SwanQueen4eva

Obsessed SwanQueen shipper and Fanfic writer.

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Reading List #9

Hello friends! It’s been quite the journey and I want to thank you all for staying with me! I’m not leaving permanently, but this will be my last post until at least August (but probably not until September). It’s been really fun and I hope you guys enjoy this list! I made it extra long as a going away present so read up!

it started out with a trip, how did it end up like this (it was only a trip, it was only a trip | swanmills | ao3

a universe of beaches | abatnoir | ao3

Of Wine and Women | hummingbirdswords | ao3

Gravity | RhysMerilot | ff | ao3

Fight You For It | CurlyAkemy | ao3

The Broken Promise | Venusholt | ff | ao3

In Love and War | Swanqueenbug | ao3

The Queen and Her Lady | StarvingLunatic | ff | ao3 

Medical Mystery | SwanQueenUK | ff | ao3 

Despair | SgtMac | ff | ao3 (I HIGHLY recommend this it just started but it’s already one of my favorites) 

A Regrettable Deception | NikiFrost | ff | ao3 

Circumstances | AngelSolomon | ff 

One Touch | Ash M. Knight | ff |  ao3

Bringing Emma Home | Kamikaze-Queen | ff 

The Lovely Blues | holtzyman | ff | ao3

Punctured Soul | SkinnyProcrastinator | ao3 

The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn | seattlegracegirl | ff 

Gate 43 | delta2707 | ff | ao3

The Missing Piece | sultrysweet | ff | ao3 

Tangled Up In You | Nikki Von Dratch | ff 

Guardian Angel | ellacj | ao3 

Finding The Way Home | WickedPirate79 | ff 

Making It Without You | alwaysbringback-up | ff | ao3 

Exiled | SgtMac | ff  

I Never | ughaghost | ao3 

Before You Go | Ralieber | ff 

How To Save A Life | pinkpillow19 | ff 

Pretending | Clare4533 | ff 

Only You | angstbot | ao3 

For Henry | AdmHawthorne | ff | ao3

Story of the Caged Bird | cuzo | ff 

All Magic Comes With A Price | SpookshowBabyx | ff | ao3

Operation Phoenix | queercapwriting | ff 

You Gotta Play Dirty | amycarey | ao3

 I Forgot You | edean13 | ff 

I’ll See You Around | Gaba17 | ff 

As You Wish | giftofamber | ff 

Dark Ocean | chilly_flame | ao3 

Swan Anatomy | tititenis | ff 

Doctor Swan | misquotesandeightnotes | ff

And there we go! Enjoy the list and your summers!

[mjwatson]

If you claim to be a feminist and you shame girls for wanting to do traditional things like take their husband’s last name or be a house wife then you are doing it all completely wrong.

Feminism isn’t an elite group who defeats gender norms, it’s a group who accepts ALL women’s choices.

[polarity-princess-deactivated20]

I will reblog this every single time I see it.

[chazzam]

OK, so I have lots of thinky thoughts on this and I’ve seen this post enough that I really need to express them. I’m sorry in advance for my long-winded rambling.

First of all, I agree with this sentiment 100%. No one should shame anyone for ANY of their life choices, unless those choices are cruel and/or harmful to others. One of my best friends got married a few years back, and asked me to be a bridesmaid. I happily accepted. We’ve been friends for 20 years, and so she absolutely KNOWS my opinions and thoughts on a range of gender issues. My friend had a super-traditional wedding and took her husband’s last name. I imagine if she’d cared about my opinion on that matter, she would have asked for it. She didn’t, so I didn’t offer it. I’ve never offered it, and don’t imagine I ever will. What matters is that her husband is a lovely guy and they are absolutely equals as partners and parents.

I have another friend who cannot WAIT to be a stay-at-home mom. We’ve been friends for almost 10 years, and this has always been her dream. She adores the domestic arts and is good at them. She’s also great with kids. Her fiance makes enough money for them to live (modestly but comfortably) on one income, and she just told me they’re going to try for a pregnancy soon. I am so freaking excited for her—she’s going to get to do her dream job! What could be better than that?

So, yes. On an individual basis, we support each other and don’t try and impose the way that we want to live on others. That is a matter of basic good will and respect. But! Yes, there is a but. But this whole concept of “choice feminism” has a really dark side that I don’t think is talked about nearly enough. There is a reason why the practice of a woman automatically taking her husband’s last name bothers me as a general practice. There is a reason why the assumption that if one parent in a heterosexual pairing is going to stay home with the kids, it should be the mom. These opinions don’t exist in a vacuum, and on more than one occasion, I have felt pressured to abandon any and all critical thinking on social issues because choice.  

