#americanah

[asexual-juliet]

i did have feelings for you. they weren’t the right ones, but i promise i did.

i am not okay with this (2020) // chimamanda ngozi adichie, americanah // boygenius, “bite the hand”

#web weaving #webweaving #i am not okay with this #ianowt #sydney novak #stanley barber #americanah #chimamanda ngozi adichie #boygenius #phoebe bridgers #julien baker #lucy dacus #queer tag #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #aromantic #aro tag

[quotespile]

They never said “I don’t know.” They said, instead, “I’m not sure,” which did not give any information but still suggested the possibility of knowledge.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

#literature #quotes #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Americanah #quote #books #lit

[iristhemuse]

What if I read 20 books this year?

What would I read? Good question.

The Illiad(honorary mention)

The Odyssey(honorary mention)

Mito ,Furio Jesi

Memorie del Sottosuolo,Dostoesvkij

Quantum in Pictures

Madame Bovary

1984

Il piccolo principe

Edda ,Snorri

Il conflitto arabo-israeliano

Quand tu écouteras cette chanson

Brave New World

Tempestade de Guerra

Trono destruido

Indagine sul Ventennio

The Lord of the Flies

Dracula

Frankenstein

Animal Farm

Fahrenheit 451

Mariella Zoppi , In giardino

Americanah

(yes there are books in 4 different languages here, sue me.)

#always reading #reading #to read in 2024 #long reads #book #goodreads #reading challenge #books #bookblr #bookworm #bookish #books & libraries #booklr #books and reading #currently reading #Americanah #Dracula #frankenstein #fahrenheit 451 #animal farm #orwell 1984 #george orwell #books to read #non fiction #the lord of the flies #Homer #The Illiad #the odyssey #Myths #fyodor dosteovsky

[oppression-olympics-blog]

Check out this post… "The Silent Leaders: Black Women as the Backbone of All Movements".

New blog post!

#feminism #social justice #black women #womenempowerment #women #gender #race and politics #racisim #black history #black lives matter #blog #blogger #social justice blog #intersectionality #intersectional politics #intersectional feminism #Americanah #chimamanda ngozi adichie #america

[quotessentially]

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

#quote #quotes #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Americanah #words #books #literature

[bookfirstlinetourney]

Round 1

Princeton, in the summer, smelled of nothing, and although Ifemelu liked the tranquil greenness of the many trees, the clean streets and stately homes, the delicately overpriced shops, and the quiet, abiding air of earned grace, it was this, the lack of a smell, that most appealed to her, perhaps because the other American cities she knew well had all smelled distinctly.

-Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Something wants to eat you,” called Almost Brilliant from her perch in a nearby tree, “and I shall not be sorry if it does.”

-The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo

Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-six years: with an idiot--in this case my brother Shaun--deciding it would be a good idea to go out and poke a zombie with a stick to see what happens.

-Newsflesh, Mira Grant

#books #polls #reading #round 1 #tournament poll #americanah #chimamanda ngozi adichie #the empress of salt and fortune #nghi vo #newsflesh #mira grant

[mostlyghostie]

Some pics of a double commission, for someone who understandably couldn’t narrow their faves down from 20

#my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #illustration #bookstack #princess bride #jsamn #americanah #hanya yanagihara #oscarwilde

[legasovas]

My Peseach book haul 2024 💜

#bookblr #non fiction #non fiction books #classic literature #ernst hemingway #sarah vaughan #chimamanda ngozi adichie #donna tartt #khalil gibran #simon sebag-montefiore #ernst jünger #bret easton ellis #rick bragg #espionage #espionage history #cold war #philosophy #philosophy books #Aristotle #friedrich nietzsche #Jerusalem #Palestine #the romanovs #the goldfinch #anatomy of a scandal #reputation #storm of steel #a farewell to arms #americanah #where i come from

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Americanah #quote #lit #books #words

[veryslowreader]

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Orange Is the New Black: "Piece of Shit"

#americanah #chimamanda ngozi adichie #orange is the new black #oitnb #adrienne c. moore

[catmint1]

I don’t want to be a sweetheart. I want to be the fucking love of your life.

—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

#quotes #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #americanah #love of your life #text

[reverie-quotes]

Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

#americanah #chimamanda ngozi adichie #cna #quotes #literary quotes #literature #writing #books #spilled ink #prose #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes

[twicedailyquotes]

Her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

#quote #quotes #chimamanda ngozi adichie #americanah #book quote

[blog-4-english-class]

Americanah first talk ._.

Alright, so first post (kinda) and I’m reading this book for my English class called Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ifemelu(mc) has a blog in the talking about everything, from race to just the little details of her life, and y’know what. I’m starting a blog too!

So, while reading I noticed the author’s use of having people care about Ifemelu’s hair. It's used as a sign of identity and her hair changes throughout the book, and it becomes more a focus the longer she’s lived in America.  In the beginning of the book, it talks about how in Nigeria her hair would always be braided, that was normal. (Hell, I thought it was normal and professional) but once in America she learns her hair needs to be relaxed and like white people's hair. straight and it’s either blonde or brown. I really feel like part of her dies when her natural hair dyes. But while she feels shame for her hair, her current partner in the book Curt loves her hair, she mentions that she is the first black woman that he’s ever been with and loves all of her; her stomach, her hips, her breasts, he sees her as beautiful, something she never even said for herself. She comments on him especially loving her hair, and how after she burns her scalp from trying to straighten it he soothes her. her hair is either seen as normal or a burden so far and to have him care is new for her and the reader,

 The symbol and importance of hair reminds me a lot of how Native American people have such a strong relationship with hair. (I’m using Navajo traditions as an example).  we all do but theirs is more spiritual and deeply connected with themselves and the world around them. It's an extension of the soul and should only be cut once after a first birthday. but once Europeans came and started to head west the trend of scalping became much more of an issue. and with residential schools’ children had to “look English” and dismiss their indigenous ancestry by keeping their hair short. The ideas of hair holding meaning is seen through every culture imaginable, and for some reason with American culture it’s to have everyone be condemned to the European standard when people should do what Court did in the book and comfort each other or themselves for the changes they feel they have to fake it to “fit in” or adhere to norms.

it feels wrong to comment on others’ cultures and traditions when I’ve only read a few articles and know what I know from this book, but I think that in Americanah there are so many minute details like Curt being some of the only positive re enforced on her appearance (same with Obinze but it’s not in the same context)  this is SO analytical it’s insane that I can’t make this more like a conversation but i just noticed how profound the similarities are in indigenous culture with hair and how america stripped it away from them and the same for Ifemelu and other black people in america having to conform to the same ideas, all this metaphorical shit about hair.

anyways guys I’ll see you soon for another little post That’ll hopefully get graded well :) -Lyd 

#assignment for school #americanah

[mmmthornton]

Why did we stop coming up with "zombie apocalypse survival plans"? We used to love doing those stupid things : ( Is it because we all experienced the horrors and the ease with which we succumb to them? Is that it?

#nowadays the only people with apocalypse survival plans define *apocalypse* as *woman being president* #just saying! #americanah

[quotessentially]

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

#quote #quotes #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Americanah #words #books #literature