Lit Lover

The universe is always making me do some sort of work. I've started doing some laundry. The out - of - unit laundry machines take quarters. That's kind of nice and old-fashioned nowadays. But I guess I'm supposed to make money now. The universe needs to make the Patriarchal Cult's systems start paying me!

When I was a little kid in the Pacific Northwest, there was a question on a multiple choice test about a sea anemone. I think it was about what happens if you poke a sea anemone with a stick.

The choices were something like the following:

A. It squirts water.

B. It closes up.

C. It moves away.

D. It screams in agony.

Now unfortunately, something in my little fourth grade brain was so addled by the last answer being an actual choice on a test that I started to laugh hysterically, and I could not stop laughing, and it disrupted the class, so I got in trouble for it. But I went home and I told the adults about it and they also thought it was a funny choice to have on a test, and they thought I shouldn't have gotten in trouble for laughing. I was like Yay! They're on my side! So just keeping that in mind, here's a writing prompt that some people could play with:

"Hey, you're not the only fish in the sea!"

It's possible one could substitute the following:

Flower...meadow.

Bridesmaid... Bridal tribe.

Alpha. Beta. Gamma. Sigma. Omega. Whatever else is category in whatever else packs of fraternity brothers are supposed to be doing.D.

"Daddy, what's a Cocksucker? - a poem by Shanon Norman"

https://allpoetry.com/poem/15397678-Daddy--what-s-a-Cocksucker--by-Shanon-Norman

It's going back to the watering the plant versus saying you love it mentality.

When so-and-so says "love" does that mean "Love not knowing much about what's going on with the kinds of people the Patriarchal Cult finds quite difficult to love, actually?" I wonder.

At least fun music can help us get through the epidemic.

No silly. It's not Leo's epidemic. I don't know why you wanted me to type that. "Would you pull that crap with Annette."

"being a woman on the internet"

the.womans.witch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYtuCAoNDBI/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"I've heard it called 'Ozempidemic'"

kearagraves

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY5It9cvSY7/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee"

https://genius.com/Stockard-channing-look-at-me-im-sandra-dee-lyrics

Somehow, something's getting through to some people.

"once again thoughts strike"

junkcubus

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYHvoTcM-hf/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"If you won't love her then I will."

junkcubus

"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYxIfYesZQH/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Maybe I should write something called: "In My Past Life ... Confessions of a Former Toll Booth Skipper."

"The Invisible Pass (Who Gets Grace?)

What struck me most while scrolling through those toxic comment sections was the glaring disparity in how different women on that same line-up were treated."

~ Front Row Feels

"Take a Sexy Picture of Me (And Tell Me Why You Hate It)"

https://open.substack.com/pub/frontrowfeels/p/take-a-sexy-picture-of-me-and-tell?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1oj2u

"Big Weekend was a masterclass in female talent. On Saturday, we had Zara Larsson delivering pristine, high-energy pop, while Sunday brought Olivia Dean’s effortless, soulful warmth to the stage. Both are incredible artists. Both are vocal, passionate advocates for women in the industry, routinely standing up for 'the girls' and pushing back against patriarchal nonsense.

Yet their comment sections were not warzones. They were granted a level of grace and basic humanity that was completely denied to CMAT.

And to be abundantly clear, this is not a criticism of Olivia Dean or Zara Larsson. The issue is not that some women are treated well; it’s that our culture subconsciously grants certain women an invisible pass to simply exist as artists without their physical form becoming the primary discourse. Commercial attractiveness functions almost like social camouflage. Because some women fit the traditional, manicured pop-star blueprint, their presence doesn’t disrupt the consumer. They are allowed to skip the toll booth."

~ Front Row Feels

I followed through! 🍩

I ate three quarters of two half donuts and gave one quarter to a worthy cause.

"donuts and dissent"

theblushesband

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYcqBmNCrAa/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Well, it would make me feel better...

to believe that only naive acolytes of Donald Trump are so wretchedly fatphobic; however...

He's probably reincarnated with different genetics by now.

Talk to a patriarchal father figure with a certain types of genetics who loved criticizing women if they gained any bit of weight. Especially even just a tiny bit in their face. And then he loved to shove pastries in his mouth every time he passed a bakery.