Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there were women. Suddenly the politics was being slowly removed from feminism. And the assumption prevailed that no matter what a woman’s politics, be she conservative or liberal, she too could fit feminism into her existing lifestyle. Obviously this way of thinking has made feminism more acceptable because its underlying assumption is that women can be feminists without fundamentally challenging and changing themselves or the culture.
— bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
grizzled dead-inside hired assassin but he never falls for the femme fatale he only falls for the Completely Awkward Guy At The Computer and it’s really frustrating for him
sorry had to revise this from secret agent to assassin; I want no connotations of suaveness. i want a functioning alcoholic who hasn’t shaved in days bleeding (“am I bleeding? jesus fu—”) from a torso wound, passing out, gun in hand, and waking up to Guy At The Computer making a functioning nuclear reactor in Minecraft. He looks up groaning and is just like “bad news: i’m still alive worse news: i’m deeply attracted to this….person” nerd swivels around in an ergonomic chair “oh you’re awake!” takes off his headset and he’s wearing a loss t-shirt
YES okay EVERYONE, I know what Metal Gear Solid is—I’m just looking….It’s the aesthetic. The visuals. Assassin in a blood splattered bowling shirt (disgusting) with crunchy stubble (greying) and bags under his eyes (permanent) nerd with big glasses and a huge “wow you were the guy who caused the 40 pile car pile up in istanbul a few years back?? that’s really neat” smile. Every time assassin gets an update on his ear piece he sighs like a war general. he’s pretty sure he’s cursed and died in that chemical plant explosion in Beaumont and each of these gigs is purgatory. Nerd is new. He’s SO thrilled that he got partnered with this venerable LEGEND. “You know before this, I was hacking at Amazon. Well. Technically, I was hacking in Amazon. Like in their Seattle HQ? In the basement? They didn’t know I was down there lolz.”
Preserving my tags from this post, also here’s some GODDAMN ART so you all can stop saying this is Metal Gear Solid*