rambling librarian

what if you wanted to [write a vaguely formal and fully cited mini research paper on gender and sexuality in project hail mary for funsies] but [there was an extremely glaring Gap In The Scholarship on the exact subject that you're actually trying to write about in literally every book and journal you check]

the one time. The One Time I encounter a field of research where the assumption is "well yes this does apply to everyone but we're all studying women as the default." is also the one time I'm explicitly looking for research on men. do you know how insane I feel to now be the "well what about men" person? searching ctrl + f + "men" in every article and getting pure sweet fuck all? sitting here saying "has anyone ever thought about the plight of those poor poor men who want to have sex with women? ...no?" come onnnnnn

UNPOPULAR OPINION: A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.