Neme

pick up that non-fiction book

"representation matters!" but you wont read or engage with non-fiction works about any demographic outside your own

this version of the post doesnt seem to be getting much traction but this is arguably the most important reason why we should be reading nonfiction in addition to fiction

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you have to be able to defend people who are receiving unjust treatment even if they annoy you even if you personally find them extremely annoying you still have to be able to stand up and say "well thats fucked up"

the moral willpower required for "i hate their guts but my personal ethical standard is no xyz and i cannot set the precedent of making an exception for them" is imennse but important work

Lesbianism includes trans women and if you don't believe that you can get fucked

hey, it's okay if the only thing you did for pride was exist. i'm glad & grateful you are in the world. your survival is a celebration.

also I don't think parents "these days" are uniquely terrible, I just think neglect is showing up in new ways as technology progresses. today's ipad kid would've been wandering around in a ditch alone all day and night before. parents not wanting to have to deal with children is not a new phenomenon.

heist movie but one character has a freshwater aquarium at home and is stressing about his tank and his fish and how much they need a water change the entire film. he keeps trying to show everyone pictures of his 100 gallon bichir tank, no one gives a fuck.

And in the middle of important fights, we get shots of the tank just bc or tense moments tank guy closes his eyes and thinks of the fish and instead of calming him down it makes him worse bc THEY NEED A FUCKING CLEAN!!