instead of actually writing an essay.. i wrote a thing on how to write an essay (woah meta) & added some pictures of my plans so u can see what i actually mean!! enjoy my friends i hope this is useful to someone
albicant: whitish; becoming white
amaranthine: immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
aubergine: eggplant; a dark purple colour
azure: light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue
celadon: pale green; pale green glazed pottery
cerulean: sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green
chartreuse: yellow-green colour
cinnabar: red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour
citrine: dark greenish-yellow
eburnean: of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
erythraean: reddish colour
flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow
greige: of a grey-beige colour
haematic: blood coloured
heliotrope: purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
hoary: pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
isabelline: greyish yellow
jacinthe: orange colour
kermes: brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects
lovat: grey-green; blue-green
madder: red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour
mauve: light bluish purple
mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue colour
russet: reddish brown
sable: black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry
saffron: orange-yellow
sarcoline: flesh-coloured
smaragdine: emerald green
tilleul: pale yellowish-green
titian: red-gold, reddish brown
vermilion: bright red
violescent: tending toward violent
virid: green
viridian: chrome green
xanthic: yellow
zinnober: chrome green
How I Teach Men Not To Talk Over Me: from one feminist to another, when basic respect is lagging and conversations are impossible
I’ve done this to several men, and they catch on rather quickly. You’ll be able to have a conversation right then and there, and it works long term too – they might’ve forgot their manners by the time you talk to them again, but by repeating this, they’ll eventually learn to let you talk without you having to do this at the start of every convo. Source: I have a very stubborn older brother, who eventually learned too.
1. When they interrupt you, stop talking. Don’t try to raise your voice or battle them. Be completely quiet and wait.
2. Ignore everythingthey’re saying. Do not actually listen – just wait until they shut up. Don’t make a point of anything they say, do not answer to anything they say, do not refer to anything they say here. Literally do not listen a single word. Let them rant as long as they want.
3. When they finally shut up and wait for your reaction, say: ”I wasn’t done talking.”
4. Start over whatever you were saying when they interrupted you. I don’t care if it was a 10-minute explanation of rocket science. Start. Over. Repeat you original thought, but do not add anything related to what they just said while talking over you. That gives them the idea that it’s okay to interrupt you, you’ll still listen and pay attention and they’ll get their point clear without having to listen to yours. (It’s especially funny when you get done and they expect you to keep going talking about whatever they talked over you. The face when it sinks in that you didn’t listen a single word is glorious.)
5. If they interrupt you again, return to step 1. If you find yourself repeating the cycle over 3 times, tell them: ”you’re not letting me speak. Either you listen and wait for your turn, or our conversation ends here.” If they try to make excuses, laugh it off or keep interrupting, end the conversation. Prove them that if they wont let you speak, they’re not worth your time.
Why does this work? First, because sometimes talking over is internalized and men don’t actually notice they’re doing it. Being vocally called out makes them realize it and pay attention to it – especially if it happens more than once. Secondly, by refusing to aknowledge anything they say when they interrupt you, they’ll soon realize they will not get their own point across if they keep doing that. Peoole and especially men have the need to be heard and paid attention to when they talk – when you make it clear that by talking over you, they will not have your attention, they’ll learn to wait until you’re done, because they know that’s when you will be paying attention and actually listening.
Go my darlings. Have some actual conversations where your point of view is just as valid as his. Demand the basic respect of being heard. You can actually have some interesting conversations with men when they’re forced to listen too, when being louder is not going to make them feel like they’re dominating the conversation or winning the argument.
louisa may alcott, w. h. auden, jane austen, james baldwin, charlotte brontë, lord byron, truman capote, willa cather, emily dickinson, e. m. forster, langston hughes, christopher isherwood, henry james, federico garcía lorca, christopher marlowe, herman melville, edna st. vincent millay, wilfred owen, marcel proust, mary renault, arthur rimbaud, siegfried sassoon, william shakespeare, gertrude stein, alfred lord tennyson, henry david thoreau, walt whitman, oscar wilde, tennessee williams, virginia woolf
what do all these beloved classic authors have in common? that’s right. none of them were straight. not a one. every single author on this list experienced same-gender romantic attraction during their lives. literary tradition is a hundred times more queer than what your high school english class would ever let you know
since this is mostly uk/american lit, let me add some french queer authors
paul verlaine, arthur rimbaud, marguerite yourcenar, cyrano de bergerac, simone de beauvoir, montaigne, voltaire, honoré de balzac, louis aragon, gustave flaubert
there are probably a bunch more, but these are the ones i can remember more clearly. and all of them have one thing in common: they wrote beautiful and meaningful things.
