I relate to the need to disprove disparaging preconceived biases about myself because of the arbitrary circumstances of my birth. Part of my identity is shaped around that. I‘ve refused to drop classes, held in questions (especially about math), and pretended I was comfortable with shit I wasn‘t. Above all, I almost never talk about any of it because I don‘t like to think about it, and I don‘t want to look like I‘m easy to offend.

I like #Lgbtq books with a historical element. History is important not just from a standpoint of knowledge, having a connection with the past makes people feel grounded and less alone. Also, history that isn‘t often spoken about is more interesting to me. Anyway, just got the book, finding time to read the books I want this semester is impossible 🤷🏻‍♀️but I was still excited to show off this new book.

It reads like some middle school student was tasked with a creative writing project. The characters are one dimensional. To be honest I got it in a stack when I was just grabbing some material for research to develop a character. I didn‘t even see the title at the time. Read the back page adds in your metro times instead.

Have the audible version but the hard cover UK publication because I like the cover art better than the American version.

Fahrenheit 451, is the book that got me into reading as more than just something I was forced to do in school. It‘s the first book I really loved and couldn‘t put down. About a year ago I discovered that a Fahrenheit 451 comic book had been published and it‘s the most excited I‘ve ever been about a comic book. #Fahrenheit451 #Comicbook #graphicnovel

Again the book‘s former owner is drawn to some of my favorite lines in the book. #lgbtq #JamesBaldwin

The way Baldwin conveys the feelings of shame, fear, and self loathing David has about his sexuality is devastating. I don‘t have words to describe how hard this hits me. And I‘m straight. I‘m reading the story as someone who can‘t relate to the character‘s pain through a shared experience, yet, I have to fight to keep from crying. BTW the notes were made by the book‘s previous owner. But I like that this person was also drawn to this line. #lgbtq

I‘ve said it before but I think the quotes from other writers Richard Adams puts at the beginning of each chapter in watership down is really great and will help people find more writers to love. #auden #richardadams #watershipdown

Have you guys seen the, books that made you cry, meme? This bitch makes me wanna scream and light shit on fire 💀 I should have taken trig first. BTW, If you do need this book I was told the SAE version is better than the others. #textbooks #Engineering #science #math

The history of skepticism is one that has, as Hitch put, been burned out and stamped out. It‘s comforting to have this collection of writing from the past that can give me the feeling of an intellectual interconnectedness to a historical tradition of unbelief. Especially when that history is a poetic literary tradition. #skeptic #atheist #unbelief #agnostic #Hitchens

Does reading a legal document sound painful but you still want to know what happened? Listen to this podcast https://www.lawfareblog.com/introducing-report-podcast-series-lawfare
I actually enjoyed reading the report, it captivated my attention like a detective novel. But let‘s be real, it‘s not, it‘s a legal document. The podcast isn‘t dramatized or watered down, rather it‘s presented like a true crime series. #muellerreport #detective #crime

I don‘t know which translation Richard Adams used when he quoted Agamemnon in the into to, Watership Down, but it‘s beautiful. #Agamemnon #watershipdown #richardadams

#Auden #poetry #WHAuden

#czeslawmilosz #sovietdissident #Lithuanian #poland
This is such a powerful book, it‘s a shame more people haven‘t read it.

The most beautiful book I‘ve ever read. Subversive, poetic, and surreal, the book is a work of art. I love that in reading it you get the feeling that you are reading a nightmare. Soviet life described in a dreamlike quality emphasizes the absurd and arbitrary actions of the state in a way that exposes the true insanity of life under such a structure. #Nabokov