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faintingheroine · 7 months
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It is always interesting to watch things from other Turkic cultures. The language sounds like Turkish, but a Turkish that I can’t understand. And apparently Kyrgyz also have “henna night”.
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bbcblackjack · 5 years
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bomberqueen17 · 6 years
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I just watched a Kyrgyz movie (subtitled in English) on YouTube and recommend it. I can’t get the embed thing to work, but here’s the link, anyway.
Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains
It’s about an actual historical figure in Kyrgyz history, who was a leader of her people and resisted the Russians before negotiating a peace with them in the late 19th century. 
I need to read up on the history because I didn’t totally understand the story, but I really enjoyed the beautiful horses, amazing costumes, and lots of yurts. The acting was pretty great too, I thought-- four different actors played the main character: a child, a young woman, an older woman, and a very old woman, just to span the character’s very long eventful life. She meets her husband when he, a high-ranking official, stops the execution of a woman suspected of adultery, saying there isn’t enough proof; when she’s promised to be married to a man she doesn’t respect, she literally sews the official a love note that her kid brother delivers for her, which is pretty badass. This gets paralleled when, aged about 60, she arises from her sickbed to pen a proclamation and prevent a rebellion among her people that would have been disastrous for them-- but would have saved her son’s life. 
Anyway. Phenomenal outfits, fantastic horsemanship, incredible scenery. I really like the guy who plays her husband, he’s got a really appealing face. Very stirring adventure. Great bit where she rides a horse off a cliff into the water. Some violence; you witness a beheading reflected in a copper jar, and there’s some war stuff, horses falling in dramatic slow motion and such. 
I’m in serious lust with every costume in this movie, though. Gorgeous velvet coats all around, wool everything, fur hats, embroidery all over. And the horses-- really beautiful horses, there’s a tiny moment with a “bad guy” character who realizes he’s doomed, gets off his beautiful blood-bay horse and whispers to it, “Goodbye, sweetheart,” before turning to fall in battle. Gloriously dramatic.
It’s a recent movie, too-- 2014! 
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yeniyeniseyler · 4 years
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TRT’nin 22 Şubat 2019’dan itibaren yeniden yayın hayatına başlayan kültür ve sanat kanalı TRT2’nin Haziran ayında yayınlayacağı filmleri açıklayan tanıtım filmi yayınlandı. Woody Allen’dan Peter Webber’e, Julian Schnabel’den Nuri Bilge Ceylan’a pek çok ünlü yönetmenden farklı filmler bu liste içerisinde yer aldı.
TRT 2 – Haziran 2020 Filmleri:
– “Le scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell And The Butterfly / Kelebek ve Dalgıç”  (2007) (Yönetmen: Julian Schnabel) – “Midnight In Paris / Paris’te Gece Yarısı” (2011) (Yönetmen: Woody Allen) – “Ghasr-e Shirin / Castle of Dreams / Şirin’in Kalesi” (2019) (Yönetmen: Reza Mirkarimi) – “After The Weddng / Geçmişin Sırları” (2019) (Yönetmen: Bart Freundlich) – “An / Sweet Bean / Umudun Tarifi” (2015) (Yönetmen: Naomi Kawase) – “Girl With A Pearl Earring / İnci Küpeli Kız” (2003) (Yönetmen: Peter Webber ) – “Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da” (2011) (Yönetmen: Nuri Bilge Ceylan) – “Metri Shesh Va Nim / Just 6.5 / 6.5 Metre” (2019) (Yönetmen: Saeed Roustayi ) – “Kurmanjan datka / Queen Of The Mountains / Dağların Kraliçesi” (2014) (Yönetmen: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz)
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TRT2 Haziran 2020 Filmleri (Özel Haber) TRT’nin 22 Şubat 2019’dan itibaren yeniden yayın hayatına başlayan kültür ve sanat kanalı TRT2’nin Haziran ayında yayınlayacağı filmleri açıklayan tanıtım filmi yayınlandı.
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rebeccablogs · 3 years
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Watch "Kurmanjan Datka with english subtitles" on YouTube
Watch “Kurmanjan Datka with english subtitles” on YouTube
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moviedrawing · 7 years
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KURMANJAN DATKA / QUEEN OF MOUNTAIN / 山嶺の女王 クルマンジャン
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kyrgyznature-blog · 6 years
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Kurmanjan Datka – (1811-1907) – an outstanding stateswoman of the Kyrgyz Republic . She is sometimes known as “The Tsarina of Alai”, and “Queen of the South”...read more 👉link:easttours.kg/history/kurmanjandatka #kyrgyznature #holiday#beautifuldestinations #kurmanjandatka #photograph#amazingtrips #worldwide #wishlist#wonderfulplaces #nationalgeographic#yestc #worldplaces #fantasticview #world#fantastic #photowall #bestvacations#thebestshooter #nomad #wanderlust#nature_perfection #mustsee #thebest#natgeoru #prilaga #photos #funtime#travellife #naturephotography
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sinepower-blog · 7 years
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Kurmanjan datka izle (2014) türkçe altyazılı
Kurmanjan datka izle (2014) türkçe altyazılı
Kurmanjan datka izle Kurmanjan datka türkçe altyazılı izle Kurmanjan datka full hd izle IMDb Derecelendirme: 8,7 Queen of the Mountains – Kurmanjan datka izle ; Eşinin bir suikasta kurban gitmesinin ardından, Kurmancan etrafına “batur” denilen savaşçı gençleri toplamaya başladı. Kısa bir süre içinde, 10 bin yiğitden oluşan bir orduya kumanda eder hale geldi. Böylece, Güney Kırgızistan’daki Alay…
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storytellert · 10 years
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Kyrgyzstan sends Құрманжан Датқа Kurmanjan Datka (Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains) by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz to Oscars 2015 foreign language film category
(via Movie On: 87th Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Submissions)
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uyacha · 10 years
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Stoked to hear the Kyrgyz Republic's historically-based movie, Queen of the Mountains: Kurmanjand Datka, will be showing at the Montreal Film Festival!  Much Congratulations!!!
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yeniyeniseyler · 4 years
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TRT’nin yeniden yayın hayatına başlayan kültür ve sanat kanalı “TRT2”nin 8 – 14 Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasındaki, haftalık yayın akışına bu başlıktan ulaşabilirsiniz. Farklı kültür sanat içeriklerini ekrana taşıyan TRT 2’de; sinemadan müziğe, resimden edebiyata, tarihten felsefeye kadar birçok alanı konu alan yapımlar izleyici ile buluşuyor.
Yayın akışında oluşacak değişiklikler ve akıştaki eksiklikler; öğrendiğimiz anda akışa eklenecektir.
TRT2  8 – 14 Haziran 2020 – Haftalık Yayın Akışı: [su_spacer] [su_tabs] [su_tab title=”Pazartesi”] 8 Haziran 2020 Pazartesi: 05:58 İstiklal Marşı 06:00 Karalama Defteri 06:30 Opera Dünyası 07:00 Aykut Köksal İle Mimarlık Söyleşileri 07:50 Destansı Kareler 08:00 Sinema Dünyası 08:30 Pera Konserleri 09:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 10:00 Tiyatro Dünyası 10:30 Sarayın Lezzetleri 11:00 Aramızda Müzik Var 11:45 Fotoğraflar 12:00 Tarihin Ruhu 12:30 Sinema + 13:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 13:30 Karalama Defteri 14:00 Kısa Bir Ara 14:20 Randevu 14:30 Koleksiyoner 15:00 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 15:30 Bir Zamanlar 16:00 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler 16:55 Türkiye Atlası 17:00 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 17:30 Bizim Resmimiz 18:00 Hayat Sanat 18:30 Berceste 18:45 Çocuklara Yadigar 18:50 Renkler 19:00 Geleneğin Kalp Atışları 19:50 Müzelerin Yıldızları 20:00 One Direction: Where We Are – Konser Filmi 21:00 Yabancı Sinema “Hayatı Yakala” (Reign Over Me) (2007) (Yönetmen: Mike Binder) 23:00 Tarih Söyleşileri 00:30 Yabancı Dizi “Bron/Broen” (1.Sezon 1.Bölüm) 01:30 One Direction: Where