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That post about 30 year old coming of age stories?

I’ve been thinking about it all morning. What would the plot points be for that? What makes a 30 year old coming of age story?

Old folks sound off in the comments

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People are talking about not voting for Biden.

Again.

I'm just so tired of this argument.

I just can't do Trump again.

I can't.

His incompetence killed so many people. A panel estimated 40% of COVID deaths could have been averted.

One of those deaths was my mother.

She was killed because people didn't trust the vaccines and they didn't think masks were worth the inconvenience. That man could have gone on TV and said "This is the Trump vaccine and it is great." He could have sold fucking MAGA masks on his website. He had 100% influence over his dipshit followers and could have used that for the greater good. But he was too vain to wear a mask in public and bungled the vaccine rollout.

And now I worry some of my trans loved ones may not make it through another far right administration. They have this giant target on their back right now and conservatives seem determined to eradicate as many trans lives as possible.

I wrote a whole ass post about how I didn't care for Biden. I still don't. But when I try to imagine what a right wing administration would be doing right now... that seems like it would be a nightmare orders of magnitude worse than the current nightmare.

As someone with an untreatable chronic illness, I know the feeling of being presented with choices where all of them suck. And I have had to survive by choosing the least sucky option over and over.

It feels bad every single time.

I hate it.

And I still fucking choose.

It should be different. There should be better choices. I shouldn't have to choose the least bad thing among all bad things.

But there are people and things in this world I feel are worth sticking around for, so I continue to choose the least sucky thing.

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Reblog for a bigger sample size.

Say in the tags what you voted for and if you live in or outside of the US

#moss #i live outside the US

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Reblog for a bigger sample size.

Say in the tags what you voted for and if you live in or outside of the US

#the only thing I know about in Ohio is the Serpent Mound #I live in Western Canada

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Hi friends! As I've mentioned, I'm in the middle of a job search during one of the worst job markets I've lived through. If you'd like to help me out, and you enjoy books about 1860s Eurotrash, my novel is available for purchase!

And if you've already read it, consider leaving a review!

Summary: Countess Marta von Holstadt knows society’s rules, even if she doesn’t enjoy following them. A lady keeps her mouth shut, marries well, and never works for a living. And she certainly does not spend her entire birthday party admiring a hired violinist, no matter how handsome he is. Hiring him as her music tutor, though—that could make Marta’s restricted life a bit more lively.

Andras Király is certainly talented, but frankly, he’s struggling. Working at a second-rate opera company means he can barely support himself, let alone a sick father and three sisters in Hungary. Tutoring Marta von Holstadt could help him stave off financial ruin. But his family’s revolutionary past, coupled with a growing attraction to his new student, could turn Andras’ amazing opportunity into a disaster.

Though class and country divide them, Marta and Andras can’t ignore their chemistry forever. As a highly improper romance develops, they’re forced to consider if an artist and aristocrat can have a future together … and the consequences of getting caught.

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Free reminder to NOT tell me where you live/lived out in the public wilds of the Internet, basically I just wanna know how people are defining "home town."

#I never actually lived where I was born #I think it's wherever I spent the most years while I was still a child

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Part 1 | Part 2

Please enjoy this cute sapphic comic about accidentally adopting a werewolf from the pound based on this post. (Except I made it gay.) Meet Sabine and Jazz as they fall in loooove.

If you enjoyed please consider donating to my Kofi! Comics are a labor of love and tips really really help me out while I'm in school!

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I love the term “loanwords” because it implies that you intend to give them back.

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rb for sample size etc etc !! <3

#beach combing

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Learning that certain things that you thought were widely accepted at the time actually had a lot of pushback kind of shakes up your perception of the world a little.

Like for example when a lot of people in the 1400s and 1500s read the Malleus Maleficarum, basically the book that set off the trend of witch trials in Europe, they knew it was bad and even called it unethical. And before 1400 most people in Europe didn’t even believe that witches existed. Because most Christians before the 1400s didn’t even believe that magic existed. Because “magic” was thought to come from pagan gods, and, you will note, most monotheists don’t believe that other gods exist. So witches weren’t even something that people thought about.

And when Christopher Columbus was off committing crimes against humanity a bunch of people were like “Hey, this guy is committing crimes against humanity. Someone stop him.” And eventually they did, even if they did stop him far too late. He was fired from his position as governor. He was arrested and banished from Spain. And there were people, both native South Americans and Spaniards, who actively opposed the colonization efforts while they were happening.

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I just had a discussion with my friend about fanfiction and how we tend to assume that women are the writers without any actual proof. Then I said, hey, I know fanfiction written by gay and trans dudes. But then I remembered, wait, I think I know one writer who just must be cis het based on his work. Anyway, all writers, be honest, who are you?

Please reblog if you're interested in the results.

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My mind wandered and I got curious... please reblog if you want to so it can get a bit further <3