#prof. nile

[aurheatum]

toa anniversary mun day

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Name: 

Nel, i mean it’s Sarah technically, but once you start getting multiple notes in the mail with Nel on them I think it counts. Nelfes works too. I respond to most anything tbh

Pronouns:

she/her or they/them

Birthday (no year):

Dec 6th Saint Nicholas Day : )

Where are you from? What is your time zone?

Chicago. CST [GMT-5].

Roleplay experience:

Over ten years, started on Neopets and other forums. Moved to Gaia Online and then Tumblr indie space some time in 2011.

Got any pets?

Baby boy

Favorite time of year:

Springtime or Autumn

Some interests and things you like:

I’ve always been super into mythology, all of them. I used to think that Carl Jung was onto something with the collective unconscious but then Anthropology and the reality of multilineal evolution ruined that for me (college will teach you things); but that’s alright because humans their ability to create and interpret their surroundings with equal parts love and fear is still pretty cool.

Some funfacts & trivia about you:

-Agnostic but i work in an occult library (it’s pretty quiet; the new age bookshop across the street has all the events)

-One time on Gaia Online I was kicked out of an Okami RP bc I didn’t make my posts aesthetic enough, and I thought it was just the most heart wrenching thing -I’m not sure what people stand to gain back in Ye Old Runescape luring new players out into the wild and PKing them but I was gullible enough to follow some other players at like 7 yrs old and this would have happened to me if i wasnt SUPER good at clicking my mouse and running out of there. Surviving such a harrowing experience made me think i was truly invincible.

-I was supposed to write my final paper for my Japanese Buddhism class on… surprise, Japanese Buddhism but I really wanted to talk about Kenji Miyazawa’s writings instead so I spun it through a lens of his Nichiren conversion and its impact on his poetry. My prof saw right through me but I still got an A.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play?

Tales of RPG series raised me as a person so u know. I like Persona 1-2 era SMT though I’ve played Nocturne and IV as well. What else? Okami, LOZ: Twilight Princess, farm sims and visual novels. Genshin, on and off.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon:

Psychic; wooper family (clogsire im so glad u joined us)

How did you get into Fire Emblem?

My neighbor would bring over Path of Radiance so I could play it on my gamecube with my own save back in the day

What Fire Emblem games have you played?

Tellius duology. Sacred Stones, FE 13-16; currently doing Blazing Blade. Archanea one day.

First Fire Emblem game:

POR

Favorite Fire Emblem game:

Tie between 3 Houses and Radiant Dawn

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 

It’s rhea okay. I wont lie and i wont pretend it isnt evidence of my spectacular taste either

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Tiki (first S support was olivia bc i wanted a pink haired kid)  - Fates: honestly i’d have to revisit, i know i first married niles as m!corrin - Three Houses: I married each lord on their route tho it’s much funnier if you dont i think (First route was Crimson Flower but I saved at the split so I could marry Rhea first lmao) - Engage: Saphir 🥰

Favorite Fire Emblem class:

War Cleric or Qi Adept

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class?

I’d be the mage you have to drag around and treat with baby gloves only to learn like a single good spell I think

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation?

Leicester Alliance tbh

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with?

Based purely on mechanics bc i love them all prob Soren dlc, Sigurd, Celica, and Lyn.

How did you find TOA?

End of 2020/beginning of 2021 I was really trying to get back into rp but couldn’t get into the various systems on discord. One community that I was trying was affiliates with The Officer’s Academy and an active tumblr community rly caught my interest. The rest is history!

Current TOA muses:

Rhea 3H, Micaiah Radiant Dawn, and miss Hortensia engage

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again?

This blog right here! I put her down for a bit and probably will again but. It’s not like she ever leaves, instead of brain there is Rhea u see (i bear this burden so u do not have to)

Have you had any other TOA muses?

I played Sephiran for a hot sec and Ingrid for around a yearish iirc. Both very fun

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards?

Not really? I need to be able to connect with them on some level obviously, and I tend to prefer characters who have like a clear childhood or background for why they are That Way. Micaiah was actually p difficult for this reason but being able to really shape her based on what little we know also made me ever more fond. ♥️ I love to stare at pegasusknight and serenesforest supports pages late at night tehe

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most?

I don’t particularly plan ahead but I really love when threads reflect past character development whether in a thread with the same muse or different. TOA extended universe… I’d like to do that more I think but first I have to actually make a support page huh? Since Rhea’s back she’s made more bonds though and that makes me happy.

Favorite TOA-related memory: Definitely Unlocked 2021! It was my first event after really starting to warm to the TOA community and i was an awe of the scope of the events. The mods thought this far ahead?! We can do this?! Every event since has just been even more fun but the surprise and intrigue i felt then really stayed with him

*How do you pronounce TOA?

Toe-uh. Like Dee-En-Dee. you know.

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉 

I think I mentioned I muse Hubert before, and also that I can't really seeing myself maintaining a blog for him? So other than that, no. I do think Nimh could be quite a bit of fun though *laughs*

[kccinstitutes]

International Conference on “ *Vocal for Local vs Global Aspirations of India*

KCC Institute of Legal and Higher Education (KCCILHE), Greater Noida in collaboration with the Nile University of Nigeria organized an International Conference on “ *Vocal for Local vs Global Aspirations of India* (Step towards Make in India) on 7th January, 2023 (Saturday) from 11:00 AM onwards in hybrid mode.

The event began with the traditional lighting of the lamp and detailing the context of the conference.  Prof. (Dr) Bhavna Agrawal Director, KCCILHE, welcoming the esteemed speakers and participants gave an insight about the objectives of the conference and stressed upon the need to understand what steps should be taken by different stakeholders to make our country self-reliant.

The chief guest of the event, Shri. Kamlesh Mishra, President & COO, Dixon Technologies India Limited highlighted the need for a mindset for 'vocal for local' and promulgation of local brands, manufacturing and supply chain. Thereafter, Shri. Amitabh Tiwari, CEO Ossify Industries Pvt Ltd., Prof. (Dr.) Dileep Kumar, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Nile University of Nigeria (Honoris United Universities Network), Prof. Anetta Caplanova, PhD Economics, University of Bratislava addressed the Participants and shared their valuable research work.

Three technical sessions were conducted simultaneously which were chaired by Prof. P K Agarwal, Ms. Uma Sudhindra and Dr.Sunita Singhal.

#kcc #kccinstitutes #kcciilhe #kccitm #ggsipu #ipuniversity #aktu #bba #bca #bajmc #bcomh #btech #greaternoida

#KCC #Institutes #Greater #Noida https://www.kccitm.edu.in

[miserye]

ALSO TELL ME WHY MY OCHEM PROF USING THE NILE JOKE IN CLASS TODAY HELLO????

[wayti-blog]

Scientists may have solved mystery of Egyptian pyramids' construction

© Eman Ghoneim/UNCW

"A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland.

For many years, archaeologists have thought that ancient Egyptians must have used a nearby waterway to transport materials such as the stone blocks needed to build the pyramids on the river.

But up until now, "nobody was certain of the location, the shape, the size or proximity of this mega waterway to the actual pyramids site", according to one of the study's authors, Prof Eman Ghoneim.

In a cross-continental effort, the group of researchers used radar satellite imagery, historical maps, geophysical surveys, and sediment coring (a technique used by archaeologists to recover evidence from samples) to map the river branch - which they believe was buried by a major drought and sandstorms thousands of years ago."

"The discovery of this extinct river branch helps explain the high pyramid density between Giza and Lisht (the site of Middle Kingdom burials), in what is now an inhospitable area of the Saharan desert.

The river branch's proximity to the pyramid complexes suggests that it was "active and operational during the construction phase of these pyramids", the paper said.

Dr Onstine explained that Ancient Egyptians could "use the river's energy to carry these heavy blocks, rather than human labour," adding, "it's just a lot less effort"."

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[englishindubellay]

Comparatifs (plus que) et superlatifs (le plus …)

Jade était très fatiguée hier soir, donc elle est allée se coucher plus tôt que prévu. To be knackered ; to sleep rough ; a sleeping policeman ; Sleeping Beauty ; sleep tight !

Estéban aimerait avoir une voiture plus fiable que celle qu'il a actuellement mais il ne peut se permettre d'en acheter une maintenant. Une voiture neuve ; une voiture d'occasion, une voiture autonome ; un automobiliste ; drink driving ; le secteur automobile

Quitterie m'a dit que les instructions que lui a données le professeur était très compliquées. En effet, elles auraient pu être plus simples. Apprendre par cœur ; apprendre à quelqu'un ; une élève ; une professeure des écoles ; un directeur d'école ; corporal punishment

Angélique était debout devant la télé. Je lui ai demandé si elle pouvait bouger plus loin. Elle n'était pas très contente. Une chaîne ; une émission ; an anchorwoman ; the remote control

Plus il fait chaud, plus Lou est contente. En ce qui me concerne, je déteste la chaleur. Une sécheresse, sec, une canicule (vague de chaleur), glorious sunshine today ! Sunny intervals.

Tu sais Martin, plus tu utilises d'électricité, plus ta facture est élevée, ce qui est logique, non ? An electric meter ; fo foot the bill ; un abonnement, gaspiller, économiser, une éolienne ; un parc éolien ; une centrale nucléaire, un barrage

La prof a dit a dit à Rosalie que son allemand s'améliorait de plus plus en plus. C'est sans doute parce qu'elle a des amis allemands. Parler couramment ; une langue maternelle ; pidgin English ;

Julie n'est pas aussi jeune qu'elle a l'air. Je crois même qu'elle est plus âgée que Lison. Mon petit frère ; ma grande sœur ; my junior brother ; my elder sister ; my eldest sister ; the elderly

Les cheveux de Mahaut ne sont pas aussi longs qu'ils ne l'étaient avant le confinement. Elle a dû aller (quasi certitude) chez le coiffeur. Un chignon ; une queue de cheval ; frisé ; bouclé ; a hair-do

Edwin m'a demandé quel était le plus long fleuve de France. Je lui ai dit que c'était la Loire mais je n'en suis pas vraiment sûre. The Thames ; the Nile ; les berges ; little brooks make large rivers ; une inondation

Eloi est la personne la plus patiente que je connaisse. Il ne perd jamais ses nerfs. To be on edge, you're getting on my nerves ; to go berserk ; it is insane ; a lunatic

L'an passé Lison est allée en vacances aux US. Elle m'a dit que c'étaient les meilleures vacances qu'elle ait passées. Les Rocheuses ; Les Chutes du Niagara ; le Grand Canyon ; the City that Never Sleeps ; Sin City ; the City of Lights

J'ai demandé à Iris quel était le plat le pire plat qu'elle ait mangé en Grande-Bretagne. Elle m'a dit « la tarte aux rognons ! ». Moi, j'adore ça. Un chef cuistot ; un cuisinier ; a cooker ; a stove ; an oven ; une recette ; the main course ; a table cloth ; a micro wave

[ausetkmt]

Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, one of the world’s most pre-eminent and prolific scholars of African history, passed away early yesterday morning in New York City at the stunning age of 97.

It was only fitting that one of the most courageous and inspiring scholars of our time would live for nearly a century, paying personal witness to dramatic transformations in the lives of Black people across the globe. But more than anyone, Dr. Ben—as he was affectionally called by generations of his devoted followers—knew that a world transformed was not a world complete. Black people might have lifted themselves from widespread subjugation, but they still suffered and were far from the glorious civilizations in Africa about which Dr. Ben taught millions of eager charges.

One of his many specialties was the ancient civilization of Kemet in Egypt. He was one of the first true Egyptologists, before that title had even come into vogue. Dr. Ben was always a controversial figure because he had no interest in trying to placate white scholars or writers who were threatened by his claims about Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Because generations of white orthodoxy had moved the Western world to accept as fact questionable scholarship about the preeminence of European rulers and thinkers, Dr. Ben was always willing to take down these Western myths, one by one.

Dr. Ben turned 97 on New Year’s Eve and had plans to celebrate many more. But his friends took note of his diminishing appetite—though close colleagues like Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Prof. James Small were forced to go onto the Internet earlier this month to debunk rumors that he had already passed. At 3:30 am on Thursday morning, he bid his farewell.

“He was one of last great race men of his era,” Nayaba Arinde, Amsterdam News Editor, said on the Amsterdam News website. “He was a master teacher who just wanted to share our amazing African history. He was a man of the people. He was always amongst us, educating, and sharing. Sitting with him was a gift of tremendous proportions. He was loved, and he loved his people.”

He was like a library of African history onto himself, as if a wing of one of the world’s great research institutions had been poured into one brain and become ambulatory.

For those in the New York tri-state area in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a familiar presence and voice from his frequent appearances on Gil Noble’s weekly Black-focused television show “Like It Is” and on the Afrocentric radio station WLIB. It was an important time for him to spread his teachings about the glory of ancient African civilizations—coming out of the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement and the uplifting of the Black Power Movement, young Black people were eager to soak up his words, to extend their communion with their past far beyond the enraging lessons of slavery.

He often worked together with another legendary scholar, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, who died in 1998.

During his immense life, Dr. Ben journeyed from his birth in Ethiopia, to a Puerto Rican mother and an Ethiopian father, studying in institutions ranging from Puerto Rico to Cuba to Brazil to Spain. After earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, he went on to earn a Master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Havana, Cuba and then doctoral degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Moorish History from the University of Havana and the University of Barcelona, Spain.

He taught many years at such institutions as City College in New York City and Cornell University.

His authorship extended to 49 books, many focusing on Egypt and the civilizations of the Nile Valley.

In 2002, Dr. Ben—who lived in Harlem his later years—donated to the Nation of Islam his personal library of more than 35,000 volumes, manuscripts and ancient scrolls.

“Of all our greats, Dr. Ben physically took tens of thousands of scholars, activists, students and associations to the Nile Valley to make the pages of his book more authentic,” said his colleague, Reggie Mabry. “We saw our own experiences of what he wrote… For that the Black world is indebted to this Black man of the Nile and his family.”

[ashtraysystem]

the prof i had to email about an assignment extension emailed me back and said she was genuinely excited to have me in class again this semester 😭😭😭 i had to convince her to open up her mythology class to add me in and she said she was happy she did so and i just,,, aaaaaaaa professorrrr please im gonna CRY againnnn

i actually helped my sibling with some mythology based homework instead of doing my own mythology homework so i still technically did mythology homework just not mine! sib needed help interpretting hard to understand text from the time of egyptian gods and such and without the context and general knowledge of egyptian mythology it was really hard for her to understand, but bc i know it pretty well i was able to be like "oh yea its basically just saying the nile is the giver of all blessings"

i also helped a little with their babylonian stuff but by that point i was delirious and was like "oh those whole two paragraphs are just saying the two gods fucked and had kids" and my sib was like "👁👄👁" but idk enough about babylonian mythology and where they were to give much else beyond that.

[theoncomingdoo-dah]

STUPID ASS AU DRABBLE UNDER THE CUT

Context!

Each Doctor iteration is a different person, not one and they all have names!

Not every character is in it yet!

Names=Characters

Niles=9 (they/them)

Daniel(Danny)=10 (transmasc nonbinary he/they)

Charlie=11 (he doesn't know yet)

Prof. Woodrow=12 (he/him)

Tiffany=13 (she/her)

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Okay so no one asked but I wanna talk about my stupid university au because I love it and I'll probably never write anything with it.

These are in no particular order or importance.

Niles and Rose meet each other in the common area of the school. They hit it off like *that* and become fast friends. (Niles already thought Rose was cute but when she mentioned that she was taking ethics, that made her even more attractive to them.) It's obvious to everyone, except them, that they should date and would be a great couple. And even though they fall for each other, and maybe even kiss at a party once, just once but it doesn't stop Niles from constantly thinking about it, they never actually date. Both of them think the other person is just too good for them, so they stay close friends, but no further than that. Considering...

Danny and Rose meet when she starts hanging out with Niles and his friends (being Danny and Charlie). Danny develops a pretty big crush on her and pursues her. They start dating.

I should clarify that Danny asks Niles if it's okay, and he feels guilty about the whole thing but he just likes Rose so much and she likes him so that should be a good thing, right??

Danny and Niles are still friends, but you're not really sure if its because they want to be, or just because they live together.

But it's okay! Danny and Rose really like each other and have a healthy, happy relationship. They couldn't ve harboring feelings of guilty or regret over other people!

Considering...

Danny has been friends with this guy (its the simm!master, I don't have a name for him yet) for as long as he can remember. They even date for a short time in high school.

Until college, where they have this almighty spat and become enemies. Danny doesn't really understand what's going on and why this guy is still bitter. They just dated for a second. It's not like it even mattered, they were just kids! But unbeknownst to Danny, some shit happened when he wasn't around.

This wouldn't be the first time Danny had an issue involving his friends.

Charlie and Danny have known each other for awhile. Since the beginning of high school. They become friends quickly because they just mesh so well.

So quickly in fact that Charlie develops a pretty big crush on his best friend. And eventually gets the courage to confess how he feels.

But Danny doesn't reciprocate. And sees Charlie more like a brother. Saying that he loves him...just not in that way.

They stay friends but there's always this tension between the two. Charlie still isn't over his feelings but doesn't want to lose his best friend. And it shouldn't even matter. Charlie always crushes on his friends.

Danny...

Niles...

Rose...

That professor he really likes...

But just not...

Charlie had a friend growing up. A girl that he protected and played with when no one else would. All the other kids thought something was off about her and her parents were incredibly distant. Charlie was all she had, and he kinda took pride in that. He felt like a knight in shining armor and this girl was like a princess.

He didn't really crush on her, persay. He was still a kid, and wasn't really sure what love really meant or was. But he did care about her. Alot. Even if she was kinda bossy.

Then he moved away. Too far away that the girl couldn't reach him.

Charlie met Amy again in college. He was shocked, and happy to see her, but she was incredibly bitter. Things apparently became worse when he left and Amy became even more disillusioned with school life and home life. Till high school, and this guy took a likening to her. And now they were together.

Charlie knows this because Amy never shuts up about it. Like she's bragging about it. "He saved me. He's my knight in shining armor now." She wasn't saying those words but that's what it felt like to Charlie.

And even though Amy has this chip on her shoulder about Charlie, she never wants to leave his side. She holds on to him for dear life and trails him where ever he goes. And while Charlie would be happy that he has his childhood friend back...it can't be that simple.

Amy has...a thing for him. But Charlie doesn't even know what that thing is. Is she in love with him? Does she just have a crush? Are they just sexual feelings? Does she just want to kill him?

He doesn't know, and if he's honest, he's too tired to care. But he just wants to do whatever makes Amy happy. She's his friend. And he cares about her. And he owes her.

Now some quick stuff.

Niles met Charlie and Danny in high school after beating up someone who was trying to attack Danny. Danny and Charlie think that Niles was trying to save them, but in reality, Niles just wanted an excuse to get into a fight. They still became friends though.

Danny has a pretty big family. At least the ones who are still alive. There's him, his youngest brother James, his youngest sister Tiffany (or Tiff, as she likes to be called), and his oldest sister (who's also their legal guardian) Donna. They all get along for the most part, Danny and Donna are ride or die, and care about each other so much. Tiff and Danny have a bit of a strained relationship, not out of malice but because Tiff is actually a professor at the school...and younger than her brother. She also tries to hang out with him and his friends and thinks that it's so cool that she gets to see him everyday. But he thinks it's just a bit too embarrassing.

One of Tiffs students has a crush on her. She doesn't realize this though.

Prof. Woodrow and another professor (it's Missy, I don't have a name for her yet) seem to have history. No one is sure what it is, but it's a hot button topic at the school. Are they dating? Married? Divorced?

The only one who knows what they are is Niles, since he meets up with Woodrow for guitar lessons and they're pretty close.

Another professor, Prof. Song, also has an air of mystery around her. She's not cold, far from it, she's full of energy and very involved with her students.

Some think maybe she's a widow. Or she lost something precious to her.

One thing is for sure is that Charlie ADORES her. (It's not mutual. She only see him as a student. Maybe she lost her ability to fall in love long ago.)

And Danny and Niles tease him about it alot.

Some quick things about the boys!

Niles recreationally gets into fights. But Prof. Woodrow is trying to get them to stop because they're going to get seriously hurt, considering Niles has a high pain tolerance, and can barely tell when their body has had enough. Niles won't admit it, but fighting is their version of self harm.

Danny is at school to be a doctor, though he's not sure what field he wants to go into yet, maybe pediatrics? Either way, he met one of his closest friends, Martha, through his classes. She's nice and he enjoys spending time with her, but ever since she broke up with her boyfriend, she's been asking about his older sister ALOT.

Charlie wants to be a fashion designer but he also likes to dabble and take all kinds of art classes. He's also taking archeology. Which is weird since that has nothing to do with his major. Maybe he just has an interest in it? Or someone who teaches it?

In Charlie's idealistic world, he would be in a polycule with Danny, Niles and Rose. He thinks about it alot.

(sorry if this is so unorganized! I copied and pasted it from my phones notes)

does anyone want to hear about my stupid doctor who university au

yes or yes

[thethreemages]

Do you care to share more about Niles being a vampire~?

Accck, my apologies for being so slow to this, buuuut here's some juicy Nile info for yall~!

In Terra, there are two types of vampires generally known to the public: naturally-born and "created" vampires (aka: humans that got bit/transformed by one through artificial means). Nile's parents were both naturally-born vampires, deciding to remain secretive in raising their family as to not disturb the nearby human community (only going down occasionally for important supplies around the house).

Back in the day, Nile lived with his parents, older sister and younger brothers. As his folks were of the pacifist kind, they did their best to instill in their children how to be good, honest vampires no matter what the public perception thought of them.

When Nile was about 10 years old, his family got attacked by human poachers (the kind that hunted after supernatural "monsters" in Terra, like vampires). Nile was able to escape within the nick of time... but the rest of his family sadly wasn't so lucky. The only things he was able to recover from his home were a pair of earrings and a gold neckpiece he still wears to this day, in remembrance of his family.

Following this period of wandering on his own, Nile was eventually found and taken in by the St. Aurelian temple (who were unaware of his vampiric nature, due his then-traumatized state preventing his true-features from coming out). For the first few months of staying there Nile was completely mute... until Meradyth defending him from some bullies prompted him to finally speak out in thanks (though its left him with a permanent "soft/raspy" tone of voice).

As he grew older and puberty set in, Nile had a... particularly hard time trying to balance his vampiric nature with wanting to learn the holy temple's teachings. For awhile he was able to sustain his natural thirsts with some nearby fruits and hunted animal blood... but one day he just couldn't take it anymore as he finally opened up to Meradyth of what he was (which she thankfully agreed to keep secret, and even offered her own blood to help satiate him whenever he needed it).

As an adult upon becoming accepted as a temple acolyte, Nile had to undergo a ceremony where he bathed himself in holy water. Having spent the last few months training his body to sustain the effects (as vampires have a natural weakness to such water)... he was finally able to complete the ceremony with relative ease. As a further-side effect, his natural Dark magic become partially "blessed" into half-Light magic from this (thus changing his official mage title to that of a "Night Mage" instead).

As Nile went on to become a teacher at Ravilda's, he kept his true nature a secret for at least the first couple years... only feeling comfortable enough to open to Headmaster Auran, Prof. Ramon and the Kodiak's at first. One night his urges became so strong that he broke loose from his "restraints" and bit the Headmaster... which made him feel all sorts of guilt despite his boss' reassuring that it was okay. Eventually he did go on to tell some of the other teachers the truth... though he has yet to tell those like Elyvia for how naturally judgmental she is of such "creatures".

