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i feel like marcus was doing proto-CBT. but like it wasn’t working

every single sentence he says.

i'm not saying shakespeare's octavia is a strong character, or that she is in fact anything at all (somethig he did deliberately), but otta has to be like. the pinnacle of chloe gong taking shakespearean characters and making them Strong Female Characters Who Kick Punch Edgy Fist Blows

i do think this book suffers from not defining femininity or masculinity. but granted i am also not sure how to do that

"Since most people cannot fathom why someone would give up male privilege & power in order to become a relatively disempowered female, they assume that trans women transition primarily as a way of obtaining the one type of power that women are perceived to have in our society: the ability to express femininity & to attract men." which as serano points out is in fact misogyny!

i'm not surprised by the audacity of these cunts to blame gay people for the church csa epidemic but i AM furious

i need to stop starting new books. but i don't want to

IM GONNA CORN ON THE KILL MYSEEEEEEEEELF

i love how ceirran thinks he's the good guy

"He isn't respected at all, he's a lawyer."

LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM HE'S ON YOUR MIND!!!

robin is so good at writing smart characters who are actually clearly smart

on taming: really into interpreting the induction as exposing "the lower classes and women as joint victims of a self-serving male establishment." also like the fact that smith clearly is coming at this from the angle of Gaps Left By The Text rather than trying to dilute every single fact about this play into 10 pages

in some really fun classes this semester

on my first read i missed how deeply anita is in love with ceirran. i am not missing it this time

“McCarthy called it a ‘deliberately created slum area, at federal expense… a breeding ground for communists’”

a what now 😳 do you promise? 😳

this is so fascinating to reread knowing everything gracia is lying about

i love how the themes connecting the chapters in this book (masculinity, transition, religion, family) gradually become less and less coherent until it's just Danny Lavery's Wild Ride Enjoy Cosmic Horror

is everyone excited for the sea eternal expected publication march 11 2025

APPLETON MENTIONED. TERRIFYING

oh literally wrestling an angel. duh. i see

oh jesus christ books to read after you stop being catholic. “I thought, Will anyone be better off if I go straight back to the hotel and say my prayers and confess to the priest and promise never to fall into temptation again? Will anyone be the better for making me miserable?”

oh jesus christ books to read after you stop being catholic. “I thought, Will anyone be better off if I go straight back to the hotel and say my prayers and confess to the priest and promise never to fall into temptation again? Will anyone be the better for making me miserable?”

IM GOING CRAZYYYYYYYYYYY

“Lyra had lied to Iofur Raknison with her words; her mother was lying with her whole life.” GOING CRAZYYYY

the fact that mrs. coulter is only thirty-five is crazy. she should be at the club

next time i need an audition monologue i’m doing daniel lavery’s lord byron speech

"He held her tight, pressing her to his chest, feeling the wild beat of her heart against his ribs. She wasn't Lyra just then, and he wasn't Will; she wasn't a girl, and he wasn't a boy. They were the only two human beings in that vast gulf of death." I'M FUCKING SICK!!!!

AND THE FAILURE TO HUG THE DEAD PERSON YOU CAME FOR… hello mr. VERGIL

“I miss [my death] now. I won’t never see him again. I’m over and done with, that’s the last thing he said to me, and then he went forever. When he was with me, I always knew there was someone I could trust, someone who knew where we was going and what to do. But I ain’t got him no more. I don’t know what’s going to happen ever again.”