María Cristina García
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María Cristina García
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Pop culture enthusiast, recovered academic, theatre technician. Mostly homebound due to #LongCOVID since 2020. 🇻🇪 on my dad’s 🇵🇭 on my mom’s.
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Clippy doing its best GLaDOS impression, quoting the opening lines of “Still Alive” as follows: This was a triumph! I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS! It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Well, @npr.org, my spouse had to learn how to wash my hair. A cab driver transporting me to the hospital expressed disbelief that my spouse hadn’t left me. On days when I have more energy, my spouse gets emotional over having part of me “back” for a bit.

Joy? Go to hell.
Screenshot of two questions from NPR’s solicitation form for reflections on the occasion of the five-year anniversary of the pandemic’s beginning. The first question: “If you were already in a relationship, how did the pandemic affect it? Explain.” There is a blank rectangle for a person to provide an answer. The second question: “What was an unexpected thing that brought you joy?” There is a blank rectangle for a person to provide an answer. These questions are representative of the form’s offensive and incorrect assumption that COVID has been a delightful period of flourishing.
March 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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If a children’s* cartoon gets the civility trap, imagine how easy it is for manipulators to abuse it.

*Let’s be real; “Phineas and Ferb” transcends age.
Screenshot from season 4, episode 7 of the Disney animated series “Phineas and Ferb” wherein an inept villain typically traps a stoic secret agent before ultimately being thwarted. The agent—Perry the Platypus—is here depicted lunging over a table in a train’s dining car with majestic mountains visible through the picture window behind him. He has paused to check his surroundings, his eyes narrowed under his agency-issued brown fedora. His nemesis Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is seated across from him. Dr. Doof is sporting his usual white lab coat (like a pharmacist) and has accessorized with a blue and white striped train engineer hat. He smugly points out (literally, with an index finger and everything) that Perry is prevented from apprehending him due to the fine dining environment. Dr. Doof’s captioned dialogue: “You’re trapped! By societal convention!”
January 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM