Amy Brown
@amyrhodabrown.ca
she / her
Academic and non-fiction copyeditor
Into: cities (esp. Toronto), libraries, walking, urban nature, public washrooms, community, music, books
Banner image: #downtowncritters
Academic and non-fiction copyeditor
Into: cities (esp. Toronto), libraries, walking, urban nature, public washrooms, community, music, books
Banner image: #downtowncritters
I'm taking a university course. I paid $130 for a textbook which is published by Oxford University Press.
The page numbers are in the gutter and the even-numbered pages are on the right.
MY $130 OUP TEXTBOOK IS BOUND WRONG.
I'm losing my mind. This is the last straw. I'm done.
The page numbers are in the gutter and the even-numbered pages are on the right.
MY $130 OUP TEXTBOOK IS BOUND WRONG.
I'm losing my mind. This is the last straw. I'm done.
September 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm taking a university course. I paid $130 for a textbook which is published by Oxford University Press.
The page numbers are in the gutter and the even-numbered pages are on the right.
MY $130 OUP TEXTBOOK IS BOUND WRONG.
I'm losing my mind. This is the last straw. I'm done.
The page numbers are in the gutter and the even-numbered pages are on the right.
MY $130 OUP TEXTBOOK IS BOUND WRONG.
I'm losing my mind. This is the last straw. I'm done.
I haven't been here because I was off socials for a few days and enjoyed the head-empty feeling so much I didn't want it to end. If you want to be in touch, email works. I also have a monthly newsletter with book reviews and other fun stuff.
January 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I haven't been here because I was off socials for a few days and enjoyed the head-empty feeling so much I didn't want it to end. If you want to be in touch, email works. I also have a monthly newsletter with book reviews and other fun stuff.
IU is built different
By (in)directly funding something that is related to an anti-government protest, IU breaks one of K-pop's strongest unwritten rules. The move is extraordinary in an entertainment industry where stars face intense pressure to remain politically neutral.
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
IU is built different
'Tis the season to glaze pfeffernusse at 10:00 pm because I just realized they need to be ready on Saturday morning for the choir bake sale.
December 13, 2024 at 4:13 AM
'Tis the season to glaze pfeffernusse at 10:00 pm because I just realized they need to be ready on Saturday morning for the choir bake sale.
"I support K-pop, but I also support democracy." Girl, me too
My latest for the Guardian, on how South Koreans are reinventing protest culture with K-pop light sticks and satirical Christmas carols as demonstrations continue over President Yoon's martial law attempt. A surprisingly festive mood amid political crisis. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
South Korea deploys K-pop light sticks and dance in protests against president
Christmas carols, K-pop merchandise and food trucks create positive atmosphere as protesters seek to oust President Yoon over his martial law attempt
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
"I support K-pop, but I also support democracy." Girl, me too
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Please welcome @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social to Bluesky!
I am translating a gigantic fantasy tetralogy for them titled THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS by Lee Young-do, with a game from Montreal’s Krafton to be released around the same time. www.kbook-eng.or.kr/sub/trend.ph...
I am translating a gigantic fantasy tetralogy for them titled THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS by Lee Young-do, with a game from Montreal’s Krafton to be released around the same time. www.kbook-eng.or.kr/sub/trend.ph...
December 10, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Please welcome @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social to Bluesky!
I am translating a gigantic fantasy tetralogy for them titled THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS by Lee Young-do, with a game from Montreal’s Krafton to be released around the same time. www.kbook-eng.or.kr/sub/trend.ph...
I am translating a gigantic fantasy tetralogy for them titled THE BIRD THAT DRINKS TEARS by Lee Young-do, with a game from Montreal’s Krafton to be released around the same time. www.kbook-eng.or.kr/sub/trend.ph...
TIL a prepositional phrase is not the same as a phrasal preposition. 😭 I definitely should have taken the grammar class at TMU.
Well, close! "Aside from" is a phrasal preposition. That is, a pair of words that *together* function as a preposition. Usually the 2d one is a preposition; the 1st is most often an adverb. As a combo, they have their own meaning (in this case, "except"), different from either individual meaning.
December 11, 2024 at 11:44 PM
TIL a prepositional phrase is not the same as a phrasal preposition. 😭 I definitely should have taken the grammar class at TMU.
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Let it be known that we were all correct in our pronunciation of the mutual nose-touching behavior description "Boops boops boops Boops boops," as proposed by fish research biologist Kate Richerson
December 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Let it be known that we were all correct in our pronunciation of the mutual nose-touching behavior description "Boops boops boops Boops boops," as proposed by fish research biologist Kate Richerson
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I suppose all those people following me from some geo starter pack might appreciate my "Hemisphere" map hat.
November 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I suppose all those people following me from some geo starter pack might appreciate my "Hemisphere" map hat.
