I have been holding on to a lot of clothes I had from high school and undergrad, and I decided to go through them. I do not even remotely fit into any of them - I am way too small. I ended up throwing out two and a half garbage bag's worth of oversized clothes as a result of this; it is the largest single set of things I've just thrown away.
It is kind of amazing to look at your fat pants and say "I will never wear this again," and then throw it away. This is some of the best I've felt about my fitness ever, I'm genuinely really proud of myself.
@bleedingphoenix@EdBoatConnoisseur@Kyonko802@SIC_Guy@SuperSnekFriend There's absolutely a lot more out there but if you're *just starting* and you want to get into mahou shoujo, then that's probably close to an essential watch list? I'd say that this is what "everyone" has watched.
Shows that lean more on the action side of mahou shoujo (Shakugan no Shana, Kill La Kill) often end up being more like shonen with a female protagonist. Shows that lean more on the comedy/ecchi side (Mahoako, Mahou Shoujo Ore) are a lot closer to comedy/ecchi shows with frilly outfits. Starting out you should *really* get into the shows that revolve around romantic/psychological struggles, just to get a feel for the themes.
I wouldn't call it a "deconstruction," it's just that there's one or two common tropes that it subverts heavily and to be blunt I think watching something like Nanoha sort of sets you up for some of what happens in Madoka.
There's also shows like Precure, Tokyo Mew Mew, and Sailor Moon which are about magical girl teams beating up bad guys - basically sentai shows but with frilly skirts. You should watch a season of one of these, but they're far from essential watching.
More recently, there's Little Witch Academia and Madoka Magica - both of which are going to be held out as the most recent examples of good mahou shoujo.
@m@WashedOutGundamPilot@BadFediPosts >CMD describes a femcel. >"This is the most horrifying thing you'll read. :chadbrain: " >"Wow that's worse than lovecraft. :chad0: "
@judgedread@Koropokkur >Be homoqueer Judge Dread >Get kicked off of grindr or wherever for being too much of a fag, come in with a horde of your fellow gays >Block everyone who mildly disagrees with you >Sic your followers on them to start hellthread after hellthread >Everyone gets sick of your shit >They make a tournament to elect the biggest fag >Tournament rules designed to throw out alts and socks >Works to the point where even Sui doesn't throw 9001 votes in for Dread >Rules constructed well enough that an unknown challenger from out of nowhere completely wrecks the Tournament Organizer's predictions >Final ends in a narrow, climactic finish just *barely* crowning you as the biggest faggot on fedi >Still thinks this >STILL seething about it months after the fact
For non-fiction you want to organize by topic so that you can reference the text later. After 5-10 years worth of study, you forget specifics and need to look them up on occasion.