longing for the grave

Vintage book covers 💕

part 2

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now, instead of maintaining a comprehensive, nuanced, and human-maintained encyclopedia by which to check your document, they have switched to an AI that just compares what you’ve written to what other people write in, say, Google Docs, and use the most commonly used iteration.

ever have it change something like “all intents and purposes” to “all intensive purposes” or “should’ve” to “should of”? that’s why!

Find these books and more queer reads:

non-fiction essays/memoirs:

all about love: new visions by bell hooks

black lesbian in white america by anita cornwell

sister outsider: essays and speeches by audre lorde

mouths of rain: an anthology of black lesbian thought by briona simone jones

blues legacies and black feminism by angela davis

does your mama know?: an anthology of black lesbian coming out stories by lisa c. moore

fiction:

the color purple by alice walker

loving her by ann allen shockley

the gilda stories by jewelle gomez

in another place, not here by dionne brand

pomegranate by helen elaine lee

the summer we got free by mia mckenzie

these letters end in tears by musih tedji xaviere

dead in long beach, california by venita blackburn

young adult:

honey girl by morgan rogers

escaping mr. rochester by l.l. mckinney

this ravenous fate by hayley dennings

faebound by saraa el-arifa

so let them burn by kamilah cole

where sleeping girls lie by faridah àbíké-íyímídé

adult:

the deep by rivers solomon

sweet vengeance by viano oniomoh

come back (love concealed) by terri ronald

house of hunger by alexis henderson

short stories:

girl, woman, other by bernadine evaristo

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw

additional info:

-> “why wasn’t this book listed?” probably because it wasn’t black sapphic-centric, the author isn’t a black sapphic themself, or i just simply haven’t heard of it! so feel free to add on if it meets those two criteria

many of these books require trigger warnings, especially some of the older ones that are more likely to feature racial struggles of the time. please do your due diligence and search for tws if you want to read them!

fuck Gaiman and fuck Amanda Palmer but also fuck every rabid fan online and bootlicker in the publishing industry working double-time to cast doubt on the victims. fuck Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher for doubting the existence of the victims in the first place and fuck the brainrotted dipshit fans crying about election interference and conspiracies. they should all be ashamed at how easily they’ll uphold rape culture and betray victims because the truth about their favourite white man is inconvenient.

TW: rape, sexual assault, child abuse

Archived version here, in case you hit the pay wall:

What followed was a 17-year military dictatorship that killed, tortured, or imprisoned tens of thousands of leftists. The US had no problem supporting it. Declassified documents have proven that Nixon and Kissinger conspired to destroy Chile's economy under Allende and allow right-wing forces to oust him to prevent him from inspiring other developing countries.

I'm reading the documents now and here are some of the most heinous passages:

On the day of the coup, as the presidential palace was being bombed, Allende took his own life with an AK-47 gifted to him by Fidel Castro. This is from his last broadcast to his people:

"Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society.

Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!

like, if you're bored today, and not doing anything,

I know how much you love reblogging posts and then never looking at them ever again. I get it, I really do. but PLEASE

just open one of these links and explore a bit if you're interested

Scratch - great coding program for learning the basics, but so good you can make a video game with it

Codecademy - learn any coding language with lessons

Neocities - literally make a website