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[chaneerobinson]

Name A Book That…

Name A Book That…

If you’re reading this, then by now you know I love to read! Reading is my escape, how I prefer to receive information, and something I’ve loved forever. When I find a cute little infographic for different types of books I’ve read, I’m going to fill it out. And since I have a blog- I’m going to share it on this platform. I could’ve added several different books to each category, but I chose…

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#black authors #black creatives #black excellence #book lovers #Book Review #ebook #empowerment #happiness #motivation #Reflection #well read black girl #women authors #women in business #writing

[mattodore]

you can break, throw yourself away, leave it behind. and, if you need to, you can break me too. you can disappear, but please just take me with you when you go.

#ts4 #ts4 edit #sims 4 #simblr #river dipping #matthias evanoff #theodore doe #echthroi #a burning house to live in #🦇 #this part of the song... aches and aches and aches #the 'i want the parts of you that you only show to the birds outside your bedroom window' line from spiracle seriously almost won out tho #it makes me crazy bc. well if you read theo's questionnaires then You Know. but the rest of the song rlly doesn't fit the vibe of the edit #runner ups were also: watch you sleep by girl in red / i will by mitski / i'm with you by vance joy / nothing's gonna hurt you baby by cas #anyway... #a rare moment wherein matthias catches a break from his insomnia and falls asleep while with theo in the morning #theo is watching the birds outside the window as they land where matthias threw bird seed out just before #ugh... i really like this photo. no resizing on it either (tho i did crop it) so again feel free to zoom <3 #update a full DAY LATER.......... was no one going to tell me i forgot to fix his ass.................. jdknghjdnfghk i fixed it now but #i straight up forgot to recolor his little handfuls black like i did the insides of his shorts... see this is why i shouldn't let #my excitement for edits get ahead of me djghnfkhj always double check your work friends

[enbysiriusblack]

remus loves folklore books, lily loves fantasy books, regulus loves classical books, peter loves comic books, emmeline loves detective books, dorcas loves poetry books, mary loves romance books, james loves sci-fi books, marlene loves rock magazines, sirius loves play scripts

#sirius would read beginnings and ends of loads of books to seem more well read than he is #but he does not have the patience for an entire novel. loves reading/acting out plays tho #he'd love duchess of malfi fr and anything tennesee williams #marlene hates reading. finds it hard. and boring. magazines are as far as she's willing to go #james is a sci fi kid!! he also reads really fast but then loses attention after like 10 minutes and takes a break for a day or so #aroace mary who loves fictional romance <333 so real #emmeline tries to work out the mystery before the book detective. she's usually wrong. the girl's a failure and i love her for it #comic book peter is so me. dc not marvel!! okay he can read some marvel. occasionally. only spiderman tho. #regulus is a snob. never read a non classical book for leisure once in his life #fantasy lily!! she's such a hobbit/lord of the rings fan btw #remus is living up to his name and his boyfriends nickname #marauders era #marauders #remus lupin #lily evans #regulus black #peter pettigrew #emmeline vance #dorcas meadowes #mary macdonald #james potter #marlene mckinnon #sirius black

[micamicster]

There are no legacies in this life no monuments no history just the water it pays us and then it claims us swallows us whole as if we’d never been here at all!!!!

#moby dick reread going well 😵‍💫 #blacksailspilled girl reading any other book about boats. huh. getting kinda a black sails vibe from this

[squiggleshu]

Sorry but I don't like easy 😭 I don't think it's a bad song but it just feels like a b side. I feel like le sserafim has really benefited from having upbeat title tracks with really catchy (and potentially viral) hooks, but this just doesn't feel like their vibe at all.

#also I am so tired of the blatant appropiation of hip hop (read: Black) aesthetics #which is not a lsf exclusive issue by any means but it's still disappointing to see them doing it as well #and yes it's not the girls' fault etc etc but that doesn't mean I have to like it #I'm pissed off about Minnie's edges in the super lady video too #le sserafim #self tag

[etchedstars]

favorite thing ever is to go on goodreads and search up the names of books i hate to see if Everyone Else has the same opinion on it

