I love makeup, partly due to SubCulture & Counterculture reasons, but stuff like the lack of research on WHY Marylin Monroe embraced that archetype, because it wasn’t voluntary, makes me believe I am going to hate these books. And what does Sophie Lewis think of Androgynous & Butch women?

Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lori Marso explores the ideas behind Sophie Lewis’ "Femmephilia" and Eileen G’Sell’s "Lipstick": "To be femme is to embody a distinctly artificial, alluring, and potentially radical performance of 'womanhood.'" http://lareviewofbooks.org/article/femme-feminism-lori-marso-sophie-lewis-eileen-gsell

It’s a common PR tactic.

No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸@noescapevg.com · 3h ago

Increasingly the longer he goes without saying anything anywhere but here it looks like he actually said "yeah so what, I did it, what are you gonna do about it" with the confidence of a shithead who knows the answer is "nothing meaningful"

'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding forecast

'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding forecast

Those living in flood-hit areas say they are worried, and have started preparing.

bbc.co.uk

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes

Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.

gadgetreview.com

There's too many 90 minute+ videos about Mouthwashing on YouTube.

'Blocked another dumbass saying how we all must forgive for the sake of the Socialist/Commie revolution, or we're being religious fundies, as though Forgive Sexual Assault isn't common in Conservative Christian denominations(... that includes the Amish)

Looks like President Z knocked out the Alberta separatist bots, too! I wonder how AfD is doing today. Alles in Ordnung, Arschlöcher?

The campaign of educational censorship sweeping Texas and other GOP-governed states in the name of “free speech” and “diversity of viewpoint” in many ways exceeds the worst of the McCarthy Era (gift link obvs) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Frieren: Journey's end (2023)

THIS OH MY FUCKING GOD. If YOU can't take your story seriously WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I!? You want to form a connection with the reader? You want them to give a shit about your story? You want to write a GOOD story? STOP WRITING LIKE YOU"RE TRYING TO ONE-UP THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC.

Keter-Class Kobold@koboldred.bsky.social · last yr.

bringing this back around

bringing this back around

Every day in Gaza is a fight to survive.Hammam is a volunteer nurse helping save the wounded on the brink of death while his family starves. his brother Abood has severe epilepsy & constant seizures without medication. they urgently need $200 for his medication & food chuffed.org/project/1844...

Margot Channing and Vera Charles in Wicked Bea Arthur voice: I hope you're happy, I hope you're happy now (aside) you slut Bette Davis voice: I hope you're happy too (aside) bitch

For cops it's so much easier to throw a woman into jail for "lying" than it is to do their job. www.opendemocracy.net/en/rape-vict...

The rape victims prosecuted for "false" rape allegations

Gail Sherwood was raped three times by a stalker, forced to retract her allegations and sentenced to two years in prison. Lisa Longstaff argues that her case is one example of a police witch-hunt agai...

opendemocracy.net

After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

ppl comp spl community 🤝 ppl defending That youtuber rn "restorative justice is when we restore the status quo fuck the victim for rocking the boat" / "rehabilitative justive is when we rehabilitate the perpetrator's reputation fuck the victim for tocking the boat"

Somewhere in the back of my head there's an essay about how our desire for instant gratification has extended to our concept of redemption, exacerbated by modern American Christianity's "just say you believe and you're all good."

Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · 23h ago

Interesting the biggest objection people have to my essay on Jacob Geller is me saying he should have been open about having SA'd someone. "Should he have worn it on his neck?". Yes. Rehabilitation requires accountabilty which requires openness. People just want permission to ignore assault.

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We need to change the name of Beavers, ideally from a language that isn't English.

if you want to modernize carrie white then she is not a pretty, misunderstood quiet girl. what she is is a "lolcow", a girl who does not fit in and is seen as a bit grotesque and is systematically provoked until she breaks, with a goal of milking her for content.

A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease #Science #Chemistry #polyethylenemicroplastics #fattyliverdisease #texasamresearch #plasticaffecthealth https://purescience.news/read?id=234925783460610048

A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease

One of the world's most common plastics may pose a hidden threat to liver health. Texas A&M researchers discovered that polyethylene microplastics can contribute to fatty liver disease, with potentially worse effects when combined with an unhealthy diet. Even more surprising, this widely used plastic was previously considered relatively harmless.

purescience.news

The kind of energy and tenacity we need for the coming week / weeks 💚✊️

Britain's farmers are facing an increasingly uncertain future. After a summer of extreme drought and falling yields, food security is becoming a national concern. Farmer Martin Lines explains why protecting nature and producing food must go hand in hand. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Food security and resilience vital after extreme summer drought

After this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient

eastangliabylines.co.uk

At least 150 homes damaged near Gorkha, Nepal, as flooding of the Budhigandaki River washes away multiple bridges, official says.

To mark Anti Poverty Week, please consider treating Fiona. She's currently supporting her family who are navigating aged care and disability. #MutualAidAustralia #MutualAid #HelpSky 💸💕

🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲@phonakins.com · yesterday

I'll start, because partner rate DSP is certainly not enough to cover the "cost of living", let alone disability-related expenses Amazon list has pantry fillers and treats: www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... @youpay.me has vouchers youpay.me/phonakins 💷 PayPal.me/phonakins #MutualAidAustralia

There's no point in adapting The Fir Tree if the tree gets an afterlife as a puff of smoke, it completely misses the point of the text, let kids feel depressed by the ending.

More than being fat THIS is the Carrie everyone's too cowardly to do. 2026 Carrie should be a goblin who says the most awful things & people would slowly understand there's no malice there & she's just repeating evil things she heard somewhere & despite their revulsion people still reach out to her.

QuoProQuid@quoproquid.bsky.social · yesterday

a thing about carrie, the novel, is that carrie *is* weird and judgmental and unpleasant to deal with. characters have to suppress their irritation with her, and this is important because it's easy to reach out to someone who conforms to social norms. it's harder to do that to a girl who doesn't.

the novel carrie ends with an ominous note about other children like carrie appearing across the country, with a traumatized nation shocked by the violence and Congress struggling to make sense of it while King meant ESP, we've seen new carrie whites appear in a different form: the mass shooter

QuoProQuid@quoproquid.bsky.social · yesterday

a thing about carrie, the novel, is that carrie *is* weird and judgmental and unpleasant to deal with. characters have to suppress their irritation with her, and this is important because it's easy to reach out to someone who conforms to social norms. it's harder to do that to a girl who doesn't.

a thing about carrie, the novel, is that carrie *is* weird and judgmental and unpleasant to deal with. characters have to suppress their irritation with her, and this is important because it's easy to reach out to someone who conforms to social norms. it's harder to do that to a girl who doesn't.

Useless loser prefers pedophiles over Muslims