I hope you'll enjoy the minimal amount of effort I've spent on this blog's appearance.
Don't hesitate to send me headcanons if you want me to write something about them.
Andal, "Noisy Among the Shenbaka Flowers" (trans. A. K. Ramanujan) // Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, "Ophelia" (trans. Barbara Bogoczek & Tony Howard) // Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves // Richard Siken, "Seaside Improvisation" // James Patterson, The Angel Experiment // Renée Vivien, "The Ransom" (trans. Mary Anne Caws) // @haru38485696 on Twitter // Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters
Hot take: Actual literary analysis requires at least as much skill as writing itself, with less obvious measures of whether or not you’re shit at it, and nobody is allowed to do any more god damn litcrit until they learn what the terms “show, don’t tell” and “pacing” mean.
if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!
if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.
and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:
direct help for two Palestinians in Gaza who are in need of urgent medical attention
Hi all, I am posting on behalf of my beloved friend's acquaintance, who is doing a gofundme to help her two surviving sisters; Both of whom are gravely injured. This is a gofundme to help two women leave Gaza and enter Egypt to receive necessary medical attention.
I have a platform here on tumblr with a stable following, and it would be incredible if we could somehow get this page to trend, because rn, They need 50k euro to both leave Gaza and receive treatment in Egypt, and as of January 6, 2024 the donations have only amounted to 400 or so euro.
english text from the page:
During the war in Gaza, our family's house was subjected to bombing and destruction, resulting in the tragic loss of my father, brother, and his daughter. Additionally, my sisters, Duaa and Dina, sustained serious injuries. Unfortunately, the necessary medical treatment is not available in Gaza, so we need your assistance to transport them to Cairo for treatment.
The cost of leaving Gaza and securing the required medical treatment is approximately 50,000 euros. We all hope for your response and support to save their lives.
If you see this, PLEASE rb! I'm anxious that tumblr will hide this post, when the more people who see this post, the more help we can get! Thank you so much, everyone!!
and there you have it! this is a statement by palestinian journalist muhammad smiry.
he is based in gaza and has been documenting life in gaza for the past 72 days. people in gaza themselves are saying that protesting and boycotting make a difference. so we have no excuses to question the validity and effectiveness of these actions.
HERE ARE ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP
HERE IS A LIST OF THINGS TO BOYCOTT
GO HERE TO FIND A PROTEST NEAR YOU!
please do all that you can to help. we need to increase pressure. we need to keep fighting this injustice. we need to stop this genocide and occupation. remember, the world leaders may not believe in a democracy, but this world is a democracy by its very nature. we are being led to believe that we have no power, but we do!
the power is always with the people. this is just another way to oppress all of us by making us believe we are helpless. we are not! we need to keep voicing up. keep fighting.
Hi, I came over here from ao3 and I wanted to ask if you're still working of 'of novelists and stray dogs'? It's such an amazing story and I love your writing! It's one of the longer fics I actually read very quickly because I was so excited to see how things develop!
Hi !
I'm glad you liked my story ! I'm working on another fanfic at the moment for NaNoWriMo but I'd like to keep posting chapter for 'Of Novelists and Stray Dogs'.
It might take a while since I'm not the fastest when it comes to writing and I have other projects I also work on but I'll try to post another chapter before the end of the year.
(Am I going to regret this declaration, most likely but o well).