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1991 Adam: Very gentle, has problems talking about his time as a Beast, needs Belle to push him forward, basically the child he transformed from.

2017 Adam: Was supposed to first kiss Belle shirtless, has no problem accepting his Beast side, will grow a beard, growls sexily at Belle, will fight her over Shakespeare and throw a huge snowball at her face.

#that fucking growl is still giving me heart palpitations #why am i like this #or lordt

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Me: there's no possible way I can love Evermore more than I already do *listens to song* Me:

After hearing the song and learning that Dan’s voice was augmented to fit the Beast, I was curious to hear what this song sounded like in his normal voice. Though I think this is a close estimate, I couldn’t find any of his live vocals to compare. 

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& i never want to have to beg for anyone’s time again in my life.

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I have extremely curly hair and I personally couldn't get through carve the mark. It made me uncomfortable but now people are using your words to excuse calling someone looking like me a savage. Why would you do this? I look up to you but you just gave people license to silence me while being derogatory towards me. What am I supposed to do now?

So I am going to try to address what you saidin as honest a way as possible. 

When I wrote the post, Iwas trying to do the opposite of silencing. I felt like people assumed all POCthink exactly the same, and I was trying to say “We have different readings ofdifferent books and you can’t expect us all to be exactly the same. We arenot a monolith.” 

But we all know thatintent doesn’t always matter when harm is caused. In my frustration at the anonwho posted the whole “you don’t know what racism is” thing, I did not add inthe simple statement that my experience with racism is not everyone’sexperience and vice versa. And that my reading of the book is informed by myspecific life experience of being a Pakistani American, which means, that Iwill not see what other people see or experience what they do. Tl;dr:  I do not know what it is to be a blackor native woman in this country. Their individual experiences with racism aredifferent from mine. And when it comes to a reading of a book, that matters.

I should have said that. Idid not. That failure was mine, and I am sorry. 

There is also an issuehere of allyship and what that means. Many people who I respect believethat being a good ally means staying in one’s lane, and listening to those whoare hurt, and acknowledging their pain. Clearly, being a POC doesn’tautomatically equal being a good ally. One has to actually work at it.This is something I am still learning about and trying to understand. 

I do still believe it’s important to know that POC are not a monolith. That different viewpoints exist over the same thing in different spaces, and that there will be disagreements and discussions and criticism and I believe that is how we learn and grow. 

And I realize that some peoplewill look at this post and feel irritated, because it doesn’t match theiragenda of “well a POC said they are free to have an opinion which means that I can tell everyone telling me they’ve been hurt to shove it.” To that I saythat my post was directed at people who assume all POC think the same, not atthose looking for an easy way out of a tough conversation.

And in any case, I am not here for you. I am here for the kidwho read my post and said “I thought you saw me. But you don’t.” 

I am sorry I didn’t seeyou, and that I didn’t see your pain. I will work to do better in the future.

#i'd like to see all the white authors/readers who used sabaa's post as an excuse to racism now #but of course whites only care about racism when they want to feel validated

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Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2

It's #DiversityThursday! Let's discuss diverse books in Diversity Spotlight Thursday :)

Diversity Spotlight Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Aimal @ Bookshelves and Paperbacks. It consists on choosing every week, one book for each of the three categories: A Diverse Book You Have Read and Enjoyed, A Diverse Book on Your TBR, and A Diverse Book that Has Not Yet Been Released. This is supposed to be a way to give diverse books the much needed spotlight. Hopefully we can all find new…

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Mosquitoland by David Arnold [Review]: Messy and Problematic

Review: A Messy and Problematic Book You Should Avoid

Having read and fallen in love with David Arnold’s other book, Kids of Appetite, I’ve got to say that reading this book is a huge disappointment. I’m glad this wasn’t the first book I picked up by him because I’m pretty sure it would have been my last. What this book got wrong: The protagonist. Mim Malone is… she’s unlikable. Not the in the “so unlikable she actually turns likable” way, but in…

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#book review #david arnold #mosquitoland

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Diverse Kindle Books You Can Get for $6 (USD) or Less!

Diverse Kindle Books You Can Get for $6 (USD) or Less!

Hi everyone! Ever since following more accounts on Twitter that advocate for diversity in books, I’ve seen some people complain that diverse titles are difficult to get a hold of, or too expensive (since most of them are self published). I really think it’s important to read diversely, so over the past couple of weeks I’ve been compiling a list of different diverse kindle titles that are super…

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The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig [Review]: Time Traveling Pirates... AND HEISTS!

Check out my review of The Girl from Everywhere by @HeidiHeilig! @EpicReads

The Girl from Everywhere really deserves more hype. I didn’t expect much from it when I picked it up, because most people weren’t really talking about it at the time. However, I was quickly engrossed into the storyline thanks to the brilliant time travel aspect and the spectacular writing. Nix and her father’s crew travel through time and space using maps. If there’s a map, be it of a real of…

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#heidi heilig #the girl from everywhere

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The Blazing Star by Imani Josey [Review]: Let's Go On A Trip...

Check out my review of The Blazing Star by Imani Josey!

“You’re in Egypt, Portia. Ancient Egypt.” Starting out The Blazing Star, I wasn’t really sure what I was expecting. This book is basically about a girl who’s in a time that’s not her own and that discovers some things that’ll change her life. It has time travel and fantasy, and while it has some structural issues, I think it’s worth a read. This book is immensely character driven. Portia is the…

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On Loving "Evil" Characters: A Discussion

Can a character do bad things and still be likable? I write this post as I’m in the middle of reading The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. One of my absolutely favorite characters is The Darkling. I won’t go into much detail, but what I’ll tell you is that The Darkling is evil, twisted, wicked, dangerous, and terrifying. However, I love him. I proclaim myself darkling trash™ on Twitter all the…

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*mandatory new year new me post*

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#ugh i love her #hot damn

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date someone who avoids the holes so you sleep fine in the car and curses their government for not using their taxes to fill holes with more cement

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Love each other.

#i love jonas okay #i hate my life

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(✿ ♥‿♥) 

#my girls #skam

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Cinder: So what you’re saying is you can’t explain it.

Thorne: I did explain it!

Cinder: No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format.