Jack

She/Her, 18

[rederiswrites]

There really really ought to be a book about how the staple crops of different civilizations shape and influence those civilizations, and I really want to read it.

[alexseanchai]

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (three are alcohol, three have caffeine) are not quite that, but may still be of interest?

[rederiswrites]

I read Salt back in the day and it's so so good, second the rec. I have heard of 6 Glasses and not read it but I am sure I would probably love it. Gotta see if the library has it. Thank you!

[pandorasquillandquotes]

Gonna throw Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert in the ring here! You'll never see the modern world the same way again.

[vaspider]

A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard blew my mind. So many things are tied to wool and sheep and weaving and so many words and phrases are tied to wool, people have no idea.

Example words which come from textiles/weaving, if not specifically wool (go look them up!): subtle, shoddy, tabby, Brazil, rocket, twit, warped, going batty, on tenterhooks, text...

[foxofninetales]

I'll throw in a rec for Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard - a very interesting look at food preservation and how the availability of different types of food preservation shaped cultures and cuisines.

[electronsprotonscroutons]

Sweetness and Power is this but for the topic of sugar

[magneticdeclination]

The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past might also be up your alley. It's about "forgotten" foods and staples. They talk about different types of wheat, sauces, veggies, etc and a little about the cultures from whence they come

[doctornerdington]

Also: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser. One of my favourite books.

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

DO I HAVE A SERIES FOR YOU. University of California Press has a gift for you and it is a 80+ book series on food studies. There are even some that are open access (legally free), but the rest are in libraries.

I also highly recommend Frostbite by Nicola Twilley. It’s about the impact refrigeration has had/is having on food preservation and culture, globally. It was one of my favorite books of this last year.

[calystarose]

Also, The Rice Theory of Culture https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=orpc By Thomas Talhelm

[ariaste]

Can't believe no one's mentioned Consider the Fork yet, which is about how environment/resources shape our ways of eating, which shapes both our culture and our concepts of politeness. So interesting, really recommend!

[great-art-and-a-purple-tongue]

Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World by Jennifer Potter

It isn't so much about edible plants as it is about decorative ones, but I think it fits the theme of this growing list enough for me to add it.

[nessy-and-stuff]

Saving for later...

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

Am I the only one who after spending my teen years thrifting my wardrobe kind of hates how new clothing looks? Even my clothes that I bought new I think they look kind of out of place next to my other clothes.

[ezekiel13]

[ezekiel13]

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

The power of Torchwood to make me insane over a trope that I usually hate

[ch-a-y]

[ezekiel13]

What earrings would Jack Harkness wear? Please comment your thoughts

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

Airplane ones, like his airplane cufflinks

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

Ok so I’ve been on my Jack Harkness x Jamie McCrimmon propeganda But I would also like to propose another ship. Jack Harkness x Jenny (aka the Doctors daughter) DO YOU SEE THE VISION??

[polarity-disturbed]

Sorry no, it is REALLY funny to me that in S1E8 of Torchwood (They Keep Killing Suzie), Jack says that Gwen taking Suzie out of the compound is “getting herself fired” like there exists literally any precedent whatsoever for consequences inside this organization

because let us review, in roughly chronological order, the absolutely staggering catalogue of behavior before this action that has apparently not resulted in termination

We are introduced to the entire cast having stolen alien artifacts from work to use in their personal lives, and even after those specific items get returned it’s revealed they ALSO just casually have other stuff. Everyone at Torchwood steals from work like they’re employees at a Spirit Halloween.

Gwen accidentally unleashed an alien organism that killed people through the power of really intense orgasms because she unsafely threw a chisel at another coworker.

Owen used alien technology to stalk and psychologically torment someone outside of work hours which, granted, the guy sucked, but from an HR perspective that sentence alone should have caused the building to implode into a legal singularity.

Ianto secretly smuggled an entire Cyberman into the base, concealed it for who knows how long, continued defending her after she tried converting both the scientist he hired AND Gwen, and somehow retained employment afterward like this was a slightly awkward misunderstanding at a team meeting.

Owen left the keys to Torchwood’s branded SUV sitting in an unlocked vehicle with all of their classified alien tech and sensitive information inside.

Tosh read everyone’s minds without consent and later attempted to sneak her alien girlfriend into the secret underground alien bunker.

and THIS is the environment where Jack suddenly decides “whoa now Gwen, this crosses a line”

my sibling in the cosmos what line.

This organization has the structural integrity of wet cardboard. There is no line. There are vague suggestions of professionalism floating somewhere in the distance like ghosts on the horizon while everyone continues committing increasingly unbelievable workplace violations on company time.

I genuinely do not believe a fireable offense exists at Torchwood unless you perhaps arrive to work on time, emotionally stable, and capable of respecting boundaries, at which point the building itself would probably eject you for not fitting the established ecosystem.

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

And *the line* is when drumrolll please…Owen back talks him

[drwhoboards]

Doctor Who moodboard: Jack Harkness/Jamie McCrimmon (requested by: anon)

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

[spookyboywhump]

Guy who never feels like his problems are “bad enough” to be taken seriously: what if I hurt the character so horrifically that everyone around them could not possibly deny the severity of their pain even if the character themself tries to downplay it.

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

What if I hurt my character so badly, and everyone around them knows how much they suffered but still chooses to deny their pain in an attempt to make my character move on from their trauma. But it doesn’t actually help my character move on and instead just makes them feel more isolated and misunderstood…what if?

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

Romance between a selkie and a werewolf. Desperately wants to stay human but can’t x desperately wants to return to their animal form but can’t

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

Who was going to tell me that there’s is a Janto edit in the Children of Earth Torchwood Declassified to Goodbye my Lover by James Blunt?

[yourfaveisqueerandreligious]

john “plato” crawford from rebel without a cause is catholic (headcanon), gay (implied) and polyamorous (headcanon)

submitted by anon

[yourfaveisqueerandreligious]

judy from rebel without a cause is christian (implied) and polyamorous (headcanon)

submitted by anon

[aristocrating]

its 2026 i cannot handle any more fucking "author A obviously ripped off author B" discourse by people Who Have Only Seen the work of author B and admit themselves that they have no further knowledge of the literary landscape they are moving in. like.

[mymultiplehyperfixations]

I hate Jk Rowling, I hate to defend Jk Rowling, but everyone saying Harry Potter ripped off a Wizard of Earthsea?? Like other than the fact that they’re both about a young boy learning magic they’re pretty different.

[liquidstar]

"only 90s kids remember-" wrong, if you're poor and/or rural enough, old tech and fashion doesn't just disappear when it stops being trendy. We had dial-up until 2012