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hollowed-theory-hall · 7 months ago

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Hi, I really love your posts, they are so well-structured and researched and I agree with a lot of your takes. I was wondering firstly if you had any headcanons about people’s accents outside of standard RP english (which there was an over-representation of in the movies)? i found a really good post on this by @lotstradamus. I also wondered if there are any characters you headcanon as PoC that are not explicitly stated like Blaise, Angelina, Kingsley, Dean, the Patil twins and Cho? Also, what are your favourite fic recs for HP (Tomarry, Gen or Harry/Others)? I am trying to expand my fic list. Thanks :)

Hi, 👋

Thank you so much!

Okay, so I found @lotstradamus's post you mentioned here and she explains UK and Ireland accents way better than I, a non-brit whose only time standing on British soil was in the London airport for a connection flight, ever could. Additionally, I'm shit at recognizing accents from hearing even when these are accents I know well. That being said, I have been thinking a lot about where in the UK & Ireland characters came from so I will use that (& the power of Google) to infer about the accents, since they tend to be regional.

I would love to hear about my attempt from any actual Brits who can help me with this. (Also, I'm not going to be mentioning the movie accents, as yes, there definitely aren't enough accents there, but also, I don't really know how to tell the difference between many British accents from hearing alone, so...) I also tried to add video/recording examples for how the accents would sound like for all the non-brits like me for whom the accent name would say literally nothing. Without further ado:

HP characters accents

Let's start with the characters we know for sure where they are from:

We know Harry is from Surry, so his accent should be southern but from an upper-middle-class area near London, so he should be close-ish to RP. (Tom Felton was born in 1980 in Surrey, so he's probably close to Harry's accent)

Sirius grew up in Grimmauld Place in London so as rebellious as he wants to be he still sounds like a posh-as-hell Londoner. (Example)

The Weasleys, Luna Lovegood, and Cedric Diggory all grew up in Ottery St Catchpole which is in Devon, so they all have a West Country accent.

(the children at least, the parents might have different accents. Like, Molly I think sounds a bit posher since the Prewetts seem at least upper-middle-class).

Albus Dumbledore was born in Mould-on-the-Wold before his family moved to Godric's Hallow after his father's arrest. As Mould-on-the-Wold might be based on Stow-on-the-Wold, I'd take it that it's located around the same area in Gloucestershire. As such his accent would probably be a West country accent for the most part.

Abeforth's accent is similarly West Country, except add some random bits of highland slang he might've picked up from all his years at Hogsmeade and without any smoothening over.

Google has informed me Hagrid's dialect written in the books is a West Country dialect, which is the same as the Weasleys, Diggorys, Lovegoods, and Dumbledores (there are a lot of wizards in West Country)

(West Country Example 1, West Country Example 2, West Country Example 3) - think movie Hagrid for all of them.

James Potter and the entire Potter family (and the Abbotts as well, actually, so Hannah too) are from Godric's Hallow which is somewhere in the West Country, but, James is also from a rich family, so he likely sounds closer to RP than the Weasleys. So his accent should be a general southern posh that isn't quite perfect RP but closer to it than to West Country accent. (Example)

Tom Riddle is one I have a specific headcanon about. Like, he grew up in an underfunded orphanage that was most likely in East End London — young Tommy had a Cockney accent and he spent his first month at Hogwarts learning to mimic all the posh purebloods around him. So Tom probably sounds like the perfect dictionary version of RP as he is actively hiding his accent. (Cockney example, another one, RP example)

Snape, probably does something similar. He grew up in slums in Cokeworth which is somewhere in the Midlands, so I think he is actively hiding his accent too so he could fit in with his posh pureblood peers in Slytherin better.

Lily probably has a similar accent to Snape, just, probably like a softer version of it, idk, that's what I'm thinking.

Now the midlands is an area that encompasses a lot of different accents, so I wanted to narrow it down a bit more. I found this post by @potions-and-potters that placed Cokeworth in the black country, and it sounds right considering the industrial vibe of the town and the descriptions we get. So, Lily and Snape had variations of the black country accent. The Snape we meet in the book speaks the same dictionary RP as Voldemort, probably (Example 1, Example 2 of Lily's and Snape's accents)

Draco and the Malfoy family are from Wiltshire which is also in the West Country, but because you know the Malfoys sound posh, it would be closer to RP (not too different from James' accent probably), but with a bit of a drawl since in the books they are described often as "drawling".

McGonagall is the most Scottish character there is so she has to have a Scottish accent. On Pottermore it's written she grew up in the Highlands of Scotland:

She grew up in the Highlands of Scotland

(from Pottermore)

So she has a Highlands accent (Example 1, Example 2). I find this sort of Scottish accent fits McGonagall quite well since it's very clear and deliberate.

Seamus Finnigan has to be Irish, as he is mentioned to be a fan of the Quidditch Team Kenmare Kestrels, he likely is from the area, which is around south Ireland. (Example)

Stan Shunpike is written as speaking in a Cockney dialect according to Google.

Dean Thomas is a fan of the West Ham United Football Club which is located in London, so Dean is likely from London and has a London accent. (Went for a South London accent).

We know Justing Flich-Fletchy had his name down for Eton, as @lotstradamus mentioned, so he's also a super posh RP-ish speaker. (More examples)

Tonks uses "wotcher" a lot which is common in North London dialects, so I'm going to go with a North London accent for her. (Example)

Now, for characters I don't know where they are from it's much harder to guess accents because I'm not British and can't get accent "vibes", unfortunately, so I'm only going based on locations and gut feelings.

I can say Hermione always sounds very RP and kinda posh in my head, I imagine books Hermione sounding pretty much like Emma Watson. As we know she comes from a well-to-do middle-class family, it even makes some sense. (Example)

(I also think it's funny to have Harry and Hermione both sounding all RP and Ron speaking more similar to movie Hagrid)

I kinda want to give Remus an accent that isn't RP, just because I feel like it and there are so many posh speakers on this list already and his mom is said to be Welsh:

On an investigative trip into a dense Welsh forest in which a particularly vicious Boggart was supposed to be lurking, Lyall ran across his future wife. Hope Howell, a beautiful Muggle girl who worked in an insurance office in Cardiff

(from Pottermore)

I decided I wanted Remus to be Welsh, so I gave him a South Welsh accent in my head. (Example)

Since there's no one on this list from the north, I'd like Neville to keep Matthew Lewis' Yorkshire accent. (Example)

Trelawney is a cornish name and JKR chose it on purpose:

I love Cornish surnames, and had never used one until the third book in the series, so that is how Professor Trelawney got her family name.

(from Pottermore)

So, I'll take it to mean Trelawney is from Cornwell and has a Cornish accent. (Examples)

I have no clue about Peter.

If any Brits are reading this, how did I do?

As for your other questions: not really.

I mean, Harry is pretty detailed with character descriptions (especially for the main ones, including himself and Hermione who are often headcanoned as having darker skin but are described as white in the books on multiple occasions) so I never really felt there was headcanon space there for the characters I cared for. Personally, I try to keep my headcanons as canon compliant as I can so if someone has a description, I won't come up with a different one.

As for fics, I don't really do fic recs, so I'm sorry I can't help you with that.

#I really tried with the British accents to the best of my ability as someone not from there #harry potter #hp #hp meta #asks #anonymous #hollowedtheory #harry potter meta #accents

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dandelionsresilience · 10 months ago

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Dandelion News - August 22-28

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1. Safari park welcomes flamingo chicks

“An animal park has said it is experiencing a "baby boom", including new flamingo chicks that have hatched. Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire has also recently welcomed rare Amur tiger cubs and an endangered cotton top tamarin monkey baby. [… Flamingos] live 15-20 years in the wild, however in captivity and safe from predators, they can reach ages of 70 years.”

2. Golf clubs fight biodiversity loss

“The project aims to help green-keepers create havens for wildlife, particularly bees and butterflies, as well as introduce mowing methods to protect rare chalk grassland and encourage wildflowers. […] “Clubs doing this are seeing significant increases in pollinators, such as butterflies, without impeding the game."”

3. ‘We’ve got baby owls again’: how farming policy is helping English wildlife

“[In Abby Allen’s] lush Devon fields native cattle graze alongside 400-year-old hedgerows, with birds and butterflies enjoying the species-rich pasture. [… The Environmental Land Management Scheme] pays farmers for things such as planting hedges, sowing wildflowers for birds to feed on and leaving corners of their land wild for nature.”

4. $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs

“Through this program […] trained health workers […] provide support on breastfeeding, safe sleep for babies, learning and communications practices that promote early language development, developmental screening, getting children ready to succeed in school, and connecting with key services and resources in the community – like affordable childcare or job and educational opportunities. […] In addition, the [CDC] announced a new investment of $118.5 million, over five years, to 46 states [and] six territories […] to continue building the public health infrastructure to better identify and prevent pregnancy-related deaths.”

5. Endangered leopard frogs released into the wild

“More than a hundred leopard frogs have been released into the wild at Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. Leopard frogs are endemic to North America but have been classed as endangered since 1999.”

