Lizzy
@someonelizz.bsky.social
Queer fiction, linguistics, ephemera. Penhallow/Trevelyan stan. 🏳️🌈 she/her
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My wrath is as fearsome as my countenance is splendid, Charlie Brown
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned, Charlie Brown
The grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My wrath is as fearsome as my countenance is splendid, Charlie Brown
I like how this implies, “You might *think* you want tuberculosis on your penis, I know it sounds fun, but that’s a popular misconception.”
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I like how this implies, “You might *think* you want tuberculosis on your penis, I know it sounds fun, but that’s a popular misconception.”
I do not love standardized tests, but when people say we should eliminate the SAT because rich kids have an advantage, I always wonder which aspects of education they think rich kids do NOT have an advantage at
the 'conventional wisdom' is correct. parent's SES explains ~20% of SAT score variation. how much variation in "being able to found a non-profit in high school" do you think parent's income explains?
Tapping the chart once again, the conventional wisdom that the SAT is the most equitable aspect of college admissions is completely wrong
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I do not love standardized tests, but when people say we should eliminate the SAT because rich kids have an advantage, I always wonder which aspects of education they think rich kids do NOT have an advantage at
I see so many posts that say “I never see people say this about women!” but if you spend 30 seconds and run a search on the phrase “male founders” you will see that it is not rare.
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I see so many posts that say “I never see people say this about women!” but if you spend 30 seconds and run a search on the phrase “male founders” you will see that it is not rare.
the bisexual community preemptively repudiates bill clinton, like, just in case
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
the bisexual community preemptively repudiates bill clinton, like, just in case
My best friend and I unwittingly got each other the same book for our birthdays (which are within a few days of each other). It was Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh.
Today I bought some Harry & David pears & an amaryllis at Trader Joe’s for my mom, only to get home and discover that today she had also stopped at Trader Joe’s and bought Harry & David pears & an amaryllis for me.
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My best friend and I unwittingly got each other the same book for our birthdays (which are within a few days of each other). It was Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh.
singing “Lincoln in the Bardo” to the tune of “Michael in the Bathroom” from Be More Chill
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
singing “Lincoln in the Bardo” to the tune of “Michael in the Bathroom” from Be More Chill
Big fan of Helen DeWitt and she has a new book out!
Helen Andrews, Helen Lewis, Helen Joyce...If not for Helen DeWitt, Helen stock would be at an all-time low right now.
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Big fan of Helen DeWitt and she has a new book out!
This is a fun way to celebrate your favorite books!
As we approach the end of 2025, our team of Randos is looking for new judges to join the crew!
Do you love reading?
Like, REALLY love reading?
Would you like to send an award to the author of your fave book of the year?
If so, join us! Shout out and we'll get you on the team!
Do you love reading?
Like, REALLY love reading?
Would you like to send an award to the author of your fave book of the year?
If so, join us! Shout out and we'll get you on the team!
Friends and fellow readers, we're happy to announce the winners of the 2024 Rando Awards!
Our sincere congratulations to all our winners. Thank you for writing the books that kept us up past our bedtimes all through 2024. Your trophies are already on the way!
🧵 of all winners and nominees below!
Our sincere congratulations to all our winners. Thank you for writing the books that kept us up past our bedtimes all through 2024. Your trophies are already on the way!
🧵 of all winners and nominees below!
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is a fun way to celebrate your favorite books!
I’m at a Halloween street fair and somebody is unmistakably dressed as Cole Escola’s Mary Todd Lincoln and I really want to make friends with them
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m at a Halloween street fair and somebody is unmistakably dressed as Cole Escola’s Mary Todd Lincoln and I really want to make friends with them
pronouncing “Hallowe’en” with a glottal stop
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
pronouncing “Hallowe’en” with a glottal stop
what if Macbeth was a musical
Tell us what your favourite scary musical is, or what scary property (book, movie etc) you would love to see made into a musical.
Have a fun and scary Halloween from all of us at MTR.
Have a fun and scary Halloween from all of us at MTR.
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
what if Macbeth was a musical
I unironically love this genre of post. “Silly me, I thought [something 99.9% of people would have no idea was incorrect]. How embarrassing!”
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I unironically love this genre of post. “Silly me, I thought [something 99.9% of people would have no idea was incorrect]. How embarrassing!”
