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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 20h

Yes

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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 1d

And FEROCITY

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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 1d

My God I love this woman.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 2d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 3d

A very hard scene to watch but Diane Keaton is fiercely brilliant in it as Kay finally gets to call out Michael on ‘this Sicilian thing’.
She was a great comic actress but was also stunning in dramatic roles as well.
youtu.be/gxEvQwUJElc?...

"Our Marriage is an Abortion" - Diane Keaton in The Godfather Part II

YouTube video by Veronique Laurent

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 3d

Loved all incarnations of Diane Keaton, but the elusive Angry Diane Keaton might have been my favorite. RIP.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 4d

I published two pieces on women in China this week! First, a review essay @chinabooksreview.com on two Fang Fang novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame (tr. Michael Berry). Gendered oppression has persisted during the socialist period and capitalist reforms, despite the CCP's promise of liberation.

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 5d

> The Communist takeover of China in 1949 did not vanquish patriarchy, and campaigns like the land reforms often exacerbated gendered oppression.

Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 6d

Honored that @yangyangcheng.bsky.social cited my book Leftover Women in her powerful essay on the painful history of women in China chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 6d

Honored that @yangyangcheng.bsky.social cited my book Leftover Women in her powerful essay on the painful history of women in China chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

One good rule for a veteran writer: Break your own rules ruthlessly. I don't do profiles and rarely write about theater, so when T asked me to do a deep dive into the life & work of David Henry Hwang, naturally I said yes! Huge thanks to DHH for his time and openness. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

How David Henry Hwang Remade Theater in His Own Image

www.nytimes.com

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 6d

"Countless Yingzhis live among us, while the Zitaos of China are fading away with time. The tears of Chinese women, if unleashed, could drown a nation."
For @chinabooksreview.com, I write about gendered violence and illusions of liberation through two novels by Fang Fang (tr @bairuiwen.bsky.social):

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 5d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 6d

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Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 6d

Honored that @yangyangcheng.bsky.social cited my book Leftover Women in her powerful essay on the painful history of women in China chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · 6d

I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 6d

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persists throughout political change.

Read Yangyang Cheng's essay": chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 7d

This is an outstanding book (I was lucky enough to read an advance copy). I just wish it weren’t so timely, but Sarah’s particular gift seems to be matching stories from the past with Our Current Moment.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 7d

Since @bookshop.org is offering free shipping through the end of the day why not pre-order my book and save a few coins?

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

bookshop.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 15d

ICYMI, I spent over a dozen hours reading through Google’s interview transcripts that prove Jim Jordan is lying.

It’s worth actually reading the piece to understand the total lack of compunction at play here.

Pls click thru, read, and ❤️

open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 21d

Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19d

UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2

When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.

109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.

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