Currently, Nile's diet has grown relatively "varied" to a mix of consuming regular food, blood (of which he's very particular about), and specialized red, pudgy fruits that produce a thick blood-like juice to act as a "substitute" for his vampiric cravings. To the average human, these fruits taste pretty bitter... but to him, they taste more like a rich, decadent flavor (almost akin to chocolate).

In terms of what his "true" vampire form looks like, it tends to vary on some nights between him still looking relatively human (but with glowing red eyes/pointed ears), to a more "beastly"-like form with him having bat wing protrusions and talon claws. His mindset becomes like that of a prowling predator... speechless yet unpredictable in his thirst for "prey".

[augustheart]

the actual difference between professor xavier and dr. caulder is that niles caulder is the only person actually committing voter fraud in the us and charles xavier is a proud non-voter.

[brightly-painted-canvas]

TOG fandom - How to address others in Italian (a little help for fellow writers)

Another one of these posts in quick succession because a thing I’ve noticed in many, many fanfiction is the incorrect use of titles and honorifics in Nicky’s Italian lines. Which... I get it, it’s super-uper difficult to get and also Google is the worst of all to translate the right use and nuance (my suggestion is to always prefer Reverso Context when translating entire phrases, it’s based on examples and it’s more accurate in general). So!

Let’s start with family (famiglia, with a gl, different to the Spanish word).

Papà = dad (please, please, PLEASE USE THE ACCENT. Just like Nicolo ≠ Nicolò, remember that Papa = Pope. And Nicky’s dad - or Nicky as a dad - is not a Pope). Variants! They are mostly regionals, but you can also use: papi, babbo, pa’. Father = padre, so if Nicky has to refer to an austere father figure or someone else’s father? Use padre and the honorific form (we will get to that). Mamma = mom. Variants! Mami, mammà, ma’. Mother =��madre. Figlio/a = son/daughter. Sorella = sister. Older sister = sorella maggiore or sorellona (like ‘big sis’), younger sister = sorella minore or sorellina (’lil sis’). Fratello = brother. Older brother = fratello maggiore or fratellone (’big bro’), younger brother = fratello minore or fratellino (’lil bro’). Nonno/a = grandad/grandma. Also: nonnino/nonnina, it’s cute. Zio/a = uncle/aunt. Cute: zietto/zietta. Cugino/a = cousin. Younger cousins could also be called: cuginetto/cuginetta. Nipote = nephew/niece and grandson/granddaughter. Younger ones: nipotino/nipotina. Suocero/a = father-in-law/mother-in-law. Cognato/a = brother-in-law/sister-in-law. Genero = son-in-law. Nuora = daughter-in-law. ... and I’m stopping here, but if you have questions on other particular words just DM me :D

How to address loved ones.

Amico/a = friend. Someone who’s always very friendly and nice to hang up with = amicone/a. The BFF from when you were young kids = amichetto/a. Ragazzo/a = boyfriend/girlfriend. ‘Chi è? Il tuo ragazzo?’ = ‘Who’s that? Your boyfriend?’. Variants (also regionals): ragazzino/a, moroso/a, tipo/a. Fidanzato/a = fiancée. Could also be used as boy/girlfriend, but it’s mostly for couples about to get married. However, nonne all over Italy at Christmas would always ask their nephews/nieces ‘ce l’hai il/la fidanzatino/a?’ which basically is ‘have you found yourself a boy/girlfriend?’. Marito/moglie = husband/wife.

How to address royalty/nobility (to the person who asked about this specifically some time ago: took me some time, but here it is).

Sua/Vostra altezza reale/imperiale = His/Her/Your royal/imperial highness Sua/Vostra maestà reale = His/Her/Your royal majesty Re/Regina = King/Queen Imperatore/Imperatrice = Emperor/Empress Principe/Principessa = Prince/Princess Duca/Duchessa = Duke/Duchess Conte/Contessa = Count/Countess Signore/Signora = Lord/Lady (’mio Signore’ = my Lord)

The clergy (a relevant topic for Nicolò).

Prete = priest. Also: don (mostly used before the name to address the priest, like ‘Don Nicolò’)(yeah I know it reminds you of mafia names, that’s where they get it from... it’s basically a substitute of ‘signore’, frequently used in the South). You can also call the priest padre (father) ‘Padre Nicolò’. Padre superiore = father superior, frate = friar, monaco = monk, eremita = hermit, abate = abbott. To address a friar: fra and the name, like ‘Fra Giacomo’. Suora = nun. To address the nun: suor and the name, like ‘Suor Cristina’. Also: sorella, madre superiora = mother superior (’Madre Teresa’), badessa = abbess. Vescovo = bishop. ‘Sua Eccellenza’ = His Excellency. Arcivescovo = archbishop. ‘Sua Grazia’ = His Grace. Cardinale = cardinal. ‘Sua Eminenza’ = His Eminence. Papa = Pope. POPE. P-O-P-E as in the old holy guy dressed in white living in Vaticano. First rule of Italian, folks: we don’t have as many accents as the French, but when we do THEY MUST BE USED. Also: Santo Padre = Holy Father. ‘Sua Santità’ = His Holiness. I had to translate half ‘Wikihow - come rivolgersi al clero cattolico’ LOL

There should probably be a whole chapter about politics too, but you get the drift: use Reverso, check the examples and write me (or any other Italian user in the TOG fandom) a DM if you’re in doubt.

And we arrive straight to the honorific form. This is hard, I know... English doesn’t really have this form, but it’s extremely important to know it and know the differences to write/talk good Italian.

The basic rule is that when we speak to someone who’s above us in hierarchy (a client, a professor, an older colleague, ecc.) or a stranger, we use ‘lei’. Dare del lei means not referring to the person with the singular form of ‘you’ = tu, but use the female third person singular. Let’s proceed with an example: if you’re writing Nicky as a professor, he’s gonna be called ‘prof Di Genova’ by his Italian students. They wouldn’t say ‘prof, non interrogarmi’ to him, but they would use the ‘lei’ form: ‘prof, non mi interroghi’ (don’t test/question me, professor). This form is basically the most frequently translated by Google. This is why the most frequent mistake in fanfiction is Nicky asking ‘scusi?’ (sorry, in the ’lei’ form) to Joe or Andy or Booker instead of ‘scusa?’. As much as I think Nicky is a very polite guy and he definitely would use the ‘lei’ form with strangers, he knows his family (and his husband!) well enough to use the ‘you’. As a rule, always check if the translated Italian you are using is in the honorific form and, if it shouldn’t be in your fic (as in: Nicky is talking to someone he knows, like Nile or Joe or his family), change it to the ‘you’ form. NB! Nice nuance in fanfiction: Nicky using the ‘lei’ form with Copley or even Merrick (sometimes using the honorific form with asshole strangers adds a very sassy flavour) and Nicky using the ‘lei’ form with Joe if you’re writing a first meeting AU (in a polite/formal environment). It’s cute because there’s frequently a moment during a first meeting conversation where people ask each other: ‘possiamo darci del tu?’ (can we use the ‘you’ form?) and I think it’d work well with them.

You think this is it? THINK AGAIN! We also have an even more reverential form, to use with very veeery important people (nobility, extremely high-up people and the such) which is dare del voi. Voi = you (second person plural). The ‘vostra’ you saw above in the royalty part comes from this. Example: if Nicky is a prince or a king, a counselor should address him with the ‘voi’ form. ‘Vostra maestà, vogliate scusarmi: ho dimenticato di aggiornarvi su questo argomento’ (Your Majesty, please excuse me: I’ve forgotten to give you updates on this topic).

A bit complicated, I know, but I hope I’ve helped. Remember you can DM me anytime if you have questions. If you think I’ve forgotten something, please add a comment so that I can reply! :D

Here are the links to my previous ‘Italian language for fellow writers’ posts:

Terms of endearment

Swear words

Writing ‘good’

[wickedpact]

im taking this fuckign class on ~exploring spirituality~ bc......... i needed a credit and it fit into my schedule, lmao.

and the class is taught by a sicilian roman catholic deacon (? ?? nickycore?) and like. literally its a two hour class where we just talk about religion and our relationship with religion (cries in queer ex-religious person) but yesterday we talked about ~witnessing~ (*cough* prothletising) and the prof actually made a pretty decent point abt it (for a catholic guy) about how offering judgement or trying to '''promote''' christianity is almost never helpful/useful to struggling people and how the best thing you can do both as a christian and as A Fellow Human Being is offer help and support. and thus if/when the topic comes up with that person of 'how/why are you doing this' then give that person the God 411™ if they continue to be open to it. but offering it without being given that opportunity by that person helps no one.

and also how, as a member of the clergy, he's found it counterproductive to talk to his parish about sin, especially 'harmless' sins (the example he gave was sex before marriage), bc doing so just breeds shame, which is again not really helpful to anyone and mostly just alienating for the person at hand.

but that made me think a lot abt nicky and his morality. and how thats portrayed in ttt (Avenging Hand Of God) vs. in the movie (We've Been Offered The Opportunity To Do Good So Lets Do Some Good). and how the former always struck me as. . . .. very very arrogant, to assume the will of God

i mean 'a mistake can be forgiven'. i get it, the guy was an awful human being, but who are yoo ooo ooOUUuu to say what god can and can't forgive? you got the bitch on speed dial or something? (its also worth pointing out that theres no sign in the comic that this guy is religious. what does he care if he broke an oath before god? it makes nicky seem so out of touch for even bringing it up)

and i dont know. i mean... imo at least its clear that nicky is religious In Some Way in both movie and comic verse, but in the movie his ideas are communicated in such a way that they arent inherently 'christian' (note that in the movie nicky never actually invokes the name of god. i dont think he does so in the main comic either. which is a great detail imo! bc andy doesnt believe in god and he doesnt know if nile does! so when he offers up all these comforting ideas about Destiny and Purpose, he does so in a way that non-christians can find comfort in them, even if theyre 'christian concepts' when he thinks of them himself)

but compare that to ttt (and ill give the solo nicky story some slack bc hes talking to other christians there (other christians who use the bible as 'evidence' that theyre doing the right thing) but....... still.)

'but those people really were evil!' i mean yeah. but the point here is nicky using his faith as a weapon of condemnation rather than as a motivator to do good and Spread God's Love (Trademark™). these people are evil not because God(Nicky) Passed Judgement On Them but because they are harming and enslaving people. nicky is killing them not because He Is The Instrument Of Sinners' Damnation but because these people are doing harm, and by killing them nicky is doing good for the people they are oppressing.

nicky reasoning what hes doing here is The Will Of God rather than strategical acts of violence which will have a net positive affect on the world is SUCH a Christian Person Red Flag™ to me. yes these people were all evil but when you reason that you, personally, understand the will of god, and that you, personally, can judge or condemn people based on that will, that opens SUCH an unnerving door in regards to how you see the world (& the people in it) and how you view your own judgement.

i mean,

tldr:

[aboutanancientenquiry]

An article of Jan Assmann on the Bible and the blackening of Egypt’s reputation (with some thoughts of mine on Herodotus and the Bible as sources on ancient Egypt)

“The Blackening of Egypt's Reputation

Prof. Jan Assmann

It was from Egypt –and not, e.g. from Babylonia or Khatti (Turkey—Hittite land) or any other country of the Ancient world – that the Israelites believed themselves to have emigrated in order to enter the covenant with God and eventually the Promised Land of Canaan. The reason for this choice may be historical, if we believe in the historicity of the exodus, or symbolic, if we take the exodus story as a foundational myth rather than a historical account. In either case, however, it is legitimate to ask about the significance and origin of the stark antagonism that the biblical account constructs between Egypt and Israel.

The negative image of Egypt in the exodus story blackens the memory of Pharaonic Egypt until today. It focuses mainly on two points: Egypt as the “house of serfdom” and Pharaoh as the paragon of tyranny and despotism.[1]

Conscripted Labor not Slavery

In Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, slaves were understood to belong by nature to a lower species of human beings; this idea was unknown in Egypt. Egyptians worked as servants, laborers, and peasants, but not as slaves. There was, however, the institution of corvée or conscripted labor.

