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"“the assumption that trans life is a specifically modern phenomenon, in sharp contrast to the apparently timeless stability of cisgender modes of identity and embodiment,”
oh kill em dr. gordon kill em" — Apr 12, 2026 08:14PM
"“the assumption that trans life is a specifically modern phenomenon, in sharp contrast to the apparently timeless stability of cisgender modes of identity and embodiment,”
oh kill em dr. gordon kill em" — Apr 12, 2026 08:14PM
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"psych wards will be like “is anyone else gonna strip autonomy from this already distressed and frightened person” and not wait for an answer" — May 11, 2026 02:34PM
"psych wards will be like “is anyone else gonna strip autonomy from this already distressed and frightened person” and not wait for an answer" — May 11, 2026 02:34PM
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max theodore said:
"
EXTREMELY good book. manne's basic thesis is that misogyny isn't a personal hatred of women that some men harbor because of psychological issues, but an intricate and structural system forcing women into the role of Giving (attention, affection, powe
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"rereading this thinking “i should write the essay on manne’s theory of asymmetrical moral support roles and goneril from shakespeare’s king lear” because i can only think about like two things ever" — Mar 22, 2026 09:26PM
"rereading this thinking “i should write the essay on manne’s theory of asymmetrical moral support roles and goneril from shakespeare’s king lear” because i can only think about like two things ever" — Mar 22, 2026 09:26PM
“Gone mad is what they say, and sometimes Run mad, as if mad is a different direction, like west; as if mad is a different house you could step into, or a separate country entirely. But when you go mad you don't go any other place, you stay where you are. And somebody else comes in.”
― Alias Grace
― Alias Grace
“I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t you feel even worse.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
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