6. Heat-based batteries are a surprisingly versatile tool

“[T]hermal energy storage [… is] expected to be more cost-effective than conventional lithium-ion batteries for storing cheap clean electricity over longer durations[….] Thermal storage systems take up less space per unit of energy stored than lithium-ion batteries do, [… and] can also deliver their stored energy without the efficiency losses that occur in converting electricity from [AC to DC and back].”

7. Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states — and around the world

“[In 21 states,] all children under the age of 5 can enroll to have books mailed to their homes monthly. […] Since the program started, books have been sent to more than 240 million to [sic] kids in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia.”

8. Biden-Harris Administration Awards $100 Million to Navigators Who Will Help Millions of Americans - Especially in Underserved Communities - Sign Up for Health Coverage

“The grants are part of a commitment of up to $500 million over five years - the longest grant period and financial commitment to date, and a critical boost for recruiting trusted local organizations to better connect with those who often face barriers to obtaining health care coverage. […] Navigators offer free assistance to people exploring health coverage options through HealthCare.gov, from reviewing available plans to assisting with eligibility and enrollment forms, and post-enrollment services such as using their coverage to get care.”

9. ‘Ultra-Accommodating’ Hotel Concept Goes Beyond ADA Accessible

“The property […] will feature wider hallways, larger guest rooms, easy access to elevators and other modifications that exceed the standards required under the [ADA]. Staff will be trained in disability etiquette, how to assist with mobility devices and provide various accommodations ranging from hearing aid loops to sensory-sensitive lighting. […] The location in San Antonio is expected to be the first — not the only one — developed under this concept.”

10. Melbourne zoo welcomes rare southern white rhino calf to the world

“Kipenzi and the new calf have been closely monitored this week, with mother and baby being kept in a secluded area accessible only to keepers while they get to know each other and bond. […] The calf has already been showing a forthright personality, snorting and stomping around his enclosure[….]”

August 15-21 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

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mybeingthere · 2 years ago

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Vicky Lindo and Bill Brookes have taken contemporary ceramic art by storm, winning the grand prize at the British Ceramics Biennial last year. A new look at Staffordshire cats.

Vicky Lindo and her partner, Bill Brookes have been making their ceramics since 2013. They both studied at Herefordshire College of Art and Design and now live and work in Bideford in Devon. They work collaboratively on their designs, and make their own moulds and their work is slipcast in white earthenware clay and then decorated by Vicky using scraffito techniques. They are inspired by traditional English slipware pottery with images that Vicky describes as, 'anything from a funny story heard on the radio, heroic animals, a pattern on an antique rug or a beautiful old tree in the local park.'

Vicky Lindo had joined a pottery class, spending evenings learning sgraffito, a form of decoration made by scratching through contrasting layers of slip or glaze. She suspected she might be on to something when the teacher offered to purchase her first platter, but unfortunately the classes were cut short due to lack of students. Lindo, already hooked, couldn’t stop there. A ‘paint-a-pot’ cafe provided a temporary firing solution and before long the washing machine in the couple’s kitchen was replaced with a kiln….

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valleykidsa · 7 months ago

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same rules on hawk until i can get an official carrd set (basically don't be a jerk)

muses below the cut

canon characters (bold is primary, italics is request only or private)

aisha robinson

ali mills

amanda larusso

chris westbrooks

daniel larusso

devon lee

johnny lawrence

kwon jae-sung

miguel diaz

shawn payne

tory nichols

canon but mostly original characters

doug rickenberger - cobra kai / topanga / miyagi-do

irina malakhov - co-sensei of tiger strike dojo

keo odell - cobra kai sensei in s5 under silver

maria álvarez - furia de pantera

vivian moskowitz - hawk's mom. (specific to my hawk @ mskwtz)

original characters (if you want to write with my children ily very much). i am still trying to figure out where they all are in terms of karate after s5. bolding the ocs i tend to write the most but would love to write all of them more.

axel grant - he says i was axel before they added an axel SO. joined cobra kai circa s3. stoner, mostly lets things roll off his shoulders. is a reseda kid, but lied to his friends about it until the dojo fight so they thought he was from encino. not really a bully though he never stopped his "friends" that were. fc: drew ray tanner

chiara james - a girl's girl, in the friendly and romantic sense. oozes positivity. friends with sam, moon, yas, & co. cheerleader, class president, roller blader in her spare time. she joined miyagi-do in season 3 after the school fights wanting to learn to defend herself and her friends. fc: sydney park

freya andrews - one of jessica's daughters. head strong, determined, wants to be a journalist. has been doing karate since she was a kid. moves to the valley with her mom, and joins topanga karate, making the switch to miyagi-do after ck takes over. has a smart mouth and doesn't care about the consequences of using it. fc: emily rudd

mina choi - english teacher at west valley high. worries a lot about her students who are involved in all the karate drama, seeing the toll it can take on them from an outside perspective. tries to be supportive and let them know she is on their side. fc: jamie chung

nadine mcqueen - yasmine's little sister. the same age as kenny, lia, and anthony. spoiled brat energy with a secret heart of gold. she's friends with lia and is definitely at the boy crazy stage of adolescence. is only mean when people ask for it, but when they do - claws out. fc: alyvia alyn lind

nova parker - daughter of one of the richest families in the city. mean girl energy. joined cobra kai in season 2 because she felt drawn to karate & it was becoming the "cool" thing to do. grew attached and stayed on through the dojo fight. respected silver as a mentor / sensei and tbqh probably would stay loyal to him. fc: kathryn newton

quinton cole - son of tom cole. rebellious, does the opposite of what his dad wants him to do at all times. is expected to take over cole on van nuys but has no desire to do so. musician, wants to become big with his band the valley ghouls. so doesn't get the karate stuff and never joined any dojo. fc: charlie gillespie

river hall ***- smol but feisty. anti-social. artistic. autistic. never been much of a people person, half because she has trouble carrying conversations and half because people annoy the hell out of her. her parents are divorced and have shared custody of her, though her mother is a narcissist who makes her feel bad about herself and who she is as a person. joined cobra kai after the school fights because she was looking for an outlet for her pent up anger and wanted a sense of control. she took training very seriously, putting her all into it, including extra time outside of training. s5 she started to feel uneasy with silver taking over and his methods. she ended up working with mds to try and take him down. fc: katie douglas

lawson hall - ^ her dad. private attorney. a good dad who loves his kid very much. fc: timothy olyphant

#muse list.#too tired for carrd rn #added two new muses since i last had this blog

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anorc-writing · 8 months ago

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Wozzat then?

Is there a 'Hogwarts accent'? Canonically Harry's a great one for Erm.

Lets play… literary analysis!

Harry goes home to Surrey to the Dursleys every summer. At no point does Dudley punch his head in for sounding posh.

(Fair call though that Dudders goes to Smeltings, so he's learning a second accent anyway.)

Q.E.D. Harry keeps a mostly SSBE accent as is apparently typical of Surrey.

Glottal stops on trialing T's etc.

Uses UM as a filler. If he was more contemporary, he'd be using 'like' but we can assume that Hogwarts would knock that out of him.

He's not near enough to Crawley and the estuary to have a noticeable estuary accent.

Harry does not read for fun, so he isn't going to develop a substantially larger casual English vocabulary.

He may have a technical vocabulary but JKR never really did that much of that kind of world-building.

Obviously can pronounce some wonky Latin.

And in an amusing digression, Hermione Granger is probably not from Crawley as some fans think; and even if she was, given her parent are both Dentists, she's a dedicated RP speaker, and I'd suspect she might have hard consonants at the end of words. And obviously, reads voraciously, so will have developed a large vocabulary. ERmione don' sound like dat.

One thing that's missing in the series, which suggests there is a Hogwarts accent, is that Ron and the Weaselys don't have a Devon accent. Even though they live in Ottery St Mary, I mean, Catchpole.

(And they don't go to the Tar Barrel night either, because they're always at Hogwarts.)

That suggests that Molly and Arthur have 'Hogwarts accents.'

Malfoy is one of the few sneerers and Drawlers.

And most entertainingly, Snape doesn't have a midlands accent. Even though he's from Cokeworth and was poor as muck. Aunt Petunia has adopted an accent that's not midlands, again, she was from Cokeworth. and finally, Lily Evans, Head girl, prefect, Harry's mum…. not a midlands accent. That is mild evidence that the Evanses are either middle-class and self-conciously speak only RP, or put it all behind them.

To be blunt, this is the bit of the canon that doesn't work the best.

#harry potter #hp fanfiction #writing #accents

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itsisla-dubois · 8 months ago

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[cisfemale and she/her] Welcome to Aurora Bay, [ISLA DUBOIS]! I couldn’t help but notice you look an awful lot like [JESSICA ALEXANDER]. You must be the [TWENTY-TWO] year old [SAG-AFRA ACTRESS/PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR AT ELEGANCE DANCE STUDIO]. Word is you’re [SOPHISTICATED] but can also be a bit [RUTHLESS] and your favorite song is [W.I.T.C.H. BY DEVON COLE]. I also heard you’ll be staying in [CRYSTAL COVE]. I’m sure you’ll love it!

