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a mallard quacking happily. brown body, iridescent green head, bright yellow beak with black tip. fine looking gent.

me whenever somebody places an order

5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚

1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!

Italian Piazza by Giorgio de Chirico features an enigmatic and forlorn cityscape, employing deep shadows and stark architectural forms that evoke a sense of mystery and timelessness. The painting showcases Chirico's signature use of desolate, surreal environments, reflecting his influence on the metaphysical art movement.

Italian Piazza https://www.wikiart.org/en/giorgio-de-chirico/italian-piazza

"The Great Tower" by Giorgio de Chirico features an imposing, surreal structure set against a deep green sky, conveying a sense of mystery and timelessness. De Chirico, known for his metaphysical art, often explored themes of architecture and spatial distortion, inviting viewers to ponder the enigmatic silence of his painted worlds.

The Great Tower https://www.wikiart.org/en/giorgio-de-chirico/the-great-tower-1913

A graphic with a background photograph of a snowy barren mountain, an aurora in the sky above it. Text reads: Transmute: Winter Magic. A bundle of trans and nonbinary winter stories. Dec. 5 - Jan. 1. 7 stories, only $3 US! get yours on itch.io. Beside this is an outline of an e-reader, with the cover of the book To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh on the reader. The cover shows a man and a woman holding hands, walking through the snow toward a snow-covered pine forest.

Looking for some queer reads these holidays? Duck Prints Press is participating in the Transmute: Winter Magic bundle on itch.io. This bundle contains 7 wintery tales staring non-binary or transgender characters, by non-binary and transgender authors! Check it out: itch.io/b/3419/trans...

Poster text: Happy Bandcamp Day to all who celebrate. Buying an album on Bandcamp pays an artist about the same as streaming it every day for a year

#BandcampFriday 🔥

Queer Liberation Library's Holiday Wishlist Fundraiser! By Queer Liberation Library

You can take a peek at the titles on our wishlist, and if we can raise at least $5,000 by the end of the year, we'll be able to buy it all for you! Donate here! givebutter.com/ss1FZb

you know what to do! give some love to the artists under 1000!!! 💗

A simple graphic entitled "Let's Talk 'Death of the Author' a Duck Prints Press panel." Text indicates that the panel is on Saturday, December 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Bottom text reads "join patreon.com/duckprintspress for exclusive access." In the middle is clipart of a simple grave stone, with a quill pen in a bottom of ink on the stone face.

A graphic with text that reads, "Description: In 1967, Roland Barthes wrote the essay The Death of the Author, criticizing reliance on authorial intention as the ultimate means of deriving meaning from a work, emphasizing instead the importance of each individual reader’s interpretation. Since then, the field of literary criticism has widely expanded, and now it’s common to see a full spectrum of types of interpretation, from those in which the old style of authorial intention still retains supremacy on the end of the spectrum, to, on the other end, those in which authorial intention is entirely dismissed or ignored in favor of solely elevating reader interpretation. In this panel, we’ll discuss the original essay, our views of the importance of authorial intent, our views on the importance on reader interpretation, where our own views place us on the spectrum, and specific cases of “Death of the Author” that we have personally grappled with."

Our December Patreon panel (for backers $7/month+), we'll be talking about Death of the Author! If you're a not a backer, it's a great time to become one and get instant access to 15 panel recordings, 16 artworks, and almost 100 short stories - more added every month! www.patreon.com/c/duckprints...

Lena Gold - Radio [France, Synthpop, Chanson, Electronic] (1984)

Lena Gold - Radio [France, Synthpop, Chanson, Electronic] (1984)
https://redd.it/1mokzr0
https://youtu.be/7-SasqMkDcs

The nights are long,
The stars are bright,
Hear the bell's song,
It's Krampus Night!

Character designs of three cats. One orange cat stretching, one blue cat sitting, and one yellow cat laying down.

