#book moments

[spinnenpfote6]

One of my favorite things about the Fellowship in Moria is how Frodo is initially thought of as being killed in the cave troll attack, so when Aragorn grabs Frodo on the way out and the hobbit begins to complain and wiggle in his arms it jumpscares Aragorn so much that he almost drops him in 'cause he briefly thought that this little friend's spear-pierced corpse suddenly started moving and screaming in grasp

[arcturus-ohala]

Guys please tell me-

How good is Six of Crows? I heard about it and it has peaked my interest- I need to know what happens?? Like??? I understand that book synopsis are meant to tell me what they are about (they = books) BUT the readers always have better explanations

[gayangeltrap]

Some of my favorite things in the book :

- Aziraphale having devilled eggs while Crowley is having angel cake

- Greasy Johnson

- Pepper’s little sister

- The Caterham and Whyteleafe Market Traders’s Association annual dinner and dance mistaken for a satanic orgy in 1933

- John the Apostle’s magic mushrooms addiction

- « a sleek computer was the sort of thing Crowley felt that the sort of human he tried to be would have. »

- Crowley reads

- Crowley’s Soul Music collection

- Aziraphale thinking that getting rid of a demon was as easy as saying « isn’t it getting late? » Because Crowley had always got the hint.

[randomduckwandering]

OKEY SO I JUST FINISHED READING GOOD OMENS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE SHOW AND THE BOOK AND OMFG

Favorite moments

Ik its the story line of GO season 1 but I never realized they never mentioned in the show the 4 bikers that followed the 4 Horseman on the way to the airbase.

Unless they did and im insanely dumb

BUT THE BOOK WAS SO GOOD AND IM GOING TO GET THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION SOON SO OBVIOUSLY GONNA POST ABOUT THAT

[acourtofquestions]

And were it not for the fact that Aelin was currently allowing him to rest a hand upon her shoulder, Rowan would have thrown the male into the lake.

[theheistattheball]

That stomach-dropping moment when you get to the end of a book and you can see the bad ending coming :(

[willowmaidsworld]

There are moments that feel like taken from books:

Like waiting alone for a tram late at night in post soviet city makes you feel like you're in Master and Margarita

Having a good cup of tea is just like Proust and his Search for the lost time

Slow sunny summer afternoon feels like one of Shakespeare's sonnets

The blooming spring is like Jane Austen novel

A rainy autumn afternoon reminds me of Keats

Running errands around the town is sometimes like Mrs. Dalloway

Chilly winter day transports you in your favourite fairytale all of sudden

And these moments are perfect. I cherish them.

[astr0disiac]

"toxic yaoi" this "password" that

THIS being one of stan's lowest moments is the saddest thing i've seen and no one has talked about it what the freak :(

[hoodedjelly]

The Square Root Of Two

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

[soliusss]

Funniest thing I’ve seen on tiktok are those sigma male boys getting mad that American psycho was written by a gay man and going “well I like fight club better” buddy I’ve got some world ending devastating news for you

[crocodiller]

a party of very mature adults

[agoodomenssideblogiguess]

Good Omens Season 3 Predictions:

(it took all my self restraint not to just use Bildad the Shuhite pictures)

[tom-bakers-scarf]

Spotted this in a second hand bookshop and the whiplash I felt was so strong that I think I’ve discovered another 12 stages of grief

[egophiliac]

everyone out of the way, this is the only thing I'm going to be thinking about from now on.

(okay, there is one more thing)

[chloesimaginationthings]

Abby went into the pit and made a FNAF friend..