I originally thought the Buccaneers was going to be fluffier and more playful with the genre than Bridgerton but these male characters are soooo cruel and know exactly how much they can get away with.
Anyway, it just seems so much darker to start out with the girls so carefree and happy and then showing us how the men (and their society) is going to break them.
‘India-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’ is like saying ‘Israeli-Occupied West-Bank’, it delegitimises indigenous sovereignty over their traditional lands.
‘Pakistan’ is just like ‘Palestine’ in that it was a lie made up to ensure Islamist domination of the regions they were losing control of.
Kashmir is India the same way Judea is Israel
All Eyes on Kashmir
A begrudging Happy Valentine's to you all! Stay safe out there, my fellow aromantics ...
''This is all I need: grief counselling from my own assassin.''
Greg Egan, 'The Walk' (Axiomatic, 1990).
poppy and ian's relationship is so insane that it has rearranged my dna
“Bath of Bright Silence” by David Chaim Smith (2018)
been rotating this quote from Diaspora by Greg Egan around in my mind
"Conquering the galaxy is what bacteria with spaceships would do – knowing no better, having no choice."
It so neatly encapsulates my disgust with the idea of space colonization. Why do you presume that unchecked exponential growth is the only fate we can choose?