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@moderngothicbooks
officially changed my name from moderngothicstudent to moderngothicbooks!
this is the same as my new bookstagram if anyone wants to find me on there as well - iβm going to try and post more on here, likely to become more of a bookblr as well as academia
Sunday, the 3rd of December 2023
Had a chaotic, shocking yet funny evening last night after a study day. Today is the first of advent and I am sitting in a snowy library, joyful that it is a quiet winter day.
Things on my mind
Czech homework (4/17)
Read and annotate literature on John Maclean
Get coffee and cake
Sign up for a talk next week
Catedral de Barcelona (November 2023)
favourite place to study
oh you think you're soooo fucking smart. with your fucking convoluted pretentious sentences
yeah exactly it's exactly like that
certified freak five days a week (it used to be seven but I joined a union thank god)
women in STEM (shenanigans, tomfoolery, escapades, and mischief)
Iβm not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.Β Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, thatβs what a king does.Β Of course Artemisβs wrath is wild and painful, thatβs what nature can be.Β Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her motherβs arms, thatβs what death does.Β This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively toΒ βnicerβ gods are kind of missing the point.
as someone who is partially a classicist, this is a better analysis of Greek mythology as a whole than 99.95% of the takes Iβve seen on here (and a substantial number of the takes Iβve seen in ~academia~)
People forget that Artemis is the goddess not just of hunting, but also beasts. Sheβs as responsible for boar that mauled your village doctor as she is the hunt that brings it down
and then they adopted each other and lived happily ever after, the end (HA)
so yeah, go watch Nimona, it's great
In the colossal, cathedral sized water tank beneath the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, several heads of Medusa have been used as pillar bases for the past 1.500 years. It is not entirely known where the heads came from, but they were believed to be taken from some other Roman ruin. The heads are upside down or sideways to inhibit the power of the Gorgon Medusa's gaze.
The water tank's existence was forgotten for hundreds of years, despite being beneath the Hagia Sophia. When it was rediscovered, explorers found fish inside of it.
I often think I could be such a good writer if I were better at writing
Unfortunately, the only way to improve your writing is to write.
Gustave Max Stevens (Belgian, 1871-1946)
The Twelve Princesses, 1899
π books ask bait:
what is the best book you have ever read?
what is the worst book you have ever read?
what is your preferred genre?
what is your least favorite genre?
what book do you think everyone should read?
do you track the books you read? if so, how?
how many physical books do you own?
how many digital books do you own?
do you have a favorite author?
what book are you reading right now?
what book do you want to read but havenβt?
which book will you read next?
what was the last book you read?
how many books do you read in a year?
have you been/are you in a book club?
do you write in the margins of your books?
do you highlight in your books?
do you have any rules if you loan someone a book?
do you fold the pages or use a bookmark?
what is your go-to bookmark?
do you prefer to read or listen?
would you want your favorite book to be a movie?
what book to movie adaptation do you love?
what book to movie adaptation to you dislike?
do you frequent your local library?
do you use libby? (or other)
is there a book that scared you?
is there a book that made you cry?
is there a book that made you laugh out loud?
is there a book that changed your life?
how many books are on your current tbr?
what is the first book you remember reading?
what was your favorite childhood book?
do you read more than one book at a time?
whatβs a book you read over and over?
whatβs the most youβve reread a book?
do you always finish a book even if itβs bad?
have you ever met an author in real life?
favorite quote from your favorite book?
do you own any βrareβ or βcollectorβ books?
do you prefer paperback or hardback?
do you buy new or secondhand books?
do you donate books when you are finished or keep them to come back to later?
did you read more as a child or now?
thoughts on separating the author from the work?
share a pic of your bookshelf!
what book do you feel most connected to?
what book would you give someone if they wanted a glimpse into your psyche?
do you still subscribe to or read magazines?
do you subscribe to a newspaper?
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