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What are some opinions that you had because of media that you later found out were incorrect?

Or the reverse, what were some things you learned about because of media that you wouldn't have known otherwise?

I was kind of similar, though it wasn't just based on law and order. My parents watched a bunch of lawyer shows when I was a kid. I wasn't allowed to watch most of them, so I only caught glimpses. But between the little bits I saw, and the things I got taught in a Christian school, I had very clear ideas about what justice was and that justice meant fighting evil. I don't know if I thought defense lawyers were bad, but prosecutors were definitely the best lawyers, the ones fighting the good fight, the kind I wanted to be.

In college I actually started opening my eyes more to what real prosecutors offices were like, but I still had this impression that federal prosecutors were the good ones, and defense work still seemed a little iffy. THen law school really showed me what the law practice was like and what real justice was. I'm a completely different person than I was way back then. Same root desire to help people, but a better understanding of how to do that and a better understanding of the world.

On the other hand, it was media that opened my eyes to a lot of things growing up and started me in the right direction. Given my conservative upbringing, I was really sheltered. My parents were different than a lot of other parents of kids at my school in that they taught me to think for myself. I'm not sure they're entirely happy with the outcome of that. But anyway, the internet exposed me to sexuality in general, to LGBT things, to other perspectives than the limited one I was getting. Here I was living in another country, and yet it was the internet giving me far more exposure to the world than the real world I was getting.

I read slash and hung out with slashers and fellow gay fam at school. Homophobia still surprises me 20 years later.

That's awesome. I wish I'd known people like you. I read slash and femslash, but as far as I know I was alone at my school in my gradual realization that homophobia was stupid and wrong.

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When I was a lot younger I saw way too many books, TV shows, etc. that spouted that "there's somebody for everybody" nonsense and I believed it.

You don't believe this? Why?

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rudehannibal - 2021-03-08 02:47 (UTC) - Expand

Me too. Add in the fact that many of these stories ended with people getting married and having babies and I never realized that people didn’t have to do any of these things if they didn’t want to until I was way older.

I used to think that abortion was, by nature, really traumatic and awful. I didn't think it was wrong, I absolutely believed in a woman's right to have one; I just thought it was a horrible thing to have to do. Mainly because that's how the media always portrayed it.

I was mid twenties before I realized that there was nothing inherently traumatic about it. It's not inherently a big deal. I'm not saying that if someone experiences it as traumatic their feelings are wrong. However someone experiences it is valid. I'm just saying there is no innate meaning or weight to it. In societies where abortion is readily available and not prohibitively expensive, it doesn't have to be more than an "oops" and a minor paint in the ass.

I think the media portrays it that way to scare women out of having them.

Edited 2021-03-08 01:21 (UTC)

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I learned about gay and lesbian people from Married With Children. I know I would have learned about LGBTQ people sooner or later, but I watched those episodes when I was still very young and just figured gay and lesbian people were like everybody else, except they liked their own gender. I was shocked when my church started condemning them and nobody could give me a good explanation for why homosexuality was wrong.

No idea about the first question but, I keep talking about how reading/watching NANA was more of a positive influence to me in regards to, uh, having safe sex and living carefully as a woman than any sex ed class in school.

I felt really strongly about not wanting to be like Nana Komatsu when I went to college. MAYBE it's the only thing that kept me fully away from the path of dating band guys and ruining my life.

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When I was a little kid, an episode of Animaniacs made me hate everyone and everything related to string instruments. There was a Rita and Runt short where a violin-maker captured Rita because violin strings were made of "catgut," so he needed to well, gut cats to make them. It's actually just a play on words (catgut is what it's called but it was never made from cats), but for a while little me thought that was really how violins and other string instruments were made, which was really traumatizing because I had a pet cat. I don't remember how I learned the truth, but luckily it happened before I could humiliate myself in front of anyone who actually played one of those instruments.

Paintings, jewellery, art styles, clothes, furniture, people... rec me some pretty things.

I don't know why, but I love miniature food. It's not really pretty per se but it is super cute!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/827480310/miniature-breakfast-miniature-tea-and?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=miniature+food&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1

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Some really pretty art of various Tolkien characters someone posted on Tumblr. Just, pretty is the perfect word to describe these ones: https://dragonofmordor.tumblr.com/post/644969698980741120/legendarium-by-vissomiros-1-manwe-2-4

A stunningly pretty recent picture of Cate Blanchett who I don't know how she's still so pretty, but she is, and it's perfection: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvziHTvWYAAWu1N?format=jpg&name=900x900

And finally, I just found a website with plus size corsets that are actually affordable. https://www.adoreme.com/sexy-lingerie/corsets-bustiers

https://www.uzinyc.com/productdresses

I like these simple dresses (ethical company btw) but also, they make me want to take up sewing some that are similar.

These little glass figures. https://www.etsy.com/shop/miniatureglass?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=523287309

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tabaqui - 2021-03-08 00:46 (UTC) - Expand

Watch pretty Asian Kpop stars smolder and tell me they want you to "touch me tease me feel me up". It's an addictive chorus.
https://youtu.be/N5qWjQ9j6l0

"I Want Candy" montage from "Marie Antoinette"
https://youtu.be/OZByH4Wai_I

Every outfit Kirsten Dunst wears in "Marie Antoinette"
https://youtu.be/TpVX7T5iNB8

My 2 *current* biases from Kpop band NCT, Doyoung and Jungwoo doing a photoshoot for Cosmopolitan
https://i.imgur.com/efTVCcV.png
https://kpoplat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/doyoung-x-jungwoo-cosmopolitan-kpoplat-730x450.png
https://i.imgur.com/TgDV4sg.jpg

Jungwoo
https://0.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/14210728/nct-jungwoo-3.jpg

Doyoung
https://i.imgur.com/6PhdFXp.png

And have a Yuta cuz he's a bias too
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/7b/c4/547bc437ce248533c644e1eb6afb3e7c.jpg

Really into looking at henna artists on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/hennainspire/
https://www.instagram.com/habeedashenna/
https://www.instagram.com/hennabydivya/
https://www.instagram.com/sonias_henna_art/

Jacquie Aiche jewelry (expensive hippy jewelry featuring crystals, diamonds, gemstones, and gorgeous inlay pieces): jacquieaiche.com

Trippy videos featuring nature, arts, sports, and other stuff: ifyouhigh on Instagram

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(Anonymous) - 2021-03-08 13:03 (UTC) - Expand

I am stalled on a sex scene and looking for inspiration. Can anyone recommend me some steaming hot m/m fanart? Don't care about the pairing, but prefer not BDSM.

Uhh, guess it depends on what you're looking for exactly? I enjoy artists like Suyohara on Deviantart (you'll find a lot of similar recommendations if you browse folders that people create etc) but that's "bara" art of cartoon characters, so maybe it's not exactly what you want.

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I’m trying to find out what tv series/film I saw a scene from some years back because it’s been haunting me. Is there a good place for asking about things like that?

Commenting in a reply with the scene - it involves implied accidental death.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/ They can find most things.

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(Anonymous) - 2021-03-08 00:44 (UTC) - Expand

(It was a scene from a house party with a lot of older teens/early 20-somethings, where a group of young men walk onto a balcony. Then the camera focuses on a young woman’s head in the foreground inside an adjacent room, but in the background through the doors, you see the balcony collapse out-of-focus and in slow-mo, and all the young men falling. It then changes to a shot from the outside showing them falling, still in slow-no. The shots are very softly color-filtered - I feel like it went from pink/yellow to blue.)