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Storming the Ivory Tower
A blog of esoteric media criticism, laying siege to the Ivory Tower of academia from the gutters of pop culture
www.stormingtheivorytower.com
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! I'm Samantha, and I've been blogging about media for a decade now. I focus on demystifying criticism through pop culture, so if concepts like death of the author leave you scratching your head, or you're looking to broaden your artistic horizons, check me out #tdov
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The protagonists of anime My Dress Up Darling occupy a kinder world, more free to explore their identities and passions. Our world has more dangers, but have we given up on treating causes of harm when kids have latitude to express themselves, in favor of treating the symptoms with crude amputation?
My Dress Up Darling Is The World I Want To Live In
A blog of esoteric media criticism, laying siege to the Ivory Tower of academia from the gutters of pop culture
www.stormingtheivorytower.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The protagonists of anime My Dress Up Darling occupy a kinder world, more free to explore their identities and passions. Our world has more dangers, but have we given up on treating causes of harm when kids have latitude to express themselves, in favor of treating the symptoms with crude amputation?
it's time to play
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November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
it's time to play
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KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
gathering all the littles and middles following me cause of that comic post like, ok are you all ready to learn a bunch about Getting Involved In Local Politics and how even you can make a BIG difference in your community? 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
gathering all the littles and middles following me cause of that comic post like, ok are you all ready to learn a bunch about Getting Involved In Local Politics and how even you can make a BIG difference in your community? 😊
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The Patchwork Pups U^ｪ^U
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Patchwork Pups U^ｪ^U
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These are 55 Extremely Badass pages of manga.
Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Hey Look At This Comic: "Is My Love Strange?" · Set the scene like this: giant phone books full of manga, piled on tables and cardboard stands outside our local Kinokuniya import s…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
These are 55 Extremely Badass pages of manga.
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Fell in love immediately and tried to download the pages of this manga and its got some absolute nonsense where all the images are stored jumbled up in a random grid and then fixed in runtime by javascript...
Now, I do think this has unintentionally created More Art
Now, I do think this has unintentionally created More Art
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fell in love immediately and tried to download the pages of this manga and its got some absolute nonsense where all the images are stored jumbled up in a random grid and then fixed in runtime by javascript...
Now, I do think this has unintentionally created More Art
Now, I do think this has unintentionally created More Art
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Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Post by @sam-keeper · 8 images
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Hey Look At This Comic: "Is My Love Strange?" · Set the scene like this: giant phone books full of manga, piled on tables and cardboard stands outside our local Kinokuniya import s…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Post by @sam-keeper · 8 images
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Hey Look At This Comic: "Is My Love Strange?" · Set the scene like this: giant phone books full of manga, piled on tables and cardboard stands outside our local Kinokuniya import s…
www.tumblr.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Young Magazine, a venerable seinen manga publisher, tried to break into the American market this year with a phone book sized free pitch collection of scifi, fantasy, and horror.
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
Naturally, I instead got obsessed with the story of a girl attracted to plush toys.
my review of Is My Love Strange:
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Game 5 of the ALDS has entered the 9,748th inning, the Sounders are in round 3,250 of their shootout and Katie Wilson leads the vote count for mayor by 91 votes. Seattle just doesn’t like knowing results.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Game 5 of the ALDS has entered the 9,748th inning, the Sounders are in round 3,250 of their shootout and Katie Wilson leads the vote count for mayor by 91 votes. Seattle just doesn’t like knowing results.
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Another election update: progressive candidates Shilpa Prem and Jay Arnold have TAKEN THE LEAD in their races for the Kirkland City Council after previously being behind. So much for that reactionary anti-growth backlash in Kirkland.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Another election update: progressive candidates Shilpa Prem and Jay Arnold have TAKEN THE LEAD in their races for the Kirkland City Council after previously being behind. So much for that reactionary anti-growth backlash in Kirkland.
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This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Monday drop.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Monday drop.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
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back in 2021, durbin actually did kinda go on record about how his focus was getting the fuck out of work and into recess
man wasn't blowing off a young leftie radical, he was telling ed fucking markey to eat shit over this
man wasn't blowing off a young leftie radical, he was telling ed fucking markey to eat shit over this
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
back in 2021, durbin actually did kinda go on record about how his focus was getting the fuck out of work and into recess
man wasn't blowing off a young leftie radical, he was telling ed fucking markey to eat shit over this
man wasn't blowing off a young leftie radical, he was telling ed fucking markey to eat shit over this
more t4t couples should be angling for this look imo
Linda Behrle cosplaying as Ghita of Alizarr
-w/ Frank Thorne the artist and writer of Ghita of Alizarr
-w/ Frank Thorne the artist and writer of Ghita of Alizarr
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
more t4t couples should be angling for this look imo
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In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
hm I'd really like to try more korean and chinese shows in my anime season reviews but anilist just... doesn't include them afaict when you search by *season* and a lot of other sites both exclude them from seasons AND don't have *trailers* :I so that's frustrating
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
hm I'd really like to try more korean and chinese shows in my anime season reviews but anilist just... doesn't include them afaict when you search by *season* and a lot of other sites both exclude them from seasons AND don't have *trailers* :I so that's frustrating
look I'm as into age regressing as the next woman but doesn't the tiktok/instagram "follow the bouncing ball" style of highlighting each word in the captions in order feel a little... condescending?
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
look I'm as into age regressing as the next woman but doesn't the tiktok/instagram "follow the bouncing ball" style of highlighting each word in the captions in order feel a little... condescending?
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They did this to save the filibuster. That’s more important to them than your health care and their signature legislative achievement of the 21st century
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
They did this to save the filibuster. That’s more important to them than your health care and their signature legislative achievement of the 21st century
brutalism and similar styles make for extremely gorgeous ruins so there's this sort of hyperabundance of "ah look at this *failed movement*" photos despite the fact that pizza huts close down all the time and become ruins and no one's waxing poetic about them.
well except the backrooms people ig
well except the backrooms people ig
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
brutalism and similar styles make for extremely gorgeous ruins so there's this sort of hyperabundance of "ah look at this *failed movement*" photos despite the fact that pizza huts close down all the time and become ruins and no one's waxing poetic about them.
well except the backrooms people ig
well except the backrooms people ig
idk what else there is to say besides I hate the democrats so much it's exhausting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
idk what else there is to say besides I hate the democrats so much it's exhausting.
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