#book finds

[godzilla-reads]

Found on my walk with Winston this morning- the other Little Free Library a block off had a lot of race relations books today and it made me so happy they’re being shared.

📕 Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

[coven-of-genesis]

Spent today book hunting 📚🧋

[magickpumpkin]

Look at these cute little bookmarks! 🍄✨

Here is the link where I found them:

[casualoddities]

My husband and I traveled to see a close friend for a surprise birthday party. On our way we stopped at Attic Books and I found some treasures.

Also I had a chance to chat with the curator of https://lmmonline.org/

He was gathering unpublished poems and short stories by LM and had found a chapel published slim book with one of LM's poems in there. Spring Days?

Another fellow was a die-hard fan of LM and he had a Green Gables tattoo and a "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. " quote.

Later we went to Juniper Books and I had another lucky find.

The cashier showed me a signed copy of Jane of Lantern Hill!!!

and the owner apparently had a rare copy of Anne of Green Gables and another I think Anne's House of Dreams...

Anyway it was a spectacular weekend , photo posts to come.

[deadddreamers]

For all of you looking for a book with a small, but very chaotic fandom

And a playlist that i made (hastily, because im bad about making playlists)

[dreamgirlvibes]

Good book recommendations?

[korva-the-raven]

Hey. Come sit with me on the floor and check out my Book Sale haul from the Library.

Loving this I Spy book.

Nerd books, my favorite book gender.

Little books for 25cents.

A book of Love that partners with my vintage Valentine's post card and a blank journal for 25cents. I'm a fan of Capote's writing.

I just fell in love with the bees and now I need an excuse to snail mail someone a note. #have stamps will travel.

And a handful of Emphemera because I absolutely cannot help my corvid brain.

And a book light from the 80s because it's cool and I had been thinking about needing one.

As a bonus, I found a random light bulb and a game token in the wild because I chose to walk instead of riding the bus. The choice was either wait 15 min for the bus or be home in 15min using my feet. It was a beautiful day, I chose feet.

Thanks for taking an interest in my treasures.

#also all the proceeds directly benefit my local library and I use this fact as an excuse to do corvid math with the $$$ I spent.

[daily-dose-of-dopamine]

Winnie the Pooh Feng Shui

More:

[gengarghast]

Hey Tumblr, I'm trying to find a book.

I read it a long, LONG time ago, back in maybe the first or second grade. It was a children's picture book about monsters, and was written as if the narrator (who I remember being a 'circus ringleader' type) was showing the reader the monsters in the book, like they were attractions. Out of the monsters in there, I specifically remember it mentioning:

The Roc

An 'Albino Sewer Gator'

The Cheshire Cat, oddly enough.

And another odd fact I seem to remember about the book was that the art style was somewhat similar to the art style for the band 'Creature Feature'.

Of course, I could be misremembering all of this and mixing up things, but if anyone out here has ever heard of this book too or even knows its name, I'd love to hear from you.

[an-emo-with-a-heart-condition]

I can’t remember the book name

I read it back in middle school it was about this like race of monsters who have tally marks all over their body and the main character had like a magic violin he used to fight people with and he was in highschool and trying to hide who he was to his friends and such

but I can’t remember the name

[cryptcatz]

so i really need book recs, age demographic doesn’t rlly matter and i accept graphic novels as well but im looking for:

- lgbt+ horror (preferably wlw)

- lgbt+ science fiction (again preferably wlw)

-lgbt+ mystery/thriller (you get the point by now. wlw lol)

pls give me recs i’d really appreciate it!! 💖 some other wlw books i’d love too as long as there is other plot stuff going on besides just romance/coming out/school drama/etc. or some shit

[thriftrescue]

locall bookstore has THESEHESHEHSHE!!! Never saw new hardbound Messiah or Children! too expensive and technically I have all these.

[tngbabe]

My Riker boy on the cover of one I haven't read yet. Another thrift store find! My husband and I love to roam thrift stores & lately we've been pretty lucky with star trek finds!

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

[magpiex-reads]

Recent charity shop finds!! I found both for £1 each 🙏 they've been on my goodreads tbr for a while so I'm super excited to check them out!!