She/her. Liberal. Feminist. Bookworm. Gen-X. Let's talk about books and the theme to One Day at a Time. Or something.
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I am aware that my mother allowing me to read whatever I wanted with no questions isn't ideal, but considering what all I read, comments like this crack me up. It'll be okay. Every iteration of WoZ is disturbing, BTW.
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I supported new RHONY, but I think they lost me. #WWHL
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Sexiest Man Alive has run it's course. It's not a title you can announce and then then people talk about it around the water cooler, but a topic people will state their feelings about to a diverse audience.
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The mayor considered himself a married man even though Edna May was long gone. No way would he be on the Trump train.
As a middle aged gay man who adores Buffy, lemme tell you just how fucking stupid you have to be to think any Buffy character but Warren or Caleb would’ve voted for that man.
The Mayor and Glory wouldn’t have even tolerated his bullshit.
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Rowling saying she's anti-authoritarian while passing judgement on the configuration on everyone's everyone's genitals, and wanting to pass laws to match her obsession, is wildly lacking in basic self knowledge.
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I think I'm most concerned with the "I Just Read for Fun Girls" not realizing that every time they hold up fairy smut they're doing something unfathomable to women just a few generations back. You get to express being sexual, even kinky, and you don't understand the privilege?
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If people had heeded the warning, you might have been. I find myself wondering if dystopian fiction changes anything. We talk about the clairvoyance of authors like you and Octavia Butler, and Suzanne Collins, instead of making you all look delusional. Car crashes in slow-mo.
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Women already goddamn know what men find attractive and when they do a different thing it's for their own pursuit of happiness. Sometimes it's meant to be repellent, most of the time it's just a full human being with hopes and wants and desires living a life.
ALT Screenshot of an idiot responding to pictures of a woman with well-muscled thighs with advice on what men find attractive -- slim, delicate and cute.
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I own a restaurant. Trump's first time around the cook was discussing a recipe online and got into an argument over politics where the person was just so mean. I stepped in and told him the recipe he mocked was for a charity event and asked if this is who he raised his sons 🧵
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What's the deal with Stephen King? expertbooksmuggler.com/2024/… via @samthesmuggler
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The girl who thinks they're going to be $10, with the comment section of other bobble heads agreeing? What we've learned is the portion of the community reading the fantasy novels about revolution are unaware of how to avoid a dystopia and are insistent 🧵
There was one who said they voted for Trump because he'd bring back mass paperback books. There's some special Individuals out there.
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I've always supported people reading what they want, and taking it only as seriously as they want, but my new stance is you need to at least pick up on the major themes and every 3rd or 4th books really pay attention ... for the good of democracy. Damn.
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Be sympathetic because sympathy is the proper response. Women don't say these things without a mountain of bad past experiences. You don't have to reinforce her skepticism, you don't have to be her next bad experience, all because she didn't single you out for special praise.
stop saying "all men" it's that simple. Because every single one of those "all men are trash" or "id choose the bear" posts adds up and are seen by guys who would otherwise be potentially sympathetic to a feminsit political project, especially if it was tied to economic leftism
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White women who align with white men know the bargain: to be good little pets and then borrow some power as a reward, try to extend your use and value as long as possible. Don't think about who you betrayed. After the votes are cast, it's masks off for the rest, though.
Marie, you get to have your feelings & be sad. So many of us are sad. You can't go to the people who have the most at risk and the biggest reason to be scared and angry for your comfort. These are the people who didn't just volunteer this year but who were born into the fight.🧵
Ellie, there are so many white people like me, a woman, who joined this work for the first time ever this year. Thousands and thousands of us. Please don’t make us feel invisible and unwanted. We tried, we really did. We need to keep building community and bring others in.
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I'm hoping for the doubling down, but singling for more than 2 weeks would also be swell. Genuinely, how does publishing look at plummeting literacy and not put up a fight by chasing the people who are the reason literacy is plummeting?
I see people talking about how publishing needs to double down and put out more books by marginalized people than ever before and lolololol. They’ve barely singled down.
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