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shisasan · 6 hours

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Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus, originally published: 1977

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enyasaints · 3 hours

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EEOC Sexual Assault Lawsuit

I was sexually assaulted at my job repeatedly. I need help getting an employment lawyer to take my case. If you can spare anything I would be eternally grateful. Thank you.

Direct Aid:

CA: $Enyasaint

PP: [email protected]

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aslisjournal · 2 days

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Asli Hersi, I want to go to another planet

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vavandeveresfan · 8 hours

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painting-here-upon · 1 day

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#kuroo tetsurou #lgbtq positivity #outdoor #dirk gently #rosie huntington whiteley #gothic #adobe #lets get high and fuck #oscars #sm #Joaquin Phoenix #selena gomez #bibliophile #kim possible

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establish-soon · 3 days

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#bibliophile #Ferguson #isteri #workouts #self help #random moodboard #genderqueer #seohyun #pokemon sword and shield #goth makeup #lorde #Mikasa Ackerman

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jayaury · 7 hours

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Miss Stacks had special books she gave out to patrons too loud in the library.

Too boisterous.

Too... disobedient.

Books with pretty designs in them that drew the eye.

Pretty spirals that seemed to spin.

That quieted the rowdy.

Made them so meek and polite and eager to please.

Because Miss Stacks loved the quiet. Only hearing the soft moans as those naughty patrons that were cute enough for her 'special' instructions learned how good it was to obey her.

To kneel to her.

To beg to help out around the library. Especially in those dark rooms where she could show those meek, eager, obedient boys and girls things they wouldn't learn in any book.

Oh yes. Miss Stacks knew how to keep control of her library.

And never lacked for polite, obedient assistants.

#brainwashing #mind control #mindless #brainless #hypnosis #mind corruption #hypnotized #brain drain #jay aury #ai artwork #bibliophile #librarian #demon girl #demoness

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leelarots · 2 days

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special love today for this copy of witches abroad that i bought second hand with a handwritten playlist inside the cover

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #witches abroad #discworld witches #bibliophile

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bigdreamsandwildthings · 1 day

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#booklr #book photography #book picture #bookworm #bibliophile #fiction #fantasy #book community #book aesthetic #book lover #book nerd #my photos #mine

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thelastrenaissance · 2 days

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Your book will always have two readers. You and your shadow.

#books #writing #books and libraries #literature #words #spilled ink #reading #lit #quote #inspiring quotes #life quotes #quoteoftheday #inspirational quotes #booklr #bookish #bibliophile #bookworm #prose #writers and poets

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shisasan · 3 days

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Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), Wandering: Notes and Sketches

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the-oddest-inkling · 9 months

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Nobody understands the bond between a girl and the mediocre book she read when she was 13 years old.

#ani talks #booklr #bibliophile

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mysterieuxclairdelune · 1 year

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I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

-Sylvia Plath

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louisa-gc · 27 days

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how to start reading again

from someone who was a voracious reader until high school and is now getting back into it in her twenties.

start with an old favourite. even though it felt a little silly, i re-read the harry potter series one christmas and it wiped away my worry that i wasn't capable of reading anymore. they are long books, but i was still able to get completely immersed and to read just as fast as i had years and years ago.

don't be afraid of "easier" books. before high school i was reading the french existentialists, but when getting back into reading, i picked up lucinda riley and sally rooney. not my favourite authors by far, but easier to read while not being totally terrible. i needed to remind myself that only choosing classics would not make me a better or smarter person. if a book requires a slower pace of reading to be understood, it's easier to just drop it, which is exactly what i wanted to avoid at first.

go for essays and short stories. no need to explain this one: the shorter the whole, the less daunting it is. i definitely avoided all books over 350 pages at first and stuck to essay collections until i suddenly devoured donna tartt's goldfinch.

remember it's okay not to finish. i was one of those people who finished every book they started, but not anymore! if i pick up a book at the library and after a few chapters realise i'd rather not read it, i just return it. (another good reason to use your local library! no money spent on books you might end up disliking.)

analyse — or don't. some people enjoy reading more when they take notes or really stop to think about the contents. for me, at first, it was more important to build the habit of reading, and the thought of analysing what i read felt daunting. once i let go of that expectation, i realised i naturally analyse and process what i read anyway.

read when you would usually use your phone. just as i did when i was a child, i try to read when eating, in the bathroom, on public transport, right before sleeping. i even read when i walk, because that's normally a time i stare at my screen anyway. those few pages you read when you brush your teeth and wait for a friend very quickly stack up.

finish the chapter. if you have time, try to finish the part you're reading before closing the book. usually i find i actually don't want to stop reading once i get to the end of a chapter — and if i do, it feels like a good place to pick up again later.

try different languages. i was quickly approaching a reading slump towards the end of my exchange year, until i realised i had only had access to books in english and that, despite my fluency, i was tired of the language. so as soon as i got back home i started picking up books in my native tongue, which made reading feel much easier and more fun again! after some nine months, i'm starting to read in english again without it feeling like a huge task.

forget what's popular. i thought social media would be a fun way to find interesting books to read, but i quickly grew frustrated after hating every single book i picked up on some influencer's recommendation. it's certainly more time-consuming to find new books on your own, but this way i don't despise every novel i pick up.

remember it isn't about quantity. the online book community's endless posts about reading 150 books each year or 6 books in a single day easily make us feel like we're slow, bad readers, but here's the thing: it does not matter at all how many books you read or what your reading pace is. we all lead different lives, just be proud of yourself for reading at all!

stop stressing about it. we all know why reading is important, and since the pandemic reading has become an even more popular hobby than it was before (which is wonderful!). however, there's no need to force yourself to be "a reader". pick up a book every now and then and keep reading if you enjoy it, but not reading regularly doesn't make you any less of a good person. i find the pressure to become "a person who reads" or to rediscover my inner bookworm only distances me from the very act of reading.