Bluelikethesky314

male gaze is not 'when person look sexy' or 'when misogynist make film'

death of the author is not 'miku wrote this'

I don't think you have to read either essay to grasp the basic concepts

death of the author means that once a work is complete, what the author believes it to mean is irrelevant to critical analysis of what's in the text. it means when analysing the meaning of a text you prioritise reader interpretation above author intention, and that an interpretation can hold valid meaning even if it's utterly unintentional on the part of the person who created the thing. it doesn't mean 'i can ignore that the person who made this is a bigot' - it may in fact often mean 'this piece of art holds a lot of bigoted meanings that the author probably wasn't intentionally trying to convey but did anyway, and it's worth addressing that on its own terms regardless of whether the author recognises it's there.' it's important to understand because most artists are not consciously and vocally aware of all the possible meanings of their art, and because art is communal and interpretive. and because what somebody thinks they mean, what you think somebody means, and what a text is saying to you are three entirely different things and it's important to be able to tell the difference.

male gaze is a cinematographic theory on how films construct subjectivity (ie who you identify with and who you look at). it argues that film language assumes that the watcher is a (cis straight white hegemonically normative) man, and treats men as relatable subjects and women as unknowable objects - men as people with interior lives and women as things to be looked at or interacted with but not related to. this includes sexual objectification and voyeurism, but it doesn't mean 'finding a lady sexy' or 'looking with a sexual lens', it means the ways in which visual languages strip women of interiority and encourage us to understand only men as relatable people. it's important to understand this because not all related gaze theories are sexual in nature and if you can't get a grip on male gaze beyond 'sexual imagery', you're really going to struggle with concepts of white or abled or cis subjectivities.

Guillaume Apollinaire, from Aubade (tr. by Donald Revell); Alcools: Poems, 1913

i'm here asking for help again since twitter's algorithms are fucking heinous.

desperately need help gathering funds & escaping my abusive family. in this place i'm at risk of severely hurting or killing myself if not being murdered by my pedophilic+fascistic sibling. i can't be here anymore. this is hell on earth. please help me get the word out, i need donations so i can at least afford to find safety and respite in this shit country.

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So peaceful Souvenir. A brother singing ancient Andalusian song in Al-hambra palace.

Fanfiction writer wanted!

I have to write it because of the tags I’ll use: It is an ANDREIL story, AFTG/TFC fandom.

Okay, here’s the thing, I have an idea for a fic but I know I can’t write it on my own, it’s a complicated story + my English vocabluary is limited, that is why I’m looking for someone who could be interested in writing it with me.

So, if you are a fanfic writer and love ANGST, SEMI-LONG STORIES (I was thinking something between 5-10 chapters),  COMPLICATED STORIES (a lot of twists and turns, a lot of planning, connecting the dots etc.) AND UNUSUAL AU’S please send me a message. And if you’re not interested, I would be so, so, so grateful if you could just reblog it. Thank you <3

happy birthday you bastard man

it took us a hot minute but the badges are done. reblog to receive your badge

almost whole comic about jayvik and prison guy named tolik who helps them to be together

Enemy Date

So I’ve been listening to podcasts again and I wish someone had done this for me when I started out, so let’s sum up and describe some podcasts, shall we?



The Magnus Archives - Jonathan Sims, newly instated Head Archivist at the Magnus Institute, London, is trying to sort through statements of people that claim to have had all kinds of supernatural encounters, while only having a taperecorder to do so, because for some reason, the statements won’t let themselves be recorded on anything else. But I’m sure it’s nothing, right? Supernatural Horror at it’s finest, with incredible characters and worldbuilding. 200 episodes.

Welcome to Nightvale - An incredibly cryptic podcast, set in the fictional town of Nightvale, where all the conspiracy theories are true. Listen to Cecil Palmer, the host of Nightvale Community Radio talk about the happenings in the town, his day and that strange, beautiful new scientist that has come to town. Over 200 episodes, ongoing.

Wolf 359 - Communication Officer Doug Eiffels log of the USS Hepaestus’ journey, observing the red dwarf wolf 359. Twists and turns, some expected, some most definitely not, all in all a good time for all podcast fans. 61 episodes. 

The Strorage Papers - Unsetteling horror stories, found in a storage lot, unraveling faster that a ball of yarn. Can you keep up? And, perhaps the more important question: Can you keep it together? Carefully crafted stories that make you lock your doors twice. 104 episodes, ongoing.

The Penumbra Podcast - The space noir tales of Private I, Detective Juno Steel and his adventures on planet mars. A podcast so mysterious and casually queer, it’s almost addictive. Although their phonecall noise sounds like my alarmclock, the sound design, characters, storytelling and worldbuilding are unlike anything I’ve ever come across. 4 seasons with about 20 episodes.

Camp Here and There - Camp Nurse Sidneys recordings of her daily announcements. If you’re a fan of Gravity Falls, this is that next summer you’ve been waiting for. 34 episodes for now, possibly ongoing, possibly not.



This is it for now, I’ll be adding on when I can. I hope this’ll help someone…       or not.

2, 12, 22, and 32 please, have a wonderful day/night :)

2.the first song you remember loving

piotr szczepanik - kochać

this is a song in my native language (polish) and i remember that my parents were listening to it a lot when i was like 5 or 6 and i just fell in love with it

12. the last song you listened to

electric guest - play with me

22.a song by your favorite artist/band

the smiths - heaven knows i’m miserable now

32.a song that you associate with the color yellow

the antlers - every night my teeth are falling out probably bc of the album cover :)

song asks!