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Fuck Australians

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@DrRebeccaTidy @BertDalziel I am currently in Portugal and the racial divide here is very obvious to an absurd degree. There are parts of America with a Black upperclass going back generations and that does not exist in Portugal even with a huge Black population

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I think Lenny was (obviously) failed by his community and I think about Lenny all the time with my disabled students. What’s cute now when they’re little is not cute when they’re grown. The consequences esp for my black students are just as dire

[Catherine Warr @HiddenYorkshire]

I've just read Of Mice and Men for the first time since high school and I'm going to be very woke for a moment because my reading of it has changed quite significantly since then.

Yes, Lennie is just big and friendly and doesn't know his own strength and wouldn't hurt a fly etc etc but the whole plot - and audience sympathy - hinges on a physically intimidating, mentally disabled man repeatedly grabbing and holding onto women's clothes. Yes, we know he doesn't mean anything by it, he just wants to touch the purty clothing; but the women don't know that, and the audience is conditioned to sympathise with Lennie and not the women who are terrified by him. Curley's Wife doesn't even get a name, and she's a whore with red lipstick anyway.

And it's not an isolated incident. Lennie did it at Weeds, which is what got him and George kicked out of there, and he did again to Curley's Wife. Now imagine that you're one of the women suddenly cornered by a hulking creature of a man who grabs you and doesn't let go and tells you how he loves your red dress, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. That's terrifying. That is where my locus of sympathy sits. Of Mice and Men is a complex book, but I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with the way the audience is conditioned to sympathise and associate with Lennie.

[Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos]

Millennial/Gen X daughters are facing massive economic disadvantages because of the expectation they’ll be responsible for eldercare, even if there’s other siblings or it’s their in-laws. Anecdotally, this feels true and wholly depressing

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@the_mel_jar - that her issues allow her parents to keep their role in her life indefinitely. Also the enmeshment rears itself over and over with her relationship w/Jack bc she’s prioritizing her romantic partner (normal) and not her parents (no longer normal) & they can’t stand it

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@the_mel_jar I see your point totally. Esp her mother, who has an “only I can criticize my daughter” reaction to everyone. They’re still treating her like she’s a teenager when she’s in her 30s. The reasoning is bc she’s sick. I’m not denying her health issues at all, but it’s interesting -

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@DietCoke_Esq My attorney dad’s email ended with @ https://t.co/isUp8naexy until he recently modernized to Gmail

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At the end of the day, Gwen Stefani is a white girl from Orange County

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@theashleyray Lena really is Hannah

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The Pitt has turned into a never ending PSA

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Good TV is fucking back #IndustryHBO #AKOTSK

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Can ends with /n/, can’t ends with a glottal stop

[solarapparition @solarapparition]

if you're ever curious about tonal languages develop, there's a localized version of it that's happening with "can" and "can't" in english (american english, at least). basically, the "t" in "can't" stops getting pronounced, but you can still distinguish between the two by the tone. "can't" is distinguished by having a sharp descending tone

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@PinstripeBungle Irish Catholics and their descendants are not part of this

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Traitors is the best reality game show of all time idec

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Rob got too cocky and shouldn’t be hitching his wagon to Colton. He’s so close tho but why

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Candiace and Lisa both bitching at Rob was beautiful. Amazing. He deserves it. Made me so happy

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Rob is so good at this game. He’s so evil it’s beautiful

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Knowing Maura didn’t even watch an episode is killing me LOL she came to wear cute outfits and bitch she’s doing it!!!!!!

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“He’s so hot I can’t even look at him” lmaooo

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I’m dying that no one is even reacting to Michael being a faithful LOLLL they really didn’t give a fuck