I found sympathy for him in the knowledge that he was harder on himself than he was on anyone else, including me.
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
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Bonnie & Clyde (2022)
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Review: Into The Woods, Theatre Royal Bath
Review: Into The Woods, Theatre Royal Bath
A largely strong set of performances can’t hide the directorial overload in Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s production of Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath
“I wish a lot of things”
A choice is made in going to see Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath. Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s production was initially scheduled for the Old Vic but was axed after staff raised concerns about comments…
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Free Black History, Palestine, Socialism (and other) books on Haymarket
So, HaymarketBooks is a cool online bookstore that, while it does sell physical and digital books, it also offers a lot of free ebooks on subjects it thinks the public should be aware of.
Two categories I know of are Black History, after some racist law in the US that banned Black History resources
And Palestine, what with government media giving a super biased view of unfortunately
It’s in moments like these that we must turn to independent media and resource providers to educate ourselves on topics the government or other people don’t want us to learn about.
Now, here are all of Haymarket’s books they are offering for free, since their website doesn’t have a filter or sort by price option.
Here they are, 17 in total, as per 2nd Feb 2024 :)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions by Omar Barghouti, 320 pages
1989, The Number by Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall, 23 pages
Inauguration by Idris Goodwin and Nico Wilkinson, 23 pages
The Anti-Inauguration by Anand Gopal, Owen Jones, et al., 40 pages
Commando by E'mon Lauren,
Human Highlight by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin
1919 by Eve L. Ewing
The New Authoritarians by David Renton
Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics
The Brother You Choose by Susie Day
Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Debt Collective
Black Lives Matter at School by Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction Edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean
Light in Gaza Edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, et al., 280 pages
A Life of Activism by Howard Zinn, 81 pages
Our History Has Always Been Contraband Edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, et al.
From the River to the Sea Edited by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz, et al.
While their website is limited when it comes to pricing options, it's not limited with free books, so you don't need to enter a single financial detail to download these books :)
Note: I haven't read any of these books yet so the tags are just based on their book descriptions
Other places for more free books:
Liberation Library
On the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Sudan guide, not an ebook, but #keep eyes on sudan #free sudan
Happy reading! :)
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Current list of nominations ready for voting to find the most goonable celeb of 2023. Further suggestions can be sent via DM to @100-sexiest and voting will begin Jan 1st
Addison Rae
Alena Shishkova
Alexa Bliss
Alexis Ren
Alice Chater
Alice Delish
Alla Bruletova
Amara Cordova
Amber Heard
Amelie Zilber
Amouranth
Amy Childs
Amy Schumer
Ana De Armas
Angela White
Anna Kendrick
Anna Nystrom
Anne Hathaway
Anya Taylor-Joy
Anyuta Rai
Ariana Grande
Aspen Mansfield
Asuna Yuuki
Aubrey Plaza
Autumn Falls
Ava Max
Avril Lavigne
Bebe Rexha
Bella Hadid
Bella Thorne
Belle Delphine
Belle Poarch
Bhad Bhabie
Billie Faiers
Breckie Hill
Britney Spears
Camilo Cabello
Cara Delvigne
Carmella Rose
Carmen Electra
Charli D'Amelio
Charli XCX
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Lawrence
Charly Jordan
Chelsea Healey
Cherry Crush
Chloe Grace Moretz
Chloe Khan
Chloe Madeley
Chloe Sims
Coconut Kitty
Corinna Kopf
Courtney Stodden
Daisy Keech
Daisy Ridley
Danielle Mason
Demi Rose
Dove Cameron
Elisha Herbert
Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Olsen
Emilia Clarke
Emily Atack
Emily Elizabeth
Emily Feld
Emily Ratajkowski
Emma Kotos
Emma Roberts
Emma Stone
