Erin
@erinreadsandknits.bsky.social
Librarian, knitter, miniature enthusiast
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Seeing a lot of Heated Rivalry takes from people who are steeped in Queer Literature(tm) but not queer *romance* and they are so wildly off base that we seem to be watching different shows.
“Why isn’t this joyful romance more tragic?” is apparently something people can get paid to write!
“Why isn’t this joyful romance more tragic?” is apparently something people can get paid to write!
Staring directly at Slate. If you’re going to hire a critic, find someone who knows what they’re looking at.
Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Seeing a lot of Heated Rivalry takes from people who are steeped in Queer Literature(tm) but not queer *romance* and they are so wildly off base that we seem to be watching different shows.
“Why isn’t this joyful romance more tragic?” is apparently something people can get paid to write!
“Why isn’t this joyful romance more tragic?” is apparently something people can get paid to write!
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I don't want to install a fucking app for a website. I already HAVE an app for looking at websites, it's called a browser and it works on all websites.
January 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I don't want to install a fucking app for a website. I already HAVE an app for looking at websites, it's called a browser and it works on all websites.
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You are not qualified to be a media critic if you misunderstand the source material this badly.
May the ghost of Mary Shelley haunt this reviewer for time and all eternity.
May the ghost of Mary Shelley haunt this reviewer for time and all eternity.
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
You are not qualified to be a media critic if you misunderstand the source material this badly.
May the ghost of Mary Shelley haunt this reviewer for time and all eternity.
May the ghost of Mary Shelley haunt this reviewer for time and all eternity.
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What it boils down to, if you need a bunch of complex threads simplified into one sentence:
The very act of reading a book is resistance.
The very act of reading a book is resistance.
May 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What it boils down to, if you need a bunch of complex threads simplified into one sentence:
The very act of reading a book is resistance.
The very act of reading a book is resistance.
!!!!
April 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
!!!!
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*pats the roof of my extradimensional home slash prison* this bad boy can fit so many (and by so many I mean Eight Hundred and Thirty Nine) halls
*Text message pings* wyd
Piranesi: idk, when the Moon rises in the Third Northern Hall I might go to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of three Tides
Piranesi: idk, when the Moon rises in the Third Northern Hall I might go to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of three Tides
March 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
*pats the roof of my extradimensional home slash prison* this bad boy can fit so many (and by so many I mean Eight Hundred and Thirty Nine) halls
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"You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem."
Louder for the people in the back! At no point will any right-wing party be like "You know what, I think as a nation we are now cruel enough to immigrants and LGBTQ-people. Let's focus on something else for a change."
Louder for the people in the back! At no point will any right-wing party be like "You know what, I think as a nation we are now cruel enough to immigrants and LGBTQ-people. Let's focus on something else for a change."
"If we throw minorities under the bus, Republicans will stop calling us too woke" is the same logic that got us Clinton's welfare cuts and Obama's immigration crackdowns.
You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem.
You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem.
This rebuke of advocacy groups always claims to be a rebuke of pronouns, but in reality it's a rebuke of standing for anything. It's a total refusal to share a vision of a prosperous future for ordinary people. It's an abdication of responsibility. And it's why they want advocates to shut up.
March 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem."
Louder for the people in the back! At no point will any right-wing party be like "You know what, I think as a nation we are now cruel enough to immigrants and LGBTQ-people. Let's focus on something else for a change."
Louder for the people in the back! At no point will any right-wing party be like "You know what, I think as a nation we are now cruel enough to immigrants and LGBTQ-people. Let's focus on something else for a change."
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this teacher would not want to send this list to my home
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this teacher would not want to send this list to my home
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Happy end of hurricane season to all those who celebrate
Taking stock of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season as it officially ends. How were the forecasts? What actually happened? Why did it happen? Verification, speculation, and analysis here: theeyewall.com/as-the-2024-...
November 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Happy end of hurricane season to all those who celebrate
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Lindsay Buckingham has got to be monitoring the progress of a legal precedent for “this song is unlawfully mean to me” with bated breath
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Lindsay Buckingham has got to be monitoring the progress of a legal precedent for “this song is unlawfully mean to me” with bated breath
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Recommend a romance book in one sentence:
Arranged marriage between a human noblewoman and an orc-like prince who are initially grossed out by each other’s alien appearance but join forces to survive a coup
Arranged marriage between a human noblewoman and an orc-like prince who are initially grossed out by each other’s alien appearance but join forces to survive a coup
November 10, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Recommend a romance book in one sentence:
Arranged marriage between a human noblewoman and an orc-like prince who are initially grossed out by each other’s alien appearance but join forces to survive a coup
Arranged marriage between a human noblewoman and an orc-like prince who are initially grossed out by each other’s alien appearance but join forces to survive a coup
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Certain things happen and you just wish Warren Zevon was still around to write a weird ass song about them
September 26, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Certain things happen and you just wish Warren Zevon was still around to write a weird ass song about them
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coherent water? babbling brooks under siege
The woman I vaguely know and follow on insta who falls for every single last possible natural living scam has really outdone herself today
December 6, 2023 at 3:56 PM
coherent water? babbling brooks under siege
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If you've read Murderbot's other adventures, get this book! If you haven't read Murderbot's other adventures, do that and then get this book!
System Collapse, the next novel in the Murderbot Diaries, is coming out November 14 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social . It's set directly after Network Effect. Cover art is by Jaime Jones.
September 29, 2023 at 10:38 PM
If you've read Murderbot's other adventures, get this book! If you haven't read Murderbot's other adventures, do that and then get this book!
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Parents... please check your children's candy tonight. I just went through Salomé Athena's haul and I found a copy of the Jorge Luis Borges short story collection "The Garden of Forking Paths". This metatextual exploration may be too advanced for young readers.
October 31, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Parents... please check your children's candy tonight. I just went through Salomé Athena's haul and I found a copy of the Jorge Luis Borges short story collection "The Garden of Forking Paths". This metatextual exploration may be too advanced for young readers.
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Happy Birthday, Ursula LeGuin. "Books aren’t just commodities...We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable–but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted & changed by human beings. Resistance & change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."
It’s Ursula Le Guin’s birthday.
“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
October 21, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Happy Birthday, Ursula LeGuin. "Books aren’t just commodities...We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable–but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted & changed by human beings. Resistance & change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."
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Folks, look, Scholastic is only a billion-dollar juggernaut that dominates the children’s book industry. What are they supposed to do about fascist book banning and censorship in the face of 11 racists sending angry emails? Whatever they want because they literally can? C’mon. Be reasonable.
October 16, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Folks, look, Scholastic is only a billion-dollar juggernaut that dominates the children’s book industry. What are they supposed to do about fascist book banning and censorship in the face of 11 racists sending angry emails? Whatever they want because they literally can? C’mon. Be reasonable.
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Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
#FatBearWeek
Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
#FatBearWeek
October 6, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
#FatBearWeek
Gra-zer!
Gra-zer!
#FatBearWeek
If you've read Murderbot's other adventures, get this book! If you haven't read Murderbot's other adventures, do that and then get this book!
System Collapse, the next novel in the Murderbot Diaries, is coming out November 14 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social . It's set directly after Network Effect. Cover art is by Jaime Jones.
September 29, 2023 at 10:38 PM
If you've read Murderbot's other adventures, get this book! If you haven't read Murderbot's other adventures, do that and then get this book!
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“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
September 25, 2023 at 6:40 AM
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
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me *driving past the apocalypse*: Horses
September 16, 2023 at 11:05 PM
me *driving past the apocalypse*: Horses