Noticed a lot of users are jumping from the Tome app to here after Tome decided to make a lot of uncomfy changes.

So where's my fellow lost Tomies at? Let's reconnect on here!

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WHAT. Baby carrots are just mature carrots but peeled??? How did I not know this.

Not me catching stays in this book because I had no idea. What the heck 😭

"All that knowledge, the power to make lives better, was shelved away. Reserved for use only by the wealthy, when it should belong to everyone. And that's why I never really believed they'd hurt the library--and why I don't understand why they did. They knew books were power."

i'm honestly confused by her confusion here. the library, by locking up knowledge and resources and only allowing the elite to access it, became a symbol of classism and oppression, even if that wasn't its initial purpose. the people who revolted/overthrew the government did not know what it contained because they never had access to that privilege. they burned it down because of what it turned into. i'm just surprised that as a librarian who valued knowledge so much, kiela never tried to actually learn about the revolution and try to help in her own way? if she thought this knowledge should be shared with everyone, why didn't she make any attempts to do exactly that?

my inability to give grace caused this, I may try when I am in a better mood.

"She peered around for a real person, but the chair behind the secretary's desk was vacant, as was the rest of the lobby."

"Chances were, he wouldn't even speak fluent Tiranish, although maybe it was still worth asking. "I don't suppose you can understand me?" "Well enough, ma'am," the Kwen said with only a faint accent. Oh, thank Feryn."

i'm sorry, is a cleaning staff member not a real person just because of the job they do? is this first pioneering woman mage going to be a racist bigot? lmfao what T^T

i watched a video recently of someone who was talking about the tropification of the suffering of marginalized communities by authors who do not identify with those marginalized groups (ex: straight authors writing about queer suffering, white authors writing about slavery, etc.) because they cannot fully do it justice, instead end up contributing to the romanticization or tropification of these topics. how often have you come across books where you've seen this happen (feel free to shout it out, esp if it's a well known title)?

i am reminded of the reason why i dnf'd the women by kristin hannah - the book was about the vietnam war and the experience of a nurse among the american soldiers. i felt that not only did this book not bring attention the atrocities that were committed by the american soldiers, it failed to acknowledge the reason for which this war was started (quite frankly, barely a reason beyond entitlement and wanting power). (to me) it felt like the war was being used as a background to allow the main character to uphold her family's military legacy.

When Bella begins engaging in risk-taking behaviors, she is also engaging in behavioral activation. Behavioral activation counteracts the depressive tendency to avoid and withdraw from activities and people by purposefully having depressed individuals engage in more activities to increase positive experiences in their daily lives.

tldr: clinical psychologist just said it's fundamental to read twilight if you're emo to bond with fellow emos

"Truth over delusion. Growth over comfort " - A mantra to live by.