The whole “male loneliness epidemic” thing is so crazy because feminists have been talking for decades about how gendered socialization has many negative consequences for the psychology and personalities of men (literally what the term “toxic masculinity” refers to) but now we’re letting the alt-right misconstrue this “epidemic” into something New so that they can blame feminists for it and make it about how Actually we need to Go Back to rigid heteronormative patriarchal gender norms in order to Save Men, even though that’s exactly what was making society miserable and lonely in the first place! It’s so screwed. Can we ever actually confront, address, and resolve societal issues like as a species or are we just doomed to misunderstand the assignment forever. Why do the dumbest most bad-faith operators in every debate get to hijack every last earnest attempt by smart and well-meaning people to improve human welfare. Why do we live on a planet of adult toddlers

They don’t even want you to see album covers anymore. They want you to see little videos. Well i don’t give a motherfuck about your little videos

You can never again be 16 and experiencing a mass psychosis where women from the ages of 14 to 30 are unironically watching an american propaganda movie for the homosocial narrative foils just as the country itself, already a deeply cynical imperial project responsible for more death and suffering than the human imagination can endure, slips inexorably towards fascism

I need to read more. The days pass by so quickly and then u look up and the stack of books by ur bed is so much taller because u have abandoned urself…… Reading is actually so easy not to do because it is actually really hard and takes a lot of dedication and time but the truth is that there’s no shortcut you can take or video essays you can watch instead. If you want to appreciate literature you have to read it. Obviously. But it’s a lot easier to identify as someone who likes literature in theory than to be someone who reads and keeps reading and keeps reading even when there’s always 1000 other things to do

Ok hi. Got into grad school a couple days ago so yay!

There are people who are like 22 and not even as a joke. They’re 22 in real life