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at a conference I attended recently, a researcher pointed to the difficulty of finding material in archives because so much depends on the metadata and the terminology used to describe things changes over time. "it would be so helpful," the researcher said, "if I typed 'lesbian' into the library of congress database, it would also show me results that were categorised in the 50s, when the materials were interpreted as 'intimate female friendships'"

which is what tag wrangles at Archive Of Our Own do incredibly effectively: searching for "omegaverse" also leads to "alpha/beta/omega dynamics" and "alternate universe: a/b/o" and so on. but ao3 achieves this frankly incredible categorisation and indexing system by the power of countless volunteers putting in hours and hours of unpaid and unthanked free time, and it's completely understandable that most archives do not have that kind of infrastructure, but also how incredible that a fan-run website has better searchability, classification, and accessibility than the library of congress

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@obiknights tysm for the tag Theo! happy to see you here again 🩷

favorite color: loving basil green (#637033) & baby blue (#b4ddeb) right now

currently reading: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

last song: Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (this is Ben Mendelsohn's fault)

most recent film: Good Will Hunting

most recent series: Andor, otherwise poking along through a Spanish dub of all 10 seasons of Friends in an effort to work on my Spanish again lol

sweet/salty/savory: all three! my dinner was raspberry jam on whole grain bread with some cheese cubes and pickles lol

tea or coffee: coffee! but I have been doing a nightly cup of spearmint tea to see if it'll help with PCOS symptoms :|

working on: my irl garden! all but one of my dahlias have come up so next I need to get some stakes for them, and I'm trying ranunculus for the first time. I also got some fun tomato varieties so I'm looking forward to using those in sandwiches or galettes maybe :3 otherwise, just trying to make enough space in my life for everything as always lol and hoping for some creativity to come back to me after being dormant for a while

np tagging! : @zinzinina @ohheyitsokay @saradika @mexicanjayce

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happy pride to the lgbtqia+ community, to those who are out, and those who aren’t out yet. to those who are figuring things out and to those who don’t like labels. to those celebrating for the first time, and those who might be celebrating this year with a new found family. to those who are can’t be visible this year due to the state of the world, and to those like me are in straight passing relationships. to those who are learning, healing and those who are surviving. and to the allies who show up 🏳️‍🌈

if not for the kindness of communities like the ones I’ve been fortunate to be a part of (fandoms, book clubs and online spaces), I’d never have found the courage to live my truth, so thank you 🫂

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important life update: my dog came out of the woods with half of an artisanal baguette

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looking through the nausicaa artbook

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EWAN MCGREGOR as OBI-WAN KENOBI Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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hitting return early on libby when there's people waiting and feeling like a benevolent queen distributing alms to the poor

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I am hopeful that those of you who know me will vouch for my credibility in the days to come. I stand this morning with a difficult message... ANDOR | 2.09

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me: oh yay Andor is back what's going on gang

Andor: undocumented immigrants are facing sexual violence every day. left wing infighting will get everyone killed. rich people buying back things stolen by colonists is still an act of colonialism.

me: right so just a light season then

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Shout out to "i wanna socialize with my Internet friends but I don't have anything to talk about", gotta be one of my least favorite predicaments

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What is it they've sent us? Hope.

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

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As long as there's Light, we've got a chance! HAPPY STAR WARS DAY ♡

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Welcome to the rebellion. DIEGO LUNA in ANDOR S2