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@aurorabayaesthetic

Full Name: Isla Marguerite DuBois Nickname(s): I, Is, Princess, Lapin (family only) Age: 23 Birthday: May 30th, 2002 Astrological Sign: Gemini Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada Parents: Philippe III & Jaqueline DuBois (65 & 54) Siblings: Philippe Dubois IV (31), Julian DuBois (29), Kais DuBois (27), and Claude DuBois (25) Children: N/A Pets: Louie (3-month-old French Bulldog) *Relationships: see wanted connectionsScars: N/A Tattoos: N/A Other Physical Distinctions: Heart-shaped birthmark on her right hip Sexual Orientation & Gender: Heterosexual and Heteroromantic ;; Ciswoman Occupation: SAG-AFRA Actress & Part-time Dance Instructor @ Elegance Dance Studio *subject to change as roles are taken

bullet points

tw: cheating, hyper sexuality

○ ○ born on a picturesque late spring day in quebec, isla dubois’ life was perfect from the moment she began it. with two supermodel-attractive parents who both happened to own their own highly successful businesses, the girl was born wanting for nothing. think burberry baby shoes and ralph lauren dress as her 'going home from the hospital' outfit.

○ isla was born the final child of philippe and jaqueline, who already had four rambunctious boys at home. being both the baby and the only girl, she quickly learned the power she wielded when a pout and big eyes could get her what she wanted. and she always got what she wanted.

○ being raised like that, she has a tendency to sound really…..entitled. honestly, she doesn’t mean to sound like an absolute stuck up bitch, but that’s her language. the girl can be very caring and sincere if someone can stand the outer shell of some annoying ignorance about the suffering of others.

○ since she was young, isla has loved all things stereotypically girly. pearls, lace, pink, frills: you name it, she loves it. she is always dressed to the nines. coquette has been her style since high school and she never plans on giving it up.

○ the move to aurora bay from quebec in 2014 wasn't much of a change for her. the nannies and housekeepers continued to be her surrogate parents and was still given everything her little heart could desire. it was now just all happening in california.

○ although the move brought them to a mainly english speaking state, the dubois insisted that french still be spoken at home. needless to say, isla still carries her heavy french accent. she doesn't mind it, though. she believes it adds to the mystique.

○ they say you’re either a horse girl, a mermaid girl or a princess girl growing up but isla opted for a secret forth option: the dancer girl. thank you for the music by abba must have been written about her since it seemed that she too had truly been dancing before she could walk. by the age of two she was placed in dance classes, and the dubois' knew they were never looking back. isla's whole heart and soul lives in dance. there was nowhere she felt more free nor more herself than in a dance studio

○ her love of dance and a developing competitive nature that thrived off the need to be the best at everything poised isla perfectly to enter the competitive dance world. she started going for titles at six with her dance company’s elite team and would prove to be a reliable winner as the years went on. the girl has lost count of how many titles she has won and is currently storing at least three rubbermaid boxes full of trophies and crowns in her parents’ attic (since only so many will fit in with her apartment's aesthetic). 'first place’ was like her drug. and the high? it continued to come as easily as everything else did for her. (also, yes, her mom would have been cast on dance moms. 100%)

○ once isla hit puberty, the true devilish side came out. an obsession with men (and their attention) bloomed. she knew she was beautiful and she knew she could get any man she wanted if she tried. this way of thinking has yet to subside. if you identify as male (and straight/bi, she ain’t no reverse james charles) there is about a hundred percent chance she will try and hit on you. partner or not. (isla is also a bit of a notorious homewrecker.)

○ after putting her in modeling classes and acting classes on top of her dance classes, isla quickly fell in love with acting. she recently graduated with her BA (triple majored in screen acting, stage acting and dance (she won't be the dumb blonde stereotype, no thank you)) and has since become a SAG-AFRA actress, starring in a few short films. but considering who her family is (and who she's willing to convince), it's only a matter of time until she's in the blockbusters.

○ having cultivated this obsession for boys, isla has developed a new talent: using them for her own gain. she is a serial dating manipulator. it was only a matter of time, considering the 'casting couch' phenomenon that lurks in the hollywood culture. if you have something to offer her, isla will get close to you and sexually/romantically manipulate you into giving her that advantage. after she’s gotten that, she’ll expertly make the break off seem like the "right thing at this time.”

○ her little "talent" or "industry hack" has become a little more nefarious, however. now it's not so much a game of "who can offer me something" but "who will be the most fun to toy with"? isla has been breaking hearts for fun and there's no signs of stopping her now.

current connections

platonic

○ one half of a whole chaos gremlin with @thelucexcaldwell ○ coworkers turn friends with @linnea-lorenzo ○ honorary siblings/the reason he'll go grey prematurely with @ghxstofyxu ○ a girlypop duo with @giannasutherland ○ the party queens of AB with @lonelyhcart ○ employer/somewhat friend of @tabithaxking

antagonistic

○ mortal enemies with @esmaxdemirci ○ annoyance of @sterlingxlevin ○ always ready to read @prupipers to filth

romantic

○ in a current situationship with @basaaragon ○ part-time hookup, full time pain in the ass to @keolalagaaia ○ hooking up with @masoncambridge just for kicks (and to piss of esma)

Wanted Connections

the best friends ;; her partner in crime, the ying to his yang. the pair or more that are typically attached by the hip, consult each other, and couldn’t live without one another.

her girls ;; not many women like isla, but these girls are that exception. her ride or dies. she’d kill or hide a body for these women.

fwb ;; having a friend is good. having a friend who has sex with you is better. no strings attached.

just a hookup ;; they’re for sex and nothing else. harsh but true.

the toy ;; isla’s own little toy. she uses them for whatever reason and makes them think they’re her one and only. will she break her shiny new toy? maybe. she’s not known for being careful.

the scorned ;; whether this is an ex hookup’s partner or someone she used and threw away, she burned this person. all she can seem to give them is a shrug emoji.

#aurorabay.intro #((it's such a wonder to be under her spell ;; about))#cheating tw #hyper sexuality tw

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valleykids · 4 months ago

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same rules on hawk until i can get an official carrd set (basically don't be a jerk)

muses below the cut

canon characters (bold is primary, italics is request only or private)

aisha robinson

ali mills

amanda larusso

chris westbrooks

daniel larusso

devon lee

johnny lawrence

kwon jae-sung

miguel diaz

shawn payne

tory nichols

vanessa larusso

canon but mostly original characters

doug rickenberger - cobra kai / topanga / miyagi-do

irina malakhov - co-sensei of tiger strike dojo

keo odell - cobra kai sensei in s5 under silver

maria álvarez - furia de pantera

vivian moskowitz - hawk's mom. (specific to my hawk @ mskwtz)

test muses as of 2/15/25

betsy davis

kenny payne

cordelia "cordy" redfern - owns a private gym in van nuys where she also teaches self defense classes. she was in jail for a year when she was 21 for betting on an underground fighting ring. when she was released, she struggled with finding a purpose for herself. she spent years barely getting by, until one day she stopped a young woman from being harassed. suddenly, things clicked into place. she took everything she had & then some, working her ass off to open her own gym where people could go for a place to feel safe and better themselves in whatever way they wanted to. she also teaches self defense classes once a week at the gym. she's a little rough and tumble, not very nice, but cares about safety and about people feeling like they can protect themselves. fc: mary elizabeth winstead

olivia delgado - long time dance instructor with a studio in studio city. she values making her studio into a safe haven for anyone who might need one, and teaches classes to various age groups from kids, to teens, to adults. fc: rochelle aytes

lawson hall - ^ her dad. private attorney. a good dad who loves his kid very much. fc: timothy olyphant

#temp muse.

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aurianneor · 8 months ago

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La meilleure manière d’apprendre l’anglais

"En tant que bébés, notre première exposition au langage se fait par l'écoute, mais en tant qu'apprenants adultes, les idées préconçues et les angoisses peuvent parfois entraver la compréhension. Certains apprenants sont pris de panique lorsqu'ils sont exposés à un discours naturel, et cela est souvent déclenché par l'idée erronée que nous devons saisir chaque mot, alors qu'en fait nous devrions nous concentrer sur ce que nous comprenons. Si nous voulons améliorer notre écoute, il est essentiel de vaincre cette peur des mots et des sons inconnus.

Alors, comment se fixer des objectifs réalisables en écoutant l'anglais à une vitesse normale, même à des niveaux inférieurs ?

Si vous êtes un parfait débutant, vous pouvez commencer par regarder une série en anglais sous-titrée dans votre propre langue, ou par écouter la radio en arrière-plan pendant que vous préparez le dîner. Peu importe que vous suiviez les sous-titres plus que l'audio, ou que vous dansiez simplement sur les chansons à la radio - l'exposition aux sons en anglais à vitesse naturelle, et des fonctions telles que le discours continu est un bon point de départ. Votre objectif réalisable dans ce cas consiste simplement à vous habituer aux sons que vous entendez, vous trouver dans la pièce avec eux et ne pas avoir des sueurs froides d'un traumatisme passé en classe d'anglais !" L'importance de la compréhension orale en anglais - British Council (il y a également des leçons disponibles): lhttps://www.britishcouncil.fr/blog/comprehension-orale-en-anglais

English Language Assessment - Cambridge: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/

VOA Learning English: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/p/5609.html

Compréhension orale en anglais - Université de Rennes: https://langues.univ-rennes.fr/comprehension-orale-en-anglais#p-140

BBC Learning English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish

Beaucoup d'autres sites internets sont disponibles. Trouvez le ou les sites qui vous conviennent le mieux.

