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  • In watching Chainsmoker Cat

    In watching Chainsmoker Cat

    This show is fucking disgusting, and yet here I am every Thursday watching. Anime for adults that tackles adult themes. It started out as a manga and can now be found in animation on Netflix. This anime follows beastfolk in their apartment complex and the many addictions that they navigate. Beastfolk are human/animal hybrids that…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 9

    Nasty Work: Chapter 9

    Hello Hello! This is our last round of discussion questions. When do you find yourself treating friendships as less important than romantic relationships? How can you actively work to decenter romance as the primary form of meaningful connection? When it’s new. Starting a new relationship of any kind can be exciting. Sometimes I forget that…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 8

    Nasty Work: Chapter 8

    Answering questions from chapter 8 How do you see carceral logic manifesting in your own relationships-romantic, familial, and platonic? What would it mean to actively work to remove these patterns? I see carceral logic in how we treat some matters as a personal failure. Matters such as addiction and lack of access to funds are…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 7

    Nasty Work: Chapter 7

    I would like to note that Ericka herself mentioned that this is a chapter we should spend more time on. “A handshake may seem innocuous, but it reveals so much about our culture of consent (or lack thereof). As a society, we must acknowledge what has informed our relationship to bodily autonomy and engage in…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 6

    Nasty Work: Chapter 6

    Lucas tackles discussion questions for chapter 6 of Nasty Work. Pronouns. Gender. Being gendered. What is gender? Maybe this will help us get closer to an answer.