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myfriendthedictionary · 9 months ago
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have been doing mini’s femslashfeb prompts for 2024… smiling ! i haven’t posted anything for them because all ive been doing is messy sketches to get the day by day prompts but it’s honestly been really fun… and also helpful to my art process. and i get to revisit a lot of my fav ships from over the years !! so a double win !
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theartofangirling · 1 year ago
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part 2 of the 2023 version of this post: young adult books!
part 1: middle grade books | part 3: adult books
this is a very incomplete list, as these are only books I've read and enjoyed. not all books are going to be for all readers, so I'd recommend looking up synopses and content warnings. feel free to message me with any questions about specific representation!
list of books under the cut ⬇️
aces wild by amanda dewitt
the chandler legacies by abdi nazemian
bruised by tanya boteju
juliet takes a breath by gabby rivera
picture us in the light by kelly loy gilbert
when we were magic by sarah gailey
iron widow by xiran jay zhao
the rise of kyoshi by f.c. yee
jane unlimited by kristin cashore
summer of salt by katrina leno
the wicker king by k. ancrum
the dead and the dark by courtney gould
wilder girls by rory power
i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston
her royal highness by rachel hawkins
tell me how you really feel by aminah mae safi
the weight of the stars by k. ancrum
you should see me in a crown by leah johnson
last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo
the grief keeper by alexandra villasante
crier's war by nina varela
how to excavate a heart by jake maia arlow
imogen, obviously by becky albertalli
in other lands by sarah rees brennan
carry on by rainbow rowell
cemetery boys by aiden thomas
felix ever after by kacen callendar
i wish you all the best by mason deaver
little thieves by margaret owen
technically you started it by lana wood johnson
the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee
the infinite noise by lauren shippen
bonds of brass by emily skrutskie
the darkness outside us by eliot schrefer
simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda by becky albertalli
what if it's us by becky albertalli and adam silvera
aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire sáenz
like a love story by abdi nazemian
different for boys by patrick ness
history is all you left me by adam silvera
twelfth grade night by molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, and jamie green
across a field of starlight by blue delliquanti
heartstopper by alice oseman
check, please! by ngozi ukazu
bloom by kevin panetta and savanna ganucheau
laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki and rosemary valero-o'connell
the princess and the grilled cheese sandwich by deya muniz
if you'll have me by eunnie
on a sunbeam by tillie walden
the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag
always human by ari north
rust in the root by justina ireland
dread nation by justina ireland
pet by awkwaeke emezi
the darkest part of the forest by holly black
elatsoe by darcie little badger
i was born for this by alice oseman
loveless by alice oseman
i hate everyone but you by gaby dunn and allison raskin
you know me well by nina lacour and david levithan
the black flamingo by dean atta
spinning by tillie walden
dreadnought by april daniels
a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee
all the bad apples by moira fowley-doyle
clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo
summer bird blue by akemi dawn bowman
the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
we are okay by nina lacour
radio silence by alice oseman
we used to be friends by amy spalding
a neon darkness by lauren shippen
i hope you get this message by farah naz rishi
are you listening? by tillie walden
alone in space by tillie walden
all out edited by saundra mitchell
out now edited by saundra mitchell
out there edited by saundra mitchell
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apricitystudies · 1 year ago
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 what i read in jul. 2023:
(previous editions) bold = favourite
race, gender, sexuality
transphobia in new zealand is making the shift from online to real life
mrt jackets: the naked truth behind women covering up on public transport (singapore)
do not forget them (canada)
a mother's worst nightmare (usa)
when barbie went to war with bratz
the 1975, matty healy, malaysia, and the problem with saviour complexes
photos of samoa’s fa’afafine community that reshape coloniser art
politics & current affairs
‘all that we had is gone’: my lament for war-torn khartoum (sudan)
paradise island lombok, its poisoned gold, and the children who suffer (indonesia)
ghanaian children wrongly taken in raids backed by us charity ijm
behind washington’s decision to supply cluster bombs to ukraine
lumumba’s tooth returned, racist logic of colonisation endures (drc/belgium)
operation trojan shield: the secret country that helped fbi wiretap the world
history, culture, & personal essays
the last place on earth any tourist should go
how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against ai
the horrors of pompeii
can barbenheimer bring cinema back – and save us from 40-hour tv series?
we are all animals at night
read 'em and weep: a reading list for criers
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phecdasolar · 4 months ago
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Friendly reminder that if you see something bad or stressful on the internet you can ignore it. If you see something bad that’s trending you don’t have to click on it.