most of them had their works censored, and the pronouns in their writings were changed, to ensure max heterosexuality.
thank you so much for adding all these great french authors!!
I don’t get why more black queer writers haven’t been mentioned. Lemme fix this for you:
James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Angela Weld Grimké, Wallace Thurman, Jewell Gomez, Nelson, Lorraine Hansberry, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar, Bruce Nugent
i really appreciate this addition!! thank you so much
january 1st – sweating out past neglects; sheltering ourselves; tender hearts january 31st – the dream of something else; empathizing march 1st – sacrificing; all or nothing; hooked on a feeling march 31st – pressure; the push towards understanding april 29th – sorely KARMIC; reviving appreciation; desperate for validation may 29th – taking what you can get; absent of filtering; reckless leeway june 27th/28th – the ego omen; fighting your own dreams; stinginess july 27th – being called upon; burdens from our role; outbursts august 26th – feelings of abandonment; frustration of inadequacy september 24th/25th – lackluster; denying the self; justifying your pain confines you to it october 24th – breaking through a breakdown; the peak of carelessness november 22nd/23rd – impatient; a juggling act; inconclusive december 22nd – harsh variations; reaching out for answers; seclusion
new moons
january 16th – a jackson pollock; creating something in the disarray february 15th – stirring devotions; friction; squandering for loss time march 17th – the impaired hedonist; efforts to escape morality lead us to contempt april 15th – hitting vulnerable points may 15th – engrossing notions; astral projection; idle but inwardly moved june 13th – fleeting distractions; rebellion july 12th – distortion & exclusion; feeling inferior august 11th – the anti-hero complex; getting so caught up in our own devices that we lose definition; relationship strains september 9th – in need of a guide; looking for our yoda, splinter, our mister miyagi! frustrations and overlooking what is in front of us october 8th – temporary setbacks; deluding ourselves with misplaced desire november 7th – unpredictable; risky business; a change of heart december 7th – rapture or the blues; sensing things that are not so; indulging just because
so February doesn’t have a single full moon, but January and March both have 2? Plus the Super Blue Moon Eclipse in January? 2018 is gonna be a wild year, my dudes
If you like someone, wait.
Give lots of compliments, even if you’re shy. Everyone else is too.
Change. Get a haircut, try new perfume, get new sheets. Become better than you were before.
Eat healthier. Learn to cook something fancy.
Get up earlier and watch the sun come up.
Wear soft clothes, take a bath, drink something warm.
Meet someone new, even just a friend.
Become closer with your friends and your family. Call your mother. Cry with your best friend. Tell everyone how much you appreciate them.
Keep your room clean. Buy some candles. Let the natural light in.
Make a list of reasons why you’ll be better off without them. Believe they are true, because they are.
Listen to new music.
Write everything you’re thinking and feeling. Write letters. Write happy letters, sad letters, and angry letters, even if you’re never going to send them.
It’s okay to be sad, but not forever. Sadness is not as beautiful as music makes it seem. Lack of sleep makes your eyes droopy, not deep. Wake up every morning and tell yourself you’re going to have a good day.
Go to the library. Don’t forget to look in the music section.
Remove them from your life. Get rid of the things they gave you if they make you sad. They’re not worth it. You will never be happy if you continue to hold on to the things that make you sad.
Make new memories.
Try to find something to appreciate in everything you do or experience.
Being alone is okay, you don’t have to surround yourself with people.
Become your own best friend. Buy yourself coffee and drink it alone in a cafe. Take your time.
Learn to love every bit of yourself.
How to feel better and become better by me (via fuckinq)
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