- Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977)

"Stop pretending, Moiraine. I think you’re afraid. You don’t want me to know how weak you feel. How unprepared. Overwhelmed. Because then you’ll have to face it yourself."

MOIRAINE SEDAI and LAN MANDRAGORAN in WHEEL OF TIME 2.08

The Wolves 🌒

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (x) ✰ reminder that T*RFs can fuck off, only reblog and interact if you love trans & nb women ♡

Listen, I never claimed to be original and or funny.

Completely sober in the club googling worst medieval executions

Female characters who are the sole voice of reason <<<<<<< Female characters who think of themselves as the sole voice of reason but who are actually just as insane as those around them

the best flavor of lesbianism is lesbians who create, destroy and rewrite universes through the sheer power of their deep love for another girl

Lily’s Movie Challenge (6/370): Shiva Baby (2020)

kit twirling the sword is something i could watch forever

You know, looking at this more closely, the flourishes actually are helpful in this fight! (insert shocked pikachu meme)

Check out how in that second gif Kit is twirling her sword out of the way of Jade’s blows. Jade is expending a lot of energy with these heavy slashes, and rather than trying to absorb all of that power from a probably significantly stronger Jade, Kit frustrates her expectations by just twirling it out of the way. It both saves energy, avoids the attack, and pisses Jade off!

Same deal with the third gif. Rather than try to push Jade off her blade, Kit just completely disengages, stepping back and twirling her sword so there’s no opportunity to reengage until she’s ready. And it makes Jade think that she’s caught Kit off guard, but when she goes for that heavy overhead strike, Kit is already there, the twirl of her blade putting her wrist back into position to be in a strong block.

Jade hates it!!! It’s stupid showy twirling that’s actually useful!!!

i get like physical chest pains when i think “oh i should go rewatch willow” and then remember that i cant 😭😭😭

For anyone looking to rewatch Willow, the official fan account @savewillow2022 has all the episodes available in English, Spanish, and French (and I believe other languages are coming soon?) on the official fan website

Willow Month 2023: week three !

Day 8: Parallels / Foreshadowing

THEY HAVE THE SAME FUCKING FACIAL EXPRESSION HELP ME-

Sapphic Books Reccs

Here is my list of recommended sapphic books! There’s a lot of YA here since that’s a lot of what I read. Everything on this list I have personally read and can recommend. I’m sure there’s a TON out there I haven’t read or ones I have read and have just forgotten!

Contemporary

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (Adult)

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (Adult)

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (YA)

Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick (YA)

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen (YA)

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (YA)

Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen (YA)

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum (YA)

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales (YA)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Adult)

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (YA)

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick (YA)

Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe (YA)

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (YA)

Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall (YA)

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Crier’s War by Nina Varela (YA)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Adult)

Thriller/Horror

Hide by Kiersten White (Adult)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (YA)

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (YA)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (YA)

Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos (YA)

Wilder Girls by Rory Power (YA)

Historical

Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, and Jessica Spotswood (YA)

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (YA)

Music from Another World by Robin Talley (YA)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Adult)

‪GOD I found another article about why ADHD kids say “I don’t know” so much. my entire childhood was getting yelled at for doing some ADHD shit and me not being able to offer an explanation when asked why I did something. ‬

Adding to this, its cause of our executive dysfunction and emotional dysregulation (naturally there’s more things at play than just these two but I’m naming main aspects).

We tend to have alexithymia, meaning we have difficulty identifying and describing own feelings. 

You can’t say how you feel if you legit don’t know.

Self monitoring is an executive function; our self awareness about how we are doing presently .. which is hampered in ADHDers. 

You can’t say what you think if you legit don’t know.

oh my god

Of fucking course there’s a word for it.

Also,

Of fucking course it’s because of ADHD.

That text is from the book “Driven to Distraction” by Edward M Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.

Has some amazing case studies on ADHD, and is a very cathartic read for someone diagnosed as an adult.

Thank you so much for adding a source to this! In general any book by M.D. Hallowell or by Dr. Russell Barkley is a sound bet for a good book on adhd that’s incredibly validating!

the problem with sorting fics by kudos, is that many people have bad taste

Via @femmeidiot

Yeah, she’ll drink to that.