#she's in ctrl

[bloodmaarked]

➫ monthly book round-up: may 2024

books read: 7 [+17%] average rating: 3.14 [-17%] average speed: 7 days [+6%] total pages: 2,728 [+23%] yearly goal progress: 29/50 [58%] best of the month: the end of men, christina sweeney-baird worst of the month: black girls must die exhausted, jayne allen

4.5* reads:

the end of men, christina sweeney-baird

4* reads:

this is my brain in love, i.w. gregorio

3.5* reads:

the memoirs of sherlock holmes, arthur conan doyle

she's in CTRL: how women can take back tech, anne-marie imafidon

3* reads:

sorrowland, rivers solomon

2* reads:

and so i roar, abi daré

1.5* reads:

black girls must die exhausted, jayne allen

currently reading:

quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, susan cain

babel, or the necessity of violence: an arcane history of the oxford translators' revolution, r.f. kuang

[2deadkat]

Okay as cool as Rhea and Liv or Rhea and Tiffany are…

may I consider:

I’m calling them Ripsky

[dynamitekansai]

iyo_sky: YEET!!!!!🙌🏻✨✨

[lainalit]

Propaganda I won't fall for is that Rhysand, instead of Tamlin, sent feyre the music utm that she heard when she was in her cell

And It's pretty easy to prove since we know the music piece SJM had in mind for this since she mentioned it in her old newsletter

also the re-tilted track name is such an obvious rewrite since she admitted in the newsletter that she rewrote the second & third book

Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 has these instruments listed on Wikipedia

Also I need to point out that the fiddle and violin are the SAME instrument since the majority of the fandom still don't know that

Some might say, "Yeah, of course the music Feyre received is classical since ACOTAR is set in a vague medieval/victorian era," and they'd be right. But SJM specifically chose the second movement know as Alegretto, which is written and performed by the strings

what is also interesting is the wording from George Grove with the way the strings playing each other melodies like they are afraid of losing hold of each other

Mixed with the fact that the only named known string player the readers know in all of the series is Tamlin, it is pretty evident that SJM intended for Tamlin to be the one who sent Feyre the music UTM, but she just retconned it in acomaf

[r-truth]

[samijey]

Look at her go <3

[choccy-milky]

Hello! I'm not sure if you remember me but I DM'ed you one time and ask for some advice when it comes to drawing.. XD I just wanted to post this to show you how much I have improved, as well as a gift to say thank you for giving me the inspiration to practice drawing again!! I know I still have a lot to learn, but I will do my best to keep on practicing and maybe someday I can draw my MC along with yours :D

AW THIS IS SO CUTEE THANK YOU!!😭🥹🥹im so happy i could help you even a little bit with any advice, and also that i could inspire you to keep drawing!! your art is already super adorable so ik youll just keep getting better and better, and im hononured to see clora in your style...TYSM AGAIN!!🥹💖💖🙏

[happyendingsong]

bayley's ig stories 14th july 25

[direwombat]

wip wednesday word train

tagged by @lilywatt to do this fun little wip game (thank you macy!)

rules: for each letter of the word you're given, share an excerpt from a wip that starts with that letter. the word i was given is SIGH.

All of these excerpts are from various points in the slasher au <3

S — "Shut up," Sybille snaps.

"You don't gotta do this," the woman pleads. Her lip quivers, voice trembles. Eyes glisten with tears. "Just lemme go n' I promise I won't say a word to no one. Not a peep. I swear."

"Shut up!" she snarls again, and she uses the barrel of the gun to shove the woman towards one of the chairs. "Sit down."

I — It's for survival, she tells herself. Cuddle up to the predator. Bat your eyes and roll over to bear your belly. Prove you're not a threat. If you're good and useful, he'll keep you safe. And she ignores the voice in the back of her head warning her of the danger of that. That this is exactly how Mama ended up stuck with Daddy.

G — Giving the sole of her boot a nudge with the toe of his own, he grunts, "Get up."

"Why?" she scoffs. "So you can take me on a death march? Can't look me in my face when you kill me? Gon' take me out executioner style?"

"Not gonna kill you," he grunts, and he slings the rifle over his shoulder.

H — Hot sauce smears across her face and her fingers shine with grease. It's like watching a wolf rip apart a deer's carcass—loud and messy and primal, uninhibited by meaningless things like manners.

in theme with my current wip, the word i'm giving y'all (should you choose to accept it because i know there's some overlap between my and macy's taglist) is: FEAR

taglist (opt in/out)

@voidika, @buggknife, @cloudofbutterflies92, @josephseedismyfather, @tommyarishikage

@florbelles, @fourlittleseedlings, @wrathfulrook, @harmonyowl, @ivymarquis

@carlosoliveiraa, @cassietrn, @lasersinthejungle, @strafethesesinners, @trench-rot,

@miyabilicious, @simplegenius042, @g0dspeeed, @inafieldofdaisies, @inafieldofdaisies

@josephslittledeputy, @adelaidedrubman, @finding-comfort-in-rain, @socially-awkward-skeleton, @strangefable, and anyone else wanting to participate in this fun little game!

[ricoelpobre]

She was twee royalty

[bloodmaarked]

she's in ctrl: how women can take back tech // anne-marie imafidon

first published: 2022 read: 10 may 2024 – 19 may 2024 pages: 418 format: e-book

genres: non-fiction; STEM (technology, women in STEM); feminism favourite character(s): n/a least favourite character(s): n/a

rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 thoughts: let me preface this by saying my rating has much more to do with me being outside the target audience than it does the quality of the book. i added she's in ctrl to my list as i have heard of anne-marie over the years, i think she's hugely inspiring and wanted to hear more from her. i was also lucky enough to hear her talk (about the book and her life) at an event hosted by the trouble club around this time last year, and again it was wonderful hearing about her experiences and her mission to get more (young) women involved in the tech space. the book was a great continuation of this... but i realised i'm not that interested in tech.

the book looks at the past, present and future of tech, and pairs this with achievable ways to begin your own journey into tech, whether that's learning and becoming more engaged, seeking a tech career, or wanting to create your own tech as an entrepreneur or volunteer. in this sense, it was mostly faultless. it was a little repetitive at times, but i really enjoyed learning more about the contributions of women in tech, both past ones that have gone unacknowledged, and of women carving their own spaces in the present day. one thing that was a pet peeve was the arbitrary and repeated substitution of the word 'control' in the text for 'CTRL', which was not a big deal in the scheme of things but it started to bug me quite early on.

because of this, i think she's in ctrl is a great starting place if you are seeking a gateway into the tech space as a woman, and if you can it's probably worth checking out her Stemettes group as well. but i'm not really one to engage that heavily with tech, so i began to lose some interest as i kept reading. i think the book encouraged me to simply be increasingly aware of tech developments that are happening now and that influence our present and our future. and one thing it definitely did was got me to finally start taking lessons to learn python, which had been one of my goals for this year, so thank you anne-marie for giving me that push! who knows, maybe a year from now with python under my belt and this book in my repertoire, my opinions on how i view and enjoy tech will have changed entirely :)

[thisusedtobeafanpage]

Here's some characters I've been told I look like/I've been compared to so my followers and mutuals have a fun idea of what I look like!!!

(I thought this was fun so maybe yall can imagine what I could maybe look like based on this haha)

[dynamitekansai]

Iyo_SkyWWE: 📸 #RawOnNetflix

[vanityangel]

Michael Cole: "Whoa, that was very unique!"

[blanketfort-brainrot]

… fuck it, we ball.

[samijey]

SmackDown Live 17/11/2023

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