#theses

I am begging everyone (me included) to romanticize acne and acne scars. if you don't need it to be realistic, make it cool shapes like hearts and stars. compare acne scars to the moon. give your most attractive characters acne and/or acne scars without it impacting their attractiveness. if you have them yourself, think about drawing your sona(s) with them. acne is pretty much always reviled in media and frequently also in real life, but that's bullshit and I want people to make it a regular character design thing that's not reserved for teenagers, dorks, and "ugly" characters

Okay, here's another good one for you: “Put a Finger Down, Fanfic Edition!”: Fanfiction Participants on TikTok and Anonymity Collapse, a thesis by Katie Behling (2022). Before you poo-poo the TikTok aspect, Katie's interesting argument is that the lack of anonymity in many of these videos demonstrates a shift in the self presentation of fanfiction participants and the level of confidence that slash participants have in their engagement with the community. The thesis is freely accessible to everyone, no login needed (though please do note that Katie copyrighted it).

sometimes pure unbridled rage overcomes me and i want to write a thesis paper