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Rachel Vorona Cote
@rvoronacote.bsky.social
Author of Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today. Freelance book critic all over the place. Get in touch: [email protected]. @RVoronaCote on Instagram. She / Her.
Terrible heartbreaks, both, and one so recent. I’m very, very sorry and hope you are surrounded by loving folks who can walk with you as you grieve. I can imagine what a seismic shift the loss of a spouse must be.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Thank you!!
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
(And if they live in the DC area and place an order for pickup from their favorite indie bookstore, I can come sign it, if they wish.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If anyone is gift-seeking for a big feelings/delightfully excessive type of gal who perhaps enjoyed Lena Dunham’s limited series Too Much and/or Victorian literature and culture, perhaps this will be of interest:

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rache...
Too Much
Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, "TOO MUCH spills over: with intellect, with sparkling prose, and with the brainy ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Lil Jon on the Toys R Us float, performing “Turn Down for What” — honestly, I’m in awe of this palimpsest. Disorienting as hell.
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Marveling at Busta’s enduring, unparalleled flow, but also crying a little bit.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
That’s right girl
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When Shaggy opened with “It Wasn’t Me,” I nearly guffawed. Why not?! Teach the kiddos about stepping out!
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And now Jewel is singing "You Were Meant For Me" on the Alaska float. Excellent. We SHOULD all be depressed!
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Children are dying from whooping cough in America. There exists a safe and effective vaccine for whooping cough.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Liking on multiple platforms, because WHAT a good and handsome boy
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
they're awful. i want them gone.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I am too old and tired to be Angry On Main, but the amount of space being devoted to this literal and figurative destroyer of thought makes me gnash my teeth.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
ChatGPT is not conscious!! You are, though! (For now — unless you'd like to outsource that too.) Enjoy the beautifully singular experience of possessing a human brain! For fuck's sake!
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This looks so wonderful! I sent it to my nonfiction writing students, and will mention it in class too. <3
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It’s really good!
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM