IdeaSmith
@ideasmithy.bsky.social
Ideas are toys for a playful mind.
Books📚 | Plants🪴 | Feminism🧗🏽♂️| Swimming 🏊🏽♀️ | Mumbai🏝️
Books📚 | Plants🪴 | Feminism🧗🏽♂️| Swimming 🏊🏽♀️ | Mumbai🏝️
Ranging from plain infuriated to resigned pessimism when I hear an internalized misogynist claim that Chimamanda Ngozi’s 'We Should All Be Feminists' is one of her favorite books. This foul creature who is also a pro-Isr@el Indian claims her 'heart goes out to her' for her personal tragedy.
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Ranging from plain infuriated to resigned pessimism when I hear an internalized misogynist claim that Chimamanda Ngozi’s 'We Should All Be Feminists' is one of her favorite books. This foul creature who is also a pro-Isr@el Indian claims her 'heart goes out to her' for her personal tragedy.
No such thing as too many beek.
TIL that in Old English the goose/geese tooth/teeth foot/feet alternation for plural nouns also applied to "book", so singular boc became plural bec! I am charmed.
Bring back beek!
Bring back beek!
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
No such thing as too many beek.
Mumbai winter is when 4pm is turn fan off and put on socks & jacket time.
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Mumbai winter is when 4pm is turn fan off and put on socks & jacket time.
Hair falling like yennything which could be jaundice, perimenopause or just pollution & bad weather. But oil bath making me look like this.
February 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Hair falling like yennything which could be jaundice, perimenopause or just pollution & bad weather. But oil bath making me look like this.
Everybody vanishes in the bad times and then returns when they pass, as if your personal tragedies were just commercial breaks they could mute and now it’s time for you to entertain them again.
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Everybody vanishes in the bad times and then returns when they pass, as if your personal tragedies were just commercial breaks they could mute and now it’s time for you to entertain them again.
The willingness to nope out is a survival skill for female mental health. We’ve all being pressed into emotional labour for each other and the world.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The willingness to nope out is a survival skill for female mental health. We’ve all being pressed into emotional labour for each other and the world.
People misbehave because they’re permitted to. They behave because they’re required to. Maybe all human nature is being parented or parentified.
February 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
People misbehave because they’re permitted to. They behave because they’re required to. Maybe all human nature is being parented or parentified.
This stream is full of people outraging after deliberately misunderstanding and protesting racism with…racist slurs? Okay, grey sky.
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This stream is full of people outraging after deliberately misunderstanding and protesting racism with…racist slurs? Okay, grey sky.
Kat Stratford > Katniss Everdeen
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Kat Stratford > Katniss Everdeen
Last year, my decade-long source of skincare & beauty products wouldn’t let me enter because I would 'dirty the shop'. I’ve been all for supporting local businesses over deep pocket investor-backed ecommerce. But I’m not paying for colorism & misogyny.
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Last year, my decade-long source of skincare & beauty products wouldn’t let me enter because I would 'dirty the shop'. I’ve been all for supporting local businesses over deep pocket investor-backed ecommerce. But I’m not paying for colorism & misogyny.
Desi cricket fans to Swifties: Hold my toxic fandom beer.
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Desi cricket fans to Swifties: Hold my toxic fandom beer.
The fact that ‘10 things I hate about you’ doesn’t come to people’s minds when they think of the best 90s romcom, tells you a lot about how society and the business of movies work.
a woman with a backpack is standing in front of a car talking to someone .
ALT: a woman with a backpack is standing in front of a car talking to someone .
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February 15, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The fact that ‘10 things I hate about you’ doesn’t come to people’s minds when they think of the best 90s romcom, tells you a lot about how society and the business of movies work.
#TBRuary Day 14: Ask the Expert.
A lot of nonfiction uses subject expertise to excuse bad writing. But history is narratives & political in whose stories get told. This book lays out UK’s crimes - rerouting slave shipping trade into pushing opium into China, using India as chattel/fields. #Books
A lot of nonfiction uses subject expertise to excuse bad writing. But history is narratives & political in whose stories get told. This book lays out UK’s crimes - rerouting slave shipping trade into pushing opium into China, using India as chattel/fields. #Books
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I’m from a culture where books are seen as divine; it’s evil to desecrate a book, or touch it with feet. Yet some books infuriate me so much, I’ll admit to slamming them shut hard and once, throwing it right across the room. Is it fictional rage if it’s at a paper character?
February 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
I’m from a culture where books are seen as divine; it’s evil to desecrate a book, or touch it with feet. Yet some books infuriate me so much, I’ll admit to slamming them shut hard and once, throwing it right across the room. Is it fictional rage if it’s at a paper character?
#TBRuary Day 13: Neurospicy
For tokenism reasons, I’m not chasing an IT author whose claim to fame is their neurodiversity. But this book has been on my TBR for a year. It may not be neurospicy but womanhood is a mental health issue.
For tokenism reasons, I’m not chasing an IT author whose claim to fame is their neurodiversity. But this book has been on my TBR for a year. It may not be neurospicy but womanhood is a mental health issue.