Personally, I think it is really fucked up that a woman taking her husband’s last name is still the default in this culture. That a man choosing to do the same would be considered bizarre at best and a proof that he was whipped at worst. That when women choose to keep their last names, their children often automatically get their husband’s last name anyway, making many women feel like their only choice is between being part of their own family or an outsider in it. That not automatically giving kids their father’s name is very rarely considered. That when a woman hyphenates, their husband often does not. That “it was really important to my husband” is considered a good enough reason for any and all of this. That men are never expected to make sacrifices for their relationships with women the way that women are expected to make sacrifices for their relationships with men. That we are all supposed to pretend that the convention of a woman surrendering her legal identity upon marriage has nothing to do with the fact that women are paid less, violated more, and generally considered less valuable and less human than men.

All I am really saying, I suppose, is that choice feminism should only, only only be about supporting individual human beings without being judgy jerks toward them. It should not be about shutting down the conversation on why certain practices have been—and continue to be— deeply disturbing. Because, unfortunately, I see that happening a lot. And that is nothing but a victory for a misogynistic system that seeks to silence us, confuse us, shut us down, and make us attack one another instead of looking at the real problem. I will never judge or criticize individuals for the choices that they make, even if I find them problematic. If, however, specific social issues and practices come up in conversation, I am sure as fuck going to continue to speak my mind.

That is my choice.

[red-mage-shabet]

This.

[autisticm0b-deactivated20200910]

Oh no! It’s almost as though we care about being hygienic and mentally able to get through our lives

[ithotyouknew2-deactivated201710]

“Why do millennials wash their asses?”

Cause we eatin em

[salticid]

a girl talk to me

[moaccyrk]

This is the best post I ever seen on tumblr.

[swagintherain]

[divinefestival]

Okay but lets illustrate how much white privileged is involved with this story. The weapons this little demon used to kill Grant Nelson were stolen from Walmart. She walked into Walmart, grabbed a machete and a knife, and then just casually walked out the door without anyone attempting to stop her. You get a box of tampons from Walmart and you don’t have it in a bag, they wanna check your receipt. Becky the Sociopath walked out unchecked with literal weapons.

Then she had time to wait outside for the uber this poor man drove to come pick her up. Then she got in his back seat and stabbed him multiple times, pushed him out onto the street, and stole the car. He was able to tell the police who stabbed him before he died. She then crashes the car and is found by the police hiding behind a tree covered in blood. The police try to gently coerce her into dropping her fucking blood covered knives and when she refuses do they shoot her eight times? Oh noooo Lizzy Borden gets tazed and brought in unharmed.

Like just think about the stories that have come out these past two weeks alone. The unarmed black teenager who were literally murdered based on vague suspicion and this girl actually kills someone and is still standing.

[themiscyra1983]

The white girl who stole weapons from Walmart and killed an Uber driver was taken alive.

The white guy who took weapons to a convention and planned to kill Jason David Frank and multiple police officers was taken alive.

The white guy who murdered two men who had tried to defend the Muslim women he was harassing was taken alive.

Don’t tell me police had to kill Tamir Rice or Michael Brown or ANYONE else out of caution or fear for their safety. Not when white people who are legitimate threats, even direct threats to police, are routinely taken alive.

[theslaybymic]

This teen slayed a prom dress made from an African fabric that her teacher called ‘tacky’

When her white teacher told her that an Ankara-print gown wasn’t suitable for prom, Makayla Zanders didn’t get mad — she just showed up to prom looking fierce as hell. Her goal in doing so was to prove an important point.

Follow @this-is-life-actually

[umbreeunix]

she looks like a mermaid and i love it

[micalevis-deactivated20170303]

[godbriel-deactivated20190715]

HELL FUCKING YEAH

[godbriel-deactivated20190715]

what the fuck five people unfollowed after i reblogged this

THIS IS GOOD I FEEL LIKE IM CLEANSING MY FOLLOWERS KEEP REBLOGGING

[tree-of-blue-squirrel]

LGBTQ+ PRINCESS SOON!!!

HELL YEAAAAAAAHH

[graveyardsnowflake]

Nice!

[runa-amberthorne]

HALP IM SCREAMING AND CRYING AND JUST TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS!!!

IMAGINE THIS PRINCESS AT THE DISNEY PARKS AND THE YOUNG QUEER GIRL WHO SAYS, “SHES JUST LIKE ME!”

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[babyfairy]

:)

[fatfreefiddlefaddle-deactivated]

Sucks to suck. Y'all get on this clown’s head. Seriously reblog this shit. Message him. Message his fuckass parents.

[ruinedchildhood]

[wallespider]

unmute this you won’t regret it

[michelleumunna]

[aurelie-dupont]

Paris Opera Ballet School - 6th Division class

[robiningravens-blog]

Guys who make fun of guys who do ballet must not realise how disciplined, agile, coordinated and strong you have to be to be a ballet dancer.

[raisingthe-barre]

Guys who make fun of ballet are stupid.

