Not Strong Enough, Boygenius

based

Oh yeah, you blend.

My Cousin Vinny (1992) Dir. Jonathan Lynn

{for @misshoneywheeler and @alittlestardustcaught}

what is your eye color. what is your favorite color. what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe. what color is your favorite blanket. what color is your water bottle.

the childlike life of the black tarantula

articles i read + you should read too

my faves are bolded (edit: apparently they weren’t. now they are. i think) + i encourage you to subscribe to the newsletters/publishers/foundations these come from because they deliver yummy stuff like this list to my inbox every morning <3 happy reading!!!

A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing

I Love Sally Rooney’s Novels But They Aren’t Written For Me

After Reconstruction, Black Women Found Opportunity for Revolt in Church

the tiny white people in our heads

We Are Not Ready

“Ultimately, we Black women are singing from the same hymnal, whether we are talking about food, love, our mothers, or the church”: An Interview with Deesha Philyaw

This Fall, Dress Like a “Cool Shrink”

Genre and linguistic expectation shift: Evidence from pop song lyrics

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

Rebecca Carroll Is Still ‘Surviving the White Gaze’

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson talks home, identity, and ‘My Monticello’

Black Bodies In White Words, Or: Why We Need Claudia Rankine

The Revolutionary Writing of bell hooks

Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever

ENJOY OBVIOUSLY FAKE ADVICE-COLUMN LETTERS FOR WHAT THEY ARE: CATHARSIS

My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday’s Endless Appetizers

The Best Restaurant in New York Is The American Girl Café

How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

TARTT FOR TARTT’S SAKE: THE SECRET HISTORY AT 30

The Secret Genius of Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

What Happened at The Root

When Did Reading Become a Competitive Sport

Gabble Like a Thing Most Brutish

Grief in Three Bodies: A Conversation

I Was Surrounded by “Final Girls” in School, Knowing I’d Never Be One

What the Haunting ‘Inner Passage’ Represented to the Enslaved

When Black Excellence Isn’t Enough

𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:

1. empty perfume bottles

2. abandoned castles

3. pressed flowers

4. smell of soil after rain, Petrichor

5. old books with dust all over them

6. walking all alone in a museum hall

7. languages that humanity no longer uses

8. stars, the moon, the entire universe and it’s secrets

9. old paintings

10. late night conversations

11. thunderstorms

12. vintage love letters

13. gothic architecture

14. beachy waves

15. candles that smell like seasons

16. stained glass windows

17. An empty library

18. writing poetry

19. family heirlooms

20. enjoying peaceful silence

Shoutout to @stardustemotions for making the former half of this thread.

I spent my morning making a uquiz!

Are you the mouse, the princess, the rat, or the serving girl?

as a persian girl i really wish that everyone informs themselves about the protests in Iran !!! people have no internet access, are being killed and beaten to death on the streets. the whole political system is a joke and a threat to human rights for all people in that country. it is my duty to use my voice for these people who aren't able to do so and i hope you do the same!!!

this is a women's rights issue and a human rights issue.

my third eye was blocked by a bloody nose

hey alice! Do you have plans for any future book/books or what you'll do after heartstopper?

I'm pretty sure that the first thing I'll do after finishing Heartstopper will be to write the IWBFT sequel. But that's literally it, I don't have any other plans, and I will definitely be taking a huge break lasting many months (genuinely referring to it as a sabbatical in my head)