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Wolffe: Love is a weakness. An evolutionary mistake.
Cody: You're literally making bejeweled love notes for everyone to thank them for the gifts they gave you for your birthday.
Wolffe:
Wolffe: *points his glue gun at Cody* You're on thin fucking ice.
Little storytime many years ago my abusive father bought me the copy of City of Glass that I have. He didn’t pay for it as an act of love or care for my interests but as a way to give the appearance of a good father. He signed the first page of the book as he would do with every book, as a way to enhance the performance and to establish control over my belongings. When I got home that day I tore that page off and flushed it down the toilet.
City of Glass was the first book I read where the abusive father wasn’t redeemed or forgiven, but is instead killed by an angel shooting a fucking laser at his chest. Jace Herondale was the first character I read that was going through the feelings that I was going through, and the first character that I saw healing and growing in the way that I couldn’t imagine for myself at the time.
A few days ago I got the chance to meet Cassandra Clare. She signed my copy of City of Glass, on the second page.
Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives
City official says it will not comply with request seeking to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measures.
A city official in Stockholm has said the municipality has no plans to comply after one of its offices received a letter seeking to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measures, in what is believed to be the first such missive sent to a foreign government.
“It’s so bizarre,” said Jan Valeskog, Stockholm’s vice-mayor for planning. “It’s our political priorities that count, not the ones from this embassy or any other embassies.”
In March, European officials lambasted the US after companies across the continent said they had received letters informing them that the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives also applied to foreign firms looking to do business with the US government.
The letter – described by French officials as “a form of interference” – asked recipients to complete, sign and return a form certifying that they “do not operate any programmes to promote diversity, equity and inclusion”.
The letter added: “If you do not agree to sign this document, we would appreciate it if you could provide detailed reasons, which we will forward to our legal teams.”
In Stockholm, Valeskog said he had received the letter on Tuesday. “We were really surprised, because diversity, equality and inclusion are values that we strive for and stand up for in Stockholm,” he said. “It’s very important for us.”
He presumed the letter was sent to the planning office because it was listed as a payee, given that it charges for building permits. Still, it was the first time he had heard of one of these letters being directed at a municipality or foreign government. “It’s quite unique,” he said.
Arrogant overreach, much?
Summer, 1966 The Diary of Anais Nin 1966-1974 [volume 7]
And he would answer it in a very serious tone.
Some people are really just so damn afraid of the matriarchy because they believe in only the patriarchy, because they are scared that we would treat them as badly as they know that they are treating us.
That's the biggest admission of guilt I've ever heard in my life