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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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Reading for the 2nd time
read in January 2024
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
“You know, I never went to New York. Never even visited. I don't know why I didn't. I remember watching Sesame Street when I was little, and I liked how people would just sit on their steps and talk to each other in front of these nice and neat and square buildings. And all they had to do was cross the street or go next door to talk to each other.
Then I went to school, got a job, you know, you get busy. And it's ...
Who was it who said, uh, "even if life is forever, each moment of it is a miracle?" I think that's just something we tell ourselves. We're just ordinary and forever, I think. There's a leveling out that happens if you live forever and ever without anything to lose.
New York was probably just one more place with a lot of buildings. But I missed seeing it, that's a thing I lost. That's one of the only things I've ever lost. Thinking about that kind of gets me right in the heart. Like a little xylophone hammer is, you know, just hits it. ... It's a note we never play anymore.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future
Then I went to school, got a job, you know, you get busy. And it's ...
Who was it who said, uh, "even if life is forever, each moment of it is a miracle?" I think that's just something we tell ourselves. We're just ordinary and forever, I think. There's a leveling out that happens if you live forever and ever without anything to lose.
New York was probably just one more place with a lot of buildings. But I missed seeing it, that's a thing I lost. That's one of the only things I've ever lost. Thinking about that kind of gets me right in the heart. Like a little xylophone hammer is, you know, just hits it. ... It's a note we never play anymore.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future
“You ever wonder if this is Heaven now? You ever wonder if we're all just there now and we don't know it?
I've thought about that. All of us have. There's a lot less people who go to church than there used to be, because that's what a lot of people think.
But I don't think so. But I think about it. And I think, well, I can't be. Because I'm like you, I kinda look at the big long life ahead of me that stretches out forever and disappears. And I get scared. And I think, "this can't be Heaven if I'm getting scared, right?"
And then I think, "maybe I am in Heaven, and Heaven is scary.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future
I've thought about that. All of us have. There's a lot less people who go to church than there used to be, because that's what a lot of people think.
But I don't think so. But I think about it. And I think, well, I can't be. Because I'm like you, I kinda look at the big long life ahead of me that stretches out forever and disappears. And I get scared. And I think, "this can't be Heaven if I'm getting scared, right?"
And then I think, "maybe I am in Heaven, and Heaven is scary.”
― 17776: What football will look like in the future
“The blade flashed, and in that instant for Cicero the mystery that had plagued him all his life was solved, and liberty was extinguished from the earth.”
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“We do bones, motherfucker.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“Writers don't care what they eat. They just care what you think of them.”
― Harriet the Spy
― Harriet the Spy
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