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i'm snail, 28 y/o, and she/her but i'm not picky about pronouns! i write at a snail's pace -- hence the nickname. and messaging me is like poking a snail with a stick, i curl up in my shell because i don't know what to do but give me a second and i'll figure things out 💖

fave genres: nordic noir, literary fiction, southern gothic, cozy british mysteries, 18th century (that’s it, that’s the genre), queer novels written before 1980, academic writing about obscure historical figures.

fave themes: time is a circle, truth and performance, devouring devotion, and the cycle of shame and violence.

IMPORTANT NOTE!

there will be nsfw and dark themes posted here, including but not limited to: death, murder, suicide, cults, kidnapping, domestic abuse, religious abuse/trauma, and childhood trauma. graphic descriptions and images will be tagged.

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quotes from tove ditlevsen's the copenhagen trilogy.

#writeblr #writeblr intro #writing community #writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #writerscommunity #musings

beth

“An early desire for nonmotherhood is seen as the primary deviation a girl can take from her path toward becoming a socially acceptable woman, and it is often though to be something that will change, or align, with time. And indeed, the desire for nonmotherhood may start to erode and blur under the pressure of social expectations. Yet the existence of regret among mothers might imply that this initial desire for nonmotherhood was never completely erased. In this sense, regret may mark the continuation of a woman’s primary desire and of her sense of self-as we shall see.”

— Orna Donath, Regretting Motherhood: A Study

#quotes.#academia & theory.#the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.#home is hell.

raymondcest

#web weaving.

Hegseth’s allies launched a pressure campaign against [Joni Ernst], and she ultimately backed down, pledging to “work with Pete to create the most lethal fighting force”—rhetoric that suggests a commitment to militarism is still capable of obscuring a multitude of sins.

"Battle of the Sexes" by Jasper Craven in The Baffler (no. 80).

#quotes.

lunamonchtuna

— Unknown (via lunamonchtuna)

#quotes.#the professor & the scapegoat.

Rather than challenge the dehumanization that allows one group to permit or deny another’s narrative, American doctors often leverage the perceived differences between us and them to emphasize their own credibility. Two doctors asserted in their eyewitness testimony that they don’t speak Arabic, aren’t Muslim, and aren’t religious... The health care workers explain that, as Israel has denied foreign journalists entry into Gaza, they are “among the only neutral observers” available... Because Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists—those whose coverage the health workers’ audience considers compromised—the humanitarian medic is obligated to play both journalist and healer.

"Doctors Without Politics: What can medical workers do to stop genocide?" by Mary Turfah, The Baffler No. 77.

#quotes.#the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

quotespile

“My anger scares me, my fear scares me, and somewhere in there is shame, too — why am I so enraged and so scared? I am afraid of going to bed and of waking up; afraid of tomorrow and of all the tomorrows after.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

#quotes.#the american.#the nemesis.

calisverse

House of the Dragon, ( 2022, USA) Season Two, Episode Seven

Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen.

#the dove.

mournfulroses

Tove Ditlevsen, from a poem featured in There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die: Selected Poems

#quotes.#grief destroys and the body keeps the score.#carve me a space betwixt and between.#fave.#the scapegoat.#the nemesis.

Many young men seek strength but ultimately confuse it for the Pentagon’s brand of violence and domination. Hegseth seems to be one such case, though he was surely enticed by other perks, too, like class mobility and prestige.

"Battle of the Sexes" by Jasper Craven in The Baffler (no. 80).

#quotes.#the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

metamorphesque

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison

#quotes.#grief destroys and the body keeps the score.#the lamb.#the dove.

flowerytale

Nick Cave, The Sick Bag Song

#quotes.#time is a circle; bending back upon itself.#a story is true. a story is untrue. as time extends it matters less and less.#the birth of the reader must be ransomed by the death of the author.

mypaulinep-blog

Four Women Sleeping: Lee Miller, Ady Fidelin, Leonora Carrington and Nusch Éluard photographed in 1937 by Roland Penrose

#the muses.

blackout4localtv

from the housetops to the gutters, from the ocean to the shore

#web weaving.

LOWCOUNTRY - a novel playlist

Bedtime - Annie Eve Cold Water - Caryn Dixon Conspiracy of Silence - The Swoons Cry Little Sister - CHVRCHES Destroyer - Of Monsters and Men Headlock - aeseaes Hollow Bones - Anna Graves House - Charlie xcx ft. John Cale How Soon Is Now? - AG ft. Dresage Ignorance is Bliss - Alice Merton Leave my Body - Florence + the Machine Let it Burn - Shaboozey Lose Your Soul - Dead Man's Bones Need a Favor - Jelly Roll Porch Light - Noah Kahan Till There's Nothing Left - Cam The Woods - Diamond Thug The Hand of God - Emma Ruth Rundle Where the Water's Cold - Jenny Mitchell

#*snailoriginals #*snailmakesthings #lowcountry novel.

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