I have been joking to a couple of friends today who were also redditors that I've been feeling withdrawals from reddit throughout the day. Like I knew I was addicted, I just never thought I was going to have to face the consequences of withdrawals!...
"Address terms" — the words we used to address people — are becoming more inclusive. For @TheConversationUS, linguist Scott F. Kiesling analyzes the different terms that are emerging, their origins ("dude" comes from the "doodle" part of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"), and why we can say gentlemen, but not ladies. Which do you think is the most inclusive address term for a group?
As I scroll through #Substack, which is VERY North American, and read their content ... I keep wondering: Do US folks think about perspectives beyond their own?
The answer doesn't seem to be yes 😆
I don't blame US folk in any way. It's just that we Internationals know a lot about the #US and talk, write & even discuss their issues with them, but we don't get that in return.
Interacting on a platform heavily dominated by one #culture can be an experience.
Ça fait des années que je demande à MuM de me trouver un Gu Qin (lis le alt de la photo) en Chine. J'ai fait 7 voyages en Chine, le Qin à 7 cordes, j'ai droit d'en avoir un ! NA ! https://youtu.be/BcElotwrZ8o
Cette année MuM est partie seule, et pendant son séjour elle me dit "J'ai acheté un instrument !"...
JOIE ! \o/
...ou pas...
Elle a ramené un Kalimba (instrument africain)...avec une déco très "Chasse & pèche TV" ...
Bon bha on va apprendre le Kalimba en attendant le Qin... #culture#musique
At the instigation of @jessica and other trans and queer siblings, my ADHD has compelled me to assemble a basic guide or primer on LGBTQ+ Media, Literature, and Culture for those getting their footing in our community. This is not authoritative, this just one rando queer trans gal's perspective on the keys to queer culture and art.
This will be very loosely organized and potentially chaotic...do not be afraid, my brain is just weird. Also, once the whole thread is up, feel free to add your own notes on key artists, media, moments, and more.
I bloody hate this cartoon that's doing the rounds (I think it's by the incredibly talented Len in Private Eye). Here's what I want the caption to say: OK, one more time: Get here at least 30 minutes early because the queue barely moves and you'll inevitably be stuck behind someone trying to pay for […]
In 2022, via the @IrishExaminer, I've been lucky enough to pursue my grá for the chats on a full-time basis.
From Ireland's neurodivergent community, its DIY arts scenes and the Irish language; to astronauts, particle physicists and gosh-dang, mother-heckin' Super Mario.
In a recent interview with @RollingStone, Stephen King revealed that he used to listen to Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" while he worked. “My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot. I had the dance mix. I loved those extended play things, and I played both sides of it," said the writer, who also discussed his new novel, "Holly," AI and COVID-19 in the wide-ranging interview. What do you listen to while you work?
If you have leftover cheese from the holiday season and want to free up some refrigerator space, you may be able to find it a new home in your freezer. Here's Epicurious's guide to what you can freeze, what you can't and how to do it without sacrificing flavor. Tangentially related, but really we're just being nosy: Which country do you think makes the best cheese? Tell us in the comments what's on your dream cheeseboard.
In the USA, the night before Halloween has all sorts of nicknames. Here's a story from TODAY that details some of the regional variations and their origins. What (if anything) is Oct. 30 known as where you come from?
Make 2024 the year that we stop ceding cultural ground to fascists.
The fash love attaching themselves to cultural and artistic movements and subcultures with the express intention of claiming everything and everyone within those subcultures as their own.
The corollary of this is that we have to support anti-fascists within subcultures that are subject to this.
No, not everyone interested in medieval history is a "deus vult" chanting neo-monarchist who has wet dreams about a new crusade against a Muslim infidel.
Nor is every Crusader Kings or Divinity player out using the Steam forums as a recruiting platform for the alt-right.
Not every neo-pagan is also a neo-Nazi, nor every satanist, heathen, or Asaturar - hell, the Icelandic Ásatrúarfélagið, which should hold some sway in this, repeatedly speaks out against racism within heathenry, in the face of a long and organised project of entryism by the international far right.
Nor is every black metal fan or musician a racist, homophobe or bigot.
And not everyone with either a scholarly or practical interest in ancient Greek philosophy is a mammoth-hunting sexist, crying "men's rights" at the sight of a woman with a voice.
