you, in spiked black leather and strappy belts, bearing with one other goth a palanquin carrying me, decked out in full red and gold regalia
this energy (artist unknown, pls let me know if you have the source! especially if it’s a picrew, heh) various styles of chinese head regalia
omg, I have the materials to make beaded forehead ornaments that would work with my undercut
anyway, that’s literally a scene in #RazingBabel, so
I like how in college my goal was “how can I do everyday stealth steampunk and fly under the radar while looking fancy” and now my goal is “fuck it, how can I do 2022!tang aesthetics, and how loudly can I do it before I get mistaken for cosplay or get rude comments”
amazingly enough, the only person who has ever commented on my full face makeup is my brother, who was just “*points* what’s that” 😂 I haven’t even gotten a single COMMENT from a stranger on it, let alone a rude one! I don’t even get weird looks!!!!
the only time I noticed anyone staring was when I was walking to an art gallery in DTLA alone at night and a couple guys closing a restaurant and sweeping the sidewalk just sort of Stared, but I think that’s just cuz I looked hot.
OMG I CAN COMBINE THEM WITH MY HORNS
wonder how many people literate in chinese are distracted by the background and stressing out about reading the made-up characters lmfao

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okay I actually still haven’t watched the darmok episode but I’m reading transcripts and it’s so funny to me how I’m just like *nods along in 成語* “wait, is this alien”
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this is why I failed at academia lmfao, people assume you’re ignorant if you do this, when really it’s you constantly reevaluating your methodology
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elon musk boutta ban the elephant emoji from this site
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Y'ALL

YOU CAN LINK TO YOUR OTHER SITES BY PUTTING THEM IN AS POLL OPTIONS

SPLIT LONG URLS ACROSS MULTIPLE OPTIONS, YOU HAVE 100 CHARACTERS THAT WAY
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"yes mama and baba, that is exactly the problem I am addressing."
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you cannot possibly work with numbers and calculate livable wages if you have no data to begin with
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being an upstanding pillar in your community is one of the best forms of job security
I work really hard to go against the narrative of being "THEE [identity] author" or of thinking of that as even a desirable title to have, because acting like there's only one slot inherently means job insecurity, bc if you solely occupy the title, it can easily be taken from you
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