boost: Something good re Amazon; Poetry; Woobies

[jesse_the_k]

Three excellent items from my Dreamwidth travels:

seperis lets us know that Amazon accepts SNAP in NY state, and offers discounts for people with federal EBT cards.

https://seperis.dreamwidth.org/1059318.html

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I’m in awe of petra’s skill with fannish poetry:

You can see it in progress at this prompt post https://petra.dreamwidth.org/840970.html

This one blew my mind:

Higgledy Piggledy
Hercules Mulligan
Renegade tailor tied
Tories in knots,

Managed his shop full of
Haberdashderringdo
Carefully measuring
Breeches and plots.

All the villanelles https://petra.dreamwidth.org/tag/poetry:+villanelle

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ljwrites writes on DW about many things, including this helpful meta about "Policing and woobiefication: two sides of the same coin".

https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/99391.html?format=light

Fandom policing and villain woobiefication/apologia seem to be polar opposites, but at heart they agree on one thing: That your morality is defined by the wholesomeness of the content you make and consume.
[… snip …]
If you truly disagree with the fandom police's premise, then actually disagree, and don't validate the flawed and harmful premise by spinelessly seeking a loophole for yourself like "Yeah people who like immoral shit and deserve to be mistreated/shamed, but I'm nothing like those immoral people because [horrible validation of real-life immorality]."