Gabrielle Hecht • 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella

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Well that’s straightforward! Thanks!

*ofc “fit” also coded fem. From my POV, I issued a flat “i will pull my book” refusal. Zero concession

In hindsight, a risky move for a 1st book. But my loathing of pink frills took over control of my probably autistic brain

(it’s a challenge getting prezzies for 🏳️‍⚧️ daughter who LOVES frills)

Congratulations!

Cis woman here (would’ve been nonbinary had it been an option) Misogynists hate me bc I’m loud & assertive. My 1st book was on history of French nukes—male-coded topic, esp in 1998

1st cover design: swirly font, pink. For NUKES. Had to have a full blown fit* to get it changed

I just crashed, but will put this on the list!

Awesome! I will look it up and try to learn because I just LOVE that expression

Just looked up Zardoz. Despite the casting of Charlotte Rampliing, herself an icon, there is truly no competition. 2001 monoolith wins

I don’t know Zardoz. But that monolith has never left my head since the first time I saw the film, age 10-11.

This whole time, since 2016 (if not longer) this guy has been the fisherman’s wife, asking for more each time the fish came back. She
made it to pope. Then she wanted to be god and the fish was like, NOPE, and returned her to her hovel.

Just saying.

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

guys. i spent 24 hours traveling south-north followed by 10 hours warscrolling in fury. I need to turn off now. Please tell me it's okay, and that no lives will be saved by my continuing to read the news and the takes

200 people. The world’s twin super villains have already killed 200 people in Iran.

Here's a game. Pick an article, any articles, from The Onion Archives and see if it's come true already

I'm contributing to that go fund me

Guess he didn't pray hard enough

Suffice it to say that AI image generation means we should all be incredibly careful right now

Murdering civilians overseas is not a distraction, it's not about money or airtime or domestic policy or the crimes of individuals. It's war crimes. It matters enough of its own to say stop without refocusing on anything else.

No, this is not the issue today.
The Iranian regime is dreadful, but today Iranian men, women and children are being slaughtered by Israel and the US in a grossly illegal and immoral war. That's what we must focus on.

STOP MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR ILLEGAL WARS

"This does not need a remedy, this does not need a balm, this needs an ending,"

Dionne Brand

America will kill and starve anyone it can. In here, out there. We do death. Our #1 exported good & the only thing they give citizens for free. Death, death, death. So many reasons for it. And we're all terrified so we keep buying more death to protect ourselves with...

Bah, no such thing as a perfect strategy. In the right mood, it could be a blast. I threw myself a 2-hour block party a few days ago and it was glorious

At least score a missile strike against the Whi… (checks notes) …Mar-a-Lago.

We’re begging you

Hmm…

The year is 2055. Benjamin Netanyahu is in his 47th year as Prime Minister of the Only Democracy in the Middle East (TM). The US and Israel begin draining the atmosphere of oxygen to send to Elon Musk's colony of billionaires on Mars. "Israel has the right to defend itself," says President Barron.

There is such a thing as criminally stupid. At all scales.

Still image from Al Jazeera footage of explosions from missions that hit Dubai today.

I will never get used to images of explosions and bombs on streets I once walked with my students.

It’s such a nauseating feeling every time, regardless of what country is being targeted or what country does the targeting.

YAAASSSSSSSS

“The war continues working, day and night.
It inspires tyrants
to deliver long speeches
awards medals to generals
and themes to poets
it contributes to the industry
of artificial limbs
provides food for flies
adds pages to the history books
achieves equality
between killer and killed”

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