Most people are convinced that as long as they are not overtly forced to do something by an outside power, their decisions are theirs, and that if they want something, it is they who want it. But this is one of the great illusions we have about ourselves. A great number of our decisions are not really our own but are suggested to us from the outside; we have succeeded in persuading ourselves that it is we who have made the decision, whereas we have actually conformed with expectations of others, driven by the fear of isolation and by more direct threats to our life, freedom, and comfort.

~Erich Fromm (Book: Escape from Freedom)

[Bookish Literature]

quick reminder that it’s ok to say that you love reading and that reading is your passion without reading 30+ books in a year. if you connect with books and love the power of the written word, you’re bookish. you don’t need to justify your love of reading.

I am just a simple girl, take me to a bookstore and I will tell you about each book I have read, about my tbr, about the genres, and will probably give you 100+ recommendations even if you haven't asked for.

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ℑ 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰…

Remember when I published this in a serious journal and everyone thought it was very funny?

Well, Gender/Fucking: The Pleasures and Politics of Living in a Gendered Body is basically where I stake my claim at being a depraved freak. 😉

Don’t wait! Get your copy now! Available on Bookshop and plenty more.

"I was looked at,

but I wasn't seen."

Albert Camus, The misunderstanding.

Yes yes

Life's not fair, i should be paid for existing and reading books

You are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

- Nietzche

Academic girl

does anyone else find people working -- poring over texts, focused, eyes locked, brains turning, passionate, dedicated -- incredibly attractive?

*gives you a book with a pressed flower bookmark*