For although it is commonly said that reason able men pay attention not to the word but to the thing itself, yet this does not give us permission to describe a thing in terms inappropriate to it.
something that was kinda fun about college is that you were put in a position where you were forced into proximity with people fairly different from yourself
on this episode of "am i obsessed with revealing private things to feel vulnerable, or do i keep a lot of things private so everything i reveal feels vulnerable"
im no believer in the redeeming qualities of the unexamined life so i appreciate when systemitizers come along to construct things that can be destroyed productively
i don't know how this comes across but usually when i cite things directly to people the tone i intend is not like "here is the awesome evidence to back up my claim and pwn u" its like hey if ur curious heres some stuff to look at and if u have issues take it up with them i dont wanna argue about it
the hierarchical aspects of education could be so wondrous if they became unacquainted with the conventions, goals, and pedagogical practices of contemporary schooling
i've changed my mind on this. i think the bigger problem is that everyone wants to cite a feminist to show they're woke but the problem is that feminists haven't written anything good yet
lenin has this dismissive line that goes "that's just an objection to life in the 20th century" and while most of the time i think that's actually a good refutation, sometimes i do actually have objections to life in the 21st century
i do this thing often where i give all the caveats and counterarguments to my statements before saying the main point and i interpret this behavior as me desperately pleading with anyone listening to not get the perception that i haven't considered them already