[do economics make you thirsty?]
(A post featuring one picture.
Rose Hale staring straight into the camera, her expression twisted into one of comical apprehension as she balances a thick textbook with the word ECONOMICS slanted across the spine on the top of her head. Her hair is in two French braids and the filter on the photo makes her blue eyes appear especially bright. She wears a casual cardinal red Stanford shirt, the v-neck collar showing off the shape of her collarbones and the length of her neck. In the background, a desk piled with books and a calculator can be seen just over her shoulder.)
Posted 2 days ago
byanyothername Time to start studying. Pray for me.
#thisishowyoureadright #myfairlady #economics #collegelife
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Ty-Liar I'll pray for you!
DRS0220 I'll pray you find some nice d* (eggplant emoji)
mathmagician Hey DRS0220 we don't tolerate that here
DRS0220 oh whatever man, she's the one who posted a thirst trap, take a joke lol
mathmagician No, she didn't. There is nothing provocative about this picture, unless economics make you thirsty. Take your fuckboi self elsewhere. This goddess deserves respect.
savethebees I'm with you mathmagician, I'm tired of these jerks hiding behind a supposed thirst trap to disrespect women
DRS0220 fuck you both she's the one showing off her body
Savethebees WHAT are you talking about, you can't even see cleavage!
mathmagician You asked for it. Don't say I didn't warn you
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A/N: This is update 1 of 2 this week. It was supposed to be 3, but...life, y'all. The next update tomorrow will be another bite-size bit, so if you just want to wait until next weekend to read them all in a row, that's totally cool. I meant to post them all at the same time, but like I said, life!
Alright! Let's talk about thirst traps! If you didn't already know, a thirst trap is a picture that is posted, usually on Instagram, to intentionally (and sometimes unintentionally) inspire sexual attraction or desire. You'll see celebrities use thirst trap pictures, usually bearing a lot of skin or in deliberately sexy poses, to sell albums, ideas, products, etc. It's very common and it's part of Instagram culture. However, thirst traps have a flipside that is directly related to sexual harassment and it's important to draw that line of distinction. If a photo is deliberately sexy, you can call it a thirst trap (because it is intended to be) but you should not be able to make aggressive sexual advances because of it, i.e., skin is not an excuse to be a creep. If a photo is innocent (such as Rose's) because the subject is dressed normally and is not provocative, calling it a thirst trap is outright objectifying. On Instagram, you can see a lot of (usually male) users using "thirst trap" as an insult when people reject their sexual exploitation or advances. So essentially the whole idea of a thirst trap is a double-edged sword; just like cat calling, it's a good example of how rape culture has permeated society and also exemplifies victim blaming, i.e., "If she doesn't want the attention then she shouldn't look like that". And while I would say that whether it's okay to call a post a thirst trap depends on whether it was posted as deliberately sexual, I would also caution against outright sexual harassment *just because* the thirst trap was intentional.
Does that makes sense? It's kind of a complicated, problematic issue. But Emmett clearly takes some offense to it! It's nice having an expert hacker in your immediate friend group, tbh.
In response to one interesting question - Why Masen and not Edward? Honestly, I was looking for a more modern feel. Edward is a fine name, but I also had the urge to shorten it to something that jives better with a techy story - and yet I couldn't find it in myself to let him be called Ed, Ned, Eddy, or Teddy. Those are names for different stories. I might have gone with Anthony, but supernormal's Tony is fresh in my mind. That left us with Masen, which is both serious and youthful, but also has a modern edge I appreciated. I know most authors keep Edward and all other names the same - and there's nothing wrong with that! - but I've never been that author. I like to play around with variations or use canon middle names, etc. Masen has since grown on me, and I hope all readers too!
As always, be brutally honest. I can take it. Stay safe, stay inside, and stay smart.
~Rae
ALSO, I managed to kill the pixels on the bottom half of my computer (don't ask) so I am getting a new computer next week. I'm confident the update should happen as normal, but just in case…I might end up missing a week. Sorry!