Liz Gotauco
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Liz Gotauco
@cosbrarian.bsky.social
Librarian and storyteller. MY DEBUT BOOK: F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton is available wherever you get books! Watch the series that inspired it on my video socials! 540K on TikTok if that matters. Rhode Islander. (Photos by Brittanny Taylor)
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Most people don't know that their copy of my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales is fun-sized.
Me: Makes a to-do list

Also me: Abandons list in favor of serendipity

(Serendipity = whatever I remember I have to do between distractions.)

Why stress myself out when I could let The Universe be my Project Manager?
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.

Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It is insane that Rum Tum Tugger is Bailey's dream musical role, but I also love his chaotic good energy. I anticipate a very Judi Dench career for him: Sure, she does Shakespeare because she's brilliant, but she also does Chronicles of Riddick because it's fun, ok??
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm gonna write this sequel, it's called Free-bleeding in Narnia, and it's from Susan's POV and it's the real reason she didn't go back.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Jonathan Bailey as both Percy and Chauvelin. 💸💸💸
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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What's going on in Alabama and Tennessee around transgender books in the library is genuinely disgusting.

Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.

And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
"The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in the state."

State sanctioned censorship from some of the biggest bigots out there.

apnews.com/article/libr...
Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections
The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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2. Hargett has cited Trump's executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism." Executive orders are not federal law and generally do not apply to state or local governments.

Tennessee libraries do receive some federal funding, but not for book purchases.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tennessee, you deserve so much better than this.
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"And just to clear the air/I ask forgiveness/for things I've done you blame me for" sounds like what your boss would say after being called out for groping your thigh. 🧹💚🫧🩷
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tis the season
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My spoiler-free Wicked:FG review:

First hour: ugh
No Good Deed: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Next hour: meh
For Good: 😭😭😭😭😭
Last 20 min: this fckin show
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hello, it's my wonderful fiancé Dan's birthday, and if you're on Instagram and like comics and Marvel art, you should follow his page and bestow algorhythmic love on him, he's quite talented and he loves meeting more X-Men fans: www.instagram.com/marvelrevisi...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Nothing confuses me more than every last single thing that's happened in the last decade.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Take the fairy tale quiz I put together for @wwnorton.com !
How many ****ed up folklore facts do you know? Test your knowledge and take the F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES quiz!
wwnorton326.outgrow.us/fcked-up-fai...
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Gonzo is perfect in all forms, but I especially love his very first haggard street cat form.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm so ticked off that I'm molting.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
F*cked Up Fairy Tales was picked as a 2025 Favorite Book of the Year by the Chicago Public Library!
Our Favorite Books of 2025 — a staff-created list from Chicago Public Library
The Chicago Public Library proudly presents our favorite books of the year.
chipublib.bibliocommons.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
She IS gorgeous, ain't she?
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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s/o to @cosbrarian.bsky.social enjoyed the library takes and am aiming to send your book to my mom for her birthday wwnorton.com/books/fcked-...
F*cked Up Fairy Tales
Bawdy, shocking, and hilarious interpretations of classic and rare fairy tales from a beloved TikTok storyteller., F*cked Up Fairy Tales, Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Class...
wwnorton.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Situationship Room
THE SITUATION ROOM
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"

Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Are you in Richmond VA?? Are you in Baltimore MD??? Cuz I'm gonna be at Fountain Books and then Charm City Books next week! Thurs 11/13 in VA and Fri 11/14 in MD!
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Convincing you to read my novel F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES with the first sentence (of the first fairy tale).
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Are you in Richmond VA?? Are you in Baltimore MD??? Cuz I'm gonna be at Fountain Books and then Charm City Books next week! Thurs 11/13 in VA and Fri 11/14 in MD!
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I got to talk about one the most iconic (if problematic) library movies of all time with Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus, the two beautiful geniuses who host The Bechdel Cast!

podcasts.apple.com/mu/podcast/p...
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM