Girlbossification of House of the Dragon
Women being in charge and powerful is trendy, and House of the Dragon is picking up on this aesthetic trend rather than actually creating female-centric stories.
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Poetry Rec: “Mad Girl’s Love Song”
(I think I made you up inside my head.)
Read More“Snow on the Desert” by Agha shaid ali
The Desert Smells Like Rain: in it I read:
The syrup from which sacred wine is made
is extracted from the saguaros each
summer.
Poetry rec: “The Acts of Youth”
BY JOHN WIENERS And with great fear I inhabit the middle of the nightWhat wrecks of the mind await me, what drugsto dull the senses, what little I have left,what more can be taken away? The fear of travelling, of the future without hopeor buoy. I must get away from this place and seethat there is […]
Read Moregarden eyed girl
“You love her.” Michael accuses and the breath gets caught in his throat.
No, he wants to say, no I’m only a messenger I don’t—
But he is, oh he is.
Read More“A Dirge” by Christina Rossetti: Poetry Rec
BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Why were you born when the snow was falling?You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling,Or when grapes are green in the cluster,Or, at least, when lithe swallows musterFor their far off flyingFrom summer dying. Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?You should have died at the apples’ dropping,When the grasshopper […]
Read More“Anne Boleyn on the Day of Her Execution”: Poetry Rec
Spend some time considering Anne Boleyn.
Read More“Two-Headed Cow”: Poetry Rec
You don’t need to exploit your own uniqueness.
Read MorePoetry Rec: “It is a Fearful Thing”
I hope this 9th century voice reminds you that you have the capacity to love and hope during dark times.
Read MoreOh Daughter, Die Softly
And she’s sorry. She’s so sorry she can’t protect it, that she failed to protect it, that she’s failing to help it, and that she wants to abandon it to die because she’s afraid of its teeth.
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