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"Did you think you were special?"

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“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”

— T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

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the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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““The mannerisms that help define gender - the way in which people walk,swing their hips, gesture with their hands, move their mouths and eyes when they talk, take up space - are all based upon how non disabled people move…The construct of gender depends not only upon the male body and female body, but also on the non disabled body.””

— Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

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what is your holy trinity of fruits

#plum #lychee #green grapes

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one must imagine sisyphus bouncing on it and moaning

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Regulus always knew how to use the tie ♡

I love this two so so so much ♡

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i can't do this anymore! i mean i can, and i will, obviously. but i can't fucking do this anymore!

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terms that jean uses for neil in the sunshine court:

tiny bastard

tedious malcontent

abominable cockroach

wayward child

rabid little Fox

wretched little runaway

ignorant child

miserable wretch

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Jean: I don't believe in therapy and some random shrink lady isn't gonna help.

*a few moments later after he remembers that Betsy is therapist to Neil, Kevin and Andrew*

Jean: well I still don't believe in therapy but I low key respect her because no one else can deal with those difficult personalities and not go insane

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casually ordering a hit on one of jean’s abusers and being willing to pay any price for it and then simply going about his day, all with jean sitting right there, is probably just about the sexiest thing neil josten has ever done

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Neil "I'm fine" Josten. Jean "I deserve it" Moreau. You get it.

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TSC SPOILERS

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The abuse Jean went through at The Nest is really hitting me, honestly harder then the stuff in AFTG. I think it’s mainly because how outsiders see it. Like there never any questions about consent in AFTG bc it was so glaringly assault.

However in TSC there are these rumors spreading about Jean “sleeping his way to the top” and the Ravens had this open secret of him “fucking the defensive line.” That is what people learn first and it’s a very realistic portrayal of how sexual assault is viewed.

Thea saying “don’t tell me you’re up to your old tricks again” is HEARTBREAKING. So you knew a 16 year old was up to this and you didn’t stop to consider it wasn’t his choice?? BFFR

Riko knew what he was doing , sending Jean to their rooms and not making it so much of a spectacle. The discretion made it look more consensual, esp when his age (16!!!) did make the Ravens uncomfortable. Riko did that to undermine Jean, or else him joining the line at 16 could be seen more impressive bc of his skill.

Obviously theres a the cult mindset, people knowing where not to look and not question but even outside the nest it’s so prevalent. The slut shaming and the rumors and the judgement (FUCK LUCAS FR!!!) are so real. Ppl being like “no let’s not look at his child, this actual minor, and place our concern there. Let’s fucking blame him instead” AHHHHH

And for it to keep being brought up years later. Like besides Zane’s betrayal, the sexual abuse that we know of stopped THREE YEARS before Jean joined USC. And ppl will not stoping bringing it up! Lucas cannot keep his goddamn mouth shut! Jean doesn’t want to talk about it. Jean would have basically moved on but PEOPLE WONT LET IT GOOOO

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SPOILERS AHEAD

third and last part of my highlights to the funniest parts in this book. I'll wait for a bit until I post my thoughts further on the more serious topics or quotes this one had to offer, but for now enjoy Nora's comedic acts of silliness through the gore and pain

I also inserted all the pages in as many as I could, so you could look it up later if that would be something you'd want

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Okay but the fact that AFTG, a selfpublished bookseries, therefore without any official advertising whatsoever, has been trending almost constantly for the last, like, five days!? And frequently at first place!? A feat several well advertised tv-series can't pull off!? Incredible. These books are so genuinely loved that it has spread from person to person without any help from a publisher. That is truly remarkable. Well done Nora!

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they are perfectly normal