nonsensicalghosts

“denied the catharsis of punishment” is an underappreciated but hugely effective narrative consequence imo 

unabashedlyseveresandwich

#it’s so tasty and it comes in so many flavors#does the character self-loathe and feel anguished by what others intended as an act of forgiveness and grace?#does the character know they need to change but sort of madly wish they could trade the unceasing exhausting improvement journey#for a flash bang of slate-clearing repentance so they don’t have to *think* about it anymore?#is is a creeping horror as the character realizes no one is going to punish them because everyone else still thinks what they did was okay?#does the character have to live the rest of their life just feeling ever so slightly untrusted by everyone with no way to stop it?#sorry for leaving pretentious tags on tumblr dot com it will happen again 

Peer-reviewed tags by @annabelle–cane

casgirl

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This tweet has prevented more eating disorders than any public health campaign ever has

finalgrrrl

i dont get the people in the notes to this saying its too mean because from experience when you're in the depth of an eating disorder and brag to everyone about how little you eat you need to get a reality check not to be babied.....participating in diet culture IS laughable stay mad

spacelazarwolf

remove the word “cabal” from your vocabulary please. signed, a very tired leftist jew.

genderkoolaid

before anyone can start making bullshit excuses:

"From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala, which in turn is derived from Hebrew קַבָּלָה‎ (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge)."

"1520s, "mystical interpretation of the Old Testament," later "an intriguing society, a small group meeting privately" (1660s), from French cabal, which had both senses, from Medieval Latin cabbala ["Jewish mystic philosophy," 1520s, also quabbalah, etc., from Medieval Latin cabbala, from Mishnaic Hebrew qabbalah "reception, received lore, tradition," especially "tradition of mystical interpretation of the Old Testament," from qibbel "to receive, admit, accept."]"

This is not a case of "oh ~some~ people have misused this word," it is etymologically antisemitic.

friendshapedhole

Today (June 26, 2023) is the 20th anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas, the most important Supreme Court case in gay history. It finally ruled that consensual sodomy cannot be a crime and all state laws criminalizing it are invalid.

People don’t realize how recent it was that cops could arrest you solely for having gay sex, in the privacy of your own bedroom. It was slowly decriminalized state by state, but like 1/3 of all states still had those laws in place until 2003.

It didn’t get nearly as much fanfare and recognition at the time as the 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage. But I think it established a far more crucial right.