How History Books Will Remember The Government Shut Down: A Masterpost
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The problem with forcibly seizing the assets of, say, Jeff Bezos is that his net worth of $161 billion does not mean he has that in cash. That’s the worth of everything he owns, including stock in his own company.
And the problem with seizing THAT is that it isn’t real. It’s based on confidence and what people might conceivably pay for it. And if you just seize it, that confidence tanks. And then that wealth evaporates.
The problem with capitalism isn’t that there’s a bunch of old dudes sitting on hoards of cash. It’s that they’ve collectively created a system by which they have ludicrous social and economic power based on the PROMISE of hoards of cash. That don’t exist. They have created a social stratum in which debt is money.
That’s why the exhortation is to SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION, not GO GRAB ALL THE MONEY. Because the money isn’t real, and the need to go out and get it is blinding people to the fact that it doesn’t need to exist.
What if we kissed while i look deep into the abyss that are your eyes... u///u haha just kidding
Unless.........
That’s how we met. A bookshop in Paris. A woman introduces herself as Gertrude and tells me I do not want to purchase the book I’m perusing, as it’s impossibly bleak and, in the end, the protagonist is murdered! I spent my next decades hiding what I was reading, as she couldn’t help but spoil the ending of every novel or night at the theatre.
Anonymous asked:
Do you have any fantasy recs for wlw as well written as The Book of the Ancestor series (Red Sister, Grey Sister, Holy Sister) and Priory of the Orange Tree? Thanks so much for taking your time to do this!
lgbtqreads answered:
Oh yes - try Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, and Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger, and keep an eye out for the upcoming Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton (January 7), Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (February 4), and Stormsong by C.L. Polk (February 11) in the next couple of months!
Also, if you’re open to stepping into YA, try Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan - I think it’s a good entry point. And whether or not you’re into YA at all, I cannot say enough about Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust, which comes out in May 2020 - I will not be shutting up about it, ever. I also highly recommend her Girls Made of Snow and Glass, which is also wlw, though the romance is a much smaller piece of the story.
Anonymous asked:
Hey! Could you recommend me f/f books about monsters/supernatural beings? Thank you.
lgbtqreads answered:
Sure! Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron has angels, In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard has dragons, Ash by Malinda Lo has fae, The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco has gods and goddesses, The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember, Moon-Bright Tides by RoAnna Sylver, and Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner have merfolk, all of these have shifters of some sort:
- Second Nature by Jae
- Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
- Goldenseal by Gill McKnight
- Wild by Meghan O’Brien
- The Better to Kiss You With by Michelle Osgood
and these have vampires:
- The Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
- everafter by Nell Stark and Trinity Tram
- Carmilla by Kim Turrisi
- Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
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and tattoo necklace te fiti on her heart, her grandma as a stingray on one arm, and maui on her other arm. the best.
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