Lauren Lang

#booksky

American Tune Paul Simon · There Goes Rhymin' Simon · Song · 1973

I forgot how beautiful and heartbreaking this song is. Feels about right.

Welcome, again, to the Darkest Timeline.

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

Oh myyy…

You shouldn’t be allowed to celebrate Christmas if you hate people who seek refuge in a strange land so they can have a baby.

Nativity There will be time for the cross, the agony. But not today. Today, in the hay of a dark barn, go back before nails, before betrayal, before even the first word, the signs. Look: a woman is guarding a child from the dark and the cold and the soldiers. Why? Why would God be that powerless but to ask you whose child, whose beauty must die in briars before you change your life? —Joseph Fasano

Merry Christmas. No matter what we believe, this is a good time to reflect on what it means to be human, together.

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

Just about every friend who’s ever been on the market 😂

“Love is for the ones who love the work.” Literal chills.

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

BREAKING:

House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.

If a Civil War breaks out, meet me at the library.

They don’t know where, or what it is!

This is just gutting. Have you seen any discussion of how we do it?

Thou shalt stand up for trans people with everything we have.

Who’s with me?

And so rare, honestly. I felt this as a first-time parent and again as a remote worker looking for a public indoor place to BE that did not require me to spend money.

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It blew my mind -- there have been a lot of knockoffs of that "time onion" concept since, but it was the OG for me and so, so beautiful.

"Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future." - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas /5

They say that "whoever does not learn history is doomed to repeat it," but ironically some of the best lessons we have are ostensibly about worlds that have not yet come to pass. We can learn from them too. /4

Art has always been a ray of light in the shadows of authoritarianism, extremism, corruption, and hate. It is how many of us process the unconscionable — either in creation or in resonance with the creator so we know we are not alone. /3

When we don't teach literature or art or humanities, we lose so much knowledge about what it means to be a member of society and what we owe each other in this life. We lose empathy.

This is exactly what they want us to do. /2

Hello, dystopia! Here is how a recovering English teacher copes with grief: I'm going to take up a new habit of semi-regularly posting a quote from literature that feels fitting for how we got here (or how we get out). /1

Margaret Atwood. Everything she writes is incredible.

Just thought of this and it is happening

Not to be confused with Frozen on Ice, which haunts me a decade later.

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Someone tell Joe and Mika 🙄

I have so many friends FROM work, but I’m pretty sure working with loved ones would lead to Armageddon and/or divorce. 🤣