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kaysworld1
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Currently reading: it's only blood
I've Been trying to get this book for a while travelling but now I have it.

Saturday mornings are great for coffee with friends the home to journal and read while the cats play.

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nanuska_153 Yep yep yep! ❤️ 12h
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kspenmoll
After Sappho | Selby Wynn Schwartz
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Just got back from a local street pride rally- mostly positive honks & waves from cars- a few denigrating shouts. Stopped in to pick up a hold at the library & they had a bug display of books, pins, flags for Pride month. #pride #indivisible

TheBookHippie Love it!!!! Love is so much easier. It always amazes me -the hate mongers… 2d
IriDas Glad to hear your library is doing stuff for pride. Ours did nothing this year. :( makes me a bit more focused on my Master‘s though (MLIS). I never thought being a librarian would put a person on the frontline of anything. 2d
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Hate is soul destroying. Love is easier & leaves one full of light & joy. (edited) 1d
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kspenmoll @IriDas We have a marvelous library, which is why how little T is treating libraries and librarians disgusts & enrages me so. Fortunately our town/state is all about libraries. 1d
IriDas So glad your town is sticking to it. Traditionally, there was never an issue in ours. Just this year. I‘m so tired of the cowardice of people bowing to Conservatives and their phobias. 1d
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JillR
Prima Facie | Suzie Miller
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This is not a pleasant story; rising star criminal defence barrister Tessa is assaulted and has to decide whether to take her turn on the other side of the bar table, as victim and witness. I was completely hooked; if I have any criticism it‘s that the odd element felt overdone or heavy handed; a little formulaic in novel format perhaps. I am a sucker for the apparent glamour of the barrister/courtroom life and this was excellent on that.

JillR Interestingly this started as a play starring Jodie Comer and I saw rave reviews. The novel then followed the play. I‘m now desperate to see the stage version! 1w
squirrelbrain @TrishB @Oryx and I all tried to get tickets for the re-run of the play - no chance! 🤷‍♀️ 1w
TrishB @squirrelbrain harder than Taylor Swift 😁 1w
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sarahbarnes I‘ve had this on my list since @BarbaraBB recommended it. Great review! 1w
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes It‘s so good. There‘s however a play and a novel based on the play. I read the play and saw the stage version afterwards. Both so very good. 1w
CarolynM @JillR I‘m only saying this because I think the original actor deserves recognition she‘s not getting, not because I want to correct you, so I hope you don‘t mind. The play was first performed in Sydney in 2019 and starred Sheridan Harbridge. 1w
JillR @CarolynM thank you 🙂. I hadn‘t realised the play‘s earlier iteration, possibly because I first heard about it in an interview with Jodie Comer so the focus was on her, but makes perfect sense it‘d have played elsewhere with others x 1w
JillR @squirrelbrain I saw it had some showings in cinemas too but wasn‘t quick enough for that either! It‘s available to watch via National Theatre Live, and I am tempted to subscribe to watch. 1w
squirrelbrain Yes, I thought about NT Live too, but I‘m going to wait to see if they do any cinema showings next time around. 1w
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RobinMcElveenAuthor
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I‘m so excited to start this study in June. It‘s my #2025nfbookchallenge. I always start the year strong with whatever challenge I set for myself. Then comes March… I‘ve been struggling to finish my nonfiction choices, but I‘m pretty sure that won‘t be the case here. I loved the documentary which brought out some excellent discussions. #readmorebooks #nonfiction #spirituallife

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A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf
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Acquired today for #authoramonth next month

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TheBookHippie Pretty!!! 3w
Soubhiville Wow, very pretty. 3w
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Littlewolf1
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4⭐️ please don‘t misunderstand me, because I really like this book. It was inspiring and eye-opening. But I have been emotional lately and I don‘t think I was in the right headspace to connect the way I could‘ve. I feel like I should‘ve hit pause and gone back to finish the read another time. So that‘s what I plan to do, despite the fact that I have finished it, I‘m gonna pick it up again later this year and reread it. #ReadBannedBooks for May.

