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In the past month, the number amount of 5's that I've given has basically skyrocketed, going from a 70-80 amount to now as of most recently 110. Though all these albums feel worthy of 5's, I have no interest in changing scores, I do feel like I've given out too many of those ratings. It makes me think about if I didn't rate previous albums as fairly as I did now, though I can't say if that is true or false.

How I always rated things was "Did I like it? if so, how much?" and depending on my overall vibe + tracklist ratings, that determines my score. But now with how many 5's I've given recently, it makes me think if I have been too nitpicky previously.

Now I'm not bothered by this anymore and rate as I please, no matter how many I do give out, but I came here to ask if anyone else has felt this way before, cause it's funny thinking back on it now.

I've been practicing, or attempting to practice, singing. Trying out different ranges and different styles of voices, seeing what resonates with me or not. Yesterday, I was singing and recording myself, thinking I did a good job, but listening back on the recordings I sounded terrible. I was so ashamed and humiliated I deleted the videos and just cried until I fell asleep.

I tried singing again today and had the same result, feel ashamed and cried. I'm gonna take a break for a bit, but I come to ask if anyone else has had this before?

(Marked NSFW just incase)

I've been an anime fan for a little while, some of my favorite shows are DB, Hellsing, and Death Note. Top tier shows. But I've seen the rampant misogyny in anime + been looking at discussions of anime and their issues with misogyny as a whole, and wanted to ask if a there are feminists who enjoy anime and what their takes are on it.

Such a broad, and possibly redundant question, but I thought it would be good discussion.

Personally, anime is no different than any other type of media that is portrayed, and suffers the same fate as other mediums of media.

I try my best to avoid fan service and rampant sexualization in the shows. I am not against sexual content, even in anime, but I hate how it's *handled* and portrayed. Rarely is it important to the plot or just casual.

I have had some luck with finding anime that aren't egregious or even have it, a lot more than I originally thought, but I always feel terrible for indulging in anime since it has a terrible misogyny problem, even when I try to avoid it as much as possible.

Even in Dragon Ball, I sigh relief every time I notice how much Master Roshi is being less and less prevalent. He is barely in Daima, if it all. But the fact he is how he is period upsets.

And yeah, I understand that anime as a medium is not inherently misogynistic, but it has a lot of it.

I'd consider myself someone who is interested in Japanese culture. I like music like J-Pop, J-Metal (Boris is one of my favorite bands), and other non-anime shows, but anime seems to be where it is the most common.

I like this website.

Some will enjoy it, some will not, but I ask those who are feminist who watch it, do yall enjoy anime? And what are the shows yall like?

Also, are there anime that are sexual that aren't fan servicey or reducing characters to sex objects? Side question.

As a Tame fan since almost the beginning, I love asking this question when I meet other fans, it tells me a lot about their character and it makes for great discussion.

Here is my top 5:

1. Neverender (w/ Justice)

2. Eventually

3. One Night/All Night (w/ Justice)

4. I Don't Really Mind

5. New Person, Same Old Mistakes

Didn't realize how much I loved the Justice songs he did with them, but their amazing and I'm obsessed with them.

Hello yall, I'm a 20 year old gay, and I try my best to look at my sexuality through a feminist-context. Recently I discovered my interest in bondage, such as handcuffs, being tied up, restraints, and that jazz. I've been reading more erotica about bondage, but not the other letters of BDSM, the DSM is just not my thing.

While exploring more about this, I've been reading more about BDSM and feminists' perspectives (since not every feminist will believe in the same things) and I went from excited to guilty.

I started to think about how I could be empowering misogyny in my sexual life unknowingly, even outside of bondage. For now, I stopped exploring because I don't know how to feel about it anymore, so I came to see what yall think.

Again, I am aware not everyone is going to have the same viewpoints, but what do you guys think of bondage from a feminist view, and should I continue to not engage in it anymore?

Sorry if this sounds like moral OCD rambling.

Edit: sorry if this breaks rule 7, I am genuinely curious what a feminist perspective would think about it, but using my experience as an example and why I ask. I'll let a mod decide.

As of this post, I consider myself a weeb, I am very interested by Japanese culture, movies, shows, music, anime, food, history, language, even infrastructure. One day I would like to visit Japan, along with many other countries, but it is near the top of my list.

I see a lot of discourse about weeb-ism on the internet and how insufferable they can be, but can it be possible to be a weeb and not like that. I personally am able to recognize Japan's faults, like any other nation, along with not feel like I have to stand up for it 100% 24/7. Along with knowledge of their evils, especially during WW2.

Being interested in Japan, I would hate to be viewed as a not so good person, or someone with faults because I think Japan is interesting. I this also orientalism?

As someone with severe dyscalculia (and dyslexia) I have struggles trying to learn math, I can't do basic multiplication, division is out of the question, and I still add and subtract with my fingers, but it can't be any number above 20 than my mind just melts and I spend five minutes counting my fingers. My calculator app is the first app I see when I open my phone, I even have the application on my task bar on my computer.

I've been able to do better with my dyslexia, I can read much better in my head and out loud, though I still struggle a bit with out loud, my spelling and grammar is better even with slip ups, and I can read much faster. Math is still a massive hurdle I have to jump over, and it wont be easy.

Numbers look like gibberish to me in a mathematical sense. I can read numbers on signs or look at numbers and be fine, but once I'm told to multiply them or (god forbid) do algebra, or any other mathematical formula that isn't adding 5 + 5, my mind cannot comprehend. In school, I've failed every math class ever, teachers have told me that I am a lost cause and will never be able to fully grasp it, along with being called stupid.

I stopped asking teachers for help since they would always roll their eyes or scoff at me, worse if they just did the question for me to get me out of the way. When passing out graded tests they would always give me mine last and smirk handing it to me.

Doesn't help that my fellow classmates bullied me for it. My friends luckily never made fun of it besides some jokes, but everyone else would constantly call me the R word. That experience in school made me resent math, I never wanted to deal with it because of that. It felt like I was not allowed to make mistakes.

It didn't end once I got out of school. My co workers laugh at my hysterically when I struggle with math and panic, only after I'm utterly humiliated will they help me. My extended family caught wind of my issue and will purposely ask me math questions whenever we get together.

No one has ever took my dyscalculia seriously, even people who have dyslexia. They think it's just me being purposely stupid and autistic. I've met other people with the same conditions and they had similar experiences. I do really with dsycalculia was more talked about in the discussion of dyslexia and learning disabilities.

I've been trying my best recently to practice math, beginning with the basics. Currently on adding and subtraction so I can do bigger numbers. Nothing feels more humiliating than seeing kid theme sheets and flashcards, along with math games geared towards 2nd graders, or watching math videos that were clearly made for children.