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“In the morning, we wake to rain playing the roof tiles like piano keys. I mosey out of bed if only to open the window, welcome the earthsmell to wash the room clean. Outside, the creek trips over itself with abundance. How full without tipping. The frogs, a chorus of splashing, singing, sqwuaking. Their throats gurgle and puff. We lay in bed and picture it, this green dance between the cattail reeds. A sweet, small life of mud and rainsong.”

— Schuyler Peck, (Safe Place Series 02)

liivn

Three Barn Owls at a quatrefoil church window. Photographer: Richard Brooks. Date: July 2009. Shot at a local church in North Norfolk, England.

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dumbpuppyfag

we cannot live in chains

war-crime-wizard

my blog is a safe space for me. the rest of you are in danger i think

libraford

Explaining to straight adults that much of queer history happened within their lifetime and they were unaware of all the extremely important events and how many laws there were to prevent us from thriving because they werent part of queer circles themselves is like...

-leans in close-

How would you like to know about the war in Ba Sing Se?

libraford

My dad LOVES learning about the Cold War. It's full of drama. Backstabbing, cross-double-cross, spy gadgets, secret identities. It makes for great stories and as a journalist he loves a good story.

Me: oh yeah, I was just watching a documentary on the Lavender Scare. Fascinating that it was so recent in our history.

Dad: ....the what?

Me:

libraford

Me: -explaining that the moral panic of the 50s slowed down in the 70s only to start back up again with the aids epidemic in the 80s-

Dad: I remember that. It was scary times because no one knew how it was spread.

Me: what if I told you... that they could have slowed the spread of it, but chose not to because it seemed like only queers were affected by it and the government didnt see any problem with all of us dying.

Dad:

libraford

Dad: okay heres a simpler question for you- what's with drag queens and Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand? I feel like every drag queen I've seen has a Dorothy costume in their lineup.

Me: -deep breath- okay so let's go back to that lavender scare for a minute and how it intersects with the golden age of hollywood...

Me, ten minutes later: and that leads up to that famous picture of a drag queen dressed as Dorothy protesting in front of Trump Tower with the sign that says 'surrender donald.'

Dad: that's a pretty recent photo though.

Me:... uhhh... 1982.

Dad: ... you've been hating that guy since before you were born, huh?

Me: oh man, wait until you hear about my opinions on Reagan.

libraford

Me, ranting about queer history:

My dad, just excited he can learn something new:

everythingfox

Why does he need a- … oh

whamcitycomedy

sheherlocked-deactivated2022083

“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year

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If this post persuades even one person to get a free library account and use it, my time on this hellsite will not have been spent in vain