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DavidaRose

@davidarose.bsky.social

(she/her) queer, disabled, part-time farmer, general lit and history nerd.

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β€œI want Ted Cruz to learn about the Omegaverse against his will.”

From your lips to God’s ears

06.02.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAt a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.”

Send him to the fucking Hague

04.02.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4118    πŸ” 1408    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 31
The writer and Tolkien scholar Melanie Rawls, an African American woman in a blue button-up shirt, glasses with thick black rims, and a dapper fedora.

The writer and Tolkien scholar Melanie Rawls, an African American woman in a blue button-up shirt, glasses with thick black rims, and a dapper fedora.

The article "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" by Melanie Rawls, published in Mythlore 38 (Spring 1984). Above the title and author, a pen-and-ink drawing depicts three powerful women from Tolkien's mythology.

The article "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" by Melanie Rawls, published in Mythlore 38 (Spring 1984). Above the title and author, a pen-and-ink drawing depicts three powerful women from Tolkien's mythology.

For Black History Month, did you know that one of our foundational Tolkien scholars is a Black woman? Melanie Rawls wrote "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" (1984), among THE seminal works on women and Tolkien. She's written on JRRT and Ursula Le Guin among others and is a fantasist herself.

01.02.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

A thing I think may be good to emphasise right now is you don't individually need to witness each horror and that posting is not, in fact, praxis. If you want to do something find a local mutual aid group cuz there's actual stuff you can fix and help.

23.01.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 695    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10

A pattern for troubled times:
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.

Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.

21.01.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1131    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 40

read the Council of Elrond tonight and what really struck me this time, apart from the subtlety of the interlaced storytelling, which Tolkien is always very good at, is how funny Bilbo is in it.

19.01.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Trying to accomplish anything on overcast days is… a lot.

I think β€œwhy is my brain at 30% efficiency?” Three hours later, β€œOh, there’s a cloud.”

13.01.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0