Throughout the Ancient Orient, conscripted labor was a customary form of taxation and could be paid in the form of labor service. In Egypt, conscripted labor played a particularly important role since the annual flooding of the Nile put a halt to work in the fields for three to four months at a stretch, freeing up farm hands for other activities. Furthermore, huge loads that would otherwise have had to be arduously hauled overland could now be transported by ship.

We must further distinguish between normal conscripted labor and forced labor. The first form is free from every degrading or punishing aspects, the second form, however, is the usual form of punishment in antiquity and highly degrading.

Apiru

‍In the New Kingdom (1500-1100 BCE), forced and corvée labor was more and more left to prisoners of war and people deported from occupied countries like Nubia (to Egypt’s south) and Canaan. In this way, even Hebrews and other Canaanites may have been engaged in the large building projects of Ramses II. In Egypt, these foreign workers were called capiru, a Babylonia loan word (hapiru), meaning “vagabonds, outlaws, migrants.”[2] This fits the meaning of capiru in the exodus story, in which the enslavement of the Hebrews begins with conscripted labor, then forced labor, and eventually full enslavement.

Solomon’s Conscription of Captives

The closest the Bible comes to describing an Israelite king enslaving his population is the text concerning Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, which focuses on domestic rather than foreign corvée labor. When asked to lower the service burden, Rehoboam famously said: “My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions” (1 Kings 12:14). But Rehoboam never gets to make good this promise; unsurprisingly, his outburst brings on the secession of the Israelite northern kingdom.

When describing the “actual” corvée system under Solomon, however, the Bible does not make use of the same hyperbolic tone as we see in Exodus, though both texts use same term, mas (מס). Exodus 1:11 describes Pharaoh appointing “officers of the levy/labor (שרי מסים)” over the Hebrews; in 1Kings 5, the term is used both for the levy (מס) Solomon demanded of his own people and for the forced labor exacted from defeated cities and enslaved captives.

The book of Kings reports that Solomon, who spent twenty years building the Temple and royal palace in Jerusalem while also undertaking further construction projects in Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer, conscripted 30,000 men (1 Kings 5:27-30 [=vv. 13-16 in most English Bibles]):

מלכים א ה:כז וַיַּעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מַס מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְהִי הַמַּס שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף אִישׁ. ה:כח וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם לְבָנוֹנָה עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים בַּחֹדֶשׁ חֲלִיפוֹת חֹדֶשׁ יִהְיוּ בַלְּבָנוֹן שְׁנַיִם חֳדָשִׁים בְּבֵיתוֹ וַאֲדֹנִירָם עַל הַמַּס. ה:כט וַיְהִי לִשְׁלֹמֹה שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף נֹשֵׂא סַבָּל וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף חֹצֵב בָּהָר. ה:ל לְבַד מִשָּׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים לִשְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר עַל הַמְּלָאכָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָרֹדִים בָּעָם הָעֹשִׂים בַּמְּלָאכָה.

1 Kgs 5:27 And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 5:28 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand [men] a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was [supervisor] over the levy. 5:29 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:30 Besides the chief officers of Solomon which were [deployed] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Although the Bible describes what sounds like very hard work, the text offers not the slightest suggestion that the levy introduced by Solomon was tainted by indignity, degradation, enslavement, suffering, or the deprivation of rights.

A little later in the Book of Kings, however, we are told that Solomon levied only Canaanites for construction work and spared the Israelites for service in the army:

מלכים א ט:כ כָּל הָעָם הַנּוֹתָר מִן הָאֱמֹרִי הַחִתִּי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה. ט:כא בְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נֹתְרוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַחֲרִימָם וַיַּעֲלֵם שְׁלֹמֹה לְמַס עֹבֵד עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה. ט:כב וּמִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא נָתַן שְׁלֹמֹה עָבֶד כִּי הֵם אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַעֲבָדָיו וְשָׂרָיו וְשָׁלִשָׁיו וְשָׂרֵי רִכְבּוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו.

1 Kgs 9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 9:21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

This passage navigates the difficultly between two conflicting principles: not to oppress the Israelites with bondservice and the obligation of Deuteronomy 7:1-2 and 20:16-18 to annihilate the Canaanites.[3] Solomon’s treatment of the Canaanites that are still living in Israel amounts to a flagrant violation of Deuteronomistic puritanism, but by enslaving them and thus avoiding the creation of Israelite bondsmen, the passage ameliorates the problem somewhat. It also demonstrates some ambivalence about the idea of Solomon levying his own people to do hard labor; no such ambivalence is expressed about doing so to foreigners.

Pharaoh’s Shift to Forced Labor and the Use of Genocide

Considering the fact that a king levying work, even physical labor, from his citizens and certainly from foreign residents was the norm in the ancient Near East, including Egypt and Israel, the accusation against Pharaoh in Exodus needed to be about something more extreme than this. And thus we read in the exodus story, about how Pharaoh gradually exchanges the normal forms of conscripted labor to aggravated forms of forced labor (Exod 5:6-9).[4]

But the accusation against Pharaoh is much more serious and by far exceeds anything connected with forced labor: In order to cull the Israelite population, he commands his people to kill all the males among the Hebrew newborns by drowning them into the Nile:

שמות א:כב וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכׇל עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כׇּל הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ וְכׇל־הַבַּת תְּחַיּוּן.

Exod 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

This step, however, is told in chapter 1, long before Pharaoh’s negotiations with Moses, and is never referred to in the later unfolding of the narrative. The story belongs within the widely-known myth of the Exposed Child and bears unmistakable fairy-tale traits. It may, however, serve as a foreshadowing of the 10th plague, the killing of the Egyptian firstborn and is, in the Christian reading of the Old Testament, the typos or prefiguration of the massacre of the innocents in Bethlehem recounted in Matthew 2.

