longing for the grave

he/him, it/its ▪ mostly talking about books, mental health, and self-discovery ▪ house md sideblog @housetenisballs

[fairycosmos]

is this a cry for help by emily austin

[godzilla-reads]

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, book covers

[firstfullmoon]

writers and their cats: toni morrison / albert camus / patricia highsmith / ursula k. le guin / ernest hemingway / iris murdoch / tove jansson / joyce carol oates

[beastliness]

I don't know whether any of you guys have looked outside lately but it's leaves as hell out there

[literaria-journal]

Vintage book covers 💕

part 2

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[altaring]

[youre-only-gay-once]

"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

[purgaytorysupremacy]

if you’re wondering why spellcheck and grammar check is worse now, it’s because they replaced it with AI! 🥰

now, instead of maintaining a comprehensive, nuanced, and human-maintained encyclopedia by which to check your document, they have switched to an AI that just compares what you’ve written to what other people write in, say, Google Docs, and use the most commonly used iteration.

ever have it change something like “all intents and purposes” to “all intensive purposes” or “should’ve” to “should of”? that’s why!

people make the same spelling and grammar mistakes so often, AI thinks that’s the way you say it because it is a PATTERN DETECTOR and cannot THINK let alone use language.

[youre-only-gay-once]

"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

[makingqueerhistory]

Anti-Fascist Queer Book Recommendations

Find these books and more queer reads:

Making Queer History Bookshop

[loumandsbian]

in honor of black history month 2025, i’ve put together a list of books written by black sapphic authors for you to read in the month of february

non-fiction essays/memoirs:

all about love: new visions by bell hooks

black lesbian in white america by anita cornwell

sister outsider: essays and speeches by audre lorde

mouths of rain: an anthology of black lesbian thought by briona simone jones

blues legacies and black feminism by angela davis

does your mama know?: an anthology of black lesbian coming out stories by lisa c. moore

fiction:

the color purple by alice walker

loving her by ann allen shockley

the gilda stories by jewelle gomez

in another place, not here by dionne brand

pomegranate by helen elaine lee

the summer we got free by mia mckenzie

these letters end in tears by musih tedji xaviere

dead in long beach, california by venita blackburn

young adult:

honey girl by morgan rogers

escaping mr. rochester by l.l. mckinney

this ravenous fate by hayley dennings

faebound by saraa el-arifa

so let them burn by kamilah cole

where sleeping girls lie by faridah àbíké-íyímídé

adult:

the deep by rivers solomon

sweet vengeance by viano oniomoh

come back (love concealed) by terri ronald

house of hunger by alexis henderson

short stories:

girl, woman, other by bernadine evaristo

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw

additional info:

-> “why wasn’t this book listed?” probably because it wasn’t black sapphic-centric, the author isn’t a black sapphic themself, or i just simply haven’t heard of it! so feel free to add on if it meets those two criteria

many of these books require trigger warnings, especially some of the older ones that are more likely to feature racial struggles of the time. please do your due diligence and search for tws if you want to read them!

please feel free to add onto this list in the rbs or comments! happy black history month

[wondersmith-and-sons]

yeah sometimes it is difficult to tell good journalism from bad, but the sheer amount of denial and sycophantic behaviour when the allegations first broke was truly mind boggling to witness. no discussion no self-reflection no consideration for the victims whatsoever. just denial and lack of empathy and unhinged conspiracies.

fuck Gaiman and fuck Amanda Palmer but also fuck every rabid fan online and bootlicker in the publishing industry working double-time to cast doubt on the victims. fuck Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher for doubting the existence of the victims in the first place and fuck the brainrotted dipshit fans crying about election interference and conspiracies. they should all be ashamed at how easily they’ll uphold rape culture and betray victims because the truth about their favourite white man is inconvenient.

I’m glad the Vulture article finally broke with irrefutable evidence. now everyone else need to take a hard look in the mirror.

[ghostlynightking]

There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

TW: rape, sexual assault, child abuse

Archived version here, in case you hit the pay wall:

https://archive.is/HJtxW

[samwisethewitch]

*takes your face gently in my hands and looks sincerely into your eyes* listen. your home does not need to look like a showroom. homes are meant to be lived in, and that means a certain amount of mess. it's okay if there is clutter on your desk or if you don't remember the last time you cleaned your oven. mess is morally neutral. but at the same time, you deserve to live in an environment that is safe and comfortable, and that means someone has to clean sometimes. things like mold, spoiled food, and dirty litter boxes are genuine health hazards and need to be dealt with before they make someone sick. think of cleaning less as "my home needs to be completely spotless" and more as "I am an animal and I need a habitat that is free of hazardous material." it's okay. *kisses you on the forehead and tucks you into a blanket*

(and of course it is always acceptable and even good for you to ask someone else to help you with cleaning if it's physically or mentally difficult for you. even if you're paying them to do it.)

[papenathys]

most decolonial bipoc bestselling author voice of the subaltern marginalized rf kuang

[xiranjayzhao]

This Sept 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the US-backed coup that overthrew Chilean president Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist president in Latin America

What followed was a 17-year military dictatorship that killed, tortured, or imprisoned tens of thousands of leftists. The US had no problem supporting it. Declassified documents have proven that Nixon and Kissinger conspired to destroy Chile's economy under Allende and allow right-wing forces to oust him to prevent him from inspiring other developing countries.

I'm reading the documents now and here are some of the most heinous passages:

On the day of the coup, as the presidential palace was being bombed, Allende took his own life with an AK-47 gifted to him by Fidel Castro. This is from his last broadcast to his people:

"Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society.

Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!

These are my last words, and I am certain that my sacrifice will not be in vain, I am certain that, at the very least, it will be a moral lesson that will punish felony, cowardice, and treason."

[anxeious]

[i-am-a-fish]

please learn how to code

like, if you're bored today, and not doing anything,

learn a little bit of coding please

[i-am-a-fish]

hi hi hello PLEASE DON'T JUST REBLOG THIS FOR LATER

I know how much you love reblogging posts and then never looking at them ever again. I get it, I really do. but PLEASE

just open one of these links and explore a bit if you're interested

Scratch - great coding program for learning the basics, but so good you can make a video game with it

Codecademy - learn any coding language with lessons

Neocities - literally make a website

it's all free

[i-am-a-fish]

I'm sending wild animals to your doorstep.

[daegu-based-terrorist]

Someone asked ages ago but it ended up in the overcrowded swamp of my ask box but if you want to read some North Korean literature for free you can read the excerpts contained in the book “literature from the axis of evil” which is free on the internet archive and I can’t remember which story but one of them is written by a North Korean writer who is just so fucking good that even the ROK caved and gave him a literary award lol.