Rape myths, rape culture, and the damage done
*If you read nothing else today, read this. Read it through to the end. (TRIGGERS are involved)*
Under this cut are spoilers for City of Lost Souls, but also an in-depth discussion of sexual assault as it pertains to books in general and The Mortal Instruments in specific, with a discussion of rape culture and rape myths. There is also an excerpt from a scene that contains a violent physical assault.
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(Source: thediaryofelliealchemy)
We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can.
– Anthony Doerr (via lensandvellum) Via BOOK RIOT
It is impossible to discourage the real writers—they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write.
– Sinclair Lewis (b. 1885)(Source: penamerican)
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