u/sartorie

NDLE takers/passers, when did you start studying?

hello po! i’m someone na may short-term memory loss when it comes to studying. like, aaralin ko siya ngayon tapos after a few days makakalimutan ko agad, kaya medyo nahihirapan ako mag-retain ng information. i was planning to seriously start studying around october pa sana, pero ngayon medyo kinakabahan ako if enough pa ba yung time. dooable kaya siya? or masyado na bang late considering na marami ring topics na kailangan aralin and i-review? would really appreciate any advice or tips. thank you po! 🥹

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u/sartorie — 5 days ago

jonaxx romanticizing problematic themes

this is going to get downvoted into oblivion i fear, but i genuinely don’t understand how jonaxx still has such a massive fanbase.

one of my biggest issues with her has always been the way MOST of her books romanticize relationship dynamics that i personally find deeply uncomfortable. pseudo-incest, adult/minor relationships, significant age-gap romances with clear power imbalances, overly possessive male leads whose controlling behavior is portrayed as love. eugh. and mind you, these themes are recurring across all of her works :/

i feel like every once in a while may lumalabas na discourse tungkol sa kanya and instead of actually engaging with the criticism, a lot of her readers immediately dismiss it with “hater ka lang,” “inggit ka lang,” etc.. like… bakit sobrang hirap tanggapin na pwedeng influential ang isang author while also being problematic?

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u/sartorie — 16 days ago