Have you seen Pin Cushion? Crushing, devastating, huge favorite.

The “s” on “accidents” doing incredible work here

Yeah I think when we’re talking about “what books should kids read” we’re assuming a situation where we have relationships with these kids so like the books themselves are maybe not actually the biggest part of the equation

Yeah people really underestimate kids too. It doesn’t even have to be danceable or fun. I was listening to Cecil Taylor (not just jazz but avant garde jazz) at 13, and I’ve played him for a 5-year-old who liked it. Did I understand every layer? No and I still don’t. That’s a feature!

The heavy books are good I think? At 13-14 I was reading Native Son, Moby Dick, Catch-22, Howl. Wouldn’t say I turned out fine but the books weren’t the problem.

WHY FIND OUT is probably in my top 10 most frequently thought about Achewood lines

I have thought about this post like monthly since 2019

I mean, you pretty much nailed it. I offered my water bottle to the mom near me for her baby's eyes, and she said not yet, then added, "Oh, I should have said thank you first."

This account from someone a few blocks away really gets at the sudden escalation. This was a family outing to a park on a relatively warm Sunday afternoon — kids on bikes, the family meeting up with grandma. Now you have to explain tear gas and police brutality to your 8-year-old.

A lot of the people had never been tear gassed before. I talked to someone in the center of the cloud who had never been gassed and had only been to big protests like No Kings. She said the march had felt like the exact same vibe, right up until she was gassed for the first time in her life.

This doesn’t only apply when the art in question is widely admired, the arrogance is just especially noticeable and easy to point out

“What Tarkovsky doesn’t understand about story structure is that…”

Oh yeah you’re right we should explain it to him

I don’t think everyone needs to couch every single thing they say in “that’s just my taste” disclaimers but it’s worth trying not to sound like a teacher correcting an error in syntax when you’re talking about a whole artistic vision that you just might not vibe with

Omg his tentative lil lick just made me cry