Your mental health comes first. This is going out specifically and especially to all my fellow hyper-empathetic people out there. If you know that going down a rabbit hole of information on a specific horrible topic is going to make you depressed or feel like crap then you don’t have to interact with that. (Edit: I have been informed that this is called “doomscrolling.” To repeat what I was told: Doomscrolling is not activism. It doesn’t end up helping anybody and it only hurts you.)
In this day and age where we have access to the internet and information about soooooo many different horrible things it can be so easy to get sucked in to all of it. We have wars, we have constant natural disasters (there’s a massive fire close to where I live right now, it’s barely contained, and is rivaling the fire we had a few years ago that destroyed an entire town. It’s terrifying), we have beloved creators being accused and revealed to have done horrible things (the fact that I can say this and multiple names immediately pop into my head sickens me).
The point is, take a break. Get off the internet. Breathe. Go for a walk. Maybe look at videos of cute baby animals, or compilations of “restore your faith in humanity.” Go read a book. Eat something you like. Take a nap. Drink some water. Take a shower. If you’re religious, pray about it. Take care of yourself and don’t allow yourself to drown in the dread.
And for the people who might come at me for this saying “how dare you not care about the problems going on or the pain other people are in!” That’s the problem. It’s not that I don’t care, the problem is that I care too much. Please refer back to the hyper-empathetic part of this message. I am a sympathetic crier. I will allow myself to get so sucked in to an issue and I will end up feeling terrible about it. I won’t want to leave my bed, I feel like crying and throwing up and there is an everlasting pit in my stomach the size of Alaska. I am no help to anyone in a state like that, and neither is anyone else. I will say it again, take care of yourself and your mental health first.
There’s a reason on planes they tell you to put your own oxygen mask on first before helping others.
But that’s not to say you have to ignore it completely! Take a step back, take a break, and then engage when and only when you feel like you’re at the mental/emotional/psychological capacity to do so.
When coming back a tip I have is pick one specific issue, and focus on that. Only one. Don’t overwhelm yourself. If you can, find a friend or someone you know is reliable and levelheaded and talk to them about it. Multiple perspectives can help a lot, plus you feel less alone when tackling a difficult situation.
It’s important when you’re gathering information on the issue that you know your sources are reliable, and you’re doing your own research. “Okay, multiple people on Tumblr are screaming about something but they’re saying different things about what’s going on.” Tumblr is not a reliable or credible source I am sorry besties. We are a bunch of dumpster gremlin raccoons given access to a platform to scream out our personal thoughts and opinions. Please don’t take them as solid immediate truth.
I have more I could say on this probably but it’s 1 am and I am losing my thought coherency. Have a good night/day and take care of yourselves <3
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seeingivy · 9 months ago
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method acting asks!!!
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first of all, thank you anon!!! you're so so kind - i'm so excited you're here in my little universe with me. I THINK I ACTUALLY SAID THIS TO SOMEONE BEFORE about francesca and work song by hozier
I think hozier has really raw and love songs that depict a very sheer devotion, which is something I think eren as a character generally possesses - which is why I think the hozier comparison is spot on. he would go through hell to hold her again, no grave will hold him down he WILL crawl back home to her
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first things first, I LOVE YOU!!!!! y/n healing era makes my heart warm AND I totally agree regarding venice bitch. speaking of norman fucking rockwell (MY FAVORITE LANA ALBUM), i also think that she would write the song normal fucking rockwell about eren (back in the day, obv)
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@itzmeme always spot on. chefs kiss songs from you, always.
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ARGGGGGG ANON I COULD YAP FOR DAYS. I imagine edits about them are basically like the edits that people make about taylor/joe and joshua/olivia. the one that's been trending recently is the lyrics from wrecking ball that's like "I never meant to start a war, I just wanted you to let me in" lIKE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE THOSE OF THEM SO BAD.
