A Life Without Eating 

“Inflammation from Crohn’s disease had connected the tissues of my small intestine and my bladder together via fistula, and I did not want to pee out a roast chicken.”

Eating is about more than just nutrition. Eating makes us human. Read Andrew Chapman’s powerful new essay on living without food here. 

The way so many "feminist" retellings actually give their women less agency makes me want to bite someone

So there’s actually a very good explanation for this!

Many pieces of classic literature were written before any form of unified feminist movement, such as Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, etc. They express feminist values and a lot of social commentary that’s cutting edge even today. But their best qualities lay in the lack of precedent. They weren’t writing according to qualifications of some political ideal, they wrote about real life.

The best part about Pride and Prejudice is Charlotte Lucas marrying a man she doesn’t like because it’s her safest option. Because she’s afraid. Or Lydia being abandoned by her parents and consequently being groomed by an older man. Or Elizabeth being her father’s favorite because she dislikes her mother and laughs at society with him.

Or in Little Women, when Amy burns Jo’s book in selfish rage. Or when Meg happily marries and lives a very traditional life. Jo selling her hair and crying about it later. Jo marrying her professor over Laurie because she knows he truly loves her, not just an idealized fantasy.

These are well-written wonderful plot points that exceed a lot of feminist modern retellings because they’re accurate rather than ideal to a certain image of what women should be in a story. There’s no power ballad playing as they reconsider these options, no faux tender moment as they change their minds and make the politically informed choice.

Modern pseudo feminist lit treats women as vehicles for their opinions. Classical feminist culture treats women as women.

“studies have shown”

WHAT STUDIES, WHO CONDUCTED THEM, WHERE ARE THEIR RESULTS, CITE YOUR SOURCES

"scientists say"

WHO ARE THESE SCIENTISTS, ARE THESE CLAIMS PEER-REVIEWED, IS THERE A CONCENSUS IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

and crucially WHO WAS FUNDING THIS RESEARCH

AND WHAT WAS THE SAMPLE SIZE??

BECAUSE I SWEAR TO THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER IF YOU CONCLUDED WHAT EVERYONE IN AMERICA MUCH LESS THE ENTIRE WORLD IS LIKE FROM A STUDY OF EVEN >1000 PEOPLE-

AND WHAT WAS THE SAMPLE SIZE

Drew Barrymore at the Ever After premiere 1998

American Woodcock Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

Just adopted...

This kitten is kind of funny looking but I love it too. Come, let me give you a bath giant, mostly bald kitten.

*OUR* kittens.

@o-lei-o-lai-o-lord

this is exactly how it feels to get depressive moods at 4pm on a wednesday

Controversial take if I've ever heard one

now that i am a real adult i am starting to realise. media lied to me about the availability of rooftops to go hang out on. every day i wish i could be hanging out on a rooftop somewhere looking cool as fuck

Ok this is too cute he’s so fucking small

Forget Alan. They need to bring this mf back.

you don't like mourning dove? hwoo hoo hoo hoo?

When stressed out at work and everywhere else… I provide myself with entertainment and joy by making Christian personality quizzes, I guess. What book of the Bible suits your vibe best?? Take the quiz to find out and let me know in the poll below :)

Also, made another about denominational vibes… I request the same related to this one :) https://uquiz.com/wZpwFD