kestrels:

seven-oomen:

kestrels:

kestrels:

no greek god is inherently and wholly “good” or “bad” because they were all flawed and imperfect in some way with different facets of personality and character to serve as a reflection of society and human nature itself  

oh except for zeus he was a straight up absolute bastard

fuck zeus

do NOT. 

lady–of–greenwood:

pomme-poire-peche:

getinmyglitterpants:

languages-georg:

So I used to have a Russian friend who had a pretty thick accent and like a lot of Russians tended to eschew articles. She would say things like “Get in car.” And stuff.

Well one day this asshole who had been kind of tagging along with us asks her why she talks like that because it makes her sound dumb and I still remember her response word for word.

“Me? Dumb? Maybe in America you have to say get in THE car because you are so stupid that people might just get in random car, but in Russia we don’t need to say that. We just fucking know because we are not stupid.”

One time I was proof reading a paper for a Russian student. As I was correcting her paper with her, the many mistakes in her grammar started weighing on her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, almost sobbing,

“In Russian I am so intelligent and clear. In English I am like [an] idiot”

Respect to anyone trying to master a foreign language. I get so sad thinking about that student.

Full offense but people who make fun of someone else’s accent or belittle their limited vocabulary when they’re speaking a language not native to them are fucking disgusting and are just begging to be punched.

They’re speaking your language because you don’t know theirs. That’s not something they should be made fun of, it’s something that should be commended because learning a language is hard fucking work.

I hate people who do this so much.

wolfsmilk:

“We regularly ask teenage girls to read books in which characters degrade women, expecting them to understand that the book’s other merits outweigh its misogyny. To set such an expectation and not consider its effect on young women is foolish and hypocritical; we rarely expect young men to do the same, and hardy ever expect young white men to read extensively in traditions where their identities aren’t represented or are degraded. We need to reflect on the way the literature we celebrate supports the idea that women who are sexually frustrated create problems for themselves, while men in the same situation create problems for the world. Though the links are subtle, our celebration of a canon of sad white boy literature affects the way we think, and how much tolerance we offer to men like [Alek] Minassian and [Elliot] Rodger.”

— Erin Spampinato,
from this
article on the correlation between celebrated literary canon and the
‘incel’ culture that has arisen in online spaces (Jun. 2018)

gallusrostromegalus:

loudlywingedtrash:

gallusrostromegalus:

thebibliosphere:

sophies-sideshow:

thebibliosphere:

to-matt-oh:

thebibliosphere:

You’re right and you should say it.

Actual love triangles are polyamorus triads and y’all can quote me on that.

You’re also right and should say it.

Yes see this has always bugged me because a triangle implies both ways at all three points

A polyamory triad: a group of three people involved in a mutual relationship involving all three of them. Almost… a triangle of love… if you will.

A polyamory V or “hinge”: Person x has two partners Y and Z.

Y and Z are aware that X is dating both of them, and are totally down with this arrangement. They are not however interested in each other either sexually or romantically, but may be good friends through their association to X.

Not polyamory:

Two people competing for the affections of one person, who is attracted to both of them but can only choose one. Usually accompanied by unparalleled drama and hurt. So more like a Y really.

As in Y is this toxic shit so God damn prevalent in romance and YA fic, urgh.

Personally, I’m really excited in the research being done in literary polyamory, esp by the likes of Joy and other queer romance authors, and hope that the romantic hypercube may become a reality in my lifetime.

Behold, the romantic hypercube

16 people who are each dating four other people within the group

1. Thank you for creating this.

2. Thank you also for including nearly every name of my seventh-grade class becuase honestly this feels like a fairly accurate representation of what the dating scene was like back then.