Here is a digital library of books burned in 1933 including scans of some of the books

The Arkansas Department of Education continues to ratchet up it's attempts to eradicate all vestiges of African-American History in schools. First, they refused to pay to take the AP Exam, then they said they were going to refuse credits for the course.  But that wasn't enough for Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who claims that the class teaches people to "hate America." Now, the State Department of Education has sent out a letter demanding that every school hand over all books and course materials in their possession on African-American history to the state.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/arkansas-sanders-african-american-materials

Presumably the State of Arkansas will burn the material...you know, a good old-fashioned book-burning.

On This Day In History

May 6th, 1933: The Deutsche Studentenschaft (German Student Union) attacked the Hirschfeld Institut fur Sexualwissenschaft, appropriating about 20,000 books and articles, as well as 5,000 images, to be destroyed. It is suspected, but not confirmed, that a transwoman named Dora Richter was killed either in the attack of in custody.

Dr Quinn on book burnings

Rev. Timothy Johnson: I think we have had enough to do with those books for a while. Michaela Quinn: You are absolutely right, Reverend, but I brought this because I think we can all agree on what to do with it. Rev. Timothy Johnson: I am glad to see you have had a change of heart. Michaela Quinn: How can I not? With a book that tells of a father who sacrificed his own daughter. A book that tells of a man who is married to more than one woman at the same time. Why, this book even has a passage in it describing how God accepted a bet from the devil! Rev. Timothy Johnson: You are right, Dr. Mike, that is a book that we can all agree on, and handing it over to me is the kind of gesture that will help heal the spirit of our town. I thank you for showing so much faith. Michaela Quinn: Not at all, Reverend. Loren Bray: What is it? Michaela Quinn: The Holy Bible.

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Messages Spared by the Fire

A viennese sunset smolders

In the full courtyards,  

Howling with slurs

And promised reprisals

-

They carry the torches

Of the foaming lynch mobs

Not long ago

To kill the screams of the past

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They burn to snuff out

The mute glare of the stars,

The words of Kafka floating

With Hemingway and Wilde

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Leaving trails of smoke

As a passage of survival

The songs among the ashes,

Of a fallen empire  

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

did anyone else ever find it odd how easily zeus offered percy godhood? and how it almost seemed like he secretly wanted percy to accept? well i did, and after thinking long and hard about it…

i don��t think percy understood what turning down godhood really meant

demigods do tasks for the gods because they don’t have to follow any rules. they aren’t controlled by anyone or anything. demigods are a strange hybrid - not god, not human. they are in between the laws of immortal and mortal. they are not supposed to exist. yet they do, which is what makes them so extraordinary.

percy is crazy powerful. of course, there’s the aspect of raw power. he has domain over air (storms/hurricanes), land (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), and sea (monster waves, tsunamis, floods, basically anything that involves water.) he can control bodily fluids. he has super strength (with one hand, he held up an unconscious annabeth who was being pulled down by both arachne AND the forces of tartarus). he has super speed (he moves faster than bullets in TTC). no matter how badly you hurt him, he automatically heals and regenerates the second he touches water (an ability no other demigod has). he’s an extraordinary swordsman. very skilled in combat and warfare. he’s smart, and thinks of plans quickly. but he also has a great deal of social/poltcial power… i mean, he’s a leader and hero to both the greek and roman camps. if he says “attack,” all demigods, greek or roman, attack. no question. do you have any idea how threatening that is to the olympians? he’s also best friends and has an empathy link with the lord of the wild, which basically means all of nature is by his side too, including all land creatures. he’s also prince of horses, which means pegasi too (both of which are extremely useful in battle). and of course all sea creatures, including the mythical ones like krakens and leviathans. not to mention many of the gods really like him. hermes, hephaestus, athena, aphrodite, and dionysis have all gone out of their way to help him. artemis holds him in high regard, especially since he saved her. apollo literally considers him his friend! and poseidon - his dad, the god who is the biggest threat to zeus - is fiercely protective of him and cares about him a great deal. many minor gods also like him because he demanded them to be given more respect and for their kids to be welcomed at the camps.

percy unknowingly has more power, both physical and social/political, than anyone should ever have. he may have absolutely no idea, but it must scare the living daylights out of zeus. by accepting zeus’s offer to become a god, percy would have submitted himself to the control of zeus. zeus would be his king and ruler. zeus would then have complete control over him.

but percy said no. therefore, percy remains out of zeus’s control.

percy had no idea what he was doing. but thank the gods he made that choice. thank the gods he’s an incredible person. thank the gods percy jackson has no desire for power, because he has more of it than anyone should ever be able to have.

I think I was just born with something dark and ugly inside of me. Always waiting to be found out.

planetarium - adrienne rich/@twoheadedfawnn/ugly, bitter, and true - suzanne rivecca/a burning hill - mitski/a hora da estrela- clarice lispector/ @100493503004422/sharp objects - gillian flynn

I just heard they actually fired a teacher who assigned "The Diary of Anne Frank". Another book they have banned (the graphic novel). Every once in a while, when things get to the boiling point in my brain, I post this ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH of my grandfather's family in Amsterdam. Almost every of them died in concentration camps in the Holocaust (one was shot in the street by the Nazis--my great uncle with the chef's hat). Thank goodness, my grandfather made it out to Canada and then to NYC (where he met my grandmother). Most of his family only made it to Auschwitz and the other "torture camps". Sorry to veer away from rescue, but my families' history is calling and I cannot let this pass without this post

Book 2 au: sparring sessions and short hair katara

They like to have sparring sessions in order to keep their bending skills sharp. They allow themselves to go all out and not hold back at all cause they know if anyone got hurt, Katara could just heal them

But anyways, wouldn't it be kinda funny if Zuko accidentally burned Katara's hair tho? Aofkqldkkajfjd

The "I think we can save the hairloops" line is from @linnoya-writes thank you for that!! :>>

Zuko immediately going to his room and doodling Aang after he loses him is so funny to me

Where’s that “correct a guy on the internet and he’ll write a missive from the revolutionary war” meme? I need it

are we not gonna talk about Hell's Burn Book?

Messages Spared by the Fire

A Viennese sunset smolders In the full courtyards,   Howling with slurs And promised reprisals – They carry the torches Of the foaming lynch mobs Not long ago To kill the screams of the past  – They burn to snuff out The mute glare of the stars, The words of Kafka floating With Hemingway and Wilde  – Leaving trails of smoke As a passage of survival The songs among the ashes, Of…

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