The same goes for enthusiasts of romantic landscape painting, classical sculpture, European architecture, fantasy fiction, goth, furry culture, and LARP.
Fascists specifically want to lay claim to a certain kind of cachet, coolness, cultural validity, rebellion, or edginess.
This list - which could be far longer - comes from my own experience fighting them out of spaces I enjoy being in or am adjacent to.
But more specifically, fascists want everything. Today it's someone's niche tabletop gaming hobby or music subculture, but the end game is that they wish to be the cultural arbiters of what is acceptable, what is decadent, and what art and culture mean.
Fascist works and movements exist within the fields I've named, but their broader project is to devour culture and shit the remnants back out as a bland narrative of white supremacism, stripped of context, diversity, history and deeper meaning.
Do not go along with this.
Do not go along with them.
Support anti-fascists within fields and subcultures subject to far-right entryism, appropriation or activity.
By agreeing to let fascists lay claim to that weird special interest group over there, by dismissing the people in that subculture who're actively fighting them off as apologists, cat's paws or useful idiots, we accept the fascist narrative that they - and only they - get to own and define culture.
Do not take their fucking word for it when they say something belongs to them.
They think the world belongs to them, and they're wrong about that, too.
There are no categories for animals in the Academy Awards, though last month, the Academy announced on X, "The Oscar for bestest boi goes to Messi from Anatomy of a Fall." Esquire magazine recognized this grave injustice last year, when it gave Jenny the Donkey from "Banshees of Inisherin" the first annual Best Animal Actor award. Here's their breakdown of animal actors this year. We want to know, what was the most iconic animal performance of all time.
The July/August issue is reaching mailboxes and select newsstands now!
Digital subscribers: Watch your email for your copy, coming later today. Enjoy, and share it with a friend who needs to discover why #TexasNeedsAnObserver!
Time to debate one of life's most important questions: Where should you store your condiments? Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams talked to food advisors about what belongs in the refrigerator, and what goes in the cupboard. Where do you keep yours? https://flip.it/ftv_Dj
Does anyone know a good book or paper about the history of the concept of "nature"?
Is it even true that native communities lived in harmony with nature? Because that needed a distiction between a human and a natural realm. Is "nature" an invention of modernism? How did the concept change over time? Does "nature" need the abolition of the gods? Etc.
DarKou : La chanteuse de Lacuna Coil ! Normalement tu devrais reconnaitre le skull sur son pull. Ça me parle mais j'arrive pas à retrouver d'ou ça sort...
Brunus : Aller sans regarder la tof je parie sur le logo du Gratefull Dead ! [plein d'amour et d'espoir pour la nouvelle génération de rockeuses, qui sans doute honore les anciens !]
DaD "On va en acheter tes tubes d'acrylique, on passe à la Fnac pour trouver des bouquins pour GrandMuM, et on passe à Bachi* mais c'est juste pour faire coucou hein !"
Bachi "Hé Brunus ! T'avais réservé ça ! Et regarde ça c'est trop pour toi on te l'a gardé, c'est le dernier exemplaire, collector man ! Et y'a un truc sur le métal, attends..."
140 balles de BD...
Metal Maniax c'est trop bien !
I got the wavy hair gene from my mum's side, where almost everyone has wavy/curly hair. My curls are not as prominent, but some days it just decides "I am gonna be crazy today!"
My #hair only got like this after puberty, and before that it was typical ramrod straight and my mum would give me the China doll hairstyle (which I loathed).
Since most Chinese had straight hair this made me even more confused about my already salad cultural roots & feel less #Chinese.
U.S.-U.K. relations are in hot water with the news that an American scientist said one should add a pinch of salt to tea to make it less bitter. The British media went wild, calling the suggestion "a crime" and "absolute craziness." Social media account VeryBritishProblems chimed in, saying, "What will America recommend today? Onions in a bowl of cereal? Mustard on Jaffa Cakes?" Here are all the details of the teacup storm. How do you make yours?
OC Any other former redditors feeling grief?
I have been joking to a couple of friends today who were also redditors that I've been feeling withdrawals from reddit throughout the day. Like I knew I was addicted, I just never thought I was going to have to face the consequences of withdrawals!...