#library; open book

[creatureheart]

Static image version of a previously posted video. All images are ALT text, but I shall also paste the text here:

COMMUNITY PSA: A reminder that those who identify physically as nonhuman are welcome and have always, and will always, be a part of the therian, alterhuman, nonhuman, otherkin, and similar communities, and can use ANY of these labels.

Whether their reason for identifying this way is spiritual, due to delusions, trauma, mental health, conditions such as lycanthropy or zoanthropy or is similar to the notion of "this is my body, and I am nonhuman, therefore my body is nonhuman" is their business and theirs alone.

People outside of the communities will always find a way to dislike us, and trying to cater to them by putting down other members of these groups will never make them fully accept us. Playing into the "Us vs Them" mindset only pushes the community apart.

All I hear when I see videos and comments from fellow therians, nonhumans, otherkin and alterhumans talking about these identities being ONLY non-physical is, "well, we OBVIOUSLY don't identify physically as animals/etc. We're not like those CRAZY people!"

Which is not only ableist but paints those who do identify physically in a bad light, whatever their reason may be. Delusions and mental illnesses that may cause them does not mean the identity of that individual is fake or wrong. So treat others nicely, even if you may not understand.

Not only that but delusions and the mental illnesses that cause them do not always equate to distressing or bad. Unlearn the idea that such things are an indicator of something being wrong and so has to be fixed because that mindset hurts many who live unbothered lives with them.

All of my accounts will always be safe spaces for those who have physical nonhuman and alterhuman identities. Just as they will be a safe space for those whose identity is non-physical. The only one who can decide what and who you are is yourself.

Stay true to yourself! Ignore, report and block the haters! Your happiness is more important than their ideas of you!

#otherkin #alterhuman #therian #therianthropy #alterbeing #nonhuman #otherkind #otherhearted #creature; the voice #library; open book

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

#art #ive literally just been treating this game as a library simuator #i walk from bookseller to bookseller opening up all of their books #vivecs sermons are either a highlight or the point at which i stop reading #ive been trying to convince the ordinators that imitation is the highest form of flattery but it hasnt been working #let me wear your helmets please theyre so funny.. #posting morrowind in 2024 isnt a cry for help but youre not wrong to be concerned. #morrowind #almalexia #vivec #im going to explain the chitin armor give me a moment #so the bonewalker nerevar on the shrines is adorable and it was only after drawing it however many times that i realized #it looked relatively close to a modified chitin armor #and so i modified chitin armor a few times and this was probably the cutest result #i also know i drew almalexia relatively pristine and untouched by years and vivec not so much but my thought process was #vivecs role as if not a favorite then the most accessible divine or the most “hands on” in a manner of speaking #acting in ways visible to the general population or actions explicitly brought to their attention #like not that almalexia isnt doing anything she is #but the dissemination of information regarding that is very different etc etc etc #anyways to a certain extent a god is the face on a shrine or in art or upon a statue or carving #but vivecs presence is interwoven with the geography of vvardenfell especially and his actions and writings with pubished materials #and the arts and culture and customs etc etc etc #so to me the face of a god you know and feel a commonality with or a god that walks alongside you is a face you would recognize #and vivec is already otherworldly looking enough #the simple mark of the years on his skin in some way grounding him in reality felt more right #that and i think the ways in which he and almalexia care about outward appearance are slightly different- they prioritize different things #and the ways they present outward power and their embodiment of their respective attributes share some similarities as they both have that #important preoccupation with physical power and physical strength to a certain degree #oh my god nobody read this i am yapping so bad. #tes

[haunthouse]

redistributing wealth (searchable pdf of horror in architecture by joshua comaroff & ong ker-shing) to the masses (tumblr users obsessed with haunted houses)

enjoy! <3 xoxo

edit 01/06/2022: the google drive link stopped working for some reason but here's a working link to it on archive.org!

#pdfs #haunted houses #horror in architecture #architectural hauntings #hauntings #architecture #hauntology #horror #kaylee.txt #apologies for the amount of times you can see my fingers holding the pages down lmao #this book has a weird spine and does not want to stay open #but my library loan of it is due in 3 days with no renewal and i havent finished it yet so i figured i might as well scan it #so i can finish it + also so other ppl can read it !

[fairydrowning]

"The truth is love exists so much more than a romantic partner. Love is everything around you, and I hope you learn how to open your eyes to that. I hope you find love in every aspect of your life. I hope you find it tucked into early morning sunrises and the smell of your favorite places. I hope you find it strung between the laughter you share with friends. I hope it bounces off of you when you hug the people you care for. I hope it swells within your rib cage whenever you hear your favorite song or discover something that moves you. I hope you fall in love with growth and change and the messiness and the beauty of making mistakes and becoming exactly who you want to be. I hope you find love in places that were once devoid of it. In places within yourself that you could have been softer to kinder to in the past. Because if there is one thing I have learned, it is that love is so much more than a human being who holds your heart. Love is everything around you. It is everything."

– Bianca Sparacino, The Strength in Our Scars

#this is for everyone #i hope you learn how to open your eyes to that #enjoy your weekend besties #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #dark academism #light academism #words #classic literature #literature quotes #quotations #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #spilled poem #dark academia literature

[jstor]

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2pzbkcg.14

As Tumblrinas we’ve surely witnessed the evolution of music consumption into a participatory process.

Naturally, we looked into it on JSTOR and found this 61-page, open access chapter about the state of music post-internet.

Enjoy 🎧

#as a tumblr rite of passage i did see arctic monkeys live for 2 nights in a row very recently #unfortunately i don’t know if i’m allowed to share photos on here but just know i was there and mesmerized #jstor #academic research #book chapter #open access #libraries #music

[writethestory365]

It doesn’t matter what you start with — just get started.

#heart posture #love #writethestory #take control #live #live well #words have power #words of affirmation #dream chaser #healingjourney #proberbs 3 #god’s plan #open heart #share your thoughts #writerscorner #writers on tumblr #authors #books and libraries #relationships quotes #love is #healing #tumblr fyp

[queerliblib]

Your collection on Libby is amazing 😭 I wanted to read a few books for Lesbian Visibility Week but I'm in Delhi, India and I can't access anything

thank you!!! <3

It’s been so delightful to see all the love & support from folks internationally. we wish we could do QLL world-wide, but unfortunately we simply don’t have that kind of capacity at this time. hopefully you can at least use our recommendations as inspiration to track down some that you may have access to through your local systems!

outside of that, if we’re talking Lesbian Visibility Week, there’s always open access materials like Stone Butch Blues - available for free always to anyone anywhere with an internet connection to download from Leslie Feinberg’s website.

Some other great materials that are freely available include;

72 LGBTQ+ Studies books in the DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)

16 Gender & Sexuality Studies books in the Open Textbook Library

Project Gutenberg: has many books that are in the public domain - you can find some older queer classics here like The Well of Loneliness

#queer liberation library #qll #asks #queer books #open access

[daguerreotyping]

Daguerreotype of two men, affectionately entwined, circa 1845-50. Source: Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918 by David Deitcher. This book is also available to read for free on Open Library, though the scan quality is a little rough. I've just acquired a used copy and it's so worth it, not only for the many lovely reproductions but also for Deitcher's writing, which is beautiful and I imagine very relevant to the interests of many viewers of this tumblr:

Anonymity, and the uncertainty it perpetuates, facilitate a kind of pleasure that would be more difficult to sustain under the potentially harsh, and always more limiting, details of a more concrete historical intelligence. Research into the gay history of nineteenth-century London prompted one writer to ask: "Do we view it with dismay, since it is a record of sorrow, of powerlessness, a record of lives wrecked? Or is it possible to read even these texts, written as they were by journalists, policemen and court clerks, with delight, as precious traces of dangerous, pleasurable, complicated gay lives?" Uncertain of anything that actually transpired between the men in such a photograph, the collector is free to imagine whatever he pleases. Immersed in their appearance, he remains ignorant of any tragedy that might have befallen them, or of any crime they may have committed or been punished for.

#how do you even describe this pose anyway—like crossing your legs but your leg over his leg?? #conveniently obscuring your hand on his inner thigh #19th century #19th century fashion #19th century photography #daguerreotype #1800s #1840s #1850s #gay interest #historical fashion #fashion history #men's fashion #if anyone reading the Open Library file would like a clearer shot of any of the images please feel free to reply with the page number #I'd be happy to take a photo from my copy of the book

[seaglassdinosaur]

I know we collectively agree that Hiccup isn’t romantically inclined, and his getting married and having kids didn’t make sense in the epilogue, but consider: Hiccup getting married for political reasons.

It’s a marriage of alliance, which is recognized both by him and his partner, and they enter it without expectations of romantic involvement. Since they’re now married, they live in the same castle, spend time together, and Hiccup finds he really likes his spouse. They’re funny, get along with his friends, and has the same interests and values. They both probably speak multiple languages. She understands why Hiccup is so dedicated to making the Wilderwest better, and holds similar views. She’s a good politician (her job after all, was to be an ambassador). Hiccup likes spending time with them, and the feeling is mutual. They’re not in love, they have their own lives, but they’re dedicated to each other and eventually decide to raise children. They teach their kids how to train hawks and hunt with dragons, riding, history, the Languages, and all the necessary skills of their world. They’re not in love and they’re happy together.

#pushing the aromantic hiccup agenda and also the queerplatonic agenda #as much as the idea of hiccup getting married was always a little off to me it was more the romantic angle #which I why I like the idea of a marriage of alliance and a partner who understands that #and then of course the montage of them being a good team and getting along #and going ‘yeah I like this person. I think this is the person I want to spend my life with.’ #also a) a lot of arranged political marriages did have the foreign spouse function as an ambassador #b) polyglot hiccup is canon and I think it would be neat if his spouse was as well. it is a marriage alliance after all. #she isn’t from the small area of berm #(actually give all the Vikings regional accents. I think it’s neat) #c) she/they because I didn’t feel firmly about the partner’s gender and the nords were pretty gender diverse #anyway I think the partner would probably be fond of the library and admire hiccup got it open way back when #get along with Fishlegs and camicazi well enough #and enjoy dramatic stories of their adventures. maybe have some of her own #also: normalize people having their own lives outside their partners. hiccup and they are happy together but also have their own friends #oh and you know hiccup would be a great dad. he loves Stoick but he would so much be the dad he wished he had growing up #are the kids bio related? are they adopted (cast off and No Names)? who knows! #I could build in my head what hiccup’s spouse is like but I’ll leave it here #they exist as we construct them #httyd #httyd books #my post #book!hiccup #hiccup the third #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #book hiccup

[vintagehomecollection]

The architect for this house is obviously a reader. Do you see two, count two, reading nooks in one living room? Overall this is a fantastic layout.

The Not So Big House features adaptable spaces open to one another, designed for everyday use.

The Not So Big House - A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live, by Sarah Susanka with Kira Obolensky, The Taunton Press, 1998.

#vintage #vintage interior #1990s #90s #interior design #home decor #living room #staircase #open floor #library #books #bookshelves #picture window #contemporary #style #home #architecture #furniture

[creatureheart]

I've made a few posts talking about things in the nonhuman and alterhuman communities recently, mostly just brief looks into them, so I thought I would share this one.

The info may not be all that much, and could easily be expanded upon, but I did my best for a simple bit of info for certain things.

All pictures have ALT text included, but I shall post the text also here, under a cut, cause it's a bit long, lol

Nonhuman as an identity: To identify as not human either fully or partially. (hate/trolls will be reported and deleted)

Reminder: These are all personal identities and why someone identifies as nonhuman and what term someone decides to use for themself is exclusively their business. In the end it is what makes the most sense to the individual and not up to others. Now, onto some of the communities that are included under the nonhuman identity:

Otherkin: from the term "otherkind" - an identity which typically encompasses being wholly or partially a nonhuman entity. Usually understood to cover those who identify as mythical creatures and other fantastical things. Also covers those that fall outside of beings and creatures.

Examples of non-being or creature based identities: Conceptkin: an identity where one identifies as a concept such as the concept of night or fire. Objectkin: and identity where one identifies as an object. Songkin: an identity where one identifies as a song.

Examples of being and creature based identities: Therianthropy: usually shortened to therian - where one identifies AS a nonhuman animal. Some will say that this term refers to only earthen animals, living or extinct, but it has never only encompassed earthly animals. The community's language came from those who identify as werecreatures. Theriomythic: an alternate identity term for one who identifies in some intrinsic was as a mythical creature. Paleotherian: an identity term for one who identifies as a now extinct earthly animal, like a dinosaur or mammoth.

Cladotherian or Cladokin: an identity term for one who does not identify as a distinct species, but a broader identity encompassing an entire genus or larger grouping. Cladomythic: an identity term for one who identifies as a group (clade) of animalistic mythical creatures.

Fictionkin: an identity term that covers all things fictional. For those who identify as something fictional like characters, animals, species, objects, etc. These can be from books, shows, video games, etc, but not always! Original fictional characters and such are also possible.

There are many other identities that fall under the nonhuman umbrella which is why it's important to do your own research to figure out if a certain term works for you. All these identities share the trait of being involuntary. You cannot choose to be therian, otherkin, or the other mentioned identities.

While the already mentioned identities are involuntary, there are some identities that fall under being voluntary. Otherlink: an identity where one voluntarily identifies as nonhuman. Copinglink: an identity where one voluntarily identifies as nonhuman to copes with things such as trauma, stress, etc.

A lot of people may also say that it is impossible to become a therian, otherkin, etc. While the identity is involuntary, things like trauma and neurodivergence can cause an individual to take on a nonhuman identity when they had not had one previously.

Most will usually see people explain that these identities are spiritual or psychological, but these are only some of the ways that individuals may experience them. Some other experiences of nonhumanity: Symbolic Metaphorical Ancestral Physical (Yes this is an actual reason for some and they are just as much a part of the community as anyone else. Physical and Ancestral nonhumans are part of the community's history and some of its founders.)

For those looking for more information, and community places, here are some places to check out! Werelist Nonhuman National Park Alterhuman Archive The Chimera's Library. The above are forums and archives of information on the community. Most archived information is thanks to who-is-page, liongoatsnake and frameacloud on tumblr.

While this is a brief look into the nonhuman identity that I could share, I do hope it has been helpful in some way. Remember to be true to yourself, and don't let anyone tell you how to feel. Ignore, report, delete and block the haters!

Yeen out~

#alterhuman #otherkin #therian #therianthropy #alterbeing #nonhuman #otherkind #fictionkin #conceptkin #songkin #objectkin #cladokin #cladotherian #cladomythic #theriomythic #paleotherian #creature; the voice #library; open book

[macmanx]

The thoughts they're afraid of:

#reading #thinking #books #banned books #open library #mltshp

[bigdadskypilot]

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...”

― Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republicans today are the antithesis of what they once were. They bear no resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, or Dwight Eisenhower. They are not erudite like William F. Buckley. They are identified by the horrible things they stand for: hate, fear, and violence. They wrap themselves in flags and clutch bibles, while displaying the honor and loyalty of neither. Any dedication to the principles upon which this nation was founded demands full and complete opposition to them. If that’s what makes me a “liberal.” Then so be it.

#anti trump #make donald drumpf again #separation of church and state #fuck republicans #republicans are trash #fuck desantis #ron desantis #ron desanctimonious #Ron desantis is trash #promote libraries #no book burning #keep libraries open #librarylife #support libraries

[palatinewolfsblog]

On Censorship (for all those who resist) ...

"Libraries should be open for all. Except the Censor." John F. Kennedy.

#thought of the day #thought of today #john f. kennedy #libraries #open library #freedom of thought #crime think #thought crime #books #books books books #censor #censorship #fight censorship #stop censorship #dare to read #dare to think #sapere aude #what matters

[justasmallgirl]

So one thing about me is I love reading and I just got some new books I want to read. I saw a post about this and now I can’t get it out of my mind - one of my current fantasies is reading a book whilst being teased and eaten out.

Like maybe I was already reading when you found me or you gave me my book deliberately, either way.

Start by just teasing me as I’m reading and making me blush. Kiss my neck, grope me and we both now how stubborn I am so I’ll try to continue reading at first. But once I put the book down and try to kiss you, place the book back in my hands and tell me I have to read it out loud.

I reluctantly agree because you say you’ll stop if I don’t. Keep teasing me and once I start squirming put your fingers in my underwear to see how wet I am and tease me about it.

“That was quick.” “Does reading really make you this wet?” “Such a slut.” “I barely have to touch you and you’re soaking.”

Then say something like “I guess if I got you this wet then I should probably do something about it.”

Move down to in between my legs, kiss and suck my thighs until I’m really begging and shaking. Warn me you’ll stop if I stop reading and then eat me out, but take your time. Being made to keep reading whilst your mouth is on me, but I have to read it out loud to you and told to start sentences again when I stumble or gasp because of what you’re doing.

But you don’t stop, you don’t let me off that easily and you keep going while taunting me.

“Speak up baby.” “I thought you wanted to read.” “I can’t hear what you’re saying over your pathetic moans.” “Maybe I should give you a break so you can collect yourself before we continue.” “Louder, I can’t hear you.”

Don’t let me cum until I’ve finished reading a chapter…or two.

#lesbian nsft #fuck yesss #bi nsft #k1nk #overstim nsft #wet and needy #nsft concept #nsft humiliation #spank my bum #always wet #bondge sex #i need this #nsft #whor3 #books & libraries #cumslvt #humiliation kink #oversharing #dumb wh0re #asks open #send dirty asks #wlw smut #mine #send me asks #degradation. #humiliation. #inspection.

[thoughtportal]

Miss M.F. Lewis’ Fungi collected in Shropshire and other neighborhoods on the Internet Archive:

Volume I

Volume II

Volume III

#article #open culture #women in art history #women in stem #women in art #women in history #mushrooms #fungi #science history #science #art history #history #M.F. Lewis #books and libraries #books #public domain