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Wanda Walker

@wandawalker.bsky.social

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Writer, equestrian, and recluse. Focuses primarily on LGBTQ stuff. See my work at https://wandawalkerwrites.wordpress.com/ she/her

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Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · Jul 22

Alright, fine, I'll waste half an hour of my time creating a thread of all my books on Patreon. Starting with: Kept Man. Based in Miami, it's about Carlos meeting a rich dude's trophy boyfriend, Alex. First chapters are free! wandawalkerwrites.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/k...

Two men standing close to one another next to a Ferrari with a "Kept Man" license plate.

Book cover that reads KEPT MAN by Wanda Walker, shows two goldfish at the top being looked at by one goldfish underneath

As an audio contractor, Carlos Rodriguez is used to seeing the homes of Miami’s richest when he’s installing their top-of-the-line sound systems. He also isn’t opposed to occasional flirtation with lonely trophy wives; it’s practically part of the job. So when Carlos is propositioned by a young kept man with looks only money can buy, he can’t help but fall head first into a secret and lurid affair. But Alex isn’t an empty-headed silicone Ken doll. The closer Carlos gets, the more Alex reveals the disturbing details of his relationship with his much older boyfriend—how it began, how it developed, and how tightly Alex wears his proverbial leash. But Alex’s denial runs deep, and Carlos begins to worry that not only is he in over his head, but he doesn’t know how to walk away.

Drawings of six characters: Alex, Carlos, Noah, Teresa, John, and Daniel

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

anyway watch Gentleman Jack if you wanna see a well-crafted romance with historical costumes. The writers of Downton Abbey can't stand a storyline that lasts longer then 20 minutes.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

THE THINGS I WATCH TO SEE A WELL CRAFTED HISTORICAL EVENING GOWN, I tell you what.

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Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

Anyway I stand by that the show's standout star is easily Maggie Smith. No wonder they plastered her everywhere when they did advertising. Also, the costume department did really good work, and a good thing too, cuz if the costumes sucked, I wouldn't be watching it lol.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

also that random guy who popped up to be like "I'm the dude who you thought died on the Titanic" and then just fucked off without another word? The affair the one daughter had with the farmer? Never a mention after any of these. It's like the writers got bored.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

Matthew corrects her, I was practically yelling at the screen "THIS IS YOUR FUCKING FAULT." She must be the writers' darling cuz I think she's stupid af. Girl, you are in love with your COUSIN.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

Those two have gotten like 2 scenes where they aren't arguing with one another, and I'm supposed to be into their relationship? ???? Also, fuck Mary's indecisive ass. you don't get to reject a dude and then spend a whole season moping about it. When she was like "this is my fault" and

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

i thought that was gonna be an opportunity for the writers to get all holier than thou through Sybil about how "violence is never the answer" but they just let that one go without Sybil getting all pissy, so at least there was that.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

all he does is boss around Sybil, who is herself an insufferable rich girl. If you make an Irish socialist, you gotta commit to that shit, I'm sorry. No half ass measures. At least he was willing to be like "yeah, fuck the Russian czar and his dead kids" lol.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

you'd think I'd like the Irish revolutionary guy but tbh he strikes me too much as someone a neo-liberal wrote with absolutely zero understanding of what an Irish socialist would have been like in 1915 or whatever.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

also the writing is on part with teen dramas. The plot conveniences are all over the place.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 4h

downton abbey is a frustrating show to watch cuz everyone but the servant couple sucks ass lol.

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Cemetery Rozier 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 7h

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 13h

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

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Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 7h

i can say with my chest that at least the nsfw art I look at is drawn by the human hand.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 7h

i wish people could be normal perverts on Deviantart. but alas, they are all over there making feeder/sissification AI art like true degenerates.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 7h

i really should just delete everything on there. Maybe I could keep up everything before 2012, for the sake of memories. No one was really on DA after 2012 anyway, so it's not like there's anything important on there after that date.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 7h

every now and then I remember that DA exists and when I check it I wish I forgot again. T___T

But Deviantart has this little tag on it that says "NoAI" on your art but then advertises its AI art program right at the top. A garbage company, through and through.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

Texas GOP congressman has a raging affair with a staffer, who is then found burned to death. Authorities in Uvalde, TX, are hiding the evidence, reports the Daily Mail. What the Texas GOP wants to keep out of the press routinely winds up being published in London tabloids. Isn't that strange?

Congressman's alleged affair with aide before she set herself on fire

The Republican allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, multiple sources have told the Daily Mail. She later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire at home.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 9h

my theory is that only 55 year old straight men listen to podcasts anymore.

Wanda Walker @wandawalker.bsky.social · 9h

I don't know if you've looked at the top 100 podcasts recently but like 80% of them are all grindset bros. Seems bad.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 6d

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14h

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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Charles Lafrance @charleslafrance.bsky.social · 12h

#streetphotography #photo #photography #montreal #winter #cycling

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18h

It makes you think

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls @ghaspey.bsky.social · 7d

I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

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