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do you have any book recommendations on zionizm or israel/palestine conflict

I had a screenshot of my reading list going around for awhile but I’ve updated it since. Here’s what I have so far:

- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Ilan Pappe

- The Jewish State. Theodore Herzl

- The Iron Wall. Ze’ev Jabotinsky

- Lethal Theory. Eyal Weizman

- The Returns of Zionism: Myths, Politics and Scholarship in Israel. Gabriel Piterberg

- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History. Nur Masalha

- Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel. Gardner Thompson

- Land, Labor and the Origin of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914. Greshon Shafir

- Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948. Zachary Lockman

- The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine. Ghassan Kanafani

- Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries. Rosemary Sayigh

- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. Rashid Khalidi

- Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation. Tony Greenstein

- Zionism in the Age of Dictators. Lenni Brenner

- The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine. Edwin Black

- In the Shadow of the Holocaust: The Struggle Between Jews and Zionists in the Aftermath of World War II. Yosef Grodzinky

- What Must Be Forgotten: The Survival of Yiddish in Zionist Palestine. Yael Chaver

- Hebrew Fascism in Palestine, 1922-1942. Dan Tamir

- The Jewish Radical Right: Revisionist Zionism and its Ideological Legacy. Eran Kaplan

- The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir. Lenni Brenner

- The Making of Israeli Militarism; War Over Peace: One Hundred Years of Israel’s Militaristic Nationalism. Uri Ben-Eliezer

- Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country - And Why They Make Peace. Patrick Tyler

- The Dark Side of Zionism: Israel’s Quest for Security Through Dominance. Baylis Thomas

- Evangelicals and Israel: The Story of American Christian Zionism. Stephan Spector

- Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation. Eyal Weizman

- Israel: A Settler Colonial State. Maxime Rodinson

- Israel and Settler Society. Lorenzo Veracini

- Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism. M. Shahid Alam

- Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion. Nur Masalha

- The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. Avi Shlaim

- War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification. Jeff Halper

- Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair. Jonathan Cook

- The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Across the World. Antony Loewenstein

- Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel: The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation by Riad Nassar

- We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. Rachel Shabi

- On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements. Ella Shohat

- The Mizrahi Era of Rebellion: Israel’s Forgotten Civil Rights Struggle 1948-1966. Bryan Roby

- Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Makings of a Movement. Angela Davis

- Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine. Ran Greenstein

- Rebels Against Zion: Studies on Jewish Left Anti-Zionism. Jack Ross

- Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine

- After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine. Antony Loewenstein, Ahmed Moor

- Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State. Jeff Halper

- Zionism from the Standpoint of its Victims (1979). Edward Said

- Sephardim in Israel: Zionism from the Standpoint of its Jewish Victims (1988). Social Text. Ella Shohat

- Zionism’s Internal Others: Israel and the Oriental Jews (1996). Journal of Palestine Studies. Joseph Massad

- The Great Chain of Orientalism: Jewish Identity, Stigma Management, and Ethnic Exclusion in Israel (2003). American Sociological Review. Aziza Khazzoom

- Zionism in National Socialist Jewish Policy in Germany, 1933-39 (1978). The Journal of Modern History. Francis Nicosia

- Ethnoreligious Fundamentalism and Theoethnocratic Politics in Israel (2014). Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. Nissim Leon

- The Hebrew Reconquista of Palestine: From the 1947 United Nations Partition to the First Zionist Congress in 1897 (2009). Journal of Palestine Studies. Walid Khalidi

- Settler Colonialism and the State of Exception: The Example of Palestine/Israel (2012). Settler Colonial Studies. David Lloyd

- The Surrogate Colonization of Palestine, 1917-1939 (1989). American Ethnologist. Scott Atran

- Zionism and Imperialism: The Historical Origins (1977). Journal of Palestine Studies. Abdul-Wahab Kayyali

- The Political Economy of Israel’s Demand for Palestinian Labor (1998). Third World Quarterly. Ali Kadri, Malcolm McMillen

- The Political Economy of Israeli Occupation: What is Colonial About It? (2008). Electronic Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Leila Farsakh

- Communism versus Zionism: The Comintern, Yishuvism, and the Palestine Communist Party (2007). Journal of Palestine Studies. Johan Franzen

- The Nakba Did Not Start or End in 1948 (2017). Al-jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948

- Zionism, Anti-Semitism and Colonialism (2012). Joseph Massad. Al-jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/12/24/zionism-anti-semitism-and-colonialism/

- Anti-blackness and the Core Logic of Zionism (2017). Devyn Springer. Mondoweiss. https://mondoweiss.net/2017/10/blackness-logic-zionism/

- Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It (2018). Medhi Hasan, Dina Sayedahmed. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/

- Zionist Role in 1950s Attacks on Iraqi Jews ‘Confirmed’ by Operative and Police Report (2023). Rayhan Uddin. Middle East Eye. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-jews-attacks-zionist-role-confirmed-operative-police-report

- How Benjamin Netanyahu Became a Holocaust Revisionist (2018). Anshel Pfeffer. Ha’aretz [Zionist publication] https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2018-12-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-netanyahu-became-a-holocaust-revisionist/0000017f-ded1-d3ff-a7ff-fff1b72a0000

- Scholars Call Bullshit on Netanyahu’s Speech Blaming Palestinians for the Holocaust (2015). Avi Asher-Schapiro. Vice News. https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb83gm/scholars-call-bullshit-on-netanyahus-speech-blaming-palestinian-for-the-holocaust

- Trump Accuses ‘Liberal Jews’ of Voting to ‘Destroy America and Israel’ in Rosh Hashanah Message (2023). Summer Concepcion. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-goes-liberal-jews-israel-rosh-hashanah-message-rcna105540

- Majorie Taylor Greene Calls Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Protest an ‘Insurrection’ (2023). Heather Hunter. MSN News. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-israel-gaza-ceasefire-protest-an-insurrection/ar-AA1itAHG

- Government Said to Use Canary Mission Blacklist to Bar Visitors (2018). The Times of Israel [Zionist publication]. https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-said-to-use-canary-mission-blacklist-to-bar-visitors/

- Jewish Establishment Needs to Take on ‘Islamo-leftist’ Jews Who Are Undermining Israel’s Security - Zionist Thinktank (2022). Phillip Weiss. Mondoweiss. https://mondoweiss.net/2022/01/jewish-establishment-needs-to-take-on-islamo-leftist-jews-who-are-undermining-israels-security-zionist-thinktank/

- Israel Lobby Group ADL Rehabilitates Hitler’s Accomplices in Ukraine (2022). Ali Abunimah. The Electronic Intifida. https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-lobby-group-adl-rehabilitates-hitlers-accomplices-ukraine/35021

- San Francisco Federation Funds Far Right U.S. Groups, Not Just Canary Mission (2018). Allison Kepler Sommer. The Forward. https://forward.com/israel/411787/san-francisco-federation-funds-far-right-us-groups-not-just-canary-mission/

- Israel is Arming Neo-Nazis in Ukraine (2018). Asa Winstanley. The Electronic Intifada. https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-arming-neo-nazis-ukraine/24876

- Israel is Still Arming Ukraine’s Nazis (2022). Asa Winstanley. The Electronic Intifada. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/israel-still-arming-ukrainian-nazis

- Anti-Semitism and Orthodoxy in the Age of Trump (2019). Eliyahu Stern. Tablet Magazine [Zionist publication] https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/anti-semitism-orthodoxy-trump

- The New Heimish Populism (2020). Joshua Leifer. Jewish Currents. https://jewishcurrents.org/the-new-heimish-populism

#ref #book list

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Things that will make your computer meaningfully faster:

Replacing a HDD with an SSD

Adding RAM

Graphics cards if you're nasty

Uninstalling resource hogs like Norton or McAfee (if you're using Windows then the built-in Windows Security is perfectly fine; if you're using a mac consider bitdefender as a free antivirus or eset as a less resource intensive paid option)

Customizing what runs on startup for your computer

Things that are likely to make internet browsing specifically meaningfully faster:

Installing firefox and setting it up with ublock origin

adding the Auto Tab Discard extension to firefox to sleep unused tabs so that they aren't constantly reloading

Closing some fucking tabs bud I'm sorry I know it hurts I'm guilty of this too

Things that will make your computer faster if you are actually having a problem:

Running malwarebytes and shutting down any malicious programs it finds.

Correcting disk utilization errors

Things that will make your computer superficially faster and may slightly improve your user experience temporarily:

Clearing cache and cookies on your browser

Restarting the computer

Changing your screen resolution

Uninstalling unused browser extensions

Things that do not actually make your computer faster:

Deleting files

Registry cleaners

Defragging your drive

Passively wishing that your computer was faster instead of actually just adding more fucking RAM.

This post is brought to you by the lady with the 7-year-old laptop that she refuses to leave overnight for us to run scans on or take apart so that we can put RAM in it and who insists on coming by for 30-minute visits hoping we can make her computer faster.

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I wish kinky sex ed wasn't so stigmatized even among left-leaning "sex positive" circles. Everyone's all "uwu I'm a sub I'll do anything you ask" okay mommy wants you to read The New Bottoming Book so you learn how to sub without hurting yourself since your sex ed up to this point is porn and your ex boyfriend Jared who liked to choke you incorrectly

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Senpai says you’re welcome

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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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yall look at this shit ad*be is tryna pull now on ppl who have outdated software:

(note for context: i’m all for piracy, but in this case my copy of CS6 was downloaded years ago when they were giving it away to students. i got it totally legally.)

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gonna post my entire stickman reaction pic collection

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people NEED to stop gatekeeping making music like ohhhh i don’t have an instrument ohhhhh i don’t know music theory ohhhhh i’m not gonna pay for some program. SHUT UP. take my hand.

you need NONE of that shit!!!!! there’s a website called beepbox.co. literally all you have to do is press things until it sounds a modicum of nice. it’s easy it’s free and it works on anything which has a browser because it’s a website.

if even ONE person starts making music bc of this post it will be worth it.

making bad music is just as important and okay as it is to write badly or draw badly or sing badly. you AREN’T BEHOLDEN TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC. making music is not utilitarian HAVE FUN. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!

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Things I look for in history books:

🟩 Green flags - probably solid 🟩

Has the book been published recently? Old books can still be useful, but it's good to have more current scholarship when you can.

The author is either a historian (usually a professor somewhere), or in a closely related field. Or if not, they clearly state that they are not a historian, and encourage you to check out more scholarly sources as well.

The author cites their sources often. Not just in the bibliography, I mean footnotes/endnotes at least a few times per page, so you can tell where specific ideas came from. (Introductions and conclusions don't need so many citations.)

They include both ancient and recent sources.

They talk about archaeology, coins and other physical items, not just book sources.

They talk about the gaps in our knowledge, and where historians disagree.

They talk about how historians' views have evolved over time. Including biases like sexism, Eurocentrism, biased source materials, and how each generation's current events influenced their views of history.

The author clearly distinguishes between what's in the historical record, versus what the author thinks or speculates. You should be able to tell what's evidence, and what's just their opinion.

(I personally like authors who are opinionated, and self-aware enough to acknowledge when they're being biased, more than those who try to be perfectly objective. The book is usually more fun that way. But that's just my personal taste.)

Extra special green flag if the author talks about scholars who disagree with their perspective and shows the reader where they can read those other viewpoints.

There's a "further reading" section where they recommend books and articles to learn more.

🟨 Yellow flags - be cautious, and check the book against more reliable ones 🟨

No citations or references, or references only listed at the end of a chapter or book.

The author is not a historian, classicist or in a related field, and does not make this clear in the text.

When you look up the book, you don't find any other historians recommending or citing it, and it's not because the book is very new.

Ancient sources like Suetonius are taken at face value, without considering those sources' bias or historical context.

You spot errors the author or editor really should've caught.

🟥 Red flags - beware of propaganda or bullshit 🟥

The author has a politically charged career (e.g. controversial radio host, politician or activist) and historical figures in the book seem to fit the same political paradigm the author uses for current events.

Most historians think the book is crap.

Historical figures portrayed as entirely heroic or villainous.

Historical peoples are portrayed as generally stupid, dirty, or uncaring.

The author romanticizes history or argues there has been a "cultural decline" since then. Author may seem weirdly angry or bitter about modern culture considering that this is supposed to be a history book.

The author treats "moral decline" or "degeneracy" as actual cultural forces that shape history. These and the previous point are often reactionary dogwhistles.

The author attributes complex problems to a single bad group of people. This, too, is often a cover for conspiracy theories, xenophobia, antisemitism, or other reactionary thinking. It can happen with both left-wing and right-wing authors. Real history is the product of many interacting forces, even random chance.

The author attempts to justify awful things like genocide, imperialism, slavery, or rape. Explaining why they happened is fine, but trying to present them as good or "not that bad" is a problem.

Stereotypes for an entire nation or culture's personality and values. While some generalizations may be unavoidable when you have limited space to explain something, groups of people should not be treated as monoliths.

The author seems to project modern politics onto much earlier eras. Sometimes, mentioning a few similarities can help illustrate a point, but the author should also point out the limits of those parallels. Assigning historical figures to modern political ideologies is usually misleading, and at worst, it can be outright propaganda.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. "Big theory" books like Guns, Germs and Steel often resort to cherry-picking and making errors because it's incredibly hard for one author to understand all the relevant evidence. Others, like 1421, may attempt to overturn the historical consensus but end up misusing some very sparse or ambiguous data. Look up historians' reviews to see if there's anything in books like this, or if they've been discredited.

There are severe factual errors like Roman emperors being placed out of order, Cleopatra building the pyramids, or an army winning a battle it actually lost.

When in doubt, my favorite trick is to try to read two books on the same subject, by two authors with different views. By comparing where they agree and disagree, you can more easily overcome their biases, and get a fuller picture.

(Disclaimer - I'm not a historian or literary analyst; these are just my personal rules of thumb. But I figured they might be handy for others trying to evaluate books. Feel free to add points you think I missed or got wrong.)

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A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.

There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. 

Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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@Fanfic writers:

My friend send me this link, is a series on a profile on Ao3 (tumblr) that has different tutorials to insert things to fanfics via html code, I thought I would share bc it’s really cool

Lists of tutorials:

How to make images fit in mobile browsers

This is a tutorial/live example on how to make large images fit on mobile browsers but remain normal size on desktop browsers.

How to mimic letters, fliers, and stationery without using images

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic the look of letters, fliers, and stationery (as well as other forms of written media) without using images. For all your epistolary fic needs.

How to make a “choose your own adventure” Fic

This is a tutorial/live example on how to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" fic. While this has been explained before (see here), this particular tutorial shows you how to use a work skin to hide the next parts from the reader until they click through to get to them.

How to make linked footnotes on Ao3

This is a live example of how an author can create linked footnotes in their work with only a little bit of HTML and no workskins required. This is best viewed by clicking "Entire Work". While I've included the actual coding in bold and italic once you click "Hide Creator's Style", there's a more detailed explanation here.

How to change text on Ao3 when the cursor is hovering over it (or clicked on mobile)

This a tutorial/live example on how to have text change or appear once a cursor is hovering over it. Helpful for pop-up spoilers, language translations, quick author's notes, etc.

How to mimic author’s notes and Kudos/Comment buttons

Anonymous on tumblr: do you have a skin that would mimic the author’s notes and review/kudos buttons section from the end of a fic? the desired effect being that the fic could go on after the “end” of the fic, so after the author’s notes and review/kudos buttons

Here's a tutorial/live example to do just that, with some of the buttons actually functioning. I'll explain more inside!

How to wrap text around images

This is a tutorial/live example on how to align images to the left or right of the screen and have text wrap around them.

How to mimic email windows

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic email windows on AO3 without the need to use images.

How to make ios text messages on Ao3

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic iOS text messages on AO3 without the need to use images. There's also a chapter on how to have emojis displayed on AO3 as well.

How to make Customized page deviders

Bored with the default page dividers? This is a tutorial/live example on how customize your page dividers with no images needed (though I do show you how you could use images if you wanted to do such a thing).

How to make invisible text (That can be highlighted)

This is a live example how to make invisible text that can only be seen by highlighting the text. Tutorial is included in text, and you can always leave comments about questions you may have.

MOBILE USERS: Sadly, this probably won't work for you, since highlighting in a mobile browser is different than web. I've tried correcting this, but have yet to find a solution.

How to make a rounded playlist

Original coding and design is from layouttest. I make no claims for it, just tweaked it so it will work on AO3.

How to create notebook lined paper on Ao3

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of lined notebook paper in their work. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

Sticky notes on Ao3 without using images

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of sticky notes (aka Post-Its) in their fic. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

How to make deadpool’s thinking thinking boxes on Ao3

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of Deadpool's thinking boxes in their fic. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

How to make newspaper articles on Ao3

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of a newspaper article in their work. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

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pssssst hey. hey. free and expansive database of folk and fairy tales. you can thank me later

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I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship

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Happilyfeatherafter’s ficrec Fridays

Good friday y'all. Welcome back to a new fortnight of fics that I’ve read and loved recently. I took my first holiday of the year and IMMEDIATELY caught a cold that knocked me out for the week but at least it meant I got reading done. Save me, destiel, save me.

If you want to find more you can see my previous rec lists here!

29 March 2024

virga(e) by @shineforthee (art by @neversleepuntilfive) has gone straight to the top of the favourite fics ever pile, oh my god you guys, please read it immediately and admire the art that inspired it as part of @deancasreversebang. This fic is a thing of beauty from start to finish. In one version of the story of Dean and Cas, we find Castiel perpetually waiting in the desert, when a 26 year old Dean stumbles upon him drawn to the location mid-hunt. They must learn to trust each other, to figure out what's causing the push and pull that bonds them. The poetry of this fic, run through with this yearning devastating emotion on their journey together, coupled with the incredibly evocatively descriptions and research into the setting, come together to make the most gorgeous picture, the desert a place that seems desolate but is teeming with life. Much like the slowburn romance that flourishes between them. It also links back to post-canon in a way that is seeded so carefully and cleverly, and made my heart explode. It's funny, romantic, devastating, emotional, moving....I can't do justice to this fic with such a short snapshot, please read it for yourselves and come yell at me about it. It's so beautiful. shineforthee also has a great 9x06 fanfic gap one shot and an ongoing wip now too and I can't wait to read that! (Somehow need any more convincing? Check out @bloodydeanwinchester's Virga(e) liveblog).

It's all very complex by artichokeflower okay that was all very serious, so let's turn to a short and sweet smut fic that had me giggling gleefully throughout. 'After walking in on Dean's private time, Cas decides to do a little research and experimentation of his own and gets magically trapped in a book about sexual fantasies. And if that means Dean has to go in after him, well what are buddies for, right?' The thing that is just GOLDEN about this fic aside from the hot smut is the dry sense of humour, borderline French Mistake parody level porn and dialogue between Dean and especially Cas which just gets them so well...the cowboy scenes in particular. Glorious: “I’m sorry, Dean. That’s the end of the erotic violence. Are you hurt?” “Is there going to be any sex in your sexy fantasies?” Dean wheezed. “Not that the whole shoot out wasn’t fun. I just wasn’t expecting as much plot is all.” He coughed. That had probably sounded too eager.

Just Being and Just Having by Englandwouldfall I have recced before but is now complete!! This the post-canon fic series delves so incredibly beautifully into Dean and Cas’ history of miscommunication and gives them the chance to truly talk things out, finding themselves falling more deeply in love as they do so and understand their own mistakes but also what makes them work so well together when they’re no longer under Chuck’s thumb. Each chapter feels like therapy and a brain and heart massage! It sticks the landing so well and I just love these boys so much.

Something Happening Somewhen by @allthismusic (art by @eggchef) aaaahhh time travel young Dean brought to the future to meet older Dean and Cas fic trope my beloved. A @deancaspinefest fic, Allthismusic is a fan of the trope too and this fic is a gorgeous tribute to it and the fics that came before. Cas saves 24yo Dean from an accident and brings him to the future when he witnesses what his life will be. Will Cas have to remove his memories to stop a paradox? Sweet and heartfelt, a joy to read.

Books, Pies, and Roommates by @seidenapfel (art by @kitshay) is a @deancaspinefest two-person love hexagon, with some excellently farcical misdirection. Cas moves in to the spare room of Dean's house, but he doesn't meet him, he meets Sam, as Dean is busy working. Cas is professor but helps his cousin out as a barista and his favourite customer is Deano. Dean's intrigued by the barista but he's not his online penpal and best friend Angel. Lines blur, connections are made, and hearts are gonna get broken...or are they?

Tag list under the cut, let me know if you'd like to be added!

@dean-you-assbutt-cas-loves-you

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I wish kinky sex ed wasn't so stigmatized even among left-leaning "sex positive" circles. Everyone's all "uwu I'm a sub I'll do anything you ask" okay mommy wants you to read The New Bottoming Book so you learn how to sub without hurting yourself since your sex ed up to this point is porn and your ex boyfriend Jared who liked to choke you incorrectly