someone said "if you don't let people experience the consequences of their actions towards u, you will remain a safe place for their worst behavior" and I couldn't agree more
📝 | @DUALIPA is opening her own manifesto library for banned and censored books in Porto, Portugal, in partnership with Livraria Lello
“The Manifesto Library is dedicated to books ‘that challenge power, censorship, exclusion, and dominant narratives.”
— @DUALIPA on why she is opening the library:
“When I founded the Service95 Book Club, my ambition was for it to become a home for writers and readers, wherever they are and whatever their circumstances. Reading the world brings us closer – but sadly, not everyone is in favour of that.”
“Here you will find one hundred books that ask questions, or have been questioned. Some have been banned by school districts for themes of race or sexuality. Others, written for LGBTQIA+ readers, have been restricted from display. In some cases, the author has paid for their words with their life.”
“This library is a shrine to books that have disappeared, to authors whose courage unmasks structures of power and control, and to readers who refuse to be told what book they are allowed to read. You are invited to visit and decide for yourself what belongs on these shelves. Because sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is read a book and then talk about it.”
Read more here: https://t.co/zhPfPORuzS
Mom tries to humble her 16-year-old water-snob daughter with a blind taste test… but the results leave her speechless.
Ivy has refused anything but Evian for years, so Mom lines up Nestlé, Smartwater, tap, Volvic, and Evian to prove a point — and this girl gets EVERY single one right, even with her eyes covered!
Mom set up the whole test thinking she was about to prove her daughter wrong… only to end up completely shocked when Ivy identified every single water brand perfectly. Sometimes the point we’re trying to make ends up teaching us the real lesson instead!
Could YOU tell the difference between tap and fancy bottled water in a blind test?
I could maybe tell the difference between tap and the others, but certainly not between bottled water.
I hate the narrative that women are more emotional than men.
Actually no.
Men make up 90% of prison populations…because they can’t control their anger, lust, or addictions.
Millennials are the elite generation because they cranked out 12-page essays the night before they were due. No ChatGPT. No Claude. Just lo-fi beats playing in the background, Black coffee at midnight, footnotes that were somehow correct, and pure delusion. Grade was an A minus. Period.