a clear image about this in my head but i cannot explain it. I feel like this goes with when kakashi kills rin. The myth being everything that happened around that time and the lens being the fact that obito only really hears and sees enough to put kakashi in the blame, aka the "lightning". Idk. sound really stupid said out loud but i have a very clear image in my head and it makes perfect sense.

"Search for things to extol / Friend, the fables delight me / My blue bucket of gold / Lord, touch me with lightning"

Then the first half of this verse is how obito escapes from his grief to whatever madara feeds him, builds his life around something thats not his so he doesnt have to face what he has lost. He pretends to be someone else and believes that this has given him some kind of purpose. But the "lord touch me with lightning" part is like. secretly asking his old life to safe him, to take him back. anyway. sorry for this ramble but i have many blorbo from my shows thoughts about this song and i had to talk about it

ahhh, this is a very interesting analysis of why u connect this song to them, i am appreciative ur blorbo'ing, it has been a long time since i've listened to a sufjan steven song, i've forgotten how they rattle my brain around sdkjhdghsdkgh, carrie and lowell especially

#yamswers #lemontoad #it's also. hmmm. the lightning...lord touch me with lightning... #to be struck by lightning is violent and also. incredibly rare. giving it a kind of mythical quality in and of itself #and in this it is equated directly to the act of making a myth #to...destroy oneself to fit into the story? like what you were talking about. a return is not possible for obito #his old life will never save him and will never take him back bc it doesnt exist anymore #the nature of growing is that we can never go back and become who we were we are always changing and becoming new #and then. blue bucket of gold isnt that the fable of some wandering folks who found gold in a river while fetching water #but after they returned could never find the river again? #creating a myth about a river which is hiding but. more likely never existed and was just a myth all along—no gold to be found #a song of immense longing and absence to be sure!! #mayb if i were to interpret it it'd also be about mourning like. the possibility of a relationship (friendship in this case) that never was #the gold in the river. the richness that never was. the desire to destroy who you are now to be a part of what you would never have had #i can v much see how this is an obito song #also i cannot explain this picture. so very sorry.

[morallygay]

It’s about how at first sight satoru is the overpowered unpredictable, irresponsible, amoral, cocky one and suguru is the nice, polite, responsible one that acts as his moral compass, but when pushed to their limits, suguru’s empathetic nature turned against itself and made him the radicalized immoral villain he is “now”, and how that forced satoru to become the responsible one that represents morality (the one suguru had taught him) and tries to “fix him”, forced him to realize that he cares.

It’s about how they literally switched roles. It’s about how this is who they truly always were.

It’s about how relevant getou and their breakup was in gojou’s life and current philosophy. How he implemented suguru’s influence on him into it. How it reinforced and shaped and outlined the kind of teacher he is trying to be and the kind of jujutsu society he’s trying to create.

#I worded this SO badly now that I reread it but whatever #not that satoru doesn’t have a natural sense of morality #we keep saying he’s deeply human and that’s because it’s true #it’s just that suguru brought it out and made him realize #in different ways #and I’m not even talking about the whole ‘changing the system that fucked kids over like that’ part #so that it doesn’t happen again #at first it was just gonna be about them switching places #but then I realized how about gojou specifically #if it weren’t for suguru and all of this high school satoru would not have changed into teacher gojou he is today. #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #geto suguru #satosugu #i am straight up not having a good time

[caffeinatedopossum]

wait people *want* a small ribcage?? Mine is small but I've always wanted a bigger one

#literally its so small that if i move in a certain way my lungs cant expand and i therefore cant breath #idk if small is the right word bc i dont think its supposed to naturally be like this #i think underdeveloped would be more accurate #god i wish i grew normally i wonder what i would look like and how i would feel #also having a small ribcage means my ribs aren't visible at all until im very very underweight #which is like the body part that ive always beeen fixated on because when i was a kid #when i was a kid if me or one of my siblings had ribs showing that meant we were allowed to eat more #and i very much fantasized about being allowed to eat more #god that sounds so fucked up now. so glad im not in the miserable house anymore

[thebirdandhersong]

Mr. Knight (My Beloved) in March and April:

still holds out his arm for me when we walk together and makes a point to open All the doors (shaking!)

still holds my hands when they're cold, which is often (crying!!)

is still the Most Handsome Ever and takes my breath away constantly. He wasn't doing anything except for smiling and talking to people yesterday and I found him completely and dazzlingly riveting to behold (crying MORE!!!)

on a particularly chilly night took off his coat and gave it to me because he noticed I was shivering (the man was wearing a short-sleeved shirt underneath and shivered himself all the way home, and though I tried to give him back his jacket, he insisted on my wearing it) (THROWING UP!!!!)

