Terminal non-binary reply guy. Xennial. ADHD. ExCatholic. Skeptic, Atheist & Strict Materialist. Former TTRPG gamer(I have zero friends). Old enough to remember Reagan as president. My big mouth gets me in trouble.
If I even get a whiff that an author is bending over backwards to avoid having themselves canceled on social media, I drop the book.
jawless-fishtheres this one tumblr post ive seen talking about that phenomenon but w fiction writing that I think about often
Literary authors who decide to write a sci-fi book despite never having read a sci-fi book.
Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out nowhey guys I don't read this genre but I'm here to revolutionise it. I haven't read a single book that's done this.
This is the kind of thing that only happens online in certain queer spaces under a certain age. It's definitely a go outside and talk to other people thing. Especially when said bisexual woman online talks about being ashamed of her boyfriend or being attracted to him.
The WalrusStraight women are often portrayed as people who must endure male desire rather than enthusiastically embrace it. Cultural critic Phoebe Maltz Bovy argues that feminism has lost sight of a simple fact: plenty of women genuinely want men. https://thewalrus.ca/are-there-any-straight-women-left/
I heard a scientist called people against AI "luddites" who need to get with the time. I politely corrected him that the luddites were a social movement who fought against technology because it was rendering them destitute in Victorian times. He didn't appreciate it.
Brian MerchantNPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet
I understand what people are saying here. And I do agree with it. But you are still engaging in an IP currently owned by a fascist. By saying this publicly, you are advertising that something now owned by a fascist is so good. It's worth going through the hassle of pirating or buying second hand.
Frank CifaldiDid you know you can just watch a Star Trek? Whenever you want? You can just turn on a Star Trek and feel good all the time. There is infinite Star Trek and if you know how to use the internet it's free, and it's like taking your brain to a brain spa. I forget this sometimes but I remember now.