My goodness the highlands have my heart. Heading north again, away from these hills, this mist, and into the sea soaked Isles.
Classic Black Literature
I’m an avid fan of classic literature, but I feel like in the world of academia, people are very euro/white-centric and forget many amazing black authors of classic books, so here’s a small list!
- “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
- “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
- “Native Son” by Richard Wright
- “Go Tell it on the Mountain” by James Baldwin
- “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
- “Not Without Laughter” by Langston Hughes
- “Cane” by Jean Toomer
- “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
- “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
- “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” by James Weldon Johnson
- “Through the Ivory Gate” by Rita Dove
- “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
- “Passing” by Nella Larsen
- “Amiable with Big Teeth” by Claude McKay
- “Imperium in Imperio” by Sutton Griggs
- “The Street” by Ann Petry
- “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas
- “Narrative of Sojourner Truth” by Sojourner Truth
- “The Curse of Caste” by Julia C. Collins
- “Jazz” by Toni Morrison
i hate it when people ask me to "explain my thought process" like hell if i know
"what's going on in that head of yours?" nothing i want to be a part of
I love that Tolkien took a paragraph aside in Bree, after all the horses were run off, just to let us know that A) Merry’s ponies were going to be fine and B) Mr. Butterbur would not, in the long run, suffer financially by the incident. He understood what was really important.
Tolkien would have let us know how the Cabbage Man was doing.
One of the recurring themes in Tolkien’s works is that the world belongs to the baker down the street as much as it does to the Lord of the Golden Hall. In almost every city we visit, Tolkien talks about shops and living arrangements and where people work and how they get their food.
One of the noticeable things about Tolkien’s Enemies are their complete disdain for the little people – even the ones that are loyal to them. Smaug, Sauron, Saruman are all rich, powerful, knowledgeable. All of them are disdainful of those weaker and smaller than they are, while Sauron and Saruman are obsequious to those stronger than they are (until they can become stronger). They don’t value parties and lunch and working in the garden.
They’ve missed the point of life.
On twitter I’m seeing dozens of threads from Black activists warning people against burnout, giving all sorts of useful tips about preventing and managing it for the sake of a long-term, sustainable effort.
On tumblr I’m seeing a hell of a lot of young white kids yelling at anyone who actually follows those steps, and acting like burnout is a moral falling rather than a well-proven psychological phenomenon.
Be careful who you get your information from. Don’t let guilt lead you to make choices that will harm both you and the movement.
I’m going to reblog this again since I see more individuals are inquiring about burnout prevention tips in the notes and it’s why I sought out this resource. I hope it helps you!
I want to write my queer, Latinx, trans & non-binary identities into fairy tales, and I want to be part of opening what we imagine fairy tales to be to include characters of color and LGBTQQIA+ characters.
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