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rachel-sylvan-author · 5 months ago

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"Jane on Her Own" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Thank you @yayyyybooks for the recommendation! ❤️

#happy book #happy books #cute book #cute books #cat book #cat books #animal book #animal books #fun book #fun books #light reads #light reading #wholesome book #whomesome books #middle grade book #middle grade books #jane on her own #catwings #ursula k le guin

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shisasan · 1 year ago

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Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus, originally published: 1977

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seekers-who-are-lovers · 3 months ago

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Coloured prefaces from The Apothecary Diaries

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #jinshi #shisui #ainshi #xiaolan #natsu hyuuga #nekokurage #am waiting for the light novel 14 #am waiting for the manga continuation #I’ve read the light novels and am about to purchase the volume 14 light novel part 2 bc the light novel 13 is just a cliffhanger!#ahhhhhhbjhnj!!!

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happyheidi · 2 years ago

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𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

#this has to be one of my favorite little comic ever cus YEEEES #I love me a good rain lighting thunder trio <3 #ESP while laying in bed with a good book #had to share #cottagecore #comics #art #cute #drawing #rain aesthetic #cozycore #cosycore #reading #comfycore #wholesome #we had MASSIVE rain here today and some lovely lightning & thunder . so this was basically my just switch night to say and bed to couch

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cudles · 2 months ago

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ahsokalegend · 6 months ago

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One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

#you should all watch the apothecary diaries #I’m all caught up and starting the manga #never read a manga before #and despite knowing what’s going to happen in a MYSTERY I’m still locked in #guys it’s so good #I can’t wait to finish the manga and then jump into the light novels and read it all AGAIN #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #and if I’m wrong about the emperor please don’t tell me #no spoilers please #though this has spoilers up to the most recent episode #maomao #tagging the queen because she’s mentioned #these characters!!!!#wrote this instead of my discussion post for class🤪

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dimeadozencows · 1 month ago

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