States with the lowest literacy rates shouldn’t be banning books, they should be reading them
Gaylestorming
@gaylestorming.bsky.social
Writer, reader, coffee drinker…dark brews & dark chocolate. A cozy horror creative searching for my place in the universe. 19th Annual Writer’s Digest poetry award winner 🏅 USAF Veteran https://www.gaylestorming.com
Anyone who has a working brain experiences pain when Trump speaks.
Secret wish - to be the Brundlefly on the wall of Katie Dippold’s memory palace. What must that be like?
Widows Bay Show
Alt: Widows Bay Show bonfire scene
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Writers are people who have imposter syndrome and main character syndrome at the same time
I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." - Hermann Hesse 🎨 Julia Tar
It's actually insane that we each have our own personal indoctrination/brainwash machine in the form of various algorithmic social media feeds scientifically tailored to our unique forensic profiles built from sensitive data about us that's stored on private databases owned by actual Bond villains
“Life always offers you a second chance. It is called tomorrow.” —Dylan Thomas Kaoru Yamada
The first half of 2026 gave us incredible horror movies starring women—here’s 10 recs including: ✨ Scream queen-packed sequel with Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton & Sarah Michelle Gellar ✨ Georgina Campbell’s funny sci-fi team-up ✨ Inde Navarrette’s genre-defining performance
"The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night." — Isabel Allende
My Haunted Little Free Library is stocked!! Just picked up a paperback copy of JAWS for summer horror readers
The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable
Really hard to imagine becoming a trillionaire and not wanting to immediately liquidate enough assets to give at least a few hundred billion to organizations making the world a better place.