L'application Anki permet de créer des flashcards afin d'apprendre du vocabulaire et des phrases complètes (que vous choisissez) - C'est la répétition qui fait la mémorisation. Il vaut mieux faire un peu plusieurs fois plutôt que beaucoup et s'arrêter. A utiliser quotidiennement, pour entraîner la mémoire: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

Utilisez Deepl ou Larousse pour traduire les éléments essentiels que vous ne comprenez pas, puis placez ces mots / phrases dans une flashcard Anki pour les mémoriser.

Deepl translator: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator

Larousse - Dictionnaire anglais français: https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais

Quand vous apprenez, soyez précis et mémorisez les mots et phrases exactes.

Quand vous parlez, n'ayez pas peur de faire des erreurs, c'est tout à fait normal. Le tout est de parvenir à comprendre et à se faire comprendre. Pas de pression, un étranger parle en faisant des erreurs et cela fait évoluer les langues.

Why do Scandinavians speak an exceptional English?- Polyglot Club: https://polyglotclub.com/help/language-learning-tips/scandinavians-good-english

"Constant exposure to the English language through media gives Scandinavians’ English language abilities a significant boost, as consuming foreign language media with subtitles can lead to the acquisition of foreign language skills".The Scandinavian Countries: Why Are They So Good At Speaking English?: https://crystalcleartranslation.com/the-scandinavian-countries-why-are-they-so-good-at-speaking-english/#:~:text=Constant%20exposure%20to%20the%20English,acquisition%20of%20foreign%20language%20skills

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The best way to learn everyday French every day: https://www.aurianneor.org/dont-think-dont-try-to-understand-just/

Oui à la liberté pédagogique pour tous: https://www.aurianneor.org/oui-a-la-liberte-pedagogique-pour-tous-profs/

Ils parlaient toutes les langues: https://www.aurianneor.org/ils-parlaient-toutes-les-langues-ce-photomontage-a/

Is that a yack? The Lama scene: https://www.aurianneor.org/is-that-a-yack-the-lama-scene-thats-the-title/

Sauver la langue: https://www.aurianneor.org/sauver-la-langue/

1h d’exercice, pourquoi pas la danse?: https://www.aurianneor.org/1h-dexercice-pourquoi-pas-la-danse/

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Week 7 Recap

Hi everyone. It’s only Thursday but I thought I’d do an early recap because I’m headed to the rainforest now.

This was my last real week in Salvador. Feeling pretty sad but also ready to go home. I started off my week with a 2-night solo trip to Morro de São Paulo, a car-free island village that you get to by taking boat-bus-boat from Salvador. It had a really nice combo of lush green forest and tropical beach. But unforch, the car-free thing wasn’t in a “it’s so historical that there’s no cars” way, but rather a Disneyland/mammoth village way. Which was also its own fun vibe. Lots of really good food and shopping

I made two friends that are professional ballet dancers in the Dutch national ballet. We hung out most of the time and had a fun little day drinking beach day

Look how ridiculous their ambulance is. It looks like a toy. So funny to me

In other news. Tarciso took me and Devone to German class at his college and obviously we did not understand anything because it was German. It was very entertaining to be in class with brother. Also their campus looks like a rainforest and literally had monkeys EVERYWHERE

Since today was my last day of Portuguese class, I made thank-you notes for my teachers. Everyone here is obsessed with me writing Persian and I get asked at least once a week to write the Persian alphabet or write people’s names for them, so I made little cards of their names

This is me with all my teachers/school staff

Also there are two little czech kids in my school right now because their parents had business in Brazil so they just signed them up for a week of Portuguese class ICONIC lol. So this is us having a mega cultural exchange of Portuguese, czech, Persian, English.

Well, I am now in the airport headed to Manaus, capital of the Amazon. Kisses everyone 💋 P.S. I learned recently that I have one blog fan that isn’t my dad and Julie: shoutout katusch if you’re reading this 🥳

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supermaths · 2 years ago

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How to Help Young Children Develop Strong English Language Skills? | Supermaths

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kathrynalicemc · 3 years ago

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MIKAEL PROFILE - HPMA

IDENTITY

Name: Mikael Arcano-Thorne

Nicknames: Mik, Micky, Nerd (by Siv affectionately)

Pronouns: He/him

Birth Date: February 24th, 2002

Species: Human

Blood Status: Pureblood

Sexuality: TBD (Bi until proven otherwise)

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Nationality: Norwegian

Residence: Arcano House in Skalafell, Thorne Abbey in Britain, Fossan Cottage in Fossan Dragon Sanctuary

Languages: English, Norwegian (Modern & Old Norse), French, Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon/Ancient English, Arabic, Japanese, Ancient Runes, Sign Language (British and French. Thanks Aunty Devon). He slowly gains these during Hogwarts years to adulthood. (Norwegian accent)

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim: Ethan Peck

Height: 5’9”

Physique: Average and fit

Eye Color: Gray

Hair Color: Black

Hair style: Curly and short

Scars: None

Clothing: Flannel, jeans, hiker boots, sweaters and sweater vests, dress pants. He wears glasses by the time he gets to Hogwarts.

Tattoos: None

HOGWARTS

House: Ravenclaw

Wand: Beech, Phoenix Feather, 10 ¾”

“The true match for a beech wand will be, if young, wise beyond his or her years, and of full-grown, rich in understanding and experience. Beech wands perform very weakly for the narrow-minded and intolerant.”

Best Classes: Ancient Runes, History of Magic, Potions

Worst Classes: Divination, Herbology

Misc Magical Abilities: None

Boggart Form: Having everyone speaking to him and not understanding them or being understood back

Amortentia: Parchment, dust, pine trees, petrichor, leather

Patronus: Golden Eagle

Animagus: None

Patronus Memory: Playing annual quidditch tournaments at Yuletide with the whole Arcano Family, including his parents, sisters, and cousins

Dementor worst memory: A nightmare he had as a young child

Mirror of Erised: Being captain of the Quidditch team (teenager)

CAREER

11-18: Hogwarts Student (Prefect & Head Boy)

18-21: University student (Linguistics Major)

21+: Linguist and Translator

RELATIONSHIPS

Parents: Kaari Arcano & Semele Thorne @endlessly-cursed

Sisters: Siv & Lennox Arcano-Thorne

Grandparents: Alatar Arcano & Else Lionette

Grandparents: Anne Crouch & Stefan Thorne

Uncle & Aunt: Annika Arcano & Tyr Fraye

Cousins: Dayamanti, Dafne, and Dielle Arcano

Love Interest: TBD

Best Friends: His sisters and cousins

Friends: River St. James @gaygryffindorgal, Jupiter and Elio Durand @cursed-herbalist, more tbd

PERSONALITY

Child: As a kid, Mikael is pretty carefree and curious about the world. He wanted to join in the annual Yuletide family Quidditch tourney as soon as he could walk and talk. He may fall on the autism scale very slightly. He likes to hang out by himself and focus on his hobbies. He wasn’t super interested in learning combat like the rest of the kids but he still practices with a shortsword to keep in shape for Quidditch. However, he doesn’t like actually fighting someone and prefers peace. He also learns survival skills and tracking from his father and grandfather.

Teenage: He stays the same when a teenager, but even more interested in languages and Quidditch. He plays as a Keeper at Hogwarts and might even become Captain one day. He also becomes Head Boy and Prefect. By the time he finishes Hogwarts, he knows many languages. He doesn’t socialize much so he doesn’t have many friends, but the ones he does have he is loyal to. Mikael is always kind and generous to everyone.

Adulthood: Once he graduates, he attends muggle university (following in his fav cousin Dafne's footsteps) and studies linguistics and history. After that, he will become a Linguist for the Ministry. He might also take jobs on expeditions with various curse breakers or archeologists that hire him.

ATTITUDE

Most at Ease When: Studying languages, playing Quidditch, reading.

Stressed When: Socializing, loud noises, his sisters or cousins being chaotic and getting into trouble

Priorities: Knowledge, languages, family

Strength: Intellect, kind heart, empathetic, athletic, loyal

Weakness: Quiet, loner, can come off as a know it all

FAVORITES

Color: Blue, green, brown

Food: A nice sandwich with meat

Drink: Coffee and Earl Grey tea

Weather: Sunny spring day

Book: Literally any book he can get his hands on. Bonus if it deals with languages or history or both.

Hobbies: Quidditch (Keeper), sparring with a shortsword, reading, chess, hiking/tracking learned from Alatar and Kaari

#hpma #magic awakened #mikael arcano thorne #arcano next gen #kaari arcano #semele thorne #siv arcano thorne #lennox arcano thorne #arcano thorne kids

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candlelight-writings · 2 years ago

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So, since a couple of my posts exploded and now I have a lot of new followers, I’ll make an intro post…

Hello! My name is Devon, I’m 26.

