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outofstardust replied to your post: I wonder if theres even people anymore who follow…

I like his dog

I feel sorry his dog has such a horrible owner



adelenedawner reblogged your post: indigocrayon replied to your post: Sleepy Zilvia…

Possibly Im nightblogging, here, but Brain is saying that the best way to approach this is to look at mainstream forms…

Hm. I’m not sure in the context in which academia is often out it can be analysed that way



indigocrayon replied to your post: Sleepy Zilvia ramblings: we talk a lot about how…

I think its bc people are usually speaking abt US academia? Im not cut out for academia but there are some wonderful women n poc I know who are working in academia. Idk lol. I get what yr saying tho (I think)

reinsurreccion replied to your post: Sleepy Zilvia ramblings: we talk a lot about how…

i think in a way academia is worth defending but at the same time the fact that its rife with whiteness, class privilege and colonialisms etc should be addressed. with the criticisms of academia in mind i wonder if the ideal goal is to be an academic

or an intellectual, what the difference/definitions in between these two are, what it means if one engages in academia to become such or if its even possible to achieve intellectual status not engaging in the academy.

i had my questions good but kinda got distracted while writing this out so it may not make much sense.

When I think academia I get upset just like when I think “government” or “police” because of how corrupt they are but they don’t have to be that way, they can be taken back, changed, (re)made better (?)

I mean, I’d love love love to be able to spend my life researching and chronicling the history of the lowerclass desi woman pre and post colonialism (and possibly explore and find my own history) but in an academic sense aka white academia sense it makes me feel rotten from the inside. I keep thinking a way of rediscovering buried history while simultaneously pushing the process of decolonization but I don’t know how that would work

also because history yes, but the idea of sitting at a desk poring over documents is a no. dammit. I know what I want but I don’t know how to put it into words.

if by intellectual we mean prick who throws their weight around pretending they’re so much better than anyone, then no, I don’t want to be an intellectual. or an academic. but if we’re talking about someone who’s studied and knows, truly knows how to take what they know and make a thing out of it that’s better? then yes,

(I still can’t words properly)



thebookdoctor replied to your post: This may be absolutely ridiculous, and call me out…

I think the anon means that a white girl with body issues might be triggered by the post? I’m not sure.

they said “no matter the race” so I wasn’t sure. frankly speaking, it sounds like “i get your point, but do you really have to point out that whiteness erases non-eurocentric beauty?”





I wrote ten questions and tagged you on my tumblr. please answer and let me know when. <3 because we all like questions, right?


I’m afraid I haven’t the creativity to think of 10 questions but the first six people who see this get to answer the same questions I do, aren’t I special. And sighlentbelle, eunicow, thecharmingstrangeness, negelirelden — you four definitely have to answer them. MUHAHAHA.

  1. What do you consider a turning point in your life and why?
    The time when I was supposed to be born but procrastinated for so long the doctor ~threatened~ surgery. I was born the next day. As you can tell, my aversion to surgeries and general medical procedures has existed from birth. (The turning point is that I was born)/  
  2. Name one contradictory advice you’ve received or heard.
    “Take my advice. I don’t take it!” 
  3. What quote (famous person or loved one) always cheers you up when you read it?
    The poem that’s excerpted in my sidebar, however peculiar it may seen. Maybe not *cheerful* but definitely makes me happy and content to some extent.
  4. What are some traits you can’t help being?
    Stubborn. Awfully stubborn, wonderfully stbborn. If you were to look up “stubborn” in the dictionary, you’d see my name. If I decide I want a particular thing done (or that I dislike a certain person) it’s next to impossible to convince me otherwise. Amusingly enough, I can readily accept when I think I know something and turn out be a giant ignoramus on the subject. But that’s only because I refuse to remain being a giant ignoramus.
  5. Philosophical question, “Should I hate the tiger for playing with his food? Or the snake for not killing faster?” If you like dark, twisted, and/or scary things, why?
    If I was going to be food for one of them I’d prefer the tiger personally, because being toyed with means there’s a change to escape and being bitten my the snake just means I’m going to sit there in agony and agonize and even if I got away I’m most likely screwed anyway. And I hate twisted, horrorish things, but I love the dark. The dark itself is comforting.
  6. What are some topics you could go on and on and on and on about?
    About how my sister is totally the best in the world. Also probably certain books, I dunno.
  7. What does it take for you to get close to someone or someone to get close to you? What may prevent you?
    If I get the feeling that the person is a potential threat to my wellbeing or the wellbeing of the people I care about, that’s a definite no. And generally, racist liberals (and conservatives, sure) I can’t stand, or sexist ones, or whatever else, not because ~omg politics~ but because dammit, I’m not going to spend my time around someone who can’t respect me as a person. Or someone who tries to stop me from doing the things that keep me alive, who try to stop me fighting, because it makes them uncomfortable. 
    (RIP MARK’S POTENTIAL) 
  8. Most devastating, feels-wrenching moment in fiction you can remember.
    When Rue died, because I’d places my sister as Rue, that’s who she was, and when she died my world was broken. Then again at Prim’s
  9. What is something you wish someone taught you earlier?
    Please stop trying to fix everything. Also please stop blaming yourself for things wholly out of your control. (I still need reminding). 
  10. So what exactly are your plans for taking over the world?
    REVERSE RACIST MISANDRY. YEAH, BITCHES. 




A long while ago you reblogged a beautiful piece of op writing that started out something like, "There are boys with toxic lips..." I was wondering if you remember the url of the author or could bring that post up again? I just can't find it anywhere.


I’m really sorry, I went through my OP writing tag and skimmed through the stuff but I couldn’t find what you’re talking about. If I were to venture a guess though, I’d say you’re talking about something Warsan Shire wrote, because what you’re describing has a likeness to things she’s written. (If anyone reading this knows what the Anon’s talking about, could you let me know? Thanks).





This may be absolutely ridiculous, and call me out if I'm wrong, but it's itching at me: I understand the point of 'brown girls are prettier than white girls' post, but do you think it could be triggering for women with body issues, no matter the race? sorry, I just remember seeing a similar post elsewhere where the OP was making fun of 'white food' (rightfully so, shit was disgusting) and an anon said it was triggering for those with eating disorders.


If that were true, I’d like someone who understands eating disorders better than I do to please explain how that would, without a racist explanation of how what I said was reverse racist. (The reverse racism was the point. *shrug*)

Though, any mention of food can trigger people with ED, so that’s a whole different context to begin with as well.



skepticamongthefaithful:

If you witness a white person explode into orange juice then please inform Zilvia that I have succeeded.

It’s of great importance.



shiamuslim replied to your post: shiamuslim replied to your post: shiamuslim…

did u leave again? :(

I’m here and there— I leave and come back for little bits of time. But I haven’t forgotten, you need oppressing O_o





I am actually a failed attempt at abortion. My parents don't know that I know about it. Thinking back, it was so obvious when I was younger coz my mom would make me sleep in a separate mattress but my younger brother got to sleep with her. And she would blame me for all the crap she did and my dad would hit me (Asian families). My parents got separated and I don't live with my mom anymore. Anyway, thanks for speaking up for us. :)


Hello. It’s awful of her to have treated you that way, and completely inexcusable whatever the circumstances. I’m glad you were able to get away and safe now. All my love to you <3