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Honey - automatically searches and applies coupon/discount codes in checkout for all online stores ummm????amazing????

Tumtaster - download any audio post on tumblr

Ears - EQ any audio online (soundcloud, youtube, spotify,ect)

Whatfont - identifies any font just by hovering over it

Readism - get reading time estimates for articles ect. (this ones cool)

Peek - lets you preview and interact with documents/links before you download (great for dropbox, mediafire/music links you dont trust)

Speakit! - converts text to speech, in any language, so u dont have to read (great for homework)

MindTheWord - great language immersion tool, in every webpage visited it randomly translates a few words into the target language specified by you (must register an account)

Night Mode Pro - switch from day to night mode for an ease to ur eyes and also a cool look

Lagom - really cute minimalistic customizable new tab page (really cool)

Palette Creator - creates a color palette for any image just right click

Hola! - access websites/videos blocked in your country, school ect.

Cite This For Me - super easy way to create website citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles just by one click

you probably know antony and cleopatra, but mark antony’s (second?) wife was a woman named fulvia, who (among other things) supposedly taught mark antony to submit to women, raised an army in her husband’s defense, and stuck a silver pin in cicero’s tongue after he died because he talked so much shit about her husband. 

speaking of roman women: livia drusilla, wife of octavian augustus, is often painted by historians as an evil scheming matriarch, but actually was her husband’s right hand woman and played a pretty instrumental role as his advisor and propaganda partner.

rock on, ladies.

and speaking of everyone’s favorite roman-egyptian power couple: julia domna, mother of the boy emperor alexander severus, was a direct descendent of antony and cleopatra vii through their daughter, queen cleopatra selene

honestly i could talk about roman women all day, but:

medieval women are pretty great too.

hypatia of alexandria was an egyptian polymath, teacher and inventor, and headed up the neoplatonic school at the beginning of the fifth century.

empress irene of byzantium was basically the definition of a historical hbic. among other things, she defeated a conspiracy against her by making the plotters priests so they couldn’t rule, almost married charlemagne, and reigned as empress while the carolingians in france bawled about a woman being on the roman throne.

eleanor of aquitaine needs a separate post but she is so intense, please read about her

on the subject of lesser known women: i love love love ladies from the margins of history and gemma donati, who married the famous poet dante alighieri, is really not as well known as she should be. she was a member of the house of donati, who are kind of like the borgias, if the borgias were medieval florentines. the head of the family, her cousin corso, was the leader of an authoritarian political party that opposed her husband’s, and when corso marched on florence at the head of a french army in 1301, gemma’s husband and her two sons were forced into exile. she was immensely strong, raised three kids in horrible family-wrecking circumstances, and without her keeping things sane her husband would have been even more of a trainwreck than he was. we don’t talk about her enough.

moving on to the renaissance: all the women of the house of medici (especially catherine) are kickass, but in terms of dynasts i especially love

lucrezia borgia, who was and is one of the coolest ladies ever. she was the daughter of pope alexander vi and a member of one of the most gloriously fucked-up families in history. rumored to have slept with her brother (although they were especially close, the whole family was, that probably wasn’t true) and poisoned anyone she didn’t like, she was basically the libertine of libertines when she was living in rome. later, she married alfonso d’este and became duchess of ferrara, and she was a great and popular governor. lucrezia was extremely intelligent, jawdroppingly beautiful, an excellent politician– generally the renaissance hbic. all kneel before the queen.

coming soon

c: will we meet again sometime?     h: sure we will. c: promise?    h: promise…now go, and don’t look back…

character aesthetics: parvati patil

LESBIAN

the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie (sci fi/dystopian, woc protag)

ascension by jacqueline koyanagi (sci fi/space opera, disabled woc protag)

serenity rose by aaron alexovich (paranormal graphic novel)

everything leads to you by nina lacour (contemporary, but not “about” lgbt issues/coming out/anything like that)

afterworlds by scott westerfeld (contemporary/paranormal, woc protag)

beauty queens by libba bray (not sure on the genre; not sure how good this is, haven’t read it myself)

sword of the guardian by merry shannon (fantasy; warning for attempted rape scene)

huntress by malinda lo (fantasy, woc protag)

the dark wife by sarah diemer (fantasy)

seven by jennifer diemer (fantasy/fairy tale retelling)

bleeding earth by kaitlin ward (horror/fantasy; haven’t read this either, not sure how it is)

GAY

proxy by alex london (dystopian, moc protag)

more than this by patrick ness (dystopian i guess? not sure how to describe the genre tbh)

the star host by ft lukens (sci fi, haven’t read)

hero by perry moore (superhero)

BISEXUAL

god’s war by kameron hurley (post-apocalyptic/sci fi, bi woc protag)

coda by emma trevayne (dystopian, bi guy protag)

adaptation by malinda lo (sci fi, bi girl protag)

beauty queens by libba bray (see above, major bi characters)

ash by malinda lo (fantasy/fairy tale retelling, bi girl protag)

the young elites by marie lu (fantasy, lots of bi characters all around)

the scorpion rules by erin bow (dystopian, bi girl protag, haven’t read but i hear it’s awesome)

TRANS

beauty queens by libba bray (see above, major trans woman characters (i think))

the left hand of darkness by ursula k le guin (fantasy; haven’t read this either, not sure how it is)

love in the time of global warming by libba bray (dystopian; haven’t read this one either yikes)

GAY

swordspoint by ellen kushner (fantasy; assassins! mostly just one assassin)

one for sorrow by christopher barzak (haven’t read; paranormal; bad ending)

i haven’t read these and i refuse to take responsibility for their quality, but they’re all fantasy: dragon slayer, fire dragon, luck in the shadows, kastor chronicles

TRANS

the errant prince by sasha l. miller (haven’t read; also gay; fantasy, with knights and everything)

to summon nightmares by j.k. pendragon (haven’t read; also gay; modern fantasy)

nevada by imogen binnie (haven’t read; also lesbian; road trip is a genre, right?)

bc it’s hard to find trans books at all: here is a goodreads list of trans ya fic & non-fic, one of trans books by trans authors, and one of books about gay trans men. these are just lists i came across while looking around. 

oh and as someone who has read the kastor chronicles i can definitely vouch for quality. that shit is choice. (both of these are by the same author btw lol)

- Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey (SF near-future dystopia with mutants, female protagonists)

- the Middle Kingdoms books by Diane Duane (epic fantasy but the books aren’t epic length, everyone is poly-ish [that’s not the queer bit that’s just a content note], starts off with two guys who are like totes in love & adds a few more until it culminates in a giant poly wedding, just roll with it, roll with it) (STILL NOT FINISHED but the lack of a fourth book isn’t too dire) (there is a genderqueer character in these but they are an alien, basically; I am not genderqueer so I don’t know if genderqueer people would enjoy this portrayal or not)

- the Elemental Logic books by Laurie Marks (fantasy, lesbians!!!)