#Libraries and Books

[caats]

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[lastrosebloom]

Studying French Modernism in the Classics section because I still like to think of myself as a classicist sometimes, in spite of the new degree.

Also I'm baking cardamon buns as I post this and might take some with me tomorrow for my first day back at uni :)

[lrosewrites]

LIBRARY USERS OF TUMBLR who are age 35 or younger, are you able to help out a grad student by taking a survey? Your prize will be my eternal gratitude 😔

EDIT: You all are incredible! I have SO MUCH DATA to work with!! ❤️📚❤️ Survey is now closed

[luna-dargento]

[maplewrites]

Happy WBW! I know it's summer, but we're going back to school! What does the education system look like in your world? Is it standardized or trade based? Required or for certain people only?

Public school is available, however, time is seen as a privilege to have an excess of. Going to school for a whole day is a huge investment of time. Most kids are home schooled or only go for half days because of this.

In cities where there are libraries, librarians will travel with a bag of books to different central areas of the city and read allowed for hours. Children who are too young for school and parents might stay for the whole reading, but school age children and workers will stop by for fifteen minutes to two hours for entertainment.

Stories are seen as a community event because of this, so even in towns with no libraries, those who know how to read will often spend evenings reading what few books they have aloud.

[doctorslippery]

[velartis]

Franz Kafka, 1912

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[fatimazainab]

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[novella-november]

Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

[ID: A screenshot of the Queer Liberation Library Libby main page, showing 6 titles, one of which is an audio book. The titles displayed are the Trans Teen Survival Guide; Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next); We Will Be Shelter: Poems for Survival; Tomboy Survival Guide; A Burst of Light and Other Essays; and Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction. End ID]

(thank you @teddypoi-qd for the ID!]

EDIT: Here is the Queer Liberation Library's donation page!

[caats]

[wedarkacademia]

[lastrosebloom]

The Maughan Library,

Chancery Lane,

London

[deadlypoetacademia]

[daily-spooky]