#Literary

Dominique Jean-Louis

DominiqueJL15

On this day, in 1892, one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE historical events took place. Buckle in, kids, we're talking Ida B. Wells, and the black women in New York who

🦓 Dorian Avery 🦓

ghostofadreamer

I've been made fun of so much for my hyperfixations and even just like, general interests, that I am literally terrified to talk about them on any public account in

📜milica📜

h2eusos

Slavic microlanguages Aegean Macedonian (македонски език от Егей), South Slavic, GreeceAegean Macedonian is a variety of the Macedonian language spoken by Slavic Macedonians of Greece. For a long time these

Dave Kang

daveckang

Tomorrow, a new thread on why we care that the word "Korea" is a derivation of the name of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392): 고려 (高麗). And, much more importantly, Goryeo's

venetianblonde

venetianblonde

Hi, I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, #RVA, the daughter of a Civil War historian. Some thoughts about Monument Avenue: A Thread.These are my favorite statues: Arthur Ashe

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In Islam, the creation of the universe is similar to the Biblical narrative with God creating Adam & Eve, animals, but God also creates the jinn, an invisible race of

Oliver Kim

oliverwkim

Happy birthday to Albert Hirschman, who would be 106 today.Hirschman—anti-fascist, resistance hero, later a development economist—may be the most interesting person to ever take up the profession. and blog

URSULA Edelheid (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

1/ Ursula K. Le Guin started publishing in the 1960s when the hype for #Tolkien’s #TheLordOfTheRings was at its peak. She is also the source of one of the most

paridling or perish

jyuanka

(not to hijack the other post) what i mean to say is that antis/fandom police are a byproduct of collective sexual regression (specifically of american variety). this might be hyperbolic,

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saturnalyia

while I understand why the place names in cql had to be translated the way they were, most of the english versions just do not have the same poetic and

Andrew Branchflower

andrewfx_51

1. "Mishima: A life in four chapters" merges Mishima Yukio's life with his fictional works, many of which have autobiographical elements. #TGBCMovieNight 2. The four chapters are Beauty," focusing on

Ivie Ani

ivieani

Black media companies have contributed to this toxic industry environment by internalizing and perpetuating the structures of media companies anchored by the same white supremacist, sexist, misogynist, classist, structures that

Byzantine Ambassador

byzantinepower

The identity of West hinges on literary productions of Ennodius. In him we see a Latin go from mocking Germanics & loving Eastern Romans to vice versa. His fave intellectual

Daniel (דניאל) Bögre Udell🎗

bogreudell

This thread presents a brief, if incomplete, history of the Jewish people. In the 20th century, our language diversity fell into sharp decline, as ancient Jewish communities across Europe, Africa,

Leah Spann

LeahSpann

A thread of books by black authors doing incredible work in adult SFF right now (with buy links): THE CITY WE BECAME by N. K. Jemisinhttps://bookshop.org/books/the-city-we-became/9780316509848 HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK

toast

judeofelfhame

underrated books thread, although by "underrated" i just mean "not talked about very much on my corner of the internet". here are some books ! 1.) the midnight bargain -