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@starkatt In high school I had 2 dinosaur stuffies I named Trotsky and Lenin and they were lovers so... Obviously it's canon

So it turns out I like durian instant coffee mix enough to go to ebay
and import some from Malaysia after running out of my first supply.

It's good!

Mastodon really seems to have a knack for preview-cropping images right to the boobs.

A real big chunk of my media analysis toolkit is stuff I learned thanks to my HS English teacher, and I'm really grateful for that.

Pulling apart the implicit arguments of a work isn't actually that complicated most of the time, but it does take a lot of practice.

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That's ultimately what media analysis is. Looking at what's trying to be communicated, what's actually being communicated, and how the communication is being done.

And I ultimately believe there's nuance and implicit argument going as far down as you want to look, leading into more and more basic cultural assumptions and norms. Stuff that we're so used to it's universally unquestioned.

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Every piece of media, every story in existence, is inherently an argument that certain beliefs about the world are true.

It's worth paying attention to what those arguments are.

I read the first volume of The Wicked + The Divine.

It's like a freight train to the face.

Which I suppose is rather the point.

Useful keyboard shortcut while typing in compose windows: ctrl-A highlights the entire text. Good for deleting or editing.

...okay I *guess* technically there's a trans pride flag always flying on the flagpole outside our house.

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Like, wearing a rainbow cape levels of visibly queer.

I don't own a rainbow cape.

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I dunno why but today I want very much to be super visibly queer in public.

Dear institutions: when you *ask* me what my preferred contact method is and I say email, please don't robocall me with pointless information, okay?

I actually really like the way Brun from QC is coded as autistic? It's definitely something that informs her actions, but her character is a lot more than just a list of walking stereotypes.

...ahaha, one of the Backstories you can pick for The Witch says simply "tumblr".

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Reading through the Monsterhearts 2 skin list, and one of them is basically making me shiver continuously while reading.

...So I guess I know who I want to play next game :D

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Maybe it's that I'm wearing a button-up shirt?

... even though it's bright purple and shows off my breasts?

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Nights like that make me ask, what the heck am I doing wrong? Do I need to put on a ton of makeup or something to get gendered correctly? I thought that maybe, eventually, I'd stop having to deal with that, but six years in and... :/

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Three for three on getting misgended while out this evening :/ :/

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