“What Do You Need?”

hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.

May I also add,

“Let’s get you fed.” and “Let’s get you inside.”

Just thinking about the intimacy behind a very soft and gentle "Let's get you home."

depiction is not the same as glorification and I need people to get that 

"Oh doomed yuri is great! I love doomed yuri soooo much! Hey, you should read some doomed yuri!" You know what I love? Joy, whimsy, feeling happy for the day you god damned masochists

I should probably specify this a bit more. I am absolutely not against putting these sorts of things in your writing. I am totally for it in fact. What I am also for, however, is authors specifying that they don’t approve of the actions displayed in their books. I’d rather writers not have to do this, but people often perceive fiction as reality.

Writing… opinion?

Ok so this isn’t a tip but I do find this important. Please don’t romanticize kidnapping and stalking or at least if you do please note that such activities aren’t, in reality, romantic. I have been around so many people who have copied such actions or have not been able to recognize the danger because stuff like obsession, possessiveness, and generally unhealthy habits have been so heavily romanticized. I’ve even had friends who have been stalked and yet not realized it because of these sorts of things! Please be aware of the messages your putting out through your work and don’t promote dangerous activities!

Opinion over.

one of my worst writing sins is abusing my power to create compound words. i cannot write the sentence "The sun shone as bright as honey that afternoon." no. that's boring. "The sun was honey-bright that afternoon" however? yes. that sentence is dope as fuck. i do not care if "honey-bright" is a word in the english dictionary. i do not care if the sentence is grammatically correct. i will not change. i will not correct my erred ways. the laws of the english language are mine.

I refuse to believe I am sick, I am just updating and I froze half way through the process.

As time goes on things become more sexual or less sexual. Behold:

Grandma, talking about my flip flops: Were you comfortable walking in your thongs all day?

Me, who knows the modern use: GRANDMA NO-

criminal profiling is just astrology for cops

The token straight is no longer straight.

The token straight is confused about the different sexualities