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Assistant editor at Greystone Books. Artsy, nerdy, and homosexual; book, movie, and musical theatre geek ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ“š

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โ€œitโ€™s not TECHNICALLY a genocide bc according to THIS definit-โ€œ hey just curious can you at all hear yourself or

09.08.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 296    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of Tom Lehrer

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

27.07.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28341    ๐Ÿ” 4774    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 835    ๐Ÿ“Œ 690
A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked

14.05.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17246    ๐Ÿ” 2896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 415    ๐Ÿ“Œ 549

A big day for Catholic trauma everywhere ๐Ÿฅฐ

08.05.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working hard at the book factory ๐Ÿค“

24.04.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€

22.04.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t understand people who watch The White Lotus and then say โ€œI want to stay in that hotelโ€

07.04.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A handsome lil editor wearing a turtleneck

A handsome lil editor wearing a turtleneck

Feeling editorial, feeling chic

29.03.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Listening to podcast episodes from early 2024 and itโ€™s like hanging out with friends who have no ideaโ€”absolutely no ideaโ€”how bad things are right now. Itโ€™s lovely

20.03.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Being gay is great until it involves dating men ๐Ÿ™„

17.03.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Completely illegal under UN and NATO laws to threaten another country like this, but apparently no politician in the US cares ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

12.03.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been waiting for this tweet since you started the season ๐Ÿ˜… I reacted the same way

02.03.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anything more specific than โ€œHeyโ€ should be taken as a compliment!

14.02.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How do you describe book publishing to people who have no connection to it and only a passing interest. Iโ€™ll get us started: an industry full of straight white women called Katy, and a smattering of gay men.

09.02.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

the woke left? without saying goodbye????

29.01.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Copy of The Canterbury Tales.

Copy of The Canterbury Tales.

Loads of spelling mistakes in this.

23.01.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10860    ๐Ÿ” 985    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 500    ๐Ÿ“Œ 135
A woman from the song โ€œSupercalifragilisticexpialidociousโ€ in Mary Poppins, notable for playing the tambourine using both her hands and her husbandโ€™s head

A woman from the song โ€œSupercalifragilisticexpialidociousโ€ in Mary Poppins, notable for playing the tambourine using both her hands and her husbandโ€™s head

Sure, Dick Van Dyke turned 99 today, but what about this diva? Is anybody checking in on her?

14.12.2024 05:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mulholland Drive is just The Wizard of Oz for adults ๐Ÿ˜Œ

25.11.2024 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These lyrics in Wicked about โ€œcelebrated heads of stateโ€ hit different in 2024:

Did they have brains or knowledge?
Donโ€™t make me laugh
They were popular

24.11.2024 05:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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