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Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book (1888) by Vincent van Gogh

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[michaelmoonsbookshop]

Book cover designs by Talwin Morris

Morris was a friend and contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

[jehovahhthickness]

Praying that $1500 randomly comes to you when you need it the most this year.

[jehovahhthickness]

Okay inflation is crazy.

We bumping up the price to $15,000 for 2026.

[bobbole]

Palestinian children were prevented from going to school by razor wire and israeli soldiers — so they sat down and studied right in front of them (via AndreyX)

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11 year old Huda, April 26, 2026, via CNN

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[zendeyas]

Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse – EMMA. (2020)

[macrolit]

How many of these have you read?

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[gorgonapologist]

When Daphne transforms into a bay tree, the moment is one of both horror and deliverance. She is no longer what she once was, but the metamorphosis frees her from the unwanted attention of Apollo. This duality of horror and emancipation sits, I think, at the core of female transformation. Within the horror genre (and arguably everywhere else), bodies read as female are always subject to pain, and to the threat of violation. Becoming something else—a tree, a freak, a monster—preempts this pain and reduces the risk of harm. It may even, if the transformation is the right one, allow you to cause harm in return.

Julia Armfield, On Body Horror and the Female Body

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BAILEY’S 3K CELEBRATION —🫶🏻 for @djo

"I've been doing both music and acting since I was pretty little. Just for fun. Being able to peruse both professionally is the greatest thing in the whole world." — Joe Keery

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[bookcred]

does your local indie bookstore provide customised recommendations based on surveys they send out? mine does

📍 rare birds book shop, edinburgh

[literaria-journal]

September wrap-up 📚

Only two books this month, but two really amazing reads, so I was lucky!

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is just an exquisite and seductive read, with some teary moments. All you could ever want from a vampire novel.

The Marriage Portrait is...a very compelling journey to witness. Beautifully written and emotionally charged. A great historical fiction.

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Vase with Red Gladiolas (1886) by Vincent van Gogh

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Spring Flowers (1864) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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