Emma. she/her. 33. I just like stuff and then blog about it. Normal stuff. ~~~multifandom~~~ i guess, i just watch/read/listen as they come. Testimonials: "to me, you're like if chris fleming bunschen was a wonderful lady" - wastrelwoods
im gonna be real i do think we need to spend more time as a society encouraging adults to play pretend in structured ways bc what i’m getting from a variety of sources is we all like to make fake shit and pretend to be people we are not
Discussion Questions:
Based on the original text, what assumptions can be made about the op’s engagement/knowledge or lack thereof with a variety of already existing structured play (for example: dnd, ttrpgs, larping)? Does it seem reasonable to assume that they have never experienced or are unaware of these?
What purpose does the word “encouraging” have in this statement? How does that contextualize the previous question?
How does “make fake shit” and “pretend to be people we are not” add to the humorous tone of the post?
I know i don’t really have that much a platform or pull, but i want y'all’s help.
As you know, two days ago, that nazi asshole charlie kirk was shot and killed. One of the professors at my uni posted about it and said he wouldn’t mourn him and wondered where this kind of response was for the Minnesota rep assassination, school shootings, etc. He didn’t even know who the bitch was.
And now he very well may lose his job.
This is such a kind man. When he saw my backpack falling apart, he gave me his old one that normally would have cost 200 dollars. When i couldn’t afford the art supplies for his class, he gave me some to keep that i still use. He has been one of the most supportive and understanding professors i have ever had, and he doesn’t deserve to lose a job he’s had for almost 20 years just for telling the truth and not mourning a man who doesn’t deserve it.
Its not my petition, and i know they rarely accomplish much of anything nowadays, but it will at least bring attention to it
Sign it. Spread it around. Reblog this post, get it out there. Please.
This isn’t hypothetical, folks. The professor has been put on leave because Republican lawmakers had the sheer nerve to demand he be fired for making a not actually especially inflammatory comment on his personal Facebook page. They have no legal standing at all to do that.
If things are going bad in your life the most important thing you can do is fixate on a era of your life you can never return to. It is really important to romanticize it and remember it so incorrectly that it’s more of a false idol for worship than a memory. No one has ever successfully returned to the idealized past but you will be the first to succeed. You will succeed you simply must recreate a false and limping facsimile of who you were back then. You must ignore your beautiful opportunities to live your present life. It is important to unbury a peaceful corpse and climb inside it. I promise it will feel just as good as you remember.
Its nice to be corporeal by which i mean having a physical form with which to interact with the world around you but i will not lie to you there are problems associated
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The University of California, Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 faculty members and students as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”, a move a targeted scholar likened to a “practice from the McCarthy era”.
UC Berkeley, a top-ranked public institution, sent a letter to affected members of campus last week disclosing that university lawyers had included their names in reports to the Department of Education’s office for civil rights (OCR). The education department has been targeting colleges across the country as part of Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, international students and academic freedom.
Judith Butler, a prominent feminist philosopher and queer theorist, received the letter from David Robinson, UC Berkeley’s chief campus counsel, which said OCR was investigating “allegations of antisemitic harassment and discrimination” and “required production of comprehensive documents”.
Butler, a Jewish scholar who has been critical of Israel, said on Friday that they had questioned Robinson about the disclosures and said he provided no information on the specific allegations. “We have a right to know the charges against us, to know who has made the charges and to review them and defend ourselves,” they said. “But none of that has happened, which is why we’re in Kafka-land … It is an enormous breach of trust.”
UC Berkeley, Butler noted, was home of the free speech movement in the 1960s: “We’ve been a place where controversial public issues can be freely debated. We have different views on Israel-Palestine. We need to hear them even when they upset us. That is the spirit of the place that I have been championing and affirming for 30 years. So it’s a heartbreak and it’s disgraceful.” UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision to send the information to the Trump administration was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel.
[…] UC Berkeley’s counsel declined to share with Butler the contents of the files sent to the Trump administration, they said. With the materials now in the hands of the federal government, the disclosures raised concerns about violations of sixth amendment rights for people to know charges against them, they added. […]
UC Berkeley, like campuses across the US, was home to a pro-Palestinian encampment, which was taken down after administrators agreed to consider the university’s investments in weapons companies. The Trump administration has also forcefully targeted Harvard, Columbia and other major universities with cuts to their federal funding and demands for hefty settlements.
Butler said students and faculty were organizing to object to the disclosures, saying there were widespread concerns about employment law violations, intrusions on academic freedom and suppression of political debate.
