Fight With Words

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark? —Ursula K. Le Guin

[urfavhatesterfs]

this is so sweet 🥺🥺🥺

[vivilovespink]

This is the cutest thing ever. Godzilla says trans rights.

[rosieandthemoon]

From 1914

[godzilla-reads]

I read Eragon when I was in 5th grade, I think. I don’t remember much, other than I loved it. I think it’d be fun to reread the series, especially since the Murtagh book came out.

[godzilla-reads]

I swear I’m gonna finish an actual book club read. I swear I’m gonna stick with it. Also, Hazel will support me.

[godzilla-reads]

Reading: Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic by Neil Shea

[bententeren]

ok so. so we’re just. not reading now. wow ok. ok!!! booktok says we should remove half of the fun from reading!!! wow!!! (i found this in a video and apparently it’s not just this person doing it. it’s. quite a few of them. just to make that clear.)

[incandescentsilence]

I was listening to a podcast about books done by a known local newspaper and the two hosts were speaking about a book each. I mention the local newspaper because those people are paid to do this podcast, it's part of their job.

One of the two mentioned "skipping some parts because I had to finish before recording and found them boring" in the same sentence as saying that she was often lost and couldn't keep track of all the people mentioned.

I'm like...maybe that's related??? Maybe the book is meant to be read in full??? But no, she mentioned her favourite part was the end and even advised to just skip to that.

And listen, I'm not the police you do you. I think it's weird to skip parts or only read dialogues, yes. Maybe at that point just change book. But! If you're a professional or semi-professional reader, if that's your job and supposedly your passion you want to share with the world. These are some wild ideas guys.

[hanpula-deactivated20180216]

Day 1 of #frenchiefantasyfebruary - February TBR 📚 ~

[alwaysbeenjessica]

hopping around bookstores in my new city, before the fall semester starts 🍂

[godzilla-reads]

💞 My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

The candid tell-all of a young woman’s struggles with depression and sexuality that has taken the internet by storm.

My friend recommended this book when I asked for queer manga and I was happy to have read it. The author does a really good job of being honest with difficult subjects, while also keeping a consistent tone that feels light and sometimes humorous. One of the things I really enjoyed about this is that the ending isn’t a magical “and then I became not depressed and lived happily ever after”, but it’s open and making room for her growth, which she puts a lot of effort into. A good read and an enlightening perspective on queerness and mental health.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[soleilinfini]

mary oliver, staying alive

[tjnovakart]

Book covers I did for one of my graphic design classes! The minimalist style was kicking my butt, but I like how they turned out!

[flower-biter]

Tills Books, Edinburgh

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || May 12 || Nature:

[munkseel]

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[a-book-scarfing-goblin]

William Gaddis made his debut with The Recognitions ( a massive post-modern novel ) in 1955 and in an interview he said one of the first fan letters he got was someone telling him if he seriously thought someone in that day and age would read a 900+ page novel he was a conceited idiot

The problem is not new but there are definitely new elements to it

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simone weil

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ursula k. leguin