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Instead of inmates being able to receive donated books in the mail from family members and community groups, inmates at three New York prisons now have to purchase books selected by six, state-approved vendors. And the selection is limited. And expensive, activists say.

Novels cost $11.25 from one vendor.

A book about chess costs $29.95 from another.

And about a quarter of the titles are coloring books.

According to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the directive is in an effort to restrict contraband from entering the prison “through a more controlled inmate package program.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office has made the point that inmates still have access to prison libraries, but some say it’s not enough. “The problem with prison libraries is that [the prisons] control who has access to them,” said Amy Peterson with NYC Books Through Bars. “So people who are in solitary confinement don’t have access to prison libraries.”

Peterson’s group has been mailing books to prisoners all over the country for nearly two decades, with a focus on New York. “We get letters from people saying they had to borrow a stamp in order to write to us. So if these people can’t even afford postage, we don’t know how they’re going to be able to afford buying books from a vendor,” she said.

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From the NY Daily News:

Over the past several days, inmate advocates pointed out that the vendors combined offered only five romance novels, 14 religious texts, 24 drawing or coloring books, 21 puzzle books, 11 how-to books, one dictionary, and one thesaurus.

“No books that help people learn to overcome addictions or learn how to improve as parents. No Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, Maya Angelou, or other literature that helps people connect with what it means to be human. No texts that help provide skills essential to finding and maintaining work after release from prison. No books about health, about history, about almost anything inside or outside the prison walls,” advocacy group Books Behind Bars complained in a letter to the governor.

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Combine 2007 taco pancakes rawr speak with 2016 smol bean pupper speak to achieve true nirvana

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if you guys need a representation of how long ive been on tumblr i still have this gif saved

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latin fact #1: the letter v in latin is pronounced like the letter w in english. as such, the latin word for hello, salve, would be pronounced sal-weh

latin fact #2: there’s a quote from vergil’s aeneid, one of the most famous works of latin literature, that includes the phrase nunc morere, which is basically the latin way of saying “then perish”

latin fact #3: thanks to latin pronunciation rules, you could totally make a hewwo mr obama meme in latin using a quote from one of the most influential poems of the ancient world

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Honestly, the panel is even better in context.

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hot take: being repulsed by ppl showing affection to the point of demanding sex free bars and having a panic attack is not normal. It isn’t a normal facet of being ace. Being a bit uneasy that someone is tonguing their partner and really going for it near you, sure I guess.

But outright repulsion isn’t, and I hate that this damn hellhole website is putting it out there to impressionable wee kids that that kinda level of disgust is normal if you’re ace, especially when the context is not “two people fucking in front of me in public”, it’s “two people making out or maybe at worst dry humping”.

Don’t normalise that. I say this as an abuse and rape survivor who is, for the most part, not interested in sex. It’s damaging and leads to a vicious cycle of disgust and misery that often inadvertently turns into homophobia.

Like I know I’m gonna get hate for this but please don’t make impressionable kids on this site not address their (often complex and very valid) intimacy issues because you’ve told them that it’s normal to absolutely freak out at two people doing their own thing entirely separate to you.

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happy 8/15!

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Happy daze day!!

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well, you probably saw it coming, but I’m going on an undefined hiatus I guess. I don’t wanna bother with doing replies and shit for a while unless someone really wants to, so I’ll be taking a break. Feel free to hit me up at @incana-iridis if you want to rp through this tumblr though, at @moon-demon-duo imgonnafuckingg at twitter, or what.should.i.type.here on skype . I’m always happy to roleplay, but I guess the tumblr format just isn’t for me! Anyway, I guess I’ll see what I’ll do with this blog.

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Sorry, I won’t be able to do replies today since my head hurts quite a lot, but I’ll try doing them tomorrow!

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“A-alright!” Seto was being too nice to him, which was sort of confusing, but then not really. Even though they didn’t get to talk much, he at least knew that much about the other. 

“Um, is there anything in particular you’d like to make?”

“Ahah, understood…” The younger stifled a yawn and walked into the kitchen a bit. “It’s no trouble though, honestly…not like we didn’t have the space…” Especially considering they shared a bed. “You’re free to stay overnight here whenever you want~” Seto lightly smiled at the other.

“But, if you really feel like cooking, I can at least help you out…”

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Soothing Sentence Starters

“It’s okay. I’m right here.” “Just take a deep breath.” “You can hold my hand if you need to.” “Everything’s all right.” “I’m not going to let anything happen to you.” “Shhhh. You’re fine.” “Do you want me to stay with you?” “Let’s count to ten together, okay?” “Concentrate on my heartbeat. Don’t listen to anything else.” “I’ve got you. You’re going to be fine.” “Look at me. Just look at me and nowhere else.” “I won’t leave you behind.” “I’ll stay as long as you need me to.”