be what you believe

ellie, 20, she/her, previously tape-deck-heart, frank turner and feminism and whiney text posts galore var sc_project=10899873; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="4f96ec37"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

[raptorific]

I know there’s a lot of cool and interesting interpretations of the great gatsby but by far the best one I’ve ever heard is that gatsby calls nick “old sport” because he can’t remember his name and it’s gone on too long to ask

[drawnbackintotheflame-blog]

remade my twitter and need to follow people, reply w/ ur handle or follow me @ellie_heikel

[zarastaples]

[roxanegay]

All I really need to say:

In canceling Milo’s book contract, Simon & Schuster made a business decision the same way they made a business decision when they decided to publish that man in the first place. When his comments about pedophilia/pederasty came to light, Simon & Schuster realized it would cost them more money to do business with Milo than he could earn for them. They did not finally “do the right thing” and now we know where their threshold, pun intended, lies. They were fine with his racist and xenophobic and sexist ideologies. They were fine with his transphobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They were fine with how he encourages his followers to harass women and people of color and transgender people online. Let me assure you, as someone who endured a bit of that harassment, it is breathtaking in its scope, intensity, and cruelty but hey, we must protect the freedom of speech. Certainly, Simon & Schuster was not alone in what they were willing to tolerate. A great many people were perfectly comfortable with the targets of Milo’s hateful attention until that attention hit too close to home.

Because I’ve been asked, I will not be publishing my book with Simon & Schuster now that they have dropped Milo. After I pulled my book, they changed the release date of Dangerous from March to June 13, the day my next book, Hunger, comes out. I said nothing because I was neither threatened nor concerned but it did reinforce for me that this was not a company I wanted to do business with. My protest stands. Simon & Schuster should have never enabled Milo in the first place. I see what they are willing to tolerate and I stand against all of it. Also, I’ve received far better offers for How to Be Heard from other publishers.

There are some who will spin the cancellation of this book contract as a failure of the freedom of speech but such is not the case. This is yet another example of how we are afforded the freedom of speech but there is no freedom from the consequences of what we say.

[starllex]

when you see a dog from across the street 

[reparrishcomics]

[blluish]

why this photo in my philosophy slides look like a tumblr pic

[obama-biden-memes]

[drawnbackintotheflame-blog]

some tiny-titted binch: don't wear bras let your titties live!!!!! i never wear bras!!!!!!!!!

me, a godless titty goblin, made of 90% titty: i haven't taken this bra off for forty years

[notmakoto]

bro, bro ur hand looks heavy. let me hold it for u.

[panarandomness-deactivated20240]

Bro, bro you look cold, I’m warm come here and have a cuddle. To warm ya up

[zvaigzdelasas]

[just--space]

Naked Eye vs. long exposure camera js

[jaeminsluv-moved]

dogs and flowers moodboard for @jacksvn

[starlightnymph]

cute friends

[coltre]

a secret is being shared

[boganjunkrat-deactivated2017011]

did you know there are bisexual flowers and they’re perfect

[boganjunkrat-deactivated2017011]

it says so right there in my bio textbook i would never lie to you 

[bibliochor-deactivated20170422]

Sappho, Fragment 30 [tr. Anne Carson]

[drawnbackintotheflame-blog]

the harry potter books rated by mentions of how handsome sirius is

philosopher's stone: no direct mention of sirius but hagrid gives harry a photo album with pictures of his parents and you know sirius is being actively handsome in at least a third of them (5/10)

chamber of secrets: a hollow, empty book (-10/10)

prisoner of azkaban: uncle vernon disapproves of sirius' hair at the beginning of the book which means it looks sufficiently punk rock even after twelve years in prison. harry thinks sirius looks handsome in the photo from his parent's wedding day and hp is super pissed off at that point so it must be an objective fact; other than that not a great time for sirius or his #look (7/10)

goblet of fire: sirius looks good even when his face is made of flames. feels true and right. (8/10)

order of the phoenix: an entire flashback devoted to the "casual elegance" of sirius' hair and how good-looking he is. at one point he looks "rather haughty and bored, but very handsomely so". excellent stuff jkr. would get full marks except for my inability to accept the end of this book (9.5/10)

half-blood prince: one can only hope that sirius is keeping it fresh up in wizard heaven but who can say for sure (2/10)

deathly hallows: sirius is described as carelessly handsome in a photo, although im personally skeptical about how careless it was. ghost sirius is tall and handsome, as per usual. (8/10)