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today i spent an hour on chat gpt trying to find the name of this book that i thought iād lost or lent out by accident. Ai couldnāt figure it out but later when my friend came over she pulled it immediately off the shelf. i blame my hangoverā¦.
cool kinda smutty novel exploring power dynamics between folks in an open relationshipā¦ exploring queer sexuality. good for bisexuals feeling at odds with their identity.
idk honestly i need to reread but i know i loved it and was really upset at the idea of having lost it or never being able to find it again
Jun 30, 2024
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ok i still havenāt finished it itās very long but this is from the book! itās an anthology all about femmes with essays and retellings and poetry (some of them are sad, some funny, some spicy, some sweet). this one was a love letter a butch wrote to her femme partner š„²
Feb 12, 2025
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I am not a stay-at-home mom secretly exploring sex work (Normal Women by Ainslie Horgarth), but I know a calling to motherhood and a fear of financial dependence.
I am not an apparition stuck in time on the NYC subway after years of fighting for queer rights (One Last Stop by Casey Mcquinston), but I have felt adrift while searching for belonging.
I am not manipulating a rich older man to live in his mansion and steal his pills (The Guest by Emma Cline), but I have been desperate and an unreliable narrator to myself.
I should probably try to find a book about a man next I guess.
Sep 13, 2024
Just finished the advance copy in 4 hours. Couldn't put it down. Pre-order it babes.
"As Chile emerged from Pinochet's brutal dictatorship into a flawed democracy, Lemebel shone a light on lives and events many wanted to supress: the last days of sex workers dying from Aids, the glitzy literary salon held above a torture chamber, and the queer sex and community found in Santiago's clubs, parks and back alleys."
Love letters to travestis, of cruising and political uprising. I keep remembering vivid images from it, in 'night of furs' a cast of locas create a mountain of candlelit chicken bones that would go on to foretell the oncoming coup and dictatorship. In another story, a Loca loses her new brand shoes after hooking up (during curfew) with a circus traveller, and has to run home in oversized clown shoes.
When beloved Loba Lamar passes from AIDs, her friends can't let her die with her mouth open. "She can't go like that, the poor thing, said the locas, already calmer. She can't get stuck with her trap open like a hungry frog, herself so divine, so careful with every gesture and pose. She should always be remembered as a diva. Something must be done. Quick, close her mouth with a scarf before it stiffens."
I will be rereading this collection over and over. It is absurdist, high camp, an absolute ode to queer memory, to remember with rage.
May 5, 2024
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plugging myself because obviouslyā¦
if you are an overthinker, party girl, have fire sign placements and/or anxiety, enjoy liz phair, olivia rodrigo, sheryl crow, or the strokesā¦. perhaps give it a whirl. it has found itās way to many āsummer 24ā playlists and that makes me smile :) there is also a very funny music video on youtube. thanks all music lovers for considering
Jun 28, 2024
there is nothing better than a solo date to see a band you love. no shouting over the crowd to your date, freedom to dance as crazy as you want, peak people-watching. get as drunk as you want, who cares. talk to a stranger or donāt. tip the bartender and merch person, befriend the bouncer. you are the main character when you are on an adventure with yourself. who knows you better than youā¦? music is so euphoric and transformative, i will always cherish my solo concerts
Sep 12, 2024
how has no one said this one yet? chappell is winning music right now and this tiny desk certainly was part of that. between the stripped down live arrangements, matching pink band outfits, comedic personality in between songs, the wig (insane), and her VOICEā¦.truly this performance is beyond i could watch it a million times
Jul 2, 2024