so the latin word for a collection of literary works is florilegium and the greek word is
ἀνθολογία, both of which literally mean “a gathering of flowers,” can we give out sets of books to book nerds and call them “bookquets”
Category: Non classé
Council of gays. Assemble
Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here. During these proceedings we will determine how to properly deal with men who wear shorts in temperature lower than 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius
ride by on rollerskates and spray paint their exposed legs a stunning mauve hue
motion passed council adjourned
do you know any good readings on the effects of colonialism on modern concepts of gender? i’ve seen you talk a lot about this and i’m interested to read more into it
Heterosexualism and the Colonial / Modern Gender System, María Lugones
Colonial Dependence and Sexual Difference: Reading for Gender in the Writings of Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), Catherine Davies
(you can download those last two articles here if you don’t have access to jstor)
The Coloniality of Gender, Maria Lugones
Romancing the Transgender Native, Evan B. Towle and Lynn M. Morgan
Scientific Racism and the Emergence of the Homosexual Body, Siobhan Somerville
Asexuality as a white supremacist dream (and additional commentary)
The Empire of Sexuality, Joseph Massa
The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí
“Some Could Suckle over Their Shoulder”: Male Travelers, Female Bodies, and the Gendering of Racial Ideology, 1500-1770, Jennifer L. Morgan
White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence, Sunny Woan
The veil or a brother’s life: French manipulations of Muslim women’s images during the Algerian War, 1954–62, Elizabeth Perego
Rethinking Sex-Positivity, Rebecca John
Women of Color Seen As Always Sexually Available, Jaclyn Friedman
For anyone who’s ever wondered who they’d be in a 19th century novel, the wait is over: I put together a 19th Century Character Trope Generator!
If you’d like to reblog, put your character in the tags because I’m curious.
Romantic Poet with Homosexual Tendencies
Regrettably French Person with a Dark Secret qjddyzjajxhshaudud why do these always have to expose me
to all of the jewish people that may be reading this, i hope you and your families are safe today. i hope that you are able to grieve with your community and hold on to each other and hold each other up.
i am thinking of you all. i am thinking of our communities and our people.
אנחנו נתגבר ונשרוד גם את זה.
adults are always talking about how “kids will do anything to get out of school” and okay, first of all that’s not true, but I think we really need to ask why that idea holds so much sway.
children’s brains are hard-wired to take in new information and acquire new skills. consider, for a moment, just how thoroughly our society had to fuck up the concept of education for it to be a normal thing to assume kids are universally desperate to avoid learning.
