#casio speaks

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SJM could’ve made an Eris x Elain x Azriel triangle.

Enemies fighting over a lover. Are you kidding me?! Chefs kiss and ugh what a missed opportunity but I’ll wait for Elriel endgame✌️

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Azriel as a girl dad…..go 👀💕🌷

Well, hello there nonnie✨ Thanks for popping into my humble little ask box and giving me a reason to ignore work for a little bit😌

Now, I know people love to say Cassian is a girl dad but Az is a girl dad for sure:

Here are some of my HCs for Girl dad!Az:

When his daughter is born, Az is instantly in love. He is super attentive and actually takes about a year off spy work to be at home and watch her grow. Rhys is definitely surprised by this because Az has never turned down a job. Never when it was too gruesome or too long. Az would always clock in and do what needed to be done.

However, after Elain revealed to him that they we’re getting another family member, Az being focused on becoming a dad. He took out parenting manuals from libraries and talked to his mom about raising a child. Az wanted to do right by Elain. The love of his life. To combat his own anxiety about becoming a father, he vowed to learn whatever he could and do whatever he could to provide for his child and wife. This is his new goal in life besides becoming the husband Elain loves and needs.

In addition to consuming all the text avaliable on parenting, Az also sets his focus on doing whatever he can to help Elain with her pregnancy. He cooks, cleans, organizes everything he can and ensures that Elain and the health of their child is in check. He massages her sculp and feet whenever she is tired. He also ensures that Elain is set up to sleep comfortably. There is always a glass of water and some snacks on her bedside table at night for her to munch on. After Elain’s work in the garden, Az cuddles with her as they read parenting books and have tea. He actually learns how to brew the perfect tea for Elain during pregnancy and knows how to whip up a snack for her when she’s having cravings.

One night, not too long after, they find out about their child, Elain tells Az about her childhood bedroom and that as a baby, her dad would design, make and assemble her cribs and other furniture in her room. Her cot, dresser, bookshelves, and cupboards we all lovingly made by her father. Sometimes, his friends also assisted but it was mainly her father’s passion projects. He also made all the sisters wooden toys like rocking horses and mobiles that her delicate and painted with paints from his travels. Elain thinks that her dad’s carpentry skill translated into Feyre’s eye for art and painting. This surprised Az for two reasons. 1. He never knew that Papa Acheron was a carpenter. 2. Azriel never had something made for him but a parent and kept it. Not that his mother didn’t try but she wasn’t allowed to give him things. But watching the way Elain’s eyes lit up with joy and love talking about what her father did for her made his heart melt. Azriel made another vow. He and Elain would design their child’s nursery and fill it with things made by him, his wife and their family. Azriel learnt the basics of carpentry and in his spare time he would carve wood with his labour and his love. Azriel was precise and had a natural talent. On the bigger projects such as the toy chest and crib he asked his family for help. Feyre helped paint his carvings and his brothers helped him move and assemble the pieces. Elain and Az spent hours setting up and painting their nursery too. On Elain’s side, she began knitting and crocheting toys and clothes for their baby and slowly their nursery began to fill with their projects and their love. Teddy bears and wooden rattles filled the toy chests and little socks and beanies were stashed in the newly assembled dresser.

With each project completed, Azriel and Elain got closer to welcoming their first child into the world. Az did admit to Elain that he never thought he’d become a father but he’d never been happier or excited to meet someone in his entire life. Elain had never been more proud of Azriel when he finished his final project and placed a beautiful wooden floral bouquet and vase on the dresser in the nursery. She did cry that day and it wasn’t just about hormones. She couldn’t believe the amount of effort and care Azriel had shown towards her and their future child by honouring her father and making everything by hand for his future child. She knew in her heart that he’d be the greatest father and they’d make a great parenting team.

She told him then that she’d seen their child, they were going to have a daughter. Azriel and Elain sat on the floor of the nursery and cried happily. They were going to have a little girl. And she was going to look like a perfect mix of the both of them. Az can finally give his daughter the life his mother deserved and Elain can be the mother she never had.

And scene!

I have a lot more but I hope this satisfies you for now nonnie!

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Dang, I’ve been seeing all of these fanarts from The Stolen Heir and it looks so exciting! It’s been ages since I’ve properly interacted with TFOTA fandom and the books. I do want to get back in but I haven’t been active in so long. Plus I didn’t get my hands on a copy of How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories and I’ve misplaced my OG copy of The Cruel Prince. I have so many questions (how has the TFOTA fandom changed after blowing up on Tiktok) and I want to participate again but I guess I think I’m too out of the loop. Anyone willing to share content and creators from the TFOTA fandom and help a girl out? It would be much appreciated!

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Hi friends!

Since it’s the new year, I was wondering what type of content would you like to see from me?

I might be involved with different creative projects irl and would y’all be keen to see what I do.

Currently I have planned to or people have asked me to help them:

• Collaborate on an art exhibition

•Help design a couch

•Design clothing for friends

•Some photography

• DIY planners and other useful paper products

• I do a shit ton of sewing so maybe detail projects😅

•Read stuff

•Maybe start a sub stack for my uni essays

Just a bunch of stuff rolling around in my brain🤪

Send me your thoughts in replies or asks!

