Last year I rewatched Utena and drew this poster. And... I think it's time to show it?? 🤺
Dani 🐈
@speccygeekgrrl.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cat lover, gamer, geek. Mom of Leon S. Kittenedy. 40, she/they.
The two truths: 1) There is nothing wrong with porn, let people safely make it, let people safely enjoy it. 2) If you let people define porn as bad, authoritarians will ALWAYS expand the definition until their hands are around your neck.
If you let them ban porn, they will call you pornographic when they ban you.
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
Sex, misogyny, lighting, religious imagery, and grace: @leahschnelbach.bsky.social's 8000 words on what makes Wake Up Dead Man so compelling
Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man - Reactor
Digging in to the nuances of religion, faith, and grace tucked inside the latest Benoit Blanc mystery
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It’s not like I didn’t already think this situation was really fucking bad, but I was beginning to think it was way fucking worse.
Wake Up Dead Man shows something I don't really see a lot in film: a piece of art about Christianity from the perspective of a nonbeliever who is very familiar with Christianity, who dislikes organized Christianity but wants to believe in the greater concept of empathy it’s supposed to embody
The hero of Murderbot is an unrepentant pirate of digital entertainment.
Oh, and there were downloads, sweet downloads, multiple entertainment feeds, way more than HaveRatton and Port FreeCommerce, hanging temptingly in the air.
Getting my art on and learning about @guardiansmh.bsky.social at the Tavern Crawl before PAX Unplugged!!
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.
I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van. Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
brick frog was never a warning. he was a beacon
topical
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Surround yourself with the kind of people who consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.
Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash
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This is such an excellent article about what’s at risk if we let fanfic become absorbed by traditional publishing. Fanfic is fantastic and should be celebrated, but part of what makes it so powerful is that it’s art for art’s sake, not profit.
"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism." @readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom): reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
X site: Old news, lame, has terfs in it (icky! controlled by black mold!) Pillowfort: chill, casual, will never let you down, run around, desert you (also open to NSFW creatives as long as you tag your posts and toggle NSFW!) Please give Pillowfort a fair chance thank you 💖🍊
Pushing Daisies my beloved
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a woman in a dress .
Alt: Ned from Pushing Daisies turning to flash an OK sign and a wink
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Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about. What's yours?