#(auto)biography

[venillaxx]

normalize writing auto biographies for yourself cuz I was writing in drama club, and some kid comes up to me, looks at my laptop, and goes "ew, why are you writing abt urself?" ... tf u mean? do u think I'm always writing fanfiction??? NO???

this might be stupid but yknow what idc <3

[keanuquotes]

Just cause I’ve seen this 100 times doesn’t mean everybody seen it.😁 Amazing podcast for lovers of the cinema.

[surmulefyr]

Synodic is a small zine i made a couple of years ago about wanting to escape into space and to this day... i still sometimes wish i could go, thought i would share it finally!  

[wordsarelifereviews]

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (and some of my old Star Wars, Princess Leia toys from when I was a kid)

(Originally posted on my Instagram)

[theshatterednotes]

Joan Didion

[theirresponsiblereader]

Catch-Up Quick Takes:Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner; Out of Range; The Fangs of Freelance; Wonder Twins, Vol. 1: Activate!

The point of these quick takes post to catch up on my “To Write About” stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness. —

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

by Judy Melinek, MD, & TJ Mitchell, Tanya Eby (Narrator) Unabridged Audiobook, 7 hrs., 43 mins. Tantor Media, 2014 Read: June 12-14, 2020 Grab a copy from your local indie bookstore!

(the official…

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[theirresponsiblereader]

Flying Alone by Beth Ruggiero York: A Young Woman Takes Flight

Flying Alone by Beth Ruggiero York @bethyorkauthor ★ ★ ★ A Young Woman Takes Flight

  Flying Alone: A Memoir

by Beth Ruggiero York

eARC, 202 pg. 2019

Read: October 14-15, 2019

When she was 14 years old, Elizabeth flew for the first time—as she says, it was the first time she’d been that excited since her father died the previous year—and she made a promise to herself that she’d learn to fly.

Her plan had been to join the Navy and become a pilot, which would put her on…

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Relief by Execution by Gint Aras: Reflections on Societal Woes from a Different Angle on the Holocaust

Relief by Execution by Gint Aras ★ ★ ★ Reflections on Societal Woes from a Different Angle on the Holocaust #LetsReadIndie19

Relief by Execution: A Visit to Mauthausen

by Gint Aras

eARC, 94 pg. Little Bound Books, 2019

Read: September 21, 2019

This is a short book (long essay), that to really get into would render the reading of the content pointless, so I’ve got to hold back some of what I want to say. The official blurb is a good starting point for a few thoughts I have in reaction to this essay:

Between the…

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