alwaysfrowningslightly
Always Frowning Slightly
They/Them. Queer, Jewish, 26. Been here too long
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Harry Potter has a lot of hype of being the best magic young adult book out there. And while it is good, there are better ones. Also, JKR is trash. So.
Tamora Pierce is an amazing author. I still read her books as an adult, and I love them. Her books feature strong female characters, interesting and nuanced side characters, well-written antagonists, queer and poc side and main characters, and wonderful world building.
The ones more similar to Harry Potter are the lesser-known Circle of Magic series. First book is Sandry's Book. This series revolves around four children who discover they have magic that revolves around mundane/natural things: weaving, plants, smithery and weather. They all find themselves in the same house in Winding Circle Temple, where they find teachers and learn to control their magic, while dealing with various problems.
The adults are responsible, good teachers. Two (maybe three) of the four kids are poc. Three out of four teachers are poc and I'm pretty sure all of them are queer. The setting is not European, it has a Mediterranean/Turkey vibe.
Please read these books. Give them to your children, instead of Harry Potter. You won't regret it.
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Reading a book about slavery in the middle-ages, and as the author sorts through different source materials from different eras, I am starting to understand why so many completely fantastical accounts of "faraway lands" went without as much as a shrug. The world is such a weird place that you can either refuse to believe any of it or just go "yeah that might as well happen" and carry on with your day.
There was this 10th century arab traveller who wrote into an account that the fine trade furs come from a land where the night only lasts one hour in the summer and the sun doesn't rise at all in the winter, people use dogs to travel, and where children have white hair. I don't think I'd believe something like that either if I didn't live here.
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just tried to show my older brother something while my little brother tried to show me something. poetic cinema in motion
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Another reason I want more Addams Family with the 90s cast is I think it would be so nice to see Morticia uncorseted and aging gracefully. I don't think she'd go full Grandmama but do you really think an Addams is afraid of wrinkles and cellulite?
Look me in the eye and tell me Anjelica Huston doesn't still have it.
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JANELLE MONÁE photographed by MASON ROSE (Halloween 2023)
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finally decided to sit down and watch the incredibles again. there will be no commentary because i’m gonna be too busy watching it
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If you can't be bothered to learn the difference between a rock and a mineral, well...
Based on a submission from stubeardsly.
Want me to doodle your D&D party? Commissions are open! Check out my profile for the posting, or e-mail yourdndstories at gmail subject 'Doodles' for more information.
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just gonna start killing people i dont find funny
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I’ll never understand why anthropomorphic animal cartoons like Robin Hood and Zootopia will go to the trouble of creating character designs that are meant to be understood as “attractive” or even “sexy” to the human audience but explicitly avoid showing interspecies romances between anthropomorphic animals. Why is THAT weird but, like, trying to make rabbits recognizably sexy-coded to humans isn’t?
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a lot of yall seem to be falling for the “critiquing israel = antisemitism” rhetoric. the protests at columbia univ. were not antisemitic. calling for an end to palestinian genocide and displacement is not antisemitic. beyond that, universities have a long and crucial history as being the home of protesting & organizing social critique. violence & silencing of human rights protestors should scare everyone. if these wealthy ass, historical institutions aren’t protected when fighting for justice, none of us will be
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A loving, married couple wake up one day to find that they have returned to their high school days, when they were the most popular student and the class geek.
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Bioluminescence series by Rob Rey
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sometimes i wonder what my cat named me
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love shakespeare. did a hamlet run tonight, looked someone dead in the eye to say “am i a coward?” during a speech and the fucker shrugged and nodded
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i think “video games aren’t really the violent child-corrupting threat some parents worry they are” and “certain circles of gamer culture are incredibly toxic and can lead people down dangerous/hateful ideological rabbit holes” are ideas that can absolutely coexist
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