Main blog: @corrodedcoffeen

I speak English, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Ever since I was a kid, I liked antique stores, marble statues, chaotic and saturated book shelves, reading and writing. Instrumental music, journaling and lighting candles. Staring at the moon for a little too long at night, and while I wasn’t very fond of studying, the aesthetic of it all was always pleasant. My favorite classes in school were English, Spanish, History, Philosophy and Literature. I have ASD comorbid with ADHD (what a combo huh?), I don’t care for pronouns in the slightest, I’m NB. People call me Dev.

It wasn’t until I was 22-ish I learned that all these things I liked were named: the Dark Academia Aesthetic. And while I never actively worked for the aesthetic, I always surrounded myself with it. At least until I graduated college and started working (from home, might I add, graduating during the pandemic was the cherry on top of everything) that I realized how much I missed the whole academical aspect of my life. And I started this side blog.

Ever since graduating I’ve been actively trying to do things to keep feeling the Dark Academia vibes because I didn’t realize how much I immersed myself in it while I was still in school.

You can find the couple of posts I’ve reblogged about Dark Academia things to do, book recs, and everything to achieve the aesthetic here.

My hobbies include: reading, writing, drawing, spacing out, playing video games (my fav ones are BOTW and FETH), walking my dog, drinking coffee or tea, sneaking into abandoned buildings, photography, going camping.

My favorite books are: Just Kids by Patti Smith, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Owell.

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achy-boo · 3 years ago

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Name: Isolabella Duvessa Tsuki (Please call her Tsukii)

Romaji: Tsuki Duvessa Isolabella

Quote: "You can never trust someone with ill intentions.”

V/A: Minerva(Fairy tail but have a smooth but soft tone. It’s deeper when using her command voice or angry) [And that is in her English VA]

Lisa(From Genshin Impact and In Japanese)

Gender: Female (Tho she is mistaken as a male usually..)

Sexuality: She is proud Pansexual girl

Age: rn she is 18

Birthday: January 23rd (My birthday Twin)

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eye color: Crimson eyes mixed with purple. (It’s a very pretty sight to see)

Hair Color: Burgundy with light purple gradient at the ends.

Height: Pftt. She’s is 5’5

Weight: 101 lbs

Race: Undead Vessel. She is also B-Asian (She is Japanese and African mix tho she had some Egyptian blood in her (Ask her father not her) )

Homeland: She came from Chicago

Family: She have 4’11 mother name Hanako Tsuki, a 6’1 tall African American man named Devon, 4 older brothers, 4 cousins, a demon uncle named Dixon and a childhood friend named Hideyoshi.

School Status and Fun Facts

Dorm: Sapphire Lake dorm

School Year: 2nd year

Class: 2-B

Student Number: No. 23

Occupation: A DJ and bartender after school. But she later got forced to join the host club by Night. (How? Tsukii don’t really know..)

Club: Light music club

Best Subject: History and flying

Favorite Color: Dark and pastel colors.

Favorite Food: Sweets,homemade food and some food that Jamil make for her

Least Favorite Food: Maggot cheese, Liver and bananas.

Likes: her alone time, reading, her music, spending time with friends, school, the night sky, playing her violin in the rain, rainy days, winter, her jobs.

Dislikes: Certain dorm leaders, Crowley, loud noises, losing her temper, being teased when in bad mood, Leona(it’s a love hate thing they both had..), Floyd(Do I need to explain why?)

Hobbies: She dance in the rain and play the violin.

Talents: She is a empathetic and room reader.

Nicknames: Tsu-Tsu(Night, Jeanne), Duv(Rare), Isa(Also rare), Little White rose(Uncommon)

Other Nicknames: Psycho(Family only), Darkness(Ace called her that when she just walk out of a dark room), Little Feisty(Leona when she punched him in the stomach)

Appearance and Personality

Appearance: she had long burgundy hair that had darkish purple ends, her eyes are crimson with a mix of purple. She had a light tan skin with a few scars here and there. But her signature items are a snowflake hair pin, her choker,headphones and her glasses.

Personality: Reserved, timid, and nerdy is what people describe Tsukii in her personality. She is very timid and reserved. It never helps since Tsukii is an ambivert(she leans more into an introvert side), She has walls around her heart so she won’t be taken advantage of. If you managed to break it, you will be intrigued to learn that Tsukii is actually one for the sweetest people in NRC way more than RSA and NRC. She will treat you like a friend or lover, she is fiercely loyal but this girl is from a dorm where it’s rebellious against the uniform rules. So..you can already tell how she is in uniforms..

𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂

-Her UM is Spirits cries and hallucinations

-She does have glasses for both reading and school wise

-Never got used to praises and good compliments(Thus making her shyer than she already is)

-Got into fights sometimes

-Her working as DJ and the bartender is remain hidden from the NRC’s eyes and ears.

-Punch Leona in the face one time when she was in his dorm. (How she never got banned there confused everyone to this day…)

-Is multilingual but she haven’t spoke in any of the different languages in public.

#Tsukii #my persona #The First Vice Warden of Sapphire Lake Dorm

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p1harmonyofficial · 4 years ago

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[📰] P1Harmony May Be New to K-Pop, But They're Beauty Experts

By Devon Abelman

"Pots-and-pans music" is what Keeho, the leader of P1Harmony, lovingly calls the K-pop group's songs. They're loud, explosive, and essentially caffeine mainlined through your eardrums — all in the best way possible, of course.

"Because our music is so strong, we try to portray that in our hair and makeup as well," Keeho continues. "For me, my hair is all slicked back for our new song, 'Scared,' and our makeup is a lot darker than [for our debut single,] 'Siren.'"

In fact, Jongseob, P1Harmony's youngest member, adds their strikingly different hair colors, like Theo's whimsical light pink, Intak's sleek jet black, and Keeho's enigmatic navy blue, balance each other out and express the range of emotions portrayed in their lyrics and melodies.

But this is just a basic overview of P1Harmony and the intense aesthetic they've been building for the past six months since debuting in October 2020. In advance of the release of their new EP, Disharmony: Break Out, today, April 20, I sat down with the rookie K-pop group via Zoom to get a deeper look at each member, their individual relationships to beauty, and how they are choosing to present themselves now that they are on the world's stage.

Keeho

When I ask Keeho which P1Harmony song fits his personality best, he replies, "You can't really fit me in a box like that. There are various characters I can be." The 19-year-old from Canada even wears many hats throughout our interview. Not only is Keeho the group's official leader, but he's also their unofficial translator, color commentator, and storyteller — he truly has an aside or anecdote to share about everything.

The first tale Keeho tells dates back to second grade, when he begged his mom to let him get blonde streaks in his hair. "I was that kid in class," he remarks.

Then, Keeho delves into how his family introduced him to the wonders of beauty growing up. His mom, in particular, made him "do a five-, six-step skin-care routine," he recalls. Every morning before school, he'd splash his face with warm water ("must be warm water, so you open up the pores") and wash up with cleansing foam. Then, he'd rinse it off with cold water ("so you close them"). Although this isn't scientifically true, I'm glad this worked for him.

When layering on his serums and creams, "the first one you need to do is the most liquidy one and the last one you need to do is the one that is not liquidy at all," Keeho recalls his mom instructing him — a fact I confirm for him. Also, she'd tell him to never rub his skin-care products on, only pat.

Last but not least, Keeho would (and still does) reach for sunscreen — "always sunscreen," he emphasizes. "My mom said, 'If you don't put it on, you're going to age like a raisin.'"

Keeho's older sister, on the other hand, brought him into the world of makeup by employing him as her guinea pig for testing out new looks. "I would let my sister put makeup on me all the time," Keeho says, mentioning Halloween as a common occasion for her artistry. They even playfully filmed YouTube beauty tutorials and challenges together.

One aspect of beauty Keeho has yet to try is a manicure, but he's ready to dive into that realm. "I think it would be fun," he says. A$AP Rocky's eye nail art that he showed off front row at Prada back in October 2019 is Keeho's major inspiration.

Intak

Another unofficial title Keeho has taken on within P1Harmony is hairstylist. Intak, the group's 17-year-old charismatic rapper and star dancer, credits him for his hair-care routine. "I learned how to use hair serum to volumize my hair when I go out," Intak says. Keeho goes on to explain that they both have incredibly dry hair, so he recommended his favorite moisturizing products to Intak and told him to rake them through his hair while it's still wet and only slightly towel-dried. Intak was so pleased with the result that he went out and bought the same products that day.

Although he has kept his hair black throughout his career so far, Intak is quick to share he's very experimental with beauty. For performances in the past, he's adorned his eyes with bloody scratch-like liner and ultra-sooty smoky eyes. Plus, you're about to see some cheek art on him and dramatically flushed cheeks.

Unlike Keeho, Intak didn't get into skin care until after debuting. "I've started visiting the dermatologist frequently," he says. "They gave me a set [of products] that includes [everything I need]." His favorite is a mask infused with avocado and peppermint, like the Tonymoly I'm Real Avocado Mask Sheet or Skinfood's Pear Mint Food Mask, which quenches his dehydrated skin.

Jiung

Spoken like a true Libra, Jiung is the first to mention he enjoys expressing himself through beauty and fashion. "[They are] really important things," the 19-year-old explains in English. "I always try to learn how to express myself that way. So the more I know, the more I can do."

However, when I ask Jiung what kinds of looks he feels the most confident in, he laughs before taking time to think about it. (In the meantime, Keeho shares he knows what he, personally, is least confident in: T-shirts, due to his long arms.) "This is hard," Jiung groans. I must say his short honey-blonde hair — a look he's always been curious about trying — is definitely bringing out a particularly magnetic side of him, as seen in the P-side track video for "If You Call Me."

When he was younger, Jiung dabbled in all different kinds of haircuts, colors, and perms, he lists off. The latter of which he looks forward to trying out again now as a K-pop star.

When the members were just trainees, Keeho helps Jiung recount a time when he wanted to fill in his eyebrows. "He did not how to do it at all," Keeho says. "He got a Sharpie and started coloring in his eyebrows. It was devastating, to say the least, for the people who had to see it."

"It was art," Jiung interjects. Now, he proudly declares he has a proper brow powder.

Theo

Theo, P1Harmony's straightforward vocalist, is admittedly a sneakerhead. He strictly wears Jordans, according to Keeho's translation. Air Jordan 1s are Theo's favorite style, but he can't pick a color that he's the biggest fan of. He can tell you what he feels least confident in, though: shorts and short-sleeved shirts. So if you barely see Theo in summery clothes, now you know why. (However, he doesn't offer up an exact explanation.)

Since elementary school, the now-19-year-old has permed and colored his hair every shade of ROYGBIV, including red, gray, and even blue for one summer break — all thanks to his mom, who is a hairstylist. This is a revelation even many of the other members weren't privy to, much to the chagrin of Keeho. "It's annoying me right now because his hair is healthy," he remarks. "My hair looks like a broom."

Knowing his hair is healthy comes as a shock to me, though, as Theo has gone from white-blonde to rosy-pink over the past six months. (Let's be real, that's a transformation few people's hair can handle.) He's also been able to grow out hair; it falls past his eyebrows and is starting to graze his shoulders in the back.

Honestly, Theo is ready for it to be short again, he shares. "I like my long hair, but I don't like it being in my face," he asserts. "I can't really maintain it. I bleached it so much that it flips in all different directions."

Soul

Before our interview officially started, the members and I exchanged weird facts about ourselves to get to know each other better beyond our beauty routines. Keeho revealed his left eyebrow has been twitching lately, and he needs to cuddle a body pillow to fall asleep. Intak has a freckle on his finger that his grandma often mistakes for dirt and tries to wipe off. Jiung had pet geckos, scorpions, and tarantulas growing up. Jongseob loves mint chocolate. Theo can't burp, and Soul enjoys petting insects.

But that's not the weirdest thing about him or any of the members. The strangest thing about the boys is that "Soul doesn't do anything at all [for his skin-care routine], and his skin is actually pretty good," Keeho says. (You can scroll through Soul's selfies on P1Harmony's Twitter to confirm this, but spoiler: His complexion is immaculate.)

Soul, 16, goes on to explain that his skin is incredibly dry and sensitive, so much so that even cleansing makes his face turn red and any bit of friction causes bumps to form. Needless to say, he's scared to put anything on his face. "I just do cleansing foam and leave it at that," Soul admits. Makeup isn't off the table, though. Soul is no stranger to subtle washes of pink shadow on his lids and fake eyebrow piercings made out of silver studs.

Although Soul is seemingly one of the shyest members and keeps to himself for most of the interview, he's an intense rockstar at heart. He favors P1Harmony's more aggressive, hard-hitting songs, like their new title song, "Scared."

Raise your hand if you'd like to see Soul with thick, black kohl or graphic blue liner and long, raven hair, perhaps paired with a studded leather jacket over a ripped-up T-shirt. OK, great; I'm not the only one. For now, we'll have to appreciate his bob-length ashy-blonde hair.

Jongseob

Other than his nuggets of knowledge about the way P1Harmony reflects their music in their hair and makeup, Jongseob mostly listens throughout the interview. Luckily, the 15-year-old rapper/songwriter did pipe up to share his skin-care routine.

First, Jongseob double-cleanses to remove his makeup, starting with cleansing oil and following up with a foam cleanser. Serum is slathered on next, then moisturizer. When his skin is feeling especially dry, Jongseob layers a gel cream on top as a sleeping mask — a tactic I'd never considered before. Typically, I reach for them in reverse order.

Jongseob's hair has also been through the wringer since P1Harmony's debut. Last October, he colored his hair lilac and gradually went darker shades of purple until it was an electric violet hue. Most recently, though, his dye job has been a fiery orange. Next, Jongseob says he wants to try gray with an ash tone.

And this is just the beginning of P1Harmony's journey through the mystical world of K-pop beauty. This time next year, they're sure to have experimented with even bolder, brighter, and more eccentric looks. For now, you can check out a teaser for their brand-new music video for "Scared" of their latest EP, Disharmony: Break Out, below.

#p1harmony #ot6 #t:news #era:disharmony : break out #210421

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to-read-or-not-to-read3088 · 4 years ago

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70+ disabled, neurodiverse and chronically ill authors COLLAB

This post is in collaboration with several other bloggers whose links are included here:

Artie Carden

Anniek

Hi! It’s been a while since I posted anything, but this post has been a month in the making. I have twenty books by twenty authors for my part in this collaboration, and you can check out the other parts of the collab with the links at the top of the post.

I haven’t read some of these books but almost all of them are on my to be read pile, and I did extensive research to make sure I got this right, but please let me know if there are any mistakes or if anything needs to be corrected.

1. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

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Meet Cute Diary follows Noah Ramirez who thinks he’s an expert on romance. He must be for his blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There’s just one problem. All the stories are fake. What started off as the fantasies of a trans boy who was afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. Noah’s world unravels when a troll exposes the blog as fiction, and the only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn’t have any proof. That’s when Drew walks into Noah’s life, and the pieces fall into place. Drew is willing to fake date Noah to save the Diary. But when Noah’s feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realises that dating in real life isn’t the same as finding love on the page.

The author, Emery Lee, is a kid lit author, artist and YouTuber hailing from a mixed racial background. After graduating with a degree in creative writing, e’s gone on to author novels, short stories and webcomics. When away from reading and writing, you’ll likely find em engaged in art or snuggling with cute dogs.

Emery Lee is nonbinary, and uses e/em pronouns, and e’s debut book, Meet Cute Diary, features a side character who is also nonbinary (and asexual!). Emery is also neurodivergent, and frequently speaks about what its like being a writer with adhd on twitter.

Meet Cute Diary is a book I only discovered last month, when it was published, but I’m excited to read it. It has representation of all kinds, and I love any book that has even a little mention of an asexual character because its so rare to see.

2. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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At Niveus Private Academy money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because an anonymous texter calling themselves Aces, is bringing two students’ dark secrets to light. Devon, a talented musician, buries himself in rehearsals, but he can’t escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Chiamaka, head girl, isn’t afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power. Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they’re planning much more than a high school game.

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, is the author of the instant New York Times and IndieBound bestseller, Ace of Spades, billed as ‘Get out meets Gossip Girl’. Entertainment Weekly has called it “this summer’s hottest YA debut”. She was born and raised in Croydon, South London, and Faridah moved to the Scottish Highlands for her undergraduate degree where she completed a BA in English Literature. She has established and runs and mentorship scheme for unagented writers of colour, helping them on their journey to get published. Faridah has also written for NME, The Bookseller, Readers Digest and gal-dem.

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s book is one that I pre-ordered months in advance, after discovering that I actually really liked this sub-genre of YA, and although I still haven’t read it yet (sorry!), I’m still super excited to dive into it. From what I hear, it has some gay rep, which we all know by now is something I seek out in my books.

3. Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal

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Priya has worked hard to pursue her pre med dreams at Stanford, but a diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease during her sophomore year sends her straight back to her loving but overbearing family in New Jersey and leaves her wondering if she’ll ever be able to return to the way things were. Thankfully she has her online pen pal, Brigid, and the rest of the members of “oof ouch my bones,” a virtual support group that meets on Discord to crack jokes and vent about their own chronic illnesses. When Brigid suddenly goes offline, Priya does something very out of character; she steals the family car and drives to Pennsylvania to check on Brigid. Priya isn’t sure what to expect, but it isn’t the creature that’s shut in the basement. With Brigid nowhere in sight, Priya begins to puzzle together an impossible but obvious truth: the creature might be werewolf – and the werewolf might be Brigid. As Brigid’s unique condition worsens, their friendship will be deepened and challenged in unexpected ways, forcing them to reckon with their own ideas of what it means to be normal.

Kristen O’Neal is a freelance writer who’s written for sites like Buzzfeed Reader, Christianity Today, Birth.Movies.Death, LitHub and Electric Literature. She writes about faith, culture, and unexplained phenomena. Her debut novel, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses is based on her own experiences with being chronically ill. Kristen has two autoimmune disorders and “a number of other problems and issues” with her body. According to her website, she is doing much better than she used to, but still has flares somewhat regularly.