[chadleymacguff]

my legs hurt now

[thehealthywarrior]

Also, ballet men have literally the most aesthetically pleasing body out of any other group of men I have ever encountered. And then can lift you over their heads!

[the-unstoppable-juggernaut-deac]

Always wanted to try out. Martial arts game would def improve from it.

[heathenstroye]

YO BUT OK i am a female ballet dancer and there are guys in my studio younger than me and by younger than me i mean like 12 or occasionally 11 because i am 13 and they can still lift me up and they dont even flinch they just pick me up like im a lil fairy its so impressive and they are 12 they are so great

[radicalqueerbrownboy]

Redefine masculinity

[supershybutpushingthroughit]

More like REFINED masculinity

[miraculouskatsukii]

thank you finally a post about male ballet dancers!! they’re so under-appreciated in the outside world, and no one understands how hard it is for them

[bettieleetwo]

male ballet dancers are so graceful and masculine …. normalize and increase the number of male ballet dancers…..

[boy-positive]

ooogh that last one tho

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[hobbinch]

This is an absolute tumblr relic. I feel like an archaeologist right now. This is incredible that this is on my dash.

[henstomper]

im always kind of amazed whenever i see the unedited version of this post on my dashboard

[ithelpstodream]

[crapshootarchivist]

SMACK REBLOG SO DAMN FAST

[daftalchemist]

did I ever mention that I know someone whose family owned a zombie dog because that’s some real shit that I get to delight with at parties

[themintywitch]

Tell us that story?

[daftalchemist]

okay here is the story of the zombie dog

this dog’s name was John. they found him half drowned in a bag of puppies that were not so fortunate as he was, and was taken in immediately. he was a runt and not quite right (most likely from the whole half drowned thing), but a very loving dog. the problem with John was that he smelled like death, and no one knew why. vets couldn’t figure it out. it was obviously some kind of skin problem, but they had no idea what kind. all anyone knew was that if you touched him, you would smell like death too, so you couldn’t pet him, and that for some reason, the only thing that made the smell go away was being around other dogs. so they got another dog and the death smell stopped and John lived a very happy life

when he was getting old, maybe about 15 years, part of his skull caved in. just like that! suddenly had a huge dent in his head! and he was totally fine. didn’t notice it, didn’t affect him at all. just this massive dent right there in his head where his skull had collapsed in on his brain, and he was still the happiest and most loving dog. the skull cave in, for whatever reason, caused the ear on that side of his head to just fall off entirely, but again, perfectly happy dog who did not know he was down an ear and a fully formed skull. they took him to the vet, thinking maybe they should put him down. I mean, wouldn’t you think so? but the vet said that the dog was eating, and pooping, and happy, so there was no reason to put him down, so they didn’t

but that’s not even the weird part. the weird part is the area of the brain that got caved in on was apparently the area that registers pain, so this one-eared, collapsed skull dog could no longer feel any pain. he got old, his joints got stiff, his teeth rotted out of his head, his tongue hung out of his mouth and got black and hard, and he felt none of it! in fact, he was happier than he’d ever been feeling no pain, and the fact that he didn’t feel how much he was falling apart somehow made him live until he was 23. that’s right, the collapsed skull, one eared, zero teeth, smells like literal death when alone dog lived to be 23 years old. they used to joke that he’d been dead for years, but was too stupid to realize it yet

and that’s the story about the literal zombie dog my friend’s family owned

[castironjackelope]

I'n simultaneously delighted, alarmed, a little horrified and impressed all at once.

[ilovemywifemorgan-deactivated20]

cause of death: too shy to call ambulance

[thyme-n-space]

Didn’t want to inconvenience anyone

[fandommember]

Someone else might have needed it more

[pervocracy]

This happens. :(

Bear in mind that ambulance companies aren’t diverting EMTs away from a heart attack or traumatic amputation to answer your call.  They’re much more likely to be diverting EMTs from:

Sitting in an ambulance station or a random parking lot playing Words With Friends and/or developing elaborate company-wide romantic intrigues

Sitting in a hospital EMS room doing giant stacks of paperwork no one will ever read while trying to make dinner entirely out of saltines and condiments

Routine transports of people who have to travel by stretcher, who maybe are not happy to be late, but are hardly going to die from it

Transports which are technically emergencies, but are stuff like vomiting or a sprained ankle where the urgency factor is more like “yeah, you should get that seen” than like “STAT CODE RED CODE BLUE CODE POLKA DOT STAT STAT STAT.”

So if you think you might need an ambulance, call one.  You are not going to single-handedly take down the EMS system by daring to use it.

[space-fey]

I’m reblogging it but I would be that person wondering “Do I need this enough” until I died.

[thebibliosphere]

I have legitimately done this. Please, take care of yourselves.

[destinyrush]

This damn thread!

[nevaehtyler]

!

[emilythornes-deactivated2018041]