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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Irish โ€ข They/Them โ€ข #freepalestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Queer book lover (and book hoarder), Greek myth nerd and musical enjoyer โœŒ๏ธ My affiliate and other links: https://shorturl.at/9OhnF

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Manifesto โ€“ Beyond Gender Research Collective Queerness in SF

Found a Manifesto online while researching for my thesis and I relate to it so much and resonate with it

Beyond Gender Manifesto

beyondgender.space/manifesto/

22.04.2025 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is eating a strawberry from another man 's hands ALT: a man with a beard is eating a strawberry from another man 's hands

Rewatching The Last of Us S1 and E3 got me BAWLING ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Every time I think Iโ€™ve stopped I start crying again

Iโ€™m a blubbering mess

14.04.2025 23:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of book Compound Fracture in from of a white bookshelf with colourful books

Image of book Compound Fracture in from of a white bookshelf with colourful books

Book 19 Compound Fracture

Probably my favourite book of Andrew Joseph White! Loved the characters especially Lady and Dallas and the book overall way suspenseful and shocking!

05.04.2025 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of book sunrise on the reaping in from of a white bookcase filled with colourful books

Image of book sunrise on the reaping in from of a white bookcase filled with colourful books

Book 18 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

โ€ฆ

AGGHHGFKGKFKDDKGKDKDKGHKDKDKGMGKDKD

that is all

05.04.2025 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of book Camp Damascus being held up in front of a white bookcase filled with books

Image of book Camp Damascus being held up in front of a white bookcase filled with books

Book 17 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Was hoping to enjoy this book more but I found it quite mid

It took me a while to get immersed in the story. The later half of the book was really good though!

05.04.2025 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of book cover The Sacrifice it has a face covered in leaves and green hands covering the persons eyes and chin leaving part of their nose and mouth exposed

Image of book cover The Sacrifice it has a face covered in leaves and green hands covering the persons eyes and chin leaving part of their nose and mouth exposed

Book 16 The Sacrifice by Ron Chupeco

So chilling!! Read most of it at night and it was the first time I was freaked out from a book in a while

Loved the main character and wanted to punch every producer and person from the team that was trespassing on the island

05.04.2025 21:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of Beholder by Ryan La Sala with the image of an eye in the centre and a spider like creature hovering over it

Cover of Beholder by Ryan La Sala with the image of an eye in the centre and a spider like creature hovering over it

Book 15 Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Kinda creepy with complex characters, I enjoyed and thought the villain/monster aspect was done really well!

05.04.2025 21:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of book cover of The Spirit Bares its teeth with an illustration of a person with long golden hair in the middle wearing a purple dress and gripping a shard of glass in their hand. There are illustrations of eyes scattered around the book and the person is framed in a golden oval with a golden border covering the sides of the book too

Image of book cover of The Spirit Bares its teeth with an illustration of a person with long golden hair in the middle wearing a purple dress and gripping a shard of glass in their hand. There are illustrations of eyes scattered around the book and the person is framed in a golden oval with a golden border covering the sides of the book too

Book 14 - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Loved this book!! Read as an audiobook and the narrator was brilliant!

05.04.2025 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching what's happening in Gaza and reading the new hunger games book at the same time is gutting.

When I read these as a kid, none of it was real to me. Now, kids being murdered by a brutal regime is all too real.

Reading is absolutely political.

#alleyesonrafah #sunriseonthereaping

27.03.2025 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have so many books that Iโ€™ve read to add to my book accountability post ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… (just finished reading Compound Fracture which I LOVED)

Maybe tomorrow after work Iโ€™ll sort it out and make some posts while also scheduling insta posts

04.04.2025 21:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay but why was the Minecraft movie lowkey good?!

04.04.2025 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a corner of a computer screen with the words โ€œ2305 wordsโ€ in the corner

Image of a corner of a computer screen with the words โ€œ2305 wordsโ€ in the corner

Over 2k words ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ

May not seem like a lot but Iโ€™m proud that Iโ€™ve been able to write this much in one day

My therapist will be happy too lol

28.03.2025 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First bit of creative writing done for the first time in a while and Iโ€™m just really happy to be writing again.