I cannot describe the feeling of seeing a published book with the best group chat name I have ever seen. Oof ouch my bones is absolutely something that I would be part of if it really existed, because its just such a mood, and funny at the same time. I pre ordered this book too, but like all the others, I still haven’t gotten around to reading it. I’m super excited about it though and cannot recommend it enough.

4. Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

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Will Tavares is the dream summer fling – he’s fun, affectionate, kind – but just when Ollie thinks he’s found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends, and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairy tale ending, and to complicate the fairy tale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realises it’s the same school Will goes to…except Ollie finds out that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted – and to be honest, a jerk. Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn’t ready for a relationship, especially since this new, bro-y jock version of Will seems to go from hot to cold every other week. But then Will starts “coincidentally” popping up in every area of Ollie’s life, from music class to the lunch table, and Ollie finds his resolve weakening. The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Right? Right.

Sophie Gonzales was born and raised in Whyalla, South Australia, where the Outback Meets the Sea. She now lives in Melbourne, where there’s no outback in sight. Sophie’s been writing since the age of five, when her mother decided to help her type out one of the stories she had come up with in the bathtub. They ran into artistic differences when five-year-old Sophie insisted that everybody die in the end, while her mother wanted the characters to simply go out for a milkshake. Since then, Sophie has been completing her novels without a transcript. Sophie Gonzales tweets about her experiences with ADHD on her twitter.

Only mostly devasted is one of the few books on this list that I’ve read. I read the whole thing in one sitting because I just couldn’t put it down, which is weird because I normally don’t read contemporary at all. I have recommended this book to literally everyone I know, and even bought my best friend a copy to convince her to read it.

5. The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd Jones

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Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family, and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meagre existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead. The risen corpses are known as "bone houses," and legend says that they're the result of a decades-old curse. When Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker with a mysterious past, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with new ferocity. What is it that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they be stopped for good? Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a journey that will take them deep into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and the long-hidden truths about themselves.

Emily Lloyd-Jones grew up on a vineyard in rural Oregon, where she played in evergreen forests and learned to fear sheep. After graduating from Western Oregon University with an English degree, she enrolled in the publishing program at Rosemont College just outside of Philadelphia. She currently resides in Northern California.

Another book on my to be read pile that I’m super excited to read, but still haven’t gotten around to. This one features disability rep, but because I haven’t read it, I don’t know much more, sorry guys.

6. Mooncakes by Susanne Walker and Wendy Xu

📷Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any town home. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.

Suzanne Walker is a Chicago-based writer and editor. She is co-creator of the Hugo-nominated graphic novel Mooncakes (2019, Lion Forge/Oni Press). Her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld and Uncanny Magazine, and she has published nonfiction articles with Uncanny Magazine, StarTrek.com, Women Write About Comics, and the anthology Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability. She has spoken at numerous conventions on a variety of topics ranging from disability representation in sci-fi/fantasy to comics collaboration.

Wendy Xu is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist. She is co-creator of and currently draws the webcomic Mooncakes. Her work has been featured on Tor.com, as part of the Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion exhibit permanently housed at the Chinese Historical Society of America, and in Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. She occasionally teaches at the Asian American Writers Workshop and currently works as an assistant editor curating young adult and children’s books.

Suzanne Walker suffers from hearing loss, something that she wrote into her graphic novel, Mooncakes, making Nova hard of hearing. I read this in a few years ago as an advance reader copy for Netgalley and it was honestly one of the best graphic novels I have ever read. The main characters are Chinese American, queer AND magic, which is an amazing combination of representation.

7. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A convict with a thirst for revenge A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager A runaway with a privileged past A spy known as the Wraith A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars—with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios.

Leigh grew up in Southern California and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles.

In the acknowledgements section of Six of Crows, Bardugo reveals she suffers from osteonecrosis and sometimes needs to use a cane; this was a source of inspiration for one of the story's six protagonists, master thief and gang boss Kaz Brekker, who uses a cane.

I read Six of Crows a few years ago and I really loved it. I’m not going to pretend I managed to finish the whole Grishaverse series, because I haven’t even gotten close yet, but it really showed Kaz’s struggles with his disability, and his mental health. This is part of a duology, and the duology is part of a large series of books with another duology and trilogy, but Six of Crows can be read without reading the others.

8. Hyperbole and A Half by Allie Brosh

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This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative--like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it--but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So, I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Allie is an American blogger, writer and comic artist best known for her blog in the form of a webcomic Hyperbole and a Half. Brosh started Hyperbole in 2009 and told stories from her life in a mix of text and intentionally crude illustrations. She has published two books telling stories in the same style, both of which have been New York Times bestsellers. Brosh lives with severe depression and ADHD, and her comics on depression have won praise from fans and mental health professionals.

Another book on my tbr that I just haven’t gotten around to but really want to.

9. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

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What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just must find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions...

Patrick Ness, an award-winning novelist, has written for England’s Radio 4 and Sunday Telegraph and is a literary critic for The Guardian. He has written many books, including the Chaos Walking Trilogy, The Crash of Hennington, Topics About Which I Know Nothing, and A Monster Calls. He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children’s Book Award. Born in Virginia, he currently lives in London.

Patrick Ness has written about OCD and anxiety in at least two of his books, inspired by his own experiences with the two disorders and how it affects him (The Rest of Us Just Live Here & Release)

10. Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.

Seanan lives in an idiosyncratically designed labyrinth in the Pacific Northwest, which she shares with her cats, Alice and Thomas, a vast collection of creepy dolls and horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She has strongly held and oft-expressed beliefs about the origins of the Black Death, the X-Men, and the need for chainsaws in daily life.

Years of writing blurbs for convention program books have fixed Seanan in the habit of writing all her bios in the third person, to sound marginally less dorky. Stress is on the "marginally." It probably doesn't help that she has so many hobbies.

Seanan was the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Feed (as Mira Grant) was named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2010. In 2013 she became the first person ever to appear five times on the same Hugo Ballot.

Seanan McGuire has an invisible disability due to herniated disks in her spine. She is slowly coming to terms with this, and talks about it occasionally on her twitter, and about the struggles she faces.

I loved this book, and so did my best friend. We both read it in one sitting and talked nonstop about it afterwards. Although short, its filled with amazing characters, plot, and representation (asexual character!!)

11. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead 📷of paper, she's made of fire. In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumoured beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable -- she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.

Natasha Ngan is a writer and yoga teacher. She grew up between Malaysia, where the Chinese side of her family is from, and the UK. This multicultural upbringing continues to influence her writing, and she is passionate about bringing diverse stories to teens. Ngan studied Geography at the University of Cambridge before working as a social media consultant and fashion blogger. She lives in France with her partner, where they recently moved from Paris to be closer to the sea. Her novel Girls of Paper and Fire was a New York Times bestseller. Natasha has a heart condition, and talks about her struggles with her health, and gives updates on her health and her books on twitter.

I’ve heard a lot about this book, but for trigger warning reasons it sadly isn’t on my to be read list. Everything I’ve heard about it says its an amazing book though, and the cover is beautiful.

12. Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

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Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is all about fandom, friendship, and finding the courage to be yourself. Charlie likes to stand out. She’s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she’s over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie’s long-time crush on her isn’t as one-sided as she thought. Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there’s one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie—no matter how much she may secretly want it to. But when she hears about a fan contest for her favourite fandom, she starts to rethink her rules on playing it safe.

Jen Wilde is the YA author of QUEENS OF GEEK, THE BRIGHTSIDERS and GOING OFF SCRIPT. She writes unapologetically queer stories about geeks, rockstars, and fangirls who smash the patriarchy in their own unique ways. Her books have been praised in Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, Autostraddle, Vulture and Bustle. Originally from Australia, Jen now lives in NYC where she spends her time writing, drinking too much coffee and binging reality TV.

Researching for this collab was the first time this book popped up on my radar as something I might be interested in reading. Jen Wilde, the author, is herself autistic and suffers from anxiety, which gives the narrative “authenticity that is lacking in similar books” according to socialjusticebooks.org.

13. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

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Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So, she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back. There’s only one problem: Molly’s co-worker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?

Becky Albertalli is the author of the acclaimed novels Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (film: Love, Simon), The Upside of Unrequited, and Leah on the Offbeat. She is also the co-author of What If It's Us with Adam Silvera. A former clinical psychologist who specialized in working with children and teens, Becky lives with her family in Atlanta.

Becky Albertalli has generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), and has spoken about it in several interviews, which you can find online. She has also written several characters in her books who also suffer with anxiety. Her first book, Simon vs the Homosapien’s Agenda (or Love, Simon), is the only book of hers that I have read so far, and I loved it. It was the first contemporary book that I read and actually enjoyed.

14. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

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Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s current gift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. Then Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another?

Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, the Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, and many short stories and essays. Her first book for adult audiences, Chosen Ones, is out now. She lives in Chicago.

Veronica Roth suffers from anxiety, like a lot of the authors on this list, and talks about it in interviews. A quote from one: "I've had an anxiety disorder my whole life, so I've been to therapy on and off throughout, before books and after books. I went back and tried to talk through some of the things I was feeling and experiencing, and it was helpful."

