I just realized that I know at least three women married to a Justin.

Hello, my short story collection, Black Arts, comes out in 34 days. If you pre-order it, you will get 13 stories that play with form and genre delivered to your beautiful home. It's already a paperback, so you will actually want to carry it around and read it www.blackgarnetbooks.com/item/UhelvOr...

Black Arts by Megan Giddings | Black Garnet Books

The very first story collection from the critically acclaimed, visionary author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the CrossroadsOver three genre-busting novels, Megan Gidding...

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lol pretty sure someone i admire unfollowed me because of admitting to liking a horrible thing as a young person and like, okay, you do you, but i personally don't think pretending to not have liked the thing is better than just, like, repudiating the thing now?

I'm doing the thing if you have any interest in liking this post so I can do the thing! (aka: help me procrastinate)

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

"They want me. I can tell. I flush with pleasure. ... The Bachelor is nothing if not the height of normcore, and the producers letting me into the club is thrilling." In our latest, an excerpt from @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's "Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor." 🌹

The Bachelor and the Fantasy of Performance

In Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor, Ilana Masad imagines competing on the show, imaginary straightness and all.

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wrote about why dbt is good actually

Flaming Hydra@flaminghydra.com · 2d ago

TODAY: @katewagner.wehwalt.net on the life-changing power of skills-based therapy. "A lot of this stuff has saved my life and the thing it’s saved my life from is not capitalism, or any other form of adversity, but myself." flaminghydra.com/issue-620/?a...

Today we're thrilled to publish our first book excerpt! An essay on gender, performance, and Bachelor fandom from critic and novelist @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, the co-editor of "Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor":

The Bachelor and the Fantasy of Performance

In Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor, Ilana Masad imagines competing on the show as her straightest, most impossible self.

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So excited to be publishing book excerpts—starting with @ilanaslightly.bsky.social’s fantastic writing on The Bachelor! 😍

Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today we're thrilled to publish our first book excerpt! An essay on gender, performance, and Bachelor fandom from critic and novelist @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, the co-editor of "Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor":

I am so freaking stoked to have @fansplaining.bsky.social publish my essay from HERE FOR ALL THE REASONS, a book my co-editor and I have truly spent years, a ton of labor, and so much love on. We're so proud of it, and so proud to be part of this incredible site dedicated to taking fandom seriously!

Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today we're thrilled to publish our first book excerpt! An essay on gender, performance, and Bachelor fandom from critic and novelist @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, the co-editor of "Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor":

@kaholt.bsky.social you might like the anthology @ilanaslightly.bsky.social edited.

Heath Ledger with a Rose

Alt: Heath Ledger with a red Rose

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The way so goddamn many fights in the so-called culture wars these days are about THEORETICAL things that ARE NOT HAPPENING is really telling and also just absolutely exhausting. It's like we've injected an anxiety disorder into every facet of discourse, constantly spiraling along "but what if?"s

For @bombmag.bsky.social, I interviewed Meg Charlton about her incredible new novel VOYAGERs, which, if you haven't picked up yet, you absolutely should: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Alarming how often google's automated AI response includes the phrase "most users on Reddit agree that..."

Such a bummer when you need to cancel a reading because it falls on a holiday that your family will be in town for

TODAY: Part III of @zachrabiroff.com’s interview with the legendary Alan Moore. “The meaning of a place is dependent on the things that have happened there, the people who have passed through there.” flaminghydra.com/r/4690f125?m...

Crouching in the long grass

Alan Moore on the invention of history, interviewed by Zach Rabiroff

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For @bombmag.bsky.social, I interviewed Meg Charlton about her incredible new novel VOYAGERs, which, if you haven't picked up yet, you absolutely should: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

tag yourself, i'm "doesn't buddies"

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d ago

From latest Navigator poll, word cloud of responses from Trump voters who say they regret their vote

FREE for all: @ntnsndr.in on how Luddism is not the end. Featuring an extremely insightful and stirring observation from @rushkoff.com We made it free for everone to read because this post is what @flaminghydra.com is about. flaminghydra.com/issue-617/

Bodies upon the gears

Alternative approaches to The Man, considered by Nathan Schneider

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You know how some bathrooms now have period products in them? I think the next way to elevate your bathroom game as a public institution is to provide glasses cleaning materials.

Interesting

Ilana Masad@ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 7d ago

What if less bad stuff

What if less bad stuff

Tomorrow Brooklyn! Join us!

Samantha Paige Rosen@samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social · 2w ago

NYC! Join me at Books Are Magic (Montague St.) next Thurs 7/30 at 7pm for a convo about the BESTSELLING LIVING, TOGETHER & all things community building! Delighted to be talking with contributors Alex Alberto, @smathewss.bsky.social, & moderator Mia Arias Tsang! www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-s...

what is The Review people are subtweeting, I need to know, professionally

With the news that AI companies are buying up and then destroying old books to feed into their theft machines, this is a reminder to keep, and buy if you are able to, physical media. This is just the beginning of how they will try to control from every angle what you read, watch, listen to...

For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about Disclosure Day - what I liked, what I disliked, and why it made me fucking cry despite it all: flaminghydra.com/issue-616/

Something out there

Ilana Masad on the outer space movie

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TODAY: @ilanaslightly.bsky.social on the beauty and the tremendous flaws of “Disclosure Day.” “The real issue is the film’s absolute refusal to engage with the politics of its subject matter.” flaminghydra.com/how-did-spie...

How Did Spielberg Make Me Cry?

Disclosure Day is undoubtedly a lot of fun. It often feels, as many Spielberg films do, like the work of an enthusiastic kid with a massive budget playing with his favorite toys: Car chases! Train stu...

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For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about Disclosure Day - what I liked, what I disliked, and why it made me fucking cry despite it all: flaminghydra.com/issue-616/

Something out there

Ilana Masad on the outer space movie

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I really wish one's feelings weren't so at the mercy of hormonal shifts outside of one's control

Small good thing: A bunch of teenagers at a theater camp are practicing Cabaret next door to where I'm working and they're both pretty good and very enthusiastic and it's just such a joyous little soundtrack

Some news: Living, Together is #25 on the Independent Press Top 40 bestsellers list! We are a bestseller! @beaconpress.bsky.social