semi-sweet;

Literally every single humanities/social science teacher or professor I’ve ever had has books that are covered with sticky tabs and notes in all the margins. Books are meant to be enjoyed. You make a book yours by covering it with your thoughts.

That’s just a part of reading. I don’t know why there’s this aversion to enjoying them but like... books are t decorative. Who are you “preserving” them for by not leaving marks on them?

1) murmur of youth (lin cheng-sheng, 1997) 

i am a bisexual punjabi sikh woc with mental health issues and currently a full time second year student (5 classes) with a part-time minimum wage job (20 hours/week - abt $13.85 cad per hour). i don’t have enough money to leave my abusive home. i don’t even have enough money left to finish my program, and i can’t afford to get a therapist.

because i am canadian, i can’t get venmo or cashapp, but i can still get donations through paypal, ko-fi, or gofundme.