ipseities

Continuing the "tradition" lol. It’s officially March where I am, and in many countries, this month aims to celebrate women and the huge contributions they made to society as a whole. It’s not just about inspirational quotes and aesthetic posts, but it’s a great opportunity to learn something new!
          	
          	With anti-intellectualism very much having its moment lately (getting Fahrenheit 451 vibes), choosing to read, learn, and stay curious will always be a small but meaningful act.
          	
          	So this month: read women, amplify women, and learn from women. And might I add, listen to women of color’s experiences—intersectional feminism should ALWAYS be the standard. Women’s History Month is a reminder to read women from DIFFERENT countries, genres, and backgrounds—not just the ones the algorithm already shows you.
          	
          	Happy Women’s History Month. (& btw March 8 isn’t a second Mother’s Day—it’s International Women’s RIGHTS Day. It was meant to highlight ongoing struggles for equality, not just appreciation posts. I feel like people started diluting the meaning by just saying "Women’s Day" and offering flowers and just talking about girl power and stuff which… is not the point.)
          	
          	With love,
          	Blaze ❤️

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Also would recommend some books of my own!! 
          	  
          	  	•	Carnaval Fever by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano
          	  	•	Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
          	  	•	The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
          	  	•	The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji
          	  	•	The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza
          	  	•	The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien
          	  	•	Good Girl by Aria Aber
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ipseities

&& if you love women in music, this month is a great excuse to discover a few more. Maybe try listening to a few female artists you don’t already have on repeat. Women’s talent does not begin and end with one discography :)
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And for the recs! (tried to make it more readable)
          	  
          	  LITERARY / CONTEMPORARY 
          	  	•	 Ngozi Adichie – Americanah
          	  	•	Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
          	  	•	Toni Morrison – Beloved
          	  	•	Elena Ferrante – Neapolitan Novels
          	  	•	Bernardine Evaristo – Girl, Woman, Other 
          	  	•	Sally Rooney – Normal People 
          	  	•	Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things
          	  	•	Han Kang – The Vegetarian 
          	  	•	Isabel Allende 
          	  	•	Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions
          	  
          	  FEMINIST / ESSAYS / NONFICTION
          	  	•	bell hooks – All About Love
          	  	•	Angela Davis – Women, Race & Class
          	  	•	Simone de Beauvoir – The Second Sex
          	  	•	Roxane Gay – Bad Feminist
          	  	•	Rebecca Solnit – Men Explain Things to Me
          	  	•	Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
          	  	•	Gloria Anzaldúa – borderlands theory, identity
          	  
          	  AFRICAN & DIASPORA VOICES
          	  	•	Buchi Emecheta – The Joys of Motherhood
          	  	•	Warsan Shire 
          	  	•	Yaa Gyasi – Homegoing
          	  	•	Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ – Stay With Me
          	  
          	  SPECULATIVE / SCI-FI / FANTASY
          	  	•	Octavia E. Butler – Parable of the Sower
          	  	•	N.K. Jemisin – The Broken Earth
          	  	•	Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness
          	  	•	Ann Leckie – Ancillary Justice
          	  	•	Tamsyn Muir – Gideon the Ninth
          	  	•	Rebecca Roanhorse 
          	  	•	Martha Wells – The Murderbot Diaries
          	  
          	  HISTORICAL & LITERARY CLASSICS 
          	  	•	George Eliot – Middlemarch
          	  	•	Edith Wharton 
          	  	•	Kate Chopin – The Awakening
          	  	•	Nawal El Saadawi – Woman at Point Zero
          	  
          	  POETRY 
          	  	•	Ada Limón
          	  	•	Rupi Kaur
          	  	•	Carol Ann Duffy
          	  
          	  CLASSICS WORTH REVISITING
          	  	•	Jane Austen
          	  	•	Virginia Woolf
          	  	•	Mary Shelley
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ipseities

Continuing the "tradition" lol. It’s officially March where I am, and in many countries, this month aims to celebrate women and the huge contributions they made to society as a whole. It’s not just about inspirational quotes and aesthetic posts, but it’s a great opportunity to learn something new!
          
          With anti-intellectualism very much having its moment lately (getting Fahrenheit 451 vibes), choosing to read, learn, and stay curious will always be a small but meaningful act.
          
