@joannarakoff.bsky.social
Margaret Qualley played me in the movie. https://www.instagram.com/joannarakoff/
I think of it as a contemporary classic! β€οΈ
22.01.2025 19:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You are going to love, even as it shreds your heart.
22.01.2025 19:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yeh, I originally wrote four times this much, then stripped it down to its essence; there is so, so much more to say on this subject!!
22.01.2025 19:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More relevant and urgent every single day over these next four years. Oy.
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Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterdayβs βexecutive order.β Recommend Martha Jonesβs book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.
21.01.2025 14:38 β π 3616 π 760 π¬ 87 π 31The purpose of yesterday was to frighten us to submitting in advance. I have my freedom of speech and I will use it here and everywhere else I exist online to make my voice heard. No oligarch, no president will silence me. So, be prepared for more Latinx books just as soon as my mourning ends, okay?
21.01.2025 13:12 β π 19650 π 1891 π¬ 275 π 56Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
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My latest column for @janeratcliffe.bsky.social on why some books become huge and others mysteriously do not, and includes a list of favorites that deserve a much wider audience, from @joannahershon.bsky.social & @laurensandler.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
Homeboy stopped the wrong lady
(H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )
If youβre still figuring out holiday gifts, you might find my first ever gift guide helpful? Or fun? Or both? open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...
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Really all that is keeping me sane right now: My giant poodle.
16.11.2024 19:56 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Libraries need to reclassify 1984 from fiction to nonfiction.
15.11.2024 18:28 β π 16674 π 1676 π¬ 470 π 92What I would quite like please is for somebody to write the rest of my book for me. Not in a ghost-writing cheaty way, just in a physically lifting my fingers onto the keyboard and slapping me every time I think about wandering into the kitchen.
Applicants welcome.
The best. Or as my kids would say: So satisfying.
16.11.2024 19:52 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If anyoneβs looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. Itβs owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.
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