my beloved.

neethu | she/her | desi | edits | #userdahlias | ao3 | prev. captain-hen

[bellefoxs]

daniclaytcn → bellefoxs

in honour of the artful dodger s2 dropping soon on feb 10th :)

as always, i'm still tracking #userdahlias!

tagging some mutuals under the cut:

@bieddiediaz @aashiqeddiediaz @meretbannerman @dorothygale @maxanor @irvingsbailiffs @richardgrimes @jakeperalta

[starsnot]

have you ever seen a cow in real life

i see cows every day

i see cows very often

i only see cows occasionally, but often enough that it isnt unusual

i have only seen cows a few times

i have seen cows once

i have seen cows but only at a Place To See Animals

i have never seen a cow

Voting ended onJun 18

if you used to see cows consistently but you dont anymore, answer according to how often you did at cow time!

[starsnot]

only poll response that matters

[stillgotscars]

i’m very curious, what’s everyone’s initial top 3 tracks on florescence

[jakeperalta]

album motifs: florescence (2026) + memory

[sadbeautifutragic]

There's nothing like being in love ♡ Maisie Peters | Florescence 5.22.26

[jakeperalta]

Favourite 2026 releases -> FLORESCENCE by Maisie Peters

[bellefoxs]

it's so much fun to annotate a book and then re-read it a while later like omg past me was sooo smart and correct

[cheaphalloweencostume]

every day of my life i read someone being like “why doesn’t this story just solve the problem immediately and casually? they just drag it out and make it an issue” well. because that’s the Story

[thethirdromana]

The 100 best novels of all time

The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?

How many of the Guardian's 100 best novels of all time have you read?

0-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

81-90

91-100

Voting ended onMay 19

Bonus: add in the tags which one is your favourite.

[penny-anna]

Guardian Top 100 Books

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time <- the guardian list

^^ ease of counting!

[stephexmachina]

when i was a kid i was so mad all the time bc i thought someday i'd have to be somebody's wife i didn't know it was optional. is everybody reminding the young girls in their lives that it's optional.

[stephexmachina]

AND SO IS BEING SOMEBODY'S MOTHER‼️

[stephexmachina]

it is about being a woman. hope that helps!

[vibrantstarfire]

reading comprehension questions for the notes:

is wanting to be a wife and mother a requirement for being a woman?

why might OP be annoyed with replies assuming that this post is about being aroace or transmasc if a woman doesn’t want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to sexuality and romantic interest that might make a woman not want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to gender identity and expression that might make a woman not want to be a wife and mother?

core concept: what is gender essentialism?

is it gender essentialism to imply that all women inherently want to be wives and mothers? could this be what OP is critiquing?

look at the notes OP responds to. is it gender essentialism to imply that being a wife and mother is so affixed to womanhood that to not want to be those things means you’re incapable of sexual/romantic feelings, or not a woman?

what trait are you perpetuating when you assume that women who do not want to be wives and mothers must be aroace or trans? is it gender essentialism?

[sindirimba]

people will criticize works for being heavy-handed and yet when you see how a lot of people experience these works, one can only conclude they're not too heavy-handed enough.

[lesbianshepard]

Current twitter drama is Europeans confidently declaring that they don't need to drive or use overpriced public transport to get to the MetLife stadium for the World Cup; they will simply walk down the highway to get there. Girl it's New Jersey. They're gonna splatter you for fun.

[lesbianshepard]

If you manage to get on the turnpike before the cops stop you, a soccer mom is gonna do the Jersey slide in a RAV4 and turn your entire group into a wet speedbump

[bellefoxs]

just had the weirdest and most unsettling interaction at work and um. why are men like this.

[ohmovie]

I'm the king of the world!

Titanic (1997) dir. James Cameron

[philcollinsenjoyer]

about 90% of fanfiction takes place in a utopia where men are thoughtful and unsure of their place in the world

[aristocrating]

its 2026 i cannot handle any more fucking "author A obviously ripped off author B" discourse by people Who Have Only Seen the work of author B and admit themselves that they have no further knowledge of the literary landscape they are moving in. like.

[thekidsfromyestergay]

This was on a post about how it's ignorant and privileged to wear headphones in public and I fear its already become a part of my vocabulary. Must everything harbor a moral failure.