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Page from Emma by Jane Austen

POV: you are swooning over the kindness of a character construct 211 years on ✨📚 #mrknightley #booksky

My favourite T-shirt. 2006 and still going.

It’s a witch hunt to intimidate all women and to stoke division and fear. Most cis women aren’t hyper feminine in their appearance and those women are about to find that out, ‘I saw Goody Proctor!’ vibes incoming.

Wow. Relatable.

Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.

a man in a suit and tie is walking through a doorway while two other men applaud behind him ALT: a man in a suit and tie is walking through a doorway while two other men applaud behind him

Me walking out of a movie finding out that Viktor Orbán got his ass voted out:

If this were played upon a stage now, I could
condemn it as an improbable fiction.

Come on then, and remove him.

I really must go to bed and read so that I can wake up early enough to have time to read. 📚✨

Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section A county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books.

“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said…

“Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement.

Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...”

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Sweet treats and well intentioned words 📚✨ #booksky

Biphobia is sending our community back into the closet — here’s what we can do ‘Has the bisexual “trend” started to reverse?’ – no, any decrease just reflects how much harder it is becoming to be out as bisexual

“The more visible we’ve become, the louder the backlash and the sharper the retreat.”

Agree, but vegan and plant based are being used synonymously. Which is maybe why ‘ethical’ is being attached to discriminate between the two. No one wants to ask for the ‘plant based Victoria sponge’ and they are not separating themselves from the food they’re eating.

I think it refers to vegan for health benefits vs vegan for ethical motivations. Both are beneficial but only one is motivated by reducing suffering, climate change etc.

I do see that partner is probably the least problematic (my sensible suggestions aside).

Facts. I also hate ‘partner’. ‘Lengthy acquaintance’ or ‘current shag’ would be acceptable terms.

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I pulled my teenager up yesterday and and she said ‘wow, you’re strong’ and I said ‘yeah, I work out’.

Sunday morning is reading morning ✨📚🫶 #booksky

London march latest: Half a million people protest as far right ‘intimidated away’ Organisers describe rally as ‘biggest demonstration ever against far right’

Huge anti-far right march in London today; hope not hate 🫶 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Black text on white background: You’re on your own, kid. Yeah, you can face this.

bodies that don't conform get policed regardless. cis women get "are you sure you're really a woman" too the second they're inconvenient. the target was never trans people specifically. it's anyone who doesn't perform femininity on command.

Black text on white background: Our secret moments in a crowded room.

‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness

“We’re so easily manipulated into thinking that strangers are dangerous. The people who are dangerous are the people who are telling us that strangers are dangerous.”

A timely reminder: we need to challenge the insitutionalised racism and violent racists that thrive under our fascist politics.

Reading increases empathy but also critical thinking skills. Research shows that political leftists are higher in empathy and more likely to go to university, thus increasing their ability to analyse, evaluate, synthesise, and critically navigate the political landscape.

This is my cat.