It’s in the name

I genuinely forget that long hair for men is out of the gendered norm

God I love being in Indigenous community space. Bc I told a group of ppl my birthday is near/on a specific holiday and they all immediately reacted like 😬. It’s the only time I haven’t had to explain why I struggle so much with my birthday being near/on that day. I love community.

I hate the whole production of meals. Why can’t I snack on fruits and vegetables every day!?!

If I’m ever on a ship where there’s a virus with like a 50% death rate, you have my permission to just bomb it, no hard feelings. Or send me a wikihow on how to make one, and I’ll do it myself.

As someone who works at a used bookstore that accepts all donations, please for the love of god do not store them in your garage. They’ll get moldy and they’ll get bugs.

I find men who shame how women dress and the follow it up by saying “you should call your dad and apologize to him,” so funny because if I called my dad to apologize for how I dressed he wouldn’t give a singular flying fuck.

Having sleeping problems is so funny bc people automatically tell you, you need to go to sleep earlier. They think you’re just an irresponsible young person who stays up late for the heck of it. Like nah I can easily fall asleep before 8pm and struggle to stay up till 11pm. I can’t STAY asleep, which apparently nobody has ever considered.

Thinking about that scene from the legend of korra where Tenzin is like noooo Kai don’t kill the people who kidnapped and killed baby bison. Air nomads don’t kill people. But from what I’ve learned from Aang and Yangchen, that would have been on sight for the old air nomads.

I’m like 50% through Katabasis and I like it so far. But I feel like it could have commented on colonialism more by exploring the fact that the only sources about Hell are western, even though there is plenty of non western influences in it. There could have been some good commentary about how academia only accepts certain types of research and methods and the fact that those research methods lean towards western ideas and practices.

Did anyone else not stand Katabasis when listening to the audiobook, but was perfectly fine reading it physically?

I feel bad for everyone who has read the Raven Cycle and hasn’t personally experienced being in the Virginia woods/mountains. There’s a certain magic being among trees that are so all consuming that it should feel overwhelming but somehow it feels like a hug. You are all alone but you don’t feel lonely because it’s buzzing with life all around you. People say the Appalachians are scary because they’re old, but they’re comforting because with that age comes wisdom. Maybe I’m projecting my own nostalgia but I feel like it vividly in the Raven Cycle books.

I love how quickly Gansey pivots from feeling really guilty about getting together with Blue because of Adam to asking what Adam’s intentions are with his daughter (Ronan) in .02 seconds.

My favorite thing about classics is the variety of punctuation.