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@karlachsfemme.bsky.social
MA in English Literature
oh for sure i think it’s wild to go about this in person.
I wouldn't tell someone in person I didn't like their book (unless they asked repeatedly), but I do love this"That's your privilege" response because it indeed validates an individual experience without making it a personal confrontation. We've really gotten bad at de-escalating conflict graciously
i think this is a great response. disliking a book has become almost looked down upon when it isn’t also connected to some kind of author-related discourse. we really need to bring back the concept of not all books being to everyone’s liking and authors embracing this even when it stings to hear it
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
oh for sure i think it’s wild to go about this in person.
i think this is a great response. disliking a book has become almost looked down upon when it isn’t also connected to some kind of author-related discourse. we really need to bring back the concept of not all books being to everyone’s liking and authors embracing this even when it stings to hear it
"I read your last book, and I was bored out of my mind."
"Well, that's your privilege."
100% using this Jessica Fletcher line from Murder, She Wrote when someone tells me at a con they didn't like a book 😆. Love this so much.
"Well, that's your privilege."
100% using this Jessica Fletcher line from Murder, She Wrote when someone tells me at a con they didn't like a book 😆. Love this so much.
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
i think this is a great response. disliking a book has become almost looked down upon when it isn’t also connected to some kind of author-related discourse. we really need to bring back the concept of not all books being to everyone’s liking and authors embracing this even when it stings to hear it
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i like how you can immediately tell when a writer trying to write wlw doesn't think intimacy between women is a particularly interesting topic. i think that's why you shouldn't just ask people to write more GL out of some sense of obligation but only people who are kind of obsessed with it should
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i like how you can immediately tell when a writer trying to write wlw doesn't think intimacy between women is a particularly interesting topic. i think that's why you shouldn't just ask people to write more GL out of some sense of obligation but only people who are kind of obsessed with it should
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Canon lesbians? No, you misunderstood: I said *cannon* lesbians.
*Shells your village*
*Shells your village*
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Canon lesbians? No, you misunderstood: I said *cannon* lesbians.
*Shells your village*
*Shells your village*
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If you’re looking for Palestinian speculative fiction for #ReadPalestine week, I got you: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you’re looking for Palestinian speculative fiction for #ReadPalestine week, I got you: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
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No, I 100% agree that computer RPGs these days have too much handholding. I, too, yearn for the days of being able to spend hours crafting my perfect build from hundreds of available options, only to discover that it mathematically cannot survive the mandatory rat fight portion of the first dungeon.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
No, I 100% agree that computer RPGs these days have too much handholding. I, too, yearn for the days of being able to spend hours crafting my perfect build from hundreds of available options, only to discover that it mathematically cannot survive the mandatory rat fight portion of the first dungeon.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Physical media >>>> 🤝🏻❤️😍
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Physical media >>>> 🤝🏻❤️😍
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One of the simplest ways to see that creators aren’t bourgeois is that we don’t, as creators, appropriate other peoples’ labor.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
One of the simplest ways to see that creators aren’t bourgeois is that we don’t, as creators, appropriate other peoples’ labor.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
Aiglamenae should have been like this in chapter one. why did we have to wait till chapter four to engage with someone who can actually deal with the world around the characters in ways that dont read like the journal of a middle schooler who just learned how to curse
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Aiglamenae should have been like this in chapter one. why did we have to wait till chapter four to engage with someone who can actually deal with the world around the characters in ways that dont read like the journal of a middle schooler who just learned how to curse
why did Harrow need to do all that to unlock Gideon’s cell door from the inside? she’s the fucking leader of the place why does she have to be discreet? who is going to care if it is found out that her parents are dead? this stuff is just…not explained???? this kind of thing doesnt irritate y’all???
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
why did Harrow need to do all that to unlock Gideon’s cell door from the inside? she’s the fucking leader of the place why does she have to be discreet? who is going to care if it is found out that her parents are dead? this stuff is just…not explained???? this kind of thing doesnt irritate y’all???
if the characters dont care what is happening around them and approach everything with tongue-in-cheek disaffected irony, why should readers give a shit?
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
if the characters dont care what is happening around them and approach everything with tongue-in-cheek disaffected irony, why should readers give a shit?
“her shoulders shook with very real fear and grief” oh jesus christ i could not give less of a fuck. if you feel it necessary to tell your reader the grief is “very real” you have failed as a writer. this feels all flashy baubles and zero substance.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“her shoulders shook with very real fear and grief” oh jesus christ i could not give less of a fuck. if you feel it necessary to tell your reader the grief is “very real” you have failed as a writer. this feels all flashy baubles and zero substance.
@benjanun.bsky.social
why does this make me think of the hades calculus (i still need to read it’s been a long year but from the couple chapters ive read so far…vibes)
why does this make me think of the hades calculus (i still need to read it’s been a long year but from the couple chapters ive read so far…vibes)
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@benjanun.bsky.social
why does this make me think of the hades calculus (i still need to read it’s been a long year but from the couple chapters ive read so far…vibes)
why does this make me think of the hades calculus (i still need to read it’s been a long year but from the couple chapters ive read so far…vibes)
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People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
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Writing fiction is good for the soul.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Writing fiction is good for the soul.
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
hi so i blew up on tiktok apparently, needed a breath of fresh bluesky anonymity where my posts wont rake up hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands of likes overnight good lord 😅😭
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
hi so i blew up on tiktok apparently, needed a breath of fresh bluesky anonymity where my posts wont rake up hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands of likes overnight good lord 😅😭
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
trying to listen to the audiobook of gideon the ninth while editing my book. hearing it out loud isn't any better, unfortunately; the second-hand embarrassment i feel at the deadpool-esque self-aware sense of humor is...palpable. currently it's helping lessen my anxiety about my own book, tho.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
trying to listen to the audiobook of gideon the ninth while editing my book. hearing it out loud isn't any better, unfortunately; the second-hand embarrassment i feel at the deadpool-esque self-aware sense of humor is...palpable. currently it's helping lessen my anxiety about my own book, tho.
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'Why isn't this book lesbophobic?! I went in expecting lesbophobia! Fuck this author for not appeasing to my lesbophobia!'
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
'Why isn't this book lesbophobic?! I went in expecting lesbophobia! Fuck this author for not appeasing to my lesbophobia!'
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Here's a reminder that most acts of domestic terrorism in the United States are committed by the right wing.
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Here's a reminder that most acts of domestic terrorism in the United States are committed by the right wing.