first assigned reading in my textile history class is about orientalism and the political appropriation of the paisley print and kashmir shawl by the british written by a south asian researcher

"in this essay i would like to offer a way of reading pattern and textile history as political and ideological" sickos yes ha ha ha yes . jpeg

dropbox link to the PDF of the reading i just uploaded bc it's institution paywalled otherwise <3 let me know if you have any issues downloading it

this is my least favorite misogynist talking point in the fandom playbook because essentially everyone who complains about the lack of f/f Is Already writing or drawing it themselves if they are a person who enjoys writing or drawing. and if you're not a person who enjoys writing or drawing i don't think you are obligated to become one in order for your complaints about extremely blatant misogynistic trends in both original media and fan works to not count as "whining"

ohhh you think the women getting upset about misogyny are whiny? wow that's a new one that's revolutionary you're saying something so controversial and brave

Stickers you can immediately hear.

There's a Wikipedia article for the bean soup incident...

this is an amusing map tbh, showing the degree of mismatch between clock time and solar time, with blue areas having an early noon, red areas having a late noon, and white areas being synchronized

Grumpy Guardsman Commission

I just want to take this moment and say I'm glad you're here. As hard and as terrible the world might seem, it is equally majestic and beautiful, and I'm glad you have a chance to be here and see it and be a part of that beauty. Thank you for being you. Thank you for continuing to be here. I am immensely proud of you and all you've done.

He gets up like nothing happened . he doesn't even care

You can pinpoint the exact moment he turns to liquid

there's just not enough time in the day for video games. even when I want to play them and dont have anything else going on I still don't end up playing them. this is because there's actually only four hours in the day and nobody is talking about this

hi guys! discord is doing a survey on how people would like ai to be integrated into discord. take it and say fuck no to every question. when you get to "in general, how do you feel about discord inegrating ai features?", respond that you would actively get everyone you know off of discord and wouldn't pay for nitro or other shop items if they added ai features.

are you okay i noticed you reblogging "a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease" again

oh damn Tara Knight's writing is crucial. no wonder the FBI is after her. as well as the one linked just a bit ago (I'll rb again), I DEMAND you all read these.

the lesbian computer from portal was right. given the circumstances ive been shockingly nice

insane like/reblog parity on this post btw

oh my god I just realized this is the year people will stop being born and stop aging and stop dying