#Tropes

Deepa Iyer

dviyer

Indian American fam: in the excitement over @KamalaHarris, let's *not*:-Erase or de-center her Black identity -Use model minority, exceptionalism or cultural tropes to convey that the whole community has now

Molly Crabapple🇵🇷

mollycrabapple

The other thing that has cut me apart is how, at a time when dubious claims of anti-semitism are weaponized, Bernie and his campaign were subjected to regular, violent Nazi

Roko - hereticalupdate.substack.com

RokoMijicUK

We can all agree that Adolf Hitler was terrible.Adolf Hitler believed that 2+2=4Therefore 2+2=5--------------------------------------------It's disturbing how common this style of reasoning from values to fake facts has become. Does this

Faiqa Mansab

FaiqaMansab

More than writing advice, I want to share reading advice. I have come across so many readers who don't know the basics of literature, yet, are quick to judge the

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huasira

rachel is genuinely so refreshing for a female character. she is not gonna beat around the bush, she doesn't give a shit about the protagonist and she is willing to

Ariel Klontz

arielklontz

It’s no secret—I’ve been experiencing a bout of writer’s block with my creative projects that has knocked me on my butt lately. There are a lot of reasons for this,

UCD Medicine

UCDMedicine

#StayingatHome while our clinical colleagues are at the frontline can be frustrating. We need to remember that this is the best thing we can do to help them. If your

Dr. Trevon D Logan

TrevonDLogan

I’m continually reminded that the public forgets police are TRAINED to de-escalate situations. They have several non lethal tools at their disposal. Police kill people and justify it with logic

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singularjor

Hi I have some thoughts about The Adventure Zone comics that I wanna share, but I want to preface this by saying that I absolutely love the comic adaptations and

Rosa Freedman

GoonerProf

On antisemitism, a thread: If you think that it is okay to make demeaning comments about a group who make up 14 million of the world’s 8 billion population then

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3sixrecordings

Ambient tropes we're all guilty of but love anyway:RainBirds/water/wind field recordings Shortwave radio / Numbers StationsFilm samples (esp Blade Runner)Yamaha CS-80 leadsJapanese train station announcementsTicking clocksFear of Major

Diane Duane

dduane

Status report / thread: I swear to Thoth I was browsing for a mouli / hand food mill an hour ago. And then somehow or other I stumbled across... this.

Yooty 최유리

yooty

One of my favorite tropes is how celebrities are liberal coastal elites. Orrrrr maybe it’s that most of these folks grew up in working class families in middle class neighborhoods

michael wave

SzMarsupial

im almost certain the people have said things to bruenig that she doesn't deserve, but it's jaw dropping to see a consensus form that people who don't like her are

Lolo 💙 Niji Anime

lesbiankasumin

Setsuna And Nana are fake. Her entire personality, everything she does, is fake. Nana doesn't really have a sense of identity, since she has to lie to her parents about

jalé-kapo

jalekapo

To be v honest, antisemitism doesn't really get dealt with *with the quickness* either. Boris Johnson has a book out littered with antisemitic tropes. The *real* problem here the mere