This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor. If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!

REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.

Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers

They want you skinny so they can break you easily. Don't let them win. Eat potatoes. Be plump. Tick thighs squash the patriarchy.

Honestly, if somebody wanted to complain at me for being "political," I probably didn't need or want them as a reader in the first place. I'm trans. I write books about trans characters. They are gonna be political, as am I. Our existence has been *made* political. And my beliefs inform my stories.

"um actually it's extremely normal for men to try to fuck younger women who are socially subordinate to them" yeah man, we know. that's kind of the whole problem. the normalness of it

This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)

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Whenever someone makes a racist or sexist joke I find it very effective to respond, “I’m afraid I don’t understand the joke. Would you care to explain?” and then watch as they flail helplessly, twisting themselves into an ouroboros of evasion and denial.

Ray Bradbury; reading for just a few minutes a night can save your life

“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.

saw a one-star review from a lady on amazon who had begun reading a history book and was deeply upset by the Vikings’ use of “slightly crude language.” ma’am, if that offends you, you’re going to be SHOCKED when you learn what else the Vikings got up to

The hottest couples aren’t “normal” people, the hottest couples are mutually deranged, weird hobgoblins who share the same niche obsessions. Find someone who will be the Morticia to your Gomez.

I don't want to “improve my rizz,” I want to be a scribe in an Irish monastery in 950 AD. I’m hunched over a manuscript, painstakingly retracing the letters. Pangur Bán, the abbot’s cat, brushes against my leg. I doodle her image in the margin. I’ve never heard of the internet. I’m happy.

Very unpopular opinion but I think in a healthier world our schools would teach the so-called “useless things”: Latin, old poetry, classic cinema, how to read and enjoy challenging novels. Studying these things won’t make you a better person. But they will give you a better life.

Don’t allow tech to turn you into an un-person. Refuse to let AI make things you could produce with your own brain. Develop your mental & creative faculties. Read constantly. They want you illiterate, and nothing threatens them more than a brain that is sharp and intact.

People think I'm kidding when I say there is a fascist agenda behind the promotion of AI. These devices are designed to kill literacy. We grew up in one of those rare periods of history where most people could read, and those who can read are harder to control.

People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.

Students don’t need chromebooks and AI tutors, they need Shakespeare and Jane Austen and the Greek myths, they need the Arthurian Legends and the Arabian Nights, they need constant exposure to nature, fairytales, folklore, poetry and beauty.

I know it sounds mad but if you had regular exposure to trees and sunlight and started reading again for pleasure, it would heal you.

It’s adorable when guys dismiss Jane Austen as saccharine romantic fluff because I suspect none of her critics will write novels of such sharp comedy and keen understanding of human nature that they’re still being read by millions of people 250 years in the future.

Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.

Men assume Pride & Prejudice is a Hallmark romance when the plot is driven by the Bennet sisters’ fear of starvation because they will be homeless when their father dies. It’s a book about money, about people, and those who dismiss it as saccharine fluff are cheating themselves.

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We're witnessing the greatest sustained attack on the human spirit in history. Big Tech seeks to destroy the arts. They're destroying the school system. They want to make us lobotomized people who can't read, write or create. They've turned dystopian fiction into a manual.

hear my call and obey #art

There's a certain, er, overenthusiastic fandom out there hating on Golden by Huntrix and saying it's AI, which is utter bs because we all saw Ejae, Audrey, and Rei sing it live. AND the singer this rowdy fandom stans for actually did use AI on promos. Ironic, no? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-V...

That cover 😍 #BookSky

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COLOMBIA ffs. The dumb fuckers don't even know the name of the country they're threatening. I am proud of Having Petro as a president. He's the only who has the guts to stand up to this evil entity masquerading as a president.

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Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

Companies should allow their customer service employees to scream in the middle of frustrating calls at least once a day. You know, as a treat.

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Beautiful #art 😍

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100% agree. You don't NEED to have your villains be anything other than what fits. My current novel they're rich, selfish, scumbags with zero redeemable qualities. They're greedy oligarchs—cartoonish and devoid of any morals. Perfect for slaying without any mercy of second chances.

Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie -Listen to a song you like and dance around. Drink some water, take your meds. -You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of others. -The Distant Ominous Music may try some new instruments; be prepared for extra weirdness. ❤️Auntie Jilli

Quote with two characters you like and since I don't know five people it’s a free for all 😊

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Choose a Horror Queen 👸 I’ll start… 🖤

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Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen. Bar none. Period. That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens. She deserves the Nobel Prize

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

This cover ahhhh 😍 📚💙

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.