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[sassyresacon1990]

So that was a fucking lie.

[moonysmind-blog]

Dig a little deeper.

Do you prefer writing with black or blue pen?

Would you prefer to live in the country or the city?

If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?

Do you drink your tea or coffee with sugar?

What was your favourite book as a child?

Do you prefer baths or showers?

If you could be a mythical creature, which would you choose?

Do you prefer reading paper or electronic books?

What is your favourite item of clothing?

Do you like your name? Would you ever change it?

Who is a mentor to you?

Would you ever want to be famous? If so, what for?

Are you a restless sleeper?

Do you consider yourself a romantic?

Which element best represents you?

Who do you want to be closer to?

Do you miss someone at the moment?

Tell us about an early childhood memory.

What is the strangest thing you have eaten?

What can you see outside your bedroom window?

What are you most thankful for?

Do you like spicy food?

Have you ever met someone famous?

Do you keep a diary or journal?

Do you prefer to use pen or pencil?

What is your star sign?

Do you like your cereal crunchy or soggy?

What would you want your legacy to be?

Do you like reading? What was the last thing you read?

How do you show someone you love them?

Do you like ice in your drinks?

What are you afraid of?

What is your favourite scent?

Do you address older people by their first or last name?

If money was not a factor, how would you live your life?

Do you prefer swimming in pools or in the ocean?

What would you do if you found $50 on the ground?

Have you ever seen a shooting star? Did you make a wish?

What is one thing you would want to teach your children?

If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be and where would you get it?

What can you hear right now?

Where do you feel the safest?

What is one thing you want to overcome/conquer?

If you could travel back to any era, which would you choose?

What is your most used emoji?

What is your favourite season? Why?

How would you spend your ideal day?

Describe yourself using one word.

What do you regret the most?

Invent your own word. What does it mean?

[kendallroy-deactivated20210425]

25 Black-owned bookstores you can support right now

while i don’t claim to be a “book blogger” by any account (more of a cranky publishing-person blogger most days), i know a lot of people have followed me through my book posts, so i’m taking advantage of that captive audience to boost these bookstores. shop them through their own websites and if you’re local, look into curbside pickup to minimize shipping costs and overhead. okay that’s all thanks bye stay safe.

the lit bar (a personal favorite and the bronx’s one remaining bookstore)

hariett’s bookshop

semicolon bookstore

mahogany books

uncle bobbie’s

loyalty bookstore

dare books

listening tree books

underground books

multicultural bookstore

pyramid books

black dot bookstore

brain lair books

medu bookstore

wild fig books and coffee

frugal bookstore

olive tree books

detroit book city

cafe con libros

revolution books

sisters uptown bookstore

source booksellers

hakim’s bookstore

sankofa books and cafe

turning page bookshop

[bowditch]

I think the reason I dislike the Joker being given backstory is not that I don't want to feel sympathy for the Joker (I mean, that's a small part of it) but rather that I think it undermines the point of the Joker. I don't mean as a character with motivations, I mean narratively. Others have probably said this before, and better than I'm about to, but this is my blog and I'm going to ramble.

The whole point of the Joker that some writers seem to miss (especially films! films are ADDICTED to backstory for some reason) is that there IS no real reason. He's a primary antagonist because his entire schtick is that nothing matters, and that's funny as hell. He can treat people's lives as a joke because they don't mean anything.

Bruce, or Batman, as the protagonist is the exact opposite of this. The motivation to save others from what happened to him as a child is rooted in this concrete, fundamental-to-Batman truth: everything matters. This is why Bruce's parents dying in a random act of violence in a before-then obscure alley has had such staying power: it wasn't a massive event that changed the lives of dozens or hundreds. It was a small thing, a statistic in the grand scheme of violent crime, with no real motive other than desperation or greed. And it changed someone's life completely. For Batman, the hundreds of small acts that fill a patrol all matter because each person does.

Joker's obsession with Batman hinges on him believing the exact opposite, and trying to convince him that he's wrong, and that THE joke is that nothing matters at all-- walking away from a victim and torturing a victim have the same moral weight because there is no moral weight. The point isn't to be the most evil or the most cruel, the point is to prove that it's all pointless.

In a way, this means Joker's greatest ally is the apathy of Gotham. Every person who turns away or keeps walking with their head down and claims "not my problem" supports his claim that nothing matters, because Gotham is proving by inaction that it's pointless unless it impacts them personally. Nobody else matters unless I do, and then it's too late. Do I think Joker's crimes are Gotham's fault, narratively and within their fictional world? Not exactly. But I do think Joker isn't actually an embodiment of chaos but is a representative of what Batman is actually fighting against: a Gotham that doesn't care.

Batman's existence is a defiance of this. His work, masked and unrewarded, is a symbol of the fact that no wealth, no material comfort, no border of security, no past trauma, no law, no excuse justifies not caring. Every life matters, even if it isn't your own, even if it's a stranger. He can't kill Joker in-world because of his moral stance on killing. He can't kill Joker narratively because Gotham won't kill Joker. Batman's driving core is a relentless anti-apathy, and Gotham's current collective social spirit is that they are helpless and not responsible for it.

Joker thinks it's funny that anyone would care, and Batman thinks someone not caring is the opposite of funny. Caring can often hurt, but it isn't pointless. Every single life saved or lost creates a ripple effect that matters and hurts or helps others. Each victim Joker encounters is met with the same presupposition: "I can hurt you and it doesn't mean anything because you're nobody. It doesn't hurt Gotham because Gotham isn't anyone."

