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anyway my stance on "reading the classics" basically boils down to the fact that what is or is not defined as "a classic" is somewhat arbitrary, and therefore it makes no sense to treat "the classics" as some sort of uniform genre that you either like or dislike. Whether you liked Great Expectations has no bearing on whether you'll like 1984 or Rebecca or Pride and Prejudice or East of Eden or Frankenstein or Crime and Punishment. Because those are all vastly different books. "I don't want to read Classics; they're all boring and probably sexist or something." <<free yourself from the arbitrary category of "classic." It just means a lot of people liked the book. You might not. but you might. Treat it as an individual title.

#this is the reason i had zero idea what C&P was about until i got it #(thank you BSD) #literally no idea there was romance #im only like 60 pages in though bc finals is killing me

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people misunderstand what ‘gifted kid’ actually means but it’s ok it’s fine it’s cool it’s good

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“Lord Byron gets up at two. I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom … at 12. After breakfast we sit talking till six. From six to eight we gallop through the pine forest which divide Ravenna from the sea; we then come home and dine, and sit up gossiping till six in the morning. I don’t suppose this will kill me in a week or fortnight, but I shall not try it longer. Lord B.’s establishment consists, besides servants, of ten horses, eight enormous dogs, three monkeys, five cats, an eagle, a crow, and a falcon; and all these, except the horses, walk about the house, which every now and then resounds with their unarbitrated quarrels, as if they were the masters of it… . [P.S.] I find that my enumeration of the animals in this Circean Palace was defective … . I have just met on the grand staircase five peacocks, two guinea hens, and an Egyptian crane. I wonder who all these animals were before they were changed into these shapes.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley on the lifestyle of Lord Byron (via timemarauder)

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Coloring practice

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Yaaaaas 😍

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"A cishet person must have made this, no queer person would ever portray queerness in this way."

"This artist must be white."

"No SA victim would ever handle the subject in this way."

"No woman would ever write women like this."

"This creator is obviously neurotypical. Everyone with autism/ADHD/depression understands-"

Nope.

People who make these blanket statements are very frequently proven wrong when the creator comes out as a member of that group. And even when they aren't proven wrong, even in cases where the creator isn't from the group in question, actual members of the group who don't fit whatever arbitrary criteria are being expressed will see these statements and feel excluded and erased.

Not everyone in your group is going to share your experiences. No single individual gets to personally decide what does or doesn't count as a "valid" expression of trauma or being part of a particular group, and creators are also not obligated to out themselves in order to "prove" their validity.

If something doesn't resonate with you, all that means is that it doesn't resonate with you. You don't have to like it. But you don't get to decide what it means to someone else.

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Fyodor wanderer is my new religion.

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ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

#mad hatter song from the wonderland musical

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reblog to give the person you reblogged from the strength to complete The Task™

#can i give myself strength too #i need it

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What is love? What is fame? I don’t want to be the slave of either one of them. I want to live a free, simple, healthy, independent life! Yes, yes. I desire to live like a lion in a desert. Some may criticize me for my lack of discretion and culture. I care not whatever they may say. Who can oppress me with the duty of the world, and the service of humanity? Have I not my own right of freedom, independence, and peace? I am not such a pedant as to deceive myself as well as other people at the expense of ethics … Yes, real happiness lies in this valley and in the woods.

Kunikida Doppo, “Going Home Again” from Selected Stories of Doppo Kunikida

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You’re married to your phone background/lockscreen how fucked are you

#kunikida #my dream come true

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#bruh i gotta stop opening tumblr in the library #great job though #nsfw