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ilytyun · 3 years

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how does txt text? (v realistic and accurate)

txt as gen z boys you started texting over quarantine😔💔

a/n: this has been sitting in my drafts for so long... it’s literally so bad but i thought i was kind of funny LOLLL💀💀 it’s not like what i usually write but hope it’s at least a bit enjoyable !! (also tysm for 100+ followers !!!!!!! teehee<333333)

warnings: some swearing, overuse of emojis, dated trends bc i wrote this three months ago LOL

yeonjun:

honestly ??? seems like a dry texter ... doesn’t reread his texts so sometimes they come out confusing even though he keeps spell check on, also never sends a text with more than ten words

lowkey dad texter if you’re not having an actual conversation ... lots of ‘k’, ‘thx’, ‘👍’, ‘idc/k’ and ‘lol’ ... also uses 💯, 😂 and ❤️ unironically 😔😔😔

also ‘???’

NOTORIOUS FOR BEING THAT GUY WHO JUST SAYS ‘hey’ WHEN YOU HAVENT TALKED IN LIKE TWO DAYS LMAO

you can never read how he’s feeling over text but sometimes he’ll sprinkle in a :) or a ;)) just to keep you on your toes

either no punctuation at all or an unnecessary overuse of punctuation ... if there is punctuation it?s , bad punctuation . ???????!!??~~~~ which is how most of his texts transfer emotions i guess ?? lol

he’s only like this because he genuinely sees texting as a quick last resort type of communication...

if you want to talk with him just give him a call... he prefers to hear your voice anyways🥺

soobin:

standard gen z texter, has good spelling, keeps his letters all lowercase for no reason other than because he thinks it looks nice ?? turns caps lock on for when he feels scandalized

texts like a bisexual......... u know with a ‘ !!’ or ‘ ??’ at the end...(the space between the last word and the punctuation is the most important part), uses a lot of ~~~~~ and ;;;;;;; and ^^ or >< too because he doesn’t want to sound monotone

‘lololol’ and ‘lolllllllllllll’.... also maybe ‘haha yeah’

super inconsistent when it comes to replying rip... like you’ll be able to hold a really good conversation for at most an hour and then he’ll leave you on delivered until the next day when he continues the conversation like nothing happened

only double texts when he needs to !! is a good boy and sends one longish text rather than a lot of short texts at once; good at paraphrasing, understands that not everyone views texting as a tool for conversation

looks like he’d be pretty good at using emojis, probably hip enough to use 😭😭😭 as a laughing emoji, also keyboard smashes

frequent user of this emoji as well: 😰

probably gets really lazy sometimes too so he ends up sending you a lot of voice memos

just overall extremely chaotic neutral

beomgyu:

seems the most normal/trendy texter imo😭

really great at using emojis... his best hits include: 😳, ✨, 🥰, 🤗 and 🥺 (ESPECIALLY 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺), also is a frequent user of all the pink heart emojis most notably 💕, texting him is never boring and he does his best to come off nice !! and he can tone down how he texts too... versatile king

definitely calls yeonjun a boomer for using 😂

but he’s also probably on tiktok or smthn A LOT so if you’re close to him he’ll pull the: 👁👄👁, 😀, 🥴, 💀💀💀, 😻, 🤡, 🧍....... used ‘no❤️’ and also ‘🧚✨’ before it got annoying...

the one who sends you very obscure memes he finds off the internet as replies to your texts but they somehow always just work..... sth like those badly edited facebook memes or sth LMAOOOOOO😭😭

his one downfall: will definetly accidentally type out the wrong your/you’re... same with there/they’re/their and no matter how much it annoys you he really could not care less

i lied here’s another downfall: he’s SUPER bad with replying. leaves you on read accidentally a lot and it kinda hurts ngl💀

i lied again here’s one last downfall... even if he’s bad with replying he will not hesitate to text you to get your attention...... he does not give a single shit. if he needs you he’ll text each individual letter of H E L L O, also double texts if he’s excited but you let it slide because he’s cute😔

taehyun:

another good texter but maybe... too good.....

his spelling and grammar are on point... you will never ever catch him slipping. periods at the end of every sentence. him and hyuka are probably the only ones who still use auto capitalization

but something about his texting seems so robotic....... you find yourself honestly wondering if he’s being dry with you or if he’s just being super polite

it’s also definetly because he somehow always finds the perfectly specific emoji to include at the end of his message💀

and they’re always obscure ones too... he used the 🚏 emoji once when he told you he was ‘Waiting for the bus. 🚌🚏 Cannot wait you see you. 🤓’ and it made you go huh...

overall pretty articulate over text but when you’re acting a bit questionable his favourite emoji to use is simply 🤨 he also genuinely believes 🤓 is cute... like ok taehyun

lowkey dry texter so it’s somehow satisfying when he uses exclamation marks... it shows that he’s excited lol

he’s unpredictable and distinct... unique king

huening kai:

texting god.... but wbk

if gyu has bruh girl energy hyuka def has big hii girly! :) energy LMAOOOO

genuinely the sweetest texter, you can hear his voice and feel his energy through his messages🥺

takes the time to use the japanese emojis... (๑╹ω╹๑ ) it’s super duper adorable... some of his favourite emojis are 🤩, 😊, 🕺 and 🙈

but if it’s struggle hours you know he’s going 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

uses coloured heart emojis !! 🧡💛💚💙💛💜

definetly uses uwu and xD unironically but it’s really cute when he does it....

ofc >3< is his signature

uses ‘BAHAHAHAHA’ and ‘Hehehehee’ instead of just lol..... also an avid keyboard smasher esp if you are too (he’s never felt more alive than when using sksksksk was still a trend... emits highkey vsco girl energy on top of his hii girly energy lol)

another kid who overuses punctuation ???? but just to emphasize !!!!! his !!!!!!! point ,,,..,,,!!!!

sends you motivational texts throughout the day... ‘You’ve got this!!!!! (● ˃̶͈̀ロ˂̶͈́)੭ꠥ⁾⁾ I hope you have a good day today!!!!!!!!!(๑>◡<๑)💛💛💚’

tried to turn off auto capitalization but thought it made him come off as too aloof/impolite so he turned it back on😭😭 doesn’t have a problem when other people don’t use it though !!

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the-hoziest-archive · 3 years

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I don’t understand if ur serious when u say that you’re anti fatws (esp bucky) lol???? for real?

yeah i think he’s not bucky. OOC. and like, not for stupid shit, but when it comes to stuff that matters. i always thought bucky has a solid moral compass (similar to steves). i mean just from what we’ve seen in canon, idk if this is just my own intrepratations, but anyway, i don’t agree with his actions, i dont agree with him asking sam to put his safety on the line with the ‘you helped steve with the accords i think you should help me’ ok bucky you were taken in as a refugee by an untouchable nation, sam was put into a supermax prison steve had to break him out of, and then was on the run as a fugitive for two years. the absolute NERVE.

and like, the man he breaks out of prison is z*mo? really? that’s his ABUSER. i don’t understand why no one else seems upset by this. that’s not bucky. OOC. if he wanted any help from z*mo, he could have asked for him to help from behind the bars he very much deserves to be behind. if he refused to help, oh well, too bad, buh bye. i dont understand who thought this was a good idea. are we forgetting z*mo intentionally triggered bucky into going into his winter soldier programming, which resulted in bucky killing again? the thing he did not want to do? he literally says, over and over again, ‘i dont do that anymore’ and ‘i dont want to kill anyone’ and ‘(resigned) wheres the fight’.

im not gonna describe *that scene* that triggered me very badly, if you dont know what im talking about im sorry but i cannot physically write the words. but im very very upset at the writers for a throwaway line that implies past sexual abuse* knowing FULL well the majority of their demographic who like bucky/identify with him are in fact women/afab, and like, going by the statistics alone, would find something like this 1. triggering and 2. a slap in the face. just, for why? what purpose did that line serve, actually? was it necessary? for plot progession? (*though, i maintain, z*mo doesnt know shit, he’s being a dick bc thats half his personality, and talking shit bc thats the other half of his personality). but yeah. one of the major reasons i dont like whoever it was that writes bucky in this show.

another thing, the obsession with the shield? putting all that blame onto sam? i mean... i understand he’s upset about being abandoned by his best friend (and arguably only friend, i guess?) but like. shut up about the shield. shut up about the shield!!! where’s the ‘the little guy from brooklyn, im following him’ like bucky never gave a shit about captain america. whats going on through his head actually? bc like.. if there’s things he’s not saying, we won’t fucking know about them, will we?

i honestly dont know what the writers are doing, i don’t know whether they’re completely misunderstanding his characer, or trying to foreshadow bucky going to the dark side, or whats going on. bc at this point he looks more like an antagonist at the very least, if not outright villain.

the only accurate bucky content i have seen so far is like, him and sam acting like a married couple, him making nerdy references, and the flashback scene in wakanda which is the only time i have seen sebastian stan actually acting.

i don’t know who this fool is, but it’s not bucky.

as for the show in general, im not liking what im seeing, and no i dont need to watch it to form an opinion. not gonna put myself through however many hours of mediocre content. i never had high hopes about it, but this half-assed storyline with the flag smashers (clearly a poor attempt at portraying antifas as the enemy), the super soldier serum, the dollar store captain america, z*mo??? why is he even here????

sam not having enough of the spotlight...in his own goddamn show... like. idk. i think he deserved something of his own. a better storyline. something that’s about *him*, his life, his struggles. with bucky as his sidekick. sam, pretending to be too sensible to run into crazy shit, bucky, resigned, being dragged along, being sam’s wingman, his support. *thats* their dynamic. from what i have seen about sam’s scenes, he seems to be more or less in character, imo, but i just... feel like he’s being sidelined. in his own show.

THE THERAPY/THERAPIST. I hate EVERYTHING about it. from her demeanor, attitude towards her client, not addressing him by his preferred name, her judgmental tone/statements, her belittling/dismissing bucky’s pain, her ‘rules’ and just. everything. everything. for ONCE i would like to see an ACCURATE portrayal of therapy in media. because it’s the opposite. the exact opposite of this. there’s a long thread from twitter i reblogged that goes more into detail, but i think like, it’s one of those things that really piss me off. therapy is about creating a safe space, putting your patients comfort first, listening, empathising, not judging, not mocking, not disrespecting, helping your patient open up, help them recover and make progress at their own pace. i mean. its so disgusting to see this. i’ve never had professional psychologist training, not as part of my degree or anything else, and i wrote a fic with steve going to therapy that’s 100% better than this bullshit we’re being served (and at the time i wrote the fic, i had never been to therapy, only counselling, which is very different). how come? why cant they, with their budget and their resources, their ability to conduct extensive research and even hire consultants, not do a better job with this part of the show? disappointing. truly.

maybe i don’t know exactly what’s going on, plotwise, or whatever, but like, if i dont like what i’m seeing, why would i invest more time to find out more about the show? the mcu has been steadily declining since 2016, lets be real. civil war, infinity war, endgame... this was all an absolute shitshow. fatws can only do so much with the canon they are being given to work with, without outright retconning everything, but even so... it’s weak. i always thought the writers wouldnt be able to write anything thats half as good as the stuff fans come up with and... i think i was right.

thanks for the question.

#anti fatws #sorry babes but not good enough #Anonymous

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crystalectomy · 3 years

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I call this piece “leaving the groupchat”

I'm starting off somewhat small - I removed myself from the groupchat. I haven't told anyone yet (and the group settings mean there will be no notification that I’ve done it, people will have to find out on their own).

I don't know yet the FULL extent of the backing-slowly-into-the-hedges I want to do with these people. I know, broadly speaking, that if I get invited to things from this group in the future there will be a few things I straight up say no to:

most get togethers at [A]’s house

any camping trips

most parties in general, esp hosted by [A], [B], [C] , or [D]

Things I might say yes to:

a concert w [B]

a boardgame night (occasional)

a park hang, bar hop, or outdoor festival (anything it's easy to bounce from)

Things I will be pleased to continue:

some kinda relationship with [C]

maybe a reconnection with [E] some day

My brother’s advice was to leave the group chat and only explain myself to anyone who asks about it. He said leaving it would be good for gaining closure (as opposed to just turning off notifications, which I've tried many times already). From what I've told him it seems I have every reason to do so -- he did not try even for a second to talk me out of it. He said he had a similar situation where he left/was cut out of a friend group a year ago and he has had absolutely no regrets at all.

He also said he thinks our Dad sticks too long with people / doesn't recognize when they've become harmful to be around, so if the goal is to not be like Dad (which, yes), then recognizing when to move on from people is one way to get there.

I'm doing everyone a favor here (probably too aggro a thing to say)

I've been reading about people who've broken up with friends or left friend groups and a familiar refrain keeps coming up -- friendships should be with people who you trust, who uplift you, who do not leave you feeling stressed and drained. I cannot say that about this group, as a whole, anymore. At all.

For a long time -- years now -- I've flirted with the idea of leaving the groupchat. It hasn't been a fun groupchat. A lot of it is people posting links and videos that I'm not interested in, giving life update announcements that don't need to be given in a group setting, or posting plan-making logistics, which always end up being a little awkward when some people can participate in them and others can't (which is always the case, b/c of awkward breakups in the couples of the group, east bay vs sf commute times, and now differing covid sensibilities and vaxxed/unvaxxed status).

All of that is innocuous enough, but if it's clutter, it's clutter. And there's no reason not to remove it.

So what made the group good if not the groupchat? The hangs. The drugs, the alcohol, the games. The concerts, the movies, the camping trips. Since we've had a forced year without those things, I've gotten a better look at what the core of this group feels like to be in without all that -- and it sucks.

So why not just ride it out until we can hangout in person again (which will be v soon!)? I guess I'm just feeling like a spring cleaning attitude about it. Like, maybe I can spend my precious time in the afterlife hanging out with people who I can feel close with emotionally as well as physically? Maybe now that I'm in a very different phase of my life than I was when I met them (turning-30-realness) I should cultivate relationships that fulfill me where I'm at now -- people I can share exciting work news, poems, and pictures of my cat with, yes, but also people I can unravel the secrets of the universe and the pros and cons of major life choices with.

I've spent a lot of the quarantine either in solitude or staying connected to / reconnecting with friends who make me feel good. Who listen to my advice, who give me advice and encouragement in turn, who share similar interests with me, who do not call me "unique " "weird" "soooo alternative" over and over again (either in admiration or jest). Who have understood and interpreted and lived out the COVID thing in similar ways as me.

