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calling for a fundamental cultural shift via stories 📚 abolitionist, mixed Việt (she/her)

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went to the book launch of this beauty this weekend and cried in the bookstore reading it ☕️📚
a very close up shot of the cover of Mai's Áo Dài by Dung Ho, the cover depicts a 5 year old girl running on Lunar New Year wearing a blue and yellow áo dài
January 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally??
a gif from the social network where a guy comes up to mark Zuckerberg and smashes his laptop into pieces
January 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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YEA!!!!! but also i made some
freshly baked home made bagels cooling on cooling rack. half sundried tomato and half asiago
November 23, 2024 at 5:04 AM
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what books am i bringing on my weekend trip? im so glad you asked, here u go 🫡

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the cover of to gaze upon the wicked gods by molly x chang features a woman standing or dancing with her hands above her head, twirling. her dress flows across the entire cover creating a flowy cover among beautiful architecture the cover of a fire born of exile by aliette de bodard is purple and red is in space with birds flying around ans a woman floating on what looks like water ringlets the cover of forged by blood by ehigbor okosun features a warrior holding a sword in fromt of her face with her eyes closed. she looks like shes either meditating or about to go into battle and win the cover of womb city by tlotlo tsamaase is fully red and says womb city repeating but in front is a Black cyborg side profile, only head and shoulders
September 1, 2023 at 12:50 PM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
currently reading: silver nitrate by silvia moreno-garcia

or i should say i was until i got scared fjdjsjskf guess i can only read during the day but im SAT 📚🌏
the cover of silver nitrate is monochrome red and mostly solid, theres a strip in the center that only shows someones eyes that look terrified, also in red with circle rings surrounding their eyes that looks like a texture. potentially immitating what silver nitrate film looks like
August 24, 2023 at 2:59 AM
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had to change the keywords for this diverse books feed (ya'll should go like it so others can find it bc it's fixed!!) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hnjfjva4zyvnc5uygxpfvpmx/feed/aaaoe3ljsfaoa

so here's some vietnamese book recs off the top of my head so the feed isn't empty 📚🌏
The fortunes of jaded women by carolyn huynh features a teal cover with different scenes of vietnamese women in different locations from throwing oranges at each other to standing out looking at the water. beautifully showing the multitudes of vietnamese women the cover of she is a haunting by trang thanh tran features a deathly solemn and almost scared stare piercing directly into our eyes, she has a single tear streaming down her face and flowers growing out of her mouth. she's wearing an ao dai the cover of gloria buenrostro is not my girlfriend by brandon hoang features a portrait of a girl looking to the side takes up most of the image, and as a smaller image, a boy is walking a tandem bike in the same direction she's looking a yellow cover for sunshine nails by mai nguyen features a blond vietnamese woman with purple sunglasses looking devious at the viewer. she's holding a nail polish brush as if she painted mai nguyen's name and is wearing a jade necklace
August 19, 2023 at 6:14 PM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
finally starting this baby ✨️📚👀💙📚☕️

Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington, dark academia in the only form i accept it: criticizing the prestige of these white supremacist institutions 💅
me holding in one hand a copy their vicious games by joelle wellington, some sticky notes, and a highlighter. my nails are painted to match the title written in dripping pink paint
August 19, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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me, preparing for the hurricane in LA: omg what if the power goes out for days better charge my kindle and stock up on books!! 💙📚👀

my giant stack of unread physical books, a handful of which literally still in the packages they were mailed in:
michael scott from the office giving a death stare, he looks dead in the eyes
August 19, 2023 at 1:59 PM
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i decided to grow tomatoes and serrano pepper from seed for the first time i ever garden and 🥹 i did it!!! there's fruit!!!
a small planter box with a cherry tomato and serrano pepper plant and both have fruit! well, theres one pepper and a handful of tomatoes.
August 17, 2023 at 6:08 PM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
sci fi friends! do you love space opera?? i put together a list of space opera books and short stories by authors of marginalized identities to help you diversify your reading ✨️📚☕️💙

https://bookishbrews.com/diverse-space-opera-books/

heres a preview:
an abstract cover for the deep space of space with colorful lines going through it of different designs. in the middle is the tail of a bird flying away and half obscured in darkness the book cover of binti has a portrait of a black face looking directly at you with a stoic look on their face. they have their fingers painted in orange and are wiping their fingers and the orange across their cheeks the cover of the splinter in the sky is very dark with a lit person standing back to our perspective so were looking at the same things, floating objects in the sky. multiple planets and one diamond shaped figure looming above us the cover for the chilling effect is silly. a woman in a space suit is reaching to grab boxes that look like they fell out of a space ship. one box has a cat with a space helmet on
August 13, 2023 at 4:26 PM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
Let's get this party started with some book recs, here's some recent releases to check out ✨📚☕️
a mixed asian girl with wavy hair up close but looking to the side, she's wearing glasses and surrounded by what looks like a desert sunset. This is the book cover for I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom. two women in a hotel room that seems to be glitching like an old tv. one of them is staring at you and the other is looking at her and holding a camera. This is the book cover for A Guide to the Dark a cover full of a variety of items with the title The Sun and the Void in the center. A few things surrounding it are antlers, moons, stars, animals, flowers, and more. a black hand holding a perfume bottle that is fractured into many eyes looking scared. they're holding it delicately and calmly and the words their vicious games are dripping in pink
August 11, 2023 at 2:51 AM
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always a huge fan of southeast asian fantasy stories & currently reading the hurricane wars by thea guanzon ✨️ a world ravaged by storms where two enemies with opposing magics get swept together by impossible circumstances? yes please 💙📚👀
a purple and gold abstract book cover that feels reminiscent of spaceor the ocean, maybe noth. in the center it says the hurricane wars, surrounded by the phases of the moon, a person in a crown, blood moons, air ships, ans maybe a monster
August 10, 2023 at 3:43 AM
amandasbrews.bsky.social
Bookish Brews Featured Shelf for August 🧵

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
My Week With Him by Joya Goffney
La Vie, According to Rose by Lauren Parvizi
Good Fortune by CK Chau
this cover looks like it's molded into metal, there's a big griffin on the front and beautiful designs in gold surrounding the title and author. the text on the top right reads "from the ashes" this cover is split right down the middle with purple on the left and yellow on the other. the two characters sit in a monochrome world, with one in purple and the other in yellow, both sitting or leaning on the same outline of a car, the text on the top says "seven days, two best friends, one chance to fall in love" in a giant gold or wood picture frame, this abstract cover features flowers and a small little table and chair probably from a cafe looking at the painting that holds the title stark contrast with only teal, red, and yellow, a woman walks down a red alley wearing a red dress and a black jacket around her shoulders, she looks like she's up to something and has a plan
August 1, 2023 at 3:02 PM
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Bookish Brews Featured Shelf for August 🧵

Infested by Angel Luis Colón
Love & Resistance by Kara HL Chen
The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
The Sun and the Voice by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
a dark cover of a boy who looks terrified and is standing outside of what looks like a cell covered in roaches, inside the window of the cell is the outline of a face looking down on him. a pink cover with two kids sitting on the same outdoor park table looking at the camera, they look like they stopped to hang out after school with their phones and backpacks a throne with a crown that looks like a crime scene. the crime tape reads "long live the scandal" and the book title looks like it was written in a quick graffiti an abstract cover with a lot of symbols surrounding the title, some of which are flowers, shooting stars, sparkles, suns, antlers, leaves
August 1, 2023 at 2:59 PM
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Bookish Brews Featured Shelf for August 🧵

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon CF Rogers
Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle
a photo of deep space in pitch black with only stars and a swirling lines of multicolored abstract designs, the only less abstract thing is the tail of a bird flying away in the center a yellow blocky style art with an asian woman with blond hair holding up a bottle of nail polish in the same color as the authors name. she's wearing a jade necklace and sunglasses depicting the toronto skyline a portrait of a mixed asian woman looking to the side with a desert sunset in the background with a mixture of desert and tropical plants a person facing away from the perspective holding a sword behind their head, they're looking down an alley with lanterns and a draw bridge in the background
August 1, 2023 at 2:57 PM