February 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
#TBRuary Day 13: Neurospicy
For tokenism reasons, I’m not chasing an IT author whose claim to fame is their neurodiversity. But this book has been on my TBR for a year. It may not be neurospicy but womanhood is a mental health issue.
For tokenism reasons, I’m not chasing an IT author whose claim to fame is their neurodiversity. But this book has been on my TBR for a year. It may not be neurospicy but womanhood is a mental health issue.
Space out there is just as petty as the space between people’s fat cells. The void only whimpers back.
February 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Space out there is just as petty as the space between people’s fat cells. The void only whimpers back.
I have never regretted muting anyone. So much worse nonsense keeps showing up, there’s no time to miss the lesser evils.
February 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I have never regretted muting anyone. So much worse nonsense keeps showing up, there’s no time to miss the lesser evils.
I feel like a ghoul going through my TBR wondering if any of the authors have a disability or chronic illness. I’m wary of tokenism as it means I’m not allowed to have an objective opinion on the story or writing. I do not want misery porn. If you still have a reco for me, drop it in the mentions.
#TBRuary Day 12: Disability Rep
Choose a book from your TBR written by or about someone with a disability or chronic illness, or ask for recs!
Reminder that replies are disabled, so share your pick with a quote post!
#booksky #readingcommunity
#writesky #writingcommunity
Choose a book from your TBR written by or about someone with a disability or chronic illness, or ask for recs!
Reminder that replies are disabled, so share your pick with a quote post!
#booksky #readingcommunity
#writesky #writingcommunity
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I feel like a ghoul going through my TBR wondering if any of the authors have a disability or chronic illness. I’m wary of tokenism as it means I’m not allowed to have an objective opinion on the story or writing. I do not want misery porn. If you still have a reco for me, drop it in the mentions.
People really define themselves by tearing other people down, don’t? Were we always like this or is it just the impact of rage algorithms & engagement baiting?
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
People really define themselves by tearing other people down, don’t? Were we always like this or is it just the impact of rage algorithms & engagement baiting?
Won’t it be funny if Timotheelee Chalamet ages into a craggy looking middle aged man? He’s been the face of softboi so long but then so was Leonardo Dicpario at the height of his Titanic fame. I just hope we’re not resorting to youth obsession in the name of alternate masculinity.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Won’t it be funny if Timotheelee Chalamet ages into a craggy looking middle aged man? He’s been the face of softboi so long but then so was Leonardo Dicpario at the height of his Titanic fame. I just hope we’re not resorting to youth obsession in the name of alternate masculinity.
#TBRuary Day 11: Social Strata
This is by the Parathavar author RN Joe D’Cruz about the Tuticorin coast Parathavar community of seafarers and fisherfolk, originally in Tamil. I heard about it in a niche book club after several people were happy to hear me pronounce Dravidian names correctly.
This is by the Parathavar author RN Joe D’Cruz about the Tuticorin coast Parathavar community of seafarers and fisherfolk, originally in Tamil. I heard about it in a niche book club after several people were happy to hear me pronounce Dravidian names correctly.
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
#TBRuary Day 11: Social Strata
This is by the Parathavar author RN Joe D’Cruz about the Tuticorin coast Parathavar community of seafarers and fisherfolk, originally in Tamil. I heard about it in a niche book club after several people were happy to hear me pronounce Dravidian names correctly.
This is by the Parathavar author RN Joe D’Cruz about the Tuticorin coast Parathavar community of seafarers and fisherfolk, originally in Tamil. I heard about it in a niche book club after several people were happy to hear me pronounce Dravidian names correctly.
#TBRurary Day 10
I’m currently reading this book set in Nigeria, Africa. It’s Black History month and I know that usually refers to American black people but didn’t it all begin here? African writers are different. This book is gorgeous.
I’m currently reading this book set in Nigeria, Africa. It’s Black History month and I know that usually refers to American black people but didn’t it all begin here? African writers are different. This book is gorgeous.
February 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
#TBRurary Day 10
I’m currently reading this book set in Nigeria, Africa. It’s Black History month and I know that usually refers to American black people but didn’t it all begin here? African writers are different. This book is gorgeous.
I’m currently reading this book set in Nigeria, Africa. It’s Black History month and I know that usually refers to American black people but didn’t it all begin here? African writers are different. This book is gorgeous.
What do unrythmic drumming and tuneless music have to do with religious or wedding celebrations?
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 PM
What do unrythmic drumming and tuneless music have to do with religious or wedding celebrations?
This has to be the most wonderful of Maria Popova’s essays and that’s saying much. It’s also the best thing I’ve read in a day that also had Orbital, Flood of Fire, Ocean Rimmed World, Fallout:Lois Lane and Butter Honey Pig Bread.
www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/06/w...
www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/06/w...
Dying Mothers, the Birth of Handwashing, and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’
This essay is adapted from Traversal. “Death may snatch me from you, before you can weigh my advice,” Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in the philosophical novel she wouldn’t live to fin…
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February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This has to be the most wonderful of Maria Popova’s essays and that’s saying much. It’s also the best thing I’ve read in a day that also had Orbital, Flood of Fire, Ocean Rimmed World, Fallout:Lois Lane and Butter Honey Pig Bread.
www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/06/w...
www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/06/w...