Emma Watson
Eva Elfie
Faith Seed
Foxy Menagerie
Gal Gadot
Gigi Hadid
Greta Thunberg
Hailee Steinfeld
Hailey Bieber
Hailey Sigmond
Hannah OwO
Hannah Palmer
Havanna Winter
Hayden Panettiere
Holly Hagan
Ichinose Asuna
Iggy Azalea
Ivanka Peach
Ivanka Trump
Jemima Robinson
Jenna Ortega
Jennifer Lawrence
Jessica Weaver
Jesy Nelson
Jordyn Jones
Jorgie Porter
Julia Burch
Kaley Cuoco
Kali Roses
Kate Mara
Kate Moss
Kate Upton
Katelyn Elizabeth
Katie Price
Katie Sigmond
Katy Perry
Keeley Hazell
Keira Knightly
Kelsey Calemine
Kendall Jenner
Kendra Wilkinson
Khloe Kardashian
Kiernan Shipka
Kim Kardashian
Kourtney Kardashian
Kristen Hancher
Kyla Dodds
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Minogue
Lara Croft
Lauren Burch
Lauren Conrad
Lauren Pope
Lea Elui
Lele Pons
Lily Collins
Lily Easton
Lindsay Lohan
Lois Griffin
Lola Bynny
Loren Gray
Lorraine Ward
Lucy Hale
Lucy Mecklenburgh
Maddison Fox
Madi Teeuws
Madison Beer
Maggie Lindemann
Malu Trevejo
Margot Robbie
Maria Domark
Megan Fox
Meika Woollard
Mia Malkova
Mila Kunis
Miley Cyrus
Millie Mackintosh
Miranda Lawson
Mishka Silva
Molly-Mae Hague
Morgan Harvill
Natalia Fadeev
Natalie Dormer
Nicki Minaj
Nicole Demora
Nicole Scherzinger
Olivia Dunne
Olivia Ponton
Paige Thorn
Paisley Porter
Paris Hilton
Piper Rockelle
Pixie Lott
Pokimane
Polina Malinovskaya
Polly Marchant
Poppy
Power
Presley Elise
Rachel Brockman
Rachel Cook
Ramona Flowers
Renee Herbert
Ria Sunn
Rias Gremory
Rihanna
Riley Reid
Roberta Tubbs
Rolyat
Rooney Mara
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rubi Rose
Sabrina Carpenter
Samara Weaving
Sarah Hyland
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Scarlet Johnasson
Selena Gomez
Shakira
Sicily Rose
Skyla Jay Carpenter
Sommer
Sophie Grace
Sophie Turner
Summer Glau
Sydney Sweeny
Tammy Hembrow
Taylor Swift
Tila Tequila
Uffie
Vanessa Hudgens
Veronica Lake
Vicky Pattison
Violet Summers
Whitney Thornqvist
Willow Hand
Yor Forger
Zendaya
Zoe Sugg
Zoey Deutch
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Update: Remember this post of an old basketball gym that was for sale in Wilkinson, Indiana for $299K?
Well, Kyle and Lauren were not looking for a new home when they saw the listing, and certainly had no interest in the rickety skeleton of a 72-year-old gym.
But because they lived nearby, they stopped in for a look. The pictures, they thought, had not done the space justice.
They were awed by its cavernous proportions, but they looked around and went home.
A week and a half later, the couple, (who has 3 kids), decided they wanted to own it. They called the real estate agent that morning and made an offer. It was accepted before they went to bed that night.
Lauren in front of the gym. “It was the strangest thing I’d ever heard of, and the coolest thing I’d ever heard of,” she said. The next day, after their offer of $300K was accepted, the real estate agent called and said the listing went viral and offers were pouring in from as far away as Singapore.
Among miscellaneous furniture, boxes await unpacking. Meanwhile, the viral moment faded as quickly as it appeared. The worldwide attention subsided.
Their daughter riding her bike in the gym. They realized one night that a colony of bats had taken up residence in the gym & spiders continue to emerge all over the house. Moving has been a slow process.
Kyle and his father examine carvings on an original wooden school desk left in the home. “We’re still walking around here thinking, ‘What did we just do?’” said Kyle, who estimated the cost of renovations, over a period of years, would eventually exceed the original cost of the home.
They have a photo showing the construction of the Wilkinson High School gym. They want to refurbish the court and open it up somehow to the Wilkinson community. The community is rooting for them and waiting to see what happens next.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/sports/basketball/indiana-family-lives-in-gym.html
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I valued this highly about her, the fact that if she didn’t know something she said so directly. That was rarely the case with my male informants.
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
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🦘 Booklr Reads Australian - Authors on My Shelves 🐨
so, I’ve been trying to think of a way to recommend a lot of Australian authors really quickly for Booklr Reads Australian. what I came up with was just to give y’all a giant list of all the authors I have at home!