I found it so difficult to start but me and my friend have decided that every Friday going forward we are going to write and it makes me excited to write again!

1k works done โœŒ๏ธ

28.03.2025 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read the wrong book for my class today so who wants to join me in jumping off a cliff ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ

25.03.2025 16:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I swear I will start my thesis tomorrow so I can get a part draft to send to my supervisor ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

17.03.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perf thank you!!

17.03.2025 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bought Sunrise on a Reaping from the Scholastic website but because Iโ€™m in Ireland Iโ€™m fearing I wonโ€™t get it for its release tomorrow ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿฅฒ

17.03.2025 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean that sounds like a great book to read either way!

But yeah Iโ€™m looking for more contemporary novels

(I will be looking up that book though!)

17.03.2025 15:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does anyone have any book recs for books with older trans characters?

Iโ€™m reading Detransition Baby atm for college and will need to write a final essay but need to use two books

Just trying to get some ideas on other books I could look in to!

17.03.2025 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Job hunting does indeed suck ๐Ÿฅฒ sending you all the good luck and vibes you need!

17.03.2025 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m excited to go to London tomorrow but also know Iโ€™m going to be exhausted since I need to get up at 5am ๐Ÿฅฒ

But itโ€™s finnnnne because I decided that when I land Iโ€™m going to go into London and get pancakes and go shopping/browsing/possible book buying until I can go to my accommodation

03.03.2025 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cartoon graphic with the caption "don't feed the fascists" in support of Economic Blackout Day on February 28.

A cartoon graphic with the caption "don't feed the fascists" in support of Economic Blackout Day on February 28.

Support local businesses and do your shopping there instead!

28.02.2025 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started watching #Severance and itโ€™s really fucking with my head lmao

26.02.2025 22:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was going to see a matinee and then realised there are only 3 and none interest me ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

24.02.2025 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ll be in London next week from 9am and I canโ€™t check into my hotel until 3pm

Any suggestions for places to go preferably free or at least not too expensive! (other than National history museum as that will happen during the trip!)

24.02.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a white bookshelf filled with colourful books

There is a rounded blue square in the middle with the image of Hell Followed with us by Andrew Joseph White in the top left corner 

Beside it to the right is the words 

โ€œaudiobook length 
10hrs 48mins

And underneath that in a white rectangle is the quote 

โ€œI'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen.โ€

At the bottom of the blue square is an image of the pause and play buttons

Image of a white bookshelf filled with colourful books There is a rounded blue square in the middle with the image of Hell Followed with us by Andrew Joseph White in the top left corner Beside it to the right is the words โ€œaudiobook length 10hrs 48mins And underneath that in a white rectangle is the quote โ€œI'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen.โ€ At the bottom of the blue square is an image of the pause and play buttons

Book 13 - Hell Followed With Is by Andrew Joseph White

Enjoyed this but sometimes found Nicks narrator throwing me out of the story and then taking ages for me to get back into it

Would have probably preferred reading this as an ebook or using my physical copy but still a great read! #booksky

20.02.2025 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It fucked with my brain in the best way I cannot wait to rewatch it

Also as someone doing a masters in gender and sexuality there is so much potential here for a thesis lol

19.02.2025 23:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Queer Queer Art GIF Alt: Scene from I Saw the TV GLOW where there is pink/purple chalk drawn all around a road and the words โ€œthere is still timeโ€ written in pink

Just watched I Saw the TV Glow for the first timeโ€ฆ

Oh my

5 stars ๐ŸŒŸ

19.02.2025 23:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Book 12 - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

I honestly canโ€™t decide whether mockingjay or catching fire is my favourite of the series

Itโ€™s such a tough decision since so much goes on in both books

I might lean more towards catching fire though since lack of fave character deaths ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

15.02.2025 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hoping that now that I finished the series that these next few days in work will go by a bit quicker knowing that Iโ€™ll be thinking of ideas for the essays

Might try and nab some paper from the till to write down ideas too ๐Ÿ˜…

15.02.2025 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0