And look -- I don't mean people who have had the same privileges necessarily! Some of the people I've gotten closer to were just as social as the folks in this group +/or worked jobs where they had to be on the frontlines and couldn't barricade themselves quite as much as me and my husband did. But they respected our decision to take as strict a stance on this whole thing as humanly possible, did not call us "sensitive" or "conservative" at any point along the way, and when they asked us to hangout, did so in ways that felt respectful of and empathetic towards our boundaries. It’s not that this group made different choices than I would have, it’s that they, by contrast to my other friends, treated me with judgment, derision, and disrespect for my decisions. I promise I’ve not done the same.

I'm purging a lot of things from my life right now. Leaving my toxic-ish job at the end of April. Trying to lose the last 5 lbs. Getting rid of as much clutter in the house as possible.

As I start to prepare and dream for a life outside of quarantine, I think about who are some of the first people I want to grab a drink with, go for a walk with, celebrate an occasion with. And for the most part, it's not these people.

Y'all are funny, interesting, intelligent, engaging, and a good time. But I don't feel like I belong here. And I often leave hangouts with the group feeling stressed or upset.

Moreso, in my life I feel I've gotten much harder. Cynical, crabby, pessimistic, aggressive, barbed, judgmental. Like, really had those parts of me take over. And I'm almost certain this group being my main group was a contributing factor. It's behavior that's, if not required, then encouraged to be a member here.

I thought about writing a message in the groupchat to explain myself instead of ghosting but a few things occurred to me:

9 times out of 10 when I try to be earnest or express any feelings that aren't straight up enthusiasm for something with this group, I feel ignored at best or patronized and shut down at worst.

given the pervading sense of devil-may-care cavalierness in this group, i figured most of you wouldn't notice/care anyway

I thought of folks like [X], [Y], and [Z] who have been in/out of this groupchat for years, all of whom have since faded away, and none of whom felt the need to say anything. Since there's a precedent, I figured I'd follow it

I'm extremely self conscious about this decision -- I'm worried it comes off as self-absorbed, self-righteous, selfish, etc. and I don't think I know a way to ensure it doesn't come off that way when trying to address it head on.

I'm kind of a coward about this kind of thing (awkward social interactions) anyway. So this is a kind of cowardly way to do it. It fits.

I've been thinking about doing this for so long that nothing anyone can say will convince me otherwise, so why invite a dialogue?

If anyone asks (which my husband assures me they won't):

“Oh, I left the group chat a little while ago, so if you're trying to reach me, specifically, text/phone call is the best way to do so. Email works too. No shade to you or anyone in particular, I just found the energy of the group as a whole to be kind of toxic, and have so for some time now (even pre pandemic).”

Then, maybe:

“I thought about saying something but I honestly couldn't think of what to say that wouldn't come off as arrogant or dramatic or weird. Maybe it's weirder to ghost... but I never seem to accurately gauge how people in this group will react to things I do and say, and I didn’t want to be misinterpreted and cause more stress. There's no good or codified way to leave a friend group, so I just did the easiest, path of least resistance way I could think of.”

And if there’s time:

“And that's the other thing, I didn't want to like, break up with any of you as friends. I'm not going to say no to every game night invitation or avoid people altogether IRL or anything. And I'm hoping and planning to have 1x1 or 2x2 hangs with some of y’all in the future. So I didn't want to invite any truly nasty energy between me and any of the individuals in the group. I'm just excusing myself from the overall 'zeitgeist' of the groupchat, and okay with probably getting invited to fewer outings as a result.”

Or at least:

“I didn’t mean to offend, I just did what I thought was best for me in a way that I hoped would cause the least amount of harm to everyone involved. And I did think long and hard about it, so at least I hope no one can say it was a completely thoughtless decision.”

I'm taking this impending re-entry into society thing as an opportunity to prioritize the relationships that have felt enriching, healthy, fruitful during it. And I’m excited to chase down hobbies and events at work, post pandemic, with the goal of making new friends who I can be more myself with.

#as usual I've over-thunk it

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picturejasper20 · 4 years

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Animation and LGBT+ representantion

I need animation fans,specially western fans to read this, please it's very important.

Lately i have been seeing this a lot of misinformation about animation, one common trend is that the people who work on these shows "are lazy" and "don't want to write LGBT+ characters".

Here's the thing: writting LGBT characters in animated children's media it's very difficult and hard. There are many restrictions about what you can or can't write.

It's not that the people who work behind these shows are cowards or don't want to make real LGBT representation. Many want to, but it depends on the restrictions they are given by their superiors.

Examples:

Adventure time

Marceline and Bubblegum (video from 2014):

"In the video you can see Olsen also made a point to ask Ward if the couple would be visible on the show or in the upcoming book. Unfortunately, not so much."

Olson: "And I said, 'Are they going to do it on the show at all, or can we say anything about it in the book?" And he's like, 'I don't know about the book, but in some countries where the show airs, it's sort of illegal.' So that's why they're not putting it in the show."

Here's she explains they that they couldn't be very explicit about Marceline's and Bubblegum's relationship because of these restrictions (they latter could though).

Avatar: Legend of Korra

Korra and Asami (from one of the creators of the show)

"As we wrote Book 1, before the audience had ever laid eyes on Korra and Asami, it was an idea I would kick around the writers’ room. At first we didn’t give it much weight, not because we think same-sex relationships are a joke, but because we never assumed it was something we would ever get away with depicting on an animated show for a kids network in this day and age, or at least in 2010."

"The more Korra and Asami’s relationship progressed, the more the idea of a romance between them organically blossomed for us. However, we still operated under this notion, another “unwritten rule,” that we would not be allowed to depict that in our show."

"We approached the network and while they were supportive there was a limit to how far we could go with it, as just about every article I read accurately deduced."

Gravity falls

"Hirsch confirms that though he attempted to push for LGBT+ characters in Gravity Falls, Disney executives prevented him from including explicitly gay characters."

Alex confirming this on his twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1292328558921003009?s=20

"Back when I made GF Disney FORBADE me from any explicit LGBTQ+ rep. Apparently “happiest place on earth” meant “straightest”"

In 2012 the Disney censor note on this image (refering to The owl house) would have been: “inappropriate for channel, please revise, call to discuss” (to avoid a paper trail)

The owl house

Luz and Amity

Dana Terrace talking about how it was difficult for her to write LGBT characters in her show:

"In dev I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast. I'm a horrible liar so sneaking it in would've been hard haha. When we were greenlit I was told by certain Disney leadership that I could NOT represent any form of bi or gay relationship on the Channel."

I'm bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership.

Steven universe

Ruby and Sapphire (talking about the LGTB+ wedding in Reunited):

That took years of work because of sensitivities around LGBT+ content in programs aimed at children, which often have to work for a global market, said Sugar, 32, who is bisexual.

"We are held to standards of extremely bigoted countries. It took several years of fighting internally to get the wedding to happen," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone.

"So much bigotry is based on the idea that (LGBT+ content) is something inherently adult, which is entirely false."

"Sugar recalled the frustration of not being able to be open about her personal experiences in the early years of her career before she made her sexuality public."

“As I’m writing about this, as I’m pitching this, I’m also getting a lot of pushback,” Sugar said. “This was not considered acceptable material for children at the time. … [But] who is speaking to a generation of children about why they deserve to exist? About how they deserve to exist? I wanted to be able to do that.”

"While working on “Jail Break” in 2014, “it became clear to the network that I was incorporating LGBTQIA+ characters and themes into the show,” Sugar said. She was told that there was a chance the show could be canceled if authorities in conservative countries noticed and objected to those themes."

"Sugar tells EW it has been “extremely difficult” for her to earn this kind of visibility on Steven Universe, but acknowledges that large strides have been made. “When we started doing this in 2011, it was impossible and it has become possible over the last many years of working really hard to do this,” she explains."

"Yeah. Every time we would cover this ground, it would be a conversation. I think part of the challenge is that this show was an international show. We would be getting notes not just from the US but also from Europe, from around the world about what we could and couldn’t show, and they would be different notes from different countries."

"There was a point at which it was brought to my attention that the studio… I was brought up to a meeting where they [the studio] said, “We know that you’re doing this, and we support that you’re doing this… We don’t want to be giving notes on this, but we have to give notes on this” and it was all very difficult to navigate. Ultimately, I said, “If this is going to cost me my show that’s fine because this is a huge injustice and I need to be able to represent myself and my team through this show and anything less would be unfair to my audience.”

I could add tons of examples about this... but here's my point and it's something a lot of people need to understand: It's difficult to put LGTB+ characters in animated children media. There are certain limitations, restrictions, many times the creators cannot be very explicit about it for many reasons.

So next time you want call creators who want to write LGTB+ characters in their shows "lazy" or "queerbaiting" reconsider the fact that they are actually taking a risk by writing LGTB+ characters and they don't have all the control in their show. They can't always make their characters say "I'm gay" or "I'm bisexual" because of these restrictions. Of course, some are given more freedom than others.

If you don't like how the characters are written or a show.. that's completely fine. But reconsider that corporations have control over the creators on what they can and can't do and that it only ends up hurting their cartoons.

I would really like for people to know about this, since there's this misconception going around that animators don't really care about this. But in reality they do. And i think this it's very important thing to know when it comes to talking about animation.

#Western animation #animation #Steven universe #Gravity falls #The owl house #Adventure time #Avatar legend of korra #LOK #Representation #LGBT #LGBT representation #Interviews #Animation industry #Homophobia #transphobia

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the-very-gendered-queen · 6 years

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Aside from tf2 I cannot think of anything ever where the fanfiction side of the fandom is constantly wrong about what the characters are like every single time

Fanfic medic is a kindhearted man who either was in a concentration camp or worked for the nazis and is wracked with guilt (which is INCREDIBLY GROSS TO WRITE A CHARACTER LIKE THIS) and who only wants to heal people

Canon medic is a sadistic wierdo with who comes from a hometown that both produces and runs off a mad scientist each generation, and who is implied to be so insane even the nazis wouldn’t take him

Fanfic Soldier is often a PTSD-addled veteran who cannot return to normal life, and is presented often as coming from an abusive home

Canon Soldier is a delusional madman who wanted to join WWII but was denied for unknown reasons, so he bought a plane ticket to germany and started killing nazis. He got about 2000 kills before someone told him that the war ended twn years ago.

Spy in fanfic is basically a team dad with sexual tension with sniper

Canon spy is a terrible father who pretended to be someone else when telling a dying scout the truth about his identity, and who has AN INCREDIBLY VICOUS HATRED of the Sniper

Fanfic sniper, likewise presents him as a lonely man lost in life.

Canon sniper’s actually a professional hitman who loves his job and throws piss at people

Fanfic scout is basically just MCU peter parker and just a sad kid with father issues

Canon scout’s a moron, yes, but it goes beyond Gen Z stupidity. He learned to run precisely so he could join fights before his brothers could, just so he could hurt people.

Fanfic pyro? Anything, except for what pyro actually is. Most recent one i saw was that pyro is an auqaphobe who’s drawn to fire because she almost drowned as a child.

Canon pyro? At least the very least, a manchild/womanchild who is completely and utterly detached from reality. All we know about him is that she loves fire, it brings colour to his world, even in its absence she is utterly detached from reality, and insulting fire will make him snap to reality in actual violent rage and intentionally hurt people.

Heavy? In fanfiction, he’s often a kind-hearted man with a heart of gold, but he isn’t particularly smart. While heavy does have a heart of gold, (heavy does care about his family deeply and even does care about the medic, although it isn’t mutual)...

In canon heavy is one of the smartest members of the cast. He doesn’t talk much outside of combat and shifts most topics of discussion towards his gun if he even talks at all. When he’s fighting, he gets excited and starts yelling but otherwise he doesn’t say much even when speaking in Russian, so it isn’t just a language thing.

Fanfiction Engie is actually pretty accurate (unless it’s one of those fanfics where engie’s a racist), but it still seems to think engie is a nice guy constantly.

Canon engineer, is much like the heavy, soft spoken and intelligent. He just keeps it up in combat. He’s not above smugness and is fairly rude to his opponents, just in a different way to the rest of the cast. He will also tear you in half if you manage to piss him off.

Finally, demo.

Demoman doesn’t turn up much in fanfiction, actually. Not much to say here.

It’s a real shame. I read a lot of fanfiction, But my god are tf2 fics frustrating. I want to read about the mercs, and valve haven’t released the new comic yet

This is so frustrating, not because people are trying to take tf2 seriously, but because they’re not writing the characters at all. The characters in tf2 fanfiction don’t read as the idiotic mercenaries fighting a war for gravel but instead?

They read like they’re Overwatch characters, with all the tragic backstory and character inconsistency and being shit.

#team fortress 2 #medic #soldier #spy #sniper #scout #pyro #heavy #engineer #demoman #rant #why are so many tf2 fanfics like this #if you want to write sad fanfiction with these characters #you can #you just have to be inventive #overwatch

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5 Quick Handwriting Features Expose a Lot About Your Saucy Personality

And style, by the way, is a very important thing. It is like your signature, your handwriting or it is something that you develop that is your way of presenting yourself … Robert Barry

Formal research came around a few years back when National pen companies in the US gave away about 5000 different personality traits.

Writing reveals a lot more about a person, more than one can imagine.

Graphology, a study of handwriting, has been around the time of Aristotle.

Interestingly, teachers know a lot about a student’s personality.

Do they study graphology? Most probably not. They catch consistencies.

My mother, being a teacher, come across several handwritings.

By skipping just a few pages, she can tell about the personality of a student examined.

She can catch the patterns: neat writing reflects a confident student, and untidy handwriting shows an under-confident one.

Not backed with research, these conclusions are general formulation after examining specific patterns and consistency in writing.

Humans are so complicated with intricate webs of personality and characteristics.

However, indeed, people can convey several ideas through this standard mode of communication.

How can you apply graphology in your life to generalize a person’s personality trait and temperament?

Let’s examine a few easy factors which can instantly give you the idea of a personality type.

1. Handwriting zones

You might be already aware of three zones for handwriting: upper, middle, and lower. Each of these can be analyzed to deduce a personality trait.

The upper zone correlates with the person’s intellectual ability, the middle zone with sociability, and the lower zone with the biological drive.

The domination in one of the zones reflects a person’s most enthusiasm in that region.

To simply put, zones with uncontrolled limit and disproportionality signify over-enthusiastic response in that domain.

For instance, a short loop in the upper zone indicates a below-average response in intellectual domains, reflecting less ambitious awareness, as the upper region coincides with intellect.