most of them are YA and/or fantasy authors, and I’ve marked my favourites with an asterisk (*) but if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an ask 😊
1. Sarah Ayoub
2. Eugen Bacon
3. Shirley Barber *
4. AJ Betts
5. Danielle Binks *
6. Cally Black
7. Steph Bowe *
8. Alice Boyle
9. JC Burke
10. Meg Caddy *
11. Frances Chapman
12. Wai Chim *
13. Claire Christian
14. Lyndall Clipstone
15. Claire G Coleman
16. Katherine Collette
17. Harry Cook
18. Cath Crowley
19. Robyn Dennison
20. Cale Dietrich
21. Lauren Draper
22. CG Drews *
23. Michael Earp
24. Kate Emery
25. Sarah Epstein
26. Alison Evans *
27. Fleur Ferris
28. Carly Findlay
29. Helena Fox
30. Lisa Fuller
31. Emily Gale
32. Meg Gatland-Veness
33. Sophie Gonzales
34. Erin Gough *
35. Leanne Hall *
36. Pip Harry
37. Sonya Hartnett
38. Adam Hills
39. Simmone Howell
40. Megan Jacobson
41. Amie Kaufman
42. Melissa Keil
43. Nina Kenwood
44. Sharon Kernot
45. Kay Kerr *
46. Will Kostakis
47. Jay Kristoff
48. Ambelin Kwaymullina
49. Benjamin Law
50. Rebecca Lim
51. Gary Lonesborough *
52. Kathleen Loughnan
53. Miranda Luby
54. Tobias Madden
55. Melina Marchetta
56. Ellie Marney *
57. Freya Marske
58. Jodi McAlister *
59. Margot McGovern *
60. Nikki McWatters
61. Anna Morgan
62. Jaclyn Moriarty
63. Liane Moriarty
64. Garth Nix
65. Lynette Noni
66. Carly Nugent
67. Poppy Nwosu
68. Kate O’Donnell
69. Shivaun Plozza
70. Michael Pryor
71. Alice Pung
72. Emily Rodda *
73. Autumn Royal
74. Omar Sakr
75. Holden Sheppard
76. AG Slatter
77. Jo Spurrier
78. Krystal Sutherland *
79. Jared Thomas
80. Hayli Thompson
81. Gabrielle Tozer
82. Christos Tsiolkas
83. Alicia Tuckerman
84. Ellen van Neerven
85. Marlee Jane Ward
86. Vikki Wakefield
87. Lisa Walker
88. Jessica Watson *
89. Allayne L Webster
90. Anna Whateley *
91. Samantha Wheeler
92. Jen Wilde *
93. Rhiannon Wilde
94. Lili WIlkinson
95. Gabrielle Williams
96. Rhiannon Williams
97. Fiona Wood
98. Leanne Yong
99. Suzy Zail
100. Nevo Zisin
101. Markus Zusak
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50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time
according to Literary Hub
"Who gets to decide the definition of a “summer read”? For me, summer reading isn’t so much a chance to shut off my brain, but an opportunity to lose myself in another world. When I pick a book to read at the beach, I want to be entertained by the storytelling as much as I want to dive into the depths of the human condition."
blogger's note: * -> personal fave; ** -> want to read asap.
Renata Adler, Speedboat **
Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls
André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name
Charles Portis, Norwood
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano **
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book
Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock **
Sarah Schulman, After Delores
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca *
Terry McMillan, Waiting to Exhale
Sharma Shields, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac **
Lauren Wilkinson, American Spy **
Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley **
James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room **
Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
Melissa Bank, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing **
Rachel Ingalls, Binstead’s Safari
Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica **
Edward St Aubyn, Mother’s Milk
Kobo Abe, tr. E. Dale Saunders, The Woman in the Dunes
Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
E.M. Forster, A Room with a View *
Vendela Vida, The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty
Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing **
Douglas A. Martin, Outline of My Lover
Lydia Millet, A Children’s Bible
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary *
Jane Bowles, Two Serious Ladies
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Alex Garland, The Beach
Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees
Colson Whitehead, Sag Harbor
Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse *
Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians
Patrick Modiano, translated by John Cullen, Villa Triste
Erin Somers, Stay Up with Hugo Best **
Marguerite Duras, The Lover
Jennifer Egan, The Keep
Raven Leilani, Luster
Max Frisch, translated by Geoffrey Skelton, Montauk
Hiroko Oyamada, translated by David Boyd, The Hole
Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Peter Benchley, Jaws **
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it’s that time of year again… 🎄🎅🎉🎊 no. the highlights of your 2023 media consumption of course! just like last year, i want to know your top 5 films, books, tv shows, songs/albums, pop culture moments if that’s your thing, and as a bonus: any favourite personal moment/achievement in the last year? new to you, new in release, either works! can’t wait to see your response and wishing you a happy new year! 😁🩷
imo !! (happy belated birthday💗)
I'll alternate between top 3s and 5s.
