“Here Lies A Toppled God—

"You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can."

― Elena Ferrente, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

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Marsha P Johnson with a snoopy plush <3

Blue glass beads from the Late Bronze Age, found in 1885 when a Danish farmer ploughed up a cremation urn at Kongehøj. Made in Mesopotamia approximately 3,100 years ago, they offer evidence of long-distance trade connections in the prehistoric world.

image from here

This brilliant (pun intended) post by @artemideaddams comparing Lila Cerullo and Catherine Earnshaw also made me think of how complicated it is to determine whether Heathcliff or Catherine is the truly socially advantaged one in Wuthering Heights.

On the one hand Heathcliff is the one denied an education and thus ripped apart from his childhood friend like Lila. But on the other hand Heathcliff can leave Yorkshire and make something of himself like Lenu did (though in Heathcliff’s case it is because he is a man). Whereas Catherine Earnshaw probably never ever went beyond Gimmerton, just like Lila never left Napoli (until presumably at the very end of the series).

Elena Ferrante

I love, love this answer so much

no one has ever described girlhood like elena ferrante. the expectations. the inherent dissatisfaction, with your body, with who you are, or rather who you’re becoming. the competition. being the centre of your universe, viewing everyone pretty much exclusively in relation to yourself. learning not to. beautiful and in sparkling prose and not overly romanticised. i am so emo abt my brilliant friend rn. Elena Ferrante the woman you are.

1982 Doha Magazine

“kill them with kindness” Wrong. CURSE OF RA 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆

them not including Lilas studying of Naples and her whole arc with that city feels like a betrayal to her