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Em, she/her, 35 // trans inclusive fat positive queer joy // above all shadows rides the sun //
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one of the best tips for Real Life that I’ve ever picked up is to always highball your estimate whenever someone asks you “when can you get this done by” by about 25% (if you can get away with it). that way, if it ends up being harder than you thought, you’ve got extra time to figure things out and if you were right about how much time it takes then you get to look like an absolute genius instead of just a simply competent person.
what you may not have realized is that I learned this crucial piece of life advice from an episode of Star Trek where Scotty is telling Geordi that whenever he told Kirk something on the Enterprise was at full capacity, it was always only ever a notch or so below full capacity so that Scotty looked like the god of all engineers when he was able to magically hack the warp drive to run a little beyond what he’d told everyone else was “full capacity” and honestly that one throwaway gag from Star Trek has changed my life.
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Hello! I don't usually have trouble finding queer romances wherein the characters are in their 20s or 30s. But, I'm in my 50s. Do you have any recommendations for queer romances which revolve around middle-aged characters?
Hello! yes, absolutely - there are so so many that we’re hoping to buy over the next few months, but for those that are in our collection right now we’ve got:
Mimosa - a graphic novel about a group of queers finding community in their 30’s & 40’s
The Four Profound Weaves - centers two older trans protagonists
Bingo Love - separated in their youth, two grandmothers find each-other again in their mid-60’s
No Strings Attached - a mother & recent divorcée takes steps to change her life
happy reading <3
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Wood and faience game board with pieces, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 BC
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Silly Pigeons 🕊
A collection of 11 Pigeons sketches and 1 "Duck"
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Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
HAMLET (2009)
dir. Gregory Doran
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Queer history fact: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, on the 29th of August, 1867, became the first recorded queer person to speak publicly in defence of queerness. He did so by pleading with the Congress of German Jurists, urging them to repeal anti-homosexual laws. And while he was shouted down, this act was not fruitless. It was a speech that was shouted down but never forgotten because it was, for most people there, the first time they heard queerness discussed in a positive way. His continued advocacy work went on to inform people for generations after him, including Magnus Hirschfeld. In remembering Karl Ulrichs, he said:
"As one of the first and noblest of those who have striven with courage and strength in this field to help truth and charity gain their rightful place."
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Alec Hardy + shots symbolizing his loneliness
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“I get it. When you’re in love, you think you’re gonna be interlocked forever. Love’s all-encompassing when you’re in it, but…Really, you can’t trust anyone. Not even the people you love. Ultimately, we’re all alone…”
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!
"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
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