nethilia's den of fabulousness

now performing: social justice and the blorbos Gen X-llenial. Socially Political Bard. Writer since the late 80s, publishing varies. Black queer pagan poly crafty demifemme. (She/Her and Zie/Zem). Founder of the American Girl Wiki. Pokemon/Story of Seasons/Animal Crossing/other vidya game player. Doll and Toy Collector. Fandom is awesome, do what you want with it forever, characters aren't real people. Queer is not a Slur. I will get as political as i wanna. I will also block liberally and based on shitty vibes or actions on sight, such as TERF, SWERF, and other such bullshit. tl;dr: an old black nerd with a tumblr and an attitude. Sheep go to heaven, TERFs go to hell.

[nethilia]

Broke: nice cover, don't ever crack too widely, read delicately

Woke: the cracks and flakes on the spine are signs of love

[anime-academia]

Tumblrinas, share with me y'all's recs pls

I'm looking for eco-fiction/solarpunk novels/poetry/short stories

Examples I can think of at the moment: A Psalm for the Wild Built (Becky Chambers), Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler), The Road (Cormac McCarthy), and Nineveh (Henrietta Rose Innes).

Bonus points if they're not American/European/Global North

[aetherograph]

@moniquill might have some. Tagging her.

[moniquill]

I'm a VERY interested in hearing how Parable of the Sower and The Road are solarpunk?! But yeah, here are my recs:

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Ju…

Whenever we envision a world without war, without priso…

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Col…

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Col…

New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of C…

The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning an…

Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous…

Rooted in visions of Indigenous futurisms, Beyond the G…

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indi…

Love After the End is a new young adult anthology edite…

Love Beyond Body, Space & Time

"Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time" is a collection of…

And if you like apocalyptic/post apocalyptic stuff:

Brave New Worlds

From Huxley's Brave New World, to Orwell's 1984, to Atw…

Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fi…

Collected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed…

[beanfreak]

has tumblr seen this photo that james ortiz posted of himself holding rocky because oh my god

that’s his real son that he gave birth to. grace better watch out bc james is about to steal the title of rocky’s number one fan

[oflambandmoss]

being weird and full of love can save you

and it might save those around you, too

[hydrachea]

> turns on my computer

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

> disables a new AI fea

[omagpies]

I’m really fond of this one hehe :) it was posted on my Patreon @/magpiecrown a month ago, so if you wish to see these comics ahead of time feel free to check it out!

original gorgeous text written by @wizardlyghost can be found here, inspired by the conversation between @radishnt, @mothman-misato, @boimgfrog, @catsnraincoats, @pidoop, and @silverjirachi

[marlynnofmany]

#behold ye fools a tale of woe #for it shall test thy mettle #to witness those who do not know #the fuck what ist a kettle

#STEALING MODMADS IAMBIC COUPLET FROM THE TAGS #BECAUSE IT’S GOLD

[amaliazeichnerin]

Is Africa leading the solarpunk future?

Uganda, Rwanda and South Africa are building solutions that richer nations could learn from

Interesting blog post.

[plaidos]

does liking something with racist elements like su or gravity falls make you a bad person and are u still allowed to enjoy those shows despite that

can people stop being christian in my inbox

[plaidos]

i don’t know how to tell you this but literally the entire world has racist elements. you would be incredibly hard pressed to find any tv show — especially produced in the US — that does not have racist or otherwise obviously bigoted elements. the important thing is to identify, analyse & deconstruct those elements rather than to magically find something without them, because again, every tv show has been produced on a world fuelled by institutional racism, in the shape of those racist institutions.

[excitementshewrote]

[sarinisanta]

Bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you.

[phorusrhacidae-lesbian]

little miss auditory processing disorder would like you to repeat what you just said then immediately respond to you before you finish

[whyenn-reader]

firm believer you can't be a ''good person''. too much niuance to life.

[whyenn-reader]

you can be good (adjective) but you cannot be good (identity)

[whyenn-reader]

if you think you are good (identity) you are more likely to cause harm as you don't consider yourself to be capable of it

[slewfootwitch]

On one hand, I think building a craft and building a personal relationship with magic is so important. On the other, I think we (as in the general community) have really overcomplicated what that means and what it looks like.

There are some parts of craftbuilding that are intentional and complex and require real effort. There's no denying that. But, generally speaking, it's not something that is done by sitting down with a pen and paper and making a blueprint. It's not something one accomplishes by going down a checklist to sort out a core practice and then a toolset and then an aesthetic and so on.

The craft a practitioner builds is the natural expression of the relationship they have with magic. Building, refining and exploring that is an ongoing process that no one ever really "finishes". It doesn't have to look any certain way. It just is. Craftbuilding isn't a starting place or a finish line; it's just part of the process.

[lilyflxwers]

ok i absolutely need to know what accents u all have pls reblog and tell me or comment or whatever I must know

[rederiswrites]

Just watched Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) make such a solid point that I think we should spread far and wide. Yes, having AI write your emails is lazy, sure, but people love being lazy. We need to really emphasize that sending AI emails (or using AI responses on social media, or publishing AI flyers, or or or) is rude.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't bother to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

It's rude.

[music-daily]

LIPSTICK LOVER (2023) dir. Janelle Monáe and Alan Ferguson

[chasm-side]

My therapist, who specializes in adults with ADHD, recently told me that all of her clients need a three day crash period after a big life change. Finish the semester? Crash. Change jobs? Crash. Go on a really cool, really relaxing vacation? Crash the moment you get home.

It's true of literally all of her clients. She works with a lot of them to put systems in place so that their crashes are only three days. This includes the high-powered execs who travel regularly for work. It does not matter how successful or high functioning they are - they have ADHD, and crashing is just part of the process of living with it.

I'm sharing this with all you ADHD friends out there, just in case you (like me) start shaming yourself if your crash lasts more than one day. It turns out three days is kind of the best case scenario. Be kind to yourselves!

[This post has been edited to change "crashout" to "crash". It was causing confusion and/or offense, especially to people who thought I was referring to "crashout" as the term exists in AAVE (also being appropriated into gen z speak right now). I'm sorry about that. Please reblog this version of the post in the future!]