#they usually do #this is about a lesson in vengeance which i read on the way back from my writing program and hated with a passion #today on i hate pretentious mcs who have literally every privilege and treat poc/enby ppl to further their own growth #also ik this is dark academia but literally why the fuck do they drink hard alcohol so much #when its not alcohol its black coffee like ok. what the fuck #i love complex characters but they were both pretentious -> traumatized -> manipulative -> hatred just switching up the order #then theres . 'my dormmate wants to be skinny soooo bad she does everything to be skinny well IM skinnier than her and she wants to be me' #'my doormmate is black and has been ostracized from her sorority cult for having a personality :((( well IM white and i was ostracized for #KILLING MY GIRLFRIEND' #like there is a clear difference. plus that character was only ever there to further the mcs understanding of race which . bffr #this couldve been fine if it wasnt for the mc who is The pretentious dark academic white girl trying to pretend shes not like the other #pretentious dark academic white girls #'and then theres me. who like REAL literature and wears tweed blazers' like youre aware this is literally the starter pack for every 13 y.o #person who thinks this will make them Cool right . like you do know that . #wow. anyways #the overdue asteroid strikes again #i am in fact a hater

[shironezuninja]

I’m saddened that the war is separating some actors from their fans. I was hoping that more slippery slopes wouldn’t be created to my innocent, childlike heart’s knowledge. I do not want more of my happy multiverse to become dead to me.

#layouts #screenshots #collages #background remove #stickers #ai art cutouts #hobby #habit #spider man phase #marvel comics #comic book pages #amazing fantasy #elderly superhero #mary jane parker #speech bubbles #ultimate spider man #hot peter parker #nezuko kamado #demon slayer kimetsu no yaiba #gumoko #spidersona #peni parker #black haired girl #spider man #venom #hospital visit #flowers #get well soon #reading #researching

[steelycunt]

I’m not saying that a lot of Regulus fans are only interested in him because they picture him as a Timothee Chalamet insert and wouldn’t give half a fuck about the character if that fancast didn’t exist but… oh wait that is what I’m saying.

yeah i mean. i definitely think there's something in that lol honestly. as ive said before i never really got the interest in regulus i just couldnt care less about the guy he genuinely has zero canon character but. simultaneously i can see how the little that we do know about him makes him an interesting character and i can see why people enjoy the idea of him as a blank slate that you can superimpose nearly any traits you want on to--treating regulus as essentially an oc gives you lots of room for creation. its for these exact reasons that he is of no interest to me personally, and i really don't like the common conceptualisation of him that has emerged from popular headcanon consensus (especially when it involves stripping his character of all agency and half the things that could arguably make him compelling in order to gloss over the fact that he was a death eater) but thats a matter of opinion i suppose. thats a me problem. its just not my cup of tea.

the timothee chalamet thing irritates me for the same reason the ridiculous instagram model/influencer/celebrity fancasts for most characters irritate me, because one of the ONLY things we know about regulus is that he is 'less handsome than sirius'. like ok why not work with that. especially with a character like him where there is virtually nothing to work with. like please explain to me why you refuse to accept that im genuinely curious. why is that the aspect of his character you are so firmly refuting lol.

all in all, if the character is only likeable or interesting or a convincing love interest if you have to pretend they were actually super conventionally attractive, maybe they're just not that likeable or interesting or well-suited to the character you're trying to pair them off with. its a personal thing again i am just not interested in reading/writing about a cast of characters who are all meticulously tailored to conform to beauty standards i do not respect. the minute u try to convince me all your characters are super hot n yassified it all feels less real to me sorry i care less about them. im bored of hot characters i think all fictional characters should be made to look like normal everyday people and i think everyone should be less afraid of so-called ugliness i triple dog dare u

