Aiko Aslanian

She is incredibly socially oblivious which can be a double edged sword, but she indeed probably won't notice for some time. I mean one reason no one was able to bully me was because I never noticed if they were trying

And this is what makes me incandescent with rage at the people who have their panties in a twist about "smut" in YA (hardly endemic). Like, every 12 year old girl who reads a racy scene in a novel has been sexualized IRL by a grown man. Guess which one might actually mess her up

My daughter is 7, super innocent and naive (being SEVEN) and I am trying to figure out how to talk to her about this because I know it's coming soon if it hasn't happened yet

I mean withholding payments of our taxes seems like such an obvious form of protest and people are so scared to do it. And there are some logistical challenges tbf

Yes same. I shifted as much I could into pre-tax things for this year. Like also seriously you wanna cut the IRS how long will it take them to catch everyone

They're licking THESE boots?

"high weirdness" is a term that has mostly fallen out of favor that should come back in

This is what Hingston & Olsen press specializes in: ://www.hingstonandolsen.com

I reposted something that had a photo of Hegseth but I covered his face with the barf emoji so I didn't make anyone look at it. In case anyone would like to suggest that to him as a solution

Omg and if they were actually WRAPPED! Or like each in their own little envelope? Like a packet of letters

No. Rude. It's insurmountable and I shan't be doing it 🙉🙈

I got a collection of short stories this year where each one was bound separately and then put in a little box and I loved it. I generally find it kind of unappealing to read short story collections

Not the US govt. I mean...I'm gonna have to see what happens this year. The FO on my part...

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy.

Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit.

expertoptout@superhuman.com

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

not to discourse or whatever, I just think people need to calm down a little and imagine a beautiful world of possibilities.

I think this is the pov that is most likely to be done badly. There's just nowhere to hide.

But also! Sometimes it's fun to be a hater, and that's okay. But did you know that critical analysis skills make being a hater *even more fun*? It's true

You don't hate that POV, you hate it badly done, & it's often badly done

You don't hate that trope, you hate it badly done, & it's often badly done

It's that you don't yet have the critical analysis skills to parse the art, but that is a temporary condition if you wish it to be

I still think about how Justin Haynes uses first person plural in his book "Ibis." It's not the whole book in that POV, but it's sections and I've never read anything like it.

Time change who?

The discourse around subjectively shall launch me into the stratosphere of snobbery, I fear

Are you not supposed to have nightmares about your profession? I dream of out-of-control classrooms so often it kicks me into lucid dreaming and my dream self is like, "Oh this again. Don't even bother." And she wanders off to do something else.

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

Happy birthday!!!

That was a surprise ending, I thought you were going to say and then he punched you

We’re all paying for the lie that anger and insecurity aren’t emotions.

Only sharing bc I DMd already for my copy, I'm only so generous. Good luck to the rest of you.

I sadly think it's because Trump makes them more money. Biden was bad for engagement.

@infinitescream.bsky.social