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ok so

everyone knows about this meme, right?

but does anyone else know the woman who made the food? no? time to educate!

This is “Mother Mary”, the owner of Blackberry’s mother.

She made all the cakes for the restaurant while it was open. Chef Gordon Ramsay tried her red velvet cake, and spoke this meme-able line:

He then called Mary over, complimented her food, and gave her a peck on the cheek.

Look how happy she was to hear that!!!

anyways, I hope she has been able to continue her love for baking since the restaurant closed down.

tasmanianstripes

For these who don’t know: The restaurant she worked at closed down but she left before that and opened her own bakery, that’s apparently very successful!

She has a youtube channel where she shares recipes and cooking advice!

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PROJECT HAIL MARY 2026 — dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

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Hugh Skinner as Jack Worthing and Sharon D. Clarke as Lady Bracknell in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.

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Animal Farm, a book criticising totalitarian governments, is getting a visual adaptation where there are silly animals selling their crops to those they're supposed to hate.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, a book written by an author who got imprisoned for sodomy, is getting a visual adaptation where the two characters with clear homoromantic undertones are turned into brothers.

Dracula, a book about a group of friends that explore the themes of antagonism and Victorian anxieties, is getting a visual adaptation where the count falls in love with one of his rape victims.

Wuthering Heights, a book that beats the reader over the head with a bat about how the POC protagonist wants to be privileged and white, is getting a visual adaptation with a white person as the protagonist and a POC as the one he envies.

The Odyssey, a book about a man from Ancient Greece trying to get home from war, is getting a visual adaptation coated in a "Hollywood" aesthetic that rejects accurate armour and casting.

2026 is not a good year for classic literature fans all around.

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE + green

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Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream

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Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman | Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)

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Page decorations for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1899 edition.

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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Season 1, Episode 10 "Cody Goes to Camp"

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Happy Pride 🌈 | The Golden Girls (1985-1992)

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The Watermelon Woman (1996) dir. Cheryl Dunye

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Hey this movie is really important in queer history! It was the first feature length film directed by a black lesbian! You can watch it here for free!

I really recommend you do because while it is a rom-com (and a drama), it also looks at how the stories of black queers are over looked in history.

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