#the 'you' here is just a general vague you btw it is not directed towards any one person and obviously not you anon we're in agreement #and reading it back i fear i may come off a little more aggressive than i intended so psa this is all my opinion like. do what you want #i am not the final word on this issue or any other. i am just a guy no 1 is obligated to listen to me if they dont want to. except about r #anyway remember talking to liv about the whole regulus thing and how. the personality that has been invented for him just seems like #people were bored of r/s they wanted something like r/s but new so they superimposed remus' personality onto him and then added a #few bits of sirius. and this is all me ranting about my opinion mindlessly now but i think #its reflected in those stupid terrible incorrect quote joke posts and how you see one of them where its remus and sirius and then see the #exact same post remade except remus has been changed to regulus and sirius has been changed to james. like yeah because regulus #is just a carbon copy of remus except if he was goth lol. we've done this one before its the same thing #and absolutely regulus can be done well and absolutely i am not a definitive judge of what is 'doing regulus well' just as no one else is #but i think if u want to do regulus well u have to make him less likeable. like he cant be ur soft loveable fav. girl he was a death eater #same as i think the whole barty / evan / regulus / pandora gang is just people refurbing the marauders. same thing different colour #anyway. i feel about regulus the same way i feel about dorcas or mary or marlene. they are not really characters #they dont have any definitive canon traits and i am not really interested in creating ocs. but other people might love that idea! #which is fine! #whew. love it when i get asks about things im scared to talk about of my own accord like i cant get in trouble if you guys asked me first x #anon #telegram #the brothers black #also girls he is a product of generation after generation of inbreeding. the black family should look like the windsors sirius was an #outlier. #oh also sorry i thought i was done but i want to clarify that i am no way saying you cannot be interested in morally grey characters or #find them compelling. instead what i am trying to say is that pretending a morally grey character actually isnt morally grey #in order to justify the fact that you are interested/fond of/compelled by them is boring and a disservice to your fav. hope that makes sens #within what we do know about regulus there are things that make him GOOD but not really anything that makes him likeable. and so much #of popular headcanon seems to be bestowing a ton of likeable traits upon him in order to redeem him despite there being no canon basis 4 it #like. we know regulus was a death eater 'it wasnt his decision he was forced into it!' we know regulus was less handsome than sirius 'no he #wasnt he was also super hot!' do you see what you're doing. you're losing me.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread    

Ravenfall

spooky middle grade set in a magical town about an aroace girl who can see death around people

and a boy who finds himself there after his parents were killed under mysterious circumstances

set just before Samhain, sentient magical house, celtic mythology, Jewish characters, friendship

#Ravenfall #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #to start the aroaceness is just 'no interest in romance and dating' #which is fine for MG but don't expect it to be explored lots :) also its friendship focused #but yea i enjoyed this! #black cat called max!!!!!!! haha i have that!!! #person calling her parents (well just her mum) by their first name for no reason other than that’s just how it is!!! representation!! #was a little confused that the girl is described as having olive-brown skin but also on the cover from what you can see of her hands theyre #white? and also it’s not mentioned anywhere else. i may have missed it but i don’t recall her dad being described as having brown skin or an #any other indication of not being white #(theres a few mentions of her curly hair but it’s also shown as just wavy on the cover) #thought that was a little odd

[chaneerobinson]

A Few of My Favs on Audible

A Few of My Favs on Audible

If you’ve been supporting me long enough you know I love to read! I love the touch of a physical book, to be able to turn the page, place a bookmark and annotate when appropriate is one of my favorite things lol. A few years ago I got into ebooks. I couldn’t turn the pages, but I could read the words on the screen and highlight to my hearts’ content. Of course I’ve known about audiobooks. I…

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[guideaus]

i forgot how weird comic book fans are 😬

#personal #weird aka men being misogynistic #its wild the scene where debbie is seeing nolan in some aggressive man makes irl men write angry essays online that might as well #be summed up as 'youre fucking wrong you stupid bitch' when. our fictional lady's husband wanted to enslave the planet #every time i read those comments though im like ha...ha... we cant even sympathize w the fictional woman..?????? #oh and amber too. i fel bad seeing her. they made the one white girl black and ppl were so racist and ik the other girl is endgame #im dreading it

[hamartia-grander]

Hey just a PSA! I know a lot of people are having reactions to Annabeth's casting and they don't want to think their feelings are based on racism, but if you're more upset/concerned about a character's skin colour than their personality, if you're more attached to a character's race than their actual character, it is a racism thing, and you should be spending more productive time unlearning that than defending it <3

#If you're gonna read the tags please read all of them <3 #This is not meant to attack or call out anyone. Rather I hope people can see how deeply ingrained racism really is #And I hope people will choose to unlearn that racism rather than defend their adverse reactions to a black girl playing a character #And I disagree that book Annabeth and TV series Annabeth are different or separable characters #Because she is the same character regardless of the medium #But some people mentally separate books and live action so I will address that as well: #If you say you 'prefer' book Annabeth's look #as a white girl #And you can't see TV show Annabeth as the 'real' Annabeth #It is entirely because you refuse to see Annabeth for her character and have instead reduced a black girl to her skin colour #You don't care about Annabeth at all. You care about her being white. And that is racism. #Leah Sava Jeffries is Annabeth Chase #And 'holding onto' white Annabeth isn't actually because of any nostalgia or what you're 'used to' #It is racism. Intentional or not. It is #Percy Jackson #Pjo #pjo series #rick riordan #Annabeth Chase #annabeth pjo #Leah Sava Jeffries #percy jackson show #riordan universe #riordanverse

