@whatisthebein@thegallicshrugs@Madmaddingcrowd Even in this adaption Cathy ends up paranoid, alone and feeling like it is too late for any type of redemption in the eyes of her ‘good’ son so she kills herself. She is no hero or model character by any means in this adaptation.
@whatisthebein@thegallicshrugs@Madmaddingcrowd esp while the Cornell rape case is in the news that you can argue a 10 year old is able to manipulate her teacher to fall in love with her or stage a rape?? Did those men not have any free will to make other choices?
@whatisthebein@thegallicshrugs@Madmaddingcrowd Changing Cathy to someone who is encounters tragedy and decides to deal with that pain by inflicting pain onto others and refusing to live any other way even when other opportunities are presented to her is perfectly in line with the theme of the book.
@TheSWPrincess@AdamParkhomenko so sorry we forgot that Jewish feelings are the only thing that matters these days. please we’ll do better to keep your feelings and delusions in mind next time. shoot me if you want 🙏🏽
In the face of genocide and global fascism, what is there to be done? How do we commit to true class solidarity, across borders? If you are in UAW, here’s one small answer: call the IEB today to demand they divest from @IsraelBondsCEO at their upcoming meeting on November 12.
how lucky am I that I got to speak with @gp_jls on @SlateOutward about what telehealth can and can’t promise trans people in the current crisis, and how agency and reciprocity offer something that our newfound marketability never will: https://t.co/1rabiTdBQu
What’s at stake when velvet roped trans telehealth promises to revolutionize gender-affirming care? For @Slate, I took a look at the venture capital-backed companies promising a lifeline amidst anti-trans attacks: https://t.co/XMbWTPujbB
in 1888, the invention of roll film invited an onslaught of mass exposure—an uncomfortably familiar era of anomie, perverse incentives to make a 💰, & widespread fear of the invasion of privacy.
I wrote about the camera’s first great age for @myHNN: https://t.co/Wk4nRzaWNc