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finelythreadedsky · 5 months

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JSTOR Wrapped: top ten JSTOR articles of 2023

Coo, Lyndsay. “A Tale of Two Sisters: Studies in Sophocles’ Tereus.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 143, no. 2 (2013): 349–84.

Finglass, P. J. “A New Fragment of Sophocles’ ‘Tereus.’” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 200 (2016): 61–85.

Foxhall, Lin. “Pandora Unbound: A Feminist Critique of Foucault’s History of Sexuality.” In Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey, 167–82. Edinburgh University Press, 2003.

Garrison, Elise P. “Eurydice’s Final Exit to Suicide in the ‘Antigone.’” The Classical World 82, no. 6 (1989): 431–35.

Grethlein, Jonas. “Eine Anthropologie Des Essens: Der Essensstreit in Der ‘Ilias’ Und Die Erntemetapher in Il. 19, 221-224.” Hermes 133, no. 3 (2005): 257–79.

McClure, Laura. “Tokens of Identity: Gender and Recognition in Greek Tragedy.” Illinois Classical Studies 40, no. 2 (2015): 219–36.

Purves, Alex C. “Wind and Time in Homeric Epic.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 140, no. 2 (2010): 323–50.

Richlin, Amy. “Gender and Rhetoric: Producing Manhood in the Schools.” In Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey, 202–20. Edinburgh University Press, 2003.

Rood, Naomi. “Four Silences in Sophocles’ ‘Trachiniae.’” Arethusa 43, no. 3 (2010): 345–64.

Zeitlin, Froma I. “The Dynamics of Misogyny: Myth and Mythmaking in the Oresteia.” Arethusa 11, no. 1/2 (1978): 149–84.

#alphabetical order. im not ranking them #i still have two more froma zeitlin essays to read (one new and one a reread) in the next few days though #and its possible one of those might knock amy richlin off the rest (nothing personal; its a great piece just not my area)#but if im willing to have two things by the same scholar i would have to rethink including grethlein 'the poetics of the bath in the iliad'#some of my favorite articles/book chapters of the year are not on jstor though...#bill beck 'lost in the middle: story time and discourse time in the iliad'!!!#and lyndsay coo has a 2020 chapter updating and expanding this 2013 article that is 🔥🔥🔥#and of course judith mossman 'women's voices in sophocles' which is what send me to garrison 1989 and rood 2010 but is not itself on jstor #i also reread some of melissa mueller's objects as actors book which is wonderful as always #and i would be incredibly tempted to put william m calder iii's tereus article on a top ten list for sheer entertainment value #jstor wrapped #mine

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firebound-press · 2 months

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Todays bind! Fools Gold, by @tigers1o1 !!

Personally, I absolutely adore the paper and bookcloth combination on this bind. I got the cloth a while back for free and I’ve been waiting for a chance to use it, and then my friend Cam got me this paper as a gift! It seemed way too perfect to not use!

This was a very exciting bind, because it gave me the opportunity to try something completely new, gilded edges!!

Although it didn’t turn out perfect, I’m still super proud of how clean it ended up. Plus, I personally think the flaws make it better :D

The typesetting here was very exciting for me. A few months ago Ty held a tattoo contest for the fic, and I couldn’t not use them when I saw the two finalist designs. So I went ahead and contacted the artists, and they both said I could use them!!

Title page design: @eldrigeonsss

Chapter header design: @sheeeeeeeepherd

Thank you both again for letting me use your beautiful work!

You can read the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42798252/chapters/107512251

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justanotherfanfolks · 5 months

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Book 4: *exists*

Me: Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular-

#twisted wonderland #twst #kalim al asim #jamil viper #azul ashrengrotto #jade leech #floyd leech #twst grim #twst yuu #ace trappola #deuce spade #you know if it wasn’t for the Ramshackle ghosts Book 5 would’ve been about someone overblotting over cold temperatures #obsessed with Jamil showing his true colors and Azul going 'omg can we be friends?'#i love this book SO much!#like Jamil-#sir was everything his plotting was everything #azul's counter plan was everything #the kalim/jamil conflict was top tier #Azul and Jamil have my favorite current/previous overblotter dynamic #oh my gosh I am so obsessed with this book the climax went so hard #I wish I could capture how great this book was in memes #this is the book that made me get into TWST i will go on a tangent over how much I love it!#oh also me freaking out seeing Epel at the end there #that's my OG boy right there!#memes

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dirty-spiced-chai · 2 months

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SLEEP TOKEN

Take Me Back To Eden

(as a hoodie)

#if you want one please tell me! my concert ticket was so expensive 🖤#i’m excited to play with the scythes as my arms #scythe is probably my favorite neal shyster man book #nothing has yet to top the cliff hanger at the end thunderhead #sleep token #sleep token worship #sleep token concert #sleep token fan art #sleep token art #sleep token merch

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werewolf-transgenderism · 3 months

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the cover of the gigantic notebook I have dedicated to my dissertation notes and research is, dare I say, absolutely slaying

#really gets the queer trans medievalist vibe established #also the medieval ones are a sticker set that is also the cover of one of my FAVORITE academic books #(trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography eds. blake gutt and alicia spencer hall) (wonderful people!)#also filled the space in the top with a sticker that came with a ring I ordered from nominal. it matched the vibe

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syl-stormblessed · 1 year

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i just read Going Postal in less than 18 hours. oh my god hnghhhh how have i survived so many years on this earth without Moist Von Lipwig in my life. how have i survived so many years on this earth without Discworld in my life. i’m a changed person now.

#CAN WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT BOOK BECAUSE I’M IN LOVE WITH IT #WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO START READING DISCWORLD #GOING POSTAL MIGHT BE ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE BOOKS #MOIST VON LIPWIG IS PROBABLY GONNA END UP BEING IN MY TOP 10 FAVORITE CHARACTERS AFTER I READ MAKING MONEY AND RAISING STEAM NGL #I’M NOT THE SAME PERSON THAT I WAS THIS MORNING #discworld #terry pratchett #going postal #moist von lipwig #making money #raising steam

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rosepompadour · 1 year

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Here was all the gaiety and glory and sparkle I knew was going to be life if I could just grasp it. For some people history is a graveyard. For me it was an enormous Christmas present wrapped in tissue paper and tied with satin ribbons, and inside would be something to adorn, to amuse, and to dazzle me forever. It was my present for being alive.

Elaine Dundy, The Dud Avocado (1958)

#the dud avocado #elaine dundy #literature #i have a bookshelf in my bedroom that is devoted solely to my top-tier favorites and i try to find pretty or interesting editions for it #i try to steer away from the basic paperbacks because these are mine! they're MY books!#so anyway i have three copies of the dud avocado and none of them were Right for the Shelf so i treated myself to a first edition #and now the shelf is perfect!#for sally jay 💗

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stephstars08 · 7 months

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My top favorite female characters of DC comics!

Not in particular order!

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tomatoland · 6 months

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I would rather fight with you than make love with anyone else

TopMew, Only Friends Episode 11

#topmew #ofts #only friends the series #the quote is actually from the wedding date which is one of my favorite movies #nick mercer says it to kat ellis #forcebook #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #top tanin #mew witsarut

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lalaloobzy · 7 months

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Do gay people even know about Birdy?

Once every couple months I remember these dudes and they take over my whole mind

I am BEGGING people to read or watch Birdy

I'm in love with queercoded old fiction. And these pictures don't even begin to show how queer it is. Not to mention it's one of the best portrayals of complex PTSD I've ever seen

There's a part where Birdy gets 2 birds specifically with the intention of having them mate and have babies and he names them Birdie and Alfonso after Al and himself. HELLO????

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nighty-night-nh · 1 month

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Should've expected something to go wrong today, it is the ides of March, but I did not expect to spend 8 hours in a power cut. Thanks for that one Ceasar.

In other news, I read the entirety of Alex Rider - Skelton Key today! Great 3rd entry but also wtf do you mean their putting this 14 year old through the Unimaginable Horrors for 11 more books??? He's already had to deal with a nuke in this one??? Hello??? Alan Blunt I'm going to strangle you???

#nicky rambles #alex rider #alex rider skeleton key #i dont think anybody here reads alex rider but its in my top 5 favorite book series so i may talk about it sometimes #but. um. Jesus crist i already felt horrible at alex's exploitation when i started the series and that feeling gets worse the more i read #unfortunately never say die was my first entry into the series so i already know it gets way worse and Blunt does retire eventually but -#- what about retirement now? please?#like what do you MEAN he he almost got eaten by a shark. WHAT !!!#head in my hands #straight onto eagle strike in an hour tho! i just need a moment to breathe #also sidenote to my tangent. I like Sabina shes a sweetpea i hope she shows up a couple more times b4 never say die #ar: skeleton key

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forcebookcorner · 22 days

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Force Jiratchapong and Book Kasidet as Top Tanin and Mew Witsarut in Only Friends Episode 4 (2023) [2//4] [X]

Other parts: [#1] [#3]

#only friends the series #only friends ep04 #only friends spoilers #topmew #top tanin #mew witsarut #forcebook #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #my gifs #mew is the prettiest boy #I love how arrogant Force looks here. His acting is amazing #Mew is my favorite character. Best character #Editing this scene for the gifs was insane because it's so dark...

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sky-neverending · 8 months

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Kaz told Nina to 🔪slay🔪 and she heard ✨slay✨

#six of crows #shadow and bone netflix #nina zenik #kaz brekker #she really slays all book and show #like nina on top fr #she’s not even my favorite but #i love her #she’s so slay #sky’s stardust

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nerdybluephoenix · 1 year

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I've been inactive, what'd I miss?

#i looked up the meme and this was a top result #why is it referencing my favorite book?#why vanilla extract?#vanilla extract #humans are weird #humans are space orcs

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bookthroneking · 4 months

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Top 10 Books of 2023

I've read 35 books this year. Some of them I liked, some of them I loved... these are the ten books I adored (and one honorable mention).

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (review here)

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (review here)

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (review here)

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield (review here)

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat (review here)

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

Zombies: A Cultural History by Roger Luckhurst (review here)

The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan (review here)

The Crow by James O'Barr

Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite

+1: Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (review here)

#favorite books #book recs #book list #top 10 list #2023 reads #bookworm #bookish #bookblr #book talk #my posts

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luxaofhesperides · 3 months

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Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

Nine years divided them, but time meant nothing to hands: her fingers interlaced with his as naturally as if they were eight years old, or ten, or thirteen. Palm to palm, thumb over thumb. A bridge between them.

#vampires of el norte #isabel canas #litedit #new adult books #historical fiction #romance novels #bookedit #my edit #this is one of my favorite books i read last year #like in the top 3. stellar writing. incredible characters with flaws and so much tension #i adore how the setting/time period was written with the fantasical elements of magic/vampires #if you like historical fiction or characters deeply in love but with difficult histories between them. read this book. right now

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