Danica Earthen

14/02/2026

The dream team of the trans experience Kallan & I back for another round
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“Women with tattoos
Gender has a significant role in bodily experience. Women’s bodies are more often subject to social evaluation than men’s and are often self-objectified. Women perceive their bodies in the way the social environment does and try to match social standards of appearance (Fredrickson and Roberts 1997). Swami and Furnham (2007) showed that women with tattoos are perceived as less attractive, alcohol abusers, and sexually promiscuous. Research on body perceptions with tattoos was also conducted by Hawkes et al. (2004). The researchers concluded that women with tattoos are perceived worse than those without, regardless of the size and visibility of their tattoos. Currently, an increasing number of women are opting for tattoos, which may indicate that tattooing may represent an attempt to regain control of one’s own body and create it according to one’s own rules. It is not clear how tattoos affect women’s bodily experience. On the one hand, they may cause a sense of agency and overcome empowerment; on the other hand, once tattooed and exposed to social judgment, they may worsen the way one experiences one’s body.”
—extract from “Mental body representations of women with tattoos in emerging adulthood — a cluster analysis” by Klaudia Jabłońska & Beata Mirucka

11/02/2026

You don’t need AI
You need to break free from the urge to make art that is palatable and sellable
Express yourself
Free yourself

Cognitive offloading is the term psychologists use for passing mental tasks onto external systems.

It’s by no means a new concept. You could argue that the practice began the moment we first began pressing reed styluses against clay tablets thousands of years ago. Then came phones, calendars, and Google, which has now taken that load off our neurons entirely. Nobody mourns the loss of knowing Aunt Mary’s landline by heart.

That kind of offloading was mostly harmless, and in many cases entirely beneficial, given how offloading freed us for more complex reasoning. In fact, there are precious few parts of our modern societies that would continue operating were the cognitive load returned to us entirely.

But generative AI has changed the equation completely. Instead of just remembering for us, it now writes for us, reasons for us, and in some cases even decides for us. Research is starting to show the cost.

The price of cognitive offloading is becoming clear

The brain craves convenience but it grows on challenge, with cognitive function being the ultimate use-it-or-lose-it deal.

Consider a recent study by Michael Gerlich and colleagues at SBS Swiss Business School. They surveyed over 600 participants and found a significant negative correlation between frequent AI use and critical thinking ability. In plain English, this means that the more we rely on AI, the less sharp our own thinking becomes. Cognitive offloading has jumped the tracks from convenience to codependency.

Another team, led by Hao-Ping Lee at Carnegie Mellon and Advait Sarkar at Microsoft Research, explored how knowledge workers actually feel about their thinking when using generative AI. Their finding was equally stark. Confidence in AI is linked to doing less critical thinking, while confidence in one’s own ability predicts doing more. In other words, the more you trust the machine, the less you think for yourself.

11/02/2026

NEVER trust the government to help with your social media strategy.
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“Women with tattoos
Gender has a significant role in bodily experience. Women’s bodies are more often subject to social evaluation than men’s and are often self-objectified. Women perceive their bodies in the way the social environment does and try to match social standards of appearance (Fredrickson and Roberts 1997). Swami and Furnham (2007) showed that women with tattoos are perceived as less attractive, alcohol abusers, and sexually promiscuous. Research on body perceptions with tattoos was also conducted by Hawkes et al. (2004). The researchers concluded that women with tattoos are perceived worse than those without, regardless of the size and visibility of their tattoos. Currently, an increasing number of women are opting for tattoos, which may indicate that tattooing may represent an attempt to regain control of one’s own body and create it according to one’s own rules. It is not clear how tattoos affect women’s bodily experience. On the one hand, they may cause a sense of agency and overcome empowerment; on the other hand, once tattooed and exposed to social judgment, they may worsen the way one experiences one’s body.”
—extract from “Mental body representations of women with tattoos in emerging adulthood — a cluster analysis” by Klaudia Jabłońska & Beata Mirucka

22/01/2026

07/01/2026

Thank you so much .haran for taking a chance on me and for changing the course of my life forever.
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24/12/2025

goodbye 2025
I love you all
🖤
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23/12/2025

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19/12/2025

Comment “bxtch” to become more empowered in the workplace

16/12/2025

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15/12/2025

I’m working on my inherent distrust and dislike of cis men because it’s getting out of hand. That being said I hate the fact that we are being punished for the crimes of cis men that also want to harm us.