#funders

[rf-times]

You all need to read Wifedom by Anna Funder, it's a really well written book about George Orwell's wife Eileen and all the ways that biographers and Orwell himself erased her immense contributions to his books, the Spanish Civil War etc. Fiercely feminist book and a really good read about how all the so called male geniuses of the world have gotten there through the work of women and subsequent erasure of their works.

[caitlynmeow]

The sisters are totally like “I’d give you one of my kidneys no questions asked” but they’re also “touch my charger and you’re dead” kinda siblings

[starlightspy]

While cleaning my room, I found a book from a class I took about Modern Germany (I’m currently getting my bachelor's in history). It's a collection of testimonies from people who lived in Berlin under East German rule, focusing on their interactions with the Stasi. I’m thinking of reading through it again and checking my class notes to really pin down what historical contexts Endo decided to include in the plot. If anyone would be interested to see what I find, I'd be more than happy to share it here!

[nobeerreviews]

I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.

-- Anna Funder

(Basel, Switzerland)

[dithorba]

Cohost's death was kind of inevitable. But I am more so mad at how capitalism yadda yadda the unviability of any website that doesn't just ruthlessly scrape data off you to sell to advertisers or AI. I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate.

[duchessofostergotlands]

This is my greatest work achievement this year. My colleague sent us an email which started:

My response:

Him:

[separatist-apologist]

Can't believe they're making me work at WORK. IM BUSY

[immaculatasknight]

Bastion of colonialism

[monotart]

joke explainer thinker i drew like 2 weeks ago bc i kinda wanna learn the ccc shading style n stuff

[baravaggio]

i don’t want to get into this at 7 in the morning but so much of the current (and wack) thought around lgbt stuff came out of 2010s tumblr which came out of 15 year olds misinterpreting gender theory and feminist philosophy texts and and cherry picking historical information to validate their existing world view. and it makes me nuts that almost no one talks about or remembers it

[seltzher-bottel]

Mmmmmm manager concept

[joculine]

i want to give the benefit of the doubt and not assume the worst of a group of people working on something that does seem kinda cool

but also. that site does give off a feeling of "what if dashcon was a social media platform"

[devildom-moss]

February request goals update

I made a spreadsheet because I'm like that of all the requests I have from Halloween/early November I know it's been a long time. I'm sorry. So, I'm going try to get 7 more done this month (the ones in yellow, with the darker ones being the requests I'm working on this week). Yes, I picked ones with Simeon in them on purpose.

I put an upload schedule in the bio (Tuesdays 9pm, Saturdays 10pm PST). Let's see if I can actually stick to it. I'll try.

[pasta-is-magnificent]

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

I have literally never been less patriotic or even enthused about this stupid country than I am now, and I expect that if you have been looking at what's going on you shouldn't be either!

[distant-screaming]

OH same staircase as earlier is he gonna run into babe