TOLD ME THAT HE LOVED ME (SHAKING CRYING THROWING UP AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS)

saw that I was really tired and made me dinner one night (and point blank refused to let me do anything that evening) with utmost care

saw that I was really tired another night and made me tea :')

does things like show me posts he thinks are funny, tell me about his extended family, and tell me things he's worried about.... which makes me so grateful that he wants to share these everyday things with me!!

is an incredibly talented musician who likes to fiddle around with seven or so instruments (on top of having an excellent voice). I LOVE listening to him play guitar so much

he is just SO happy to see people he loves that he Absolutely Must hug them when he sees them. Which is the cutest

was planning a birthday gift for Briar four or so weeks ahead of time and called in to check if she already owned the book :')

is (and I am not embarrassed to admit this lol) the most handsome (in my opinion) when (in descending order) he is: 1) serving God (as musician, crucifer, etc.), 2) laughing so hard you can see his eyes crinkling and his dimples showing up, 3) holding small children and playing with them, 4) being very focused when he's playing musical instruments, 5) listening very intently to someone talking

he prays before we eat (every single time) and always asks God to guide our relationship and to help us grow and to bless our conversation :')))

it has not been all sunshine and rainbows (and there are a few things we are still working through) but the conclusion is: boys HOWDY it's been almost four months but I can't believe half the time that I'm dating this man and that I can call him my(my????) boyfriend. He is so very precious to me. I miss him terribly whenever he's not around

#which is like. right now #i mean he's coming here in four days but still #the planetarium chapter #also that man is such a nerd and i love that about him #he will explain how to cut an onion using words like 'meridian' lskfj;sldjk #and he is very good at choosing gifts!! like for briar and for our friend (whom we are godparents to.... lol) #THREE MONTHS...... unreal #our 3 month probation period (his words..... lol) (his way of thinking is very much systems and processes) is over #and so we are tentatively more public now i think #which means that people outside our church circles and family circles are going to know soon #i'll have you know that i have Prepared myself for this moment and have a photo album of mr knight pictures on my phone for when people ask #i thought i'd be a bit scared to tell people but i just find mr knight so delightful and the series of events so natural and comfortable #if those are the right words! (nothing about it has felt rushed or disjointed) #that the prospect of letting people know that 1) no i'm not single and adamantly determined to keep away all prospective suitors with a bat #(as i was in high school) (alas) #and 2) my boyfriend is the sweetest person ever. he is so kind and so faithful to his friends and his God and so principled and lovely #and very very handsome!!! and i love him a lot #and as I've gotten to know him a lot of the fear that used to keep parts of me really tense and anxious has faded away #am really looking forward to introducing my friends (as i have to y'all) to mr. knight :)

[amygdalae]

ancient Greek art might be overrated in overly western-centric art history but I won't lie they really did make all those naked men statues look very strong and sexy

#'WE HAVE TO MAKE THE STATUES AS STRONG AND SEXY AND NUDE AS POSSIBLE SO EVERYONE CAN TELL THEYRE GODS/WORTHY OF RESPECT' #however. i could go into how the obsession w greek and roman art ties into the western obsession with extreme naturalism #the idea that art has to look exactly like the source. which is elitist and limiting on all the shit art can do #and also the thousands of years of art history from around the world that wasnt abt naturalism like that! #theres a tendency to see it as more 'civilized' 'sophisticated' etc. which is lame as hell #i mean stylization and naturalism are both important parts of art obviously but. yeah.

[mak0to]

"Right. I'm always worried. But let's believe in Haru and everyone else."

