FIRE STARTER (2013) by Demi Lovato “There’s an ‘S’ under my clothes/On my chest where nobody else can see,” so say the first two lines of Demi Lovato’s “Fire Starter.” I was hoping for an allusion to The Scarlet Letter and tha…

Fire Starter fumbles metaphor, mangles dream logic, and melts into its own clichés.
#MusicCriticism #PopLyrics #DemiLovato #FireStarter #BadMetaphors #FeminismAndPop #SongAnalysis #LyricalFailure #SweetDisaster
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*Masking*
Most confusing werd in vocab of online Autism discourse. Confusing bc regardless of Neurotype,
#Socialization happens to everyone
Masking is a bad werd! bc When we are talking about Autism Why are we using #BadMetaphors? (it's cruel but not unusual)
Everyone, incl. Autists can be #Ableist

Current mood at the supposèd "dawn" of our new "golden age."

#badmetaphors #falsedawn #satanicrhetoric #deceptions

@maryltrump.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social

Surviving the Spider’s Web, January 1, 2025 Surviving the Spider’s Web "Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all." ~ Richelle Mead It is my annual day of introspection. A day rife with questions but devoid of answers. What did I accomplish in 2024? What do I want to accomplish in 2025…. It is the end of one year and the beginning of a new one.

Surviving the Spider’s Web, January 1, 2025 #Blog #Blogger #Blogging #NewYear #BadMetaphors #Loss #Survival

'you are the controller'? Um, a piece of plastic manufactured solely for the purpose other's amusement... For the right price? #badmetaphors