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If Elain and Azriel were a country, what would it be?

Hmm good question.

Elain gives me Netherlands (tulip fields and it’s cozy) or France (palaces and massive gardens) vibes.

Azriel gives Russia (very cold and vast) or Egypt vibes (full of history and mystery).

Together maybe Iceland in the Spring or Scottish Islands👀 But also Morroco fits too.

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Me: Has a long and convoluted theory that Elain is actually a half sister and it connects to the continent and how she was raised

Reality: You have to type it

Me:

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✨Community Citation and Resource Thread✨

Hey guys, this is my citations list. It’s a little rough (some different styes of citations) and a fracture of the helpful texts I’ve come across but it’s a place to start :) This one contains journal articles, speeches, research, pamphlets and studies (amongst other things) that focus race, identity, discrimination, colonization, black consciousness movements, political theory and political philosophy, feminism, black feminism, womanism, the concept of the other, eugenics, overviews of political topics, women’s studies, body politics, etc. 

Also some of the scholars and writers of these texts, have a myriad of other informative texts and papers that are worthwhile researching. These are just the ones I’ve been exposed to. 

I have decided to divide some of the sources up and place them into some topics of discussion. You’ll find that some citations occur under more than one topic of discussion because many of these texts touch on multiple areas.

Please feel free to add on texts, different media and posts that you think are helpful. They don’t need to be just political sciences, international relations, and philosophy texts. Any texts, books, academic papers/media, podcasts, newspaper articles, interviews etc.  from other perspectives and fields is welcome. The more (perspectives and sources) the merrier and the more educated we can become as a collective. 

The Concept of Blackness and the Other

Biko, S. (January 1971). White Racism and Black Consciousness: The Totality of White Power in South Africa. White racism and Black Conciousness (pp. 1-11). First Inter-University Research Workshop on Students and Youth in South Africa.

Blum, L. (2019). Chapter 8: Racialised Groups and Social Constructions in "I'm Not a Racist, But...": The Moral Quandary of Race. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Cérsaire, A. (1955). Discourse on Colonialism. In F. L. Hord, M. L. Okpara, & J. S. Lee, I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy (pp. 162-171). Amhearst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Du Bois, W., 1933. On being Ashamed of Oneself: An Essay on Race Pride. Crisis, 40(9), pp.199-200.

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Fanon, F. (1967). Black Skin, White Masks. New York City: Grove Press.

Garvey, M., In Garvey, A. J., & Essien-Udom, E. U. (1967). Philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey, or, Africa for the Africans.

Magubane, B., 2001. Social Construction of Race and Citizenship in South Africa. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Conference on Racism and Public Policy, (September 2001), pp.1-33.

Andrew Heywood is a scholar whose work is very accessible and touches on various political and international issues (His textbooks are great)

Heywood, A. (2011). Chapter 15: Poverty and Development. In A. Heywood, Global Politics (pp. 352-379). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Heywood, A. (2011). Regionalism and Global Politics. In A. Heywood, Global Politics (pp. 480-506). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillian.

Heywood, A. (2013). Politics, Society and Identity. In A. Heywood, Politics (pp. 151- 170). Houndmills: Palgrave.

Eugenics

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Naicker, L. (2012). The role of eugenics and religion in the construction of race in South Africa (Volume 38 (2) ed.). Pretoria: Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae.

Rich, P. (1990). Race, Science, and the Legitimization of White Supremacy in South Africa, 1902-1940. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 23, No. 4, 665-686.

Sutton, G. (2007). The Layering of History: A brief look at Eugenics, the Holocaust and Scientific Racism in South Africa. Yesterday & Today No 1, 22-29.

The legacy of colonialism and colonial ideology (this also includes the various waves of Black Consciousness thought from various global regions that include the Caribbean, North America as well as Africa)

Mamdani, M., 2001. Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism. Society for Comparative Studies in Society and History, 43(4), pp.651-664.

Biko, S. (January 1971). White Racism and Black Consciousness: The Totality of White Power in South Africa. White racism and Black Consciousness (pp. 1-11). First Inter-University Research Workshop on Students and Youth in South Africa.

Biko, S., & Stubbs, A. (1987). I write what I like: A selection of his writings. Heinemann.

Cérsaire, A. (1955). Discourse on Colonialism. In F. L. Hord, M. L. Okpara, & J. S. Lee, I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy. Amhearst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Crenshaw, Kimberle. (1991) Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Colour. In Standford Law Review, July, vol. 43.    pp. 1241-1299.

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Fanon, F. (1967). Black Skin, White Masks. New York City: Grove Press.

Garvey, M., In Garvey, A. J., & Essien-Udom, E. U. (1967). Philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey, or, Africa for the Africans.

Hyden G., 2008, 'Institutions, Power and Policy Outcomes in Africa', Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) pp. 1-34, London

Ndaba, B., Owen, T., Panyane, M., Rabbie, S., & Smith, J. (2017). The Black Consciousness Reader (Second Edition) pp. 1-21. New York City: OR Books.