#👏 MAKOTO 👏 IS 👏 ALWAYS 👏 WORRIED 👏 #👏 LET 👏 HIM 👏 TAKE 👏 A 👏 BREAK 👏 #👏 GIVE 👏 HIM 👏 VACATIONS 👏 #anyone: makoto don't worry. makoto: *worries harder* #uuugh he's stressed #literally free makoto already #i'm no longer asking i'm demanding #i'm suing kyoani right now bc these are just some scenes HE WORRIES EVEN MORE UGH #these are just the scenes that he worries about haru. he also worries for ssk. rin. rei. literally everyone BUT HIM #DARLING PLEASE TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF A LITTLE #the fact that ssk asks him to relax his shoulders and tells him that everyone is feeling the same makes me mad BECAUSE YES #WE KNOW EVERYONE IS NERVOUS BUT THIS IS ABOUT HARU AND IT'S MAKOTO YOU CAN NOT BE FEELING THE SAME ABOUT THIS #AND MAKOTO JUST DOES THIS SERIOUS FACE AND HE'S LIKE OK. I KNOW. I UNDERSTAND BUT AAA #CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW IS HE FEELING #OMG SO MANY THOUGHTS BUT MAINLY IS MY PETTITION TO GIVE MAKOTO A BREAK #i mean HE NEEDS A HAPPY ENDING i literally don't care abt the plot at this point i just need him to be happy that's all #ok maybe i care abt the plot a litte #BUT STILL #just like conni said. makoto is the most unproblematic character in free but kyoani still makes him feel restless :-( #i mean. ok i understand that's a part of his nature. he cares about people a lot. esp abt haru. BUT HE DESERVES PEACE #just a little moment of peace and happiness for makoto that's all i aks #ok the tags now #free! gif #free! the final stroke #makoto tachibana #free! iwatobi swim club #mak0to #tachibana makoto #makoharu #free! eternal summer

[variousqueerthings]

Daniel LaRusso, car salesman.

Daniel LaRusso, family man.

Daniel LaRusso, completely ordinary.

Daniel LaRusso, fight one fight or fight every day of your life.

Daniel LaRusso, fighting the one fight and then… still fighting… on and on. And sure, he’s mouthy and he doesn’t back down, but he never asked to fight. He did all of this so he wouldn’t have to. That’s what he told Miyagi that time and he’d meant it.

Daniel LaRusso after 85’ thinking enough.

Daniel LaRusso pushing himself inwards – whatever it was that made men want to fight him. Let all the rest of him shine – the charm, the natural want to give, the helpfulness, the quick learner, but stop trying to stand out. Be average. Off-the-rack suits of the same shade. Smile in place. Two kids. Beautiful, smart, talented wife. What’d you do to land that one? some lowkey misogynistic, jealous guy asks and Amanda squeezes his arm in reminder – this is a potential partnership, let it go, just like I’m letting it go – she sweeps her hair and counters with something witty and much more cleverly barbed than anything Daniel could’ve thought of. You’d have to be a more intelligent man to even know you’d been insulted. He’s grateful to her, and he shows how grateful later that night, while they’re celebrating landing the deal.

Daniel LaRusso, makes pancakes in the morning, prepares the kids lunches when they’re going to activities, makes dinners and washes up, the perfect husband. Perfect businessman. If any guy like Tom Cole still feels a twinge of something – the urge to one-up him, to humiliate him, because he shouldn’t really be there, you know, he’s the American Dream, but he’s only surface polish – they can’t quite act on it, because the smile is too firmly in place.

Who me? asks the smile. I’m just some guy. Average Joe who worked hard and saw that hard work pay off. Oh yeah, I won a couple of karate tournaments back in the day and I’m giving back to the community by being on the board and paying generously.

Daniel LaRusso’s perfect disguise.

Daniel LaRusso hasn’t fought in a long time.

...

