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It’s Valentine’s Day, so today is the perfect day to do a shameless self promo for my book, The Tengu And The Angel! If you don’t have plans this Valentine’s Day, how about spending it in a comfy place, while binge-reading a slow burn romance about two geeky best friends slowly realising that they’re meant for each other? My book features:
-Friends to lovers
-Mutual pining
-A very sweet slow burn romance
-Found family
-Demiromantic rep (Nathaniel, the love interest, is demiromantic)
-Asian rep (The MC, Kunio, is Japanese)
-Black British rep (Nathaniel is black British
Still not convinced? Here’s a brief plot summary:
Eighteen year old Kunio has just run away from his abusive mother, and he's journeying up north in search of a new home, and a fresh start. He's armed with nothing but his dreams of being a successful artist, and his vivid imagination. He thinks of his new adult self as a tengu; strong, proud, and capable of things his child self could only dream of.
Twenty year old Nathaniel seems to have it all; he's gorgeous, he lives in a beautiful apartment in the centre of Newcastle, and he's the owner and founder of Black Rose, a Victorian gothic online boutique. Kunio thinks of him as an angel; he's faultlessly polite and kind, and he goes above and beyond to help him, even though he doesn't know him. Nathaniel is also painfully insecure, and he lives under the thumb of his toxic 'best friend', Theo. When Nathaniel takes Kunio in, the two form a close friendship, which slowly blossoms into love. Can the two of them learn to put their pasts behind, and make their relationship work?
Want to read it now? Well, you can grab your copy below!
Omg someone finally said it 👏🏾👏🏾
omg you folks are awesome! I’ve gotten a large number of responses on this post, and am super thankful!
If you filled out the survey and didn’t include your email address, that means I can’t contact you to schedule an interview. So if you’re interested in being interviewed, please be sure to include that!
Also, I would love to hear from more people whose stories are underrepresented in academic literature on the topic, including BIPOC, people over 65, and people without a college degree. Adding a few tags to increase the reach :)
Thanks so much you lovely humans!!
sooo um hi! I’m a graduate researcher and wondering if folks would be interested in my study! 👉🏻👈🏻
Are you an ex-fundamentalist, ex-evangelical, or ex-charismatic Christian? Me too, and I’m looking for people like us to participate in an academic research study (IRBNet NO: 1873336) on identity development among ex-Christians. If you want to participate, please fill out the screener survey listed on the flyer (bit.ly/aposidscreener). And please share with anyone you know who might be interested! Please message me or email me at fio . haire @ mnsu . edu for more information.
Thanks!
Fio Haire (they/he), master’s student at Minnesota State University, Mankato
Primary Investigator: Dr. Aaron Hoy (he/him), Assistant Professor of Sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato
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IRBNet NO: 1873336
Research Study for Former Christian Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Charismatics
Conducted by Fio Haire and Aaron Hoy at Minnesota State University, Mankato
Now Recruiting Interview Participants
Participants must be:
- 18 or older
- Live in the U.S.
- Be able to converse in English or with assistive technology
- Identify as ex-evangelical/fundamentalist/charismatic
- Not currently identify as Christian
Complete the screener at bit.ly/aposidscreener
Questions? Email fio . haire @ mnsu . edu
Scan here! - image of an arrow pointing to a QR code.
Share your story in a research study on the identity development of ex-Christians!]
So since I apparently have followers now despite making one (1) post ever lol folks imma ghost imma poltergeist and theres no exorcising me now
anyways I have a question. So, I do ceramics, yes like pottery, yes like bowls and plates and stuff, yes like the glaze your own ceramic unicorn/moon/dragon stores except unlike those of you who’ve visited those stores after the age of 15 I am not a coward and make my own shit.
But ANYWAYS I made a pot that looks kind of like the one in the background of
THIS \/ photo
So I personally am not a person of color unless italian counts i think emphasis on think I have not studied my family history extensively.
but I was going to try making a lid for that pot that would be shaped and look like a cobra that had risen from a coil and was ready to strike. I was going to call it snake charmer.
BUT THEN I had the thought ‘is that name racist’ ‘ is that a stereotype?!’ ‘is the idea of a ”snake charmer” a negative stereotype’ ‘would this be super racist to name something’
so please help me out here I have no idea if i should
— a) scrap the lid idea and go with like an octopus or something
— b) try my best (very possibly will fail)
so tell me how you feel about the idea folks I don’t want to offend people I’ve got nothing against.
If BIWOC readers, nonbinary BIPOC readers, plus size readers, and any readers who don't fit conventional beauty standards could survive years reading fanfiction that only featured white women, y'all can handle reading fanfiction with BIWOC, nonbinary BIPOC, plus sized, etc. leads!