I feel like after the documentary is released, people would also make edits of eren and y/n to that audio that transitions from midnight rain to daylight - the first clips being of like eren/hyla to eren and y/n - and you can visibly see that he's just so much happier with her.
also think that people made cunt edits of y/ns because I liked a boy performance and her look what you made me do. y/n also getting edits of her and clips of her w/ sukuna and eren to maneater like.
I love edits. you are amazing and I love your mind.
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LIKE. LIKE ITS A NEED. I also think of them doing silver springs sometimes during their beef era....LIKE YOU WILL NEVER GET AWAY FROM THE SOUND OF A WOMAN THAT LOVES YOU.
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@najaemism HI!!!! hi, I love you. second, I leave little hints like people like this that are perceptive about this type of thing (and I have promises to reveal all my hints when the fic is well and over) BUT EEK MY HEART GETS SO WARM WHEN PEOPLE CATCH THEM. I literally think scott street is probably what she felt so bad during that era of the fic, like the nostalgia of losing eren and realizing like all of her childhood memories will be tainted with him now
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LMFAOFJDIOSFJIODSF STFU. this is so funny LIKE HE'S SO CORNY HE WOULD
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another ask about necklaces BUT REAL. I also think that on their car keys they remake lego figurines of each other so that they're always with each other whenever they aren't 😁
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@astroswift HARD ON THE AGREE. i've got a moment on this chapter i've been itching to write since this bitch character got introduced. and my love, you are spot on. champagne problems, is in fact, in the method acting playlist (I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE PICK UP THE CRUMBS MY HEART GETS SO WARM)
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@elliesbabygirl do it. I wrote a stupid fic about gojo to speak now by taylor swift and now i'm here. yolo swag.
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I WAS AT GUTS TOUR LAST NIGHT. the second she crawled on the fucking moon it was all I could think about. and seeing the grudge live just killed me thinking about the awards show that I started crying (I am in general a concert crier I had already cried at that point but it was crazy) and seeing all american bitch and REDACTED that are involved in the story too EEK I WAS GOING CRAZY she's so hot im in love with her
random last tidbit:
here's some method acting spoilers with no context for the next chapter:
a double whammy of a slap and a punch to the face
what am I to you?
the sister to lady gaga's meat dress
l/n-jaegers
matching tattoos
WHATEVER THAT ALL MEANS!!!
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cto10121 · 1 year ago
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Harry Potter Clown Takes Special Edition—Le Guin Again
In which an old Le Guin quote returns to bring all the HP clown shakes to the yard. Is it better than yours? Let’s find out.
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So Le Guin made this comment in a 2005 interview, by which time Half-Blood Prince was published, the darkest and most morally complicated book of the series by that point. Apart from that, her criticism is not very good for these reasons:
1. Rowling never claimed her series was original. I even honestly doubt there were adult critics were calling her books original. Even in its heyday there were plenty of critics and even a lot of cranks suing Rowling for plagiarism for the magical school idea. Most likely the critics were referring to Rowling’s execution, which indeed much more fleshed out than Le Guin’s very cursory and drama-free treatment. At the very least Rowling’s characters have plausible personalities than the symbolic cyphers of A Wizard of Earthsea.
2. I’ve struggled with understanding what “ethically mean-spirited” even means, given the series’ singular preoccupation with morality and the blatant moral complication Rowling develops in the latter half of the books. If Le Guin means the karma potshots at the actual abusive and mean-spirited Dursleys or even Fred and George’s nastier pranks, then I suppose kids rebelling against their tormentors or, er, doing stupid kid shit can be said to be ethically mean-spirited. And even the Dursleys are given a quick and easy exit at the end of Book 7 with not even a loss in pride and a slightly reformed Dudley (!!).
I have a feeling that had the series had framed these petty revenges on the Dursleys negatively and urged forgiveness that Le Guin would have said the series legitimized abuse and ill-treatment. If anything Rowling is a sentimental softie compared to the likes of Roald Dahl. Brad Neely’s hilarious narration even makes fun of the corny coming-of-age tropes Harry Potter exemplifies.
