i am a lover first and absolutely insane second

hey sexy what time do you plan on being done grieving

oh, honestly I was planning on reopening the same wounds again and again and again and again and again and again and again

Not to be a pretentious asshole but yes there is a problem with people no longer reading the classics. A lot of the YA literature romance novel crowd perpetuates the myth that the classics are inherently boring and stuffy and there’s nothing you can relate to or learn by reading them. And they’re not. These beautiful universal things we enjoy, comedy, romance, tragedy, family strife, they’re still so poignant centuries after they’re written.

feel like there’s overall a push in society to validate “lowbrow” art in a weird way. like the whole phenomenon of booktok defending the right to read trashy romance books (fine) but also wanting it to be seen as on an equal level with actual literature. the push for the oscar’s and other award shows to reward blockbuster movies because obviously how much money a movie makes is directly correlated with its artistic merits. i guess i will go to bat for being a pretentious freak!!!

never forget the universal rule of the order of things: People Will Not Read It

signs at stores? émail? menu ?? instruction ? post online ? caption with andswer to question ? group hand outs ??? street sign ??? no. The Written Word Is The Enemy

americans are making this post about their shit education system and the literacy crisis whatever that is and i say this with love in my heart: it really is not that deep. pathology this pathologizing that. how about the universal human inclination to take da Path of least resistance