Breaking Glass Ceilings

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playingjane

9 years ago

Look what I got! The best thing about this edition is not its pretty cover, but the fact that it’s a new and supposedly good translation with almost 200 pages of notes. I have only read tiny bits of Dante, so I’m stoked about finally getting this. || “And so my mind, held high above itself, looked on, intent and still, in wondering awe.“

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playingjane

7 years ago

My year reading a book from every country in the world

Ann Morgan considered herself well read -- until she discovered the "massive blindspot" on her bookshelf. Amid a multitude of English and American authors, there were very few books from beyond the English-speaking world. So she set an ambitious goal: to read one book from every country in the world over the course of a year. Now she's urging other Anglophiles to read translated works so that publishers will work harder to bring foreign literary gems back to their shores. Explore interactive maps of her reading journey here: go.ted.com/readtheworld

Life goals.

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playingjane

6 years ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Interview with NowThis – Extended Cut | NowThis

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playingjane

5 years ago

Short Comic, While I Work On Something Bigger On The Side. It Is Nevertheless A Very Important Topic.

Short comic, while I work on something bigger on the side. It is nevertheless a very important topic. A lot of seabirds die because they eat plastic. They feed their chicks with the waste. It’s really tragic.

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playingjane

8 years ago

there is one rat for every person in new york city

if you live in new york city then one day, when you die, your personal rat will appear and lead you to the underworld

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playingjane

7 years ago

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playingjane

10 years ago

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playingjane

10 years ago

also its fucking hilarious that wicked is getting a movie bc then that movie will be a movie that is based on a musical that is based on a novel that is based on a movie that is based on a novel

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