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i was getting ready for work this morning when i had kind of a bit of an epiphany about this book series i read as a kid and how it changed the way i ended up understanding myself.
it was called the Secret Series and was composed of 5 books: each based off of one
i was getting ready for work this morning when i had kind of a bit of an epiphany about this book series i read as a kid and how it changed the way i ended up understanding myself.
it was called the Secret Series and was composed of 5 books: each based off of one
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of the 5 main human senses. They were all written by Pseudonymous Bosch (i really hope im spelling that right i havent read that name in years) and follow the adventures of 2 - later 3 middle schoolers in their hunt to stop The Midnight Sun (which im pretty sure was
of the 5 main human senses. They were all written by Pseudonymous Bosch (i really hope im spelling that right i havent read that name in years) and follow the adventures of 2 - later 3 middle schoolers in their hunt to stop The Midnight Sun (which im pretty sure was
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a metaphor for something i cant remember right now - maybe capitalism??) from finding The Secret (also probably a metaphor) which they wanted to use to acheive immortality.
Anyway - to stop digressing and to get to the actual point of this thread, one of the 3
a metaphor for something i cant remember right now - maybe capitalism??) from finding The Secret (also probably a metaphor) which they wanted to use to acheive immortality.
Anyway - to stop digressing and to get to the actual point of this thread, one of the 3
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main characters was this girl named Cass and a nig part of her character was how she didn& #39;t really fit the prescribed idea of what femininity is aupposed to be. (There& #39;s a good line in the first book that illusttates this id quote here if i had a copy on hand,
main characters was this girl named Cass and a nig part of her character was how she didn& #39;t really fit the prescribed idea of what femininity is aupposed to be. (There& #39;s a good line in the first book that illusttates this id quote here if i had a copy on hand,
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my apologies). She dosent have the same interests as the other girls in her class, wear the same things, etc. And, when I was 12 and knee-deep in that whole "i& #39;m not like other girls" phase that was a part of her character that really resonated with me.
my apologies). She dosent have the same interests as the other girls in her class, wear the same things, etc. And, when I was 12 and knee-deep in that whole "i& #39;m not like other girls" phase that was a part of her character that really resonated with me.
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She went by Cass which was a shorter (and slightly more gender neutral) version of what i am going to go off on a limb here and say is her deadname - much like i did for a number of years before I settled on Jude.
In the last book there& #39;s this scene where she gets
She went by Cass which was a shorter (and slightly more gender neutral) version of what i am going to go off on a limb here and say is her deadname - much like i did for a number of years before I settled on Jude.
In the last book there& #39;s this scene where she gets
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her nails painted for the first time - a sparkly shade of blue. At the time when i read it when I was maybe 15 I almost found it kind of insulting. I kind of understand now that the author was probably trying to make a point on the dangers of internalized misogyny
her nails painted for the first time - a sparkly shade of blue. At the time when i read it when I was maybe 15 I almost found it kind of insulting. I kind of understand now that the author was probably trying to make a point on the dangers of internalized misogyny
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but when i was thinking about it it kind of hit me in a weird way. This character that i related so much to as a young boy who didnt even realize he was a boy yet - this part of her character that i considered insulting at the time still lind of follows my own
but when i was thinking about it it kind of hit me in a weird way. This character that i related so much to as a young boy who didnt even realize he was a boy yet - this part of her character that i considered insulting at the time still lind of follows my own