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Kendra Bean

@kendrabean.bsky.social

Photography curator. Film lover. Voracious reader. Occasional writer. Author of books on Vivien Leigh and Ava Gardner 🍷 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ β€”> πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ https://linktr.ee/kjbreads

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Every photo of this man projects β€œmean dumb asshole” which is exactly what you’re looking for in a Librarian of Congress

13.05.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 885    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 3
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Lunchtime reading: THE HEARING TRUMPET by Leonora Carrington. Delightfully bizarre.

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13.05.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Mother’s Day!

11.05.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️

30.04.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just

18.03.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 38
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My 6-yo grandniece always asks me if whoever I am showing her a video of has died. When I showed her Gene Kelly doing the barn dance routine from SUMMER STOCK β€˜50, she asked me if he died. I said, yes, and she replied β€œhe probably danced too hard”

20.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a great read!

13.03.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished this little gothic gem this evening. I need more Caroline Blackwood books in my life. Thank you to @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social for the copy

πŸ“šπŸ’™ #booksky #nyrbassics

13.03.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t threaten me with a good time! I loved VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito πŸ”ͺ

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13.03.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this for you, my friend! β™₯οΈπŸ“š

11.03.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved Master and Margarita!

06.03.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that!

02.03.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finishing up BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA by Dorothy Allison. Heartbreaking but full of fighting spirit. Bone is such a great character.

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02.03.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The look on Zelenskyy’s face when Trump says β€œthey respect me” is *chef’s kiss*🀌

28.02.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5373    πŸ” 1225    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 94

While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.

28.02.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10619    πŸ” 1601    πŸ’¬ 454    πŸ“Œ 111

Wow - we got access to rare earth minerals and all we had to give up was our global reputation

26.02.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1841    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 16

How interesting!

25.02.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the author is British but just lives in Spain πŸ€”

25.02.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t threaten me with a good time! I expected VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito to be dark and bloody but I did not expect it to be funny as well. A razor sharp (pun intended) gothic satire of classism and the country estate in Victorian England. A+. No notes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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24.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can’t forget BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Burtino. Don’t sleep on this one, guys, it’s so good!

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17.02.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some books I have read and enjoyed recently:

LETTERS TO THE PURPLE SATIN KILLER by Joshua Chaplinsky

MARGO’S GOT MONEH TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe

RAZORBLADE TEARS by @blacktopkid.bsky.social

FINDING ME by Viola Davis

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17.02.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got that one on my shelf!

14.02.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a great book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@blacktopkid.bsky.social

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13.02.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all By omitting the tragic story behind Felix GonzΓ‘lez-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is setting a perilous precedent, warns art scholar Ignacio Da...

Felix Gonzalez-Torres β€˜Portrait of Ross in LA’ represents his lover’s weight (in sweets) before AIDS took its toll.
Each day, as visitors help themselves to sweets, the weight drops, only to be replaced by the museum, granting a longevity denied to Ross.
Heartbreaking.
www.out.com/gay-news/fel...

28.01.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik

Heartbreaking. Inexcusable. Infuriating.

27.01.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3471    πŸ” 805    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 55

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghey, Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh, and Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.

27.01.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I loooove that book!

26.01.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sociopath by Patric Gagne!

24.01.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So far, so good!

23.01.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Currently reading: EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh

#booksky πŸ“šπŸ’™ #nowreading

23.01.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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