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@kat swoops in and does a somersault in the air, then perches atop your nose and pets your forehead~

Dune, Bigotry, CSA 

Reasons why I won't ever read dune again, and why I chucked my copies in the garbage years ago:

  • The novels are a racist "white savior" narrative

  • The novels are sexist and perpetuate the myth that women can just "shut down" a pregnancy at will

  • Cultural appropriation is all over the place

  • Paul Atreides and other central characters are literally the product of a eugenics program

  • The novels are homophobic and fatphobic due to Baron Harkonen's portrayal

  • Books 5 and 6 include themes of sexual assault through the Honored Matres, and each of those two books includes a scene where a minor being raped. Both scenes are worse than they sound.

re: self-meta ~ 

@kat @AshBunny Perhaps the distress is caused by social anxiety, or a fear of being judged by others?

re: self-meta ~ 

@AshBunny not everything has a reason. sometimes you just like something because you like it

@brainblasted I believe it. My scariest dreams can almost always be summarized as "parent/sibling is mad at me"

ACABs, covid, death 

Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death among police in the US, due to their widespread resistance to vaccine mandates.

bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-5

@else That same actor also voices the villain Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet and Clank series... and his arch nemesis is Captain Quark

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