Talyaa 🦋Rock paper scissors.
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Linguist, techie, convention runner. Likes to cook, likes to eat.
paraic@bookstodon @linguistics A question prompted by a post I saw: what are the best #ScienceFiction #scifi books where #languages play an important part?
There’s 1984, obviously. Even more obviously, The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance. The Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie has some interesting language features in terms of gender identity, power and mutual intelligibility.
I’m sure there are loads more - this is ‘off the top of my head’ - what others would you recommend?
Dr. Zalka Csenge VirágOne of my bookshelves broke down, but the stacked books on the shelf below are holding it up.
According to my husband, this is "the problem solving the problem".
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#books #bookstodon
CalligrafaeHere, have a rainbow kitty to see you through these trying times
(Nikon Z6, Macro f2.8 90mm, processed in Darktable)
Schmrrrlexmastodon seems like a cool place to just relax and decompress and look at cool pictures of decorative mosses and then really focus your energies on the mosses and repeat the moss words until you feel the soft touch of moss where your skin used to be and you let the myriad tiny roots find their way in
@TakaranGolem I think the theatre background serves you well here. This makes a lot of sense to me as a model, and maybe also a mechanism to transmute the mask someone has made out of reaction and necessity into one that’s more intentionally created and deliberately deployed. From a defense mechanism to a tool.
Tak@dispatchrabbi @thewildforest This may be autism and/or theatre background talking, but a lot of theories about acting and public speaking is about presenting an authentic version of yourself. It’s not lying, but trying to convey a truth in a specific way.
Not to negate the problems of masking, since it’s still a concerted effort that takes its toll on the mind and body. But I do struggle with the idea of unmasking, but still presenting myself in a way that other people will understand.
@thewildforest Makes sense. It might be a struggle but you’ll be poking your head above water before too long!
Marichit@dispatchrabbi I see what you mean. I actually convince myself I am being myself in some situations when actually I am not. The "mask" aspects are so intertwined with who and what I am. Or I believe the "mask" is an aspect that's really me trying to get out - this happens when I see how receptive people are to it.
@thewildforest Not to muddy the waters more, but I think my masked self is a facet of my whole self - I made it, after all. But at the same time, it is only a facet, and not the whole.
I have no problem having Work Mode (etc.) as a mode I can operate in - it’s like code switching for my outward persona! - but I want to be doing it intentionally, or at least to be able to notice.
I will say, when you find someone you don’t have to mask for, though, it’s like surfacing from a long swim. #ADHD