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I look up to Daenerys (character from Game of Thrones)

She learned a foreign language as well as customs of Dothraki while her brother, Viserys, spoke only his native tongue and looked down upon the Dothraki people.

She is truly lovely.

I’m on page 393/807 of A Game of Thrones. Nearly there…. Right?

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ghostbees: Nobody hates Holmes like Sir Arthur hates Holmes.
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Went to the flea market today… got all the books for $4.50. I’m unsure what to expect out of Melissa Rossi’s book because it’s incredibly difficult to find an accurate and unbiased portrayal of the Middle East…. but I picked up the book because it’s a flea market and it’s incredibly cheap! We also picked up Dr. Strangelove (Love this movie, but didn’t own it previously), Bram Stroker’s Dracula (1992) and Frankenstein (1994). I’ve never watched Dracula or Frankenstein, so it’ll be a new experience.
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likefrancium: Let me talk to you about books. Specifically, one book. This book. This book should be a best seller. This book should be required reading for graduating from high school. Before you get that diploma, you read this book. This book deals with debunking “Neurosexism,” which is a very fancy term for all of that evolutionary psychology bullshit that people spill about those “brain differences” between boys and girls. This book debunks such myths as: Boys are better at math than girls Women make crappy lawyers/business CEOs/etc, as their brains are not cut out for aggression. Men make crappy counselors/primary school teachers/primary parents/etc, as their brains are not cut out for empathy. MEN ARE BUILT FOR GOING OUT AND HUNTING WHILE WOMEN ARE BUILT FOR STAYING HOME AND BABYMAKING IT’S NOT SEXISM IT’S JUST BIOLOGY And many other such myths. Furthermore, this book covers topics such as:  Neurosexism and gender perceptions in multiple races (as this is not a singularly white experience, just as the western world isn’t a singularly white experience) Sex discrimination in the workplace, and how women are (or, more often, are not) allowed to behave How science is used (badly) to support many of these claims Experiences of trans* people, both through interviews and empirical studies. AND FINALLY - It is all brilliantly researched, cited, compiled - and it’s easy to read! Cordelia Fine actually manages to be funny while writing this, which I think is important, because it makes all of this information infinitely accessible. Delusions of Gender has reinforced what Oberlin taught me: The gender binary is stupid and arbitrary, and dangerous. And it is a self-perpetuating bias that needs to be addressed to be overcome. Has anyone read this one yet?
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philmcandrew: A self-portrait of my future self at the age of 100. Drawn in 2009.
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I forgive not because I became a saint, but because I’m tired of hating.

Paulo Coelho (via life-after-survival)

(Source: kari-shma)

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90% of the time when I go on dates, I find myself thinking ‘I could be reading my book instead.’

Zosia Mamet

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Her eyes were the color of faraway love.

Pablo Neruda, The Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks (via seabois)

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What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. I doubt that an instant of blinding pain feels particularly instantaneous.

John Green, Looking for Alaska (via vanished)

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The other afternoon, when you fell asleep on my shoulder, I drifted off, too. But before I did, it occured to me looking around at all of your things and your work and going through years of work in my mind, that of all your work, you are still your most beautiful. The most beautiful work of all.

Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe, Letters of Note (via leopoldgursky)