Renna’s Reblogs

Roman marble statue of Athena, first half of the 1st century AC, Halsted A&A Foundation. Photo: Daniel Eggert (@DesigningDan).

Don't know how to explain how much I like this photo it's absolutely majestic. This can be used in so many contexts and situations ajajja. Thanks first person whoever depicted Athena that way, thanks to the sculptor and thanks to Daniel Eggert for this photo. I love it🤩 going to do some things with this photo🥰

collei’s vision of the future essentially being an AU where everyone’s positions are swapped is so ao3 coded, like wdym kaveh is a super wealthy merchant who gets into spats with the grand sage (who, is aware that he’s living in a fanfiction and saves kaveh money anyway, okay)

Also dori and Layla paralleling alhaitham and kaveh plsss, with layla the renowned architect being dori the scribe's tenant, the only world in which haikaveh have anything close to a normal conversation

But ofc kaveh takes this encouragement as a slight, and it works in dispelling his self-doubt – LIKE MAGIC!!!

Katniss seeing a 16-year-old boy crying because he’s getting shipped off to get murdered on live TV: hmm is this his secret manipulative strategy to make me underestimate him

And if you also hadn't heard of her go read this because uhh... Holy Shit

This story sounds like it could have been a brilliant exploration of gender and warfare and violence but instead it was attacked by people who didn't know how to confront a story that made them uncomfortable, and the author faced horrible consequences.

Holy shit.

Holy shit.

is wanting to be a wife and mother a requirement for being a woman?

why might OP be annoyed with replies assuming that this post is about being aroace or transmasc if a woman doesn’t want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to sexuality and romantic interest that might make a woman not want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to gender identity and expression that might make a woman not want to be a wife and mother?

core concept: what is gender essentialism?

is it gender essentialism to imply that all women inherently want to be wives and mothers? could this be what OP is critiquing?

look at the notes OP responds to. is it gender essentialism to imply that being a wife and mother is so affixed to womanhood that to not want to be those things means you’re incapable of sexual/romantic feelings, or not a woman?