James

Substack- -https://substack.com/@the1999kid

[the1999kid]

I wrote something on substack :)

Vulnerability: The Most Terrifying Word for Me

I recently went through my personal diary and realised that most of its pages are filled with the fear of being seen. (this is an unedited v

[the1999kid]

Finished reading The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky. And this is what it did to my brain

[the1999kid]

Read 31 pages in one hour.

Spent 2 weeks reading academic papers and re-reading it to understand what just happened.

Thank you, Fyodor Dostoevsky, for the emotional and intellectual damage.

Has anyone read the Dream of a Ridiculous Man? I need to share my thoughts with someone :)

[orpheuslament]

do any of you guys remember that sculpture of theseus & the minotaur that lowkey looks like theseus is riding the minotaur like his life depends on it

[gutsheapofrawiron]

this one?

[justfriendsbestthings]

Is the lowkey in the room with us?

[glitched-eyes]

Saw this when I was in London this summer, I stopped my friend to point at it and said "holy shit it's the statue of Theseus fucking the Minotaur" in the middle of the very busy museum.

[the1999kid]

Can we talk about this bronze statue by the same sculptor :)

[the1999kid]

My review of The Outsider by Albert Camus.

3.5/5 (It was my first time reading absurdist lit. and Camus's work. I am still wrapping my head around the book and trying to make meaning of it all)

[the1999kid]

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” — Animal Farm

Here are my thoughts on Animal Farm by George Orwell

[the1999kid]

2 hrs of self-doubt led me to Sartre

Some thoughts on the famous quote "Hell is other people"

[the1999kid]

Here is my review on James Baldwin's book Go Tell it on the Mountains.

4/5 rating

[the1999kid]

Here are my thoughts on Leigh Bardugo's book Familiar

Review rating - 3.5/5

[the1999kid]

3 days and 600 pages and a mind left spinning, here are my thoughts on RF Kuang's latest literary masterpiece, Katabasis

[maibearcore]

THERE IS A SEVERE SCARCITY OF MERCY FOR NONE CONTENT

I can't because idk how to make content (does dis count?)

[the1999kid]

REPOSTING THIS BECAUSE I NEED MORE CONTENT ON THIS SHOW

[vexheart]

[emotionalwords]

[resqectable]

“I need a life that isn’t just about needing to escape my life.”

— Robert Polito

[the1999kid]

IS THERE A SON SUKU KU FANFIC THAT I CAN READ HERE SOMEWHERE???!!!!

[beljar]

– Read About Palestine –

⚡️Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky

⚡️On Palestine By Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe and Frank Barat

⚡️The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

⚡️The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

⚡️The Way to the Spring Life and Death in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich

⚡️The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

⚡️Except for Palestine The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

⚡️Palestine A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha

⚡️Where the Line Is Drawn by Raja Shehadeh

Israeli-Palestinian Discourse // Quotes

Artworks: Palestine', c1930s by Donald Mcleish // Masada on the Dead Sea, Palestine, 1859 by Edward Lear // Jaffa, Recruiting of Turkish Soldiers in Palestine, 1888 by Gustave Bauernfeind // Gourds Grown as a Vine in an Arab Garden, Palestine, 19th Century // Hishams Palace, West Bank, Palestine by Vivienne Sharp // Palestine', c1930s by Donald Mcleish // Palestine, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, Plate, 1570 by Achille Cattaneo

[mindfulhavens]

“Saints always have a past and sinners always have a future.” -Oscar Wilde