Upper zone

Watch out for the letters “b d f h I k l t” to judge a person solely based on intellectual characteristics.

3mm is an average height, and higher than this extension correlates with positive attributes of intelligence, ambition, and imagination.

People who draw lower than 3 mm demonstrate a lack of intellectual ideas.

Middle zone

Small letters, without any lower or upper loops like “a c e m n o r s t u v w x,” fall in the middle-zone, indicating everyday emotions and social life.

Writing with large middle-zone letters indicates an over-inflated ego. Writers with such characteristics are attention-seekers, expecting others to comply with their ways.

Large middle-zones are often found in children because they do not have a balanced view of reality, which in most cases is only subjective.

Even adults who write with a large middle-zone do not have fully developed their existence.

Lower zone

This area dominates instinctive materialistic concern and sexual drive.

Analyze Loop letters “g p q y z” by the length and loop width.

The length of a lower loop indicates their willingness to achieve the desire — the more the downward stretch, the more willingness for growth and expansion, and vice versa.

Additionally, writers with long lower loops are physically active and own intense sexual gratification.

2. Typographical layout Margins

One can analyze the margins to understand a person’s personality.

Equal margins

If a person typically writes in a justified or centered layout, it reflects the need for privacy.

These people demand to be understood clearly, especially in verbal communication.

Further, such cases indicate thought clarity, emotional stability, and good judgment.

Narrow left margin

Writing which leaves a narrow left margin reflects a person who seeks freedom from social contact, from the ghost of the past, or the threatening fear of practicality.

Narrow right margins

Such writers want to express, communicate and relate with others.

They are willing to move forward in life, mostly with a sense of super-focused individuality.

3. Spacing

Cramped Letter-spacing

If you write compactly where words, letters, and lines jumble together, it reflects impulsive behavior and spontaneously in different situations.

Wide Letter-spacing

Leaving wider spaces between your letters is an indicator of extravagance, self-confidence, and sociability.

Word-spacing

The distance between words represents the separation one wishes to keep between society and himself.

4. Pressure

The pressure you write with speaks a lot about your personality.

Heavy pressure

Writers with heavy pressure leave a strong mark on the paper and the person’s head, who knows the basics of analyzing writing.

Heavy pressure indicates a forceful, strong-headed, and productive individual who wants to be known in society.

Determination, endurance, aggressive-spirit are all the characteristics of people who write under heavy pressure.

Such people are often outdoor types, as they wish to channel heavy pressure through exercise and sports.

In short, deep pressure reflects a more profound passion for life, adventure, travel, challenge, and of course, sexual energy.

Medium pressure

The only difference between the qualities of medium pressure and high-pressure people is a level of intensity.

Such people also contain positive drive, determination, energy, and resourcefulness.

Apart from the same qualities, these people district features like dynamism and vibrancy.

Low Pressure

People who write with low pressure tend to change directions.

Just like their light and flexible script, they see flexibility in every domain of their life.

They can not easily switch jobs only but also their partners.

Interestingly, owing to their flexibility, they can easily forgive and accept people.

Additionally, being more mentally invested than physically, they are more of a thinker than a doer.

Some other district features of people writing with slight pressure include lightheartedness and easygoing.

5. Slants

Watch out for writing leaning towards a rightward slant or a leftward slant.

Vertical slants

A vertical writer forms a 90-degree angle with the baseline, making writing neither slant towards the left nor right but right in the middle.

Even if the slant is not significant enough, a shift lower than 10 degrees is considered vertical writing.

Dominated by logical reasoning and under-ruled by emotions, vertical writers are well-equipped to fight different emergency circumstances.

Additionally, vertical writers surface a certain distance from everyone else, signifying they cannot relax well in others’ company and cannot endeavor to fit in.

Rightward/Forward slant

Writing that slant towards the page’s right indicates a future-oriented person, unafraid to take risks and show vulnerability.

They are friendly, outgoing, and ambitious.

Contrary to the vertical handers, emotions overrule them rather than logic, making them willing to share their thoughts and experiences with others.

Extreme right-slanting

Extreme of any writing style typically indicates some extremely unfavorable characteristics.

For instance, people writing with extreme right-slant are stubborn.

They want everyone to keep them informed of every happening, so could they diminish their loneliness — in short, they seek attention and demand love.

Left/backward slanting

I haven’t seen many who write with such a feature.

They live in the past, unlike being future-orientated.

Being introverts, they do not appreciate groups or making new friends, but they share closer ties with their mothers.

They take a while to make new friends, but those selected remain friends for long.

Extreme left-slanting

Such a writer opposes each and everything relating to communication or social matters.

Always feeling awkward in making new friends, this antisocial being often remains single.

Inconsistent slant

Interestingly, people also own inconsistencies in their slant, correlating with the unstable personality.

Further, it reveals a quickly changing unpredictable nature.

Such people are all over the place, pulled in different directions — like being extrovert at the moment to introvert at the other, from being a social bird to withdrawing to isolation in the other.

6. Size

Your writing size says a lot about you.

A person with a medium script tends to be stable and adaptable — both these qualities reflect in any of the tasks they perform.

Small size handwriting

People writing letters with less than 1.2 mm are self-confident and self-assured.

They can make sound judgments by weighing everything with objectivity and reason.

Such writers own a great degree of precision, concentration, and super-sharp focus, so at large found in research areas like computer science mathematics, where they exceptionally perform.

Final words

Graphology is so powerful to identify people legally.

Additionally, I was surprised how people judge others’ writing for job hiring, and interestingly for marriage proposals.

The analysis above would not make you 100% accurate in judging someone, but it will give you a rough idea about someone’s personality.

Definitely, self reflect on your personality traits — first.

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Does the Secret Law of Attraction Work For YOU? | Brain Management | zoxpro Mind Power

Brain Management – Gain the Power of CLARITY Recently, I was writing about another topic for the blog. That topic was “Mind to Mind – Integrity and Wellness – The Healing Power of Truth! As you know, if you have been following my writing, I tend to build the clock – just to tell the time. Hopefully, I’m not boring you to tears at the same time. If that were to happen, I am sure that you would not want to stick around here. In the article I just mentioned, I stepped a little sideways to give you one of those extra little tidbits I expose. This one had to do with “the Secret Law of Attraction“.

I am going to cheat a bit here, so you don’t need to look up what was said in the previous article. Here is the excerpt:

The Secret Law of Attraction Here is something that may give you the incentive to take a closer look at this. Many of you have attempted to use the Secret Law of Attraction to gain your goals, and failed. So therefore you question it, or even proclaim that it doesn’t work, or that it’s a fraud. From what I know about people in general, I think it’s a pretty safe bet that most people know more about plumbing than they know about their own true self. So when I hear people say how everyone has been taken advantage of by the Secret, especially if they are in a public forum, it makes me wonder about that person. (Quite often this is followed up with a tirade of how that person struggled to raise themselves from the depths of oblivion to where they are today.)

Since I have been teaching the ‘Universal‘ Law of Attraction for over 20 years, it comes as no surprise why many cannot seem to come to grips with it. I was teaching it and using it a long time before ‘the Secret’ ever came out. Do you want to know one of the main ingredients how to make it work? Sure, I’ll tell!

The Law of Attraction is based on ‘sympathetic vibration‘. So, anything that disrupts this flow of energy from point A to point Z will cause the flow to stop. I refer to this as ‘congestion‘. The absence of congestion is ‘clarity‘. If a person is clear of inhibitions and beliefs that throw a wrench into the gears, then the opportunity to achieve the preferred outcome is much better. There are some other factors, but I am not going to discuss them at the moment.

Think of it this way: If you want to shoot an arrow into the bulls eye, then you don’t want anything to get into the way of the arrow. A single blade of grass can deviate the arrow so it lands off target. If a stick or such gets in the way, you may miss the target all together. By you having obstacles that your arrow must navigate, what do you think your chances are of reaching your objective? Probably Nil. If you continue to shoot arrows and none end up at the target, no matter how accurate you are with your archery, you will develop and strengthen a belief that you cannot and never will be able to hit the target – your objective. You have nobody to blame but yourself. You have actually done it to yourself. That’s hard to swallow!

Can you correct this type of problem? Yes, but in order to correct the problem, you must understand that you created it to begin with. Don’t be hard on yourself. Don’t beat yourself up. You just didn’t know. You have just now found out. I understand why you would be very frustrated. I make it my business to know how these things work.

Another way to see this is for you to observe a “Lucky” Person. That person is lucky because they know and expect nothing else. Things always fall right for them. They always land on their feet. This is supported by their belief system that claims this, and is strengthened time and again by things always going the right way for them. You on the other hand may have the same amount of belief strengthening that has happened to you – just in the opposite direction.

Now, we can continue on Today’s Topic,… Does the Secret Law of Attraction Work For YOU ? I will go over several areas of interests, When it regards the Secret, each area is just as important as any other. When you were a child, did you ever play connect-the-dots? (Watch out!… It’s time to put on your fuzzy focus glasses, and ‘Remember’,… HEY! That’s enough,… you almost missed the important bit.) The objective to connect the dots was to create a picture of some ‘thing’ out of the dots and use up as many of the dots as possible. Sometimes the dots were pre-numbered so you could follow where you were to draw the next line. What happened if you missed one? (it made a heck of a mess of the picture.) You did not complete your objective.

IMPORTANT: with the Secret Law of Attraction, each and every dot is weighted the same. Each dot is just as important as any other dot. One dot may have a ton of effort put into it to breath life into it, while others need no such effort. They all equal the same thing – gain the objective. If one dot is not there – Game Over!

The Secret Law of Attraction works the same way. If you haven’t addressed certain things completely, you will probably be missing a dot or two. Therefore, you don’t complete your objective. See, the system isn’t to blame. You are. You may be saying, “That’s a cop-out!”. It doesn’t matter. The system is the system. But, I will go a few steps further and attempt to help you get on track, and stay on track.

First, The reason why I copied a portion of the previous article is because I would have had to write something very similar, and I liked how it went. It does point out CLARITY. Clarity is something that people have a problem with because we are constantly dealing with things that cloud our mind. The most frequent things to cloud our mind are decisions.

Scientists have proven that if we have any more than 7 things to choose from, we go into overload, so by the time we go through the grocery store, we are in meltdown. They have even connected this to Clinical Depression. Why does this happen? Sure there are things like genetics, but what else? Some questions to ask yourself: Do you have a clear decision making process? (Hint: Start with the ‘Process of Elimination‘) Are you able to prioritize whether the price of cheese or the type of cheese is more important? (I like using cheese as an example) What if you add in the parameters of quality and branding? By now, most people would feel like their head is swimming just thinking about it.

YOU JUST EXPERIENCED A BRAIN EXERCISE! Oops, I put you to work and you didn’t even realize it. Exercising YOUR Imagination! So, we have discovered our first daily complexity that clouds our mind. We can even turn it up a notch, and ponder, if we have that much difficulty selecting the type of cheese we want to buy, what happens when we have Important Decisions to make. Sorry, the fetal position is not an acceptable answer.

Decisions and Depression The next thing that we need to look at on the back side of the decision making is DEPRESSION. Many people are prescribed anti-depressants to help get through the day. If you check with your doctor, you will find that anti-depressants usually have a trade-off because they are not specifically focused to your brain and your specific reason you have the problem. By a trade-off, I mean they may cause change to other areas of your life as well.

An example: You are really having some issues at work, and you take it out on your spouse or partner when you get home. You go to the Doctor with a complaint, work causes stress, which then causes anger, which your partner experiences. The Doctor prescribes you anti-depressants. You become more affable at work, get along with your spouse or partner, your desire and libido has returned. But now you can’t perform in bed because it’s like someone turned off the switch. That is what I mean as a trade-off. Not all anti-depressants work the same or on the same areas of the brain, the results can greatly vary. Even two people on the same drug can have completely opposite effects. (Always consult you Physician on health issues.)

Drugs, Alcohol, even caffeine and things we eat may have affects on muddying the waters. Many studies run on Attention Deficit Disorder, Hyperactivity, and such, have concluded that many food additives, sugars, and artificial colors and sweeteners have effects on normally healthy people. If the studies show it, how are these affecting you? What steps do you take to limit these in your diet. I knew a Physician, that before he became a Doctor, he was the person that mixed and matched all the artificial ingredients into food. Oooh,… the stories he told me.

One of these times I’ll write an article on water. That one topic alone deserves more than a book. The short version – Drink GOOD Water, the fewer added chemicals, the better! (Don’t drink distilled water – it’s lifeless.)

Focus and Resolve So now we have covered decision making, depression, food, and drink as factors that preclude “Clarity”. Here is another, Focus and Resolve. I will attempt to keep this one simple. Once you have your eye on the prize, keep your focus. Don’t let others or things get in your way. One of the unappreciated aspects of the Secret is you must participate. The participation is in the setup, which is usually more effort than the action. This means YOUR setup – Your Clarity.

Do You Believe? Your BELIEF is paramount! Even when you believe consciously, if your subconscious hasn’t bought in, then it won’t happen. So now we have covered a few of the things you need to pay attention to with regards of activating the Secret Law of Attraction and having success with it.

The Missing Link to the Secret Law of Attraction Do you feel that there was a component missing from the Secret Law of Attraction? There was. The Secret Law of Attraction is actually extremely simple when you have already traveled the road. Most people have not. The marketing of the Secret is not going to suggest that you must do a bunch of things prior to doing it because that does not sell. Magic Pills Sell!

There was 1 component missing that would have made all the difference for people being able to achieve results with the Secret. Any one of our Trainings; ZOX Pro Training, the Brain Management Seminar, or eBrain Executive Seminar possess the key elements that assist people to find themselves and find their own path through life. But what makes it 100 times more effective is the Mental Photography which has the inherent ability to strengthen the brain, clear out the cobwebs, and allow the brain to function as it should – FAST and CLEAN, like a new hard drive. Your decision making abilities also come into focus for clear decisions. True CLARITY!

This list does not include the new way you can deal with information. You can put volumes of usable information into your subconscious in a matter of minutes. The amount, and difficulty level of the information is never a limit. Scientists have studied some of our clients while they were using Mental Photography. – showing brain wave output so outrageous the scientists knew something VERY different was happening during Mental Photography.

Do you want the Secret Law of Attraction to work for you? If you have done all the things they said to do and you still didn’t get results, you have already vested allot of time and energy to make it work. Brain Management and Mental Photography can give you a huge leg-up to gain the techniques and the understanding of what it takes to make the Secret work for you.

Remember: You really are not to blame that you just didn’t have all the information up front. And all those ‘Secret’ Coaches wouldn’t have anything to do! That’s okay. We are here to fill the gap. We have the missing link. Enjoy your future. You know what “they” say (whoever “they” are) “You Gotta Pay to Play!”

You can ask me, “Does the Secret Law of Attraction really work?” Yes, it does, if you have connected your dots. If you don’t connect your dots, you don’t get the result you are targeting. And yes, there are many levels of participation to prepare the way.

We do offer 1 more unique thing in our most advanced training that is applied to bypass many of the pitfalls that come with planning your objective. Do you know what “Fuzzy Logic” is? We have applied our technology in this way to make our system, and systems like the Secret Law of Attraction much easier. It is only available if you travel to Australia and attend the eBrain Executive Seminar. But, Keep in mind; any of our trainings will get you on track.

What is My Agenda? I don’t have an agenda. I don’t believe anyone should impose their agenda on you, and surely not me. So, THE agenda is whatever YOUR agenda is. I want you to be Free of encumbrances. Free to think, feel, and be who you want to be. And to find the best you can be; by learning to trust the one person you should trust above all others – Yourself !

So, what is my objective? Let me ask you something… What kind of world do you want to live in? One that is kind, loving, and abundant, or life full of fear, disease, and need? On a global basis, I want the best for all! I think you do too. But this starts at home, with you. Each person is connected to the whole. We can add to, or take away from the whole. Each and every one of us counts. My objective is to help those that want to help themselves to GAIN CLARITY !

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I’ve been thinking and writing and thinking about writing

This time last year, I spent my free time cooped up in my university’s study hall. There, I would drink from smuggled cups of vending machine coffee, in the hopes of converting my lethargy into caffeine, and the caffeine into words. My dream publication at the time had opened up internship applications, and though they set no deadline, I pressured myself to finish all the requirements as fast as I could. Every impulse decision I had was always coupled with this need to execute at the soonest possible time, like my brain knew if I took a second longer, my common sense would kick in and pull the brakes. I guess my failure to think everything through reflected in my cover letter template (lazy), resume (unremarkable), sample works (in retrospect, bland and uninspiring), and the absence of an acceptance letter in my inbox.

I have lost respect for said publication since then, though not because I harbored bitterness in my heart: their failure to compensate hardworking interns as well as the steep decline in the quality of their content should be enough reason. (Looks like I dodged a bullet back there.) Though it can’t be denied that at the time, I was heartbroken. The feeling lingered with me longer than I cared to admit. Despite getting featured on a national broadsheet and accepted into my school’s student paper less than a month later, I still couldn’t bring myself to be fully confident in my skill set because of that one specific, indirect rejection.

Which is why, being where I am now and having achieved as much as I have in a span of five short months feels like the highest form of vindication. Quarantine boredom compelled me to submit an article pitch to the then newly-launched Underdog, an online platform dedicated to the digital native’s latest preoccupation. It was a piece about the boybands I loved and lost (read: the dissolution of One Direction, and every other group I adored with the same degree of intensity), one I was actually planning to post on the blog. But in a span of a few weeks, my idea was accepted, refined, revised, and turned into a full-fledged essay that landed me my first ever paycheck.

I was still on some euphoric high, emboldened beyond belief, when I chose to take it a notch higher and apply as a staff writer for one of my all-time favorite magazines. During the summer before college, I was paralyzed by a legitimate existential crisis that left me aimless and afraid. I turned to the Internet for solace, and in my search for a voice of reason, I found Lithium Magazine, and their collection of articles which viewed life in the authentic, critical, occasionally self-deprecating way only Gen Z teens know how. I was aware being turned down by them would easily mean a one-way ticket to retirement for me; thank God my inner critic was taking a power nap or else it would have talked me out of it for sure. The day after I submitted my accomplished application form and a far more impressive portfolio of sample articles (by my standards, at least), I woke up to an acceptance letter and just knew life was not going to be the same.

The past four months I’ve spent as a contributor for Lithium have been some of my most fulfilling as a writer. I am constantly being pushed to the limits of my imagination and creativity when it comes to the content I produce. I can’t find it in me to half-ass pitches or beat around the bush in paragraphs: I owe it to the effortlessly talented people I work with, and the impressive body of work they have managed to accumulate over the years. My first pieces for the month of July were about the effectivity of online therapy in a Filipino context, and the irony of being a low-maintenance friend during a time when the need for human connection is higher than ever. This was followed by my personal essay in defense of basic girls: my favorite one so far, and probably my boss’ too, considering that it’s an Editor’s Pick for the month of August. Though I am infinitely proud of them, as they are my first forays into the international publishing world, I know I can (and thus am determined to) do better.

Since then, I’ve churned out articles on an almost-daily basis for an array of online and print zines. I scout for inspiration in the morning and once struck by lightning, I type away until roosters start to crow once again. Most days, I only took a time out for the daily two-hour movie. It seemed like I was working a part-time job instead of nurturing a hobby. But it never felt like a chore to me. I simply love what I do and I feel like the fact that it shows is the reason why sites are kind enough to publish my work.

You can view my portfolio if you want to see everything I’ve put out so far but here are five of my most recommended, in case you’re too lazy for that!

The story of my coming-of-age based on the usernames I had on social media platforms, for Uniquely Aligned;

An expose on all-girls Catholic high schools in the Philippines and their inaction towards sexual harassment cases, for Ashamed Magazine;

A part-review of Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay, part-rant on the evident lack in Western media that accurately portrays Filipino life, for Reclamation Magazine;

A piece on why talking about mental health should never be a one-way street, for Gen Rise Media;

A love letter to one of my favorite movies of all time, and its flawed eponymous protagonist, for Mid-Heaven Magazine

On a rather tangential note, I also started expanding my network on LinkedIn, though I wasn’t exactly sure what I was hoping to get out of this exercise. I simply enjoyed the process of generating new variations of the same job descriptions. One day, I was sent an email by Riya, the Executive Director of The Young Writers Initiative, a nonprofit that provides resources for aspiring authors to improve their craft and advance their career. They wanted to recruit me to be a mentor for freelancing for their upcoming summer internship program. I had just woken up then and had to rub the sleep from my eyes to read it properly. Apparently, I was recommended by a connection (hi, Srilekha!) who took my sample works as an obvious display of my credibility in the field. Given that this sounded like an exciting opportunity, I immediately agreed. Everything happened at a pretty fast pace after that, as I got swept up in the process of selecting a mentee and figuring out what I could possibly teach them. I guess I didn’t find the time to process what exactly was going on, and what it meant for me as a writer.

It didn’t take long for the impostor syndrome to hit. And quite hard, if I may add. I was due for an interview with Madison, one of my fellow TYWI mentors and I had scanned the questions she sent me. Though I clearly knew what advice I would give to aspiring freelance writers, or had a routine in mind that allowed me to balance all my existing priorities, my hands felt like they were loaded with cement. I could barely type on the document before me. I must have had a staring contest with my taunting cursor for an hour.

I mean, maybe I couldn’t say anything because I didn’t have the right to say them. After all, whatever I knew, I borrowed from someone else - perhaps an actual authority in the field. Wasn’t I just some girl who got lucky during the quarantine? While the current state of the world forced everyone into stagnancy, I coped best with the help of the written word. Had everyone else been under the same circumstances, I wouldn’t be in my current situation. Needless to say, when the actual feature came out, I spiraled.

I wish I could claim that I only had to do x and y for the storm cloud above my head to go away. But as controversial as it sounds, I maintain that no writer fully gets rid of impostor syndrome. In fact, let me widen the scope of my statement: no creative can do it. I have never known anybody with both an inclination toward the arts and a strong sense of confidence. It’s like our limitless imagination only raises the already impossibly high standards we hold ourselves against. We never really think highly of ourselves to begin with, so when we meet a goal, achieve something we’ve only ever dreamt of, we bring ourselves down. We invalidate our hard work and dismiss it as an act of charity by the karmic forces of the universe.

Thankfully, I have an amazing support system: my immediate family members and closest friends, always ready to offer reassurance when it’s scarce (hold on, I got these intense Economics war flashbacks GOD). I seriously don’t know where I’d be without them. Actually, I do know. Probably wallowing in pools of self-deprecation. I think I would’ve ended up chickening out of new opportunities on the sole basis of my self-imposed inexperience. My loved ones were the quickest to remind me that I was only a beginner in freelancing but I had been writing since I learned how to grip a pen in my hand. I have prepared for this all my life and I was finally reaping the fruits of my labor. Who was I to shy away from the blessings that were so generously being lavished upon me?

In fact, just a few hours ago, I bagged two very exciting contributor roles for organizations that I admire very deeply. I have several pitches in the pipeline as of now, which I absolutely cannot wait to bring to life and share with you guys. As far-fetched as this sounds, this is only the beginning for me. I am so grateful to everyone who has believed in me, read my work (or even a mere paragraph of it because I know how underappreciated the written word can be these days), and left encouraging comments.

WIshing you nothing but love and light always, always, always,

Angel

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VinePair Podcast: Is Calling a Drink “Simple” an Insult?

As the Covid-19 crisis continues, drinking has become an entirely at-home affair. While some might take this time to tackle complex projects or order to-go cocktails from a local bar, others are opting for so-called “simple” beer, wines, or cocktails. Yet what exactly does that term mean? Is calling a beverage “simple” an insult, or merely an accurate description? Is taking pleasure in simplicity good or bad?

That’s the topic on this week’s VinePair podcast, where Adam, Erica, and Zach discuss these questions and try to figure out what exactly makes for a simple drink in these very un-simple times.

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Adam: From my apartment in Brooklyn, NY, I’m Adam Teeter.

Erica: From my apartment in Jersey City, I’m Erica Duecy.

Zach: And in my house in Seattle, Washington, I’m Zach Geballe.

A: And this is the VinePair podcast and Zach you’re in a basement.

Z: That’s true.

A: You’re in a basement.

Z: Well, I am not below ground. I am just on a ground-floor, relatively dark space with a poster of Godzilla.

A: Do you have a basement?

Z: No, ok, so this is really funny. So, my wife who’s from Wisconsin is constantly amazed at how rare it is to find houses with basements in the Northwest, on the West Coast really in general. And I will be totally honest, any explanation I would give for that is gonna be largely, you know, conjectural or possibly made up, but there’s an issue like with in terms of getting earthquake insurance, which is obviously a consideration for a lot of the West Coast. If you have a basement, I guess for some reason that’s considered more dangerous or whatever, or actually not really more dangerous to people it’s really just about how likely it is that your house will collapse and the insurance company will have to give you a lot of money. So they won’t insure you or you have a much higher premium if you have a basement. And I also think, like here at least in the Pacific Northwest, it’s so wet, like my dad actually has a basement in his house and it has flooded…I don’t even know how many times over the years. And so it’s just kinda like you either can have like an unfinished kind of basement slash occasional wading pool or you cannot. So we do not.

A: I guess I’d always had the understanding that the reason so much good indie rock came out of Portland was because like everyone had a basement and they could just go hang in each other’s basements and make music. But maybe that was just like a romantic idea that actually wasn’t true. It was just like what us music industry people used to say.

Z: I just assume it’s like, just in general you can’t go outside for much of the…for most of the winter so you have nothing to do but play music, so like you know you just kinda end up cooped up and playing music and you know probably driving your family and friends crazy. Which is why…so it’s like the Pacific Northwest we’re already quasi used to quarantine ’cause its so rainy for a lot of the year so…

A: Yeah, I wonder if some good music is gonna come out of this whole thing?

E: That’s why there’s a lot of coffee shops there too.

Z: That’s for sure.

E: People just need to keep on going through the really rainy, cruddy times so…when I was growing up in Seattle I remember, a lot of coffee and a lot of rec rooms. The rec rooms with the shag carpeting, that was pretty big. With some spare instruments in there for sure.

A: So how are you both doing?

Z: Good, good. I mean hanging in there, you know? I think every…some days are good, some days are bad, it’s a little tough. I mean I have to say that these creative projects we’ve been doing with cocktails and kind of playing around with some of the cocktail templates and ideas have kinda kept me feeling like I have a bit of a creative outlet. This week I was playing with a martini. So some people love their martinis really dry and some people like them the classic ratio so two-to-one gin to vermouth. But I’ve been experimenting with a 50-50, so that’s…you know, 50% gin and 50% vermouth. I’ve been playing with this Freeland Spirits, some women distillers in Portland, really amazing gin. It’s a kind of a black pepper, more savory, some coriander character. And I’ve been pairing that with a Dolin Dry and then doing a little bit of olive brine, so with a twist and an olive and I gotta say that has been helping me through some of the tougher days here.

A: That’s interesting. You know I’ve had the 50-50 a few times, I haven’t gotten into it yet. I find it to be quite a wet cocktail. And I feel like sometimes the vermouth can overpower the gin. But I know it’s like a lot of people are really into it ’cause it is lower alc and you can have more than one of them which is not a bad thing in these times.

E: This is true and I’m with Zach. Zach last week you were talking about some….like making kind of a long drink. So vermouth as the base and then some soda water, maybe even sparkling wine as a splash in there and that’s something that I really like as well. I’m just a big fan of vermouth. I always have been. I’ve been writing about vermouth for like years and years and years, I’ve just always loved it.

A: And Zach, what about you man?

Z: Well so I’ve had my one little bit of cocktail experimentation myself, which has been…since I like everyone else have lots of canned things lying around including chickpeas or garbanzo beans however you prefer. I had heard for years that you could take the liquid from your can of chickpeas, which is called aquafaba and use it as an egg white replacement in cocktails. And so I’ve been again kind of like, well might as well try it out now is a great time, I’ve got cans of chickpeas – my son is obsessed with them right now – and also time. And so I have to say I think I…I’m still nowhere near mastering the technique, I feel like the shake is a little different than with an egg white. Or at least I’m not getting the kind of results that I was hoping for. It’s also really interesting cause there’s definitely a flavor that it imparts to the cocktail and I think you…it means that you have to be a little more kind of thoughtful about when and where you deploy something like aquafaba as an emulsifier in your cocktail, as opposed to egg whites which are…also have a flavor but I think is a little more neutral and I think is a little easier to pair with a lot of different cocktails. So found really interestingly that it does really….it does well with sort of savory cocktail elements, so it does reasonably well with gin, it does reasonably well with the bitter side of Amari and other things. It doesn’t do well with sweetness though, has been my experience. You get a weird to me, kind of like sweet and salty, but not in a like….a like that combo…but it just, I haven’t found a combo that works as well with some brown spirits. I’m gonna try this evening I think something with rum, or something in that vein to see if that kind of slightly different side of sweet works better. I don’t know, I’m still kind of figuring it out. But I’ve been playing around with it cause…what else am I gonna do?

