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ironically, despite my constant references to marxism, i think the fandom coders discord probably thinks of me as an anarchist

thank god this distinction doesn't exist in fiction; i would throw a fit if someone claimed the goal of my writing is to “entertain”

• implication that journalists and technical writers do not use “literary styles and techniques”: ????

• implication that the goal of “creative writing” is to “entertain based on prose style”: ??????

« Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as academic or technical writing or journalism, which are also rooted in accurate fact though not written to entertain based on prose style. »

is this like “extracted metadata regarding a resource” or…?

noncreative nonfiction

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tfw they're not made of meat

can i get a in chat

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thanks Art History Archive for maintaining a link for two decades; you guys are champs

oh nevermind it was linked from “New Gothic” (and still is) http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/gothic/The-Neo-Gothic-Art-Manifesto.html

it was linked to from the “Goth (subculture)” wikipedia page in like 2010 iirc but of course random independent websites are not considered reputable sources these days

does anybody have a copy of that one goth manifesto which was on the internet in the 2000s or so

you may be asking yourself, “but kibi, what is a manifesto if not a deployment of rhetorical strategies to make a thing seem emotionally or logically necessary” and look i’m WORKING on it

@alyssa yes, my claim against newsletters in general (as opposed to the specific newsletters which are currently annoying me) is just that they should be blog posts lol

but i realize that having the post as a newsletter is probably better than not having the post at all; not all newsletters are specifically bad in the ways that some are specifically bothering me right now

very little patience these days for people who craft rhetorical arguments to make their claims seem like an emotional or logical necessity instead of grounding them in lived experience and relation to the real or the human

i personally find it exhausting and i don’t understand why someone would willingly insert their email into a box to have this stuff sent directly to their address