My 2023 TBR (4/12)
These are my unread books concerning Mary Shelley, written works by her parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and books about Lord Byron.
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“My philosophy, as well as my religion will ever teach me to look on misfortunes as blessings.”
Mary Wollstonecraft, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
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Major takeaways from the biography of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley:
Women supported their households/families financially much more often than we are led to believe; they just had no legal claim to the money they earned and managed if they were married. Both Marys did this from their adolescence to their deaths.
The degree to which people, mostly men (especially Wollstonecraft’s own husband), simply lied about both of these women during their lives and after their deaths is stunning and did immeasurable harm to their reputations for almost two centuries.
The main reason we even have access to these women’s literary achievements or any real biographical understanding of them is second-wave feminists taking a renewed interest in their work. Even suffragists and other early feminists distanced themselves from them (because of the PR hit job men had done to their reputations and writing).
Men who adamantly proclaim that Free Love is one of their core tenets are to be distrusted at all times (this isn’t news lol).
The malicious trend of accusing feminist women of “hypocrisy” if they can’t make literally every aspect of their lives politically pure (spoiler: no one can do that) has existed forever. Many of both women’s own supposed political and personal allies did this to them constantly.
If you’re going to get super into boats, you should probably learn to swim @ Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Hades 2 is up and atem so it's time to finally speak my truth:✨️White streak Zagreus✨️He's Percy Jackson and Jason Todd so duh but also white streaks are a sign of death related things in characters and him and Hypnos can match <3 Also white streaks are hot and Zagreus is meant to be hot and it would add onto my 'Zagreus is Percy's pseudo-dad' agenda and i also really relate to Zag and i want a white streak for gender reasons.Frothing ghosty pink foam at the mouth as i write this btw
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one of jason’s love interests deciding to make the first move (because we all know jason wouldn’t be the one to do it because he’s a loser): hey handsome, do you come here often?
jason todd (a nerd who’s last somewhat serious romantic relationship happened before his death): get the hell out of my city
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trimax vashwood really hits so different i dont think you guys understand. i truely thought this was just a shipping goggles situation until i read the manga. i didnt get it. i thought it was people shipping two men just because they stood next to each other. trimax took my hand, led me out of the cave, and showed me the object i had only ever seen shadows on the cave walls of. its genuinely Different.
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books i read in the first quarter-ish of 2023
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used bookstore had ayoade on ayoade by richard ayoade and you would have thought i had found a million dollars by the way i reacted
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You see, I could finish the fic I'm currently working on that already has a reader base and a plot and an end in sight.
Or, I could commit the time I would spend on that fic on an entirely unrelated oneshot borne from a half-baked idea and some miscellaneous scenes.
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🗡️"I Stole Your Heart"🗡️ [Outlaw!Miguel x Shu] (Outlaw!Cars 2 AU) (Book 1) - Prologue (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1370179168-%F0%9F%97%A1%EF%B8%8F-i-stole-your-heart-%F0%9F%97%A1%EF%B8%8F-outlaw-miguel-x-shu?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahF099&wp_originator=7aD5FWMlDTkYvqKLFb3ONcUnWLGEbZ5cDmeYCSaPbA7A1M49B7zb7oUB2lwAP1AxrtXYboJBSU54NbObPVZrgFRX4k6nY2cEPoMUMNd3rKC7UEmpW%2BLwYoqOgVlXf%2FYx Miguel Camino the outlaw in Spain, had stolen jewels from the museums and money from banks of Pamplona. But he stole a special someone that night and didn't leave anything for evidence, his victim: Shu Todoroki from Japan has been kidnapped from the infamous, most brutal: Miguel Camino.
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