Nkrumah, K. (1968). The Spectre of Black Power. The Spectre of Black Power and The Struggle Continues, 421-434.

Parker, J. & Rathbone, R. (2007). African History: A Very Short Introduction pp. 25-45. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Robinson, C., 1983. Introduction and Chapter 1: The Non Objective character of Capitalist Development. In: C. Robinson, ed., Black Marxism, 1st ed. London: Zed Press, pp.1-28.

Sharplay-Whiting, T. D. (2000). Femme Negritude: Jane Nardal, La Depeche africaine, and the Francophone New Negro. Souls: A Critical journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, 8-17.

Multiculturalism, WOC, and hegemonic feminism (also touches on colonialism)

Amos, V & Parmer., P (1984). “Challenging Imperial Feminism”. Feminist Review. 17, 

pp 3-19.

Gqola, P.G (2001). “Ufanele Uqavile: Black women, feminism and post coloniality in Africa.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. No. 50, pp11-22. Taylor Francis Ltd.

Lugones, M. (2010). “The Colonality of Gender” in Mignolo Walter, Aturo Escobar (eds.) Globalisation and the Decolonial Option. London: Routledge.

Mohanty, Chandra Talapade. (2003) “Under Western Eyes. Feminist Scholarship amd Colonial Discourses” in Chalra Talapede Mohanty (ed.) Feminism without borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. Durham, London: Duke University Press. Pp 1-17

Nash, Jennifer. Practicing Love: Black Feminism, Love-Politics, and Post-Intersectionality. Meridiians

Okin Moller, Susan. (1999) Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton 

University. Pp 1.-24

WOC reponses to Okin Moller

Homi K. Bhabha. (1999). “Liberalism’s Sacred Cow” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. Pp.76-79

Honig, Bonnie. (1999). “My Culture Made Me Do It” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. pp. 35—41

Sassen, Saskia. (1999). “Culture beyond Gender” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. Pp.76-79

Black Feminism, Womanism and Black Women’s history

Edgerton, Robert B. (2000) Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War. Boulder: Westview Press. pp. 1-37, 121-157.

Farrar, Tarikhu. (1997) “The Queenmother, Matriarchy, and the Question of Female Political Authority in Postcolonial West African Monarchy” in Journal of Black Studies, Vol.27, No.5. pp. 579-597.

Hill Collins, Patricia. (2000) “Work, Family and Black Women’s Oppression,” Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment (2nd ed.), New York: Routledge

White, Deborah Gray. (1999) Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South, New York: W. W. Norton & Company,  Introduction, Chapter 1, 2, 5.

Black Feminism (with a focus on representing WOC and POC bodies)

Hartman, S (2008). “Venus in Two Acts”. small axe, 12(2), pp 1-14.

Gqola, P. D (2010). “(Not) Representing Sarah Bartmaan“. What is Slavery to Me? Postcolonial Slave Memory in South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Baderoon, G (2011). “This is our speech: voice, body and poetic form in recent South Africa writing”. Social Dynamics: A journal of South African Studies. 37:2, pp.213-227

Crenshaw, K (1992). “Whose story is it, anyway? Racist appropriations of Anita Hill”. Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas and the Construction of Social Reality. Pantheon Books.

Women’s studies and the history of the women and feminist field

Thurner, Manuela. (2003) “Issues and Paradigms in American Women’s History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander. Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 2-8 

Bock, Gisela. (2003) “Challenging Dichotomies in Women’s History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander. Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 8-14

Evelyn, Brooks Higginbotham. (2003) “African American Women in History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander (eds.), Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 14-19

Please reblog if you have insight to share or any sources. I hope this may be of use to you!

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THEE Elain song after the Az POV

Hey kids, I hope y’all are doing well. I apologise I’ve been inactive. I’m trying to avoid too many CC2 spoilers and sorting out personal stuff. I see your tags and I appreciate them.

But onto important things, @fawnandshadows and I were chatting about a song called Say You Do by Randy Louise. This song screams Elain POV after the Az Bonus chapter.

It’s heartbreaking, references some Elriel HCs and is super gentle.

Here are the lyrics besties:

Say you do, you do

Say you do, you do

It doesn't really matter who else sees me

As long as I can have your eyes to keep

I'm not one who caters much to gazes

But for yours it'd be my treat

Putting all my eggs in just one basket

No need to tell me that it's a mistake

I already know that it's the makings

Of a big heartbreak

Oh ooo

If you love, if you want me

Say you do

Oh ooo if you trust me, if you need me

Say you do

Ahh

It's funny how we're mirrors of each other

And everything in me I see in you

So how is it you always keep me guessing

About everything you do

I don't wanna read too much into it

But your words are clear and plain to see

It's the past that's messing with my vision

So be patient with me

Oh ooo

If you love, if you want me

Say you do

Oh ooo if you trust me, if you need me

Say you do

Oh ooo

Oh ooo

You do, you do

Tell me your thoughts and reblog some of your Elriel music reccs