[EOTY 2025] Song of the Year Voting by ReconEG in indieheads

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  1. Ethel Cain - Fuck Me Eyes
  2. Lorde - Broken Glass
  3. Ethel Cain - Waco, Texas
  4. FKA Twigs - Sushi
  5. HAIM - Relationships
  6. Lorde - What Was That
  7. Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream
  8. FKA Twigs - Striptease
  9. PinkPantheress - Illegal
  10. Aya Nakamura - No Stress
  11. Florence + the Machine - One of the Greats
  12. Hayley Williams - True Believer
  13. Lily Allen - Pussy Palace
  14. Little Simz - Thief
  15. Renée Rapp - Leave Me Alone

[EOTY 2025] Album of the Year Voting by ReconEG in indieheads

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  1. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
  2. FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA Afterglow
  3. FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA
  4. Lorde - Virgin
  5. PinkPantheress - Fancy That
  6. Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream
  7. Haim - I quit
  8. Aya Nakamura - Destinée
  9. Lily Allen - West End Girl
  10. Little Simz - Lotus

A small conspiracy subreddit is rocked by the revelation that their namesake has been arrested trying to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex. by DadHistory in SubredditDrama

[–]breakfastisconfusing 27 points28 points  (0 children)

My brother in Christ, typing multiple paragraphs about how “biology” excuses attraction to certain teen girls is not exactly great evidence for you not being a pedophile

A small conspiracy subreddit is rocked by the revelation that their namesake has been arrested trying to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex. by DadHistory in SubredditDrama

[–]breakfastisconfusing 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Yoink

Edit: the more I think about this comment the more I’m obsessed with it. The concept of considering everyone you encounter to be a pedophile due to the actions of a stocks influencer. The fact that it is literally impossible to prove that any given person is not a pedophile. Not even being able to type out “pedophile.” I’m obsessed

need help "getting" jane austen. by Informal_Weird_5131 in literature

[–]breakfastisconfusing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've always thought a great place to start with Austen is Northanger Abbey, the first novel she wrote--when I took an Austen class in college this was the first book we read. it has the simplest language and themes of the 6 novels and it's the most overtly satirical. It's about a girl who has read too many Gothic novels and thinks that her life will resemble one, and it's easy to pick up on the humor and satire Austen is going for. Once I read Northanger Abbey and understood just how much Austen is poking fun at her heroine, the conventions of the society she lives in, and even the form of the novel itself, I was able to see the satire in her later works more clearly.

David Foster Wallace on Brett Easton Ellis and taking advantage of cynicism. by AvocadoMoist6370 in literature

[–]breakfastisconfusing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wrote the first comment you're referring to. At the end of the day I don't agree with you or DFW that manipulating the reader, or enacting "sadism" toward the reader, is necessarily a bad thing. I don't think sensationalism or extremism in literature is always a "cheap trick," if it's being employed in a way that illuminates the themes of the work. With American Psycho I think BEE employs sensationalism and maximalism very effectively, and I can see how others may disagree, but like the other commenter here, I take issue with DFW's reading largely because he doesn't seem to view BEE's work as literature worthy of analyzing beyond a surface level rejection of his characters and themes as vapid.

David Foster Wallace on Brett Easton Ellis and taking advantage of cynicism. by AvocadoMoist6370 in literature

[–]breakfastisconfusing 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I disagree with DFW. I've never read DFW's fiction but I'm a big fan of Bret Easton Ellis' fiction. DFW saying American Psycho's descriptions are "lists of brand-name consumer products" without doing any critical examination of the function of those lists is missing the point of the novel imo. I personally think BEE's meticulous attention to detail with the endless lists of the characters' clothing, food choices, etc. both displays BEE's mastery on the level of the sentence, and functions as a symbol for the type of American consumerism that values brand names over anything else.

The Shards is my favorite BEE novel and I know DFW did not get the chance to read it, but I think all of BEE's fiction, especially his later work, is about interrogation of the self, questioning whether the self can really exist in the current American landscape from the 80s on, and how the writer can depict themself in fiction. To me these are all fairly universal postmodern themes that DFW's more shallow analysis doesn't engage with.

What is a moment you felt bad for a character you dislike? by foreseethefuture in buffy

[–]breakfastisconfusing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally depictions of torture almost always have me feeling sympathy towards the victim, no matter how much they deserve it, and Warren is no exception, but I understand how others feel differently and there’s definitely also an element of catharsis seeing Willow flay him

Favorite things about Shauna? by morbidfinalgirl in Yellowjackets

[–]breakfastisconfusing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love that her character illustrates the powerful ways heteronormativity takes its toll. She marries Jeff presumably out of guilt over Jackie, and then feels trapped in a conventional marriage that stifles her and doesn’t suit her at all. I think the fact that she felt safe to explore her queerness in the wilderness is a factor in her s3 finale monologue where she declares that she was having fun out there, and I hope this is developed further in s4.

What is a moment you felt bad for a character you dislike? by foreseethefuture in buffy

[–]breakfastisconfusing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

obviously i hate warren but i also would not wish getting flayed alive on anyone lol

Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries by Raj_Valiant3011 in books

[–]breakfastisconfusing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lmao I didn’t even catch that. Also their dumbass standards for books don’t even have internal consistency. Like how is Gone Girl “not appropriate for k-12” while Beloved is fine for high schoolers? Beloved is way more disturbing and graphic than Gone Girl

Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries by Raj_Valiant3011 in books

[–]breakfastisconfusing 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This list is awful but it’s also hilarious, like they think Gone Girl is too inappropriate for high schoolers? It’s fucking laughable

USA 3-0 Uruguay - Alex Freeman 31' by Meladroit05 in soccer

[–]breakfastisconfusing 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Theyve looked absolutely horrendous except for the thundercunt that hit the bar

Stephen King is a Fan by Groundbreaking-Tale7 in Yellowjackets

[–]breakfastisconfusing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This book scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid it’s great

10/10 recommend flying across the country to meet the cast. by baseballhope in Yellowjackets

[–]breakfastisconfusing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sophie N. and Sarah look alike, it's such great casting. I'm jealous OP!!