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I read a lot of LGBTQ+ books and see the same mlm books get recc’ed over and over. So we’re gonna play the “if you like this, try that” game for wlw books. Here we go!

1. If you like Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda try Leah On The Offbeat (obvs), Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel, It’s Not Like It’s A Secret, or The Summer of Jordi Perez (set in High School, humorous, first love).

2. If you like TRC try The Spellbook of The Lost and Found (magical, moody, contemporary). 

3. If you like The Song of Achilles try Sappho’s Leap or The Dark Wife (Ancient Greece, mythology).

4. If you like Captive Prince try Kushiel’s Dart, The Privilege of the Sword, or When Women Were Warriors (epic fantasy/historical, court and courtesans).

5. If you like Carry On try That Witch! or Labyrinth Lost/Bruja Born (witches, magic, contemporary).

6. If you like Openly Straight try Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit (contemporary, humorous, in and out of the closet themes).

7. If you like Cassandra Clare/Holly Black try Huntress (fantasy, fairy realms).

8. If you like GGTVAV try That Inevitable Victorian Thing (steampunk, historical).

9. If you like Ari and Dante try Her Name in the Sky or Dating Sarah Cooper (friends to lovers, contemporary).

10. If you like AFTG try First Position or Fire on the Ice (sports rivals).

icarus and the sun

burning so bright i got lost in the fire

here’s pt. 2

After my last post about the lack of representation in academia, I felt it neccessary to provide some examples of what I’m talking about. Obviously there are more countries in the world than I can list and provide books for, so for a quick list this is what I got. !! Keep researching !! If you have any more books by POC please reply them !! If a country isn’t listed, that doesn’t mean it’s not important, this is just what I could get together real quick. If I made any mistakes, please let me know, we’re all learning. We need to help each other end eurocentrism in academia, so value representation and educate yourselves 💓💓💓

Chinese:

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Water Margin

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The Journey to the West

The Scholars

The Peony Pavilion

Border Town by Congwen Shen

Half of Man is Woman by Zhang Xianliang

To Live by Yu Hua

Ten Years of Madness by agent Jicai

The Field of Life and Death & Tales of Hulan River by Xiao Hong

Japanese:

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oë

Haruki Murakami

Pakistani:

Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

Ghulam Bagh by Mirza Athar Baig

Masterpieces of Urdu Nazm by K. C. Kanda

Irani/Persian:

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

Savushun by Simin Daneshvar

Anything by Rumi

The Book of Kings by Ferdowsi

The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

Shahnameh (translation by Dick Davis)

Afghan:

Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Indian:

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Aithihyamala, Garland of Legends by Kottarathil Sankunni

The Gameworld Trilogy by Samir Basu

Filipino:

Twice Blessed by Ninotchka Rosca

The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene J. Chai

Brazilian:

The Patriot and The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto

Broquéis by Cruz e Sousa

Don Casmurro by Machado de Assis

Colombian:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Delirio by Laura Restrepo

¡Que viva la música! by Andrés Caicedo

The Sound of Things Falling by Jim Gabriel Vásquez

Mexican:

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolf Anaya

Adonis Garcia/El Vampiro de la Colonia Roma by Luis Zapata

El Complot Mongol by Rafael Bernal

Egyptian:

The Cairo Trilogy by Nahuib Mahfouz

The Book of the Dead

Nigerian:

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Malian:

The Epic of Sundiata

Senegalese:

Poetry of Senghor

Native American:

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

Starlight by Richard Wagamese

Almanac of the Dead by L. Silko

Fools Crow by James Welch

Indigenous Australian:

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

First Footprints by Scott Cane

My Place by Sally Morgan

American//Modern:

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Internment by Samir’s Ahmed

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurtson

this

this

the turkeys thing™ (the call with henry included)

i mean the fucking comedy ??????

maybe its just me, but i often notice how dads usually have 0 rights. well i present u Oscar Diaz. he gets all of them, ALL OF THEM. is he perfect? no, but let’s all be honest: who is 100% perfect nowadays?

the mom too

zahra

shaan & zahra

Henry: chokes on air. 

OR

INCOMPLETE LIST OF HENRY BEING TOO GAY FOR THIS SHIT™

BONUS When Henry has finally had enough: 

DISHONOR

DISHONOR ON YOUR WHOLE FAMILY

DISHONOR ON YOU

Additionally, Floyd has also has been quoted as saying (in regards to the rumor that Disney never hired minorities): “The funny part was that minorities weren’t knocking at the gates to get in. The jobs were there if they wanted them and if they were qualified. It’s like the old ruse that Walt didn’t hire Jews, which was also ridiculous. There were plenty of Jews at Disney. Personally, I never felt any prejudice from Walt.“ 

In a recent interview, songwriter Richard Sherman (of Jewish descent, who Disney employed) also stated: “Let me tell you something, a lot of people talk about Walt in negative ways. There was nothing negative about Walt Disney,” he says. “He was dedicated to doing great things. He reached for the stars all the time. He was a wonderful, wonderful boss.” 

There’s also this story that Robert Sherman told about Walt defending the Sherman brothers during a meeting: “Walt was sensitive to people’s feelings … He hated to see people mistreated or discriminated against. One time, Richard and I overheard a discussion between Walt and one of his lawyers. This attorney was a real bad guy, didn’t like minorities. He said something about Richard and me, and he called us ‘these Jew boys writing these songs.’ Well, Walt defended us, and he fired the lawyer. Walt was unbelievably great to us.”

No, Walt Disney was NOT a saint, but he wasn’t the asshole that Family Guy painted him as, either. It’s important to seek the facts before further spreading inaccuracies and fueling rumors, and Disney is one of those people in history that has a SHIT TON of rumors about him. Please don’t believe everything you read/ hear.