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the world ended on november 15, 2014 and again on july 2, 2023 and now we live in double hell 😵‍💫

the scene where ellen is watching a plane crash
“the exhaustion of downplaying fear. the shame of being scared. a circle of incrimination. you are scared and trained to hate being scared. so then you hate yourself.”

yeah

for my thesis. 💯

so beautiful i’m crying

emily austin novels should be a controlled substance for me … sobbing on the bus

was halfway through this and loving it and then my phone broke I am so sad :( and i don't have my library card so i cant access libby on my computer

these letters are ending me and i’m in tears

oop the mommy issues in this are crazy

i gasped out loud omg can one of my pookies pls read this soon so i have someone to talk to about it im not okay

this is just the coolest and cleverest book everrrrrr

zee and cyrus ugh 😭😭😭
leila and roya 🥰🥰🥰
THE POETRY

lowkey based

this is written so beautifully omg

“those who question israel, who question what has been done with the moral badge of the holocaust, are often pointed in the direction of the great evils done throughout the world. we are told it is suspicious that among all the ostensibly amoral states we would single out israel, as though the relationship between us and israel is not itself singular.”

the stuff about zionist archaeology is so impt

coates is so incredible this is one of the best explanations of how exactly zionism = racism/colonialism/violence/theocratic state building and the deep insidious roots of weaponizing antisemitism

“the wars against the palestinians and their arab allies were a kind of theater in which “weak jews” were supplanted by israelis who would “fight back.” thus a redemption of a different kind was affected. (…) jewish national honor was restored in the traditional manner of western powers. the mass mutation into whiteness was advanced”

i love their writing style love how they write queer relationships/friendships but not enjoying reading all the SA and child abuse

chapter 8 on grief is so good

how do we honor the struggle of frontline organizers ?

“people who are understandably impatient for large scale change want to believe that there’s a shortcut. that one group, movement or demographic, is the truth or the way, and merely cheering on that contingent will spur a revolution. this places undue pressure on whatever group/demographic is being fetishized as a savior troup.“

organizers do not have the luxury of misanthropy!!

this is gonna be in the lesbian herstory archives

anna dorn was like… what if i write lesbian pulp fiction about myself

millennial rich white lesbian addict with mommy issues AKA most annoying unlikeable hilarious narrator ever … lesbian pulp is back baby!