[mold-onthe-windowsill]

Hey hey, it's another year to make my list of reads! Here's how I've started 2026:

Completed

Misery by Stephen King - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4) (part of a years long project for my partner and I to read all of Stephen King's books, this one took a while but it was very good!)

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5) (my second time reading it and I love it so much! One of my favorites of the handful of Discworld books I've read)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

Trad Wife: A Novel by Saratoga Schaefer - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5) (legitimately the most romantic book I've read in years, but it is a pregnancy/body horror book with a fair amount of gore. I'm usually pretty squeamish, but I didn't find any of the gore to be extreme - similar to a zombie story)

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak - ⭐⭐⭐ (3)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - ⭐⭐⭐⭐(4)

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Motar & Max Gladstone - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

The Bible Says So: What We Got Right (and Wrong) About Scripture's Most Controversial Issues by Dan McClellan - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

Animorphs #1: The Invasion by K.A. Applegate - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5) (a tumblr post finally tipped the scales for me to start this series, I am legitimately upset that I never got into it asa child. Another in a long list of examples as to why I was fucked over my the gendering of EVERYTHING for children!)

Animorphs #2: The Visitor by K.A. Applegate - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

Animorphs #3: The Encounter by K.A. Applegate - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4)

Animorphs # 4: The Message by K.A. Applegate - ⭐⭐⭐ (3) (it took until the final third of the book for me to get into it, but I enjoyed the last hour a lot)

Animorphs # 5: The Predator by K.A. Applegate - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online by Fortesa Latifi - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

In Progress/DNF

The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce - In Progress

The Culting of America by Daniella Mestyanek Young - In Progress (I read her Uncultured last year and it was incredible)

The Magingans Nephew by C.S. Lewis - In Progress

[yellow-cat]

the reason that wounds that break the skin hurt is because its always supposed to be dark inside your body and when your blood sees sunlight for the first time it gets scared. and that causes the pain. or maybe it doesnt

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

“but shrouded black figures are scary!” not when ur muslim. its the funniest fucking thing. this is labeled on pinterest under shit like “classic horror” “scary phone wallpaper”

but that LITERALLY just looks like a niqabi or someone in a jilbab. Like Look at this pic of me (from a self photoshoot, now w/o the dramatic lighting and dark background)

or this pic of me

or this pic of me

like its so funny i can’t be scared of shrouded figures it just looks like me.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

if i saw this i would just be like “Assalam alaikum sister, dope sword you got there”

[ultmateragnarok]

I mean I think a part of the ‘scary background’ bit is the thing where the individual in question is staring directly at the viewer from a foggy pond in a dense forest. And also the literal burning halo

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

sounds like a normal Friday night. if a sister wants to go on a walk in the evening who am i to stop her. if she has a burning halo that’s the will of god.

[egberts]

"these overconsumption products shouldn't exist!! nobody needs them!! do it yourself!!!" *look inside and it's a disability aid marketed for mass casual use to make it more accessible*

[eisenkrahe]

[flipocrite]

not she berry or he berry but no berry

and that is berry good

[zhoudadudugongjin]

Look I love unconditional devotion love stories as much as the next person, but there's really something so deliciously raw about conditional devotion.

I have served you and I have loved you for decades, but I will not give up my principles for you. You cut out part of my heart and took it with you down that path that you insist on walking, but you walk it alone. Even when the bleeding, gaping hole you left in my chest kills me, I will not follow you.

[zhoudadudugongjin]

me everytime one of my seemingly non-specific homoerotic text posts breaks containment

[inthefallofasparrow]

[fitnessadvicethatfitsinyourlife]

Reducing the calories does not inherently increase the healthiness of your food.

Reducing the fat content does not inherently increase the healthiness of your food.

Reducing the sugars does not inherently increase the healthiness of your food.

The only way to increase the healthiness of your food is by adding additional nutrients to it.

I saw a video of someone complaining that fucking chicken tikka masala "wasn't healthy" so they made a "healthier version" that was, in fact, LESS HEALTHY. Because they made it with only fat free dairy products, rendering many of the vitamins they would have otherwise gotten from that meal utterly useless, because the body needs fats in order to absorb them properly.

Two tbsp of brown sugar does not render a meal "unhealthy." Full fat dairy products do not render a meal "unhealthy." Calorically dense foods do not render a meal "unhealthy."

If you're really concerned about your health, add more nutrients. Eat extra veggies or extra protein. But you're not actually worried about your health. You're worried about your weight.

You're worried that in the process of eating a homemade meal with lean protein and veggies and a rich, delicious sauce you will consume more energy than you can use today.

You're worried that energy might be stored so that your body can use it when it needs to later.

You're worried that your relationship with gravity might change. You've been taught to worry about that. You've been taught to misconstrue manufacturered body issues as being "health conscious." But you're not doing things to promote health. You're just trying to reduce your energy consumption no matter what.

And I am begging you to consider, that this is not actually a "health conscious" mindset at all.

[chaoticneutralwife]

*mumbling and grumbling* maybe i wanted to win stupid prizes *kicks dirt*

[tearlessrain]

I really do think an important component of activism is to make sure your motivation is based on a desire to help/improve things for the people being harmed by a system, and not hatred for the ones doing the harm. both for mental health reasons, and because either way you're training your neural pathways and it's gonna turn out a lot better for literally everyone if the question on everyone's mind after achieving a goal is "how/which people can we help next, what's the next step for improving things" and not "who do we need to attack next."

I'm not saying don't be angry, there are a lot of good reasons to be angry right now and it makes for an excellent kick in the pants, just don't define yourself by it or it's gonna poison you and potentially do collateral damage.

[roach-works]

the easiest people to attack will always be whoever’s closest and whoever’s vulnerable.

if you’re training yourself to enjoy the thrill of righteous violence, your easiest, quickest joy is going to be from attacking someone in your peer group, not whoever’s actually got the social leverage to be oppressing you.

this is called lateral violence and is the absolute bane of activist circles everywhere.

[nlog-sama]

i dont know what love island is but from what ive heard its like danganronpa for people that use snapchat

[theconcealedweapon]

[bookwyrminspiration]

there's a common belief that artists know how to make art. this is untrue. i've yet to meet a single artist who has any idea what they're doing

[vanguard]

"don't post that, what if an employer sees?" personally i think employers need to stay the fuck off their employees' social media lmao

[vanguard]

stop normalizing employers invading employees' privacy ❤️❤️❤️

[depsidase]

[nerdmusk]

yandere girl who is very very bad at it

[nerdmusk]

"ehehehe....... you'll always be mine and mine alone, darling........ i-i mean if you're alright with that......... if not thats fine too......... i-i wouldnt want to be annoying so..........."

[jankepi]

[rockabillywife]

(Out of deodorant voice) maybe we should all be more accepting of the smells our bodies naturally produce

[byjove]

Without fail, every time a woman is talking about how she does not want to have children and never wants to be pregnant and how medical professionals, romantic interests and family members keep trying to bulldoze her decision and keep expecting her to change her mind because motherhood is something that is expected of all women and it is abhorrent to think a woman could not desire it, a random mother spawns in the comments to be like “Well, actually, you never know! I didn’t want children and then I got pregnant and I realized I love being a mama and I have five little babies now! Could happen to you! 🥰”

Sister, keep that to yourself or make your own goddamn post, you are ignoring that woman’s central concern and belittling her, you don’t even think you’re doing it. Formerly childfree women who ended up having children and loving it are like detransitioners in the sense that there is nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind about having children or realizing you were mistaken about your gender identity but immediately weaponizing your indecision to tell people that the barriers to healthcare and the violations of their bodily autonomy and the way society ignores that person’s wishes is actually okay because you were wrong. Some people do know themselves.

[vrag-veshtica]

it also makes me doubt how happy they actually are with having the kids why do you feel the need to broadcast you've changed your mind and are happy now just be happy no need to be a missionary for making more babies those are not yours chill