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It just doesn't have the same ring to it. 🥴😵💫
It just doesn't have the same ring to it. 🥴😵💫
I want to hear more about the scientific breakthroughs aided by duct tape and bin bags.
Also bonus points for quoting a physicist saying “Massively massy.“ 😏
“...annihilation's afterglow.“
Starting to see where the poetry comes in. There's such a remove from what's being searched for, can be seen, versus what is happening, what is conjectured, you might get a little flowery to fill the gaps, to inspire continued hope, the aforementioned scientific faith.
Poet and dark-matter physicist?! A professional pairing that begs to be read.This woman is going on my TBR immediately.
so-soContinues to be adorable for the most part.
I will say the introduction of the new cat took over this volume to the extent that the gamer metaphors dropped off, and instead of the first cat making life interesting for gamer girl, it was more about the second cat making life interesting for the first cat. Perhaps the author was tired, but there did seem to be larger swathes of physical comedy or just tracking cat action, with no words involved. 1
Darnielle: consistently getting me in the feels.
pickI want more! Really my only gripe is that this novella simply whetted my appetite for further stories in the same place.
Newitz did a great job of setting up the characters, their personalities, their woes and hopes, as well as an engaging but not overwhelming amount of world-building exploring how things function in this post-war slightly futuristic California 1/?
I'd be lying if I said the idea of finding a hole in a green space to hide from the world for a bit never occurred or appealed to me. Suppose this comes under the heading of 'forest bathing'? 🤔😅
pickAn incredible work. Thanhauser writes with passion and clarity, and particularly grabbed me in her method of organizing the subject matter. Moving from Linen to Cotton to Synthetics to Wool, the author moves through the historical record of fibre, fabric, and clothing production with a focus on the humans affected by various developments in this field. 1/?
Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.
Craft tradition as telling of history hits so much harder crossing from ancient tales to modern times.
Big middle finger to the age of obsolescence. Can we have more stuff like this?
Warp vs. Weft. What are the chances I finally remember the difference after this explanation.
It's not that complicated, it is that fucked.
pick😍🤩 Stunning.
This is primarily an art book, showcasing pieces from an artist I stumbled upon via Tumblr.
It's divided into four parts by an introductory poem for each, but continues fantastical themes throughout.
Thynell has a consistent palette and style, but there is much in the way of whimsy and creativity.
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so-soMy experience of the first 70 pages of this 173 page book is a mix of being back in art history class and wandering around a gallery with a chatty, knowledgeable host, who gets a little gossip-y at times.
The portraits themselves make up the last 100 pages, but before that we get 55 pages of introspection and comparison on the artist's life and work, 1/?
82 portraits, 1 still life and which painting do I end up liking the most? 🤦🏼♂️
The ensemble! The shoes match the shirt, and the hair matches the pants. Well done, Hunter.
“Hustler-scholars“ is an epic designation, can we please make this a thing?!
“One woman carried a baby in one arm and a big knotted stick in the other, “
Get 'im, mama. 💪🏻👶🏻
“'If the best ones are of my mother,' Hockney wrote, 'it is perhaps because I know her best.'“
Am I being sentimental when I see warmth, even if the portrait is mostly done in cool blues and purples? 💙💜
“Something about seeing her own skull gave her an angry burst of hope.“
Any other AFAB agenders who shave their heads strongly identifying with this passage?! 🥹 ❤️
Okay, I kinda dig it, and it adds to the work, knowing the artist's motivation, though I'll say for the record, that I do think an individual photograph can be a work of art.
Mass-produced, ready-made garments “FIT WRONG IN REAL LIFE,“
Just a reminder: You are not the wrong shape, the clothing industry on a grand scale is fucked.
Bring. 👏🏻 It. 👏🏻BACK. 👏🏻💉
“shop windows for their husband's wealth.“
“... women's clothing defined them as passive objects.“
Just another reason to champion unisex utilitarian designs and gender fuckery in couture, so anyone can wear anything somber or pretty without it being part of a heteronormative subtex-tile language of power. 😖
Oh look, another reason to hate classism: it's the foundation of accelerated fashion cycles and conspicuous consumption of clothing. 🙄
The man championed high heels and stockings because he knew he had great legs. Truly a kingly move. 👑😁👠
To absolutely no one's surprise, the original stigma against outfit repeating was economically driven.
Note, however, that at the time, it supported local artisans, and there were only TWO fashion seasons in a year. 😑
All the colours! 🤩
What could be better than a sci-fi novella or a niche non-fiction?
Both, with vibrant covers. ☺️
Oh, look, real world inspiration from someone's next horror cli-fi. 🫣
Introduction and first chapter, already swooning over this writing, the descriptions. 😍
pickDefinitely falls in the category of 'the kind of writing I'm hoping is being read and discussed in classrooms'.
The book is divided into four essays, with a heavy focus on the purpose of writing. 1/?
so-soNot quite the thoughtless diversion I first took it for, which actually makes sense, because the sharply satirical Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is the whole reason I picked up another work by Stephen Leacock.
I'll admit some of these entries - it's a collection of ten short stories - read a little goofier than others, but once you realize it's as much a commentary on different types of classic stories as it is a collection of individual 1/?
Save the books that discomfit, save the teachers that defend them, save the future.
“...add virtue to [ ] violence.“
An eloquent takedown of an ugly business.