We Are – Konser Filmi 02:30 Yabancı Sinema “Hayatı Yakala” (Reign Over Me) (2007) (Yönetmen: Mike Binder) (Tekrar) 04:30 Bizim Resmimiz [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Salı”] 9 Haziran 2020 Salı: 04:58 İstiklal Marşı 05:00 Nakkaşın Fırçası 05:30 Geri Dönüşen Sanat 05:45 Fotoğraflar 06:00 Sinema Dünyası 06:30 Hayat Sanat 07:00 Geleneğin Kalp Atışları 08:00 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 08:30 Sarayın Lezzetleri 09:00 Eskici 09:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 10:00 Evliya Çelebi 10:45 Ahenk 11:00 One Direction: Where We Are – Konser Filmi 12:00 Tarihin Ruhu 12:30 Hayat Sanat 13:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 13:30 Opera Dünyası 14:00 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 14:30 Koleksiyoner 15:00 Pera Konserleri 16:00 Tarih Söyleşileri 17:30 Sinema Dünyası 18:00 Hayat Sanat 18:30 Kısa Bir Ara 18:50 Randevu 19:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 19:30 Tarihin Ruhu 20:00 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 20:30 Yabancı Sinema “Dağların Kraliçesi” (Kurmanjan datka / Queen Of The Mountains) (2014) (Yönetmen: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz) 23:00 İhmal Edilebilir Nasihatler 00:00 Hayat Sanat 00:30 Yabancı Dizi “Bron/Broen” (1.Sezon 2.Bölüm) 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “Dağların Kraliçesi” (Kurmanjan datka / Queen Of The Mountains) (2014) (Yönetmen: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz) (Tekrar) 04:00 İhmal Edilebilir Nasihatler [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Çarşamba”] 10 Haziran 2020 Çarşamba: 04:58 İstiklal Marşı 05:00 Eskici 05:30 Murat Boncuk’la Atölye 06:00 Karalama Defteri 06:30 Hayat Sanat 07:00 Evliya Çelebi 07:45 Opera Dünyası 08:15 İzler Suretler 08:30 Geleneğin Kalp Atışları 09:20 Türkiye Atlası 09:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 10:00 Murat Boncuk’la Atölye 10:30 Sinema Dünyası 11:00 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler 12:00 Tarihin Ruhu 12:30 Hayat Sanat 13:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 13:30 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 14:30 Koleksiyoner 15:00 Sarayın Lezzetleri 15:30 Tiyatro Dünyası 16:00 İhmal Edilebilir Nasihatler 17:00 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 17:30 Muasır 18:00 Hayat Sanat 18:30 Koleksiyoner 19:00 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 19:30 Sinema Dünyası 20:00 Evliya Çelebi 20:45 Kısa Bir Ara 21:00 Yabancı Sinema “Eski Kocamız” (Forget About Nick) (2017) (Yönetmen: Margarethe von Trotta) 23:00 Edebiyat Söyleşileri 00:00 Hayat Sanat 00:30 Yabancı Dizi “Bron/Broen” (1.Sezon 3.Bölüm) 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “Eski Kocamız” (Forget About Nick) (2017) (Yönetmen: Margarethe von Trotta) (Tekrar) 03:30 Evliya Çelebi 04:10 Ahenk 04:30 Edebiyat Söyleşileri [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Perşembe”] 11 Haziran 2020 Perşembe: 05:28 İstiklal Marşı 05:30 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 06:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 06:30 Hayat Sanat 07:00 Aramızda Müzik Var 08:00 Tiyatro Dünyası 08:30 Ahenk 08:50 Berceste 09:00 Muasır 09:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 10:00 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 10:30 Randevu 10:45 Kısa Bir Ara 11:00 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 11:30 Karalama Defteri 12:00 Tarihin Ruhu 12:30 Hayat Sanat 13:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 13:30 Evliya Çelebi 14:10 Geri Dönüşen Sanat 14:30 Koleksiyoner 15:00 Eskici 15:30 Bizim Resmimiz 16:00 Edebiyat Söyleşileri 17:00 Murat Boncuk’la Atölye 17:30 Konsere Davet 18:00 Hayat Sanat 18:30 İzler Suretler 18:45 Sinema + 19:30 Nakkaşın Fırçası 20:00 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 21:00 Yabancı Sinema “Şirin’in Kalesi” (Ghasr-e Shirin / Castle of Dreams)(2019) (Yönetmen: Reza Mirkarimi) 22:30 Felsefe Söyleşileri 23:30 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 00:00 Hayat Sanat 00:30 Yabancı Dizi “Bron/Broen” (1.Sezon 4.Bölüm) 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “Şirin’in Kalesi” (Ghasr-e Shirin / Castle of Dreams)(2019) (Yönetmen: Reza Mirkarimi) (Tekrar) 03:00 Tarihin Ruhu 03:30 Felsefe Söyleşileri 04:30 Sinema + [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Cuma”] 12 Haziran 2020 Cuma: 04:58 İstiklal Marşı 05:00 Bir Zamanlar 05:30 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler 06:30 Hayat Sanat 07:00 Pera Konserleri 07:50 Ahenk 08:00 Bizim Resmimiz 08:30 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 09:00 Opera Dünyası 09:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 10:00 Evliya Çelebi 10:40 Geri Dönüşen Sanat 11:00 Geleneğin Kalp Atışları 12:00 Tarihin Ruhu 12:30 Hayat Sanat 13:00 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 13:30 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 14:00 Nakkaşın Fırçası 14:30 Koleksiyoner 15:00 Sinema + 15:30 Konsere Davet 16:00 Felsefe Söyleşileri 17:00 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 17:30 Tiyatro Dünyası 18:00 Hayat Sanat 18:30 Geri Dönüşen Sanat 18:45 Türkiye Atlası 19:00 Karalama Defteri 19:30 Muasır 20:00 Konser Zamanı: Aizonai Senfonik Türküler Konseri 21:30 Yabancı Sinema “Savaştan Sonra” (Mudbound) (2017) (Yönetmen: Dee Rees) 23:45 Fotoğraflar 00:00 Hayat Sanat 00:30 Yabancı Dizi “Bron/Broen” (1.Sezon 5.Bölüm) 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “Savaştan Sonra” (Mudbound) (2017) (Yönetmen: Dee Rees) (Tekrar) 03:45 Konser Zamanı: Aizonai Senfonik Türküler Konseri [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Cumartesi”] 13 Haziran 2020 Cumartesi: 05:18 İstiklal Marşı 05:20 Randevu 05:30 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 06:30 Hayat Sanat 07:00 Bir Zamanlar 07:30 Konsere Davet 08:00 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 08:30 Tiyatro Dünyası 09:00 Fotoğraflar 09:15 Yabancı Sinema “Dağların Kraliçesi” (Kurmanjan datka / Queen Of The Mountains) (2014) (Yönetmen: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz) (Tekrar) 11:30 Aramızda Müzik Var 12:20 Kısa Bir Ara 12:30 Resim Sevinci: Bob Ross 13:00 Konser Zamanı: Aizonai Senfonik Türküler Konseri 14:30 Sinema + 15:00 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 15:30 Tarihin Ruhu 16:00 Tarihin Ruhu 16:30 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 17:30 Geri Dönüşen Sanat 17:45 Evliya Çelebi 18:30 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler 19:20 Müzelerin Yıldızları 19:30 Eskici 20:00 2 Cellos 2 Faces (Konser) 21:00 Yeryüzleri 21:15 Film Önü 21:30 Yabancı Sinema “6.5 Metre” (Metri Shesh Va Nim / Just 6.5)(2019) (Yönetmen: Saeed Roustayi) 23:45 Film Arkası 00:15 2 Cellos 2 Faces (Konser) 01:15 Film Önü 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “6.5 Metre” (Metri Shesh Va Nim / Just 6.5)(2019) (Yönetmen: Saeed Roustayi) (Tekrar) 03:40 Film Arkası 04:15 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler [/su_tab] [su_tab title=”Pazar”] 14 Haziran 2020 Pazar: 04:58 İstiklal Marşı 05:00 Anjelika Akbar İle Sesler 05:30 Pera Konserleri 06:20 Yeryüzleri 06:30 Bir Oyundan Fazlası 07:00 Sinema + 07:30 Bir Resim Bir Hikaye 08:00 Eskici 08:30 İzler Suretler 08:45 Kelimeler Ve Şeyler 09:45 Western Kuşağı “Nevadalı” (The Nevadan) (1950) (Yönetmen: Gordon Douglas) 11:15 Evliya Çelebi 12:00 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 13:00 Konsere Davet 13:30 Pazar Konseri 15:15 Müzelerin Yıldızları 15:30 Tarihin Ruhu 16:00 Tarihin Ruhu 16:30 2 Cellos 2 Faces (Konser) 17:30 Muasır 18:00 Günseli Kato İle Hasılıkelam 18:30 Anadolu Arkeolojisi 19:00 Aramızda Müzik Var 19:50 Kısa Bir Ara 20:00 Sarayın Lezzetleri 20:30 Sinema Dünyası 20:50 Renkler 21:00 Fotoğraflar 21:15 Film Önü 21:30 Yabancı Sinema “Zamanın Tozu” (Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou / The Dust Of Time) (2008) (Yönetmen: Theodoros Angelopoulos) 23:45 Film Arkası 00:15 Hülya Koçyiğit İle Film Gibi Hayatlar 01:15 Film Önü 01:30 Yabancı Sinema “Zamanın Tozu” (Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou / The Dust Of Time) (2008) (Yönetmen: Theodoros Angelopoulos) (Tekrar) 03:40 Film Arkası 04:15 Konsere Davet [/su_tab] [/su_tabs]
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TRT2 – 8 – 14 Haziran 2020 – Haftalık Yayın Akışı TRT'nin yeniden yayın hayatına başlayan kültür ve sanat kanalı “TRT2”nin 8 - 14 Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasındaki, haftalık yayın akışına bu başlıktan ulaşabilirsiniz.
