#-in u should at least have an understanding of that

[puphoods]

Heeeeyyyyy i'm a big fan of your opinions and wanted to ask you a question; what is the pull of themes of cannibalism and flesh, specifically human flesh, and devouring it, in media? Like, what is its importance, or why is it so meaningful? Idk if i asked that properly, sorry if it sounds weird or isnt specific enough, but i hope youre having a lovely day <3

hi well this isnt going to be worded super eloquently probably its not something ive really read too much about (surprisingly) but

i think it depends what angle youre looking at it from really. first of all theres obviously a lot of horror media + notably cannibalism films that use the idea of cannibalistic isolated peoples (who are almost always nonwhite) which relates back to very real racist stereotypes that have existed that native people from various places in the world are cannibals bc they are savages

probably though u dont mean that. i think a lot of it is representations of desire which can come from a lot of different places (it being sexual/desire for ownership over another person/love as hunger etc.) which i think is pretty straightforward. desire for another person coming out as a desire to consume them for... whatever reason. so theyre a part of you as a metaphor for sex so noone else can have them stuff like that. and its also a lot of the time exploring the taboo and can be in a sexual sense (both literally cannibalism as a sexual thing or representative of other taboo sexual acts/subjects) or nonsexual reasons (again both literally cannibalism being a social taboo or representative of other things) which is explored in a lot of different ways (societies or cultures or religions where it is normalised is common + a lot of what cannibalism films do is this). sometimes it is representative of capitalism (overconsumption/exploitation of workers/about the meat industry for example) too which i think is interesting when its done right (noting the religion part im sure there is cannibalism media that uses catholicism + the eucharist/transubstantiation as basis for it but i dont really know any so idk if theres much i can say abt it >_<)

umm what else.... i think a lot of monster movies in particular zombies and vampires and "used to be human but isnt now" monster media isnt always necessarily seen as cannibalism but it kind of is really. not every time but i think a lot of the time you can view it that way. they eat people because they arent human anymore/they arent human because they eat people. plus i dont think this is necessarily anything but i do think something interesting could come from the idea that eating human flesh can make you very, very sick and the current pop culture zombie being spread through infection

i dont think i really have any authority for why its such a meaningful thing because people have been putting themes of cannibalism in their stories and mythos for thousands of years. but this is some of my thoughts on it

[nozomijoestar]

Asuka is a tragic figure, a figure of mystery, a wild card, all because the only thing she wants in life is peace and quiet for herself and to feel in control- yet her secret heritage that may be hidden from her for her own protection and the reality that life is unpredictable and will go on with or without you keep ruining that delusion, that vision of how the world is meant to work to her, and she suffers regardless of what she wants, what she does, and how little she understands anything

She was born into a family preaching peace and balance and order while being a creature of violence, and puts a dozen mental locks and excuses over this truth to justify giving into her impulse for fighting by pretending she's justice when she does it

She keeps trying to build a place of safety but she's using sand and life is a wave that destroys, yet she stubbornly persists rather than give up, not drowned to the point of self centered suicidal loathing like Jin- there's contrast, where Jin is cloaked in death Asuka stubbornly clings to life and humanity as a normal person in a terrifying world

She's not a fucking narrative clone for Jun's own purpose, Asuka's purpose must be determined by Asuka herself

[teabutmakeitazure]

me: there's cinnamon in the tea? ugh I don't like cinnamon in tea.

"you're so picky. you have to go to an unfamiliar house, so what're you gonna do if your mother-in-law likes cinnamon in tea? don't have such preferences. it's not attractive on a girl 😄"

yeah I'm busting my ass off and greying my hair and losing weight at an unhealthy rate for my degree so that a lady who I have never met in my life can dictate my life choices before I even meet her. okay.

[starburns]

i will neverrrr truly in my life ever understand transphobia...like why is someone just doing whatever they want to their OWN body hurting you what is YOUR problem i don't understand that's just another person like its not that deep

[ndostairlyrium]

We did it Carla, you got avenged!

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

alright i have a mild dilemna that i need advice on

on my course we have to post these weekly self-reflection things responding to the themes of the week's class and some questions about it. i posted last week's and yesterday the course convenor replied to it in a way that implies i was wrong (in my SELF reflection) and just generally misunderstands my point/takes it in bad faith. i've shown these posts to others on the course and they agree that my original post adressed the things her reply asks about and that she has misinterpreted me, in quite a "cheeky" way

my issue now is: do i reply and try to explain myself better? or is it better to just let it go?

i don't want to dig myself in deeper if she's really opposed to my viewpoint, but at the same time i do feel like i answered the questions thoroughly in the first place and the things she's accusing me of aren't fair

[yxkanna]

still thinking about cosmic horror and like. that horror is incomprehensible TO YOU. nick understands it just fine

[ginalinettiofficial]

idk i just don’t trust ppl who say “billy is a racist abusive piece of shit” but then turn around and reblog jason content like. okay if u have that opinion that’s your prerogative but it’s MY prerogative to point out that it’s weird af to feel that way abt billy and NOT abt jason

[mikoriin]

maybe this is a controversial opinion but like....some of yall are getting Way too comfortable at the idea of killing another human being just because theyre “problematic”

[bleu-sang]

I wish I had someone to talk about how much amatonormativity traumatized me

Not only when I was a kid and grew up scared that my parents would abandon me because people would keep asking me if they "started a new life" but didn't get it was romantically speaking and really thought they were gonna leave town and forget about me

Or not just because as a teen everyone started dating and caring about romantic shits that I couldn't understand and I felt this suffocating pressure that I had to become like them if I wanted to be accepted/normal

But mostly because I am terrified to be seen as an object that can be used and discarded without my consent because I "just don't know" what I'm "missing out" or I "just didn't find the right person yet" or I "just had bad experiences and need to get over it with someone new"

The only message I seem to get from amatonormativity is that my life is worthless if I don't have someone to share it with (romantically & sexually) and that romance and sex can be forced upon me if I don't act like I want them

And it's so scary. It's so so scary.

To know that my life has no value and that I deserve to experience traumatic stuffs to "cure" me

To know that anyone could want that from me and that it wouldn't be acceptable to say "no" because my body is disposable and belongs more to others than it does to me since I just "don't know" that I want to say "yes" yet

And all I'm left with is a bunch of trust issues because anyone I meet could turn on me at any moment and it would be socially acceptable.

Anyone could discard me to "start a new life" with someone that want the same things as them (romance and sex)

Anyone I meet could hit on me and ask stuffs from me that I cannot give them and I would almost always be the bad guy for rejecting them and I know that they could force me and that I wouldn't be taken seriously if anything happened

I don't know, maybe it's just the invisible poc aroace trans neurodivergent otherkin fem-looking ghost in me who's too used to be not acknowledged talking but I think something is deeply wrong with this society and I will not feel safe until it's done right.

[toestalucia]

guy whos gonna feel like a fraud whenever they end up supporting someone to move on

[bunnihearted]

🍷

[potatobugz]

biggest problem with writing is that I have all the ideas and themes I want to express in my head, but when I try to write it down the words come out. wrong

[string-cheese-cake]

Nobody asked but white supremacy is the reason why white women are obsessed with true crime.

So when chattel slavery was becoming cemented in the United States and other European areas, the idea of biological race and racial hierarchy emerged to justify the generational enslavement of Africans and the genocide of indigenous people. Africans and other non-whites were labeled as less developed, more susceptible to their "primal urges" and committing sex crimes and therefore needed to be controlled by white men. Specifically to protect white women.

White supremacy is typically framed as necessary to 'protect' (read: control) white women, the mothers of the next generation of whites. They must be protected from "sexually voracious black men" (read: miscegenation and mixed race children). So white supremacy operates on the myth that white women are constantly under threat of sexual violence and must be protected by white men.

That myth becomes baked into the public consciousness, many unaware of the origin or even that the idea is there. It even becomes less racially based, but there is still a common belief that white women are inherently vulnerable to violent crime. Especially among white women. To be fair, it's difficult to not internalize an idea that you are not exactly aware of but is still seeped in every interaction and bit of advice. Don't wander off, don't talk to strangers, don't go out alone or late at night, cover your body, hold your keys between your fingers, take self defense, watch your drink, don't be under the influence. Your body is soft and valuable and delicate and you must protect it.

This idea of vulnerability is reinforced in the news media, which chooses to focus on stories which fit this particular narrative of white women's vulnerability. Missing white women syndrome. This subconscious belief has saturated society. White women develop an outsized fear of death by violent crime. So what do they do? They embrace it. They eat up stories of families like theirs and the deaths of women like them.

It's been suggested that experiencing that fear of violence in the controlled environment true crime provides can be cathartic, somewhat like watching a horror film. There is also a sense of justice and closure felt when the perpetrator of that crime is punished.

In conclusion; White women love true crime because it's a coping mechanism for their deeply embedded fear of violence which was established and is upheld by white supremacy.

[astrxealis]

hiii :333 i think i am alive !! ( small update in da tags )

[scaredofthetimes]

So this is my sister (covered her face and name for obv reasons) she doesnt identify as anything other than a woman and it’s really sad to see her (and other women) post these things so openly and never read into their feelings on it any deeper it’s just ok time to put some makeup on!! ,, >:( it’s frustrating when women lie to me with the same lies they tell themselves like we’re not the same and i haven’t told myself the same lies and have watched the women around me tell themselves those lies too. I watched my sister sink into materialism and vanity always chasing this unattainable ideal and getting ever further from the image she’s obsessed over while never stopping to think of where she got this image from? it didnt just pop into her head one day that she NEEDED to look *specific way* or else she had no real worth or value. The bare face and natural state of being for a woman is not masculine to say that is entirely contradictory.