MUSIC🎧🎶
I quite literally listened to my spotify wrapped 22 for this entire year but some highlights came from demi's album
substance
skin of my teeth
eat me
classics that have appeared in multiple spotify wraps
top 5+: lemon baby and boyfriend by maasho, close the door by weston estate, honey by kehlani, fools by madison beer, 505 by arctic monkeys, motivation by normani, since u been gone by kelly clarkson.
BOOKS📖
stay with me by ayọ̀bámi adébáyọ̀ - this is currently my favorite book and probably will be for a long time. the story is fascinating, the characters are solid, well thought out, and developed. their flaws and problematic behavior make them feel real. a lot of things are unexpected but always have a purpose I thoroughly enjoyed this book and need my own copy asap.
seven days in june by tia williams - I understand the hype for this book, and I'm so glad to have read it. it made me want to read more romance. I have my qualms with some formatting decisions but at the end of the day solid solid book/story/characters.
three women by lisa taddeo - a lot of people need to read this book.
honorable mentions: american spy by lauren wilkinson, brokeback mountain by annie proulx, he started it by samantha downing, truths I never told you by kelly rimmer
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS🧘🏽♀️🩷
got the job :)
managing my mental illnesses!
knitted two scarves
boxing is fun
yoga is fun too
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Black History Month: Mystery Recommendations
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North Carolina to the beaches of Florida - as the best getaway driver on the East Coast. Just like his father, who disappeared many years ago.
After a series of financial calamities (worsened by the racial prejudices of the small town he lives in) Bug reluctantly takes part in a daring diamond heist to solve his money troubles - and to go straight once and for all. However, when it goes horrifically wrong, he's sucked into a grimy underworld which threatens everything, and everyone, he holds dear...
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse has just taken over her family's ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and she's going back to basics. Win is renovating Crewse Creamery to restore its former glory, and filling the menu with delicious, homemade ice cream flavors - many from her grandmother's original recipes. But unexpected construction delays mean she misses the summer season, and the shop has a literal cold opening: the day she opens her doors an early first snow descends on the village and keeps the customers away. To make matters worse, that evening, Win finds a body in the snow, and it turns out the dead man was a grifter with an old feud with the Crewse family. Soon, Win's father is implicated in his death. It's not easy to juggle a new-to-her business while solving a crime, but Win is determined to do it. With the help of her quirky best friends and her tight-knit family, she'll catch the ice cold killer before she has a meltdown...
This is the first volume in the “Ice Cream Parlor Mystery” series.
Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
It is 1969, and flames can be seen on the horizon, protest wafts like smoke though the thick air, and Easy Rawlins, the Black private detective whose small agency finally has its own office, gets a visit from a white Vietnam veteran. The young man comes to Easy with a story that makes little sense. He and his lover, a beautiful young woman, were attacked in a citrus grove at the city’s outskirts. He may have killed a man, and the woman and his dog are now missing. Inclined to turn down what sounds like nothing but trouble, Easy takes the case when he realizes how damaged the young vet is from his war experiences - the bond between veterans superseding all other considerations.
The veteran is not Easy’s only unlooked-for trouble. Easy’s adopted daughter Feather’s white uncle shows up uninvited, raising questions and unsettling the life Easy has long forged for the now young woman. Where Feather sees a family reunion, Easy suspects something else, something that will break his heart.
This is the 15th volume in the “Easy Rawlins” series.
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Thomas is doing for his country. Yes, even though she is still grieving over the mysterious death of her sister, whose example led Marie to this career path in the first place. Yes, even though a furious part of her suspects she's being offered the job because of her appearance and not her talent.
In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seduce him, and ultimately have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American.
Inspired by true events - Thomas Sankara is known as “Africa's Che Guevara” - this novel knits together a gripping spy thriller, a heartbreaking family drama, and a passionate romance. This is a face of the Cold War you've never seen before, and it introduces a powerful new literary voice.
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...
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Belle (2013) (BBC4, 9.00pm)
Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) brings his illegitimate, mixed-race daughter Dido (Lauren Julien-Box) to England and entrusts the child to his aristocratic uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson). He permits Dido to stay, allowing his great-niece to become a companion to her cousin, Elizabeth (Cara Jenkins). As Dido (now played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) reaches adulthood, she is afforded certain privileges by her lineage but must remain behind closed doors at important social gatherings. However, her head is turned by idealistic lawyer John Davinier (Sam Reid), who is involved in a high-profile case involving a slave ship. Belle is the enchanting dramatisation of a true story of fortitude across racial and class divides. The ensemble cast delivers excellent performances, particularly Mbatha-Raw.
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