Photographer Maxine Helfman replaces the faces of white Flemish nobles with those of contemporary Black models #WomensArt

It is the SMALLEST ask.

I was an 80s teen. There’s a reason I use handrails.

Burn it with acid, set it on fire, scatter the ashes to the wind, salt the earth where it sat, then teach the children to walk past quickly and never at night.

Even easier if you keep a few tabs open and just flip between them. You can pretty much copy paste all of it.

Dreamt of a bookshelf last night—full of books my subconscious just conjured up. I was most excited that @chelseagsummers.bsky.social had apparently written a VERY thick new book with an autumnal New England cover and in a tiny white font the title: It Hungers.

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Preeeeeach. With that sort of viciously selfish unkindness, nobody would ever be permitted to benefit from progress. And that’s unconscionable.

Dreamt I got into a fight with Jonathan Bailey. He knows what he did.

Screeeeeeaming

Lord Jesus, protect me from ever having the hubris to tell @tressiemcphd.bsky.social that I was “hoping to provide her some insight.”

Opera petty doesn’t miss.

If you’re going to pretend to represent a famous person’s book club in order to scam me, you could always try not misspelling their name. I mean, if you’re open to a little constructive criticism.

It’s artisanal, handcrafted, small batch bullshit.

So this Grammarly bullshit. Is it using only nonfic authors—in which case I hate it for them—or is it fiction as well—in which case I may have to also hate it on a personal level and ask to speak to a manager?

The only possible take.

This was so much fun to record—heaps of thanks, Sandra!

THERE IS A FLAVIA DE LUCE TV SERIES COMING IN THE UK??

A 70-year-old was 21 when Rumours dropped.

Golden.

Are you wearing the... ...the red cabbage dress? Yeah I am.

For FANCY MONEY

I adore this podcast—it’s been a very soothing listen during all the chaos of book tour! Ask me anything about Emma of Normandy. I dare you. (The answer is always Aelfgifu. Also, I’m not looking up how to spell that, so let’s pretend it’s correct.)

There is a blood drive at this airport and someone just wished me a “Happy Friyay.” St. Louis, you have some explaining to do.

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

The very best album cover.

10/10. Shakespeare never misses.

Wait, I’ve been on a plane for two hours. Do I need my Marilyn BYE BITCH gif?

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So we boarded the flight for Houston, then they pulled us off again because they decided the tire would probably burst on landing.

The woman sitting near me in this lounge is very distressed as to the whereabouts of her red jacket. Is it in the house in Maui? Or the house in Ireland? And her husband is not invested AT ALL. Are you even listening, Peter? Are you??

Y’all. My seatmate ended up being Man Who Does Not Respect AirPods. “What’s that movie you’re watching? Can I use your charger? Are you headed home?” I literally faked a phone call when we landed.

Loud Airport Guy is pacing the concourse while on the phone and, damn, if you’re Aaron from Marketing, you are REALLY not pulling your weight. This is going to be reflected in your performance review. We expected more from you, Aaron.

Just sneezed in this airport and almost busted out a “What? No bless-yous for Giacomo?” but I’m 100% sure nobody would have gotten it.

It is PUB DAY! Veronica Speedwell’s tenth adventure is in stores now. Huge thanks to everyone buzzing, posting, buying, and showing up for events. You are the best! 🦋

Of all the book signings to have a reader tell me she just adopted a dog and named him after Stoker’s dog, Huxley. 😭

48 hours ago we had to say goodbye to sweet Saylor Bean. And now I’m getting dressed to go to my first event in the tour for A GHASTLY CATASTROPHE. A bit whiplashy but I’m happy to be with book folk.

Amazing. 10/10

Well, this is a first. Got pulled out of line for a secondary security screening at the airport because they needed to check out my tarot cards. 🤷‍♀️

Enchanting.

Hear, hear...👏

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

With husband at a new doctor’s office and there’s a LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE sign. Help.

I am BESIDE MYSELF. 👻

Alan Cumming’s bedazzled slanket is not a phrase I ever expected to say.

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

Goals.