Julia Vanstory
@juliavanstory.bsky.social
Probably coping by scream-singing Taylor Swift or rereading middle grade novels ✌🏻Sometimes I guilt myself into writing
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Writers: gen ai is theft
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Writers: gen ai is theft
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
I bought A Promised Land in 2020, and then never touched it because of its length. Then I was introduced to Romantasy, which really built up my reading stamina. And I just have to say a quarter of the way in, I’m glad I waited. I needed the reminder that what we’re experiencing now isn’t normal.
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I bought A Promised Land in 2020, and then never touched it because of its length. Then I was introduced to Romantasy, which really built up my reading stamina. And I just have to say a quarter of the way in, I’m glad I waited. I needed the reminder that what we’re experiencing now isn’t normal.
It’s ok to rest. Even the earth requires it. That’s why we have fall and winter. We must pull in, be introspective, and heal so that we can return stronger, more beautiful, and healthier like the spring.
January 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It’s ok to rest. Even the earth requires it. That’s why we have fall and winter. We must pull in, be introspective, and heal so that we can return stronger, more beautiful, and healthier like the spring.
When I picked up this book, I thought it was just going to be a basic little romance that I’d enjoy in the moment and then quickly forget about. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved the two main characters in Surrendering to the Duke. Their banter was absolutely top tier.
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
When I picked up this book, I thought it was just going to be a basic little romance that I’d enjoy in the moment and then quickly forget about. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved the two main characters in Surrendering to the Duke. Their banter was absolutely top tier.
My bookish hot take is that the best children’s literature is better than the most acclaimed adult literature. Anne of Green Gables, The Giving Tree, The Series of Unfortunate Events all better than any Charles Dickens I’ve ever read.
January 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My bookish hot take is that the best children’s literature is better than the most acclaimed adult literature. Anne of Green Gables, The Giving Tree, The Series of Unfortunate Events all better than any Charles Dickens I’ve ever read.
I listened to this on a long road trip this weekend and was cracking up the whole time until I started crying at the end. It’s a blend of The Hate U Give and The Summer I Turned Pretty. If you enjoy YA reads, I cannot recommend it enough.
January 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I listened to this on a long road trip this weekend and was cracking up the whole time until I started crying at the end. It’s a blend of The Hate U Give and The Summer I Turned Pretty. If you enjoy YA reads, I cannot recommend it enough.
Time is really just a circle, looping back over and over again. I wrote this essay in 2018. By the time it was published in 2020, it didn’t feel true anymore. I started referring to it as an elegy. But today, for the first time in a long time, it felt true again.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Time is really just a circle, looping back over and over again. I wrote this essay in 2018. By the time it was published in 2020, it didn’t feel true anymore. I started referring to it as an elegy. But today, for the first time in a long time, it felt true again.
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I’m not taking my Christmas decorations down until I’m the last one standing. I guess they’ve survived another day.
January 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I’m not taking my Christmas decorations down until I’m the last one standing. I guess they’ve survived another day.
This is going to be so good 😍
@tomiadeyemi.bsky.social knew we needed a win this week and she delivered. #booksky @skylight.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is going to be so good 😍
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Mostly I read to chase the high of reading Anne of Green Gables for the first time. I’m pretty sure only Mr. Darcy’s proposal has lived up to that.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mostly I read to chase the high of reading Anne of Green Gables for the first time. I’m pretty sure only Mr. Darcy’s proposal has lived up to that.
Tomorrow I have my weekly meeting with my writer’s group. My goal was to write 5,000 words. I’ve written 0 at this point. Is it my mental health? Is it the state of the union? It’s exhausting carrying so much weight every day.
January 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tomorrow I have my weekly meeting with my writer’s group. My goal was to write 5,000 words. I’ve written 0 at this point. Is it my mental health? Is it the state of the union? It’s exhausting carrying so much weight every day.
If there’s a takeaway from the story of the Wedding of Cana for me this week, it’s that joy in community is the point.
January 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If there’s a takeaway from the story of the Wedding of Cana for me this week, it’s that joy in community is the point.
There’s a bush in my front yard that my daughter used to grab a handful of leaves off, throw them in the air, spin, and yell joy. When a tree limb fell on our house and snapped the bush, she lamented her joy bush. I told her it’s not dead. It’ll grow back. Today, it’s my lesson to learn.
January 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
There’s a bush in my front yard that my daughter used to grab a handful of leaves off, throw them in the air, spin, and yell joy. When a tree limb fell on our house and snapped the bush, she lamented her joy bush. I told her it’s not dead. It’ll grow back. Today, it’s my lesson to learn.
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Go outside today and stand in the sun. Remember that the earth will keep spinning. Time will keep marching on. Humanity has faced hard times before and we will face them again. This is a dark and temporary speck in an infinite universe.
January 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Go outside today and stand in the sun. Remember that the earth will keep spinning. Time will keep marching on. Humanity has faced hard times before and we will face them again. This is a dark and temporary speck in an infinite universe.
Idk what I’m doing with this new book, but I am having more fun writing than I have in a long time.
January 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Idk what I’m doing with this new book, but I am having more fun writing than I have in a long time.
I try not to give 5 stars for a read unless it’s an easy decision. If there’s any hang up at all, I go with 4.5. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is the easiest 5 star rating I’ve given to a book as an adult.
January 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I try not to give 5 stars for a read unless it’s an easy decision. If there’s any hang up at all, I go with 4.5. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is the easiest 5 star rating I’ve given to a book as an adult.
My weakest parenting moment was giving into the Elf on the Shelf after seven years of refusing.
December 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM
My weakest parenting moment was giving into the Elf on the Shelf after seven years of refusing.
No one would be more frustrated with Grinch merch than the Grinch himself.
December 11, 2024 at 2:58 AM
No one would be more frustrated with Grinch merch than the Grinch himself.