(in)Dependent Reading

you gave me access to the pretty rat picture I'm never letting the pretty rat picture go

Y'know what really gets my goat about the Flanagan Carrie? The fact that the modern angle could 1000% add to the story's themes if he was fucking sticking to them. Because yeah, Carrie White is the exact kind of teenager that would get put in those "cringe" tiktok compilations (fat, has a lot of acne, dresses oddly by the standards of those around her, is very awkward, etc.) or get nonconsensually filmed for a prank or even for just existing. Chris is the exact kind of teenager who would be a wannabe influencer doing lifestyle content and uploading "embarrassing" videos of her peers. Margret could very easily be turned into a christian mom vlogger filming every aspect of Carrie's abuse and getting praised by other whackos, which only further emboldens her to do worse. The current social media environment would eat all that shit up and come back for seconds, which makes very good commentary on the complicity of both the people around Carrie and the audience, because there are plenty of people who have laughed at a "cringe" video, who have commented something positive on a mom invading her children’s privacy for views because they didn’t think about it, or watch commentary or reaction content about it, which in the end just encourages more people to make inflammatory content for views.

abused person venting: i hate abusers and hope they all die

I see lots of positivity for people who had to drop out of higher education for one reason or another. But so little for friends who are unable to have a high school diploma, or GED! (Or whatever your area's equivalent may be)

I couldn't believe this was true so I had to double check and I found multiple articles talking about it. We live in a comedy sketch.

Remember that time in 2016 that Harry Potter fans defaced the dolmen a Casa dos Mouros, a 5,000 year old neolitic tomb?