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useyourrwords · 5 years
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Month in Review // The Month From Hell – March
This month has given me more breakdowns than I can count.
So maybe it’s not the single worst month I’ve ever lived but honestly, it’s pretty high up there!
Between a car accident, still going through the mess of changing names, pain, oh so much fucking pain, a new doctor who doesn’t know how to help me, and an altercation I wish to just forget, I’m just about ready to hide under my blankets and never leave my room.
Unfortunately, that’s not an option and so I am sitting at me desk at work writing this instead.
If you would like to buy any of the following books please consider using my Book Depository Affliate link!
         Month’s TBR
│The Dream Thieves││
│Skylarks││
│The Surface Breaks││
│The Female of the Species│││
│Sharp Objects││
│Blue Lily, Lily Blue││
│Truly Devious││
│Khutulun│tatterhood│Agnodice│Te Puea Herangi│Moremi Ajasoro│Sybil Ludington│Kurmanjan Datka│Andamana│Mary Seacole│Florence Nightingale│Gráinne “Grace O’Malley” Ni Mháille│Rejected Princesses││
│Empress Xi Ling Shi│Hatsheput│Agnodice│Trung Trӑc & Trung Nhi│Fatima Al-Fihri│Bygone Badass Broads││
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│The Surface Breaks│Lousie O’Neill│││││★★★★│Read Mar 13│
This book was so unapologetically feminist, I loved it.
│The Dream Thieves│The Raven Cycle #2│Maggie Stiefvater│││││★★★★★│Read Mar 25│
I think I jumped into this book too quickly after finishing the first so it took me a while to get through it but I got there eventually.
│Truly Devious│Truly Devious #1│Maureen Johnson│││││DNF Mar 22│
I don’t think fiction audiobooks are for me! at least not ones I haven’t already read. I’m switching to Non-Fic/memoirs and I’ll try rereading a fave eventually to see how I go with that.
│I’ve Got This Round│Mamrie hart││││
After realising ficiton audiobooks weren’t for me I needed a win so I returned Truly Devious for this because i love Mamrie and there’s no way I wouldn’t love this. I was right.
│Skylarks│Karen Gregory│││││
I’ve just been super invested in this one. I don’t know if it’s because i wasn’t reading it regularly since I normally read ARCs while I’m exercising…and I’ve not been exercising like at all this month. I don’t know. I’ll give it another go next month if I have time but otherwise it’ll probably be pushed back to May.
│Rad Girls Can│Kate Schatz│││││
I switched to this ARC since it’s only 112 pages and I figured SURELY I can finish this before the month is up. Nope. So April it is!
│Khutulun│tatterhood│Agnodice│Te Puea Herangi│Moremi Ajasoro│Sybil Ludington│Kurmanjan Datka│Andamana│Mary Seacole│Florence Nightingale│Gráinne “Grace O’Malley” Ni Mháille│Rejected Princesses│Jason Porath│││││
│Empress Xi Ling Shi│Hatsheput│Agnodice│Trung Trӑc & Trung Nhi│Fatima Al-Fihri│Bygone Badass Broads│Mackenzi Lee│││││
I didn’t do much but at least I got my entries read for both of these!
