Yes, you read that right. Originally, this series was going to be called 'Characters that didn't/don't tickle my pickle' but I wanted to be able to speak a bit more broadly, ya feel? In this series, I am hoping to discuss books that were either incredibly hyped up and were disappointments, or problematic as fuck [...]
Tag: opinion
TROPES IN YA FICTION THAT DO NOT BUTTER MY CROISSANT
Well, hello there friends! It's been a while, I must say. But here I am with a bookish post to quench your thirst! Now, I wrote this twitter thread a few months ago, and I remember thinking to myself, I should just make this into a post for my blog and make it into some [...]
whatโs been happening
I'm terrible, I know! But y'all are going to have to deal with my face just for today. As a result of studying for exams next week and getting organised for the start of the new semester, I haven't found the time to write up a full-length review during this week. I though I could [...]
TOO FAT, TOO SLUTTY, TOO LOUD by Anne Helen Petersen
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Womanย by Anne Helen Petersen, is an analytical study concerning the notion of what it means to be an โacceptableโ woman. Through the lens of female celebrities, Petersen emphasises the boundaries by which female behaviour is policed in both the public and private [...]
WEEK IN BOOKS ep. 3
As it has been my first week out of placement, I haven't read all that many books (but ask me how many videos I've binged watched about BTS *insert jungkookย gif here*). But I have managed to find the motivation between lazing around and basking in the knowledge that I have absolutely nothing due, to finally [...]
TOP 5 POETRY PICKS
Last year, I made a mission to read all the poetry collections that I could get my hands on (and that I could afford) after I spontaneously picked up Rupi Kaur'sย Milk and Honey and fell in absolute and overwhelming love. So I thought, in the spirit of upcoming holidays, how about I write a list [...]
matching flower tattoos & motorbike gears
she was driving when I looked over from the passenger seat. one hand on the wheel, the other adding emphasis to her words a telling symptom of her greekness. like a meteor shredding through earthโs atmosphere smashing into earthโs plains and distorting the landscape, i was suddenly and inexplicably hit by the mortality of the [...]
i’m not like you
I wonโt let myself be broken down, shattered shards of a deconstructed self. I wonโt let myself break under the weight of worlds bearing down on my shoulders. But I know one thing. Iโm not like you. You, who refuses to live in the present but picks at the scars of the past. You, who [...]
unwanted affection (don’t touch me).
is it too much to ask for consent. is it too emasculating for him to even consider a no. a stop. a donโt touch me. (victim blaming) shaming slut. whore. She asked for it, they say. But she wasnโt asked anything It was taken Stolen. Why do we ignore him? Why isnโt he held accountable? [...]
TEACHERY THINGS
I'M ACTUALLY LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW ON THE INSIDE IM SUPERVISING A YEAR 8 ENGLISH ESSAY AND I KEEP CATCHING TWO BOYS IN THE BACK TRYING TO COPY EACHOTHER'S WORK AND IM DYING THIS IS THE GREATEST. that is all have a great day!
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