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I literally do not care what anyone thinks in my 40’s I AM FUNNY.

lol imagine having a retirement in this economy.

Like, had I an abled body, I would be out checking on my neighbors & helping them where I could. But these folks spend all day being retired & shaking their heads & wagging their finger in my direction instead of simply asking, “how can I help?” I really hate this hostility, it keeps me inside.

I just realized why I feel so threatened by my centrist to right leaning neighbors— their obsession with showing off their money, influence, family support, & ABLED BODIES while I, a single disabled mom, had to mow her own lawn through leukemia treatment and is expected to remove snow & LEAVES?!? BS

Omg disabled hands and typos lololol

The world of bookselling has seriously changed so much in recent years that I could hardly recognize it when I came back after nine months of leukemia treatment. I’ve always curated for browsers, but now we live in a different place and I still can’t seem to catch up. #BringBackBrowsing #Briwsing

Me: Time for one more good college try.

Small Business Saturday: how about a terrible winter storm.

Me: 🏳️🏳️🏳️

Crying in an empty bookstore is my newest of job duties.

“Your queer safe space is so important to our city” ok pay me then.

Throwing away an entire weekend of sales to preserve what little ‘mental health’ I have remaining.

I couldn’t bring myself to pander like a dying orphan to all of my followers in order to get chance at a life saving $500 bonus from J Patty. I haven’t gotten the bonus since before I had cancer hahaha. The irony. #Bookseller #Problems #HolidayBonus

Fair, but I hope to help contribute to its popularity however I can. You’ve been such a beacon in the storm for me. Thank you for finding me. I’m going to try to bd here more, I just don’t know… how to be.

Hell yeah buddy. I am actually going to see about nabbing myself a copy first for when it comes out, because I too am a slow reader with a massive TBR library hahaha. Nothing beats holding your pal’s work in your hands fresh off the presses. 🥰 When will we know literally anything about a US release?

Stupid tariffs.

Buddy I have not been the best, but I am still chomping at the bit to get my hands on your book soon! Put a good word in for my lil shop if your pub has an ARC! I feel like I’m in a constant state of STUCK in a post-cancer haze. It has been a long road to good enough.

Likewise. We have every kindness lined up, no questions asked. Time to receive again.

Had. I haven’t HAD the fortitude.

Big hugs Stu. I haven’t have the fortitude to be around here lately. The news is constant and unavoidable as is. Been thinking of you! 💕😭

Friend, that was one of the biggest slog fests of my life.

Oh my goodness, you are the sweetest, thank you love! That’s me dancing with the skeleton from Halloween last year hahaha! It’s totally ok that you can’t invest much or often. Look at this lol *gestures broadly at everything* I get it. Your heart is beautiful.

The cognitive dissonance of being alive.

Leaning In to State Violence - Sophie Lewis interviewed by Aya Gruber - Inquest In ‘Enemy Feminisms,’ philosopher Sophie Lewis engages with the feminism of racists, colonizers, fascists, cops, and jailers to better understand what a truly liberatory politics needs to look like.

"When feminist struggles enter phases of rapprochement with the state, they throw Indigenous, 'deviant,' Black, sexualized, sex-working women and other gender minorities under the bus." @reproutopia.bsky.social talks with Aya Gruber about truly abolitionist feminism.

Queer bookstore owner here. I’m starting to hear that people are scared to come here now. I can see it in the numbers. I sure could use some love right now. My heart is being broken into a thousand pieces to have survived #leukemia for this. Shop, donate, share, cry, etc just idk HELLO I AM HERE. 😭

How to report ICE

SALUTE acronym with instructions

An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.

A war against Chicago? An absolute disgrace from a traitor to America.

#ProudBlue
Chicago!! Heads up!

Screenshot of two tweets from Matt Walsh’s verified Twitter account (@MattWalshBlog). First tweet (17 hours ago): “It’s time to have a national conversation about common sense restrictions on transgenders.” The tweet has 1.3K comments, 3.8K retweets, 42K likes, and 1M views. Second tweet (18 hours ago): “It wasn’t all that long ago that anyone who identified as the opposite sex would be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. Does anyone at this point seriously think that our current approach is an improvement?” The tweet has 666 comments, 1.9K retweets, 21K likes, and 362K views.

First tweet is by Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles), reposted by Christopher F. Rufo. It reads: “For the good of society and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this delusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely—the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.” The tweet has 816 comments, 2.4K retweets, 17K likes, and 379K views. Second tweet is by Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo), 20 hours ago: “The trans cult hatched such an enormous propaganda campaign, that, for a number of years, they were able to obscure an obvious truth: pumping kids full of synthetic hormones, while telling them they can change from boy to girl, will only end in tragedy or disaster.” The tweet has 878 comments, 1.5K retweets, 9.2K likes, and 120K views. Third tweet is also by Christopher F. Rufo, 20 hours ago: “We should now put to rest the libertarian delusion that transgenderism is a matter of ‘personal choice,’ or ‘live and let live.’ It’s an ideology that has done grave damage to millions of Americans, and has unleashed a nihilistic wave of violence on our society. Enough.” The tweet has 921 comments, 1.5K retweets, 9.6K likes, and 293K views.

People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people.

These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.

This is so kind of you, thank you. The perks of a one woman show is if you’re sick, you don’t make money and some people even get mad at you and leave you poor reviews.

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