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To be clear, my mother never told him to ask permission and still finds it weird that he did.

When my stepfather asked my grandfather permission to marry my mother my grandfather said “Why are you asking me, do you want to discuss the dowry?”

I definitely think this is on the directors/producers not her. She had symptoms of being sick in general and they still required her filming while giving her medicine between takes. Even if it wasn’t COVID and she was sick otherwise they should have let her rest. I think a lot of… Read More

The Poppy War books by R F Kuang could make for a really interesting series if done well! The books are so intricate that I think it would have to be a long series and I would very much want any adaptation to stick closely to the story line. Also Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha… Read More

Why is a book only “a thing” when a white audience likes it? Why are you assuming there’s a smaller audience market of books by and about women of color? Your comment doesn’t make sense.

The point is that authors do this and then are intentionally ignored

These comments are so willfully missing the point of this article my god. Not everything is an attack on you personally or your whiteness. This author is making a very clear point about how women of color are so often deliberately left out of the conversation especially on social… Read More

Roly (on YouTuber) has a conch punch removal and posted a video about how it was to get it and the risks involved if you’re interested!

I understand not wanting to give too many antibiotics because bacteria can grow resistant, but having a hard no on most medication isn’t a good practice at all. Infections need antibiotics and can get very bad without them

Reading is supposed to be enjoyable and can still be enjoyable while prompting deeper thinking. The Hunger Games series is better than most of the “classics” I’ve read (this is coming from someone with a degree in English literature) and it deals with topics of classism, civil rights,… Read More