Johnny Lawrence wanders into his dealership…

#daniel larusso #ck #cobra kai #the karate kid #tkk #cobra kai meta #(kind of) #sometimes ya think about average daniel larusso getting caught up in all this madness 30 years on #and the 'he's a car salesman' semi-joke #and you're like... yeah and he wears bad suits and he's a family man... and it's not a disguise really #but it's also not NOT a disguise #he wouldn't be doing the job or having this family if he didn't want those things #(he's genuinely a wonderful father who clearly loves housely work and getting up early to make breakfasts) #but there's that... something... that's at odds with his past self #that's come more and more to the surface as the seasons have gone on #it's that thing exemplified by amanda not knowing this daniel --- when did he start suppressing parts of himself? #how much is 'things lost in adulthood' how much is 'deliberate suppression of traumatic events' and how much is natural change? #guess we won't be able to fill out that picture until the show is done (and even then it's a choose-yer-own-adventure)

[bookwyrminspiration]

do you think the elves have some form religion? Do you think they could believe in a higher being? Also, what do you think they would think about Humans and their beliefs in God or gods?

Considering that we're 8.5 books into the series and we still have to ask whether or not the elves have a form of religion, I'm going to go ahead and say that they don't. At least they don't have a religion/belief in terms of their being a god or gods, or higher beings.

Instead, I think they'd be more like...spiritual? They'd be about aligning oneself with nature and respecting the beauty of the planet, the power it has and the wonders it contains. It's not a god or a higher being, but it's something they can look to for understanding. Nature is self sufficient and they can learn from it. Kind of like how Calla said that nature always heals itself and finds a solution (paraphrased). The elves greatly value nature and animals, and I think that's the closest they get to a form of religion.

It's a species wide perspective as well. It's ingrained in their society that nature is the solution and they look to it for answers. That's like what the councillors were saying about the prime sources and how they give lessons and teach things like restraint, being careful, etc. If Mother Nature can be considered a god, then that is the elves god.

I can't see any way that the elves would have a higher being like human religions, though. Not if they're staying in character

As for what they'd think about it, based on Fitz's reaction to things like the theory of relativity, they'd probably find it foolish but fascinating how humans can believe in something like a God or multiple gods. Like how humans explain anything they can't comprehend as magic, elves would probably have explanations and justifications for things that humans attribute to God. Or they'd say that humans are reaching for an explanation when there isn't one or it isn't the "correct" one. For example, someone becomes and then recovers and people are saying "God is good" because they got better, while the elves would say it had absolutely nothing to do with God and everything to do with treatment and how the body reacted, something that isn't controlled by a higher being. \

They'd likely treat anything religious the same way they treat a lot of human things. They think it's completely ridiculous or laughable, but in an endearing way. Some would find it incredible how humans manage to put that much faith into something that's existence is so debated and controversial. The way they put so much of themselves into it and bond over it, form entire communities and ways of life through it. That, they'd find admirable, though still be confused by the faith and find it hard to believe.

TL;DR: I don't think the elves have a religion with a god, but they have a respect for nature and look to it for guidance in a way that could be compared to religion. They'd likely find the idea of religion and higher beings to be weird and silly, but see the bonds it makes humans form as interesting and beautiful in their own human way.

#they seem to have some inclination towards spirituality and looking to nature for answers #but no god #they seem themselves as the top #the idea of a god being above them doesn't really fit that #and also we haven't seen religion at all so this far in I'm assuming it really isn't there #i mean creating an entire elf religion would definitely be a lot of work #because she can't give them human ones #so it's easier to just make them kind of spiritual #like the vibes but not making them fully spiritual. it's just part of their culture #if that makes sense #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc worldbuilding #quil's queries #nonsie #kotlc religion

[iggy-hands]

"pure unproblematic uwu perfect queer representation, cinnamon roll cast, funny and wholesome Twitter interactions so good so pure" NEVER lasts. It ALWAYS turns sour because it's destined to fail.

It's unsustainable because it was never true to begin with.

Y'all need to realise that this is the honeymoon phase. No one is at fault for not necessarily wanting to examine all the ways in which something they are enjoying isn't perfect, but you atleast need to be aware that there will be controversy sooner or later because there always is

And people are always so quick to jump ship, to disregard an entire piece of media, the people who made it, the fandom and it's influence, because something disagreeable happens within one of those subsets.

And maybe nothing bad has happened yet, but it will. And that's okay. Because it was never a perfect thing to begin with, and accepting that now will really make it easier on all of us in the future.

