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Saw an op-ed that was on the surface a complaint about kids not wanting to take on family heirlooms but read like an elegy to dying traditions. The hardest part was the anxiety without recognizing that they didn’t pave the way for the decisions they assumed their kids would make.
(This is written entirely within the dominant white/western culture - about traditions that have neglectful stewardship rather than those actively suppressed)
The anxiety makes sense. You’re seeing, too late to do anything about it, that there’s no foundation - no space - for the traditions you expected to pass on. Your kids _can’t_ take your mom’s fine china. So now instead of enjoying what you have you worry about its future.
I see a pattern in these op-eds though - a pattern in what’s left unsaid. There were responsibilities tied to these traditions. You collectively assumed they _would_ be passed along. So collectively, what did you do to ensure those traditions _could_ be passed along?
Op-eds never speak for everyone, but it’s worth acknowledging the pattern in what speech is deemed worth sharing widely.  And in this particular pattern, there’s an answer: that answer looks like “nothing.”
You want the china passed down but your kids have no room in their rentals. You want grandkids but your kids don’t have the financial stability. You want that cross-country RV neverending road trip but you’ve had decades of wanting lower taxes more than you wanted infrastructure.
The bleak outlook for traditions is a direct result of the unmaintained foundations for them. The second best time is always now - if it’s important enough to op-ed about, what are you willing to change to get it back? What will you give up or re-prioritize?
I kinda think that world-defining assumptions are always gonna break without maintenance. So rather than getting mad at whoever’s next for not carrying on the norms we didn’t do upkeep on, when it’s my turn, I hope I’m introspective enough to help instead of externalize & blame.
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“I’m almost 50, and here is the best thing I have learned so far: every strange thing you’ve ever been into, every failed hobby or forgotten instrument, everything you have ever learned will come back to you, will serve you when you need it. No love, however brief, is wasted.” @louisethebaker on Twitter
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ive been reading a book that basically explains how so-called “brain differences” between the genders is the result of gendered socialization and not the cause of it. i honestly expected the book to be very cis-centric but its actually the opposite, the author stresses that testimony from trans ppl is actually indispensable because we’ve, in a sense, “lived both experiences”
more cis feminists should have this mindset
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When Guillermo del Toro had a practical effect fish-man suit in The Shape of Water but used cgi to make the eyes look more real.... he had the right idea.
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Friends don't let friends read Atlas Shrugged
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QOTD: I'm torn between romantic undead anglerfish pairing and spectral disease.
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blog-sliverofjade · 3 months
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Hazel, Julia, and other cast members will answer your questions on Care & Feeding of Werewolves' first ever livestream Q&A on January 1st at 3pm PST!
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Hazel, Julia, and other cast members will answer your questions on Care & Feeding of Werewolves' first ever livestream Q&A on January 1st at 3pm PST!
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blog-sliverofjade · 3 months
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I REALLY want to film a Star Trek parody where the caption is yelling really tropey star trekkie things at the engineer who in turn just answers with real and truthful responses about mechanics. Like
Captain: how long will it take to get the warp engines back online??
Engineer: at least 2 hours
Captain: *dramatically* you've got 45 minutes
Engineer: well, okay, so it's not going to happen then, because it takes at least 2 hours
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“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly
Beautifuly written- and drawn.
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blog-sliverofjade · 3 months
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Good turt
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there’s something endlessly hilarious to me about the phrase “hotly debated” in an academic context. like i just picture a bunch of nerds at podiums & one’s like “of course there was a paleolithic bear cult in Northern Eurasia” and another one just looks him in the eye and says “i’l kill you in real life, kevin”
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blog-sliverofjade · 3 months
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It is interesting seeing a lot of TERF messaging gradually change from "trans women are all going to be hairless autogynephile sex androids with implants, who will make men expect the same from real women" to "if a woman has hairy legs or a squarish jaw she's Secretly A Male" as they gradually get absorbed into the broader anti-trans coalition (the center of gravity of which is just straightforwardly sexist) and take on more of its ideas and values.
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