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“I, too, feel the need to reread the books I have already read,“ a third reader says, “but at every rereading I seem to be reading a new book, for the first time. Is it I who keep changing and seeing new things of which I was not previously aware? Or is reading a construction that assumes form, assembling a great number of variables, and therefore something that cannot be repeated twice according to the same pattern? Every time I seek to relive the emotion of a previous reading, I experience different and unexpected impressions, and do not find again those of before. At certain moments it seems to me that between one reading and the next there is a progression: in the sense, for example, of penetrating further into the spirit of the text, or of increasing my critical detachment. At other moments, on the contrary, I seem to retain the memory of the readings of a single book one next to another, enthusiastic or cold or hostile, scattered in time without a perspective, without a thread that ties them together. The conclusion I have reached is that reading is an operation without object; or that its true object is itself. The book is an accessory aid, or even a pretext.”

— Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

#Italo Calvino #Quotes #just got this book it's been on my to read list for a while

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Do you ever talk to your mutuals?

not really i just post things and hope they fall in love with me

#Tumblr

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artists on tumblr stop fukcing lying to yourselves you never draw those sticks and circles when you sketch stuff out you just die and you know it

#lawful/true neutral #Tag meme #Art things

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#Trying to draw that stupid man's bangs #Art things

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Maybe this is just me but I am really surprised that 2023 was the first time a lot of people heard about Palestine because 2021 was when settlers tried expelling Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah - this then escalated to the IOF attacking Palestinians in Al Aqsa and throughout the country (almost 300 Palestinians in Gaza were killed and thousands were injured) - there were massive protests all over the world in response. 2021 really laid the foundations for everything that is happening now but it surprises me how little people actually mention the uprising then or were even aware it was happening.

#Palestine

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

#Polls #oh wow? pleasantly surprised by the results so far

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what does it mean if people keep tagging my personal posts harry dubois

#Disco Elysium

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#Beyoncé #fitia.fm

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reblog for bigger sample size

#Fanfiction #Polls #My bookmarks basically always function as recs #and when I actually use the recs function it's like... super rec

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#Polls #Dungeon Meshi is just everywhere but I've watched IWTV and I hate the way y'all talk about Lestat so definitely them

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Hadi Rahnaward: 'Fragile Balance' (2023) rug sculpture created with matches

#Art

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Something I always find bizarre is when people mention something along the lines of "You always act like your opinions are correct and everyone else is wrong" as like. A moral or personal flaw. Because like. I'm pretty sure that's just how opinions work.

#To be fair I think the idea behind that sentiment is just ''You're annoyingly stubborn'' but phrased perhaps a bit inaccurately #Tumblr

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redraw of the coolest tkb panel literally ever

#Yu-Gi-Oh #Thief King Bakura

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✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

#Music #Polls #the first time I heard this song was from that sharks thread you know the one

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Sorry for being incapable of answering a question without like 900 "It dependssss" prefaces. Unfortunately too many things depend on too many things

#Me

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Yes this poll is very biased in favor of North America lol

#Polls #Teletoon and Treehouse lol

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Ngl I think I hate performative girlbossification of female characters more than I hate people not including said female characters in their fan content. Actually I don't care at all if they're indifferent to her. Who gives a fuck. Like I'd respect it more if they're like "ngl I just don't give a shit about her" with their whole chest, rather than being like "OMG I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! She's perfect, she's best girl, she kicks ass [never talks about her ever and only includes her as a prop to examine the male characters they DO like]" just because they're scared of getting called misogynistic. Like if you know in your heart that this character means nothing to you and you know you're not gonna do her justice, might as well just leave her out. But attempts to shoehorn her in, using your 2015-feminist style characterization is so weak, man.

#Fandom #Misogyny #AA fans talking about Dahlia and Franziska dfshjkfsdhjhskfdj