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I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

non-fiction essays/memoirs:

all about love: new visions by bell hooks

black lesbian in white america by anita cornwell

sister outsider: essays and speeches by audre lorde

mouths of rain: an anthology of black lesbian thought by briona simone jones

blues legacies and black feminism by angela davis

does your mama know?: an anthology of black lesbian coming out stories by lisa c. moore

fiction:

the color purple by alice walker

loving her by ann allen shockley

the gilda stories by jewelle gomez

in another place, not here by dionne brand

pomegranate by helen elaine lee

the summer we got free by mia mckenzie

these letters end in tears by musih tedji xaviere

dead in long beach, california by venita blackburn

girl, woman, other by bernadine evaristo

young adult:

escaping mr. rochester by l.l. mckinney

this ravenous fate by hayley dennings

faebound by saraa el-arifa

so let them burn by kamilah cole

where sleeping girls lie by faridah àbíké-íyímídé

adult:

honey girl by morgan rogers

the deep by rivers solomon

sweet vengeance by viano oniomoh

come back (love concealed) by terri ronald

house of hunger by alexis henderson

short stories:

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw

additional info:

-> “why wasn’t this book listed?” probably because it wasn’t black sapphic-centric, the author isn’t a black sapphic themself, or i just simply haven’t heard of it! so feel free to add on if it meets those two criteria

many of these books require trigger warnings, especially some of the older ones that are more likely to feature racial struggles of the time. please do your due diligence and search for tws if you want to read them!

Please spread this around. Don't let ANYONE lie and say my community is anything but ASTONISHINGLY UNITED in rejection of ICE's behavior. This crosses generations, race lines, party lines, class lines. THAT is how bad ICE is. THAT is how bad we want them gone.

THAT is how loudly we are DEMANDING they leave!

Do you understand what a crowd like this means in a small city like Minneapolis??? In weather that hurts to breathe???

I grew up in Canada, and when it was -25 C or below, they wouldn’t let us go outside for recess at school.

Like, everyone had boots and ski mittens and snowpants and winter coats, but still - indoor recess on those days. Cause the risk of frostbite was bad enough to justify everyone spending their lunch break supervising a classroom full of rowdy children.

That kind of cold is viscerally hostile to the human body. Your instincts will scream at you to GO INSIDE. It’s an environment that’s fundamentally physiologically unsafe, and you can feel that.

so of course every snake that has the instinct to warn humans of its presence gets killed, and only the snakes that bite first and dont make themselves known get to survive. a human who's been bitten is too worried about his swelling ankle to decapitate a snake with a shovel.

Basically if you ever see or hear something that displeases you, You go like this:

🫳🪨

🫳🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

☺️🫳🪨🪨🪨

So on and so forth. But also if something is beautiful or true you throw lotus.

🍇🤏

🤌🟣

this method could also be used to pick other things, if you'd like...

🎂🤏🤌🕯️

urgent ma rq !! 🏡

tw / incest ment

blk chronically ill artist trying to escape dysfunctional family & leave the state to new beginnings. pls help me escape a mentally damaging environment. thank you so much.

while this family member had only said this verbally & through text, i am still unnerved and uncomfortable knowing this. it is deeply distressing to be seen in that way by a person who shares the same blood as you.

i wish to go low/no-contact w these relatives as well when i make my move. it has been a long time coming as i've struggled seeing generational curses take place & i refuse to continue such a cycle.

all i want is peace. please share this to resourced folks who can share, don8, and run up interaction! thank you so much for reading. bless you. 🫂

p4ylinks:

vnmo - cshapp - pypal

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

立華 鉄, Tachibana Tetsu  尾田 純, Oda Jun

蝙蝠 - “Bat”

Type: Traditional, arm

Features: Oda’s bat is green and paired with a flame. Tachibana’s is orange with leaves.

Bat - Japan’s mythology surrounding bats is highly influenced by their use in Chinese art and myth, where they are symbols of good-fortune. The Chinese word for bat: “fu” is pronounced the same as the Chinese word for “happiness,” and contributes to their positive symbolism. Chinese artists used five bats to represent five blessings: health, long life, prosperity, love of virtue, and a tranquil, natural death. However, Western influence around the 20th century has spread the image of them being “creepy” animals.

Flames - Passion, Energy, desire, movement

Leaves - leaves represent the Earth element and the cycle of life.

Green - Symbolizes luck, fertility, growth, youth, eternity, vitality and energy. 

沢城 丈, Sawashiro Jō

龍魚 - Ryugyo, “Dragonfish”

Type: Traditional

Features: White Dragonfish with golden eyes, teeth, and horns, and a red underbelly.

Dragonfish - The dragon represents strength, power, and ferocity while the koi embodies perseverance and strength of will. Together, they allude to the legend of the koi fish, representing transformation and re-birth.

Depictions of dragons in Japan are greatly influenced by the Chinese dragon, though Japan does have its own native dragon myths. While in China dragons are primarily associated with the element of wood, in Japan dragons are also associated with water and rain. Japanese myth tells of a coral Dragon Palace in the ocean. Eastern dragons are powerful and fearsome, but mostly benevolent creatures known to protect temples and help and reward virtuous people.

According to legend, koi attempt to swim against the current of China’s Yellow River and up a waterfall, but only a few of them are able to swim past a point called the Dragon’s Gate. The dragonfish captures the moment of this transformation, and therefore combines the meanings of both the koi and dragon.

A koi swimming upstream symbolizes being in a battle or struggle, still overcoming obstacles without giving up. It also symbolizes gaining the strength needed to continue against the current.

White - White is the color of mourning in Japan. It is considered blessed/sacred and represents purity. A white koi is a symbol of success in one’s career. It may also represent the son of a household.