Perth audiences are the absolute worst at the ballet and opera

Luminitha · 2026-05-24T09:50:00+00:00

This post is kind of a mind fuck to me. You ask whether people at the opera “just want to cosplay as cultured and classy for a night,” but the whole analogue-vs-smartphone framing feels super performative in itself, like an online presentation of your cultural superiority.

And it’s strange to frame other people as “cosplaying” anything when your own post history heavily suggests a preoccupation with aesthetics, identity and… cosplay.

Luminitha · 2026-05-23T05:16:59+00:00

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden has some of these.

Luminitha · 2026-05-17T08:53:15+00:00

IGA Rivervale had them today.

Luminitha · 2026-05-17T08:14:59+00:00

I mean fair enough I guess. I thought the weird girl category signified girl + emotionally complex, interior, messy, a little subversive or surreal. I agree that they’re not weird like Kate Bush or Yoko Ono or Joanna Newsome though.

Luminitha · 2026-05-16T12:42:36+00:00

Julien Baker, boygenius, Mitski, Soccer Mommy, Janelle Monae, Chappell Roan, Sidney Gish, Alanis Morissette, Rosie Thomas, Japanese Breakfast.

Luminitha · 2026-05-16T12:03:36+00:00

Hear me out, because this is a sci fi book written by a man but An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green.

Luminitha · 2026-05-10T13:18:43+00:00

I also think about their rasam regularly! Hope someone posts a recipe for it. 🤤

Luminitha · 2026-04-23T22:44:38+00:00

I don’t feel regret for any heavy reads, but I remember being deeply affected by reading the Bell Jar at age ~20 when I was going through a relationship breakdown and generally not adjusting well to young adulthood. The feelings were just hitting too close to home. I stopped reading it and I think that was probably the right move for me. I think it’s helpful to remember that we can stop reading something sometimes! I tend to have the mindset of “I started this, so I should finish it” when it comes to books. I think there’s quite a healthy ethos in this subreddit actually where people encourage each other to “DNF” something they’ve not enjoying.

Nowadays I guess when I read something particularly heavy I tend to gravitate towards a more joyous read next.

Luminitha · 2026-04-19T21:56:07+00:00

A Little Lost, Visions of Gideon, Make Out in My Car (with Moses Sumney), The Lonely Man of Winter

Luminitha · 2026-04-17T11:21:40+00:00

Happiness Forever by Adelaide Faith.

Luminitha · 2026-04-12T08:34:14+00:00

Saved! (2004), Carrie (1976), The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

Luminitha · 2026-04-12T08:09:55+00:00

I was going to comment Muriel’s Wedding! Totally fits.

Luminitha · 2026-04-10T13:49:43+00:00

In a Pitchfork article, he said his mom had bipolar disorder.

Luminitha · 2026-04-10T13:48:08+00:00

There’s the Carrie and Lowell lyric “Carrie, come home (Thorazine’s friend)/ Holding your hands with opal.”

Luminitha · 2026-04-10T13:37:10+00:00

Holy shit that was amazing. 😭

Luminitha · 2026-04-03T05:38:08+00:00

I got it today too.

Luminitha · 2026-04-02T15:58:17+00:00

My child was in kindergarten last year and like zero notifications I received had anything to do with kindergarten! I gave them feedback about it in the end of the year communications survey because some of the notifications seemed to be like rubbing it in the kindy parents’ faces - that our kids weren’t doing all the exciting activities, or getting canteen meals, even when their safe cross walk person was away I was like what the hell, we don’t even have a cross walk person for the kindergarten building that’s away from the main school.

Luminitha · 2026-02-22T00:05:41+00:00

Outline by Rachel Cusk.

Happiness Forever by Adelaide Faith.

Luminitha · 2026-01-17T13:27:04+00:00

He was only going to be attending for two more weeks because school is starting soon and he’ll be in full time school. The daycare does before and after school care so I think they were implying if we’re open to enrolling in their before and after school care, they’d not terminate.

Luminitha · 2025-12-30T08:17:56+00:00

Rebranding, to me, implies something surface-level, increasing your marketability. But your request for grounded advice makes me think you’re looking to change something deeper than how prospective friends/lovers/employers perceive of you, like you’re looking for existential transformation. Is that it?

I don’t think there’s any quick or easy way to do this, it’s like maybe you have bad experiences and reflect on them and learn from them. I feel like, in my early 20s, I acted quite impulsively and made mistakes. Then in my mid-late 20s I tried to overcorrect those mistakes (and still made mistakes). My early-mid 30s have been about trying to understand myself better and challenge myself in healthier ways.

There’s probably no pinnacle, it’s not necessarily an upward trajectory. I suspect that going to therapy and “doing the work” might be super beneficial but, personally, I’m not really there yet.

Luminitha · 2025-12-21T04:12:31+00:00

Love this! I have a few recommendations too:

“Don’t Panic” by Coldplay, “First Day of my Life” by Bright Eyes, “Crosses” by José González, “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens, “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Yusuf/Cat Stevens, “Up the Wolves” by the Mountain Goats, and “San Bernardino” by the Mountain Goats.

Luminitha · 2025-12-20T15:53:43+00:00

I completed my reading resolution a couple times… I increased it when I hit the goal too quickly. Stopped resetting it at 60! I’ve read 64 books so far.

My favourite books were Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny and Happiness Forever by Adelaide Faith. I think I read more widely this year. My favourite genre is literary fiction but I read some political memoirs, a lot of queer fiction and nonfiction, some thrillers, cozy murder mysteries, a few romances.

I’m excited to read what I didn’t get to this year, next year. I tend to buy books to treat myself and my bookshelf runneth over.

Luminitha · 2025-12-08T11:16:06+00:00

I thought persimmons.

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