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ncsufoxes
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Many young boys go into You Tube & find their way to these sites which are preaching these principles of hate against women. It‘s all crafted in a certain way to make boys unaware (as well as their parents) of what they are stumbling upon. Social media has long since been complicit in not shutting these men down. Not to mention the media also plays a part in how people that commit violent acts are “good or misunderstood” aka White men/boy who was

ncsufoxes “a lone wolf, smart but misunderstood, they didn‘t mean it.” I lived in Poway, CA where the shooting at the synagogue happened a few years ago. The kid that did it became radicalized very quickly. He was a few years older than my son. His dad was a teacher at my son‘s high school (where the shooter also went). The parents were stunned to find out about how he had been radicalized. They disowned him & have not talked to him since he was arrested. 4w
ncsufoxes They disavowed what he did & were no part of his trial. The dad stopped teaching for a year. It was horrible to watch but it put this stuff on my radar & started talking about it with my teenage son. This book gave me more insight into just how horrible this web connecting alt-right, misogyny, white supremacy, racism is all connected to this disgusting place called the manosphere. (edited) 4w
TheBookHippie This book is a must read. 4w
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ncsufoxes
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One of those highly important books, especially at this moment. This info is more relevant now than when it was written just a few years ago. Reason is the current president is a convicted felon for assault & this shows the men in the manosphere that they can get away with anything & not be held accountable. I am horrified for my daughter to know that there are men (boys being mainstreamed into this narrative) that women are evil. That women are

ncsufoxes the reason why men are not succeeding (not the fact that the education system in most states is failing many or that most people in the US read at a 7th grade level). You Tube & most other social media are cesspools which allow people to preach hate & glorifying brutalization of women…all in the name of free speech. Young boys are unwittingly drawn into these hate filled narratives under the guise of “manliness.” Hard read but very necessary 4w
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ncsufoxes
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Perfect example of sexism. My daughter had 2 fliers sent home for basketball camps at the high school down the road. Both camps are sponsored by the same booster club. The boys get a nice card & the girls get a photocopy. Also the boys camp only has a $5 late fee for registering after a certain date & the girls it‘s a $20 fee. I told my husband that this shows girls don‘t matter as much as boys (I know that most parents don‘t think this but it

ncsufoxes irritates me). It shows girls sports are not as important as boys. I know that most young girls do not see this & think that but this is the message we are reinforcing. Now I need to figure out who to speak with about this. (edited) 1mo
Bookwormjillk This is why I was so excited when my daughter started playing field hockey. Here it‘s only a girl‘s sport. Soccer was infuriating! 1mo
Amiable As a female who grew up playing softball, basketball and soccer during the ‘80s, I feel this so much. We were always second-class citizens it came to athletics. 1mo
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TheBookHippie @Amiable my daughter played basketball it was horrific then too (99-05) Tennis late 70s early 80s was horrific for me. 😵‍💫 I can‘t even discuss Archery. 1mo
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk that‘s how volleyball is here! 1mo
RamsFan1963 Every year, when it's time for the NCAA March Madness, the men's games get all the attention, the major broadcasts and all the newspaper & internet space, while the women's tournament is treated as an afterthought. It pisses me off, the women's tournament usually has better games and storylines, but if you don't go looking for the games on ESPN 2 or 3, you'd never know a tournament was even being played!! 1mo
RamsFan1963 And, don't even get me started on how the WNBA is treated compared to the Gods of the NBA 😡😡😡 1mo
ncsufoxes @RamsFan1963 tell me about it. Our 9 year old daughter likes basketball & we try & watch more games with her but they‘re so hard to find. We are NC State alumni & when the women‘s team made it to the final four we watched the games with her. Women‘s soccer is the same way. I wish they would show more matches on tv but they‘re of course don‘t. It‘s hard to show your daughter (& sons)strong women when they don‘t give them equal air time. 4w
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