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Jess (she/her)
@justmaybeperfect.bsky.social
Romance novel evangelist. Cancer patient. Lawyer. Mom. BLM, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✌️🍉
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“Unfortunately, those in possession of unfair advantages see equality as a danger. They believe we want to take their power. They cannot see that we simply ask for parity. Power of our own.” -The Rakess, Scarlett Peckham
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great to know that when a fascist regime targets our children's healthcare, our healthcare providers will stand up and say "yeah fuck them kids lol"

virginiabusiness.com/uva-health-v...
UVA Health, VCU Health halt gender-affirming treatments for minors - Virginia Business
Listen to this article UVA Health and VCU Health systems have suspended all gender-affirming treatments for patients under 19 years old, after receiving a written opinion Thursday from Virginia Attorn...
virginiabusiness.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Reading a romance about a woman doctor in Belle Epoque Paris, fleeing the cops because doing care work for women’s health is illegal, and it’s just hitting a bit hard right now.
January 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Jeremy Wentworth has been in love with Chloe Fong for as long as he can remember. Maybe it’s time he mentioned that he’s actually a duke?

The heroine is clipboard-dependent.
The hero has no idea what he's doing.
/jb
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Finally, I did not write historical romances for all these years to let people think that duels don’t have rules.

BRING THE RULES TO YOUR GUNFIGHTS

Please and thank you.
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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In "news that makes it clear I should acquire a small hand-operated printing press a la a historical romance heroine (see: Lily, The Earl Who Isn't by @courtneymilan.com)" installment 473
Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.
January 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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It’s the first full day of the Trump administration and things feel exactly as bad as we expected them to. We have lots of work ahead of us, but I wanted to remind folks that we have prepared for this.
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Shit
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
January 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
just finished a reread of The Rakess (audio) and damn if that wasn’t a perfect book for this day
January 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’m copying her right now… 😂
Beautiful banner and I great idea
January 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Oh, also, hi! I’m Jess. I love (mostly historical) romance novels and believe they offer a powerful, feminist, inclusive, and joyful world for readers, plus killer author’s notes. I could say my favorite trope is class differences but we saw how that went with fave authors.
January 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lolll clearly we’re all really good at picking our faves anyway.
Y'all know how I feel about favorites. I can tell you my favorite child easier than favorite book or author. 😂
January 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And I forgot Adriana Herrera! 🤦🏼‍♀️
I want to play too!! Hi, my top 5 romance authors are:

Joanna Shupe
Beverly Jenkins
Cate C Wells
Kate Canterbary
Adriana Herrera

I have a lot more faves and choosing was hard.
Oh I like this game! My top 5 romance authors are:
Sherry Thomas
Sarah MacLean
KJ Charles
Courtney Milan
And rounding out the group: a tie between Erin Langston, Alexandra Vasti, and Joanna Shupe. (Lol pick only 5.)
January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh I like this game! My top 5 romance authors are:
Sherry Thomas
Sarah MacLean
KJ Charles
Courtney Milan
And rounding out the group: a tie between Erin Langston, Alexandra Vasti, and Joanna Shupe. (Lol pick only 5.)
A great big hi and hello to my 58 followers and anyone else! 👋🏼 Tell me your top 5 romance authors of all time. I’ll go first:

1. Judith Ivory/Judy Cuevas
2. Loretta Chase
3. Maria Vale
4. Ilona Andrews
5. KD Casey

#romancelandia #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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For anyone who missed our comfort reads panel yesterday and needs some comfort today, you can watch the recording here www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...
COMFORT READS PANEL with KJ Charles, T. Kingfisher, Malka Older, and Martha Wells
Register now for COMFORT READS PANEL with KJ Charles, T. Kingfisher, Malka Older, and Martha Wells on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on January 19, 2025, 01:00 PM EST.
www.crowdcast.io
January 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
KJ Charles and Courtney Milan are active on this app and that news got me here.
January 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM