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hmm. okay i think if your goal is to humorously but genuinely summarize othello you have to say the words racism and black more than once. "othello is an idiot plot there's no reason for othello to believe iago" Address Me 🐘
— Feb 15, 2026 12:40PM
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“If you have the ability to hate, you will hate Ethan Frome.” thinking about my high school friend who tried to explain the plot of ethan frome to me while sleep deprived and dissolved into hysterical laughter
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losing it over kipling specifically getting a category on his scorecard called “evil”
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NO SECTION DEDICATED TO VICTOR HUGO BUT FUCKING BEN JONSON GETS A SECTION? YOU HATE ME
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you can tell i'm into the time periods i don't know so well because i have no funny quotes to post i'm just learning things
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"Sade writes like the Ayn Rand of sexual violence." insane burn. jawdropping. i'd kill myself
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"Rousseau is one of those artistes who rapturously extols the ennobling effect of manual labor, which he has never done, and is not offering to do."
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no mention of diderot's softcore nun porn... sad
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"To read Clarissa requires the patience God gave a sea sponge"
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"[Samuel] Richardson was the opposite of a man's man. All his life, he preferred the company of women and the manners of women; he sincerely believed they were morally superior to men. Women loved Richardson back ... This love was platonic, but Richardson didn't mind..."
would estrogen have saved him. would estrogen have saved him
— May 17, 2026 03:56PM
would estrogen have saved him. would estrogen have saved him
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sorry to intrude on your update but i'm just reminded of my white friend telling me that her othello hot take (with the disclaimer she did not mean this dramatically but in terms of character) was that othello was an asshole so desdemona would be happier married to cassio .. don't know how to articulate it bc i don't know othello TOO well but that felt deeply wrong😭
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violet wrote: "sorry to intrude on your update but i'm just reminded of my white friend telling me that her othello hot take (with the disclaimer she did not mean this dramatically but in terms of character) was ..."HELLO........ see im not saying othello is a perfect guy because he does like. kill her. he does definitely kill her. but "desdemona should be with cassio instead of othello" is exactly the rhetoric every white person in that play already believes solely due to antiblackness so that one. feels weird! feels deeply weird. especially bc desdemona and othello have what seems to be a very genuine caring love before iago gets involved