The Narrative Logic of the Sinister Egypt

The sinister role Egypt and Pharaoh play in the story of Exodus reflects the narrative logic of the story that leads from utter God-forsakenness in Egyptian slavery to the status of God’s Chosen People and the enjoyment of permanent divine presence. God, who is completely absent in the two first chapters describing the sufferings of the Israelites[5] (through Exod 2.23-25 where in five sentences Elohim is mentioned five times), ends up by entering into the tabernacle in order to “dwell in the midst of his people,” “speaking from above the Kerubîm.”[6]

The dark image of Egypt in the book of Exodus is a construct, not founded in historical reality. Its depiction of Egypt as a paradigmatic rogue state is a theological and narratological necessity. The Egyptian enslavement is needed in order to understand the covenant and its laws as liberation. God is the liberator “who led thee out of Egypt, the house of bondage.” They themselves are continually reminded of this fact and enjoined never to forget that they “were slaves in Egypt.”

They are to remain slaves, however; from slaves (avādîm) of the Egyptians they have become the servants[7] of YHWH:

ויקרא כה:נה כִּי לִי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבָדִים עֲבָדַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אֲנִי יְ־הֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם:

Lev 25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am YHWH your God.

The Torah’s message is that servitude to God frees one from human enslavement.

ויקרא כו:יג אֲנִי יְ־הֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִהְיֹת לָהֶם עֲבָדִים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם וָאוֹלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם קוֹמְמִיּוּת.

Lev 26:13 I am YHWH your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt from being their slaves, and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Historical Context of the Narrative

In the Bible, the story of the exodus from Egypt is set in the New Kingdom or Late Bronze Age. The orally transmitted myth that serves as the basis for this story may very well go back to this age, when Canaan was ruled by Egypt and its inhabitants suffered under the Egyptian occupation[8] or even – as deportees – in Egypt itself.

In my opinion, however, in its current, elaborated form, it must postdate the time when the kingdom of Judah collapsed (586 BCE) and the people were deprived of any exterior stabilizers of memory and identity: kingship, state and territory, temple, priesthood and cult. In exile, they experienced, discovered or invented a new form of spiritual resettlement in the ideas of revelation, covenant and faith, which they codified in the Torah. Upon their return to Jerusalem, they made this Torah the spiritual foundation of the new Second Temple Judaism.

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Prof. Jan Assmann is Professor (Emeritus) of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg and is now Honorary Professor of Cultural and Religious Studies at Constance. He received his Ph.D and Dr.habil from Heidelberg, as ... Read more

Source: https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-blackening-of-egypts-reputation

Professor Jan Assmann

Jan Assman is for sure a great Egyptologist and this article of his offers very important insights. I think, however, that it is well established that slavery existed in Egypt too, not only in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Moreover, corvée labor, although not slavery in the strict sense of the term, is a form of forced labor, which can be very harsh. This was also the case with the corvée labor performed in ancient Egypt by the Egyptian population, which was a standard feature of the Pharaonic political and socio-economic system. But of course forced labor imposed on foreigners by the Egyptian state could be even harsher. 

Anyway, I think that it becomes clear from this article that the main source of the blackening of the reputation of ancient Egypt through history is not Herodotus, but also that one cannot compare Herodotus and the Bible as sources on ancient Egypt, contrary to what some people foolishly claim on this site: Herodotus’ account of Egypt, despite its understandable flaws from a modern point of view, is the first comprehensive account of a foreign civilization in human history and contains much information still useful today, whereas the Exodus is “sacred history”, in which Egypt is just used as the stage and later the antagonist in a narrative constructing the collective identity of the Israelites on the basis of their special relationship with Jahveh.

[thejusticewarrior]

The Book Club - Non-Fiction

The Non-Fiction Book Club TBR list:

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin

21 Lessons For The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Haran

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius L. Donnelly

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Between The World And Me by Ta-Neisi Coates

Beyond The Pill by Jolene Brighten

Boundaries In Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

Calm The F**k Down by Sarah Knight

Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Confessions Of A Political Hitman by Stephen Marks

Confessions Of A Sex Kitten by Eartha Kitt

Declutter Your Mind by S.J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

Decoded by Jay-Z

Devil In The Grove by Gilbert King

Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Feminists Don't Wear Pink And Other Lies by Scarlett Curtis

first, we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson

Girl, was your face by Rachel Hollis

Heal Thyself For Health And Longevity by Queen Afua

Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Haran

Hormonal by Martie Haselton

Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan

How The Pill Changes Everything by Sarah E. Hill

How To Be Single And Happy by Jennifer L. Taitz

How To Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Maybe It's You by Lauren Handel Zander

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray

Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur

Misjustice: How British Law Is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide by Amy Thomson

Natives: Race And Class In The Ruins Of Empire by Akala

Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization by Anthony T. Browder

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Haran

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James

Sweetening The Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall

The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Art Of Happiness by The Dalai Llama

The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown

The Little Book Of Hygge by Meik Wiking

The Many-Headed Hydra by Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker

The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

The Warmth Of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Thinking, Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay

Vilnius: City Of Strangers by Laimonas Briedis

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Womancode by Alisa Vitti

Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women, Race And Class by Angela Y. Davis

A Massacre In Mexico by Anabel Hernandez

Putin's People by Catherine Belton

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla et al.

When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullon & Asha Bandele

It's Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan

Afropean: Notes From Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Blueprint For Revolution by Srdja Popovic

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

The Health Gap by Michael Marmot

Fake Law: The Truth Abiut Justice In An Age Of Lies by The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Our Final Warning: Six Degrees Of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas

Underground by Haruki Murakami

The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre

Pharma by Gerald Posner

The Truth About The Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.

Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan & Alan Cassels

Blood Feud by Kathleen Sharp

The Future We Choose by Christiana Gigueres & Tom Rivett Carnac

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Society Must Be Defended by Michel Foucault

Discipline And Punish by Michel Foucault

Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank

If They Come In The Morning by Angela Y. Davis

Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine

The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing The Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride