![]() TWs: classism, racism, racial profiling (police involvement), house fire, death of a parent, absent parent, mental manipulation, slut shaming, graphic rape scene, victim blaming, PTSD, depression, suicidal thoughts, mental illness ![]() Spice: several open-door spicy scenes including 1 graphic and triggering SA scene The groveling that was needed though? Well done □ but could’ve gone bigger LOL He is definitely morally grey and he would’ve been great but the miscommunication/single-minded “it’s my way or the highway attitude” left such a bad taste in my mouth. He’s instantly obsessed with her and makes sure everyone knows to keep their space from her. MMC: Roman- Sun Valley High’s resident bad boy, senior, and football player doesn’t do relationships, but once he lays eyes on Allie he’s determined to play as many mind games as he can and claim her. It’s definitely dark, there’s a lot of bullying, but they ended up getting together pretty quickly for me to fully consider it an enemies-to-lovers book. This is classified as a “dark, bully enemies-to-lover romance” and it is for the most part. Being the new girl in school is never easy, but when the most popular guy in school singles you out on your first day and paints a target on your back it’s a lot more difficult. The cover: cute YA version of a typical romance coverįMC: Allie- after the death of her mother, Allie moves in with her biological father and into a world of a completely different class. not going to lie this combined with the kind of aggressive (but very vague!!) “before you begin” “trigger warning” gave me an ick before I started □ ![]() I am also interested in the role of Cambridge fellows and alumni in perpetuating proslavery and racial thought from the creation of the Virginia Company in 1606 until the rise of eugenics and the new racial science in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The dedication: for the survivors. I am using my knowledge of slavery and abolition in this period to examine the education of slaveholders (including three signatories to the Declaration of Independence) at Cambridge, and the crucial role of those students in the West India lobby, which defended slavery until the institution’s abolition throughout the British Empire in 1833. I am also applying my expertise in the American Revolution and its aftermath as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Legacies of Enslavement inquiry at Cambridge. Clements Library at the University of Michigan, among others. ![]() This research has been generously supported by the David Library of the American Revolution, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, International Centre for Jefferson Studies, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and William L. My first book, provisionally titled Fighting Words in the American Revolution, 1763-87, will develop these ideas further. I applied this approach in my doctoral thesis, which explored the politics of epithets – identity terms (like “patriot,” “republican,” and “American”) that people at the time used to describe themselves, build bonds of belonging, and label their opponents – from the start of the imperial crisis in 1763 through to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. My research primarily looks at the politics of naming: the act of labelling persons, groups, and events and the power relations and cultural changes that process involves and reveals. ![]()
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