Master J.J.--Queen of Random Questions and Curator of (Mostly) Useless Information
A fan, a lover, a writer; intolerably human and fallible. Words are my passion,
emotions are my currency-
I pluck out my heart
and torture sweet music
from its strings. Multi-fandom, but mainly Captain Swan. Smut Goddess on CS Discord.
If people don’t admit that alcohol is a drug so help me God I will pour an entire bottle of wine on their hair.
Wine? Drugs. Beer? Drugs. That awful cocktail you made in your dorm room out of leftover coffee and orange juice and tequila? D-d-d-drugs.
This may sound obvious to you but society at large puts alcohol in this removed category away from other drugs. If you tell most wine moms that they have a drug problem they’d be appalled that you’d ever say such a thing. It’s just time for humanity to admit that we like doing drugs. Most people’s drug of choice just happens to be alcohol.
Also caffeine is a drug but like, it’s so baked into our culture because so many people rely on it to get through the workday, which should really say something about our relationship with work but that’s not a conversation the powers that be are eager to have
Nicotine is also a drug. Ibuprofen is also a drug. Penicillin is also a drug…. 1) not all drugs are illegal and/or inherently bad (when consumed in moderation or under a doctor’s advice), and 2) even legal drugs have strictures on their consumption (and warnings/laws regarding their abuse while in public).
…that it’s okay to want validation for the things you write. That being said, your significance or skill as a writer aren’t determined by the amount of notes you get.
You are allowed to want comments, shares and likes on your writing. There is nothing wrong with wanting these things. The point is that numbers in on themselves don’t define you.
I know it can at times be demotivating if your work doesn’t receive a lot of recognition, but please don’t let it diminish your worth. That cannot be taken from you.
I really hope everyone reblogging this followed the link and read the article, because it’s larger point is really good
“Reproductive health and childbirth is a crutch, and Lucas gets away with it because his audience accepts that these things are mysterious and cannot be intervened with the way that that the loss of limbs can be remedied with robot prosthetics, or the way Luke can be rescued from near-death on Hoth by being submerged in a bacta tank. Having babies is worse than being mauled by a wampa ice creature or being chopped up by lightsabers and falling into a river of lava. Lucas can write a world like that, and worse, the audience will accept it.
But uteruses aren’t made of malignant magic. Women’s bodies are real physical things that can be studied and understood and when necessary, cured. ”
IDK about everyone else, but I’ve actually been certified as a doula and childbirth educator and worked in women’s health media for most of a decade.
All points valid, but “Help me OB-GYN Kenobi” broke me.
“Having babies is worse than being mauled by a wampa ice creature or being chopped up by lightsabers and falling into a river of lava.”
Friendly reminder: most of our diagnostic imagery (yes, including ultrasounds), were developed and calibrated for male bodies.
