WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE by Faridah ΓbΓkΓ©-ΓyΓmΓdΓ© (2024)
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- an equal parts absorbing, satisfying, & infuriating dark academia mystery/thriller about co-ed private boarding schools, the dynamics of privilege, found family, & systemic misogyny.
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- an equal parts absorbing, satisfying, & infuriating dark academia mystery/thriller about co-ed private boarding schools, the dynamics of privilege, found family, & systemic misogyny.
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HOLLOW by Taylor Grothe (2025)
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- a dark but powerful look at the (young adult) Autistic experience & the search for belonging, community, mothering, love, & acceptance as oneβs true, whole self.
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- a dark but powerful look at the (young adult) Autistic experience & the search for belonging, community, mothering, love, & acceptance as oneβs true, whole self.
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YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, IT'S YOU! by Emma R. Alban (2024)
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- more dreamy Victorian worldbuilding, witty, relatable & lovable characters, themes of progressive politics, feminism, queer love, & found family, with lotsss of delectable spice!
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- more dreamy Victorian worldbuilding, witty, relatable & lovable characters, themes of progressive politics, feminism, queer love, & found family, with lotsss of delectable spice!
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Agassi just coached De Minaur to his first victory over Zverev in their last eight matches? & Fritz to his first win over Alcaraz AND a world number one ever? Thatβs probably not insignificant, yeah? #LaverCup
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WHAT HUNGER by Catherine Dang (2025)
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.75 - The creeping pace, nauseating imagery, rage, trauma & pain all weave together to make this one of the darkest, cruelest, & most effective slow burn literary horror novels I've ever read.
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.75 - The creeping pace, nauseating imagery, rage, trauma & pain all weave together to make this one of the darkest, cruelest, & most effective slow burn literary horror novels I've ever read.
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Ominous: Trump and Stephen Miller are very clearly working to acclimate Americans to the spectacle of US troops in US cities, to the idea of the military carrying out domestic enforcement on US citizens.
Harrowing stuff from @vermontgmg.bsky.social in this exchange:
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No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
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Don't be too fast of a learner, or too slow. Don't have any disabilities! Don't daydream. Don't socialize. Don't get bored. Don't get upset. Don't have questions. Don't think.
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Bahaha just caught up on the Medvedev match. I love that guy sm. His relationship with NYC fans is really something special to see in sports. Iβm HIGHLY highly sus of anyone who says otherwise.
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This is the rhetoric of dictators β across time & geography β that freedom (for some) must be sacrificed for security, reinforcing the power of the regime. Instead of engaging in fights about crime rates, the opposition to this madness needs to hammer on this authoritarian frame over & over again.
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RED PAINT by Sasha taqΚ·Ε‘Ιblu LaPointe (2022)
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.5 - an unflinching, vulnerable, honest, & hopeful examination of modern Indigenous womanhood, queer identity, family history, love, & art through the authorβs life experiences.
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LITTLE ROT by Akwaeke Emezi (2024)
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- gorgeous & gritty, exploring the psychology of evil, class violence, yearning, corruption, power, & the lines of morality & maintained values in the face of survival, soulloss, or death.
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- gorgeous & gritty, exploring the psychology of evil, class violence, yearning, corruption, power, & the lines of morality & maintained values in the face of survival, soulloss, or death.
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DEAR GOD, DEAR BONES, DEAR YELLOW by Noor Hindi (2022)
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- raw, devastating, contemporary poetry collection focusing on anti-Palestinian racism, genocide, land-left, & the strong desire to just go home.
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- raw, devastating, contemporary poetry collection focusing on anti-Palestinian racism, genocide, land-left, & the strong desire to just go home.
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Itβs Amuly from all your favorite fanfic. PhD in Philosophy (Plato expert, yo), unionist, comic book whiz, covered bridge pervert. Mid-30s. archiveofourown.org/users/Dr_Amuly
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