#equal rites

[lunocura]

It was a horrible feeling to find things in your head and not know how they fitted.

-Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites.

#this quote is #very gender To Me #terry pratchett #discworld #equal rites

[helendamnationx]

The thing about Equal Rites is, it's not just a book about how girls can do anything boys can do, and the only thing trying to stop her is meanie old men. It's about how girls can do anything boys can do, I suppose, if she really must, though I* can't see why she wants to.

It's about shaking off gender essentialism, not deciding who someone can and can't be as soon as you see their newborn baby genitals, and adults not telling kids to be who they "should" be instead of who they really are... while also being really super clear that the traditionally male-dominated path isn't inherently better, it's just better paid.

It explores Granny's position of trying to hold Esk back from becoming a wizard, stemming not from thinking that girls aren't smart enough or that they should only be wives and mothers, but from a contempt for the flashy and self-important ways of wizards and belief that the more domestic and practical sphere of witchcraft is more important and better. It's a pretty accurate depiction of the way some older women enforcing gender roles think.

I suppose the book is more of a critique of the whole women's intuition/men's intelligence nonsense dichotomy, as well as a reminder not to cling too eagerly to the patriarchy's priorities in the search for equality.

Men aren't better at "jommetry" than women. But "jommetry" isn't more difficult or important than Granny Weatherwax's practical, rural skills - herbcraft, midwifery, caring for and understanding goats and bees, managing people, and so on.

Sir Terry never got on with the assembly lines of formal education, which is probably an important thing to bear in mind when reading this book.

*Granny Weatherwax

#discworld #equal rites #I'm posting this even though I'm not that far into the reread and was a child the last time I read it #Terry's take is as - always - nuanced & thought out and unique #it's also very important to remember that it was written in the 80's #that's the social context it was written in. that's the attitudes it's exploring

[bakedbakermom]

why is the librarian my absolute favorite

(also he can be bribed with bananas)

#discworld #terry pratchett #equal rites #kiddo is going to love this one

[asparklethatisblue]

Eskarina Smith, the disc's first female wizard~

Finished Equal Rites the other day and Esk is adorable ;3;

#eskarina smith #granny weatherwax #equal rites #discworld #my art

[pourablecat]

Eskarina! She ends up looking a bit like Granny, due to convergent evolution.

Esk: You've missed my BA graduation, my wedding, my MA graduation, my baby shower, my husband's funeral, my PHD graduation, not to mention every single one of my son's football matches. I am disowning you as my mother figure.

Granny, who was in a 15-year time skip: Your what?

#discworld #discworld fanart #gnu terry pratchett #eskarina smith #granny weatherwax #esmerelda weatherwax #I always wondered what would happen if they ever met #and what soured relations between Esk and all the other witches #Esk: I wrote to you every month for 15 years and you never replied! #And you have the audacity to show up now? #And Granny makes a pikachu face #Equal rites

[sirterrypratchett]

"This is a book about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer all or any of these questions." & "Perhaps more importantly, the ants used all the sugar lumps they could steal to build a small sugar pyramid in one of the hollow walls, in which, with great ceremony, they entombed the mummified body of a dead queen. On the wall of one tiny hidden chamber they inscribed, in insect heiroglyphs, the true secret of longevity. They got it absolutely right and it would probably have important implications for the universe if it hadn't, next time the university flooded, been completely washed away."

Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett

Opening and final lines.

#discworld #sir terry pratchett #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #eskarina smith #unseen university #granny weatherwax #equal rites

[puttingthebiinmorbid]

I think if all those Edgar Allan Poe characters who got buried alive had just hung a sign around their neck that said “I ATEN’T DEAD” all their problems would have been solved smh

#discworld #terry pratchett #equal rites #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #magrat garlick #edgar allan poe #the premature burial #the fall of the house of usher #wyrd sisters #witches abroad #lords and ladies #maskerade #carpe jugulum

[crookedthingsandlight]

There should be a word for words that sound like things would sound like if they made a noise, he thought. The word ‘glisten’ does indeed gleam oilily, and if there ever was a word that sounded exactly the way sparks look as they creep across burned paper, or the way lights of cities would creep across the world if the whole of human civilization was crammed into one night, then you couldn’t do better than ‘coruscate’.

–Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

#excerpts #terry pratchett #equal rites #linguistics

[thatqueerbat]

this copy of equal rights (discworld: a witches novel) by terry pratchett

was published by transworld publishers

discworld is trans confirmed pass it on 🏳️‍⚧️

#/j #yes i know discworld is pretty queer anyway #this just amuses me #trans #trans pride #discworld #equal rites

[deathdecayglitter]

I love Eskarina Smith I adore her forever and also Marchesa my beloved

#discworld #discworld meme #gnu terry pratchett #eskarina smith #marchesa #the colour of magic #equal rites

[alas-pooryorick]

On the perils of being clever

Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne

The Bacchae, Euripides

The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett

Fight Club, dir. David Fincher

Free, Florence + The Machine

Fight Club, dir. David Fincher

I Know It‘s Over, The Smiths

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie

#web weaving #clever #cleverness #anne of green gables #l.m. montgomery #a.a. milne #winnie the pooh #the magic mountain #thomas mann #the importance of being earnest #oscar wilde #equal rites #terry pratchett #fight club #david fincher #florence and the machine #the smiths #the mysterious affair at styles #agatha christie

[forbannelsez]

today im bringing you a quiz about what discworld witch flavour you are! enjoy💋

ps i would really love to hear what you think about your result)

#discworld #witches #wyrd sisters #lords and ladies #witches abroad #maskerade #carpe jugulum #equal rites #this one holds piece of my soul because i love this characters so much it makes my heart melt #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #tiffany aching #magrat garlick #agnes nitt #terry pratchett #miss level

[gleefully-macabre]

I finally finished Equal Rites (restarted really), and my Watsonian theory for why there weren’t any female wizards after Esk is as follows:

Some girl applicants decided that working as a maid and doing group- and self-study in the library during off-hours was preferable to interacting with wizards. All housework was done by enchanted household items until an unfortunate situation with the washroom and some minor flooding. Temporary enchantments are still used when they think they can get away with it.

A good portion of the student body is incognito. This is fairly easy to do, as wizards tend to be weedy and unathletic until reaching a certain age when they become fat and sedentary. Spells and potions for growing lush beards are traded among this group and improved upon every semester. Part of the Wizards’ Council might or might not be part of this group.

A few enterprising girls recognized the lack of a witch in Ankh-Morpork (at least one selling useful potions to the discrete customer) and jumped on filling the gap in the market. They’re officially part of the Seamstresses Guild, for legitimacy, because the client base has a lot of crossover, and to lock in a discount for fellow guild members.

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #discworld witches #unseen university #discworld brainrot #seamstresses guild #equal rites

[pieandpaperbacks]

Currently reading: A very battered copy of Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

This is my second Discworld book! I read Guards! Guards! last year and really liked it, but it took me a while to decide which book I wanted to read next. I eventually settled on giving the witches arc a go and I’m so glad I did because I’m LOVING it. I’ll definitely be reading Wyrd Sisters next, and then maybe The Colour of Magic while I wait for Witches Abroad to arrive in the mail.

#currently reading #terry pratchett #discworld #equal rites #bookblr #books #book recommendations

[pratchettquotes]

Why was it that when she heard Granny ramble on about witchcraft she longed for the cutting magic of wizardry, but whenever she heard Treatle speak in his high-pitched voice she would fight to the death for witchcraft? She'd be both, or none at all. And the more they intended to stop her, the more she wanted it.

Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

#eskarina smith #granny weatherwax #esme weatherwax #treatle #equal rites #discworld #terry pratchett #witches #wizards #magic #education #contrast #conflict #double major #perspective #liminal spaces #identity #ownership #multiclass #longing #both or none at all

[lurid-dreamscapes]

bros i am having the best time with my foray into the discworld series. i'm about 70% into equal rites rn + it's just been delightful. loving all the witticisms + the commentary + the playing with expectations. delicious.

#currently reading #terry pratchett #discworld #equal rites #bookblr #bookworm #books and reading #bookish