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‘90s sensibility is right! Boy, those ethnic stereotypes are a whopper. Cho Chang is a Ravenclaw, a Quidditch athlete, and an easy and sentimental crier, especially when it comes to relationship drama. Lee Jordan is the unofficial trickster pal of Fred and George and offered entertaining if funnily biased Quidditch commentary. Angelina Johnson is a very good Quidditch player, gets almost as fanatic as Wood when she becomes captain, goes with half the twins to the Yule Ball, and has dreadlocks (?). There isn’t much to Dean Thomas (half-blood, father walked out on him) except as a friend of Seamus; he later dates Ginny. Parvati is a girly girl who likes Divination and pals around with fellow girly girl Lavender. Kingsley Shacklebolt is an Order member, excellent at passing as a Muggle, and becomes Minister of Magic. Don’t all these description scream “stereotypical” to you???? I know it does to me.
As for moral sophistication…I guess you could write a whole ass kid series about how the government is not only ineffective and in denial of a white wizard supremacist threat but are actually intimately in bed with them and actually has no problem with their ideas. I guess you could portray the whole of wizard society as supremacist lite(tm) and even have a whole-ass plotline about supremacist attitudes against non-magical creatures. But that will be too morally unsophisticated for the kiddies, wouldn’t it?
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Harry, who begins as a mild, polite (if sassy towards his asshole relatives and assholes in general), average and morally wholesome student, definitely ends the series as a mild, polite, and average and morally wholesome student. Nothing in Harry changed at all, nuh-uh, nope. He only just develops a fierce temper, learned how to properly cast the Cruciatus Curse and other war crime shit, learn and forgive both his mentor’s betrayal and a detested teacher who hated his guts, and sacrifice his life for the greater good. See? No change.
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I read A Wizard of Earthsea about a year ago and if someone pointed a gun at my head and demanded to tell me what happened in that book, I would literally die. That said, The Left Hand of Darkness had very good style and craft, so I can only assume that Le Guin just isn’t a writer for the elementary set, period.
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Because modern America and Britain is not at all characterized by mean and overly aggressive competition and tribalism between arbitrary groups disguised as wholesome fun and don’t have horrible colonialist histories or unethical lifestyles.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too, Clown OP. Either HP is a morally uncomplicated children’s fantasy that is not good representation of our real world ~or it has deeply problematic depictions of Anglo world and culture through the vehicle of fantasy. It can’t be both.
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Harry was literally a child. Kids accept all kinds of shit because they don’t have a foundational understanding yet of what normal is! It’s child psychology 101. Hermione is the exception as the actual smart one and blatant author avatar. But prejudice against Muggleborns and half-bloods was never condoned or tolerated by the Golden Trio or anyone that wasn’t a pureblood supremacist sympathizer. And Harry himself did feel enraged over Riddle’s framing Hepzibah’s house elf for her murder and the Ministry easily accepting this.
I think the issue for most of the criticism is that HP is still a Bildungsroman at heart, so the plot focus is all about Harry’s education and his rise in power and status. But Harry’s actual power to enact real status-quo busting change has always been limited. As in, you know, real life.
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cringengl · 1 year ago
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Could you please post the wlw books you’ve been reading I’d love to check them out! tia
YES OFC :)))
Each book mentioned will have a link to their goodreads page incase you want a summary and some reviews as well and at the bottom I'll give you some wlw books that I have but haven't gotten round to reading yet.
Also do bear in mind that it has been a while since I've read some of these haha.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Cinderella is Dead
Wilder Girls
Tell Me How You Really Feel
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
On a Sunbeam (graphic novel)
Crier's War
Here's some I haven't got to reading yet but I think that they'll be good:
This Poison Heart (same author as Cinerella is Dead)
The Deathless Girls (read some none wlw books by this author and loved them)
Ophelia after all (I picked it up because I liked the premise haha)
Hope you enjoy and happy reading :D
Edit: adding crier's war to the list bcus I forgot about it :D
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linguistreview · 7 months ago
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Some very real features of fake news
In a time where the internet is so prevalent, this gives rise to the creation and spread of fake news. Fortunately, there are some key features often marking news items as fake! In this blog, I consider key features of fake news relating to this article, claiming Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy purchased a royal English property from King Charles.
Fake news has two dimensions distinguishing it from misinformation: the factual accuracy of the information and the intent of the author to mislead. Here, according to fact-checker Snopes, the publication (“The London Crier”) was created just a week before this article went viral, the “Terms” page is filled with lorem ipsum text, some of its other articles are in Russian, and the social media account who shared the story was a Kremlin associate. So it seems reasonable to conclude that the entire publication is bogus and created with the aim of deceiving and misleading readers. It makes sense, then, to assume articles on known fake news websites, like this one, are probably fake too.
