"It is also clear from these monsters that the loss of a child (or the inability to have one in the first place) was not thought of solely as a personal tragedy for a woman - it was a failure of womanhood. Lamia and Gello may be sympathetic, but they are monstrous nonetheless. Lamia is, fundamentally, a woman who is unable to keep her children alive, and whilst there might be understanding of the pain this causes her, she is nonetheless demonised for it. Gello, meanwhile, is tormented not just because she died young, but because she never married or had children. There is no suggestion that her lost life could have taken a different path - she is not driven to furious murder because, had she lived, she could have composed great poetry, or written works of philosophy, or become an athlete. The failure to marry or have children, or to keep existing children alive, turned Lamia and Gello from beautiful young women into monsters, demons who were entirely outside of civilised society. They had failed at being women, to such an extent that they were women no longer."

- Sarah Clegg, 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦: 4,000 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪

Some of my favorite parts of The Secret History are when Richard would get sick of his friends and then end up doing drugs wirh Judy poovey and her friends, even though he kept talking about how much she annoyed him. It was so funny every time. It was always like “*long pretentious monologue* anyway then me and Judy took a bunch of pills and partied with all those people I think I’m better than, had a blast. Still think they’re fucking losers and idiots.”

Ill never be as smart as Henry Winter but I aspire to be as cunt as Judy Poovey

was there ever a point in the secret history where richard papen wasn't drunk, stoned or asleep??

richard: no no guys im straight

meanwhile, richard: what's the hottest thing ab camilla? idk that's a toughy. did i mention i love her? oh and i love how she looks, esp her boyish haircut and how much she reminds me of her brother :)

also richard: camilla let's get married. yes i know you're still in love with henry. get over it already i loved him too

screaming crying sobbing will never recover

i'm going to make such a good old lady shaking my first at the young'uns that threw a ball into my yard

caesar pookie

beware the ides of march pookie

romantic fantasy manhwa male lead/author try not to have a recurring feet thing difficulty: impossible

A soothsayer in the streets of Rome tells Frankenberry to beware the Ides of March.

Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,

no piece of art or literature has ever understood me quite like this onion article

i’ve always known that horses are full of dark and evil magics but apparently there was this one horse in ancient rome whose owners (including people like cassius and mark antony) all died horrible deaths, and nothing will ever fill me with such delight and cold fear, in equal parts, as the phrase “the horse had a dark side, too”

We love the Ides of March because it’s the last example of a senate working together to accomplish something.

awakening from my long slumber amongst the rats of this city just in time

bro is so wild off the bat like give me a moment to breathe??

this is literally the preface man you have so much time to be funny later

literally trying so hard to avoid learning anything new or resurfacing any buried childhood thoughts ab got, but i'm like 60% sure the red wedding is joffrey's. very excited y'all!! :))