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The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published …
Given how much I've enjoyed this book so far, maybe I'm not going to fall asleep reading it (which is a reference to a song so obscure I couldn't find it on YouTube Music)
This was an interesting journey through some of the historical people whose experiences vibe with what today we call transness. The book does a good job of threading the needle between calling attention to stories with trans vibes while not saying anyone in other cultures actually is trans
Most men ... are so occupied with the factitious cards and superfluously course labours of life that is finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.
— Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (Page 6)
But how else can people survive in this world??? Then again, that's kinda the point - how do we get off the hamster wheel of life?
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature …
Because we live in a society that sees cis people as the default, the majority of histories are biased /against/ finding trans history even when they try not to be.
— Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam (Page 20)
This is a helpful reminder, that no analysis is ever truly neutral nectar all of them have a frame to them
War has come to Discworld . . . again.
And to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the …
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book
In …
This was really interesting and a quick read. It's nice to be reminded that I'm not the only one who feels certain ways
It was interesting reading about an event I knew little about, and to reflect on the courage of ordinary human beings. That feels particularly necessary at this point in time.
I'm not sure if this was a quick read or merely shorter than most of what I've read recently.
As is so often the case with historical fiction, this book helps to humanize the people behind historical events. The main things carrying the book is it's cast of characters
I'm not sure the book necessarily told me anything I didn't already know, but it was informative to have it presented in so detailed a fashion
There's a lot of helpful ideas in this book. I suspect I'm going to be returning to it regularly to remind myself of the things I felt inspired to do
