A Big Ass List of Fairytale/Classics Retellings Cause It’s Good Shit

*Check the end of the post for a key for some of the terms I use*

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (Fairytale-esque)

The inhabitants of a collection of fairytales pursue their writer’s descendant, kidnapping her mother and forcing her to enter their world (YA, low fantasy)

The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker (The Frog Prince)

A princess looking to avoid an ill-fated engagement kisses a frog claiming to be a prince only to become a frog herself (YR, high fantasy)

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley (Grimm Fairytales)

Two sisters go to live with their unpredictable grandmother in a town whose inhabitants resemble familiar characters (YR, magical realism)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (Alice in Wonderland)

Alyss Heart, princess of Wonderland, flees to our world and becomes know as Alice Liddel after a bloody coup (YA, low fantasy)

Splintered by A. G. Howard (Alice in Wonderland)

Alice’s descendant has to return to Wonderland to fix everything Alice messed up (YA, low fantasy)

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (The Frog Prince)

The seventh daughter of a seventh daughter named Sunday accidentally turns a frog into a prince without realizing it or telling him her name (YA, high fantasy)

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (very loosely Cinderella)

A girl cursed to follow every order given to her sets out to make her fairy godmother take back her ‘gift’ (YR, high fantasy)

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (Snow White)

A young girl who can throw her voice is employed by a tone-deaf queen in a kingdom that values singing over all else (YR, high fantasy)

The Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (multiple fables)

Six short stories contain retellings of Diamonds and Toads, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Golden Goose, and Rapunzel (YR, high fantasy)

Ash by Malinda Lo (Cinderella)

A servant exploited by her stepfamily grows close with a fairy only to fall in love with the King’s Huntress (YA, fantasy romance)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Beauty and the Beast and Tam Lin)

A capable hunter is taken captive by a faerie lord as punishment for her killing one of his followers (NA, fantasy romance, problematic author)

Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell (Peter Pan)

Two girls are spirited away to a twisted version of Neverland where it’s impossible to tell who to trust (YA, low fantasy)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Cinderella)

Cyborg Cinderella and a futuristic Prince Charming are caught up in a struggle for power between Earth and the moon (entire series also includes Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White) (YA, science fiction)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (takes inspiration from Dumbo)

Two magicians take on apprentices who will attempt to outdo each other with feats of magic in the mysterious Night Circus (AF, historical magical realism)

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Extremely light Beauty and the Beast influence)

A village girl is chosen as tribute to the local wizard, The Dragon, who keeps the dangerous Wood at bay (NA, high fantasy)

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Rumplestiltskin)

After taking over her father’s family business, a young woman gets the reputation of being able to turn silver into gold, attracting the attention of a fey king (NA, high fantasy)

Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes (Alice in Wonderland)

The future queen of Wonderland deals with her hateful father while trying to uncover a sinister plot (YA, high fantasy)

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page (The Wizard of Oz)

A regular girl is recruited to put a stop to Dorothy’s tyranny that began after the former heroine returned to Oz (YA, low fantasy)

The Shadow Queen by C. J. Redwine (Snow White)

Snow White and her brother scrape by while trying to find a way to overthrow their evil stepmother (YA, high fantasy)

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (The Snow Queen)

A girl goes on a quest to save her childhood best friend when shards of the Snow Queen’s mirror get in his eyes (YR, low fantasy)

Key

This won’t make your blog look ugly. How could you not reblog this? REBLOGGING THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE!!!

This goes for assholes, too, guys. I know a couple who went tubing once, and they had to re-air their tubes, but the guy thought it would be funny to stick the tip of the air compressor up to her bikini trunks, the air ruptured something inside her and she died within thirty minutes.

WHAT?

The thing about this? It’s in every pregnancy book I’ve read.

WHAT?????

Why is it in pregnancy books but not sex ed books?

Because the men in charge only care about the health and safety of women in so far as it enables them to have babies.

https://www.healthline.com/health/air-embolism#outlook

Reblogging with a link because I thought this was a legit joke. Never heard it before. Like I knew you could kill a person by inserting air into a vein but still.

