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This post is important but I do just want to point to the fact that despite the material gain we get from seeing a mouse and eating it, a core tenant of the western ideal of manhood, doesn't mean this is never coerced.

Many writers will try to make a world where common forms of bigotry don't exist, but not actually think about what that would do to the world, so all they end up doing is revealing their own biases and what symptoms of bigotry and oppression they think are just the natural way of the world. "There's no sexism in this world!" but 90% of the background workers are men with wives at home and being ruled by a queen instead of a king is seen as a bit of a novelty and when the lady knight takes her armour off people are surprised that she's not a man. "There's no homophobia in this world!" but gruff soldiers bully other soldiers by implying that they have boyfriends instead of girlfriends. "This post-scarcity society has no concept of currency!" and the economy is very clearly structured in a way that wouldn't be possible without currency. Social and political structures that are built and heavily reinforced by sexism, racism, heteronormativity and amatanormativity stand strong as a sort of default background in worlds that claim not to have those things.

#this is one of the things i love about ttou and one of the main selling points for me when i recommend it#because it’s done really well imo

Not to be rhe ten millionth person to say “USAmerican President Donald Trump Is An Incoherent Public Speaker Whose Train Of Thought Can Be Best Described As Scat Jazz” but I just remembered that when he talks at international events it is several dozen people’s job to translate what he’s saying and what he intends to say to world leaders in real time

International translators have had this problem for A While - if they *don't* clean up what he says to sound coherent, they look like they're doing a bad job.

5. Sensitive and Controversial Language Trump’s speeches occasionally contain misogynistic, sexist, or inflammatory language. Japanese interpreter Tsuruta, for example, faced challenges when translating sexualized remarks, ultimately opting for standard terminology to maintain professionalism. Similarly, Chinese translator Kumiko Torikai found certain lewd expressions ethically challenging, ultimately leading to her retirement. Navigating these situations requires skillful balancing of accuracy, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity, ensuring that the translation is appropriate without distorting the original intent.

Your skill level is unquestionable but listen.

why don't you present yourself more femininely?

When we were children, my sister had private music lessons at her violin teacher’s house. I only visited there once, but I still remember that afternoon. The teacher had an artificial pond in her yard, a large beautiful thing with lily pads and plant life. And in the pond, there were goldfish. I had never seen such enormous goldfish. 

Reblogged again for this drawing I made for it

Yet another reason this is insanely revisionist is that it pretends the whole reason millennials felt so much pressure to go to college wasn't that conservative politicians had spent the eighties and nineties wrecking the shit out of labor unions to the point that by the time millennials turned eighteen, it was suddenly a lot harder to count on being able to work at a working-class job all your life and still have a good living.