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"But that's historically incorrect!"
No, it's not. You just didn't learn all of history. (A.k.a. not all period dramas need to be all-white all-straight etc. and we have the sources to prove it)
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Being upset that she’s not being catcalled strange Italian men because she ‘has her feminine pride’? Come on now.
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Australian 2026 releases
List of books by Australian authors releasing in 2026
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Being upset that she’s not being catcalled strange Italian men because she ‘has her feminine pride’? Come on now.
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Now we are worried that ‘talking to myself on paper’ ( a pretty common journaling exercise) makes her a ‘schizo’. How delightful.
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Please take anti depressants before you get to this point. Just as you would take medicine for another type of illness, there is no shame in taking antidepressants.
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We had the eyes of refugees.
The break down of a marriage is tough, but this line is yuck.
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This isn't specific to English & Irish literature, but I saw this list of 100 classics posted by macrolit on Tumblr and it got me wondering how much overlap we all have. Even though I consider myself to be pretty well-versed in classics, I was surprised that i've only read 19 on this list! How about y'all? 👀
(Also sorry about the low resolution but afaik this is the highest resolution image there is ^^; here's the original post link for ease of readability)
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How are you spending the day? Celebrating love? Anti-love day? Reading? Family time? Enjoying the outdoors?
No matter what, I hope it’s a great day even if you intend to live it like any other day!
For me, this morning my husband took the baby and toddler and let me sleep in. He also had breakfast and coffee ready for me. No cards or gifts this year as we’re figuring things out financially these days in a tough season but it’s really been a great gift to get that extra sleep. It’s super rainy, but headed to pick up a friend from the airport. It’s a chill vday for us, mostly like any other day, but feeling good. Hoping to get some good reading done.
Be good to yourselves and families today!
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