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“i did love piano but as a means, not an end” okay as a former piano player who quit due to my parents turning my intrinsic motivation into extrinsic motivation ….. this book is lowkey breaking my heart ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch i need to start playing piano again as an adult

“i did love piano but as a means, not an end” okay as a former piano player who quite due to my parents turning my intrinsic motivation into extrinsic motivation ….. this book is lowkey breaking my heart ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch i need to start playing piano again as an adult

if victor had just stopped being so self-important for 5 seconds, he would’ve realized he was in love with henry (not elizabeth), and then so much of this could’ve been avoided.

how tf did he get from germany to switzerland

if victor has one thing, it’s the gall

“…unless we are youthful, blonde, thin, able-bodied, and muscular with perfectly white teeth and glossy hair, we are fatally flawed and will need their product eventually. by the way, no one is all those things forever.” WOOOOOOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

“fearfacingness is not the absence of fear, but the interrogation of it” WOOOOOWWWWW WOW WOW WOW

“a culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience”.
WOOOOOOOOWWWWWW 👏

WHAT IF ELIZABETH DOESN’T WANT THAT WHERE’S HER SAY IN THE MATTER????

i realize this book is written in the 1800s and will use problematic language from time to time as a result but ew hated that european traveler comment

mrs kinsley is truly the star of this novel i hope i’m not speaking too soon

confirmed: lesbians

calling it right now this is a lesbian interaction

wtf am i reading right now

well yes men having more disdain for prostitution than homosexuality amongst men isn’t surprising because gay men are men, and prostitution (regardless of the gender identity of said prostitute) is typically associated with ~women~

well yes men having more disdain more for prostitution than homosexuality amongst men isn’t surprising because gay men are men, and prostitution (regardless of the gender identity of said prostitute) is typically associated with ~women~

reminds me of paris is burning when venus said, “i’m sure she’d have to go to bed with him to give him something he wants, to get what she wants.” in relation to how being a housewife vs a prostitute is not all that different.

YESSSSS I LOVE WHEN WOMEN ARE LITERATE

YUCK

interesting mention of AI on page 66…. seriously hoping i either misunderstood the context or the author has since reevaluated their stance because this book is incredible beyond that one thing….

uh trigger warning on chapter 6 wtf???