Toxic masculinity + misogyny + homophobia + anti-intellectualism is a really appalling mix.

Another grotesque implication of this idea of male performative reading is that reading books is for women and it's not "manly." Men should be scrolling through gun websites or reviews of the new F-150 on their phones, or just raw-dogging stoically, not reading a book—that's for girls/gays.

For those asking, "Why are there only men pictured?" there's been some sort of social media "discussion" about men, specifically, pretending to read.

This sort of thing makes me sick. I read everywhere, it's what I do when I'm alone, FFS.

The Execrable Eight

I’m so sorry. I’m devastated and sickened by this.

Shame.

The language is far too modern. He does have a poem about dust particles in sunlight, but I am fairly certain this one is not from him.

Thank you!

Photo frames him between 2 Black men because the message is Mamdani is gonna take all your (white) money and give it to *those* people.

Good message, but I don’t think that’s a real Rumi quote.

I lose my chill when I see AI art, sadly.

Thank you!