A: Yeah. I mean I….It’s funny I actually wrote about it in a column recently for the site. In the Ask Adam column. I find it to be…..it never foams in the way that I want it to, in the way that egg whites do. It doesn’t get that really beautifully dense and sort of like luscious sort of foam in the cocktail. And I think you’re right there’s a, there is a….I mean there’s also a smell with the egg white but not in an off-putting way. Like I’ve actually found that like the aquafaba can have this really weird smell to it that like, is very odd in the cocktail. So I’ve basically come to terms with like….you should only use it if you’re a vegan. Right? Like if you’re a vegan and you are really interested in still having like a classic you know, whiskey sour or something like that, right? Then go all in on the aquafaba. But if you’re not…you should probably stick to the egg white. That’s been my general conclusion. ‘Cause it is….it’s an odd ingredient. That I know we all like because it can be that substitute. But like it just doesn’t do for me the same thing that I think egg whites can do.

Z: Yeah that’s been my experience, yeah.

A: Well, let’s jump into today’s topic. So we decided that, I mean this week we’re sort of talking about the ides of simple drinks. So basically, we’ve been chatting about this offline but there have been a lot of people saying that like they’ve been returning to the idea of simple drinks, right? So like, drinks they don’t have to think too much about, drinks that just sort of are there to comfort them. And so, my sort of challenge to us today is like, what is a simple drink? Is there anything as a simple drink? Right? And is it actually an insult to call a drink simple? So I’ll start off by saying there isn’t such a thing as a simple drink. There can be a simple drink in terms of a drink that’s simple to make. But in my mind calling a drink simple is kind of an insult. So like what makes one drink….so what, I’m supposed to say that like oh, Pais is so simple, it’s so easy to understand because it’s just bright and refreshing or Gamay, if you will, or something you can see people say that a lot. But that, oh you know, Barolo or Bordeaux, those are complex wines. Those are wines that you really have to think about. I would argue that you think about all the wines that you drink. I would argue that you think about all the cocktails that you drink. Even when I’m drinking like a Modelo, I’m still thinking like “damn this is refreshing” and its simple in the fact that that’s what I wanted right now but I think there’s this weird idea that like, some drinks are then….at least the way that I hear the term utilized, that drinks are simple and therefore more basic. What do you guys think?

E: Yeah, I mean, I think you know…when I’m thinking of a simple drink I’m thinking of something that’s like a base spirit and a few simple mixers or modifiers. So I’m generally thinking like, you know, it’s something that I probably have in my pantry at home. It’s maybe one of the easy templates like a sour, or a high ball or like an old fashioned. Something that I can make myself but that when I’m going to a cocktail bar, I actually generally am not ordering those type of, what I would consider simpler drinks, because I want to see what a bartender can do and I’m excited about kinda the barrel aged you know thing that they’ve got going on or maybe they’ve got some like unusual liquors that I maybe wouldn’t have access to. So I can see, in that way, when I’m thinking of simple I’m thinking of like it’s something that I can make at home, it’s pretty easy. But I do see that it could be you know, a knock against a lot of things. I mean for…I think for example you could consider hard seltzer to be simple. And the way that I’d think about it in that usage is: it’s kind of an alcohol delivery system, right? It’s like, it’s kind of non-offensive, it maybe doesn’t taste so….you know, like it’s not something that you’re going to be drinking necessarily for the flavor but just ’cause you want something easy that’ll give you a buzz and probably doesn’t have that many calories. So that’s kind of what I’m thinking of when I’m thinking of like a simple drink.

Z: Yeah, I think it’s important to kind of differentiate here the difference between simple as a description for what goes into making the drink itself and simple in terms of the experience of drinking it, if that makes sense. So a gin and tonic is a functionally simple drink, you put gin in a glass, you put tonic in a glass, you maybe put a lime wedge in a glass, you put some ice in there. You know, it’s a drink that pretty much anyone can make and therefore on sort of one level it’s very simple. That said, you know understanding the flavors going on in a gin and tonic with a complex gin, a well-made tonic, that’s the opposite of a simple drink, there’s a lot of complexity there. So I think part of it is just, and I come across this a lot in wine in general, that the English language is unfortunately imprecise when it comes to describing the things we want to describe and so we use the term simple to mean a lot of different things. In this case I think the use of the term does kind of create a lot of confusion. So I will say that I am very much with Erica on the side of you know simple as a descriptor for what goes into making the drink as being something that yeah, that….

A: Right, but guys that’s not what I’m saying. I think you guys are misunderstanding me. So, I’ve already said at the beginning of my comments that I’m not talking about drinks being simple in terms of simple ingredients. The way I’m seeing it used by a lot of professionals is simple in terms of I don’t have to think. So that’s where I’m having issues with the term. So my issue with the term has nothing to do with saying that like this was a simple wine because, I don’t know, it has one varietal in it. Or this was a simple cocktail because it’s a two-ingredient cocktail. My issue is that I’m seeing lots of people saying they want to go back to simple drinks they don’t have to think about and that I think is where I’m having…. where I think there’s… it’s kind of bullshit, right? That’s sort of where I was hoping to drive the conversation was like, are there drinks out there that you guys actually believe you don’t have to think about? That are truly just alcohol delivery systems? Because if you believe that then you could basically say that like, I don’t know, a lot of the stuff we talk about like seltzer, etc. is…is void. Right? Because those are “simple” drinks to a lot of people. Those are drinks….or Modelo or certain wines that you don’t age for very long and are refreshing. Or certain like, swizzle cocktails, right? I would argue that you think about all of those so therefore they are not simple. But the, I mean but…again like that’s just my opinion.

E: Well, I’m just wondering if people are using “simple” to think more along the lines of “easy-drinking, crowd-pleaser,” sort of cocktails. I’ve seen this debate happening on Instagram too where I’ve seen some bartenders saying, hey bartenders out there, like I see you doing a lot of simple drinks and like show some complexity here. But my argument to that would be, that people don’t have those ingredients, you know bartenders who are giving “simple” drinks are doing it out of service to…you know, to people who have probably not a lot of stuff in their home bars. But I’m wondering if it’s just another term that’s being used to convey, like you know, you mentioned Gamay and Pais, those are pretty like crowd-pleasing, easy to drink, like you know you’d have ‘em at a backyard or on a rooftop and you wouldn’t have to really have much conversation about it. So I’m thinking it’s more being used in terms of that context.

Z: Well I think it’s instructive to think about, you know food in some cases. And I don’t think any of us would argue that some foods are I guess simpler in that they, again, don’t necessarily require or even merit a whole lot of thought when you’re eating them. Like I really love when I go to a cocktail party and this is super simple, I really like shrimp cocktail. But I would never call a shrimp cocktail like the dish that is going to make you think twice about, I don’t know, shellfish or cocktail sauce or something and similarly…

A: Maybe! It might be your first time and you’re like “wow, this stuff is delicious!”

Z: Sure! But I mean I guess that’s my point is like, when I think…when I use the term simple to describe something like a wine or a cocktail in the sort of taste side, I would be talking about something with relatively limited complexity and in that I mean there’s not necessarily a lot of flavors, there’s not a lot of you know, over the course of the time that you are drinking it…whether that’s the amount of time that you from when you out the drink in your mouth to when you swallow it or finish tasting it or from when you open the bottle to when you finish the bottle or whatever, there’s not much that happens. That what you taste on that first initial sip is gonna be what you’re gonna taste in every subsequent sip and that what you taste at the beginning of the sip is what you’re gonna taste when you finish. And that’s not a….none of that is bad. I think that’s what’s important here. But it is meaningful to say that a wine has….or a cocktail or a beer is simple or straightforward or has relatively limited complexity because some wines, cocktails and beers don’t, and those….to say that you prefer one or the other is again, not necessarily a statement of absolute value, it’s just to note that if you open a bottle….to compare your bottle of relatively straightforward Beaujolais to say even a Cru Beaujolais or from there you know Barolo, Barbaresco, you know Burgundy whatever comparison you wanna use of a complex wine, it is a fundamentally different experience to drink those two things. And it’s not to say one is better or worse, there are times when I want both of those things. But they are different, and I think that we sometimes get to this place in drinks and I think there’s good intention behind this but it can be a little over the top which is like, we don’t wanna tell anyone that anything they like isn’t the greatest. And that’s fine and I don’t wanna tell people what they should and shouldn’t drink, I think that’s a really noble thing to consider is to not make someone feel bad for liking what they like, but it is ok to say there are differences in these things, that these two things are not the same. That they have different qualities. In the same way that we wouldn’t claim that an IPA and a Pilsner taste the same, they are different, and that doesn’t mean that one is lighter and one is more full-bodied, that one is better and one is worse, they might be preferable at different times. And same too with simple or complex drinks. Sometimes you want a beer, a wine, a cocktail that’s going to really make you think, that has a lot of flavor that might develop over time. And sometimes you just wanna have something in your glass that you can taste and enjoy, you like the way it tastes and you know that every sip, every can, every bottle, every whatever is gonna taste the same, and that’s cool too.

A: But see….but here’s the problem. So first of all, the two beers you used as examples are both aren’t simple beers but if you were to say to a brewer, “This lager is simple” they’d lose their shit on you. Right? Or if you were to say to a winemaker “Oh I love this wine, it’s really simple” they would lose their shit. Right? So…

Z: I don’t know that that’s true!

A: Have you ever sat down with a winemaker and said to a winemaker that you thought their wine was simple cause I guarantee you haven’t.

Z: I’ve had winemakers tell me that their wine is simple ’cause that’s what they’re trying to make. They know that….yeah if someone is trying to sell you a $200 bottle of wine and they say….and you say “oh, this is a pretty simple wine” they’re gonna be pissed. But there’s a place in the world…people who are making wine that sells for $10, $12, $15 dollars a bottle, many of them know that what they’re making is something that offers, you know, not the most complexity and that’s not what they’re trying to do because they know there’s a huge market for wine that people can just taste and enjoy and appreciate and it isn’t gonna necessarily be this thing that people are gonna age or that they’re gonna, you know, sit and sort of pontificate about, it’s just wine that people like. And there’s lots of winemakers who are super happy to be making that, they’re not….not every single person gets into this for some sort of grand ego-stroking, “you must venerate me and tell me that everything I make is the greatest thing ever,” some of them are happy to make straightforward, simple, easy-to- appreciate beer, wine, whatever.

A: I mean, I’m interested to hear what Erica has to say here because in my experience I’ve never had a winemaker tell me their wine was simple, even when their wine was an $8 to $10 dollar retail bottle or a beer. They always think their wine still has complexity or their beer has complexity because they were involved in making it, they were involved in….it’s like, I don’t know, the way I think about it with any of these alcohol products, right? And the person that produces it, or an artist – you tell them that their art is simple or a writer, you tell them their writing is simple. It’s like, could you imagine going to a parent and telling them you thought that their child was simple? I mean they’ve been involved in making it this entire time like I am shocked that someone has said that to you because if I knew of a parent that walked in and was like “yeah, my kid’s pretty simple,” I’d be like wow! OK.

E: Yeah…

A: Just because it’s…that’s my issue with the word. The word I think is seen by most people as an insult. I don’t necessarily 100% agree with it but that’s why I wanted to have the discussion because like it is this word that a lot of people use to insult different drinks.

E: I mean, I think if you look at tasting notes, right? If you look at a winery’s tasting notes and it’s something like a bottle that is retailing for under $10 dollars I think you can pick that up from the tasting notes. So even from a brand like what they’re saying, they’re saying….sometimes they’ll use terms in their marketing that’s like “Cheap and cheerful” or like “crowd pleaser” or like “porch pounder” or those sorts of things. And when they’re describing the wine as “fruity” and it’s not telling you is it red fruit or black fruit or you know what types of citrus, I mean they know it’s kind of fruity and it may be like dry or off-dry, I think when they’re using pretty vague descriptors they’re getting at the idea that it’s not super specific or complex and it’s gonna be a crowd pleaser that you’ll be able to take to a potluck and feel fine about. So I think in that way it’s fine to call, I would say I think it’s fine to call certain wines or certain cocktails simple in that I wouldn’t necessarily take it as an insult. And I think if I were a winemaker who was making a lot of more commercially oriented wines and I knew that they were really kind of on the low to middle shelf of the grocery store I….you know, maybe that’s one end of a range of wines that I’m making but then at the top of the shelf you’ve got those more expensive wines that are going to yield much more and develop in the glass and like have much more of a expression and sort of story that they’re telling in the bottle. But some wines are just not that way and some beers are not that way and some cocktails are not that way. I think it’s….you know, they each have kind of a different utility and there’s a utility in simple.

A: OK. I can see that. Zach, what do you think?

Z: Well so I think there’s two things going on here, one is that there’s no doubt that most winemakers, most I’m sure brewers, distillers, etc. you know they think about all that goes into making a product, and if they’re making something that has you know, a lot of time, a lot of energy, a lot of you know their own interest and investment and passion that goes into it then of course yes, they’re not necessarily going to look at their process of making whatever it is that they’re making as simple, it’s involved in a lot of ways. But a lot of them are also, you know, they understand, the good ones certainly you know understand that there is a range of….and again, I wanna divorce this part of the conversation from a discussion of quality cause I don’t necessarily think that’s totally fair because I think some of the wines and beers and cocktails that I’ve loved a lot are not necessarily things I would describe as complex. Sometimes simple is really a delightful thing. In the same way it is with food or even with you know entertainment or whatever. And…so I think that there’s…on the one hand you’re right. Producers generally do not like to downplay what they do, some of them are kind of overly humble, but a lot of them you know are going to take credit for the work they do. But it doesn’t mean that those of us who are not producers can’t be honest with ourselves and with our audience and say, ok well yeah every single person who makes a bottle of wine thinks their bottle of wine is good but they’re not all good like that’s just the honest truth. And every single person might think that what they’re doing and not all of it is. And that’s OK and it doesn’t mean that the non-complex wines are bad, I want to reiterate that point, but it also means that we have to be honest and we have to step away from what the producer is gonna tell us and use our own judgment. And we have to be able to taste and discern and discuss and we do that and that’s where the sort of analysis that we provide has to matter. Because if it was just a matter of what the PR firm or the marketing arm of the winery puts on the label, well then everyone is fucked, like no one… they’re all gonna claim their wine is the greatest ’cause that’s what marketing is. And our job is to separate, you know to sort through all that and to say OK, you know they might tell you that but here is what our considered presumably unbiased opinion is, and it maybe that wine X is more complex than wine Y and if that matters to you then maybe you should buy wine X and not wine Y and if it doesn’t matter to you then buy whatever you want. Or if wine X is twice as much maybe the complexity doesn’t matter as much to you and that’s totally fine too. Again, I’m not here telling people what they should or shouldn’t value in wine or beer or spirits, it’s just there are differences and it’s important to note them.

