Many thanks to @steklir for tagging me about listing ten songs from my writing playlist. This list does not necessarily reflect music that would be included in the story itself, just finding inspiration. Also – there’s more than ten songs.
Quartetto Gelato – The Words That I Want
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli – I’m Confessin That I Love You
Aquarela do Brasil
Dmitri Shostakovich – Jazz Suite no. 2 – Waltz
Al Bowly – The Very Thought of You
Classics:
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (review)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (review)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf (review)
Fiction:
Nevada by Imogen Binnie (review)
My Education by Susan Choi (review)
Missed Her by Ivan Coyote (review)
Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (review)
Just Girls by Rachel Gold (review)
Painting Their Portraits in Winter by Myriam Gurba (review)
When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai (review)
The Collection edited by Tom Leger and Riley Macleod (review)
Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
Hero Worship by Rebekah Matthews (review)
Hymnal for Dirty Girls by Rebekah Matthews (review)
Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett (review)
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (review)
(You) Set Me On Fire by Mariko Tamaki (review)
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Historical Fiction:
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (review)
Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy (review)
Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi (review)
Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Poetry:
Sisterhood by Julie R. Enszer (review)
Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom
When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade (review)
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho edited by Anne Carson
Young Adult:
Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (review)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth (review)
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee (review) [children’s/middle grade]
Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (review)
Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman (review)
The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George (review)
Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin (review)
You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan (review)
Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (review)
[Bisexual M/F]
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (review)
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate (review) [Bisexual M/F]
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Under Threat by Robin Stevenson
As I Descended by Robin Talley (review)
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (review)
The House You Pass On the Way by Jacqueline Woodson (review)
SFF Young Adult:
Love In the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (review)
[Bisexual M/F]
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (review)
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (review)
Dreadnought by April Daniels (review)
All Good Children by Dayna Ingram (review)
Adaptation (review) and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (review)
Natural Selection (Adaptation 1.5) by Malinda Lo (review)
Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce (review)
Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner (review)
Sci Fi:
Tierra Del Fuego, Colony Ship: Parting Shots by Caron Cro (review)
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (review)
Fantasy:
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (review)
The Narrows by m. craig (review)
Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica (review)
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (review)
The Second Mango by Shira Glassman (review)
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson (review)
Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks (review)
Everfair by Nisi Shawl (review)
Hellebore & Rue edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff (review)
Horror/Zombies/Vampires:
Fist of the Spider Woman edited by Amber Dawn (review)
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (review)
Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram (review)
The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (review)
Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories by Pam Kesey
The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan (review)
Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (review)
Romance & Erotica:
Rescued Heart by Georgia Beers (review)
A Pirate’s Heart by Catherine Friend (review)
The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler (review)
Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia (review)
Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica edited by Sinclair Sexsmith (review)
Comics:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (review)
Darlin’ It’s Betta Down Where It’s Wetta by Megan Rose Gedris (review)
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (review)
100 Crushes by Elisha Lim (review)
Girl Friends: The Complete Collection by Milk Morinaga (review)
On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin (review)
Revolutionary Girl Utena manga by Chiho Saito (review)
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Shannon Watters
Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Jem and the Holograms by Kelly Thompson and Sophia Campbell
Citrus, Vols 1-3 by Saburo Uta (review)
Charm School Book One: Magical Witch Girl Bunny by Elizabeth Watasin (review)
War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow (review)
Memoirs/Biographies:
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison (review)
The Family Tooth by Ellis Avery (review)
When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova (review)
Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote (review)
Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert (review)
First Spring Grass Fire by Rae Spoon (review)
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon & Ivan E. Coyote (review)
Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa (review)
Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family and Identity by Candace Walsh (review)
Nonfiction:
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, illustrated by Julia Scheele (review)
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman (review)
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond (review)
Inseparable: Desire Between Women In Literature by Emma Donoghue (review)
Queers Dig Time Lords edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas (review)
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
The ABCs of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell (review)
Kicked Out edited by Sassafras Lowrey (review)
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman (review)
Dear John, I Love Jane edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre (review)
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imagine if lexa had lived and the circumstances that led to clarke becoming a nightblood still happened and then praimfaya came and it was just them and their nightbloods on the earth alone with no wars or anything and owing nothing to anyone and they could just live
So much sex – if only out of boredom.
Clarke: Hey, kids – why don’t you go pick some berries?
Kids: But we picked berries yesterday. And the day before. And the day before.
Lexa: GO PICK THE BERRIES.
Muffled sounds of complaining children shuffling off, as clothes fly in all directions.
Twitter: Donnie is threatening nuclear armageddon! Everybody panic!
Tumblr:
Let Jodie Whittaker Keep Her Cute Northern Accent When Playing The Doctor 2k17
Yes, please, no more RP.
In Jennifer Lawrence’s new film, she is married to Javier Bardem – an actor 22 years her senior.
My first look, I thought he was playing her father.
It’s so off-putting, I hope there’s a twist around it in the film – otherwise it might be the creepiest thing in it.
The original post only has US helplines. I’ve added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
UK Helplines:
Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org
Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111
Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk
Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk
b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk
b-eat youthline (for under 25’s with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm – 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)
Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600
Drinkline: 0800 9178282
Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 – 2.30pm 7 – 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk
Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight
India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614
India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669
Kids Help Phone (Canada): 1-800-668-6868, Free and available 24/7
suicide hotlines;
Argentina: 54-0223-493-0430
Australia: 13-11-14
Austria: 01-713-3374
Barbados: 429-9999
Belgium: 106
Botswana: 391-1270
Brazil: 21-233-9191
China: 852-2382-0000
(Hong Kong: 2389-2222)
Costa Rica: 606-253-5439
Croatia: 01-4833-888
Cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67
Czech Republic: 222-580-697, 476-701-908
Denmark: 70-201-201
Egypt: 762-1602
Estonia: 6-558-088
Finland: 040-5032199
France: 01-45-39-4000
Germany: 0800-181-0721
Greece: 1018
Guatemala: 502-234-1239
Holland: 0900-0767
Honduras: 504-237-3623
Hungary: 06-80-820-111
Iceland: 44-0-8457-90-90-90
Israel: 09-8892333
Italy: 06-705-4444
Japan: 3-5286-9090
Latvia: 6722-2922, 2772-2292
Malaysia: 03-756-8144
(Singapore: 1-800-221-4444)
Mexico: 525-510-2550
Netherlands: 0900-0767
New Zealand: 4-473-9739
New Guinea: 675-326-0011
Nicaragua: 505-268-6171
Norway: 47-815-33-300
Philippines: 02-896-9191
Poland: 52-70-000
Portugal: 239-72-10-10
Russia: 8-20-222-82-10
Spain: 91-459-00-50
South Africa: 0861-322-322
South Korea: 2-715-8600
Sweden: 031-711-2400
Switzerland: 143
Taiwan: 0800-788-995
Thailand: 02-249-9977
Trinidad and Tobago: 868-645-2800
Ukraine: 0487-327715
Expert tips for aspiring comedy writers.
I’d forgotten all about that. Will have to look it up again. I am a bit busy on TFATD at the moment, though, so might have to wait a bit. 🙂
The real story of dragons guarding princesses by Portsherry
Love. This. It hurts.
There are so many dragons on my dash right now – thought I’d bring this back.
The Doctor Is Out 