I’ve never read any of her books, not even the hugely famous Divergent trilogy, though they’ve been on my radar for years. I’d love to get into her books at some point, but it might take me a few years.

15. How to be Autistic by Charlotte Amelia Poe

📷An urgent, funny, shocking, and impassioned memoir by the winner of the Spectrum Art Prize 2018, How To Be Autistic by Charlotte Amelia Poe presents the rarely shown point of view of someone living with autism. Poe’s voice is confident, moving and often funny, as they reveal to us a very personal account of autism, mental illness, gender and sexual identity. As we follow Charlotte’s journey through school and college, we become as awestruck by their extraordinary passion for life as by the enormous privations that they must undergo to live it. From food and fandom to body modification and comic conventions, Charlotte’s experiences through the torments of schooldays and young adulthood leave us with a riot of conflicting emotions: horror, empathy, despair, laugh-out-loud amusement and, most of all, respect. For Charlotte, autism is a fundamental aspect of their identity and art. They address the reader in a voice that is direct, sharply clever and ironic. They witness their own behaviour with a wry humour as they sympathise with those who care for them, yet all the while challenging the neurotypical narratives of autism as something to be ‘fixed’. This is an exuberant, inspiring, life-changing insight into autism from a viewpoint almost entirely missing from public discussion. ‘I wanted to show the side of autism that you don’t find in books and on Facebook. My story is about survival, fear and, finally, hope. There will be parts that make you want to cover your eyes, but I beg you to read on, because if I can change just one person’s perceptions, if I can help one person with autism feel like they’re less alone, then this will all be worth it.’ Charlotte Amelia Poe is a self-taught artist and writer living in Lowestoft, Suffolk. They also work with video and won the inaugural Spectrum Art Prize with the film they submitted, 'How to Be Autistic’. Myriad published Charlotte's memoir, How to Be Autistic, in September 2019.

Another book I didn’t know about until researching for this post, but I really want to read it because I haven’t read many books about autism, and practically none of them were actually written by someone who actually is autistic. Charlotte uses they/them pronouns.

16. Ask me about my Uterus by Abby Norman

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For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and grey hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands--securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library--that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a pre-existing condition.

Abby Norman’s debut book, ASK ME ABOUT MY UTERUS: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain, was published by Bold Type Books (Hachette Book Group) in 2018, with advance praise from Gillian Anderson, Lindsey Fitzharris, Jenny Lawson, and Padma Lakshmi.

The book was praised by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, Literary Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, Book Riot, Toronto Star, ELLE, Health Magazine, Undark Magazine, BUST Magazine, Bitch Magazine, Ms. Magazine, BBC Radio 5, and other international media outlets.

In 2019, the paperback edition was published in the U.S. and the Korean translation in Seoul (Momento Publishing/Duran Kim Agency).

Her work has been featured in Harper’s, Medium, The Independent, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, Mental Floss, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. Interviews and profiles have been seen and heard, including NPR/WNYC, BBC, Anchor.fm, The New York Times, Playboy, Forbes, Glamour, Women’s Health, and Bitch Magazine.

Abby Norman suffers from endometriosis, which was a large part of why she wrote her book, and why she advocates so hard for fellow patients at conferences such as Stanford University’s Stanford Medicine X and the Endometriosis Foundation of America’s medical conference and Patient Day. She is

Abby has served on technical expert panels including the National Partnership for Women and Families’ CORE Network (Yale University), the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid, The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), and Health Affairs.

In 2019, Abby contributed to a paper addressing research gaps and unmet needs in endometriosis published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

This book is definitely one I will be adding to my to be read list, as someone who (unfortunately) also has a uterus, it is important to be informed. And Abby sounds like such a badass who wrote a whole book about her chronic illness to help others with the same condition.

17. Stim: Autistic Anthology by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

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Around one in one hundred people in the UK are autistic, yet there remains a fundamental misunderstanding of what autism is. It is rare that autistic people get to share their own experiences, show how creative and talented and passionate they are, how different they are from media stereotypes. This insightful and eye-opening collection of essays, fiction and visual art showcases the immense talents of some of the UK's most exciting writers and artists - who just happen to be on the spectrum. Here they reclaim the power to speak for themselves and redefine what it means to be autistic. Stim invites the reader into the lives, experiences, minds of the eighteen contributors, and asks them to recognise the hurdles of being autistic in a non-autistic world and to uncover the empathy and understanding necessary to continue to champion brilliant yet unheard voices.

Lizzie (Hux) Huxley-Jones is an autistic author and editor based in London. They are the editor of Stim, an anthology of autistic authors and artists, which was published by Unbound in April 2020 to coincide with World Autism Awareness Week. They are also the author of the children’s biography Sir David Attenborough: A Life Story. They can be found editing at independent micropublisher 3 of Cups Press, and they also advise writers as a freelance sensitivity reader and consultant. In their past career lives, they have been a research diver, a children’s bookseller and digital communications specialist.

I wasn’t even aware that there was an anthology out there by an autistic author, about autism, but now that I do I need to read it.

18. Chimera by Jaecyn Bonê

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Creatures unlike you've imagined before! Welcome to a world where myths and legends collide to create a new breed of monster. Savage and soulful, these monstrosities combine to form the mighty Chimera. In this anthology, talented writers weave 10 tales of fantastical beasts. Featuring stories by: Matt Bliss Jaecyn Boné Alexis L. Carroll Chris Durston Dewi Hargreaves Stephen Howard Samuel Logan Vincent Metzo Braden Rohl Michelle Tang

Jaecyn is a queer, non-binary, disabled Asian-American writer and digital artist fascinated by faeries.

Most of their writing involves wlw romance and faery-inspired creatures. Their first novel, Farzana's Spite is a 10-year-old work in progress and the first novel in The Faerth series. Other works include The Killing Song (novel) and Colour Unknown (short), both of which are also part of the Faerth universe.

Jaecyn's art can be described as a neorealistic pop art style with cel shading. They began their digital art journey with a 5-year-old refurbished iPad using their finger as a stylus and immediately fell in love. They do digital download commissions as well as sell prints of their artwork.

Jaecyn is the Co-Editor in Chief of the Limeoncello Magazine, an online Own Voices literary magazine which debuted its first issue on March 21st, 2021.

When not writing, drawing, or chasing after their two children, they can be found either gardening or practicing their ukulele.

None of Jaecyn Boné’s books are published yet as they are still in the stage of querying, but they contributed to the above anthology, along with nine other authors. I had no idea that this anthology existed, and now I’ll be closely following this author to see when their books get published!

19. Forest of Souls by Lori M Lee

Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack 📷and kill her best friend Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soul guide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood—an ancient forest possessed by souls—to enforce peace between the kingdoms. Now, with the trees growing wild and untamed, only a soul guide can restrain them. As war looms, Sirscha must master her newly awakened abilities before the trees shatter the brittle peace, or worse, claim Saengo, the friend she would die for.

Lori M. Lee is the author of speculative novels and short stories. Her books include PAHUA AND THE SOUL STEALER (Disney/Rick Riordan Presents), FOREST OF SOULS and the sequel BROKEN WEB (Page Street), and more. She’s also a contributor to the anthologies A THOUSAND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS and COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES. She considers herself a unicorn fan, enjoys marathoning TV shows, and loves to write about magic, manipulation, and family.

Lori struggles with anxiety, and the common symptoms like fatigue but she doesn’t let this stop her writing amazing books. I read Forest of Souls earlier this year, and it was seriously one of the best books I’ve ever read. I loved the magic, the characters, the world building. Everything about it, including the plot twist ending that had me losing my mind at 2am, was just so unlike anything I had read in any other fantasy before.

20. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

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For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom. But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition. When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?

Roseanne “Rosie” A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. Writing was her first love, and she knew from a young age that she wanted to use the power of writing—creative and otherwise—to connect the different cultures she called home. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and was also a teaching assistant for the school’s Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House program. Her journalistic work has been featured by Voice of America among other outlets.

On the publishing side of things, she has worked as an editorial intern at Entangled Publishing. Rosie was a 2017 Pitch Wars mentee and 2018 Pitch Wars mentor. Rosie currently lives outside Washington D.C., where in her free time she can usually be found wandering the woods, making memes, or thinking about Star Wars.

Roseanne is another author that struggles with anxiety and wrote one of her two main characters with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), despite it being a fantasy. I don’t even think I can name a fantasy that had a character with anxiety represented so well. This was a book I read around the same time as Forest of Souls, and I loved it. The cover was beautiful, the characters were brilliant, and I just loved the world building, the magic, and the plot. It was just different to the usual fantasy books I read, and I enjoyed the variation so much I’ve had the sequel pre ordered almost a year in advance.

So, this was my 20 books by 20 chronically ill, disabled or neurodiverse authors list. Blurbs and synopsis were compiled between Goodreads and author websites, and bios were found either on Goodreads, author websites or on amazon author pages. All the information about their chronic illnesses, disabilities or neurodivergence was found online, where they had either explicitly said it or written about it, but if I have something wrong, please let me know so I can fix it!

If you have any other suggestions or know any other books and authors that should be on this list, please let me know and I’ll do my best to add it to the list as soon as possible.

Thanks for reading 😊

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