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I know some of you don’t know where to start or are afraid to say the wrong thing but right now is not the moment to worry about that. There are many things you can do: donate, March, post art, do research. Try to learn how to be not just an ally, but an accomplice. Talk to your racist aunt and friend. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Your Black friends are tired right now. Do not ask them for help on what you can post or what you should share. Do not ask them for book recommendations. Do the research yourself or take note from other accounts. Do not make your Black friends do the emotional labor for you. #blackouttuesday

THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Understand that it is the responsibility of White people to dismantle White Supremacy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋 Google it. It is not the job of BIPOC to educate you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋 Learn what “racist” means. People often change its definition so that the term doesn’t apply to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Understand that no one is immune from inheriting racial biases. This includes POC! POC can also be anti-black. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋POC, we must support Black People without centering ourselves. They are not killing all of us, they are killing Black People. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Your anti-racism NEEDS TO BE INTERSECTIONAL. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Having a Black or IPOC child/sibling/best friend/partner does not automatically make you anti-racist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Micro-aggressions. Learn what it is and stop doing it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋White parents, talks to your kids about race! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Do not make it about you. Anti-racism is not a task you check off a list for your own self-development. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Look around you. If most of your friends and the people you follow on social media are white, that’s a problem. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋DECOLONIZE YOUR EDUCATION. Everything you think you know about the world is from a western and colonized point of view. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋We are more than our trauma and suffering, read diverse non fiction as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋White Europeans, stop feeling superior to Americans and concentrate on unpacking the racism in your own countries. You are not without fault! All these points apply to you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Learn what White Privilege is and how you are benefiting from it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋We all work with Amy Coopers. Defend your BIPOC coworkers. Don’t look the other way (we actually risk our jobs by standing up for ourselves). USE YOUR WHITE PRIVILEGE TO HELP BIPOC ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋Whenever you feel like you are no longer racist, check yourself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🦋SHOW UP

𝐵𝒪𝒪𝒦 𝑅𝐸𝒱𝐼𝐸𝒲 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 by 𝑻.𝑱. 𝑲𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒆 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At 30% I was already recommending this book to everyone. Wolfsong absolutely captured my heart and made me fall in love with all the characters. It is a story about love, family, trauma, and healing. It is soft yet poignant and it made me cry and then feel relief, and sometimes even laugh. It also has great queer representation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unfortunately, the first and second half of the book have nothing to do with each other. While the first one had me enamored of the character driven story, the second half was slow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The conversations and inner monologues were repetitive to the point that when something finally happened I was already so disconnected from the story that it barely sparked any feeling in me. Another thing that didn’t work for me is that it is never explained why the villain is so much smarter than everyone else. There seems to be nothing special about him, even in his rage, yet he manages to be 10 steps ahead of the rest all the time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It truly is a pity because the first half of the book was worth 4.5 stars. However, I don’t want to discourage anyone from reading Wolfsong because it truly felt magical and the characters really are special. It is a series and I will definitely be reading the second book. . . . . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #igreads #bookstagramfeature #bookslover #werewolves #bookobsessed #bookstagrammer #bookslovers #paranormalromancebooks #currentlyreading #booklovers #booksph #thriller #bookshop #paranormalromance #lgbtbooks #bibliomania #lectura #espa #instabooks #bookstore #paranormal #bookslove #lgbt #fantasybooks #fantasybookseries #epicfantasy #losartefactosinfernales #wolfsong #bookaddiction #bookfeaturepage

Hello lovelies 🖤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I haven’t posted in a while because I have been feeling really under the weather. If it isn’t one thing it’s another but I’m starting to feel like a human again. Being able to leave the house has definitely helped. How are you guys? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I haven’t been reading a lot lately but I really want to get my hands on Kingdom of Copper. I need myself some Dara lol. The only book I haven’t read in this little stack is We Hunt the Flame but I would like to get to it soon since it has so many mixed reviews... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ QOTD: if you could play any book character in a movie, who would it be? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #igreads #bookstagramfeature #bookslover #libros #bookobsessed #bookstagrammer #bookslovers #fantasybooks #diversebookstagram #booklovers #booksph #thriller #bookshop #writersofinstagram #lecture #bibliomania #lectura #espa #instabooks #bookstore #diversebooks #bookslove #literatura #bookstack #ksiazka #diversereads #losartefactosinfernales #poc #bookaddiction #bookfeaturepage

𝐵𝒪𝒪𝒦 𝑅𝐸𝒱𝐼𝐸𝒲 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐡 by 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝑳. 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DNF at 75% ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I absolutely hate DNFing books but when finishing a book becomes a serious effort I’d rather move on to the next. However, I do always make sure to read up to 65% to give it a real chance. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Before I give you my list of reasons why 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐡 didn’t work for me I would like to say I absolutely love JL Armentrout. I’m actually quite sad I didn’t like it. I think I’m broken because everyone else seems to have loved it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💔 The world was very plain 💔I didnt find any of the characters interesting 💔No character development 💔 I didn’t feel like anything was happening at all 💔The conversations between the characters were very repetitive 💔The scenes with Hawke and Poppy were boring 😭 Including the banter. 💔 The villain/monsters didn’t feel evil enough and also it was all very black and white- good or bad. I like some gray. . . . . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #igreads #bookstagramfeature #bookslover #bookreviews #bookobsessed #bookstagrammer #bookslovers #lifestyle #currentlyreading #booklovers #booksph #fantasybook #bookshop #writersofinstagram #fantasybooks #bibliomania #lectura #espa #instabooks #bookstore #czytamy #bookslove #literatura #bookstack #jenniferlarmentrout #bookreview #losartefactosinfernales #autumn #bookaddiction #frombloodandash

Happy Monday lovelies 🖤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I started reading The Final Empire on Friday and holy shit, it’s so good! I’m not even halfway through and I already find it amazing. I absolutely love the perfect amount of detail we are given about the world and the characters. Have you read it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ QOTD: You are in the book you are reading. Are you surviving? What are you doing? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #brandonsanderson #bookstagramfeature #bookslover #mistbornseries #bookobsessed #highfantasybooks #bookslovers #history #currentlyreading #booklovers #booksph #dogbookclub #bookshop #writersofinstagram #lecture #bibliomania #lectura #doguedebordeaux #instabooks #bookstore #czytamy #bookslove #literatura #bookstack #bigdogsofinstagram #highfantasy #losartefactosinfernales #bookshelves #bookaddiction #bigdogsofinstagram

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