Emmett Bartholomew

#bsueng490 i checked all the books out through Libby or MPL! Don’t feel like you have to buy the book. I wasn’t sure if audiobooks would work for me for a classroom, but I liked them and recommend ppl checking them out. I got most of my class readings done while driving lol

#bsueng490 my partner heard me listening to this this morning and got really really excited. It was a good one!! They said they love a story about turning into animals and I am inclined to agree. Ever seen Tusk? Speaking of terrifying body horror

#BSUENG490 Im excited to see this finale! So far Im thinking I could make a strong argument about this being a story about gender discovery and gender dysphoria. But maybe the ending will totally flip this on its head. Let’s see!!

Dang maela… remember us when you’re famous

#bsueng490 film started w her dancing on cars and a traditional freedom song was playing

#bsueng490 there’s an old wives tale that if you shave hair, it’ll grow back thicker and darker. Don’t think it’s actually true but correct me if I’m wrong. He’s trying to make Alexia Adrien by shaving what’s not there to make it grow in. He knows she’s not him, but he’s making her him

#bsueng490 not saying I totally get it but like I too let out a breath of relief and stopped feeling murderous rage when I shaved my head, started binding, and found genuine connection w other dudes. Maybe Alexia just needed to transition!!

#bsueng490 purple lighting bc it’s a mix of traditionally masculine- smoking, working, shooting the shit, and all that is feminine- caring for each other, dancing, sharing

Well now I regret saying anything

#bsueng490 not important to the plot but this girl is really pretty

#bsueng490 sons, daughters… don’t matter. Dads really don’t know how to talk to their kids in this movie huh

It’s on prime btw

#BSUENG490 Yall ever seen swarm? Dre and Alexia have very similar journeys lol

Yes! She only suffocates a woman, she’s stabbed all the men. She took the effort to chase the woman down the stairs instead of just shoving her down. She wants to feel the kill with women, but she doesn’t care about it w men #BSUENG490

#bsueng490 hey transmasc rule #1 is DONT BIND LIKE THAT lmao

Forgot about the missing kid thing!!!

Not that sexual abuse makes you violent but that oftentimes those who were abused don’t have the best coping mechanisms. And he’s a doctor ? Could be a part of it

#bsueng490 I have a theory that, besides the car accident, her father and her have a deep secret between the two of them. I think he probably sexually abused her and that’s why she’s so violent

need to know if she cleans the hair pin between... uses #BSUENG490

#bsueng490 bisexual is when you’re attracted to men, women, and cars

#BSUENG490 the death stares between parent and child remind me a lot of We Need To Talk About Kevin

#BSUENG490 I think I will come back to Freshwater and Skin Folk many times over. Freshwater really inspired me in terms of what I want to write. I think auto-fiction is really enticing to me. And specifically how they write it. Skin Folk has been really impactful so far but I want to dive in deeper!

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#BSUENG490 I agree completely! I have been obsessed with The Substance since seeing it. These stories are definitely two sides of the same “women are held to bananas unrealistic beauty and gender expectations …. And it gets really gross” here’s a good video essay abt it lol youtu.be/-kARVRt-p6w?...

#BSUENG490 when she said she thought the stretch marks were “almost beautiful” 💔 when I was a teenage girl, all my friends and I really struggled with our stretch marks and especially how high they came up on our bellies. Luckily, I think my friend group really embraced them, but this one’s PERSONAL

#BSUENG490 so those are some quite literal transformations! I liked how the first one was about how to fix a marriage through kink and vulnerability and the next one was like… murdering your abusive husband! Also the name “Precious” makes me think of another story centering on abuse… coincidence??

#BSUENG490 I felt this one HARD. Principle 7- making your own “good life” has been my own killjoy manifesto. My family didn’t believe in good, queer life and didn’t think trans people could be “normal”, until I was queer and trans and relatively “normal” and yeah that killed some joy for sure.

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#BSUENG490 well I’ll be positive about Snake. I like that it was called Snake but had all this bird imagery. I thought that was really interesting, as an amateur birder lol check out the Merlin Bird ID app it’s soooo cool apps.apple.com/app/id773457...

#BSUENG490 the scene describing washing all the otjize off of her and then describing herself as feeling “naked” has really stuck with me. I don’t know why, but I loved this passage in the lake. I agree with Aly about how perfect the ending was. This might be my favorite book so far but ❤️the wonder❤️

#BSUENG490 “Yet even the form our creativity takes is often a class issue” reminded me of how white people have kinda co-opted Black music genres even though it came out of race and class struggle and has historically been seen as a “lesser” art form. Beyoncé’s been snubbed for HOW many Grammies? 😵‍💫

#BSUENG490 I can tell I’m really going to like Binti. I’m pretty sure I stopped at the right place but I was listening to the audiobook so no spoilers but when it asks her why she wears the clay on her face for the third time and she just says “because it’s beautiful????” LOL like obviously?????