06/03/2023 at 10:47 PM More

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[image id: a drawing of the little mermaid from the Hans Christian Andersen story. she is in the process of becoming human; underwater but with a pair of legs. she has red flowers in her hair, and a flower crown of white lilies and pearls that is falling apart. there is a red outline of a mermaid tail with oysters clamped on the fins that originates at her wait. a cloud of red liquid flows upward from her ankles. there is text on the image reading “No dancer will ever tread so lightly, but at every step you take it will feel as if you were treading upon sharp knives.”]

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When I was a kid, a lot of the fairytales I grew up reading were from a book of Hans Christian Andersen stories. As an adult with chronic leg pain, I’ve found myself drawn back to the story of the Little Mermaid in that context.

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16/05/2023 at 5:32 PM More

aranciu

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I made this last year when reading Dracula Daily, but I was too much of a coward to post it. Now I am no longer held back by earthly matters such as "reputation".

This is the original text from the book, but wildly misinterpreted. enjoy

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16/05/2023 at 5:32 PM More

fxlthyangxl

babe wake up first usa stripper union jus won !!!!!!

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16/05/2023 at 4:35 PM More

habbadax

Took a wrong turn somewhere

orcboxer

i took a nap and woke up in all these goddam spinanch

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16/05/2023 at 4:34 PM More

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A Girl’s Best Friend by Margot Quan Knight, 2002

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16/05/2023 at 4:17 PM More

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16/05/2023 at 3:57 PM More

nausikaaa

Eat Your Young seems to be to be directly inspired by A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, a satire written in the 1720s about the poverty in Ireland and the unhelpful solutions offered by the church and aristocracy at the time, which argues that the poor Irish should sell their children to the rich to be eaten, which would prevent them from burdening their families and the country and instead make them useful. it’s satire, of course, but played straight the entire time.

and here is Hozier, 300 years later, making the exact same point. only the set dressing has changed. with all the abuses people are suffering in war and under capitalism, and with the cost of living and rate of poverty rising with no end in sight, is it not more humane and just as exploitative to simply eat the children the government will not feed? would they not recommend it themselves if only they thought they could get away with it?

the state of the world and the powers that be will continue to try and use us all up and throw us aside anyway.

it’s quicker and easier to eat your young.

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16/05/2023 at 3:47 PM More

patroclusdefencesquad

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it's her show now actually

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16/05/2023 at 3:33 PM More

vworpstageleft

… I thought this was a joke. I thought you were doing a bit.

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16/05/2023 at 3:31 PM More

kungfuwushuworld

The legendary Cynthia Khan 🥰🔥👊

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