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Julie/Estara
@estarasanatani.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, witch, wife, mother, malcontent, bisexual, left-handed leftist, neurospicy. Don't DM me unless we go way back. she/they/fae/honestly it matters more to you than it does to me
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By insisting on the "of" they have spoiled my joke on the word "gulf." Eh, still fun.
Make yer own! gulfof.mapquest.com
MapQuest map of the Gulf of Mexico marked as "Gulf of Between Our Ideals And Our Fascist Reality."
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Happy No Kings Day!
Shared with permission by White Rose Witching
A crown on a black field. The text says "America has no king."
February 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Black and white litho. A six-armed goddess with halo, flower crown, and toga with vine print is flanked by Greek and Roman ruins. The text reads "My mother eats empires."
February 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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#witch Did someone say magical crochet? Cause I think I'm going to have to get out my "protect the trans" shrug for heavy rotation.
A seated woman in black clothes except for a headdress of pink ribbons and flowers, and a handmade crochet shrug in the colors of the trans rights flag.
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#booksky #nowreading Having fun with this so far. Only some of the cultural references are sailing over my head! :)
Blue book cover with a drawing of a dark-haired couple standing close together. The book is Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai.
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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#booksky #nowreading Of course I say I love Gothics now but what do I read next? Harriet Porber. Because I need to rest from all these stubborn, snarky women and their moody boys. LOL.
A woman in glasses is surrounded by a shirtless man with a dinosaur head and a mod haircut, a cereal box with a sincere hipster manface, a python in a top hat, and a Los Vegas sign. The book, of course, is "Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Theater of Love" by Chuck Tingle.
January 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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#booksky #nowreading I can't read two Wheels of Time in a row. Nope. So it's back to my modern Gothics for a bit.
A painting of many black birds, some squabbling, others carrying keys or flowers. The book for which this is the cover is "Starling House" by Alix E. Harrow.
January 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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#booksky #nowreading Yep, already to number 3. Just swallowing it whole.
A golden book on which there is a dark gateway, in which an eye is floating in space. The book is "The Golden Enclaves" by Naomi Novik.
January 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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#booksky #nowreading
Given that I swallowed the first book in one day, you may infer that I did end up liking it.
A dark green book cover featuring a shining gold keyhole. The book is "The Last Graduate" by Naomi Novik.
January 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#booksky #nowreading
I didn't think about it being YA but it makes sense that it is, given the subject (a magical high school). Will read anyway, I love Naomi.
Black cover featuring a book, out of which rises a staff with a snake wrapped around it and a shining eye. Around this is a ring of moon phases. The book is "A Deadly Education" by Naomi Novik.
January 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 15 (@estarasanatani)
A drawing of an old-timey woman reading to two young girls. All are wearing red and yellow. The book is "The Annotated Mother Goose," notes by William S. and Ceil Baring-Gould.
December 7, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 14 (@estarasanatani)
Very pink paisley around two cameos, one of a young girl and one of a man in a turban. The book is "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
December 5, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 13 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
A collective picture of Dorothy, Ozma, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, the Gnome King, and Billina the Hen. The book is "Ozma of Oz" by L. Frank Baum.
December 5, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 12 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
A blue mountain stands against a purple sky. In the foreground, a lone man with a spear sits on horseback. The book is "Nine Princes in Amber" by Roger Zelazny.
December 4, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 11 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Medieval astrological drawing in green and blue. The book is "The Black Arts" by Richard Cavendish.
December 3, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 10 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
An ancient Greek laquerwork plate in orange and black. The book is "The Odyssey" by Homer.
December 1, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 9 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
A woman in Edwardian dress gives side eye at something outside our view. The book is "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
November 30, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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A version for more practiced contrarians.
A woman points to the words "Do not obey in advance." "In advance" is crossed out.
November 30, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 8 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Black and white photo of a girl looking slightly upward. The book is "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.
November 29, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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I feel sorry for people who don't live in multiethnic/multicultural neighborhoods. Here we get taco trucks some days and on other days, Hindu wedding processions gearing up on our corner. 4yo photo.
On a suburban street corner we see a woman in a green salwar, a man mostly hidden behind a large pink and gold parasol, and a white horse decked out in gold.
November 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 7 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
A rainbow-winged centaur flies over a blue sphere holding a scary green head inside it. The book is "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle.
November 29, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 6 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Color drawing of a woman holding up a large steaming bowl: the face of Isis appears in the steam. The book is "The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews" by Scott Cunningham.
November 28, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 5 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Spiral galaxy on a red background. The book is "The Spiral Dance" by Starhawk.
November 26, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 4 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Fairly old editions of all three volumes of "Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien.
November 26, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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Bluesky Book Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 3 (@estarasanatani.bsky.social)
Cartoony fox wearing blue socks. The book is "Fox in Socks" by Dr. Seuss.
November 24, 2024 at 11:52 PM