A: So, in your day-to-day life, do you drink more simple wine or more complex wine, Zach?

Z: That’s a really good question. I really….I find that I really vacillate, like last night, I opened a very I think a relatively straightforward bottle of Cotes du Rhone because we were making hamburgers and that’s a wine I love with that. And I wouldn’t want a more complex wine with burgers ’cause I don’t think it really makes sense. I wanna be able to kind of have something that is gonna go with the dish and is gonna be, you know, fun and has that sort of that generic fruitiness that Erica was talking about. But there are other times when yeah, I wanna sit and contemplate. But I’m also, you know, I’m not a good sort of archetype or a good sort of example in this category ’cause I have a wine buying problem and I have like a lot of it and I like to buy complex wines ’cause I like to age wines. But I think that again, even then, oftentimes what I’m in the mood for is something relatively straightforward, you know? If we’re having a glass of wine and we’re going to sit outside on our deck and look at other people from a safe distance, then like sometimes I just want something simple and we have plenty of those bottles around too.

A: Erica?

E: I mean I totally go back and forth. Sometimes I want something with….that’s just refreshing and light, and that might be that vermouth with some soda water and then other times I really want to dive into, you know, an aged wine. Like I had an….even earlier this week I had a 2010 Bordeaux, it was from a…not a really well known estate. And this was a Bordeaux that I got for like 25 bucks so it was not super noteworthy, probably not that many people know about it but it has these really fascinating more gamy sort of characteristics that, you know, I had made this pork roast and I thought well, whatever I’ll open this bottle and it was just so cool like how all of the forest floor notes and all of these more tertiary characteristics of this wine really complemented this roast that I had made. So I think that there’s like context, right? At the end of the day I might be looking for something kind of fruity or light or refreshing but then if I’ve spent time on a meal like maybe I’m looking for something a little more complex.

A: I dig, I dig. So then basically….

Z: What about you Adam? What about you? What are you drinking?

A: I mean right now? Whiskey straight to my face. But um….I mean for the most part….God, I would say on the weekend with like good friends, before the quarantine it was, you know it was dinner party wines. We’d probably start with something a little more simple when people got there and then we would move to a complex wine for dinner. For sure. But I think when we entertain we try to have wines that we want people to think about ’cause I think those are….you know, we’ve sort of become known as the couple that like out of our friends is really into wine and people get to try really cool stuff with us, so like we’ll probably open more complex things when we’re entertaining than we would simple wines if that makes sense. Like when it’s just Naomi and I like then you know….I mean, there’s nothing wrong with like a very delicious you know Beaujolais, or even like some of the rosés that we tried in the rosé roundup. Completely agree. I just, I prefer to usually talk about them as just like….again, not cheap and cheerful but you know like easy-drinking. Just because again like I’ve always been trying to avoid using a word that anyone could take an insult by. Right? So that’s been like….since I got into drinks in general, drinks and food like I’ve always been very conscious of that ’cause I’ve never wanted to be like “Oh…” At our book club, for example, like a lot of people bring wines that are easier, right? But if I was like “Oh, I love this wine. It’s a really nice, simple wine” I know the person I say that will take offense to it. Even though everything you guys are saying is completely valid, there are these words in our vocabulary that people just find to be insulting. Whether they’re meant that way or not. Like we can completely mean them positively, it’s just the person on the other side the only interpretation they can hear is like the idea, associated with like this word of like being a simpleton or being…..and that’s never been a very positive word to most people. So I try to avoid them. But like, you know, I do like wines that are easier to drink, more often than not because I’m thinking about way too much shit every day and like I don’t want to sit and fucking double decant a wine and then you know, slowly drink through it and contemplate it every night. That’s just not what I want to do. I want something that’s delicious and will help me take the edge off and I can enjoy with my partner and not worry about, you know, having to dissect if I can get the specific terroir the fucking vine was grown in or take 25 steps to make a cocktail. You know? Which is why I like Negronis. Like to me Negronis are a very complex yet simple cocktail, because they’re very simple to make. So yeah, I guess that’s how I’d go down in a nutshell.

E: Yeah, and I think you know, thinking back to conversations that I’ve had with winemaker friends, I think one thing that I do hear them say a lot about their wines that are at the under let’s say $10-$12 level is, I hear them describe them to me as solid. These are really solid wines. These provide a great value at the price point. So I think when they are thinking about their wines, it is different – to your point about the marketing department kind of positions them as like the cheap and cheerful and all of that, but they, I think they are thinking about them in terms of the relative value in a certain category and then trying to make the best maybe fullest flavored, or kind of most…that delivers the most of something, whatever that goal is, to the customer in that price point. So I do think that they’re thinking about, maybe not in terms of simple but in terms of what’s the best value, what’s the best wine we can produce given that we’re trying to hit a $10 price point.

A: Totally agreed. Guys this was a fun discussion. We haven’t gotten to have like a good little debate in a few weeks given all the Covid shit, so this was fun. So yeah guys, thanks again for listening to everyone out there. If you enjoy the podcast drop us a line, give us a review, give us a star rating on iTunes, Stitcher, wherever you get your podcasts and Zach and Erica please stay safe. Continue to drink complex or simple wines, whatever you prefer, and cocktails and beer and I’ll see you both here next week.

Z: Sounds great.

E: See you then.

A: Thanks so much for listening to the VinePair podcast, if you enjoy listening to us every week please leave us a review or rating on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever it is you get your podcasts, it really helps everyone else discover the show. And now for the credits:

VinePair is produced and hosted by Zach Geballe, Erica Duecy and me: Adam Teeter. Our engineer is Nick Patri and Keith Beavers. I’d also like to give a special shout out to my VinePair co-founder Josh Malin and the rest of the VinePair team for their support. Thanks so much for listening and we’ll see you again right here next week.

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VinePair Podcast: Is Calling a Drink Simple an Insult?

That’s the topic on this week’s VinePair podcast, where Adam, Erica, and Zach discuss these questions and try to figure out what exactly makes for a simple drink in these very un-simple times.

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Adam: From my apartment in Brooklyn, NY, I’m Adam Teeter.

Erica: From my apartment in Jersey City, I’m Erica Duecy.

Zach: And in my house in Seattle, Washington, I’m Zach Geballe.

A: And this is the VinePair podcast and Zach you’re in a basement.

Z: That’s true.

A: You’re in a basement.

Z: Well, I am not below ground. I am just on a ground-floor, relatively dark space with a poster of Godzilla.

A: Do you have a basement?

A: Yeah, I wonder if some good music is gonna come out of this whole thing?

E: That’s why there’s a lot of coffee shops there too.

Z: That’s for sure.

A: So how are you both doing?

A: And Zach, what about you man?

Z: Yeah that’s been my experience, yeah.

A: Maybe! It might be your first time and you’re like “wow, this stuff is delicious!”

Z: I don’t know that that’s true!

A: Have you ever sat down with a winemaker and said to a winemaker that you thought their wine was simple cause I guarantee you haven’t.

E: Yeah…

A: OK. I can see that. Zach, what do you think?

A: So, in your day-to-day life, do you drink more simple wine or more complex wine, Zach?

A: Erica?

A: I dig, I dig. So then basically….

Z: What about you Adam? What about you? What are you drinking?

Z: Sounds great.

E: See you then.

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Thanks for being kind to my wallet man. Anyways, I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway by saying "you Ichirukis". I just came by your blog and you seem to be a pretty knowledgeable dude and thus I asked you a question. Hostile little shit? Really? I'm being called a godamn hopeless imbecile here. Maybe you've just read my msg in a different tone as there is an absence of non-verbal communication here. I didn't say anything about you owing me shit man, you just interpreted that way.

And when you are referring to normal people, there tends to be cross cultural differences sometimes. So whatever you consider as being a normal person might not be the same for somebody else. In your terms I sound and act like a hostile IH so I’m not considered a normal person right? I wasn’t paying too much attention to the Bleach media from start to finish so I don’t know all the nitty gritty details such as sales and such. But yeah you’re right. If you don’t want explain you don’t have to.

Oh my god, an apology. Well, now I’ve seen everything.

Alright, look. I’m having a bit of an experience at the moment, perhaps most accurately summarized by Jules from Pulp Fiction going “The truth is…you’re the weak, and I am the tyranny of evil men. But I’m trying, Ringo. I’m trying real hard to be the shepherd.” So I’m going to accept your apology, and take it for granted that you didn’t mean to come across nearly as condescendingly as you did.

Given that, I too will apologize for my behavior. When I see aggression, I get aggressive. It’s just habit. Trigger-happy IFF. So, I’m sorry for insulting you with gratuitous ad hominem. Let me advise that you consider your tone more carefully in the future.

With that said, let me attempt to answer your original question sincerely in a compact fashion without writing a goddamn thesis, because I still don’t want to put in the time to do that. Bleach had exactly three things going for it:

The uniqueness of the IchiRuki relationship and their individual characters. Ichigo and Rukia are unique because they are somewhere between being deuteragonists and Rukia being a supporting protagonist. I would say that she is a “hidden deuteragonist,” in that her influence is constantly felt, even when she isn’t present. Ichigo is not a normal shounen protagonist, like Gintoki, Luffy, Naruto, Goku, or Kenshiro. He doesn’t have a vision or a goal, and he’s a terrible tsundere. Rukia, however, does. Rukia sets Ichigo on his way and enables him to do what he does, and she repeatedly keeps him in check when he flounders. She is what enables him to function. He is what enables her to influence things. They are two parts of a whole, and neither is operational or very effective without the other. This “split soul” phenomenon is unique to them, was a hallmark of the early manga, and echoed on throughout. Although its promise was by no means always lived up to, it was there, and it’s a major part of why IR is a thing.

Character design in general. I’ll give Kubo this: he’s usually good at fashion and drafting relatively memorable characters. (Even if he starts to recycle faces after awhile; it’s not like Dragon Ball/Z/GT/etc., One Piece, and so on don’t.) They tend to have unique designs, if not wholly unique or fleshed out personalities. He’s very good at creating the illusion of depth using them. Over the run of the series, pretty much everyone was able to find a character they liked, if not several.

Mystery. A lot of the shit that happens in Bleach is unexplained, or was kicked down the road for as long as possible before being explained. A lot of it was never explained, stuff like “What was Yoruichi’s bankai? / What was her zanpakutou? / Why can she turn into a cat?” “Who were the other two Great Noble Houses?” “What was the deal with the Soul King?” “How did Soul Society really get started?” “What was up with Komamura?” “What was up with Don Kanonji?” “What was up with Ururu and Jinta?” The list goes on and on. Mystery is alluring, as the writers of Lost quickly figured out.

You will notice what I didn’t mention: fighting, worldbuilding, and plot. So let’s go over those quickly.

Fighting: Bleach’s fights suck. Someone dramatically teleports behind someone else leading to a shocked expression. Someone slices someone else’s arm off. Whoever reveals how their powers work first loses. Everybody gets new, “hiddener, worser” powers. It wasn’t so bad through the Soul Society arc because it was still fresh, but the more power-creep set in, the worse it got. Bleach doesn’t use powers in interesting ways like One Piece or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It doesn’t handle a constant ramping up of the stakes as well as Dragon Ball/etc. It doesn’t have the technical interest of Naruto. It’s extremely boring and repetitive. As a battle manga, it’s shit.

Worldbuilding: Bleach’s worldbuilding is a shadow puppet show. It’s literally Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: the illusion of depth and meaning which you only process as such because nothing calls it into question. This isn’t to say Kubo didn’t plan some things (I would say that the theological essence of Soul Society and its cycle of reincarnation makes more sense than most organized religions, since it answers a lot of basic questions like “Where do new souls come from?”) but there were many things he simply couldn’t be bothered with.

Plot: It’s rather apparent, and has been for a number of years, that Kubo reshuffled the plot on the way to the conclusion of the Soul Society arc. That said, the plot was still good up until then. The Arrancar arc was serviceable, Hueco Mundo was bad, and things went downhill from there. The reappearance of the Quincy in Thousand-Year Blood War was a massive retcon and plot hole that makes no real sense.

Now here’s the thing. The Mystery aspect of Bleach was bound up in the Plot and Worldbuilding. The more the latter two fell apart, the more the former became threadbare and could be clearly seen as an effort to string readers along. So much of Bleach’s “promise” turned out to be a polar bear on a tropical island.

The Character design also became wrapped up in Worldbuilding and Fighting, as characters often had no other means to advance, grow, or define themselves, and were relegated to bit parts other than to turn up every two years in some insignificant tussle. The continuing cast bloat only made this worse, as did the dramatically skewed nature of fan favorites.

What didn’t change was IchiRuki. I would argue it didn’t advance as it should have, and rather more objectively, every effort was made to push them into the background in favor of the other five elements, but they were at least consistent throughout, which is why so many people looked forward to their interactions, no matter how fleeting. It was solid all the way up until the final 5 or so chapters, once Kubo had clearly decided to implement his subversive “ending” (what with Tsukishima taking Rukia’s primary role, and so on).

Anybody who wasn’t around for that reason was holding onto vain hope about the Mystery, because of sunk cost fallacy, or were just trying to support their favorite characters or other ships. That’s the god’s honest truth. Bleach’s numbers started to tank after Soul Society and were abysmal by the time of Lost Substitute Shinigami. The sudden end of Bleach was Shueisha finally pulling the plug and disconnecting life support.

Now, you can say that nothing I’ve said here is proof, and that would be true, this is all summary. The proof is out there though (although I cannot be bothered to assemble it all for you), and I think any honest reader would admit the truth of my analysis even without it.

tl;dr IchiRuki is the only consistent positive of Bleach, which is otherwise a subpar fashion manga which never deserved to be counted among the big three on any other merits.

#Asks

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As a requirement of literary historiography, chronic studies have an important place in corpus research. When this method is turned upside down, a concept called history literacy emerges that this definition, which does not exist, points to the works of Reşad Ekrem Koçu, who is known to be an exclusive historian of Istanbul. Koçu’s history is not the history of wars, conquests, spoils; sword clangors, horseman’s horseshoes neither the anthems of glory are also unheard of in his history writings. He is a strange historian of Istanbul who has gone after the common, ignored, often unknown.

A Fetish History Of Istanbul Although Koçu has been approached as the writer who brings history closer to literature, the man who tells the details or the historian of the other, the most accurate definition that shows the fount of his understanding of history is that he is the “Istanbul Historian”.

Even though names such as Ahmet Rasim and Ahmet Refik had worked on the history of Istanbul before his coach, these shifts did not go beyond the efforts of a hugely thoughtful approach and cannot even come close to the detail workmanship of the Istanbul Encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was built in a monolithic manner, with the finely detailed decorations of a Seljuk or Ottoman architectural craftsmanship, and a fascinating style union in each fascicle.

The Istanbul Encyclopedia is a work of Koçu’s life, but it is not a hollow approach given the sacrifices made by the author for the encyclopedia. The encyclopedia for which he has devoted a large part of his life to writing, research studies, drawings and paintings, and even the financing necessary for its printing, has been left unfinished in the middle of Article G due to the author’s death.

Although the imagination of Reşad Ekrem dates back to earlier, the Istanbul Encyclopedia adventure, which began in November 1944, continues until 1973. Researchers on the subject pointed out that after 1951, there was a gap of seven to eight years, during which time no new fascicles were printed. Therefore, in the encyclopedia studies, it is classified as the first period between 1944 and 1951 and the second period after 1958.

The Five Hundredth Anniversary Of The Conquest Reşad Ekrem Koçu pointed out the year 1953 by saying in the introduction part of his work that “I vowed to present the Istanbul Encyclopedia to the five hundredth anniversary of the conquest of the city by the Turks.” However, although this calendar of prosperity was mostly suspended for twenty years due to financial dilemmas, its printing could not be completed from a to z. The delicate beauties of Istanbul we have been deprived of reading after the Master passed away stays as a great conundrum confusing minds.

Koçu’s secretive attitude to the encyclopedia’s classification, such that he tells a number of professionals in lengths of pages, is one of the main reasons for the work to be included in the archives as an incomplete fetish city history. Koçu, who is living at the financial point of the real period, makes a reproach and reproach to the reader in the last word of the thirtieth fascicle of the encyclopedia.

“Your eternal appreciation and the friendship you have shown to me is not enough. You have to be materially visible to me. ‘Does not the municipality give a hand?’, ‘Doesn’t the education directorate help?’, ‘Doesn’t the party help you?’ do not try to advise and guide me. In 365 days, that is, once in a whole year, sir, one time, open your wallets to the Istanbul Encyclopedia and subscribe to it by giving the money like 1560 cents for one night with rakı of grocery shopkeepers at Balıkpazarı.

Building The Registry Of Istanbul Reşad Ekrem Koçu, just like the poet said, thinks that “Istanbul is of unique value and priceless” (“Bu şehr-i Stanbul ki bî-misl ü bahâdır”). In order to immortalize his admiration for the city, he had long ago decided write the Istanbul Encyclopedia. He embarks on the work of creating the index of Istanbul in his own words at the beginning of the 1940s. The disenchantment of the world economy during the Second World War has greatly affected the young Republic.

The money that the publisher and the reader will devote to the products of thought and publication is limited. After a few years of searching, a merchant named Cemal Çaltı, as crazy as Koçu, seeks the financial burden of the encyclopedia. Koçu cannot not publish the encyclopedia, which he plans to complete in thirty-two pages of ink fascicles each month. Nevertheless, the first period studies are very productive. The office where Koçu works on the encyclopedia is located on Nallı Mescit on Ankara Street. The work bureau is full of literary, historian and all kinds of talents who reach out to the financial needs of Cemal Çaltı, the sponsor of the encyclopedia. The office, which quickly turned into an intellectual meeting place, evolved to a place where the items needed to be entered into the Istanbul Encyclopedia are discussed, and ideas and advice are abundantly expressed. Koçu, witnessing the trueness of the saying “The sparkles of truth comes out of the contradiction between the ideas” (“Bârika-i hakikat, müsademe-i efkârdan doğar”) in this period, continues his works with the contributions of the work of a seriously effective brain team.

After five years of effort, the Koçu-Çaltı partnership breaks down before the twentieth fascicule is reached, the pair is separated in a friendly way, and the solitary loneliness of this unique city history of world literature begins. The passion of Reşad Ekrem Koçu and the financial means he can find will determine the speed of publication of the work from that on.

An Uncompleted Dream The most important aspect on why Reşad Ekrem’s understanding of history and narrative style has received this love and has carried him beyond his age is that he tells the stories not in a stereotypical chain of events but by simple human stories, and his inclination to the city’s boldness. Political history is a field far from Koçu. In this regard, the encyclopedia articles of an ancient city like Istanbul are the subject of most ordinary human profiles, artisans, sellers, women, children, streets, mosques, covered bazaars, lunatics, youth, singers, musicians, dancers, fires, epidemics, earthquakes. Therefore, the reader does not see the Istanbul Encyclopedia as a formal history; he considers it a novel of Istanbul and feels it in himself.

Koçu says on the Istanbul Encyclopedia, which he thinks that every archivist or bibliophile wishes to have in their library, that “First of all, it marks the Turkish stamp on this big town. It is not long until the 500th year of Istanbul’s conquest and this year (1953) and the Istanbul Encyclopedia will be the most positive and meaningful work of it. So much so that the Istanbul Encyclopedia; the treasure of the history of Istanbul, the trappings of the libraries, is a must-buy for every Istanbulite and Istanbul lover. ” (From the Istanbul Encyclopedia brochure distributed in the Istanbul Exhibition-1949)

The most important reasons why the idea of writing a city encyclopedia in Istanbul, where a historian in love with Istanbul has less than one sample in the world, is led to a lonesome incompleteness, is that’s the study is not handled according to a scientific method, the classification of the sources and items according to the importance and interest level of the author and it is based on details.

In 1970s, some talented writers who contributed to the encyclopedia were distanced from the work, which led to the fact that writing which was already conducted without a method and gropely had evolved into a very personal form and even towards Reşad Ekrem’s autobiography. Fascicle No. 173, published in 1973, becomes the final product of the Istanbul Encyclopedia, which takes its place as a fetish text in the history of world literature. The printing is stopped at Gökçınar article of the Letter “G”.

His remonstrance that the late art historian Semavi Eyice does in his work Memories of Istanbul Encyclopedia makes every collector take deep sigh and say “I wish!” . “Reşad Ekrem Koçu would have been able to continue his encyclopedia for a while if he did not get separated from those who provided him with financial support, if he had avoided using unnecessary articles that lengthened the encyclopedia, had a regular life above everything, and had not been as keen on drinking as some of his predecessors.”

THE ISTANBUL ENCYCLOPEDIA

Pertevniyal High School History Teacher Reşad Ekrem Koçu

THE ISTANBUL ENCYCLOPEDIA

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A Love-Crazed Historian Of Istanbul: Who Is Reşad Ekrem Koçu? Reşad Ekrem, who is known for his jokes, novels, stories and researches on historical subjects but whose name is mostly known for his important work, the Istanbul Encyclopedia, was born in 1905 in Istanbul and continued his education in Konya and Bursa. He has earned a living by writing articles in magazines such as Hayat History Journal, Illustrated History Journal, History World, Hayat, Yeşilay, Büyük Doğu, Week, Turkish Folklore Research, İstanbul Institute Journal etc. and in journals such as Cumhuriyet, Yeni Sabah, Milliyet, Hergün, Yeni Tanin and Tercüman . He passed away on July 6, 1975 and was buried in the Sahrayıcedid Cemetery.

The Istanbul Encyclopedia It was known that Reşad Ekrem could not complete the Istanbul Encyclopedia since 1973, but it figured out in 2010 when his heirs transferred the records to the third parties that he was working for the post-G letter. When the leaf was examined, it was seen that the decedent carried the fasciculants up to the letter Z.

Subjects At The Top Of Every Volume Of Istanbul Encyclopedia “Istanbul: Mosque, Masjid, Madrasa, School, Library, Dervish Lodge, Mausoleum, Church, Holy Spring of Orthodox Greeks (Ayazma), Fountain, Sabil, Palace, Seaside Residence, Mansion, Pavilion, Han, Turkish Bath, Theater, Coffeehouse, Tavern .. All Structures… State Men, Scholar, Poet, Craftsman, Businessman, Doctor, Teacher, Hoja, Dervish, Pastor, Monk, Lunatic, Youth, Nigâr, Singer, Musician, Ottoman Dancers (Çengi), Dancer Boys (Köçek), Drunkard, Tramps, Wrestler, Firefighter, Bully, Gambler, Thief, Punk, Beggar, Murderer .. All the celebrities. Mountain, Water, Air, Recreation Areas, Gardens, Orchards and God. All Natural Beauties and Geography… Streets, Neighbourhoods, Districts… Fires, Epidemics, Earthquakes, Revolutions, Murders and the Adventures of Love Epic to Languages… Pictures, Poems, Books, Novels, Travelogues… Foreign Celebrities visiting Istanbul… ” (As Koçu writes)

Traces Of History On Mankind “Reşad Ekrem Koçu does not speak much about political history. In his lines, traces of history are always followed, with regard to daily life, human profile, city memory, clothing, oddities brought about by gender distinctions rather than contracts, treaties, borders. However, from time to time this situation has turned his historiography into the subject of discussion of the health of the information he conveyed. ” Murat Belge’s comments on Reşad Ekrem Koçu

Minutes Of The Daily Life “First of all, I read it for the Turkish flavour of the texts. He is the author of the era of people who use Ottoman words as they are now, not people who use such a great medium, but people who use a certain sense of language, taste and elegance. Another important aspect of Reşad Ekrem Koçu is that he exhibits objects, details and customs that are very important in reflecting the spirit and atmosphere of the period that many historians have omitted, ignored.” From Murathan Mungan’s Article: “A History as It is: Reşad Ekrem Koçu”….

By: Necati Bulut *This article was published in the November-December issue of Marmara Life.

Reading Istanbul Through Eyes Of A Detail Oriented Historian Reşad Ekrem Koçu And Istanbul Encyclopedia As a requirement of literary historiography, chronic studies have an important place in corpus research. When this method is turned upside down, a concept called history literacy emerges that this definition, which does not exist, points to the works of Reşad Ekrem Koçu, who is known to be an exclusive historian of Istanbul.

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isaiahrippinus · 4 years

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VinePair Podcast: Is Calling a Drink “Simple” an Insult?

That’s the topic on this week’s VinePair podcast, where Adam, Erica, and Zach discuss these questions and try to figure out what exactly makes for a simple drink in these very un-simple times.

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Adam: From my apartment in Brooklyn, NY, I’m Adam Teeter.

Erica: From my apartment in Jersey City, I’m Erica Duecy.

Zach: And in my house in Seattle, Washington, I’m Zach Geballe.

A: And this is the VinePair podcast and Zach you’re in a basement.

Z: That’s true.

A: You’re in a basement.

Z: Well, I am not below ground. I am just on a ground-floor, relatively dark space with a poster of Godzilla.

A: Do you have a basement?

A: Yeah, I wonder if some good music is gonna come out of this whole thing?

E: That’s why there’s a lot of coffee shops there too.

Z: That’s for sure.

A: So how are you both doing?

A: And Zach, what about you man?

Z: Yeah that’s been my experience, yeah.

A: Maybe! It might be your first time and you’re like “wow, this stuff is delicious!”

Z: I don’t know that that’s true!

A: Have you ever sat down with a winemaker and said to a winemaker that you thought their wine was simple cause I guarantee you haven’t.

E: Yeah…

A: OK. I can see that. Zach, what do you think?

A: So, in your day-to-day life, do you drink more simple wine or more complex wine, Zach?

A: Erica?

A: I dig, I dig. So then basically….

Z: What about you Adam? What about you? What are you drinking?

Z: Sounds great.

E: See you then.

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92434 Professional Identity 2017

ASSESSMENT 2

Case Study, (40%)

Sandy Wilson

Assignment

Read the following scenario carefully

Provide an analysis of the case by answering the questions that follow

Submit into Turnitin when you have completed the assignment. It will be marked in Turnitin and grades will appear in ‘My Grades’ on UTSOnline

The Scenario

Sandy Wilson, fifteen years old, had just completed a three-month check-up for a fractured ankle. The fracture had healed completely without complications, but her haemoglobin level was in the low-normal range. As a precautionary measure, she was sent to Mary Jones, a nurse practitioner, for diet counselling.

Not long after Sandy had met in Mary’s office, she confided that she thought she was pregnant, but that she did not want anyone else to know, especially her mother. After some questioning, however, it became clear to Mary that Sandy had no clear idea of what she was going to do about the suspected pregnancy.

Before Mary could begin to think the situation through, Mrs Wilson knocked on the door and asked to come because she wanted to speak to Mary. Mrs Wilson entered and told Mary that Sandy had been nauseated and very tired lately, and asked Mary ‘Do you have any idea what could be causing this?

As Mary prepared to respond, Sandy remained silent and glared at her.

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Professional judgement requires that Mary, the Nurse Practitioner [NP] recognises the full range and complexity of issues involved in the ‘Sandy Wilson’ scenario and be able to ‘weigh these in the balance’ and come to a considered decision about what is best given the circumstances. In the scenario, there are legal, ethical and clinical issues which the nurse must attend to. Such judgement improves with experience and reflective attention to that experience.

All the following questions must be attempted. Please note that the majority of time should be spent on section 4 as this carries the highest percentage of marks. The word limit is 1200 words.

Case Study Questions

1. Briefly note the ‘problem’ that exists for Mary [what is the most basic thing ethically that the nurse must address]

Make a list of the things YOU think are the most ethically/legal significant factors in the scenario. In other words what things would have to take into account if thinking and decisions are to be ethically and legally appropriate in this situation?]

List 2 (two) options available to Mary, which are the most obvious courses of action, given what she takes the problem to be. Then choose ONE course of action

Develop an argument/rationale for the stance (course of action) taken by Mary.