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The Terms of Service page, which is filled with lorem ipsum (filler) text and no actual content
The intent of the publisher and distribution channel, though, are just two ways of identifying fake news – we must also consider content and linguistic practices common in fake news, as identified by Vamanu (2019):
The first example is using images to capture attention, which are often fake or lacking context. In this article, we see a photo of King Charles and Zelenskyy shaking hands:
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The photos at the top of the article, showing Zelenskyy shaking King Charles' hand, above a photo of Highgrove House with a "SOLD" label photoshopped on it
Coupled with the photo of Highgrove House with a “SOLD” sign photoshopped over it, it looks like they are shaking on the sale, hence adding credence to the article claiming Zelenskyy did buy the property. However, a basic google search reveals the photo is from Zelenskyy’s visit to Buckingham Palace back in February 2023:
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A screenshot of Zelenskyy and Charles meeting at Buckingham Palace back in February 2023
Another feature of fake news visible here is grammatical inaccuracies and errors. For example, Zelenskyy’s name is sometimes spelled “Zelenskyy” but sometimes “Zelensky” and “Highgrove House” is inconsistently capitalised. Also, the third paragraph has oddly-placed underscores present – “What is _at first glance surprising_ is that…” Whilst human error occurs, legitimate publications tend to be edited and proofread to a higher standard, eliminating most typos.
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Examples of typos and inconsistencies in the article
We also see indifference to logical reasoning – the claim “Zelenskyy is the New Owner of Highgrove House” is despite the fact “…there is no official statement from Buckingham Palace on the Highgrove house sale…” Everything is alleged or put together without official facts/statements and the article is written in a way that essentially highlights how absurd it is, but places culpability on Ukraine. Consider: “It remains unclear why the President of Ukraine decided to purchase the royal residence and how he managed to persuade the King to sell it…The source of funds for this purchase also remains unknown.” Posing as impartial and without directly slandering Zelenskyy, the article puts doubt into readers’ minds about his behaviour, especially when the next line quotes the “almost £12 billion” Britain has pledged to Ukraine – indirectly suggesting some improper use of funds for Zelenskyy’s own gain somehow. Indeed, one-sided polarising argumentation is another key feature of fake news and, if this publication is Russian-created, the desire to portray the Ukrainian president this way is unsurprising, given the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Thus we can conclude that, given the lack of evidence, the dubious grammar and the shock factor of the Ukrainian president making such a lavish purchase (making readers pay attention), this is a false narrative designed to demonise Zelenskyy and promote the Kremlin agenda via fake news.
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fictionandcroissants · 3 years ago
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Books read in 2021: Crier’s War by Nina Varela
“Humanity is how you act, my lady. Not how you were Made.”
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ladycriers · 5 years ago
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𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔
like/reblog if u use/save
(or credit minhyard on twitter)
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aleds · 4 years ago
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@queerlitnet event 02: quotes
in the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.
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shehzaaadi · 3 years ago
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Crier's War by Nina Varela
She had never really seen a pair of eyes like this. It was like standing in the doorway to a dark room, like balancing on a threshold, holding a lantern up and watching how it kissed some things gold and left other things in shadow. It was the kind of dark that hid and held a lot of things. A hot fluid dark, a summer tide pool dark, a wild breathless dark.
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daykevin · 4 years ago
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BOOKS READ IN 2021 ➙ iron heart by nina varela 
between mortal and made lie the heart – and the blade
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cortland · 4 years ago
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Literature A - Z [ 3 / 26 ] ⟶ C for Crier’s War by Nina Varela 
She had never really seen a pair of eyes like this. It was like standing in the doorway to a dark room, like balancing on a threshold, holding a lantern up and watching how it kissed some things gold and left other things in shadow. It was the kind of dark that hid and held a lot of things. A hot fluid dark, a summer tide pool dark, a wild breathless dark.
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august-landry · 5 years ago
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Stop thinking about her. Why was it so hard?
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poetlcs · 5 years ago
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crier’s war by nina varela as a netflix original series
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