          So this month: read women, amplify women, and learn from women. And might I add, listen to women of color’s experiences—intersectional feminism should ALWAYS be the standard. Women’s History Month is a reminder to read women from DIFFERENT countries, genres, and backgrounds—not just the ones the algorithm already shows you.
          
          Happy Women’s History Month. (& btw March 8 isn’t a second Mother’s Day—it’s International Women’s RIGHTS Day. It was meant to highlight ongoing struggles for equality, not just appreciation posts. I feel like people started diluting the meaning by just saying "Women’s Day" and offering flowers and just talking about girl power and stuff which… is not the point.)
          
          With love,
          Blaze ❤️

timeravens

Also would recommend some books of my own!! 
            
            	•	Carnaval Fever by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano
            	•	Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
            	•	The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
            	•	The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji
            	•	The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza
            	•	The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien
            	•	Good Girl by Aria Aber
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ipseities

&& if you love women in music, this month is a great excuse to discover a few more. Maybe try listening to a few female artists you don’t already have on repeat. Women’s talent does not begin and end with one discography :)
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ipseities

And for the recs! (tried to make it more readable)
            
            LITERARY / CONTEMPORARY 
            	•	 Ngozi Adichie – Americanah
            	•	Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
            	•	Toni Morrison – Beloved
            	•	Elena Ferrante – Neapolitan Novels
            	•	Bernardine Evaristo – Girl, Woman, Other 
            	•	Sally Rooney – Normal People 
            	•	Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things
            	•	Han Kang – The Vegetarian 
            	•	Isabel Allende 
            	•	Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions
            
            FEMINIST / ESSAYS / NONFICTION
            	•	bell hooks – All About Love
            	•	Angela Davis – Women, Race & Class
            	•	Simone de Beauvoir – The Second Sex
            	•	Roxane Gay – Bad Feminist
            	•	Rebecca Solnit – Men Explain Things to Me
            	•	Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
            	•	Gloria Anzaldúa – borderlands theory, identity
            
            AFRICAN & DIASPORA VOICES
            	•	Buchi Emecheta – The Joys of Motherhood
            	•	Warsan Shire 
            	•	Yaa Gyasi – Homegoing
            	•	Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ – Stay With Me
            
            SPECULATIVE / SCI-FI / FANTASY
            	•	Octavia E. Butler – Parable of the Sower
            	•	N.K. Jemisin – The Broken Earth
            	•	Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness
            	•	Ann Leckie – Ancillary Justice
            	•	Tamsyn Muir – Gideon the Ninth
            	•	Rebecca Roanhorse 
            	•	Martha Wells – The Murderbot Diaries
            
            HISTORICAL & LITERARY CLASSICS 
            	•	George Eliot – Middlemarch
            	•	Edith Wharton 
            	•	Kate Chopin – The Awakening
            	•	Nawal El Saadawi – Woman at Point Zero
            
            POETRY 
            	•	Ada Limón
            	•	Rupi Kaur
            	•	Carol Ann Duffy
            
            CLASSICS WORTH REVISITING
            	•	Jane Austen
            	•	Virginia Woolf
            	•	Mary Shelley
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ipseities

A brief note, because this comes up every year and it's lowkey tiring: Black History Month is not a holiday, and it isn't something to be "wished" in the celebratory sense.
          
          Its primary purpose is to address the historical marginalisation and erasure of Black histories by creating a designated period for education, recognition, and engagement with Black contributions, struggles, and resistance (past and present).
          
          If you genuinely want to acknowledge Black History Month in a meaningful way (particularly on a platform like Wattpad), there are more substantive options than surface-level posts:
          
          - Read and support Black authors
          - Engage with Black history beyond secondary-school requirements (yes, this includes reading something OTHER than To Kill a Mockingbird)
          - Share essays, resources, or historical figures worth learning about (despite being important, other Black figures deserve the same recognition as MLK and Malcom X)
          - Highlight writers on this app who write Black characters with CARE and INTENTION
          - Reflect on representation and narrative choices in your OWN work
          
          And sure, celebrating Black culture and joy has its place, but without context or engagement, acknowledgements risk becoming performative instead of being constructive.
          
          So, this month is an opportunity for awareness and responsibility—not aesthetics.

ipseities

@wrensofvizla / Yes, yes and yes! Their works are quite literally must-reads
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@pillakai, @crownsmist, @sukibenders, @gcthamite / It was the least I could do ❤️
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gcthamite

Bless !!!!!! REPRESENT THE PEOPLEEE
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