Book of the Month
│The Female of the Species│Mindy McGinnis││││││★★★★★│Read Mar 31│
Once I realised just how little I read this month and made myself power through this one and omg it was soooo good and worth it. I needed this book this month.
│Average Rating: 4.5★’s│ 5│
Structured TBR Pass or Fail?
│Must Read:  3/5│ 0/1│ 0/0│ 2/2│ 3/3│ 10/10│ 5/5│
│Allowances:  1/1│ 1/1│ 0/0│ 0/0│ 0/1│
Clearly this was a terrible reading month. I got hardly any reading done. I started off relatively strong but then I stopped exercising (for reasons I’ll go into further later in this post) so that was less time spent reading. And then I spent far more time watching TV when I should have been reading because Depression. And the audiobook wasn’t really working out for me so I didn’t get that read either. FUN.
     Haul
│Barbed Wire Heart│Tess Sharpe│││
I loved Far From You so when I saw this was available on Netgalley I knew I needed it! And it wasn’t even a request, just one you could immediately download and my international blogger heart is v. v. thankful.
│Vicious│Villains #1│V.E. Schwab││
│Vengeful│Villains #1│V.E. Schwab│││
If you’ve been paying attention to my hauls sections you’re probably thinking “doesn’t Grey already have both of these books and the answer to that is yes absolutely but listen.
I have the paperback copy of Vicious in the old cover art because i bought it years ago…Well my mum bought it for me years ago but same same.
Then it was announced that with the long-awaited release of Vengeful we’d get all new cover art so I knew I’d be re-buying the first no matter what.
And then the collector’s edition came out for Vicious.
So I bought that and then Book Depository listed the hardback for Vengeful as a collector’s edition and so I ordered that as a birthday present to myself.
Only I don’t actually think it is a collector’s edition because it doesn’t say so on the cover or anything but oh well.
So I finally have both books with new covers only I don’t want to read them because if I do, I’ll want to annotate them and I don’t annotate collector’s edition as a rule for myself.
So I had to buy the paperbacks. I just had to. My hands were tied. Did I really have the money to? No, but I’ve had a hard month so fuck it.
Past Grey Reads
 Book Review // Girl Made of Stars – I Am Broken
 Grey Reads // Everything’s On Fire and I Couldn’t Be Happier – Girls of Paper and Fire
 Grey Reads // Bloody Moors & Candy Castles – The Wayward Children 2 & 3
       Film & TV
Honestly I barely remember what I did actually watch.
Month’s TBW
│The Bold Type│Season 2││
│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││
│RuPaul’s Drag Race│Season 11││
│I Am The Night│Season 1││
│The Umbrella Academy│Season 1││
│Russian Doll│Season 1││
│Sex Education│Season 1││
     Watched
│The Bold Type│Season 2││2017│ Sarah Watson│ Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy│★★★★★│
This show is so fucking good, I’m not not so patiently waiting for the third season to come out next month!
│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││2013│ Daniel J. Goor, Michael Schur│ Andre Braugher, Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★★│
The episode with the murder in the apartment and the making stupid promises to the mum and Jake slowly going crazy and Rosa with a different hair style every scene??? Iconic!
│RuPaul’s Drag Race│Season 11││2009│ RuPaul│RuPaul, Michelle Visage│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★★│
Between Miss Vanjie being the narrator of the season (and maybe my fave of all time), her hoemance with Brooke Lyn Heights, Yvie’s take no shit, own your shit attitude and Plastique’s fish???? I am in love with this season.
I could do without Silky’s obnoxious everything and R. Kelly style Untucked breakdowns but whatever.
│Russian Doll│Season 1││2019│  Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler│ Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee│★★★★★│
I am in love with Russian Doll and everything about it. It’s short, it’s smart, it’s quality TV and it’s fucking funny.
│Sex Education│Season 1││2019│ Laurie Nunn│ Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey│★★★★★│
This show is stupid funny but it’s also super intelligent and important. This is such a good show for teens to have easy access to and I can’t wait for the new season.
│Queer Eye│Season 3││2018│ Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France │★★★★★│
This season had me crying my eyes out and I loved every second of it.
But my favourite moment is when Jody, on the first episode, comes out for the big reveal and the guys all lose their fucking minds! Especially Karamo’s and Antoni’s reactions. They were absolutely fucking gold.
│Game of Thrones│Season 1││2011│ David Benioff, D.B. Weiss│ Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington│★★★★│
I mean, yes I am well aware of the problems Game of Thrones have and I am trash for it anyway. Is it as amazing as I initially thought?? Not at all but I’m in too deep now I can’t just not watch the final season.
So here I am re-watching the entire show with my mum to drag it out just a little longer and hopefully by the time we’re all caught up the final season, in it’s entirety, will be well and truly out.
I just have to try and avoid spoilers until then…which should actually be very easy because of something I’ll announce in my Month Ahead post.
Me after this month.
     Music
│YUNGBLUD│11 Minutes + Halsey│Loner│Falling Skies + Charlotte Lawrence│
│Dodie│Burned Out│
│Troye Sivan + Lauv│i’m so tired…│
│Noah Cyrus│Sadness│Good Cry│
│Julia Michaels│Anxiety + Selena Gomez│Happy│
│Steve Aoki│Waste It on Me + BTS│
Past Grey Watches
 Grey Watches // I Hate It So Much I Love It – A Christmas Prince
 Grey Watches // It Has To Be A Shit Show – A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
 Grey Watches // I Wanna Bone Jude Law and Kate Winslet – The Holiday
Use Your Words Highlights
 Grey Reads // Bloody Moors & Candy Castles – The Wayward Children 2 & 3
 Top Ten Tuesday // Audible and Overdrive Are My Lords & Saviors – My Audiobook TBR
     Blogosphere Highlights
│Laura @ The Book Corps│#UNSOLVEDATHON: A BUZZFEED UNSOLVED READATHON — ANNOUNCEMENT AND SIGN UP!│#UNSOLVEDATHON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!│
│Elise @ The Bookish Actress│Why I’m Not Honestly That Excited for Game of Thrones: Season Eight│Eighteen Things I’ve Learned In My First Eighteen Years│
│Krystin @ Here’s The Fucking Twist│True Crime Tuesday: The Moors Murders│
│Jamieson @ Jamishelves│IF YOU LIKE THIS BOOK YOU’LL LIKE THIS TV SHOW !│
│Vicky @ Vicky Who Reads│Stressed About College? These Book Recs Are For You!│
│Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxxbooks│5 TIPS ON ANNOTATING YOUR BOOKS!│
│Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books│10 YA BOOKS DEALING WITH ANXIETY│
│Avery @ Red Rocket Panda│DOWN THE TBR HOLE | USING THE #KONMARIE METHOD FOR MY PHYSICAL SHELVES│
│Fadwa @ Word Wonders│#DIVERSEBOOKBLOGGERSDISCUSS: THE FANTASY OF HISTORICAL ROMANCE│(SOME) BOOK BLOGGING PRESSURES & HOW TO FIGHT THEM│WORD WONDERS’ TBR EXPANSION: BOOKS WITH EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN MAIN CHARACTERS│MY PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS – OR HOW TO BE A MASTER ORGANIZER!│
│Aurora @ Aurora Librialis│5 Book Quotes for International Women’s Day│
│Swetlana @ The Caffeinated Bookworm Life│6 Reasons To Watch On My Block│
│Qui @ The Black Lit Queen│Diversity vs. Representation|BLQ Quick Guide│
│Madeline @ Caffeine & Writing Dreams│How to Write Scenes that Balance Plot & Character // Scene and Sequel Sequences│
Past Month In Review
 Month in Review // Christmas is Over Thank Fuck – December
 January in Review // I Cried, Laughed, Ate Pasta, Celebrated My Birthday & Completed TWO Read-A-Thons/Challenges
 Month in Review // I FINALLY CHANGED MY NAME – February
Month’s Goals
 Get my mental health plan
 Book a therapy session I have to wait until April ahhhhhhhh
 Get a massage from mum —I just always forget okay
 Try and take a mental health day
 Try and take a mental health day later in the month
 Keep my shit together —HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
 Start journaling —I will get to this eventually…
 Quit soft drink 
 Start floor exercises—I keep adding this and never get around to it. —I couldn’t even go for my walks for most of the month so…
 Try and read 5 books —I can’t even say I tried. 
 Don’t waste all my time on The Sims 
 Go to Writers Week
Considering how shit this month was I count 7/12 goals reached a fucking accomplishment!
My Nightmare Month
So it started well enough. I went to Writers Week on two different days and thoroughly enjoyed myself! but then i got into a car accident on the way to my third day.
