It's extremely rare for me to not post something because it's too bad. But this was a 4 edible situation

You reductively could think Giovanni’s room is going to be about only gay men and then a woman shows up and James Baldwin writes some of the most immediately frank and eloquent takes on patriarchy. My head was spinning

-"‘I don’t see what’s so hard about being a woman. At least, not as long as she’s got a man.’ - ‘That’s just it,’ said she. ‘Hasn’t it ever struck you that that’s a sort of humiliating necessity?’"

James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

enki vs the gender dragon who would come out crying first

Becoming extremely docile and patient again after seeing baby geese at work

Listening to ‘espresso’ and then going wait… huh and listening to ‘say so’ and laughing

Bf was like ‘your new glasses should be those round ones… and then you should cut your hair to your ears in a center part so you look like that guy from Atlantis’ and I was like that’s an incredible compliment pull

Remember how hard the will.I.am dexter song goes [command not a question]

cause even in the dark i feel your resistance you can see my heart burning in the distance... baby baby baby i'm your man!!!

I edited together the clips of the NADDPod cast talking about fan reactions/backseat gaming from fans on the short rest this week because I feel like it’s something more people should hear.

Transcript:

Murph: So I don’t- I don’t venture into the comments very often– Caldwell: Oooh, shit Murph: –because I try to, um, y’know, stay sane. [Emily laughs] But I thought– I was like, you know what? The characters have joined the rebellion, there’s gonna be lots of fun discussion about, y’know, like– oh, so cool that they’re about Mothership and all this stuff, like… things are picking up!

[The audio cuts forward– Emily is in the middle of laughing as it picks back up, and continues to laugh in the background as Murph speaks] Murph: The top discussion of the episode, by far, is how bullshit the Callie Finale is. How unbalanced it is. That is the TOP thing. And– Caldwell, quietly: What the fuck? Emily: Well, the funny thing is, I– Callie Finale hadn’t come out yet, but I had seen how people were already complaining about Doom Blade, and I got rid of all my– I got rid of my two homebrew spells. [All overlapping] Murph: Yeah, Emily threw out her christmas present Emily: No more fucking– Murph: So you guys won. Caldwell: Are you fucking happy? Jake: You guys ruined fucking christmas. Murph: You ruined christmas. You ruined christmas. Emily: I mean Jake gets to– Jake– [The others stop talking, and it’s just Emily.] Jake still has access to them because I know that you will not hold him to the same fuckin standard that you hold me. Murph: It’s true. Yeah. 1,000 points of damage Hardwon is fine. Emily: And in fact, if there had been a Calder finale, you all would’ve been like– Murph: It would’ve been fine. [Overlapping, sarcastically.] Emily: Aww, so much growth. Caldwell: Such growth. Murph: Such growth. So powerful. Emily: I’m so proud of this boy who has literally been playing as much [laughs] D&D as the girl. Murph: Lemme continue my beef of the week– Emily: So it’s all gone. No more– Caldwell: Oh we’re halfway through the fillet. Murph: They’re all gone. They’re all gone. The beef of the week will continue though. The beef continues. [Murph on his own, more seriously.] So I agree that getting 30 HP from it was too much. I would not have done that again. ‘Cause that’s what happens. You make judgement calls. Caldwell: Are you saying that a DM can… change rulings? After an episode? Murph: I’m saying that just ‘cause I said it the one time does not mean we’re going to cheese and fucking break the game fo– like, I have a hundred and forty some odd episodes out there. And people somehow, still, I need to prove myself every week that I’m not a dumbass. Every week people are like “this is the end of the show I guess. I guess he just gave her something where she just gets 40 HP for free!” No. No. What are you talking about? [Caldwell, Emily, and Jake laugh in the background as Murph speaks.] Caldwell: I’m wondering if I could join the beef real quick?

[The audio cuts again, once again picking up as Emily is in the middle of laughing. She continues to laugh as Caldwell speaks.] Caldwell: There were people like– criticizing Callie for like– sexualizing Sol? And like, speculating that I was uncomfortable with it?? [Everyone laughs.] Murph, incredulous: Speculating that you were uncomfortable?! [Overlapping; Murph’s following lines are said at a yell, distant from the microphone so it’s not overwhelmingly loud.] Murph: You got fucked through a bag?! You have had sex. On this show. Through a BAG. Caldwell: Dog, I– Let me just say right now, I am 35. I have a mortgage. Murph: This is a FROG. Caldwell: I own a RAV-4. I’m fine. You don’t need to worry about me. Murph, more quietly: Oh my god. Jake: Woah you own that RAV-4?

[The audio cuts forward again.] Jake: –The idea that like, we’re suffering at the table when we record, the four of us, and it’s up to the audience at the end of the week to be like– Murph: –to decide if– Emily: –to protect Jake and Caldwell? Jake: –”hey I noticed, actually”– like, we’re totally good. Caldwell: We’re fine. Murph: Yeah, this is an edited– Jake: I’m having the time of my life. The happiest I am is after– is like– either right after or during our recording sessions. Murph: Yeah, we’re just buds, guys. Emily: We are just really good friends having a lot of fun with like, a deep mutual respect. And that’s why the show is fun to make. And that’s why you don’t need to protect them. Murph: The beef– Caldwell: I feel like all the comments should just be like– “Wow, check out these buds!” Murph: Yeah: check out the buds!

End of Transcript.

As always

god when my tonsils were infected and i was in pain but also sleeping 16 hours a day and after three days of that i felt so fucking good. i was built to be sleeping a third of the week

every time i think about midnight mass i just think about how i wasn't ecstatic about it but it was so worth it for the twist because i am so delighted when stories surprise me and i still laugh thinking about priest getting his shit rocked in the scariest way and getting back up like 'no this is definitely a good thing'

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i was re-watching ‘maya angelou: still i rise’ & lost my mind & heart during this reading of ‘the mask’ so i decided to record + upload for anyone who would also like to be brought to tears. 

going through word docs because my old email is about to expire and found ds9 cold opens i wrote for fun and because i wanted to try to nail down the tone of them

Quark’s. JADZIA and WORF enter, in Klingon armor and clearly straight from a battle, still bleeding and askew, Jadzia more than Worf. JADZIA makes a beeline straight for QUARK, who is behind the bar.

JADZIA: Quark. Wouldn’t you agree that cheating is dishonorable?

QUARK: Well–

JADZIA: For a Klingon?”

QUARK: Oh, yeah, definitely.

WORF: [patting a small cut on JADZIA’s forehead with a napkin] Jadzia, please–

JADZIA: And if you were fighting an epic battle that would go down in history, that would test every part of you, of your spirit–

QUARK: I wouldn’t be, but go on.

JADZIA: Wouldn’t it cheapen the experience to do something you wouldn’t be able to do during a real battle, especially right when your sworn partner was about to defeat the opposing army’s general in hand to hand combat?

QUARK: [no idea, but agreeing because he’s a good friend] Yes. Of course.

JADZIA throws a very pointed and smug look at WORF before stomping off; not really angry but very clearly the winner of a heated argument. WORF sighs. With Jadzia gone, QUARK immediately settles into the role of sympathetic bartender.

QUARK: So what did you do?

WORF: I paused the holosuite because I had to sneeze.

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calling a work of fiction "saccharine and masturbatory" to indicate that it is awesome. just like sugar and cranking off