Immediately thought of them

i know i wouldnt survive in an austen novel because someone would be britishly, discretely rude to me and i would be completely unable to restrain myself from calling them a cunt to their face

my detested rival: why, madam, you look so drawn and pale today! does the small size of your estate not give you enough freedom to take in the sun?

me: listen you waxy, lemon-faced bitch,,

Rich, eccentric, elderly widow Lady peering over at the conversation: That one. That one shall be my heir.

take me to bed. by. cozier

You can enter a secondhand bookshop with the intention of only buying one thing

But watch out

Cassandra Peterson and her alter ego, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, 1980s

ALT

ALT

super very really important spider-woman duties involve completing the national dex

bold heart

Every single craft has been paying “The Passion Tax” for generations. This term (coined by author and organizational psychologist Adam Grant) — and backed by scientific research — simply states that the more someone is passionate about their work, the more acceptable it is to take advantage of them. In short, loving what we do makes us easy to exploit.

Guest Column: If Writers Lose the Standoff With Studios, It Hurts All Filmmakers

If the phrase “vocational awe” isn’t part of your lexicon yet, stop scrolling and read Fobazi Ettarh:

Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.

—Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

I see it in every field I’ve ever worked in: publishing, open source software development, higher education. It describes pretty much every industry that relies on creativity, altruism, or both.

Messing around with my artstyle and ended up with a mean as hell corpse kisser :^)

so Alecto the Ninth

the arts separately cause why not

These are all the Locked Tomb prints I currently have on sale in my shop!

honest to god am not even neutral about going gray like i’m WAITING for that shit… thrilled at the prospect.. point out a gray hair and watch me get elated

it’s so sexy. Sorry. who said that

Thought this was a gotdang Cardassian at a glance.