Good Night, Dear Void.

Puffball, corner pocket. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

#i miss this (insp)

— Bertrand Russell, from “What Desires Are Politically Important?” (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

There are many things I love about Phryne Fisher.  One of the biggies is how much she likes and is protective of women.

Amazing

do any of you even enjoy reading or watching fiction at all? if i wanted the plot with virtually nothing else i would read the wikipedia page

Modern writers need to stop treating Austen’s world like a generic, pretty fairy tale, and start remembering that her books were actually razor-sharp critiques of a brutal socioeconomic landscape with examinations of class, gender, power and money that are still culturally relevant today.