#Gatekeeping

The most insufferable thing about film twitter is the constant "uhm no, my bias towards a movie implies that I have the superior and moral taste". Hating/disliking _____________ (fill it
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They’re re-playing the 2013 Reith Lectures by @Alan_Measles on @BBCRadio4 right now. Hearing Grayson Perry questioning whether what he repeatedly called “Aborigine Art” is, ahem, art was shockingly offensive. So
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Trigger Warning: Chronic Illness, Long Covid, Disability. Thread to follow: It's really upsetting to see individuals with ME on here responding to people having Long Covid in a "welcome to
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First, read this entire thread. Secondly, I'm going to take a little time away from some respirator work to talk a little about this, specific to us and our uprising
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why you SHOULDN’T repost/edit fan arts [a very much needed thread] let’s start this off simply: i don’t wanna offend anyone but this is getting out of hand. i’m tired
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This is more bullshit rhetoric and deflection.1. We are members of your political party and you are refusing to engage in a matter of public policy that is currently splitting
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Story Time!a thread on why i liked the idea of inktober but not into doing inktober... I remember back in 2014, I heard of Inktober and I was interested in
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Lets clear this up real quick! BTS has achieved everything that theyve achieved because they worked 3 times harder and smarter than everyone else. And chose to do it the
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tw // --truscum convincing a whole generation of trans youth that you have to LITERALLY hate yourself, have chronic depression, hate your body, and be on the brink of death
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WHY I AM ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING TRANSLATION (a thread):over the past year i’ve sent approximately 25 pitches to editors at over a dozen presses. three of the editors
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Chatter about academic publishing, condensed for easy reference:- Why didn't the Action Editor reject this garbage paper I got assigned?- I can't believe that Action Editor desk rejected my paper.
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1. THREAD. Yesterday I had the unfortunate reality check of another example of the ANC's absence from politics in Cape Town... 2....Observatory Hall is a historical landmark that serves as
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A bit late but it's been somewhat hectic. When RTs or notifications re historical studies about Black people and early modern England cross my TL, I find it difficult to
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ive been tryin hard but i truly do not understand this elitism thing. still just sounds like to me that people are upset they arent friends with a certain group
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I first saw the cute autistic girl when an autistic man challenged her diagnosis based on actingI openly challenged him on judgements based on his perceptionsHe isn’t an incel, he
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In light of the recent #WLBookAudit threads, and yet ANOTHER conversation last night in which I pushed back against the misleading assumption that “CI is inherently more equitable,” I’d like
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