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it’s necessary that you understand and internalize that confidence is not a mystical and elusive trait. it is a relationship with yourself built on trust in yourself, your judgement, your abilities. it’s knowing that you are not lacking in anything and that you have everything you need to move through anything that happens to you. it is being comfortable with failure or getting hurt because you know you have all that you need to take care of yourself and even if you don’t, you have the chance and the tenacity to find it. so, why would you want to have any other relationship with yourself?

media literacy includes understanding why a media product was made, to whom it's being sold, and the assumed preferences of its marketing demographic. narrative is not produced or sold in a vacuum.

you might be totally correct that your ship would be narratively satisfying. I don't know, I'm not watching your show. Whether your ship is likely to happen on the show is a whole different question to whether it's satisfying, because the show is being sold to Netflix or Amazon or the BBC, and they are purchasing a show they think they can market to a particular demographic and that demographic isn't you, the nightmarishly online tumblr user. The show is being made for marketability to a constructed average viewer. It is being funded with that audience in mind. This art is being made to commission, and commissioned art is art, but at some point you have to stop expecting the Church to commission a statue of Lucifer fucking St Michael. It might be narratively satisfying, but that's just not what they're paying for.

imagine ruining your entire reputation as an organization to sign a rapist and he literally makes history for being so fucking bad

deeply embarrassing getting into something that's rightfully popular and has been for some time. oh my god guys (gn) i started listening to this artist. i hadnt listened to any of her music before. her music is like Really good and I really fuck with it. oh who is it? her name is... mitski have you ever heard of her? this shit is crazy youve gotta take a listen

Reblogging this as I periodically do because it’s still relevant (especially with so many new writers coming into fandom spaces who are SO ENTHUSIASTIC but maybe need some pointers?) and because I myself need the reminder. Wherever you are, Res, I hope you’re doing great.

Can't believe it's been two years since this amazing opportunity happened!

it’s good for you to look at things that make you lightheartedly say “ew” while snickering like a little kid and then carry on. i say this genuinely. it will shift your knee-jerk reaction towards things that mildly disgust you away from fear

This is the greatest map I have ever seen. I want an interactive version where you can click on any city in the world and get a pop-up list of all the climate-equivalent cities.

so it turns out this exists and it makes a fine rabbit hole for passing the time during a conference call

OK, this is super neat and also a great tool for writers’