[ SECRET POST #3995 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3995 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Imagine Dragons]


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03.
[Stranger Things]


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04.
[Richard Hammond from Top Gear]


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05.
[MCU Steve Rogers]


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06.
[The Punisher]


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07.
[Jennifer Lawrence]


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08.
[Josh Brolin]


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09.
[Left: Brian Molko of Placebo / Right: David Bowie]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 39 secrets from Secret Submission Post #572.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[(Anonymous)]

I'm actually desperate to talk to someone about this because I saw so many weird takes on twitter but I'm at work right now :(

Basically I thought it was a very normal short story and I it got at something very universal and underexamined. But people were reacting to it as nonfiction and I cannot imagine reading that and not realizing it wasn't an article, or getting upset because the protagonist was flawed. It's crazy to me that that's seems to be so common.

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, the reaction on social media has been predictably extreme, hahahaha.

Seemed like a standard piece of good short lit to me, too. It's such a commonplace scenario, but like you say, one not often explored in depth, and the author mined it for its cringeyness.

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[(Anonymous)]

it got at something very universal and underexamined

This was my main takeaway from it as well, and is why I appreciated it. Reading it, I just kept thinking, jesus, I feel like I've heard a close variation on this exact experience from pretty much ever straight female friend I have. Hell, even I've had experiences that were reasonably similar to this, though I'm ace so it's not quite the same in my case.

Also, this story felt almost like a companion piece to an article I read a year or so ago:

https://www.thecut.com/2015/10/why-consensual-sex-can-still-be-bad.html

If you liked the story, then I recommend the article. If you didn't like the story, then you probably won't like the article either.

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Loved that article, wasn't impressed by the story.

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[(Anonymous)]

I love the story and think the article is bullshit.

Re: Cat Person By Kristen Roupenian

[(Anonymous)]

That article is weird. It seems to be focusing on the fact a lot of feminism is focused on preventing rape rather than in making men more considerate lovers?

Which seems a bit like saying charities are too busy making sure the homeless have food and coats and someplace safe to stay instead of focusing on providing them tickets to Hamilton. It's very White Middle Class Feminism.