man tumblr loves to joke about how english lit analysis of symbolism is meaningless but like, when i took film class (from a filmmaker), my teacher told us,
there is no neutral or innocent choice in art
that is to say, as a writer or artist or filmmaker, you should be considering the meaning of everything you choose to include or exclude. is there a water glass in the foreground of your shot? why? you are creating a story from scratch, which means you are defining it by every choice you make, not just the major plot points.
especially in fiction writing or poetry, the author chose to write every single word. nothing is there “on accident”. if an author uses a color, they had to choose the color – and they had to chose to tell you the color at all, because they weren’t required to! when i describe a color of something in my writing, i always think about the choice. it’s never “just red”.
can analysis sometimes yield things the author didn’t intend? sure. but (a) the point isn’t about trying to read the author’s mind, so who cares what they intended? and (b) sometimes the author actually does subconsciously weave symbolism into things.
i mean hell i had a fanfic commenter point out something that i hadn’t actually done intentionally and i was like, “wow, yes. 500% valid.” if a reader can find resonance or symbolism in something, it’s not wrong or stupid or bad.
Imagine how many people’s lives they ruined. There were probably so many women that went in there knowing they destroyed that test. Yet, when they got their results back…they had to be so confused and disappointed. Mentally and emotionally, that had to be quite the blow. Anyway, this is evil.
this doesn’t only happen in medical schools. many companies in japan don’t employ women simply because they are women. their excuse is that women can only work for so long before they have children and prioritise family over career. and the sad truth is, many women are forced to because there are too little childcare centres to meet demands, so women have no choice but to stay at home.
First post of the year! These pictures were from last year though when I went to a flea market and got a typewriter for $5! I love thrifting and finding cute clothes and other items after digging through countless racks for a cheap price. This winter break has been chill so far. I’ve just been hanging out with friends, working, reading, and bingewatching youtube videos and netflix shows. My boyfriend and I made a list of our resolutions and shared it with each other on the notes app to keep each other accountable because it’s hard sometimes y’know. I hope everyone has a great 2019 ahead of them! ✨
Yknow what? Fuck it, I was looking for a post about it and realised I can just make my own.
People saying Jack Black’s new YouTube channel is proof he’s part of some “reptilian government” or really anything about him that talks about him being related to anything reptilian is blatant antisemitism. Jack Black is a Jewish man. His mother is an ethnic Jew, his father’s a Jewish convert and he’s a practicing Jew raising his children Jewish.
And anyone who’s going head to head with the antisemites posting that stuff who say it’s “silly alt right conspiracies” or in any way belittles the reptilian stuff without acknowledging it’s antisemitic roots should Absolutely be held accountable for learning about why it’s antisemitic and arguing against it. You’re trivialising things used against Jews to harass and oppress us, and you need to stop, get educated, and care about Jews.
This goes a thousand fucking times more because he started the channel with the stated aim of unseating a Nazi sympathizer.
Praising men for cleaning the dishes he helped dirty up? Lol
They’re praising him for teaching his son to do the right thing. Why do you always seem so bitter about this shit?
[Dad teaches son to help mother]. Tumblr: fuck you!
How do you not dirty dishes do you eat off the floor
Y’all gotta stop with this shit. You shit on men for not doing enough and then shit on them again for doing better and/or raising their sons to do better.
Things don’t get better with huge steps, people. They get better with baby steps. These are baby steps that we need to take.
Besides, I’d wager that, over the years, he has helped her tremendously. Have you ever actually cooked? And then looked at that pile of dirty dishes you have to clean afterwards? It must have been such a relief to have someone who would step in and say: “I’ll do that for you honey.”
Don’t make fun of people who are being good to each other, doing their best, and making things better in the process.
okay, nope, stopping it right there. it’s EXPECTED that a relationship be 100/100. why are we giving out cookies for not being an asshole?
Identity is a prison! Let yourself respond authentically to each moment as it arrives, without being bound to the narrative of who you think you are! The self is a construct! The truth of your existence is ever changing and infinite as the universe is ever changing and infinite! Abandon the stories of your past selves and be present and alive in this very moment! IDENTITY IS DEAD! THE SELF IS DEAD! YOU ARE ALIVE!
