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progress:
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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
progress:
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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
“We do bones, motherfucker.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
“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
“Was there no safety? No learning by heart of the ways of the world? No guide, no shelter, but all was miracle, and leaping from the pinnacle of a tower into the air? Could it be, even for elderly people, that this was life?—startling, unexpected, unknown?”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Over the course of my life, as I have made my Houdini-like escapes from one self-imposed constraint after another, a question haunts me with increasing insistence. How many levels does this game have?”
― The Secret to Superhuman Strength
― The Secret to Superhuman Strength
“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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