Latest Posts by khnos - Page 6
Brick panel with a lion, from the Palace of Darius I, Achaemenid Empire, 522-486 BC
from The Louvre
Drum Bridge at the Japanese Tea Gardens. location: San Francisco, California, USA
are you the real almighty powerful genius KHANOS who lived somewhere in canada and worked at LV? do you still code?
please…….. yes, Vancouver. But, no I never worked at LV. I still code but mainly for Maya (rigging).
First sketch of this project I’m working on; animals endemic to the Philippines as chess pieces.
The King as the Philippine Eagle.
How do you approach unrequited effort in friendship?
I don’t really measure effort in friendships. There is the connection and there is the life it fits into which is often busy and overwhelming. I don’t befriend people who I feel are subtly mean or have anything but pure love towards me, so with that as the foundation I never think about effort in that way because I trust that the intention is always pure. When the trust cracks, I distance myself, no hard feelings.
Monach butterflies (Danaus plexippus) rest in a tree in California, USA
by Robin Gwen Agarwal
فلسطين ستزهر من جديد 🌺🤍
finally got one of these!!!!!
A nine-armed sea star (Luidia senegalensis) in Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA
by Arthur Anker
imagine love and safety reaching every corner of the planet, even in the place where it feels most improbable
@ femalepentimento
One thing that always strikes me as interesting about fandom is how institutionally conservative it is.
That's not to say that it's necessarily ideologically conservative (though I do see more than my fair share of misogyny, racism, ableism, acephobia, transphobia, imperialism apologia, fascism apologia, etc.), bur instead that fandom is broadly a community that privileges tradition and the status quo over change.
There is a veneration of the older Big Name Fans, particularly those involved in the creation of AO3. This often comes with the implication that they were faultless and pure of heart, and if they argue(d) for something, then it must be the right answer.
That ties into the originalist push that is often used to oppose changes to the community or to AO3 specifically--it was perfect in its creation, the original intents were entirely right and implemented correctly, and any change is a violation of that impeccable original design and so is bad. The old laws (Don't Like, Don't Read etc.) are also often still pushed as the law of the land, with limited conversation about new or updated cultural rules or norms.
There is also a strong implicit or explicit in-group mentality that I see, often also used to oppose change. Fandom is by women, for women, and any change must consider women first, last, and always. And if you are doing or asking for something that might impact women (specifically the women who are currently welcome in fandom), it's because of misogyny.
I'm generalizing, of course--fandom, like any other community, has a diversity of ideas and viewpoints. But I do wonder, if I asked people who consider themselves part of Capital-F Fandom whether they would support cultural or structural changes to the community or to AO3, how many would say yes.
Long-Form Videos
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How the Attention Economy Benefits from Our Anger by Dasia Sade [ 42:19 ]
How Billionares Became Our Gods by Dasia Sade [ 47:17 ]
Why Art No Longer Reflects Reality by Dasia Sade [ 55:51 ]
The Tragic Optimist’s Guide to Surviving Nihilistic Capitalism by Dasia Sade [ 59:04 ]
Fighting Pseudoscience with Science Communication by Miniminuteman [ 32:11 ]
What If We Ran The Economy? by Andrewism [ 24:11 ]
The Problem with Civilization by Andrewism [ 25:37 ]
How Crafting Became A Form Of Public Activism And Protest by Amy of Melbourne [ 21:21 ]
Disfigurement, Disgust, and the Dark Side of Pretty Privilige by Rowan Ellis [ 1:15:41 ]
How AI is Ruining Our Dreams by Jessie Gender [ 39:09 ]
How Bread Built Civilization by OTR Food & History [ 1:05:16 ]
Girl Math & Girl Power: The Conservative Politics of ‘Girl World’ by Shanspeare [ 49:04 ]
Why Cheap Renewables Won’t Save Us by Our Changing Climate [ 28:03 ]
How To Identify Quality in Clothing (A Rant) by Bernadette Banner [ 24:16 ]
Pseudoscience, Cults, and Social Media in the Modern Age by Unsolicited Advice [ 37:21 ]
Microplastics Are More Dangerous Than You Think by SciShow [ 23:21 ]
The Terramere Culture and the Bronze Age Collapse by Dan Davis History [ 25:21 ]
How Severence Rejects ‘Work-Life Balance’ by Pillar of Garbage [ 48:04 ]
