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Tumblr tv?? We're giving into the trend?? Tumblr is no longer going to be the one space where reading and text posts prevail?? The algorithm will not favour textposts soon, will it? Why is a shortened attention span and brainrot being shoved down my throat? WTF do you mean I have to make everything under a minute and that no one will read what i write?? What will become of poetry, the ramblings my favourites post that make me feel like i was punched in the gut? What do you mean I'll lose that too? Why do people even like reels and shorts and all this mind numbing crap that takes my critical thinking away from me?

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Reading the last 100 pages of Ballad of Singbirds and Snakes and WHY IS CORIOLANUS SNOW SO INSUFFERABLY SELFISH OMG SUZANNE COLLINS THE MRVELOUS WRITER THAT YOU ARE.

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Going back to everything I loved when I was 13, except now there's no one to make me feel ashamed

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i'm gonna make them so proud.

quote, @plumslices \\ i will, mitski \\ photo from pinterest \\ never grow up, taylor swift \\ photo from pinterest \\ quote, lalah delia \\ the best day, taylor swift \\ photo from pinterest \\ quote, @mounaks (could not find their acc) \\ both last photos from pinterest

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The stuff listed for Rory is just stuff a good friend does tho. Paris did incredibly gay stuff for her. Confronting a betrayal with a sword fight? That kiss during spring break? Getting her to try foods she never could, being there for her when nobody was, getting Paris into The Puffs when she had no reason to? They're star-crossed soulmates. i absolutely ship them together😂

Paris Geller was it casual when you said the one night you and Rory were left alone at a Bangles Concert was the best night of your life? Was it casual when you whispered romantic Shakespearean sonnets into her ear? Was it casual when you said revealed to her all your deep seated insecurities about not getting into Harvard? Was it casual how you only started to date with Rory's permission? Rory Gilmore was it casual when you followed Paris to her house to comfort her after she was mad about Harvard? Was it casual when you told Tristan your ideal partner was someone like Paris? Was it casual when you lived were her roommate for years and years? Was it casual when stayed in DC for two months just because she asked you to? Was it casual when you refused to date Tristan because you didn't want to break her heart? Was it casual????

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Paris "I can't go to the same college as my boyfriend, that will look like I went there just to be with him— instead I'll go to the same college as my rival and request to be roommates because I think we still have an emotional journey together" Geller

Paris "I'm gonna seek the new girl out on campus to whisper poetry into her ear as an intimidation tactic" Geller

Paris "wow Rory dating would be so much easier if I were gorgeous and talented and charming and wonderful like you" Geller

Paris "going to this concert with you has literally been the best night of my life" Geller

Paris "I told you I didn't want to study in person because there would be no point in just sitting around together staring at each other, then showed up anyway" Geller

Paris "anytime I have a major life event, the first person I tell is Rory" Geller

Paris "we had a fight so now the only reasonable response is a broken-hearted swordfight" Geller

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Left is MY FIC, right is the ACTUAL BOOK QUOTE IT WAS INSPIRED BY

(Mask context: masquerade ball / cinderella au)

It has been doing numbers EVERYWHERE and I only found out from this lovely person who commented on Ao3:

So yeah I guess if anyone wants to read an 8 year old Song of Achilles fanfic written in a fever dream after watching Into The Woods, be my guest

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If you want an example of how crime is a social construct, consider this.

Briana Boston said "delay defend depose" to an insurance corp—she owns 0 guns, was arrested, charged with terrorism, & had to pay $100K bond

Brad Spafford had multiple illegal guns, 150 bombs, lied to the FBI, advocated assassinating Kamala, is NOT charged with terrorism, and had to pay a $25K bond

Empty words are "terrorism" but actual illegal bombs & guns are "free speech." Incredible.

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"It's directed at criminals. If you think it's directed at black people, then you think all black people are criminals, which means you're the racist one."

All black people are criminals. Anything directed at criminals is directed at black people. It's not racist to point that out. The sentence "all black people are criminals" can be meant in a racist way and can be racist if taken out of context, but the sentence alone is not racist.

And that's because "criminal" is a social construct. A criminal is whoever people with power decide to label as a criminal. If someone with power is racist and decides that all black people are criminals, then all black people are criminals. Slaves who escaped and anyone who helped were considered criminals while their traffickers and the police who defended their traffickers were not. Poor people who sell drugs in order to afford to live are considered criminals while rich people who made them poor by underpaying them or raising their rent are not. People who fight back against a police dog attacking them or try to stop a police officer from holding them in a way that can injure them are considered criminals, while those police officers are not.

"All black people should be treated like criminals." is upholding racism. "All black people are currently treated like criminals." is pointing out that racism is currently happening.

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i want to cry & idk why

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Paris Geller was it casual when you said the one night you and Rory were left alone at a Bangles Concert was the best night of your life? Was it casual when you whispered romantic Shakespearean sonnets into her ear? Was it casual when you said revealed to her all your deep seated insecurities about not getting into Harvard? Was it casual how you only started to date with Rory's permission? Rory Gilmore was it casual when you followed Paris to her house to comfort her after she was mad about Harvard? Was it casual when you told Tristan your ideal partner was someone like Paris? Was it casual when you lived were her roommate for years and years? Was it casual when stayed in DC for two months just because she asked you to? Was it casual when you refused to date Tristan because you didn't want to break her heart? Was it casual????

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Paris "I can't go to the same college as my boyfriend, that will look like I went there just to be with him— instead I'll go to the same college as my rival and request to be roommates because I think we still have an emotional journey together" Geller

Paris "I'm gonna seek the new girl out on campus to whisper poetry into her ear as an intimidation tactic" Geller

Paris "wow Rory dating would be so much easier if I were gorgeous and talented and charming and wonderful like you" Geller

Paris "going to this concert with you has literally been the best night of my life" Geller

Paris "I told you I didn't want to study in person because there would be no point in just sitting around together staring at each other, then showed up anyway" Geller

Paris "anytime I have a major life event, the first person I tell is Rory" Geller

Paris "we had a fight so now the only reasonable response is a broken-hearted swordfight" Geller

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don’t kill yourself because the internet is going to be really funny when Elon gets assassinated

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You're just a mammal. Let yourself act like it. Your brain needs enrichment. Your body needs rest. You feel hunger and grow hair. You need to pack bond with other sentient things so you don't become unsocialized and neurotic. You are biologically inclined to seek dopamine and become sick when chronically stressed. "Hedonism" is made up to place moral value on taking pleasure in sensory experiences. I am telling you that if you don't let yourself be a fucking mammal, as you were made, you will suffer and go insane. No grindset no diets no trying to be above your drive for connection. Pursue what makes you feel good and practice radial rejection of the constructs meant to turn you into a machine. You're a mammal.

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There are characters you like but then there are characters you end up thinking about in the middle of the night with a cosmic ache in your chest because they resonate with you so much

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