Every person Batman saves is saved by the same presupposition: "If I can save you, it's like saving all of Gotham. Everyone matters...because each single life matters."

The more people that build their lives on caring regardless of how they think it impacts them personally, the less sway the Joker has. Every person who shuns apathy is another person who will fight back against the Joker's Chief Joke: It doesn't matter.

And they fight back best by, like Batman, looking at each individual they come in contact with and deciding, "Yes, this one matters."

[bookgeekconfessions]

99 legal sites to download literature

The Classics

Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

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[the-small-one-to-rule-them-all]

This Is Such A Good Post

[artissijamm]

Good post

Thank you so much

[abbygirl2000]

So nice

[bettsfic]

i just got home from seeing birds of prey and i’m just so ANGRY ok like every time i see a movie/tv show written/directed by women, starring women, made for women, i leave the theater feeling so HYPE and SEEN and like i can do ANYTHING and the way women love MATTERS, like hustlers and little women and the witcher made me want to eat the world RAW, and i just feel so much RAGE because this is how men get to feel ALL THE TIME about NEARLY EVERYTHING EVER MADE and they don’t even REALIZE it, they have no idea the world could or should be ANY DIFFERENT no wonder men can be such entitled MONSTERS they think everything is FOR THEM because it IS

[godspeedmp3-deactivated20200914]

jenny slate / two, sleeping at last / an oresteia, euripidies (trans. anne carson) / the chaos of stars, kiersten white

[cassatrix-deactivated20210107]

I’m not judging you, I haven’t only done good in my life either.

[witchcrafft-a-deactivated202104]

stregobor: it's the lesser evil

renfri: it's the lesser evil

geralt:

[kneelb4kesha]

if i see the words “the Next Game of Thrones” in a headline one more time so help me

[stydixa]

First, I apologize for this shitty gifset and bunch of grammar mistakes I’m about to make. Second, I’m sure we all heard the news about cancellation by Netflix. What a surprise, another good show got canceled by Netflix. But this does not mean we should give up. If Brooklyn Nine Nine can be saved, Anne with an E can be saved as well. If One Day at a Time can be saved, so can this show. Insert here any shows that got canceled and was brought back another season. Anne With an E is a Canadian TV Show based on 1908 Novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery which is brought over by Netflix. Yes, it is another adaptation based on those books. But it is different. Very different. Even though Anne has struggled, went through many hardships in life but she continues to live through her life with so much imagination, light and positivity. She brought that to a little town called Avonlea and Green Gables. She found a family that loves her. She have friends. She continues to grow and inspired the people around her. All the characters you will see on show are complex and lovable. You will love watching all of these characters grow to be the best person they can be. The show tackles on feminism, racism, homophobia, sexism, sexual assault and many other topics that need to be discussed. The friendships and relationships you will see on the show are beautiful to watch. Not to mention, the visuals, cinematography, the landscapes are truly beautiful. This show was filmed in Canada. A little side note from me, if you’re a Bellarke shipper like me, this show will heal those wounds. Here’s how can you help:

MAKE SOME NOISE ON TWITTER OR ANY SOCIAL MEDIA

USE THE HASHTAGS #RENEWANNEWITHANE

Watch/Stream Anne with An E on Netflix or CBC website. Season 1 & 2 is available on both Netflix and CBC. Third Season is available on the CBC website and will be on Netflix, January 3rd. Watch and then mute it so we can make it count.

Sign Petitions.

I’m sure to add more bullets and said everything but for now, do anything to spread the word about this show. This show is a gift and I don’t want it to be taken away. BE SURE TO WATCH SEASON 3 OF ANNE WITH AN E ON NETFLIX ON JANUARY 3RD.

[rheanrya]

PLEASE REBLOG THIS

We are at risk of losing this wonderful show forever. Please reblog this so people can sign this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/awae-fans-renew-anne-with-an-e-for-season-4

Also make sure you tag everything with #renewannewithane or #renewawae

If you have Twitter, we are currently trending 1st worldwide and we have over 350K tweets so come and join the fight!

[daenerysbeauty]

anne with an e is a period drama with characters of color and LGBT+ characters. it tackles storylines involving abuse, class, sexual assault, racism, homophobia, and more with a very compassionate view. the most recent season had a storyline about indigenous people and the brutality of residential schools. do not let awae be cancelled.

[maureen2musings]

Magic morning today

life.by.linus

[elderofavonlea]

Anne with an E Season 3 as text posts 

[forever-is-made-of-nows]

Working through your childhood trauma is not a romantic storyline, and romance is not the prize waiting for you at the end of that journey. Anne's story is not about Gilbert, he's a part of it, but she and the show is about so much more than their romance. Which is something I really love about it. They're both allowed to be real people outside of their relationship to each other.

Gilbert is not some manic pixie dream boy waiting hopelessly for Anne no matter what she does to him. That would be creepy honestly and it's not good for Anne. She needs to learn how her trauma affects her relationships and keeps her from truly feeling the love that she so desperately wants. And ultimately that's one train ride she needs to take on her own.

[historyofshipping]

Why is the AWAE Shirbert fandom freaking out?

ok granted I haven’t seen the episode but y’all… it’s not even like a “maybe” or “what if”. Shirbert is end game and has been for over a century.

Calm down, y’all. just enjoy the ride.

[abbygirl2000]

All 12 year olds need to chill. This is how life usually works yungings