Car character designs

Open antique book showing the engraved frontispiece portrait of Phillis Wheatley on the left page. The right page reads: “MEMOIR AND POEMS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY, A NATIVE AFRICAN AND A SLAVE. ALSO, POEMS BY A SLAVE. THIRD EDITION. BOSTON, PUBLISHED BY ISAAC KNAPP, No. 25 Cornhill. 1838.” Beneath the main title is a short abolitionist verse beginning “Some view the sable race with scornful eye…”

Oval portrait engraving of Phillis Wheatley, a young Black woman, seated at a writing desk in profile. She wears a simple 18th-century dress with white neckerchief and cap, thoughtfully touching her chin with one hand while holding a quill pen over paper with the other. An inkwell and small book rest on the table. Surrounding the oval is the caption: “PHILLIS WHEATLEY, NEGRO SERVANT TO MR. JOHN WHEATLEY, OF BOSTON.”

Phillis Wheatley, first published African-American female poet, died #OTD in 1784.

Born in W. Africa, sold into slavery at 7 & one of the best-known poets in 18th-century America. Her achievements were a catalyst for the fledgling antislavery movement.

poetryfoundation.org/poets/philli... #poetry

Exactly!!

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If 100 people donated 10 USD, my fiancée would be forever free of her scam medical loan. She's getting harassing phone calls. She's barely able to pay for the bus to work.

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Do it for Link.

Also, cause book! Armand is seventeen cherub looking but mentally... (which was young for a man in Europe in the medieval and early modern period pre 1750 < bringing up gender here cause girls ‘legal age’ in all of European history until the 20th century is ‘whatever serves everyone else.) Yeah!!

Happy Friday! Let's celebrate with a merch drop! (I don't know if anyone really "celebrates" with a merch drop, but I'm excited)

Add Libraries to Your Vacation Plans Visit state libraries, presidential libraries, and more on your next holiday break

Visit state libraries, presidential libraries, and more on your next holiday break

If a writer ever says "it's a happy story" you're safe. You're all good, bro.

If a writer ever says "it has a happy ending" buckle up, buddy.

Since hunting season began, 76 wolves have been killed in MT and with over 3.5 months of the season still ahead, this number could rise even higher.

At the same time, ESA protections for wolves remain at risk, putting them in even greater danger. 📣It’s time to take action: https://bit.ly/3MgCU9i

Public Nuisance - Ecstasy [Sacramento, CA, USA ; Psychedelic Rock / Garage Rock] (1968/1969)

Public Nuisance - Ecstasy [Sacramento, CA, USA ; Psychedelic Rock / Garage Rock] (1968/1969)
https://redd.it/16bmgg7
https://youtu.be/bRx6hkST6RY

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS WRAPPED

You spent 100,000,000 minutes thinking about your Guy
You daydreamed 37 new Guys but didn't do anything with them
You spent 23 showers considering various whump scenarios for your Guy

Madoka lovingly embracing Homura, from Madoka Magica. They seem so happy. Caption reads: RESKEET THIS IMAGE TO / TO HELP AN TRANS PEOPLE sauce: pinterest.com/pin/7810999349254065/

hi pets, me and wife are scared but very close to living in a safe place, so we come here asking for mutual aid. any help is welcome.

ko-fi.com/tabymeow

my medical condition is a lot clearer since the schizophrenia diagnosis. i suffer from a pain disorder caused by trauma, and it's uncertain if +

there’s almost no genre of thread I love more than “I am reading Dracula for the first time and I did not expect any of what is happening here”

A screenshot of the commission menu page from my wesbite.

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Treat yourself to the ultimate self care day, sometimes it is a simple exfoliating shower, or a relaxing soak to can change your day.

Head over and get a membership package or a mystery spa package and load up on some bath bombs, soaps, body butters and more HERE : jumpyjellybeanbathbombs.com

Jean Luc Godard, French Director, Auteur and Pioneer of the French New Wave, born on this day.
#JeanLucGodard #BOTD

Jean-Luc Godard ~ Vogue UK September 1, 1965

drawing of a man laying on bed with an old school phone in hand. he has a speech bubble that says "I'm so confused~ is what i'm buying illegal?" the text on the page says "keep calling and writing until payment processor censorship is reversed. one call a day makes a difference! mastercard and visa's statements aren't good enough. let's keep up the pressure together!"

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵

how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org

info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.

roman military helped bring cats to Europe military roads helped the felines domesticate 2,000 years ago

the only troops I salute
o7