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
An interesting thought, I imagine there would probably be complicated social dynamics between the young career-track students and the old hobby-track students
a mildly crank take is that as people live longer and universities struggle with demographic issues, colleges should offer a kind of somewhat-separate retiree-PhD path. Like it's still an actual degree, you still do real coursework and a dissertation, but you pay tuition instead of teaching classes
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An interesting thought, I imagine there would probably be complicated social dynamics between the young career-track students and the old hobby-track students
“Lave” is perhaps the most fanfiction word I know, like I’m genuinely not sure I’ve *ever* encountered it outside of fanfiction and novels written by fanfiction authors
words in a published romance novel intimate scene that immediately make me ring the ‘i know what you are’ bell: mewl, croon, keen, lave, syrupy, intrusion
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Lave” is perhaps the most fanfiction word I know, like I’m genuinely not sure I’ve *ever* encountered it outside of fanfiction and novels written by fanfiction authors
If you want the opposite of this, I recommend Helen DeWitt’s books! She does not spoon feed you
also this book suffers from what im going to call "anime syndrome" in that any potential place for subtlety, nuance, and trusting your reader is replaced with a hammer of TELL DONT SHOW
please.....i beg you......i am picking up what you're putting down 😭😭
please.....i beg you......i am picking up what you're putting down 😭😭
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you want the opposite of this, I recommend Helen DeWitt’s books! She does not spoon feed you
2025 reboot of Angels in America: “Why is democracy failing in America?”
With the assumptions in place, the main event: why are people distrustful of democracy?
Put simply: because they're told to distrust it. They're told it's betrayed them, that it's failing. That's why people are becoming disillusioned—& it's why some support parties who say so. But WHO'S SAYING IT?
Put simply: because they're told to distrust it. They're told it's betrayed them, that it's failing. That's why people are becoming disillusioned—& it's why some support parties who say so. But WHO'S SAYING IT?
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
2025 reboot of Angels in America: “Why is democracy failing in America?”
This is why I roll my eyes when people try to gotcha SF/F authors with stuff like “Why does Gideon say ‘That’s bananas’ when there are no bananas in the Ninth House?”
I don't know why I didn't realize before now that "pipe dream" is a drug reference
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is why I roll my eyes when people try to gotcha SF/F authors with stuff like “Why does Gideon say ‘That’s bananas’ when there are no bananas in the Ninth House?”
I feel the same but about the word CLITIC
Okay, New York Times Spelling Bee, I'll make you a deal. Let's each put in a hundred bucks every time you don't recognize the perfectly legitimate word TONTINE, and then whichever of us lives longest gets it.
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I feel the same but about the word CLITIC
People love to say that being single gives you so much freedom, and I’m sure in some ways that’s true, but it also creates logistical difficulties around everything from accessing health care to what kind of clothes you can wear.
This morning when I was in the coffee shop waiting for my order a woman came up to me and asked if I could do up the button on the back of her shirt because she lives alone and doesn't have anyone to help her
It made me kind of sad but also glad that I could do a small nice thing for a stranger
It made me kind of sad but also glad that I could do a small nice thing for a stranger
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
People love to say that being single gives you so much freedom, and I’m sure in some ways that’s true, but it also creates logistical difficulties around everything from accessing health care to what kind of clothes you can wear.
I wonder to what extent it’s actually people not *understanding* the post and to what extent it’s people simply choosing to ignore what the post actually said in favor of going off about their personal hobbyhorse
so one of the things I’ve started to realize with having a notable following On Here is exactly how much of a reading comprehension problem we have in this country
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I wonder to what extent it’s actually people not *understanding* the post and to what extent it’s people simply choosing to ignore what the post actually said in favor of going off about their personal hobbyhorse
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt (2000)
My wife questions the wisdom of introducing a two year old to Spinoza, but how else is she to master Hegel? Kindergarten is only a few years away
October 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt (2000)
Lady Bird Johnson died in July 2007 which means she could have used an iPhone in the last two weeks of her life
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Lady Bird Johnson died in July 2007 which means she could have used an iPhone in the last two weeks of her life
linguistics is word rotation send skeet
being a word rotator online is so hard. this post should be angled upwards at like 60 degrees
October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
linguistics is word rotation send skeet