The argument should:

Clear reasons for the nominated option

Give clear reasons why the other option is not recommended

The argument must relate to points 1-3 above

The criteria is present through ‘Assessment’ tab and assessment 1 case study

Further Points to note about this assignment:

This is not a formal essay. The best way to ‘format’, the assignment is simply to address questions 1-4 in that order

Use the headings supplied

The portal for ‘Turnitin’ is in the Assessment folder via Assessment button on the blue side bar

Please remember to ‘SAVE’ a copy of your work before submitting to your tutor

It is important to address your assignment to the appropriate tutor

You can submit into Turnitin before the due date and the previous copy will be over ridden. However, I suggest that you limit your submission as your previous work remains in the system

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Benefit of this exercise:

The exercise is designed to help you develop your own capacity for informed, analytical and appropriate critical appraisal of the ethical texture of nursing work. You develop these skills by building on your own current views through reading and classroom discussion. Use the readings given to SHAPE your thinking however it is YOUR thinking about the situation that is important. We want you to be a credible participant in the argument. Not merely a reporter of what others have said.

Acknowledgement Aileen Wylle

92434 Professional Identity ASSESSMENT 2 CASE STUDY

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DESCRIPTION

POSSIBLE MARKS

GRADE Problem Ø Problem noted with consideration of ethical issues

Ø Demonstrates basic facts of the case are understood

Ø Provides a relevant ethical consideration for the nurse

5 Ethical-legal

considerations

Ø Ethical and legal issues mentioned are linked to the problem

Ø Demonstrates depth of understanding in identification of ethically and legally significant factors related to the case

Ø Relevance of nominated ethical issue is made clear

Ø Basic facts of the case correctly understood

5 Courses of Action Ø Highlights no more than two courses of action that are relevant to the case

5 Chosen Course of Action Ø Provides a rationale and argues why you chose that particular course of action

Ø Recognises important implications and consequences of the recommended course of action

Ø Evidence that the ‘Problem’ and ‘Ethical & Legal Considerations’ are integrated throughout the discussion

Ø Offers analysis and evaluation of the course of action that was not chosen

20 Presentation and Referencing Ø Argument well supported with current and relevant literature

Ø Clear writing style with accurate grammar and referencing

5 Overall Mark and Grade Z= Below 50%

P= 50% and above

C= 65% and above

D= 75% and above

H = 85% and above

Total marks 40%

(100%)

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92434 Professional Identity

STUDENT FEEDBACK FOR ASSESSMENT 2

The Sandy Wilson Case Study

Professional judgement requires that the nurse recognise the full range and complexity of issues involved in the ‘Sandy Wilson’ scenario, be able to ‘weigh these in the balance’ and come to a considered decision about what was [most] important, what she needs to do, how she should go about these things etc … in order to be properly ‘available’ to Sandy. In the scenario, there are legal, ethical and clinical issues which the nurse must attend to. Such judgement improves with experience – and reflective attention to that experience. Following are a few comments on clinical skills and related legal and ethical matters.

Some specific law and ethics

Children and consent

Unless Maria had reason to believe otherwise, it seems clear that Sandy is an ordinarily legally competent girl. She will be able to consent to ‘ordinary medical and dental treatment’, which is what is initially involved here. If this is the case, then Sandy has status as a patient, and therefore has the right to confidentiality. An implication is this: that it is up to Sandy to decide whether her mother is to be informed of her situation. Maria has no obligation to say anything about Sandy to the mother, nor would she have any right to say anything without Sandy’s permission.

Sexual relations and 15-year old’s

You will be aware of what the Crimes Act (NSW) has to say about sexual intercourse with 15- year- old girls. However, the following points should be noted:

If the nurse, having discussed things with Sandy, learns that Sandy has been sexually involved with a boyfriend, and that this was consensual, then normal practice is to simply note this and move on to whatever therapeutic business might be necessary, This practice shows that the law is no longer viewed as applying absolutely and without exception: gradual changes in sexual mores have resulted in a more restricted application of the law.

Suppose the nurse learns that there has been coerced sex – forced by a family member: father, brother, uncle. The nurse is required by law to notify welfare authorities – under the provisions of the children and Young Persons (Care and Protection Act) (NSW). Note that the nurse would be indemnified in this situation: she is required to report even suspected abuse, but cannot be prosecuted if it turns out that no abuse actually occurred, in this situation, Sandy’s right to confidentiality is overridden by the requirements to notify.

If the nurse learns that Sandy was raped by someone outside the home, then while this is a clearly criminal matter, its handling involves complexity. Even if Sandy is in her care at home. The question of whether the police are to be notified, and by whom, is also complicated. Much would depend, for example, on whether the rapist was a stranger, or someone known to Sandy, and therefore identifiable to the police.

How to respond to the mother

Mother’s question to Maria [“Do you have any idea…?”] is very awkward for the nurse. She has a very clear idea of the possibilities here, even if she does not know for sure about any one of them. However, Sandy is owed confidentiality [already established], and given the delicacy of the issue she has raised, would need ‘protective space’ for the moment so that she can make use of the help she has sought from the nurse. Maria has a dilemma: either she answers truthfully – in which case she opens up a conversation which would likely expose Sandy: or she answers by deception [even lying] – which could afford protection for Sandy, but at the cost of an ethically troubling act. Note that some ‘in between’ action – evasion, but not deception, yet not the truth about Sandy’s concerns- would likely only stimulate further questions from the concerned mother… questions which would ultimately bring Maria back to the basic dilemma.

General nursing Overview:

A useful guiding framework for Maria in approaching such a situation is that of patient centredness. Here the patient has a status and ‘rights’ as a patient and these ought to be observed:

It implies recognition of the important person (Sandy)

shows respect to the patient (Sandy appears to be the patient)

fosters a therapeutic relationship with Sandy and others such as her mother when appropriate

in turn gains trust

Sandy will feel ‘empowered’/ a partnership perhaps better/ boundaries set though

leads into caring and a way forward

Abilities for the clinician (Maria) to observe in order to achieve the above dot points:

open mindedness

self-aware: considerate, empathetic

values individuals

motivated to help

advocate

The framework of ‘patient centred’ and the abilities required assist in the approach and the skills necessary for Maria to meet the situation as ‘professional’ i.e. a NP who is registered to:

diagnose and treat acute health problems e.g. infections, minor injuries,

monitor and treat chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension

order , perform and interpret specific diagnostic tests

possess, supply and prescribe some medications

refer and accept referrals for other health professional

(See the competency requirements necessary for NPs)

To be able to diagnose, monitor, treat, order and treat Maria would require the following skills

effective communication skills which are your attending, listening, questioning technique as appropriate e.g. direct questions can elicit information but may need to establish a trust or person at ease first.

use supportive behaviours: see notes below on the approach to Sandy

Sound judgement: avoid assumptions, making judgements too quickly, false reassurance

Making unnecessary decisions for Sandy

assessment skills to assist in making the ‘best’ possible decisions

authority to practice through professional bodies

knowledge related to that which she is registered

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NICOLE July 5, 2017 at 7:22 am Please stop using mental illness as an excuse to be an asshole. Mental illness does not force you to be horrible to people. Also remember Kanye was doing this long before his breakdown. Rap is built on beef so frankly I’m not surprised he came for Kanye. He came for his wife and by all gossip accounts Kimye are obsessed with Bey and Jay. 4:44 is pretty great and some of Jay’s best. It’s also more than this stupid beef MARIA F. July 5, 2017 at 7:31 am I totally agree. Maybe Kanye’s environment should have prevented him from performing in such a state, but of course, he is their cash cow. But even if he was not feeling well, Jay Z has the right to be offended by what was said. At the end of the day, i believe this is all about controversy and selling records. Everybody has been focused on that line since the album dropped. RENEE2 July 5, 2017 at 7:39 am Okay, Deriding people’s mental health issues is sh*tty and I don’t condone it. But I don’t understand why people are acting shocked at Jay-Z, as though he were of such staunch moral fiber before. The guy is smart, successful, and can be funny but he is also a mercenary, deeply misogynist, and frankly, more than a bit sleazy. I mean, people have heard his rhymes about women, right? Not to mention his profligate use of the nword. Dude is hardly PC. Kanye is also a douche. Again, how many times has he been offensive. This is another misogynist, and one who has used homophobic slurs in his rhymes although he professes to be queer positive. We’re supposed to forget all that because we now deem him to have mental health issues??? As Nicole stated, we should not give him a pass just because he is not well, dude is an *sshole, plain and simple. NICOLE July 5, 2017 at 7:49 am Exactly. People act like having a mental illness is a magic wand that makes people forgive and forget what you did easily. That’s not how that works. It doesn’t erase why you did or how people felt because of your actions. I tell clients this all the time. You cannot control how people react to you. Being mentally ill may give them a framework for more understanding but again it does not erase the action. And Kanye was an ass before this. So yep. DEM July 5, 2017 at 8:13 am “he is also a mercenary, deeply misogynist, and frankly, more than a bit sleazy. I mean, people have heard his rhymes about women, right?” Jay Zs lyrics on women are actually among the least misogynist of the genre. Two weeks ago we had an Eminem post and not only was there no mention of his violent lyrics against women, it was filled with “he is so cute” comments. And my post on his lyrics some of which threaten a specific woman by name were moderated out. But here we are, the instant the subject is a black dude…. Its “dude is hardly PC”. “Not to mention his profligate use of the nword”…..lmao As if the N-er word was not already on the tips of white tongues. Yes’ its the song about black people in Paris and not white peoples unadulterated hate thats the problem. Those black people who dont wish to reclaim ithe word are entitled to that opinion and should just not use it. I stand firmly and proudly in the reclaim camp. This site reclaims “bitchy”, gay people reclaim the F word and Its not your business that black men and women have reclaimed the N word. RENEE2 July 5, 2017 at 8:32 am @DEM, I can’t tell if you are trolling (I think you probably are) or not but here goes: 1) The point that I was making was that BOTH Jay-Z and Kanye have used problematic language so we shouldn’t be shocked if that Jay is being insensitive in this instance, nor should we necessarily be sympathetic to Ye in this instance because he has a history or being an insensitive clod too. 2) I can’t comment on the Eminem thread as I am also not here for that trick for numerous reasons, including his misogyny, so uh, nice try 3) Though I wasn’t critiquing Jay’s use of the nword, but rather was saying that his use of it demonstrates that he does not subscribe to notions of what is considered to be acceptable, I am also not here for that term. It is ugly, it is violent, and I don’t think that it’s something that Black people need to reclaim. I don’t know how you got that I was not Black from my comments but I am so you can step off with telling how I should feel about. ERINN July 5, 2017 at 8:47 am Dem - I know Em has been called out plenty on this site. He hasn’t gotten a big magical pass by any means. I don’t actually think I saw the recent Em post – and I’ve been on this site for like 5 years or more. Some posts slip through the cracks, or people are busy, or whatever. Personally I think Em is incredibly talented – but also someone who grew up with a really f—ed up life. It doesn’t excuse his behavior as an adult, but I also don’t look at him and think “he had every chance, and a healthy relationship with women, why is he talking this shit”. He was a mess, he’s gotten a lot better about certain things, but the Slim persona is played up so much, and a lot of awful things are said across so many categories. I tend to think of Jay similarly. He got dealt a sh-t hand growing up – he pulled himself up, but unfortunately his lyrics still are incredibly problematic at times. He’s still incredibly talented, and I don’t think his lyrics are an exact display of who he is as a person. I think most artists exaggerate like crazy and try to keep a persona kind of separate from their real life, but it doesn’t mean that it’s ‘okay’ that they say the things they do. I’m not writing him off as a person because of it though. As long as there is growth happening – that’s great. But if they suddenly devolve into a much worse place, then I’m going to have to stop supporting them as artists. KONFUSED July 5, 2017 at 9:28 am @Renee2 whether you are black or not is irrelevant when you say “I don’t think that it’s something that Black people need to reclaim”..you should step off on telling other people how you feel about their use of the N-word it really doesn’t matter if you approve of it or not SANDERS July 5, 2017 at 9:58 am Nicole, from previous posts including this one, it sounds like you are a therapist. I’m surprised you are minimizing JayZ use of words crazy and insane to describe someone with a mental illness. Of course people with a mental illness have to examine their behaviours and coping strategies etc, though in the midst of a breakdown, self awareness takes a back seat. Lets also hold JayZ responsible for his mocking of people with mental health issues and I encourage you to check out the excellent comments from Claire down below. Me= If she's a therapist, I don't want her as mine. She probably works for talkspace? RENEE2 July 5, 2017 at 10:56 am @ KONFUSED Why should I step off telling a poster how I feel about the word when said poster is putting words in my mouth and twisting what I wrote? And again, the reason that I mentioned my racial identity was because the poster stated that I wasn’t in a position to comment on Jay Z’s use of the nword because they assumed I was not Black. Everyone comes here to offer an opinion and get on our respective soapboxes so GTFO with telling me not to share my thoughts on a topic. BRIDGET July 5, 2017 at 11:20 am @Konfused – you’re coming off like you don’t actually have something to say and just want to be mean to someone to make yourself feel better. RENEE2 July 5, 2017 at 11:53 am @KONFUSED Yep, that’s me, the proverbial angry Black woman, lol. Hope it’s not too damp where you’re stationed under the bridge. @ Bridget, Thank you!! IDONTKNOWYOUYOUDONTKNOWME July 5, 2017 at 2:05 pm Well, for example borderline disorder and what is perceived as “a-holeish behavior” kindof come hand in hand RONALDINHIO July 5, 2017 at 5:03 pm Whilst you are all saying mental ill health doesn’t give you a pass I’m gonna have to stop ya Many of the behaviours that West exhibited could be signs of a growing mania and paranoia that could present or exist co morbidly with and anxiety disorder or depressive illness. As reported he may have bi polar disorder which might not have been accurately medicated. All or none of these things may have been his actual disorder and all may have been exacerbated by lack of sleep and over work. His grandiosity, rambling, hyper activity, sensitivity moving into paranoia psychosis or mania all sounds like it could be easily described by a mental health disorder. Ignoring the lack of control someone has during an episode of mental ill health or trying to blame them when they often have little control is poor form. LLAMAS July 5, 2017 at 10:51 pm Sick. I have BPD and have never been described as an a**hole. People with BOD treat themselves the worst. FLORC July 5, 2017 at 7:04 pm And being a jerk can be a sign of mental illness. You cannot know either way unless you are much much closer than a commenter here. Im reserving judgement. Kanye is outrageous a lot of the time and shows erratic behavior, but also has appeared to have experienced some incredibly traumatic events. That doesn’t get healed easily if ever.

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