WHAT THE FUCL I hate how I didn’t learn this in sex Ed AT ALL

This is very true lol

Yo what the f u c k

not the normal stuff i’d reblog but, uh, this is kinda??? heckin???? important?????

I feel like I first saw this in The Joy of Sex, but it’s definitely a thing.

What the fuck

SSI Restoration Act of 2021

i have never made a post like this before but i haven’t seen anyone here talk about it yet so i want to at least provide some links because this is extremely important for disabled people with or without benefits in the USA.

link to this tiktok

she doesn’t name the bill in the video but in the comments it’s clarified that the act referred to is the SSI Restoration Act of 2021.

below is taken from the issue brief on justiceinaging.org regarding what the bill entails

• The SSI benefit rate will be increased to at least 100% of the Federal Poverty Level, adjusted annually, so that no one receiving SSI will be left to live below the poverty line.

• Couples will receive their full SSI benefit, totaling twice the individual rate, rather than a reduced marriage penalty rate.

• Low-income seniors and people with disabilities who can’t work enough to meet all their basic needs will be able to save up to $10,000 and couples will be able to save up to $20,000 for emergencies such as car repairs, new roofs, and other unexpected expenses, without losing benefits.

• Individuals will be able to receive up to $128 monthly from other sources, such as Social Security benefits or pension payments, without a corresponding loss in benefits.

• Individuals who are able to work will be able to earn up to $416 a month without being penalized.

• Individuals who live in households with others, including family members, will no longer be penalized with lower benefits through the in-kind support and maintenance provision.

• Individuals who transfer assets (even small amounts of money to a family member) will no longer suffer harsh penalties.

• Eliminate installment payment requirements and extend the time to spend down resources so that SSI recipients who have been waiting for months or years to obtain their benefits can receive the full overdue amount.

• Exclude retirement accounts from countable resources to allow people with disabilities to build up their savings for retirement and use those resources to pay for expenses in later life.

• State and local earned income tax credits and child tax credits will be excluded from income calculations in the same manner as general tax payments.”

here is a link to the official bill

here is the issue brief from justiceinaging.org on the SSI Restoration Act of 2021 which explains what would change about SSI in more detail, and has the list provided above

here is the FAQ (also justiceinaging.org)

here is a carrd made by myelasticheart on tiktok, which also details the bill, AND includes a script for calling representatives, as well as links for finding said representatives

please reblog

The Directory

What: The Directory is a master-list of black writers on tumblr serving multiple shows, actors/actresses, and genres when it comes to writing.

How To Be Added: First, take a look at the list of names under the cut.

1. If you see your url and it has changed since use this >>>link.<<<

2. If you do not see your name at all and would like to be added, use this >>>link.<<<

3. If you see your name and would like to be removed. Send a message.

The master-list is in alphabetical order since most of the writers on it have multiples people/shows/genres they write for.

***PLEASE REBLOG***

No shame in getting your bills paid (x)

Reblog if Akaashi Keiji is prettier than you

reblog if u a lil ugly

Patrick was a fake ass friend to spongebob. He was a bitch

Source?

episode where Patrick fam came over and sponegbob pretended to be dumb for him and Patrick flip flop ass started making fun of him.

Patrick was cold for that

And that episode where Mr Krabs gave them both a toy to share and he selfishly dodged and ignored SpongeBob to keep it for himself? TRIFLING

EXACTLY Patrick ain’t never been a true friend

real friends……how many of us?

And the time he ate his fucking chocolate bar & tried to jack spongebob for his.. nah son

Patrick did spongebob dirty so many times smh he a Gemini

Patrick has no self awareness.

what about when his slug wanted to be friends with patrick and he just ditched spongebob and clowned on him for it

When they were raising the clam together and Patrick kept leavin spongebob all day with the baby so he could watch tv smh

When patrick made spongebob believe he was ugly when he just had some bad breath

Wasn’t Patrick the one that ditched Spongebob in the advanced darkness at the bottom of the sea?

we’re pulling out the receipts tonight

This woman can do no wrong

A list of 100 black owned businesses that you can check out and support! Feel free to add any black owned business that isn’t on this list.

