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I'm Sarah from Smart Bitches, and I like Trashy Books | Daily SBTB email: http://bit.ly/SBTB-feed | Reviews, Cover Snark, & Recs: http://sb-tb.com |

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Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d ago

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Smart Bitches@smartbitches.bsky.social · 2w ago

I hate Gen AI. With functional regulation and oversight, I'd support Gen AI for children in film and television because the entertainment industry has demonstrated that it really cannot be trusted with children.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 2w ago

My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror

What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.

karenattiah.substack.com

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Kathy, Ich am lost," Ich seyde, Thogh Ich knewe she was sleepinge, "Ich am hollowe and hurtinge And knowe not whefor." Countinge the cars On the New Jerseye turnpike -- Thei have all come To looke for America

C. L. Polk@clpolk.com · 2w ago

Hey nobody told me this was happening BUT LIBRO.FM HAS EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END ON HUGE DISCOUNT AND I HAVE EARNED OUT ON THIS AUDIOBOOK SO THAT'S HEADED FOR MY POCKETS Did I mention it won a nebula award and its a USA Today bestseller and January laVoy is the narrator? libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Even Though I Knew the End Audiobook on Libro.fm

C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the lov...

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Smart Bitches@smartbitches.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're traveling back to July 1992 to check out the new releases in Romantic Times magazine. And, surprise! It's their 100th issue! GUESSSSSS who is on the cover. You'll never guess. Not ever. YES! Correct! It's the Urban Fantasy Belt!!!

The 100th issue of RT with shirtless Fabio with long and surprisingly puffy hair, jeans, and the Urban Fantasy belt. He's in front of a sunset and he's kinda glowing. The headline reads PURE READING PLEASURE! We've come a long way....
Joe Keenan@joekeenan.bsky.social · 2w ago

When I wrote for Frasier I never thought about what our apartment set was saying, except that Frasier was pretty posh and had a kitchen that rendered him inaudible to people six feet away. My niece Meaghan Roddy has thought about the set a *lot* and proves it in this terrific article for Dwell.

How "Frasier" Brought ’90s Minimalism to the Masses

The beloved sitcom’s set introduced audiences to a vision of wealth that was quietly sophisticated instead of gaudy—its showpiece Chihuly notwithstanding.

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Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Just clarifying, though this is not difficult to grasp: Anyone working on an industry project with a notorious transphobic bigot is OK with transphobic bigotry. The end.

@erinmhartshorn.bsky.social · 3w ago

I recently finished knitting a baby blanket. For a decent section of it, I listened to Olivia Waites's NOBODY'S BABY. My card for the parents includes the following two quotes (yes, I have the ebook, too — it's *good*).

Quote from Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite. "This must be why you brought a new baby gifts, I realized. You wrapped them in blankets because you wished you could wrap them in knowledge; you showered them with clothes and soft things because you couldn't shower them with the learned experience of your years and decades. It's why people liked handmade things for infants, even when those makes had faults."Quote from Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite. "One stitch each, every stitch a second, a single moment in time frozen in fiber. To give to an infant—because time was the real gift, passed from one generation to the next."
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3w ago

people with chronic pain warned us at the time but the criminalization of women and minority people’s pain after the opioid crisis is a public health disaster. I’ve had friends denied pain management after hysterectomies, dental extractions and broken bones.

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · 3w ago

After my c-section, I asked my ObGYN what care at home would look like and what sort of painkiller I'd be prescribed (so my husband could pick it up) and he said OTC Tylenol because by asking, I was "exhibiting drug seeking behavior."

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 4w ago

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?