Vermillion

Watching Battleship Potemkin to calm my nerves

Welp. Seems like it's a good day to highlight trans books. I'll do this off and on all day, no idea how long the thread will eventually be. And if you need any trans book recommendations, post in here and I'll point you toward people who might know if I don't since I mostly do romantasy.

It should be illegal that there are great books I am not interested in reading at all!!!

Tired of pirates who are obsessed with booty?

Jk jk Shiver Me’s pirates are definitely looking for more booty… impossible to stop them

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Nominations have opened for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize!

Anyone can nominate book-length speculative fiction that embodies "hope, equity, and freedom; non-violence and alternatives to conflict; and a holistic view of humanity’s place in the natural world."

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

I sort of hate that making more books (trad, indie, whatever) is predicated on selling the books we currently have! I get it but!!! We need new to invest in new stuff too!

Los Angeles Father Dies Under ICE Custody — 9th Death This Year ~ L.A. TACO This is a developing story.

“Alberto Gutierrez was taken by ICE agents on January 9 in Echo Park. According to the family, Gutierrez began to feel seriously ill last Friday, and his repeated requests for medical attention was denied. Gutierrez died around 1:00 am on February 27. He was the sole provider for his wife and son.”

✨2 SLOTS OPEN✨

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Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

most shockingly of all, the alien craft was reportedly adorned with a sort of bumper sticker that said "Earth Hoes Cant Fuck"

The world is extra tough on trans people right now so…

Why not support a trans-led project with a bunch of gorgeous trans art? 🩷

And also prove to the regime that we’ve always been here and aren’t going anywhere!!

I think I might need fantasy romance recs, especially queer ones. I probably already know on some level a bunch of good options, but it might help to get my memory refreshed + hear about new ones

Need to quench your thirst for a really sweet pirate romance? Want a slow intro to second world magic? Craving a hero with a lot on his mind? A heroine who regrets her life and is ready to start living again??

Get lost in Shiver Me!

books2read.com/u/3LMzk0

Buy a trans book or three if you can.

The author’s survival may depend on it.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

Broke down how I made my PR boxes for Shiver Me on patreon for free in case you want ideas or how to! Three parts, second part out today!

(And as I said, totally free)

Patreon.com/byvermillion

god im getting so sick and fucking tired of these fucking ghouls trying to turn the internet into a sterile puritan hellhole WHILE theres a fucking pedophile rapist sitting in the oval office.

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union.

This could have tremendous implications for voting:

3 Fizzy, Fabulous New Romcoms

New #RomanceColumn! We’ve got a screamingly funny cursed knight plus evil sorcerer queer romance, a sweet small-town bad-boy romance with a beekeeper heroine (yay bees!), and a New York-set romcom romp with a Regency cosplayer hero and screenwriter heroine (gift link): #romancelandia #booksky 💙📚

i have no interest in separating porn from art we should all be arm in arm

evergreen

If you need a book where fate has a heavy hand, Shiver Me is available near you (and NO I WONT ELABORATE)

cover of THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF WASHING MY HANDS GETS ME OFF featuring beautiful ladybuck on the left and and very attractive sentient hands covered in soap on the right

A TIMELESS MESSAGE. WASH YOUR DANG HANDS

2011 wuthering heights just has so so so much more feeling

'Incurious and intellectually incapable of grappling with what Catherine and Heathcliff mean to one another, the movie settles for 'They like smashing their crotches together.'

So accurate.

Learning I actually have a ton of authors I’ve read 5+ books of, I love to read the whole oeuvre

5 authors by whom I’ve read at least 5 books:

Jacqueline Carey
Garth Nix
Kit Rocha
Tamora Pierce
Lily Mayne

Me beaming because I made a cute email (you can get on the list at readvermillion.com)

Wow!!! It’s stunning

I really enjoyed this one too!