furishin forever

For years, sci-fi has asked, what if aliens were wetter than us. Project Hail Mary posits a new, daring question. What if we are the wet aliens

[ID: Art of a dome-like, metal tea kettle sitting on a stove grate over a lit burner. The blue flame of the burner reflects in the drip well around the fire, the closest source of light. The faintly steaming kettle has a few droplets of water on the rounded surface, but otherwise gives back a muted and faintly warping reflection of, presumably, the viewer, based on the perspective. Long fingers of a dark, figure rest on a pale surface. A goat head with splayed, down-turned ears; long, horizontal horns; and pale, glaring eyes stare back from the reflection. /end ID]

[Image ID: A graph labeled 'GENDERSWAPPED!!!' On the side labeled 'original gender' is a nondistinct drawing of a person. On the side labeled 'opposite gender' is the exact same drawing copied and pasted. End ID]

The divine right of kings but it's a curse

You will wear the crown, you have no choice, the spikes growing on your head have a metal sheen to them and coalesce into a mock halo. You will command, for your voice is a terrible thing, you are a terrible thing. You will be just, and you will be fair, for any grievances you cause to your people scar your body and leave lasting pain and false promises sizzle on your tongue like hot oil. Your god is watching and it won't forget what your ancestor did and it won't let you go

If, according to Kanye West, one good girl is worth a thousand bitches, and if, according to Lil Wayne, bitches come a dime a dozen, it means that one good girl is worth $8.33 USD (2015).

thank you for this

I need the equation you used for this

the best part about having a job is being able to go through doors other people aren’t allowed to use the worst part is everything else

I understand that you were aiming for a morally grey protagonist, but in practice what you've ended up with is more of a moral beige.

for real tho it feels exhausting that ive seen this whole "woman should be allowed to abstain from X beauty standard" -> "i perform X beauty standard, am i evil? do you think im evil? please forgive me i came up with a dozen excuses 🥺" since like 2015 (and i know its been going on longer than that) like girl thats not the poiiiiint

look me in the eyes. repeat after me. "i face societal pressure to perform this beauty standard. i should not face that pressure. i conform to this standard. i am rewarded for performing to this standard. i need to respect women who do not perform this standard. this is not about whether or not i am a sinner for wearing makeup."

So what I think is that there's this default belief in patriarchy that men are superior to women and therefore the "masculine" sphere is superior to the "feminine" sphere. And so, as feminists have fought to expand the number of allowable female activities, men (on the aggregate over generations) have retreated from those activities because they're now seen as "feminine", and so partaking in them is incommensurate with their belief in their own superiority. And, unfortunately, as this has progressed, this has resulted in a lot of men sectioning themselves off from, frankly, everything that actually makes being alive worthwhile. It's a misery spiral, and the only way out is to abandon male supremacy.

#more women in higher education meaning fewer men is incredibly depressing to me. funny in a sad way#what happens when women will finally get into trades? will they just stop working