Grace
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We do reading and writing here. Some of the writing is official, like my book SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA, DISABILITY, AND THE FILMIC STARE (my tragic backstory is as an academic) but lots of it is just fun, which you'll know if you follow me on Tumblr or Ao3!
Ok, I was not expecting the mockup of this pair of stays to be THIS CUTE or to work this well, because it's a cotton bedsheet and zip tie bones. I was just trying to figure out the pattern and technique, but I got it on, laced it up, and was DELIGHTED
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ok, I was not expecting the mockup of this pair of stays to be THIS CUTE or to work this well, because it's a cotton bedsheet and zip tie bones. I was just trying to figure out the pattern and technique, but I got it on, laced it up, and was DELIGHTED
Ok...WHAT???? Same book (The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout), same edition (first, it came out Sept. 23, 2025). WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT??? (Check the alt text for the text of both books, I was not about to thread this)
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ok...WHAT???? Same book (The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout), same edition (first, it came out Sept. 23, 2025). WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT??? (Check the alt text for the text of both books, I was not about to thread this)
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE. MEN'S LEATHER PANTS DO NOT HAVE STAYS IN THEM. THE WORD HERE SHOULD BE LACES OR BUTTONS DEPENDING ON HOW FANCY THESE LEATHER PANTS ARE.
STAYS REFERS TO A BONED SUPPORT GARMENT WOMEN WORE BEFORE CORSETS AND AFTER KIRTLES. I PROMISE YOU, CASTEEL DOES NOT HAVE STAYS IN HIS PANTS.
STAYS REFERS TO A BONED SUPPORT GARMENT WOMEN WORE BEFORE CORSETS AND AFTER KIRTLES. I PROMISE YOU, CASTEEL DOES NOT HAVE STAYS IN HIS PANTS.
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE. MEN'S LEATHER PANTS DO NOT HAVE STAYS IN THEM. THE WORD HERE SHOULD BE LACES OR BUTTONS DEPENDING ON HOW FANCY THESE LEATHER PANTS ARE.
STAYS REFERS TO A BONED SUPPORT GARMENT WOMEN WORE BEFORE CORSETS AND AFTER KIRTLES. I PROMISE YOU, CASTEEL DOES NOT HAVE STAYS IN HIS PANTS.
STAYS REFERS TO A BONED SUPPORT GARMENT WOMEN WORE BEFORE CORSETS AND AFTER KIRTLES. I PROMISE YOU, CASTEEL DOES NOT HAVE STAYS IN HIS PANTS.
*incoherent excited screeching*
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
*incoherent excited screeching*
Birthday book haul:
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Birthday book haul:
Bead weaving on a loom is fun and fast, and about 10 times easier than off-loom bead weaving stitches. I am having fun, but missing the challenge...
July 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Bead weaving on a loom is fun and fast, and about 10 times easier than off-loom bead weaving stitches. I am having fun, but missing the challenge...
Book haul from trading in some books at the used bookstore! Also, we got to pet the shop cats.😻
July 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Book haul from trading in some books at the used bookstore! Also, we got to pet the shop cats.😻
July is disability pride month, so let's have some of my favorite books about and with disability! This is by no means an exhaustive list, and there are a ton of other fabulous books with disability analysis and rep out there, these are just some of my personal favorites. Titles etc. below...
July 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
July is disability pride month, so let's have some of my favorite books about and with disability! This is by no means an exhaustive list, and there are a ton of other fabulous books with disability analysis and rep out there, these are just some of my personal favorites. Titles etc. below...
Bead stash busting AND practicing my jump ring game and ending up with HELLA cute earrings!
June 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Bead stash busting AND practicing my jump ring game and ending up with HELLA cute earrings!
I was too antsy to read or write this weekend, so I broke out the bead box and now I have two new pairs of earrings.
June 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was too antsy to read or write this weekend, so I broke out the bead box and now I have two new pairs of earrings.
These beauties made it just in time for the long weekend!!!
April 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
These beauties made it just in time for the long weekend!!!
Picked up this beauty after work on release day:
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Picked up this beauty after work on release day:
I was sad at work yesterday (work is fine, I was being objectively too hard on myself), so instead of going for the bakery, I made a hard left into the bookstore:
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I was sad at work yesterday (work is fine, I was being objectively too hard on myself), so instead of going for the bakery, I made a hard left into the bookstore:
Just finished a reread of Jordan Ifueko's fabulous Raybearer duology with a reading buddy! These books are just as warm and delightful as they were on first read
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Just finished a reread of Jordan Ifueko's fabulous Raybearer duology with a reading buddy! These books are just as warm and delightful as they were on first read
So I had a feeling about typesetting, and Tumblr had OPINIONS. So uh...what do we think, Bluesky?
March 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So I had a feeling about typesetting, and Tumblr had OPINIONS. So uh...what do we think, Bluesky?
Ok, so while I am so far delighted with Felix and Saskia, I also am SUPER EXCITED that every new chapter of Wooing the Witch Queen greets me with sparkles and swirls:
February 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ok, so while I am so far delighted with Felix and Saskia, I also am SUPER EXCITED that every new chapter of Wooing the Witch Queen greets me with sparkles and swirls:
