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Art, society, fashion, politics, aesthetics, and human expression.

status: Finished

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The status indicator reflects the current state of the work: - Abandoned: Work that has been discontinued - Notes: Initial collections of thoughts and references - Draft: Early structured version with a central thesis - In Progress: Well-developed work actively being refined - Finished: Completed work with no planned major changes This helps readers understand the maturity and completeness of the content.

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certainty: certain

Confidence Rating

The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words: 1. "certain" 2. "highly likely" 3. "likely" 4. "possible" 5. "unlikely" 6. "highly unlikely" 7. "remote" 8. "impossible" Even ideas that seem unlikely may be worth exploring if their potential impact is significant enough.

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importance: 6/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.

Rules of the Internet2026.04.23

The complete list of the Rules of the Internet, with explanations for each rule. An artifact of early-internet culture preserved for reference.

culture · internet-culture, rules, 4chan

K, Change The World2026.03.23

K, do you know? Gods of death love apples.

culture

Haute Couture2025.07.15

High fashion as cultural language across eras, civilizations, and power structures.

culture

The Function Of a Lady2025.07.15

Competing definitions of womanhood across class, culture, religion, and history.

culture

Marie Taglioni, the First to Float2025.07.03

A look at Marie Taglioni's groundbreaking role in dance and performance art.

culture · ballet, dance, biography

Random Reading Lists2025.06.04

a list of wishlists, goodreads profiles, and other reading lists I have found snooping around the internet

culture · personal, books, reading-lists

Toward a Theory of Anime Critique

culture

Toward a Theory of Manga Critique

culture

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