J.C. Manto

J.C. Manto

@mantoldn.bsky.social

unapocalyptic designer, poet & librettist, who believes art is still cheaper than therapy. child of the moon. hobbit. cat lady. shakespeare nerd. theatre geek. perfume obsessed. cosplayer.

191 Followers 251 Following 109 Posts Joined Sep 2023
2 years ago
Post image

“And though she be but little, she is fierce.”
(A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

#ShakespeareSunday #WomensHistoryMonth  #EYESONRAFAH #BisanOwda

5 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image Post image Post image

Dearest readers, Penelope Featherington went to a ball last night, did not dance once, but shared a flask of Whisky with one James Fraser and one Lord John William Grey who, according to rumours exchanged more than just one awkward glance. Yours truly, Lady Whistledown

9 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

super bowl massacre

the media reports
hostages were
rescued in rafah
crowd cheers
obviously if you
advertise it well
you can slaughter
refugees live on
super bowl sunday
buffalo chicken wing
genocide
commercial law
well played
touchdown
rest in
silence

#SuperBowlMassacre #Rafah

3 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

Dear Israel Apologists:

5 1 0 0
2 years ago

Israel demanding that everyone condemn the Hamas attack is like a gang of people punching a man in the face over and over and then demanding that everyone condemn him for hurting their hands. The Hamas attack was the natural result of Israel's abuses upon the Palestinian people.

50 13 4 2
2 years ago
Post image

Throwback to when Chiyo and Curry were tiny. #Caturday

6 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

I did it. I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT. I finished reading a book. It’s been a while since I could. It’s still hard to focus and I still get distracted a lot but it felt so good to dive into words again and not sit in front of a screen. Baby steps. But steps.

9 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

I have long stopped doing New Year resolutions but I’ll be trying a detox January this year.

- No meat
- No sugar
- No shopping
- No TV

Instead I’ll be walking, reading, drawing and taking care of myself. I need it.

7 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

But, soft! what day is this?
RJ 3.4
#ShakespeareSunday

8 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“Time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons.”
(As You Like It)

#ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho

8 1 0 0
2 years ago
Katze sitzt vor Fernseher und blickt Boromir in die Augen.

"Gib Frodo den Ring zurück! Miau!"

4 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“and sing the merry songs of peace to all his neighbors”
(Henry 8)

Happy Christmas #ShakespeareSunday family! You’re what makes every Sunday merry! 🫶

5 1 0 0
2 years ago
Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying
BY NOOR HINDI
Colonizers write about flowers.
I tell you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks seconds before becoming daisies.
I want to be like those poets who care about the moon.
Palestinians don't see the moon from jail cells and prisons.
It's so beautiful, the moon.
They're so beautiful, the flowers.
I pick flowers for my dead father when I'm sad.
He watches Al Jazeera all day.
I wish Jessica would stop texting me Happy Ramadan.
I know I'm American because when I walk into a room
something dies.
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
When I die, I promise to haunt you forever.
One day, I'll write about the flowers like we own them.

I am reading Noor Hindi’s poems at the moment, she’s a palestinian american poet and her words are so powerful! 🇵🇸

1 1 0 0
2 years ago
Preview
40 Books to Understand Palestine In the last 38 days, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Another 190 have been killed by Israeli army fire and settler violence in the West Bank. Tens of t…

For all like me still in search of Christmas gifts or holiday reading, here’s a wonderful list of books to understand Palestine. Fiction, SciFi, Memoir, Poetry, Nonfiction, whatever you fancy. Support Palestinian writers and spread their stories! 🇵🇸

lithub.com/40-books-to-...

2 1 1 0
2 years ago
Post image

“Cry to be heard, as ’twere from heaven to earth”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday

5 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“Hey, Robin, jolly Robin”
(Twelfth Night)

#ShakespeareSunday #RobinWilliams

5 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday

4 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

Rewatching The Bear and I would do anything for her!
Also yes, that’s how we watch TV here. My cat’s a junkie.

5 0 0 0
2 years ago

Omg it’s awful!!!

3 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

6️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Wolf Brothers Goat Inspiration: Scent of MOUNTAINS’ DRESSES, DREAMS and OBSESSIONS.

I discovered this in a small perfumery in Trieste. I’m obsessed. It’s wild, deep and has a pleasant darkness. I’d f* a bear if he wore this. ;)

2 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

5️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: L’Artisan Parfumeur Passage D’Enfer Extreme Inspiration:
Hell’s Passage, made heavenly.

This is actually really good! I love incense perfume and there’s some lily underneath. Wouldn’t buy a bottle, but I enjoy it.

1 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

4️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Etat Libre d’Orange Experimentum Crucis Inspiration: Isaac Newton if he was hit by a rose instead.

Or thousands of roses. Rose perfumes just don’t work for me. It’s a nice one, but I can’t bear it. Gives me a rose headache.

3 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

3️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache. Inspiration: Philip Sava’s expedition to the Pacific Northwest.

Well, it’s really just pine, strawberry and smoke. Very comforting and warm. I get bonfire in the woods, a hug, a longing. Nice!

7 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“His beard was as white as snow”
(Hamlet)

#ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho60 #BernardCribbins

7 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

My baby girl is 9 months old already! 🥲

5 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

2️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Initio Rehab. Inspiration: “An ecstatic return to the pleasure of perfume.”

Idk. Rehab is pleasant enough, warm, spicy, but it’s not really anything beyond that. Like something from a drugstore shelf. Pretty. Good. But trivial.

2 1 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

1️⃣ Niche Perfume advent calender. Today’s probe: Schwarzlose Berlin Rausch by Véronique Nyberg. Inspiration: The ecstasy of a Berlin night.

Oud perfumes are a hit or miss on me. This one is a hit. It starts out very vanilla, then the full body of smoky, peppery oud wins! Love!

5 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Picture perfect London day, breakfast at Dishoom with my friend Nina, Guildhall Christmas Market, tea shopping and now off to Bridge Theatre to watch Guys and Dolls. One of the good days!

9 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image
1 0 0 0
2 years ago
Post image

“For Time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand,”
(Troilus and Cressida)

#ShakespeareSunday #SixFeetUnder

7 1 0 0