One of my favourite tricks if you have this specific blender: Put your whipping cream in a mason jar and whip it right in the jar — the whisk attachment fits in perfectly. Then, in the unlikely event that you have leftover whipped cream you can just pop it in the fridge (and rewhip later).
going on the record saying immersion blenders are S Tier kitchen gadgets, and once used you can never go back
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
One of my favourite tricks if you have this specific blender: Put your whipping cream in a mason jar and whip it right in the jar — the whisk attachment fits in perfectly. Then, in the unlikely event that you have leftover whipped cream you can just pop it in the fridge (and rewhip later).
I took a grammar class because I don't always know the names for how words function in a sentence, but don't feel much wiser having taken it. Why the hell is "aside" not a preposition?
December 11, 2024 at 4:14 PM
I took a grammar class because I don't always know the names for how words function in a sentence, but don't feel much wiser having taken it. Why the hell is "aside" not a preposition?
Reposted by Amy Brown
FREE SHOW ALRET! @barenakedladies play Sankofa Square this evening!
But will they play Jingle Bells like they did at our Ontario Place telethon last year??
www.sankofasquare.ca/calendar/202...
But will they play Jingle Bells like they did at our Ontario Place telethon last year??
www.sankofasquare.ca/calendar/202...
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 PM
FREE SHOW ALRET! @barenakedladies play Sankofa Square this evening!
But will they play Jingle Bells like they did at our Ontario Place telethon last year??
www.sankofasquare.ca/calendar/202...
But will they play Jingle Bells like they did at our Ontario Place telethon last year??
www.sankofasquare.ca/calendar/202...
Confirmed, nature is bisexual
One of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 11. This is really what the colors looked like, no editing. Just wow
#SkySky 🌿
#SkySky 🌿
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Confirmed, nature is bisexual
Underrated pleasure is riding the King car at night and looking out the window at all the Finance trees. (My favourite is the white trees of Gondor at Bay.)
December 11, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Underrated pleasure is riding the King car at night and looking out the window at all the Finance trees. (My favourite is the white trees of Gondor at Bay.)
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Queen’s Park tree. Gov’t category. Less balls than regulations permit due to Ford cuts + MZO. Tree will be chopped down soon to build spa. Originally had garland but was removed as it was impeding car traffic in Etobicoke. Nobody knows how tree got here or financed, emails have been scrubbed. 9/10
December 6, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Queen’s Park tree. Gov’t category. Less balls than regulations permit due to Ford cuts + MZO. Tree will be chopped down soon to build spa. Originally had garland but was removed as it was impeding car traffic in Etobicoke. Nobody knows how tree got here or financed, emails have been scrubbed. 9/10
I really like the Xmas colours at the manulife centre this year - pink, teal, silver and gold, and yet somehow they made it classy. One of my favourite places to watch rich people. (Great washroom, too.)
Manulife Centre interstitial tree. Variety of balls + colours bucking the monochromatic trend. Classic plinth vs skirt debate. High traffic tree, it’s the businessman’s luncheon of festive marble moments. 12/10
December 11, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I really like the Xmas colours at the manulife centre this year - pink, teal, silver and gold, and yet somehow they made it classy. One of my favourite places to watch rich people. (Great washroom, too.)
Singing along to One Week by Barenaked Ladies but just the harmony on "boom anime babes"
December 8, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Singing along to One Week by Barenaked Ladies but just the harmony on "boom anime babes"
Reposted by Amy Brown
Reposted by Amy Brown
I can see these dynamics playing out at the protests in Seoul now - the sense of community both within and across fandoms, the visual display, the pride of participation. I also know what it's like to be one little light in a sea of them and feel like you're part of something huge.
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I can see these dynamics playing out at the protests in Seoul now - the sense of community both within and across fandoms, the visual display, the pride of participation. I also know what it's like to be one little light in a sea of them and feel like you're part of something huge.
I guess so!
Watching the lightsticks at the Pro-impeachment protests and thinking a lot about the communality of K-pop lightsticks, which I wrote about way back in 2022 notesonkpop.com/the-communal...
The communality of K-pop lightsticks
Some thoughts on the value of "the biggest waste of plastic in the world"
notesonkpop.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I guess so!
Wait, are those fandom light sticks? Awesome!!
One thing that stood out to me at the impeachment protests this week in Seoul is how many young women came out. They are one of the main driving forces behind the movement against Yoon.
(Filmed on Sunday evening by me)
(Filmed on Sunday evening by me)
December 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Wait, are those fandom light sticks? Awesome!!
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Attention New Jersey folks:
December 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Attention New Jersey folks:
Nicholas Bread?? Fine, I guess.
(A guy at work named Nicholas handed out sweet bread in honour of his name day, so I had it for breakfast with coffee. Delicious - thanks Nicholas!)
(A guy at work named Nicholas handed out sweet bread in honour of his name day, so I had it for breakfast with coffee. Delicious - thanks Nicholas!)
Your TOP GUN fighter tag is the last thing you ate. No more than two words.
GO.
GO.
December 8, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Nicholas Bread?? Fine, I guess.
(A guy at work named Nicholas handed out sweet bread in honour of his name day, so I had it for breakfast with coffee. Delicious - thanks Nicholas!)
(A guy at work named Nicholas handed out sweet bread in honour of his name day, so I had it for breakfast with coffee. Delicious - thanks Nicholas!)