List made by: @sarahmian on Instagram.

For black art: www.artofnatiq.com

Webcomics w/ Black Leads

I was wondering how many webcomics there were out there with black protagonists (for my own reference). Then I figured plenty of other folks would love to see a list. So heeeeere we go! (Please reblog and add more!) 

AGENTS OF THE REALM by Mildred Louis

NIBI by Gyimah Gariba

DEMON STREET by Aliza Layne

VIBE by Dan Ciurczak

BALDERDASH by Victoria Goog

STAR TRIP by Gisele Jobateh

SCHOOL SPIRIT (FRESH ROMANCE) by Kate Leth & Arielle Jovellanos

ALL OUR CUTS AND BRUISES by My Sjögren Blücher

STEVE’S STORY (KHAOS KOMICS) by Tab Kimpton

DEMON HUNTER KAIN by Burrell Gill Jr.

SAFE HAVENS by Bill Holbrook

THE SUBSTITUTES by Myisha Haynes

VALOROUS TALES by Dashawn Mahone

M.F.K. by Nilah Magruder

THE IMMORTAL NADIA GREENE by Jamal Campbell

PRINCESS LOVE PON by Shauna J. Grant

AS THE CROW FLIES by Melanie Gillman

SHADOWEYES by Sophie Campbell

CAN’T LOOK BACK by Sophie Campbell

STREETCROWS by Dieselhands

ORDER OF THE STICK by Rich Burlew

DOLLHOUSE by Ray Nadine

BASEMENT DWELLERS by Leland Goodman

SNAKES AND LADDERS by BriAnna Haley

ARCHIVAL QUALITY by Ivy and Steenz

NAMESAKE by Isabelle Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton

MAHOU JOSEI CHIMAKA by KaiJu

MISSING MONDAY by Elle Skinner

CRASH AND BURN by Finnaeus

OLYMPUS OVERDRIVE by Milky and JoJo

TODD ALLISON & THE PETUNIA VIOLET by Nozmo

GLOOMVERSE by L.O.P.

PRETTY HEART BOUQUET by E Hetrick Jackson

RANDOM BATTLES by J.D. Benefield

BAJO-MANO by Talula Bertram

FASCIST FRIENDS by Erin Lux

Mosscreek Divide by Jake Myler

GALAXYS FOR HIRE by Shawn DePasquale, Sherard Jackson, Whitney Cook

OUTGROUP by Maddie Chaffer

MONSTER LANDS by James Nelson

BOUNCE by Chuck Collins

SEVEN by Davis Ketterer

RUTH & ANNABEL RUIN EVERYTHING by Chelsea McAlarney

Deak Sledge by Mike Williams

DICEBOX by Jenn Manley Lee

ENDLING by Jonathan Larsen and Cecilia Latella

LOVE! LOVE! FIGHTING! by Sharean Morishita

RESCUE ME by Sharean Morishita

THE WYVERNS by Dragon Bros Media

GODSLAVE by Meaghan Carter

ERSTWHILE by Various Creators

ROCK AND RIOT by  Chelsey Furedi

SCARFS by Mike Kirby

ANIMOSITY SONATA by Olivia Smith

KAMIKAZE by Alan Tupper, Carrie Tupper, Havana Nguyen

Reblogging again for the extended list!

I love libraries

how to deal with mental fatigue

Hi, it’s werelivingarts! Exam season is coming so soon, and some of us might deal with a lot of stress and mental fatigue while preparing for the exams. 

Here are some tips on how to prevent and deal with mental fatigue (before it becomes too serious and leads to burnout). Exams are just ways to test your knowledge and understanding, so please do not expect too high and take care of your health! 🌿

Hope that we would all do well! 😊

I always post these because I honestly believe that black women deserve to win.

I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it

Seriously if you love someones work don’t just like it, reblog it hell even tell them they are doing an amazing job, a little bit of love ans kindness makes the world go round

Things don’t always have to be a reblog for a reblog or follow for a follow support others just because their amazing do good recklessly.