Which was stressful and anxiety inducing. It’s been a nightmare to work through all the aftermath. I didn’t know if the accident would be covered by insurance or if I would even hear from the person who hit me. And then when I did get the good news of being covered I basically had to micromanage the insurance company because they did everything slow and I couldn’t afford slow. So that was loads of phone calls which is something that causes me anxiety so YAY.
It’s mostly all sorted out. I still need to take my plates in and get a refund on my rego which I tried to do a couple days ago and got frustrated so that’s a task for another day.
     I did get to go to the Fringe Festival and see Daniel Sloss’s new comedy special which was absolutely brilliant! He talked about rape culture and really put the onus on men and how they need to work and go out of their way to think critically of themselves and society and what they can do to dismantle rape culture. I laughed and sobbed. My mum nearly pissed herself laughing and it was a great night out with to die for Sri-Lankan food hot buttered squid will blow your fucking mind! and I discovered that I like to drink Pimms.
     Throughout the month I’ve still been sorting out my name change because that is a long and drawn out process of changing my name everywhere and hitting road blocks constantly has be incredibly frustrating but I’m nearly finished!
I have also been doing all of this while in incredible pain because chronic illness.
My March mood
     Basically my feet have been very painful, I knew the solution, doctor refused me, mum took me to a doctor who knows our history and I got the solution so I can actually start walking regularly again which will help my mental health loads.
My mum also took me to replace all of my shoes which was both expensive and needed so I have the best shoes for walking and working and running around doing errands and going out!
I was ready to end the month on a positive. Sure the start had rattled me a lot, and I was big depressed because of pain for most of it but I did have a few great experiences and I’d resolved almost all the long running issues.
     And then while I was waiting for mum to finish work a couple of days ago, I sat and read in the foodcourt.
A man approached me and invaded my personal space and stared at me, knowing it would make me uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that it distracted me from the fact he was trying to steal my purse.
Thankfully I noticed at the last minute and grabbed it back because I would have been a fucking mess if I had gone to all the trouble replacing everything in my purse with my new name on it, only to have to do it all over again because someone stole my it all.
The man walked off but I would be lying if I said it didn’t terrify me. The way he stared at me was so unnerving and I don’t handle people being in my personal space…like at all. Even people I know and trust have to always ask permission first. I don’t let men I know in my personal space at all because I know what men are capable of. But to have a man I don’t know get in my face with the purpose to make me uncomfortable, especially after the month I’ve had, was enough for me to completely come undone.
I’m thankful for the cleaner for checking up on me, even though I burst into tears, and I’m thankful for the girl who approached me after as well to try and be supportive.
She had fire in her eyes and in that moment I had wished that that was what I looked like instead of the girl I was, not being able to hold back tears and trying to keep calm in the middle of an anxiety attack.
More than anything, I’m thankful for my mum for being so supportive and understanding and being exactly what I needed her to be and for calling out the men who made things worse, while trying to help, when I didn’t have the strength to.
I’ve argued with myself on whether to share this and maybe I might delete it all before it gets published, but I think it’s important for women to share their experiences with how men have preyed upon them, whether sexually or not, and how men continue to use their power to get what they want from us, regardless of the negative impact it has on us.
I just—girls, women, know that if something like this happens to you, if something worse happens to you, it’s not your fault, it’s never your fault. The way you react to it is right because it’s your experience and your emotions. I’m trying to remind myself of that. 
And men, know that if you’re not actively trying to stop this shit from happening, aren’t pulling your friends up for those gross comments they make, then you’re part of the fucking problem. I don’t want to hear that you personally would never do this. That shit isn’t enough. It’s never been enough. This all lies at your feet and fuck you for helping to hold up a society that makes us think any of it is our own fault.
And if something like this happens to a girl or woman you know then ask her what she needs, ask her the best way for you to help. Because nine times out of ten the way you react naturally is going to be the complete fucking opposite of what she needs and you might make things worse. And that’s on you, not her.
Past Month Ahead
 Month Ahead // Happy Birthday To Me + Hiatus Announcement – January
 February Ahead // I’m Finally Going To Read The Raven Cycle Series & It’s Black History Month + A Great Resource for Education!!!!!
 Month Ahead // Writers Week, Comedy & Too Much To Do – March
Thank fuck March is over.
What did you do this month? What did you read? What did you watch? What posts did you write that you’re super proud of?
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