#Marketing & Informative:

[deservedgrace]

something that's really been bothering me lately is how the church i was a part of would like... repackage doctrine to make it sound nicer and more acceptable. like, the belief that all humans are evil by nature and deserve eternal torture for the crime of existing is inherently violent and cruel. but my church didn't frame it like that. they framed it as "yes we're ALL evil and wicked and we ALL deserve hell to atone for our sin (being human) BUT god loves you despite you not deserving love or happiness or anything good at all and all you have to do to avoid the pits of hell is accept jesus as your savior isn't that so amazing????" and they framed the crucifixion as this beautiful, selfless act of god by taking our place on the cross instead of "this all-powerful being who created all the rules decided that he required torture, death, and human sacrifice to be able to tolerate us". and it's not "women will be viewed as lesser than men" it's "women must submit to their husbands the same way we all must submit to god it's not dehumanizing it's holy and yes women have different roles but that doesn't make them lesser than and sure we don't have any women in leadership positions in the church and we would never even consider it, come on now that's ridiculous, but that's just because men are supposed to lead because men and women are different and created for different purposes it's just biology". and there are plenty others! i know that the reframing of everything is part of how they can even get people to accept the doctrine in the first place, but being on the outside of it is kind of horrifying. when you get down to the actual beliefs that are held without the distortions and manipulation, so many are violent, cruel, dehumanizing, abusive. but they distort and manipulate these beliefs to make them seem acceptable, morally correct, and redefine what love is and should look like.

[vaguely-concerned]

in shambles over lucanis' big ol' 🥺eyes while asking rook if they can come with him to plan caterina's funeral and the barest pretense that it's because spite might pull something. spite, who we have no reason to infer from how that goes down says or does anything during that whole thing. I do so love the consistency of the background hum of 'hm. you know lucanis perhaps the real problem here isn't so much the demon thing but a lot more about the life experience you've had up until now that makes you think wanting a friend to come along to help you bury a loved one is something you're not allowed (nor frankly know how) to ask for'

*agonized rook voice* LUCANIS lucanis you must understand I would go with you into hell itself. I will live in your heart, die in your lap and be buried in your eyes. and moreover I will come with you to your grandma's funeral arrangements fuck sorry about your life 😬

[beaft]

adhd means a lot of things to a lot of people, but what it mainly means for me is that every day for the past 2 weeks i have left the house with the intention of posting an important letter and every day i have categorically failed to do so

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

here's a fun little definition to help people understand what inflation is, please follow and reblog for more

/credit: Lily Orchard

[mtgsmash-or-pass]

Hmm what’s this? A strange book has appeared in my letterbox, full of new people and strange creatures… I suppose this is what today is for!

[pessimisticlatte]

spencer was a legendarily unhinged name choice

also “my body’s good” and “every time i get spanked i get a purple patch, wanna add one?” were fucking diabolical

anyway so when and where can i get a spencer marketable plushie?

[motof1bfs]

forget to tell the world i bought a custom flag with this design, made by me ofc

[dateamonster]

this is a petty grievance so feel free not to take this too seriously

i liked the pilot of the gaslight district. i was not crazy about it like wrapping up with a slideshow of all the merch that is already for sale for it. similarly, i liked the first couple episodes of amazing digital circus too but the more glitch started promoting their marketable plushies and the more like mascot-character-centric it started to feel in general the less interested i was in continuing to watch. when i was watching the gaslight district and seeing all the gristly gory detail put into it (which in itself was a pleasant surprise that i really didnt anticipate from the look of the thumbnail or especially from my experience with their other work) i thought "oh cool, so all the aggressive marketing and fandomization of tadc was like in service of being able to really flex with this new series. they made their big crowd pleaser and now that thats a huge success theyre free to make something darker and more challenging without cheapening it with constant merch ads."

and then the end credits rolled and it was like "hey who wants 10000 charmless chibified plushies and figures!" like i get it indie animators gotta eat for sure but tbqh i just want shorter webseries with worse animation made by people who are paid more and without being relentlessly advertised to every episode and im not kidding.

[comradecowplant]

twitter imperial core feminists would be calling the burger king sexploitation ads "liberatory" if the site (& the modern mode of social media "discourse") existed back then omggggggggggg

[noknowshame]

I'm going to say something and please do not kill me. if we really do believe that art in-of-itself is inherently amoral, then that also means we have to accept that advertising is a valid art form, but just one that tends to be used in ideologically repellent contexts

[arabellasdoingthework]

Maybe my fifth try at studyblr. First time was early COVID era lol. Do interact! Maybe some accountability will help me stay more consistent!! It should also help that it's still like 5th week of lectures, not a crazy time like finals lol

Today's tasks:

Revisit Online Marketing notes

Web Analytics Notes

Write Information Law notes based off slides

Play BOTW

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

spent the entire workday researching 2-in-1 laptops for artists so if any of you have questions about that........don't ask me

[nando161mando]

Trump wants a crash to benefit the ultra wealthy

https://youtu.be/HRAfLJiH0qA

[historyhermann]

Sisters of the Kokoro library and the vitality of rural libraries

Iina, Kokoro, and Aru marvel over Aru’s drawing for the library flier in the show’s second episode In July 2022, I wrote about Kokoro Library, noting that the series takes place in an extremely rural location, with the library isolated on a mountain and receiving very few visitors/patrons. This connects with rural libraries, which do not always get as much attention as more people like in urban…