NINA BERRY, writer

Bodysurfer, redhead, book writer. Prone to wander in body and mind. Author of PAGAN JONES series and the OTHERKIN series. Bluesky: @ninaberry.bsky.social

[javierbardem]

If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there. GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997).

[nina-berry]

The true Gen X experience.

[theorahsart]

A comic about book bans, ppl's continued dismissiveness of asexuality, and ppl's lack of understanding around what it means to be queer, and why they should be worried about book bannings.

I'll add smth here cos I learned after posting this on IG that people still aren't entirely understanding how scary and dangerous this is. Ppl kept saying to me 'I can still buy your book in shops though' or 'Its okay, I'll order your book into my library!'

I dont give af about my book lol No one outside of Ace ppl ever read it, its yearly sales don't even cover a month of expenses for me.

The thing you should all be concerned about is that a totally benign unheard of book about someone's every day life is being banned. And those laws listed above are passing through US government right now. One of those laws would make it so that any teacher/librarian in the US could lose their job/go to prison for simply sharing 'ideology'- and I don't mean only lgbtq folk, these laws are attacking black history, civil rights history, disability rep in books. Just talking about these things will now legally be considered a 'dangerous ideology'.

And once that's set into law, the US government has backing via law to go ahead and say 'if these books aren't legally allowed in schools, then they shouldn't be allowed in shops, either.' And from there it sets up a great argument for 'The dangerous content in these books is lawfully being removed from public, shouldn't we be lawfully removing the people living out/promoting this ideology too?'

I can see why ppl don't fully understand how dangerous book bannings are, if they're not familiar with the history of fascism. If you're interested, there are plenty of graphic novels that share this history via first hand accounts- Maus, Persepolis, Banned Book Club.

But guess what? You're on limited time to get these via libraries...cos all three of these books are on banned lists too, and they got nothing to do with lgbtq rep, and everything to do with warning ppl about fascism.

And the US government knows it can get away with this, because they are passing these laws as we speak and barely anyone is doing anything about it or talking about it. I've been trying to talk about it for years and no one does anything except say to me 'don't worry, I'll buy your book!' or say its a badge of honour that I have a banned book.

So I'll emphasise once more. If you live in the USA, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REP ABOUT THESE LAWS!

[deerman-limerence]

@sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog

[theworldofblacksails-deactivate]

[yukuiyuuu]

Teamwork..................................................................................

[uhhh-nunyabidniz-heaux]

Me, when they made the U-turn:

[donkeydickjess]

^ my exact reaction

[argumate]

Me, curiously: I wonder how they’re gonna switch tractors— oh shit

[deramin2]

Agricultural work is incredibly skilled work. Saying it isn't because most of it is learning on the job instead of in school is just a way for farm bosses to justify vastly underpay and suppress their workers, plus justify depending on undocumented workers being paid below legal limits under the table because workers know the bosses will call la migra if they ask for justice.

I've known this in theory for years (including a painting next to my kitchen reminding me), but following United Farm Workers on social media makes it even more clear. Incredible acrobatics with heavy loads manually or with machines.

[themooninthestars]

[lucylehane]

Trung Le Nguyen's epic Pride & Prejudice thread was so magnificent I had to gif it.

Trung Le Nguyen (@trungles.com)

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

[nina-berry]

Best thread ever!

[sophsun1]

It's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. And we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after.

ANTHONY STEWART HEAD as Rupert Giles

[ruthfeiertag]

[perfectday1972]

[nina-berry]

When I worked at Playboy in the 90s, the accounting department was almost entirely staffed with gay men. Three of them were named Bob. They had a margarita machine, and every Friday was a party.

Stick that in your sitcom. It's real and it's awesome.

[mortalityplays]

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

It's very rare when I say lol that something actually makes me laugh out loud you know… But this Fucking video actually had me cackling

[nuclearfeels]

HE STRAIGHT UP TRIED TO SACRIFICE THE GREMLIN CHILD TO THE PIT

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

cr 艾姨蔬妃娘娘原创

[so-much-for-subtlety]

[princessnijireiki]

[claudiagray]

"What I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career."

[chrisbrecheenwritingaboutwriting]

Bank of Sapphire Cold?

[renkade]

An Ikea of Ruby and Cold

[claudiagray]

A Chocolatier of Pearl and Fog

[nina-berry]

A Cubicle of Pearl and Clouds.

[theunfortunate-author]

my daily affirmation as an author

[bryanjamess]

[nina-berry]

Ahhhhh.

[ccarygrant]

Marlene Dietrich in BLONDE VENUS (1932) dir. Josef von Sternberg

[thegleampt2fromtheglowpt22001]

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

[apisashla]

reblog if attacking fascism is really the hill you want to die on

[alpine-insurrection]

this is literally like one of the most justified and honorable hills you could die on??? lol??

[harostar]

[lilithtransrights]

Quick someone reply with the gif™️

[burnt-to-cynders]

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[momusu-saval-deactivated2024010]

Always reblog this if you are cool

[yeoldenews]

Another selection of some of the better names I've come across in Regency era newspapers recently.