[schneckmag]

Amazing how ghost became the patron Saint of 'he wouldn't fucking say that' within a month. Astounding even

#Dont get me wrong i love how more people are picking up cod cos of the new campaign #Specifically the girls and the gays touching cod is nice to see #But if i see one more image of ghost or könig without their shirt im going off the shits #This is not a GRRR DONT TOUCH GHOST post btw i think the babygirl jokes are fucking hilarious #Other cod fans are missing out taking it so seriously. Silly posts are my favourite #But I'd be lying if this isnt the biggest misinterpretation ive seen of characters in a while #Specifically reading fanfiction is hilarious. You can tell that these people have never played a cod game in their life #AND THATS FINE cos im having a blast reading some of them and its great youre enjoying the campaign #I love reading a story where someone has very obviously been looking on google for northern and scottish slang #Proper geg #So far the most accurate posts are coming from metal gear fans and people who play fps games. I tip my hat to you #But also if you like ghost or the campaign in general. Hell maybe even casual matches. I recommend checking out other cod games #Even if you just watch the campaign gameplay like a film #Specifically the original modern warfare games since ykno. T'is where task force 141 resides #But black ops has a banger ost and ww2 had a pretty nice story as well #For a stale bread fuckin ww2 game it treats its characters quite well #I think people would like zussman #Fps #Cod #Call of duty #Mw2 remake #Cod mw2 #Modern warfare 2 #Mw2 #Simon 'ghost' riley #Cod ghost #John 'soap' mactavish #Cod soap #Mw2 campaign

[broodygaming]

I took the train to go back and forth to my friends wedding and on the way back decided to be cheeky and download the Girl On the Train audiobook. Didn’t know anything about it, hadn’t heard of it or the movie that apparently exists.

And ?? Are the straights okay? I could barely make it more than an hour or two. It’s exhausting and I don’t think I’ve even gotten to the first big twist. I think there’s a bloody scene and it’s on the plot description of the wiki page so it’s prob relatively early and I have not gotten to that haha so holy shit. Don’t think I’ll finish it. Ehh. It took so much effort to learn their names it feels like a waste to not finish it but also YEESH it’s exhausting.

#literally completely blind read/listen (cuz audiobook) hahahaha #and I’m like oh that’s cute and quirky I love to ppl watch too maybe this will be rly deep and introspective like ala David Levithan #and then she’s like ‘what if that wife was Me’ and I’m like yikes #*yikes #big yikes and then it just got worse #actually genuinely really well written in the sense of show V tell #like I didn’t rly catch how bad her drinking was until she confessed to blacking out and calling the ex #and I was like yikes I bought her denial #that was well done #the whole : at least I’m not THAT bad #that gave you the incorrect impression she’s sorta self aware #cuz she’s just not and I’m just so impatient like idk girl #you just don’t need some dude to fix you okay #learn to be lonely learn to be okay and then find what you actually like and need #not what you dream is aesthetic or what other ppl will covet #like her making it all about her was so weird #like if her exs new wife stood outside it was Specifically to Hurt main character girl #lol me saying I learned their names haha #like I can’t recall them but I’d understand and follow the thread if I heard the names in the context of the story #anyways meh MEH

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

elvis was a pedo who stole his music from black artists sadly, i haven’t seen the movie but i hope they touched on that lol maybe i’ll watch it i like bad luhrmann

bestie did you just come into my inbox yfip-ing elvis as if i couldn’t possibly know anything about his various public personas. especially the black music part come on now

#if you’re asking me #the film does a great job of exploring the icon of elvis vs the man and the narrative and imagine built around him #the pastiche if you will #as well as his connection to black music and a network of black artists #on the other hand it very clearly tries to age up priscilla and completely glosses over that 7 year grooming period #and the way she was quite literally a figment of his imagination and a projection of his own lack of control over his image and entirely #commodified life and persona #but what else is new no one ever wants to confront a) how most rock legends viewed women and teenage girls as objects to acquire #b) how common it was and still is for teenage girls to he betrothed to grown men and how unremarkable such a phenomenon to too many #and c) what it means for young women to live under a culture that ties their personhood to their ownership by men #priscilla’s experience with elvis was peculiar and different than other faces of sexism and abuse from the time but it’s also universal #and you know i’d like to hear more of how she feels about it having read a few excerpts of her biography in an article #anon #*image not imagine