Rae Swabey
@raeswabey.bsky.social
Writer. Mother. Mood reader. Genre floozy.
WIPs: a speculative literary novel and a YA urban fairytale. Often bunking off with forays into flash.
📍Brighton, UK.
An ally, always 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
No DMs please.
WIPs: a speculative literary novel and a YA urban fairytale. Often bunking off with forays into flash.
📍Brighton, UK.
An ally, always 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
No DMs please.
Not sure why I decided to binge watch this with a hangover, but if I wasn’t in bits before, I certainly am now. As a mother of preteens, it was incredibly affecting. #AdolescenceNetflix
March 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Not sure why I decided to binge watch this with a hangover, but if I wasn’t in bits before, I certainly am now. As a mother of preteens, it was incredibly affecting. #AdolescenceNetflix
I think Ray's right, you know...
January 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I think Ray's right, you know...
BRAVE NEW WORLD x THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS
Anxious Neoliberal World, if you will.
👶 Babies in pods
🌱 Cli fi with elements of solarpunk
🧑🦳 Difficult women
👩🦰 Chloe is pregnant—the old-fashioned way
🧑🦰 Bridget's husband is leaving, and he's taking their unborn child
#WIPPIT #Spec #DS
Anxious Neoliberal World, if you will.
👶 Babies in pods
🌱 Cli fi with elements of solarpunk
🧑🦳 Difficult women
👩🦰 Chloe is pregnant—the old-fashioned way
🧑🦰 Bridget's husband is leaving, and he's taking their unborn child
#WIPPIT #Spec #DS
December 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 20: Beloved by Toni Morrison
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 20: Beloved by Toni Morrison
December 3, 2024 at 7:37 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 20: Beloved by Toni Morrison
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 20: Beloved by Toni Morrison
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 19: Matilda by Ronald Dahl
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 19: Matilda by Ronald Dahl
December 2, 2024 at 10:12 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 19: Matilda by Ronald Dahl
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 19: Matilda by Ronald Dahl
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 18: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 18: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
December 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 18: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 18: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 17: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr Seuss
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 17: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr Seuss
November 30, 2024 at 7:54 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 17: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr Seuss
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 17: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr Seuss
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 16: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 16: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
November 29, 2024 at 7:11 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 16: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 16: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 15: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 15: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
November 28, 2024 at 10:27 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 15: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 15: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 14: Feed by M T Anderson
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 14: Feed by M T Anderson
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 14: Feed by M T Anderson
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 14: Feed by M T Anderson
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 13: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 13: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
November 26, 2024 at 7:20 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 13: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 13: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 12: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 12: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
November 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 12: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 12: The Tempest by William Shakespeare
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 11: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 11: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 11: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 11: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 10: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 10: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
November 23, 2024 at 5:43 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 10: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 10: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 9: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 9: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
November 22, 2024 at 7:45 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 9: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 9: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 8: The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 8: The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 8: The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 8: The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 7: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 7: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 7: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 7: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 6: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 6: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 6: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 6: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 5: Caliban and the Witch:
Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 5: Caliban and the Witch:
Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
November 18, 2024 at 7:59 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 5: Caliban and the Witch:
Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
Day 5: Caliban and the Witch:
Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 4: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 4: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
November 17, 2024 at 12:07 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 4: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 4: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 3: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 3: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 3: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 3: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 2: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 2: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 AM
The challenge is to 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 2: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge
Day 2: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I’m not sure whether this counts as either a meme or a potential moral philosophy, but it made me chuckle. And yes, I am a child.
I’m not sure whether this counts as either a meme or a potential moral philosophy, but it made me chuckle. And yes, I am a child.
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I’m not sure whether this counts as either a meme or a potential moral philosophy, but it made me chuckle. And yes, I am a child.
I’m not sure whether this counts as either a meme or a potential moral philosophy, but it made me chuckle. And yes, I am a child.