I Think That Calm, Cool, Collected, Perfectly Rational Female Characters Are Even Better - Because They

The best thing I’ve done for myself is to never download tik tok

As a gentile,

I will happily, happily absorb antisemitism to prevent it from reaching/getting to Jewish people. Happily 😊

I hope this is allyship. Really, I do.

I am not sure how to reply to you on my post, but I really want to read your fanfiction! Where can I find it?

I'm flattered! But it's still in my notebook in draft form. I will make an announcement when I publish it, and when I do, you can find it on Archive of Our Own.

When will we stop treating women's reactions to offenses as worse than the offenses themselves?

All the Force users in Star Wars are autistic. Their Force sensitivity comes from them being autistic.

The things I have heard people say about Jews are the worst things I have heard anyone say, about anybody.

"Why do you have to put down my dreams, so you're the only thing on my mind?"

I have reason to believe that 'Tell Me Why' is one of the most powerful songs Taylor Swift has written.

What makes this song great is its versatility; the lyrics can be applied to any situation wherein an abusive power dynamic between two parties is involved. TS described it as being about a tug of war in which "someone always kind of has the upper hand." With that in mind, the perspectives are endless. Depending on whom you talk to, this song could be about gender, racial, or wealth inequality, classism, even.

This versatility is what helps a song maintain its relevance. It's what makes some songs timeless. Music that isn't shackled to specific eras or circumstances has the capacity to be appreciated longer, and by wider audiences, because it doesn't shut people out. This is the music that can live on forever and ever. To me, that's power.

It is this style of songwriting that TS has mastered - that delicate balance between confession and ambiguity in her lyrics that gives you a sense of something she might have experienced, but also isn't so personal as to exclude the possibility of that experience being echoed by millions of other people.

This is Taylor's unique talent, and 'Tell Me Why' exemplifies it perfectly.

Hypocrisies of social justice movements:

- Advocate free thinking and intellectual curiosity, but frequently engage in intellectual dishonesty and censorship when it disagrees w/ their prerogative

- "Freedom of speech for me but not for thee"

- Denounce dehumanization, but commit it frequently when people are "canceled"

- Claim to value the ability of discomfort to help people learn/change, but frequently defame ("cancel") individuals whose arguments make them uncomfortable, regardless of how realistic those arguments might be

- Use character assassination and censorship to have their way, no matter that this directly contradicts their principles of social justice

- Accept little to no criticism, despite criticizing endlessly

- Advocate 'embracing diversity,' but will dismiss/denounce/defame/demonize those who acknowledge differences and who insist that such differences should not be overlooked, and should instead be honored

- Appoint themselves the arbitrary arbiters of right and wrong: judge, jury, and executioner on every issue

They do all of this in the name of social justice

I appreciate what these movements are trying to achieve. But the lack of situational/self-awareness in them is astounding. They are isolating themselves in an echo chamber. They are losing people.

“You fail only if you stop writing.”

— Ray Bradbury

My reaction to Taylor Swift's 'The Great War' as a political science student: "Oh my god, it's totally in the perspective of the nation addressing the sovereign state, and about the abuses suffered by the nation at the hands of the state."