That gave me a lot of food for thought. Excellent presentation.

And don't get me started on being neurodivergent. I wasn't put in an asylum, but I always thought my struggles were a matter of poor character rather than how my brain worked differently.

I knew I didn't fit the gender binary sixty years ago. I just didn't have the language to explain it, and lived for many decades feeling alone.

I am opposed to ableism, no matter who it's directed at. But that could have been a compliment.

A reminder for these times.

I kicked my Amazon addiction in January. Not going back!

I think the problem is less Elon's dick as the fact that he is one.

Yeah, I keep telling MAGA people I feel sorry for them because they've been fed BS by people who don't care about them, and they've swallowed it.

Illustration: Essy May, New Yorker, 2016

"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."

- Ursula K. Le Guin, National Book Awards, 2014

The cover of a book called Red Shoes, featuring the face of a pale-skinned woman with purple hair, surrounded by jigsaw-puzzle-piece outlines.

Following the ugly death of a friend, young dancer Génet Shilling descends into strange underworlds, upending everything she thought was real...

www.amazon.com/Red-Shoes-Sa...

Barron's sake? He's 18 years old. She's not protecting him from anything. M hates the Donald, but she loves her pretty things. She's almost as bad as he is.

She has a podcast: Keeping Her Keys, that you might want to check out.

Please support bookshops.

Independent bookshops.

They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more.

But I think of it as paying for the experience.

The experience of browsing.

And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖
Fu** big corporations.

Let me know if you want to share some of that. She is my Guide.

That's why I say Happy Holidays. Even if you don't celebrate any of the religious or cultural ones, it's inclusive.