#ofmd #re: my last reblog #i hate the cycle of. this thing is unproblematic and perfect! oh whoops something bad happened I guess its evil and cringe now 🤷‍♂️ #2 years down the line: lol why did we stop engaging with [media] it was good! cringe culture is dead! it's good and perfect! #like.... everything is just made by people and that's okay!! #and obviously there is a lot of nuance to be had here. and like i said you dont have to think about all the negative things in relation #to something your enjoying. it makes me so sad when i go into a tag and its all hate because its like #im a fan of this thing like. i know it's bad let me enjoy it! which is also not to say ofmd is bad!!! #but i promise you it wont stay as good and pure and untouched as people are saying it is now #and you know what im going to bring back this post when that happens 🤷‍♂️ #I'm a pessimist by nature. and apparently woke up feeling like a cynical bitch today but someone's gotta do it #this is about ofmd lol but ive left it fairly vague. and that's part of my point too #we just do this constantly and god i wish we didnt #i just wish we could skip to the stage where everyone just. had critical thinking skills and were able to be smart #about the media they engage with and how they engage with it #literally i know asking tumblr. or other social media. to do that is genuinely insane behaviour. but man #woes of emily

[ungodlydandelion]

I want to make it perfectly clear on this blog that I am firmly against the concept that your worth is based on wealth / productivity.

I am tearing the vestiges of that culture of puritan work ethic and capitalistic values from my life; and, though the struggle to do so may be longer than desired, that concept is not welcome here.

You are worth more than you can give. Your worth is intrinsic and not tied to the size of your savings. You matter because you exist in the deeply interconnected web of life.

#official blog stance #blog maintenance #puritan work ethic #exchristian #text #ex christian #free goat #we are natural we are all part of this

[apricotluvr]

10 pics from march 2022 <3

#1. flowers I got for my graduation from myself + my aunt but which we were going to throw out cuz they had almost wilted #2. went to get a Thai massage w my mum. it was her first time so we only went for 30 min but it was so nice. it had been quite a bit since #my last massage and it was nice to have mother-daughter type of day #3. I loved this sweater dress my mum got bc it looked so cute but that I regretted wearing. I wore it w black pants . undershirt and scarf #and all 3 thing were literally ruined bc of how much the sweater was shedding…. such a shame tbh #4. got my new phone! for a week I went to work w 3 phones lol I felt so pretentious hhhhh #5. planned a day w my friends. we went to another city and caught up. had dinner (sea food boil. first time for me) and then after went for #drinks bc it was still early and the sun was out #6. had a photoshoot to take a profile pic for work. my first time getting my pic taken professionally and the photographer said I was a #natural in front of the camera :p #7. u know I said i met up w friends. we decided to meet up at the train station in city we used to go to uni to + my friend who would drive #lives. my other friend messaged she was there before and when I finally got there I couldn’t get a hold of either of them so I had to wait #like 10 min which I thought was weird but then suddenly my friend surprised me w a bouquet of flowers bc it was the first time we were #seeing each other since I graduated :’) it was so unexpected and sweet #8. went out for dinner w my team from work. a coworker retired a bit back so they planned a day to do an activity & then got to dinner w #everyone. I didn’t take part in the activity cuz that coworker left like 2 weeks after I started / I didn’t know her + there was only a #number of people who could take part but I did go to dinner w everyone and it was ncie. I think things like this are quite important to get #to know each other better and become more one as a team #9. been having my own office hours (I mean I have since the beginning but these days I don’t even rlly have a coworker to have a look w me) #but I feel like I’ve been so focused on getting things done that I haven’t taken the time to rlly educate myself and read the relevant #books and guideline. now I have a week off from work (bc of Ramadan I thought it would be better to be at home the first week. since the #first week is usually the hardest w ur whole sleeping schedule changing. I am planning on taking maybe an hour or 2 per day to kind do some #e-learnings and reading for work. not all of the days bc I do wanna enjoy a few days rlly off as well but I think it’ll be good to do that #10. took this pic of my baby bro when we went to vote for the city elections. I’ve been working 4/5 days a week. getting home around 5 and #being too tired after and have felt like I haven’t been spending enough time to hang out w my little bro so I hope I can do that during #this week off as well. it’s also his bday next week and I still need to get him a present… idk what tho. other than that I was planning on #just hanging out w him