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THOUGHT GAINED: INFERNAL ENGINES

PROBLEM

The world is ending. You know it, your neighbor knows it, the dealer knows it, the jailer knows it, the king and all his men know it. All one has to do is look around to see it— the future is curdling into something pale and incorporeal. The infernal machine that is this stupid world is going to blow, sooner rather than later. So what are you doing? Why are you still here? Why is anyone still here?

SOLUTION

You are doing the only thing worth doing. You are living. *Why,* you ask? Try and remember now. Remember your mother’s hand on your shoulder. Remember the taste of a fresh catch. Remember the times when you were kind to the dogs in the valley and they did not bare their teeth. Remember the weight of a child on your shoulders. Remember the stars throwing their light against the wall of sodium and smog. Remember singing until your throat was raw. Remember crying just as loudly and publicly, and the gentleness with which someone opened your curled fist and pressed a handkerchief into your palm. Crying, laughing, running, eating, screaming, haunting, loving, fighting, fighting, fighting. The fight fuels you, and you fuel the fight. You run yourself ragged just for a chance to keep running. You never stop. You cannot stop. The world depends on it. *You* are the infernal engine. You are the world. And, simply put: you want to live.

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Leftist men will be like Yeah I guess “misogyny” is bad but you have to consider that some men are wxrking clxss and differently abled so :) and also queer so they’re attracted to women in a gay way lol & sex has been dismantled and has no bearing on the way I interact with the world and holy shit I hate white cis women

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'jeans + shorts, sneakers + platform sandals, london 1970' in pants: a history afoot - laurence benaïm (2001)

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You're sexually attracted to me not interested in me. There's a difference.

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i'm losing my mind

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Grandmaster Tan Zhongyi.

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Are you nice? Do you smile to men the street? Do you politely wait for your turn to speak? Do you step back to let the people who really know what they’re talking about take the floor? Do you help out? Do you help out, or do you sacrifice yourself? Are you nice? Are you a martyr? Are you nice, or are you putting yourself last? Are you of service, or do you take your own desires as afterthoughts? Do you think your worth hinges on how palatable you are? Are you nice, or are you quiet? Are you nice, or are you afraid? Are you making yourself invisible? Are you trying to pass as unthreatening? Are you nice?

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The best thing I ever did for my skin was swapping out bullshit $70 skincare products for water

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One of my least favourite dialogue tropes is when a man tells a woman, “You can’t do that” or “I wouldn’t do that if I were you” and she says, “Why? Because I’m a woman and therefore too weak to handle this/can’t take care of myself?” or something to that effect and the guy replies with, “No, because everyone who tried that ended up with a bullet in their brain” or something equally reasonable and not gender-specific that paints him as the rational not sexist guy and the woman as an irrational paranoid feminist who searches for sexism in everything. This whole scenario is built on the idea that sexism is over and women’s fears and suspicions don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s also self-congratulatory pseudofeminism bc it’s supposed to make the viewer/reader/listener feel that in this specific work of fiction women are treated respectfully and as equal with men.

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Are women allowed to have any standards when it comes to dating men?

If a woman wants a man who is conventionally attractive, tall or athletic, she is shallow.

If a woman wants a man who earns good money or at least has some financial stability/gainful employment, a career or good career prospects, she is a gold-digger.

If a woman wants a man who is educated, cultivated or takes an active interest in the world around him one way or another, she is a snob.

If a woman wants a man who is not a complete porn-addict with a severe case of terminal misogyny, she is a stuck-up bitch.

If a woman wants a man who is kind, considerate and actually cares about her, she pussy-whips her boyfriend or husband.

If a women wants a man who shares values, interests or life-style choices that are important to her, she is mean and exclusionary, because why wouldn't she give men a chance she is clearly not compatible with?

Seriously, what are women allowed to look for in a male partner? Oh, wait, I know! She is supposed to want a man who is funny and makes her laugh. That is a demand no man feels threatened by, because they all think they are comedy gold.

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serpent imagery belongs to women

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Why can’t person just wear “feminine” glasses without changing their gender?😭

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calling women who exist in their natural state "cross dressers" is wildddd

dumb ass TRAs 😭