Apropos of actually nothing

[conuly]

this is the song that's been running in my head nonstop the past few days. I'm pretty sure it's not some sort of sad subconscious commentary on the state of the world, I think it's just stuck on a loop.

That time Robert E. Howard, fellow pulp writer, trolled the hell out of Lovecraft

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Comments

[ioplokon]

idk if mirroring is an ultimately effective technique for promoting societal change when used as a part of an advertising campaign, though? what works fine for inter-personal interactions where the goal is to change someone's way of thinking doesn't really translate in an ad campaign whose goal is to get everyone spending more money on suits.

which honestly is why I think this tactic is risky with objectification since there's already so much general pressure on everyone in our society to commodify their selves and desires? so what you end up getting, from my anecdotal observations, instead of people going, "wow - this is wrong!" is plenty of people - regardless of gender - going "what we need is freer sexual markets" which........ is not my preferred outcome.