Author: dappled-things

• [thoughts] Late Term Abortion is a Fancy Word for Infanticide

  

  I am not a mother. I am a teacher. Still, abortion makes me sick on a visceral level. So a few years ago, when my mom sent me a link to an academic ethics paper on abortion, I was horrified and intrigued by what was proposed. Both my mom and I knew that it was…

  dappled-things

  February 1, 2019

  culture, interesting stuff, thought piece

  abortion, infanticide, late term abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, third trimester, tim pool

• [YT] “What is a man? A response to Gillette” (Egard Watches)

  dappled-things

  January 26, 2019

  culture, interesting stuff, video

  ads, culture, encouragement, male culture, men, toxic masculinity

• [irl] Pay It Forward

  

  Working at Timmies, I see the best and worst of people. Today I wanna share two stories about people who were amazing. First one is about a guy, who reminded me a lot of my dad. He had two gift cards, bought himself a coffee, and then told me that he always forgets the cards…

  dappled-things

  January 12, 2019

  interesting stuff, personal

  charity, irl, make the world a better place, pay it forward

• [YT] A Farewell Song (Slow Meadow)

  dappled-things

  January 4, 2019

  culture, music, video

  ambient, ambient music, music, slow meadow, youtube

• [random] Naruto Episode 421: The Meeting I Didn’t Know I Wanted To See

  

  One of the best things about Naruto Shippuuden is the time scope of its narrative. While having flashbacks within flashbacks is often confusing to the point of annoyance, I do have to say I am loving the extended background stories (small arcs) that are cropping up during the war. Warning! Spoilers ahead!

  dappled-things

  January 3, 2019

  random writing

  anime, gai, hatake, hatake kakashi, hatake sakumo, kakashi, maito dai, maito gai, naruto, naruto shippuuden, ninja dads, sakumo, single dads

• [link] Take It from Someone Who Has Suffered Real Physical Abuse: Words Aren’t Violence

  Take It from Someone Who Has Suffered Real Physical Abuse: Words Aren’t Violence (Berryhill)

  dappled-things

  January 3, 2019

  culture, interesting stuff, link

  link, physical abuse, quillette, verbal abuse

• [art] Kakashi (Kishimoto)

  

  Coloured by me on Photoshop Premiere a long, long, long time ago.

  dappled-things

  December 30, 2018

  art

  kakashi, kishimoto, naruto, naruto shippuuden, photoshop, premiere

• [YT] The Genius Behind Naruto’s Fight Scene Animations – Norio Matsumoto (Wimshurst)

  dappled-things

  December 29, 2018

  culture, interesting stuff, video

  analysis, animated combat, animation, anime, combat, naruto, naruto shippuuden

• [opinion] The Role of Art and Culture – Part 1

  

  What is the difference between situation A and situation B? We are seeing two different depictions of two interactions. One is that of a consumer receiving (education, enlightenment, entertainment); the other is that of a consumer giving or responding (complaints, compliments). These pictures also depict the difference between two types of cultural productions: one in…

  dappled-things

  December 28, 2018

  culture, literature, nonfiction, original fiction

  art, comic books, comics, communism, culture, fascism, film, folk art, high art, low art, mass culture, politics, pop culture, popular culture, subculture, taste, video games

• [link] PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet (Farrington on Quillette)

  “PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet” (Farrington)

  dappled-things

  December 27, 2018

  culture, gaming, interesting stuff

  corporation, corporatization, internet, internet culture, pewdiepie, youtube