Books And Whatnot?

Canada - a dishevelled English Major - lover of words - apparently this is my main blog. Sideblog: Semiotic-Disaster

[charl0ttan]

oh shit my leitmotif is on here hold my drink

[homo-ousios]

The three-ring binder is the apex of book technology, by the way. All the advantages of a codex, plus you can add, remove, and reorder pages at will - pages which you can furthermore protect from damage in transparent sleeves, and store commentaries, notes, and other paratextual addenda behind them without obscuring the primary content. Truly the queen of codices. Reblog if you love the three-ring binder.

[cissys-missy]

I cannot (I can) believe I found reason to cite both Kristeva and McCrory in one essay.

How I love horror theory.

And the freedom to choose my own topics in literary criticism.

[cissys-missy]

I have just cited Helen McCrory in an academic essay. Please relay this message to 14 year old me.

[inloveamateursatbest]

downton finale teaser trailer out

[the-forest-library]

kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

[happilyhadesbound]

one of my favourite parts in Twelfth Night is when Olivia accidentally reveals she's got a very toxic idea of love and Viola is like "girl what the fuck are you talking about"

[spitblaze]

you ever get assigned something as a project in school and for the rest of your life you have a strange attachment to the subject. in like seventh grade i had an assignment to make a poster about the elemental propoerties of osmium and to this day everytime someone mentions it im like 'YEAAAAAAH OSMIUM MENTIONED!!!!!!!!'

[arisingonmorningsinnocent]

olivia is the best twelfth night character because in basically every scene she’s like: i am a proper noblewoman. my dignity is my armor. i must play the games of courtly intrigue with skill and precision, and maintain decorum at all costs. *does something incredibly unhinged in a public setting for no reason*

[poeticque]

“I feared that loving would be either meaningless or forbidden, and hence always culpable.”

Teresa, My Love—

Julia Kristeva

[cameronthecryptid]

Shout out to our delulu queen Mrs. Lovett. So close bestie, so very very close.

[shakespearesdaughters]

[and-fishing-equipment]

[buffyblue]

[cilliansweetiee]

Diva.

[tenderwatches]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

[anxietyproblem]

[fruitviking]

Reblog to give a hug, a forehead kiss, and a grilled cheese cut diagonal to the person you reblogged it from. 

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[sockdreams]

We often eat pie at work...for morale.

[eerian-sadow]

"As a treat" implies a special occasion, a temporary state. "For morale" makes the joy essential, because you have to have good morale to keep going.