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alphareader · 10 days
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someone can ask me the definition of gender and I’ll just say "david tennant in shakespeare plays" :
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alphareader · 17 days
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me: i don’t really want to write this essay
the little shakespearean friar living in my brain: FAKE YOUR DEATH
me: what
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alphareader · 2 months
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-Melina Marchetta, Quintana of Charyn
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alphareader · 3 months
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alphareader · 4 months
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If you like enemies to lovers filled with all the best tropes PLEASE go watch this show🙏🏼
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I felt like it was my civic duty to let you all know
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alphareader · 4 months
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DERRY GIRLS APPRECIATION WEEK
↳Day 5/7: Favourite Scenes/Moments
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alphareader · 4 months
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People died. Innocent people died Granda. And they were someone’s mother, father, daughter, son. Nothing can ever make that ok. And the people who took those lives, they’re just gonna walk free.
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alphareader · 4 months
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Derry Girls (2018-2022)
@lgbtqcreators battleship bingo- free choice
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alphareader · 6 months
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Live so that if your life was a book, Florida would ban it 🤘
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alphareader · 2 years
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Rev Dr Jill Richardson: I got to tell a kid in church that no, intrusive thoughts are brain chemistry, not sin, and I almost cried. Y’all, there is so much pain out there. Let’s not make it worse.
Daphne ColemanPerine; I once heard a preacher say, you can’t control what bird flies over your head but you don’t let it have to build a nest in your hair. That was honestly a breakthrough for me.
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alphareader · 2 years
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New York, 2022
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alphareader · 2 years
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I’m again at a loss for words, and turning to those who know better. I keep thinking of Gloria Steinem’s dedication in her memoir, ‘My Life On The Road.’ I had the honour of listening to her speak about this book when she came to Melbourne in 2016. Her dedication is still one of the most perfect and fierce I’ve ever read:
‘THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO:
Dr. John Sharpe of London, who in 1957, a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a twenty-two-year-old American on her way to India.
Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, “You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.”
Dear Dr. Sharpe, I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death:
I’ve done the best I could with my life.
This book is for you.’
✊❤️
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alphareader · 2 years
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Outgoing Australian of the Year - Grace Tame - meets with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photographs by Alex Ellinghausen. Worth noting that this same government failed to include Grace in their child sex abuse strategy (despite being a childhood sexual abuse survivor herself and spreading the word about the “Let Her Speak,” campaign), the government that stood with Christian Porter and Andrew Laming, that “paused” the investigation into the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins that happened at Parliament … they don’t deserve civility or respect from this activist. And no woman owes you a smile. Or a photo opportunity. Grace Tame - rock on 🤘
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alphareader · 2 years
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⭐️ Top 25 Reads of 2021 ⭐️
I’ve had an amazing reading year this year (mostly due to the super-boost I got last January from starting my reread of The Saddle Club) so I wanted to highlight some of the best books I had the pleasure of reading. Feel free to ask me questions about any of these books or you can find my reviews of them by searching the title or author on my blog 😊
I’ve listed the titles below in the order they appear in the collage above (which is no particular order lol) and I’ll mark them with rainbow flags and wheelchair symbols to denote queer and disability rep!
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk ♿️
Social Queue by Kay Kerr ♿️ #LoveOzYA
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ♿️
The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough 🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA
(US release March 2022, also titled “Ready When You Are”)
Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka ♿️🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA
Near the Bone by Christina Henry 
Growing Up Disabled in Australia (ed.) by Carly Findlay ♿️🏳️‍🌈
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks 🏳️‍🌈 #LoveOzYA
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
The Degenerates by J Albert Mann ♿️🏳️‍🌈
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🏳️‍🌈
Burden Falls by Kat Ellis (also titled “Wicked Little Deeds)
The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson ♿️🏳️‍🌈
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 🏳️‍🌈
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare 🏳️‍🌈
Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller #LoveOzYA
Echo After Echo by AR Capetta 🏳️‍🌈
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs-Waller
Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🏳️‍🌈
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron ♿️🏳️‍🌈
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling 🏳️‍🌈
This Is Not A Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
I Kissed A Girl by Jennet Alexander 🏳️‍🌈
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alphareader · 2 years
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The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks Rating: 5/5     #LoveOzYA
“I’m still hurt by you, and mad at you — but I can forgive you. Because you are more than just your worst moments, Bubbe. And we had so many good ones too.”
My greatest love, after books, is movies, so a book about movies was already a win. Add in a lovely wlw romance and a beautiful family story and you’ve got yourself a marvellous little book. The Monster of Her Age is about the wonders and horrors of love of all kinds and how films shape our world and our lives; how they connect people from all walks of life - all abilities, all cultures, all sexualities. If you loved Mara Wilson’s memoir Where Am I Now? or Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, definitely track down a copy of this gorgeous Australian YA.
Warnings: death, grief, references to emotional and psychological abuse.
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alphareader · 2 years
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If you liked Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, try The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks
They both include:
sweet wlw romance
a window into the scandalous lives of fictional Hollywood stars
explorations of how films impact and interact with real life
More of my recs are available in my “book recommendations” tag!
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alphareader · 2 years
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Anne Rice was an author who had a really complicated (and fascinating) relationship with fans and fandom … but she leaves behind quite the literary legacy, that helped pull a genre and monster into the modern-era.
Condolences to those who loved her, and her words.
People are going to have so many different takes on Anne Rice’s legacy … but one of my favourite odes to her is ‘What We Do In The Shadow’ opening credits and Harvey Guillen’s pure-soul Guillermo de la Cruz character cos-playing as Armand. Perfect respect.
A moment’s pause that tips it’s hat to the fact that you don’t get to ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ without ‘The Vampire Chronicles’
Vale.
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