I went to the cottage and came back convinced that we need shows like Heated Rivalry more than ever. "Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is to have a good time on purpose." newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/a-tr... Thanks @carlylane.bsky.social & @readingtheend.bsky.social for their posts.

“Ain’t no rule says a bear can’t go to Cambridge!”

my baby cousin got me a biography of Lord Byron for Christmas, and the intro is like "through no fault of his own (it was the publisher's fault), the last major Byron biographer could not include any of the gay stuff, BUT I SHALL" thank u 4 ur service, Fiona MacCarthy, very excited to get into it

the Christmas Mass sermon was all about the gift of God's abundance which brings succor to those who feel alone, and I was nodding along like, yes, yes, the gift of God's abundance, made manifest this holiday season in the gay hockey show

The holidays is the perfect time to binge a complete book series, & we're here to enable this with a selection of Solaris Books! Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social

at breakfast today, out of nowhere, Five goes, "I miss Gruff Veteran Uncle. I wish he was still alive. But, we still love him, and we will always have the memories of him that are in our hearts." 🥹

I'm putting together a team. Who is in??? @stephanieburgis.bsky.social @elizabethmay.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @jessiemihalik.com ?

I showed this to my mom, and she immediately got side-tracked trying to figure out which IRL romantasy author would be best equipped to save the world if they were in Carol's situation.

Kathryn VanArendonk doing the Lord's work asking Vince Gilligan about his romantasy research for Pluribus

y'all, I really love romance. I know it has its many problems. I love critiquing those problems and reading amazing smart critiques from other people. I just also really love romance a lot, a lot, a lot. thank you to the many beautiful romance writers out there making my life lovelier.

Jenny don't read the bad Atlantic take about romantasy, don't do it, Jenny, Jenny stay strong

I have such a vivid memory from like, 2008, of a bookish dude in one of my spaces shitting on Twilight readers, saying they "didn't want to be challenged" this was when I worked at the suicide hotline, and all the other volunteers there, overwhelmingly young women, were super into Twilight

I keep thinking about this article by @readingtheend.bsky.social and how it unpacks the weird insistence-on-token-heterosexual-romance-plot + refusal-to-take-romance-seriously in mainstream US movies/tv.

a friend's in-laws are hosting their family Christmas this Friday, and today, Monday, they announced that they would not be serving a meal and everyone (four couples, all of whom have kids under five) should bring potluck dishes (no further details provided). I am SHOOK. this is the SOUTH.

Spread it around. Let’s Streisand Effect Bari Weiss into oblivion.

If you have a sudden, newfound appetite for gay fiction with upbeat, romancey vibes… Might I recommend my novella THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS…? Published by the awesome @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Making my debut at @avclub.com talking about the year's best trend in fantasy publishing: Lady knights.

December newsletter is out! Featuring: favorite books of the quarter, advent crafts, and a 2025 reflection. buttondown.com/singinglight...

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

I would say I work with amazing people. But nobody’s paid so all I can say is Is that in these terrible times . Knowing that people want to do this work is an honor . And their skill is just stunning

20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...

anyway, in shit that actually matters, I just called my senators to tell them I oppose this bill, and you can too!

Okay this is funny

I have taken to my bed and I will not arise again until outlets agree to stop publishing the most romance-illiterate takes about the gay hockey show. the gay hockey show is not perfect but oh my God why are every major outlet's negative takes on it so ignorant of what the show is doinggggggg

I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.

I miss Radio Shack.

my contribution to the 💽🐴 is that the best readlikes for Heated Rivalry are original hockey fics on ao3. my personal favorites are youcanmakealife, supersition_hockey, and theundiagnosable, but there are a lot and they're excellent.

My latest #Pluribus recap delves into the intricacies of “Charm Offensive,” as Carol and the Others change their approach to each other to… interesting results:

my sister gets in today, and Five is unbelievably excited (this is her godmother). she's been frantically cleaning her bedroom in preparation ("my guest will not want it messy!") and this morning achieved her "finishing touches" of folding her blankets and creating a welcome-home artwork.

jonesing for a presents fix. does anyone need any present ideas? tell me a bit about your loved one and what you have gotten them in the past and I will throw some ideas at you. books especially lol

bad news, chaps. I've wrapped up all my gifts. this is the danger zone. this is when I am prone to the sadness. the sadness that comes from having no more worlds to conquer. the devil gets in me and I want to buy more gifts. but I mustn't! I must NOT. keep me away from stores at all costs.

Love seeing THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU with these great books.

HELLO I made a 2025 best-of list that only features books that came out in October through December. enjoy!

waiting for my work computer to restart, I fell into a daydream where they made an equally tender, careful, thoughtful TV adaptation of the Blackshear series, and I almost wept, what a great idea by me. who will make it happen.

my sister has gotten really into fanbinding, and now every time she comes home for a visit she's like "should I bring book repair supplies? got any books with fucked-up bindings I can mend for you?"

oh I will be taking Five and Nine to this for sure

Ling Ling Huang you maniac, you absolute madwoman

I added mini dragons to ours because my drying table is right next to our mail box and our mail carrier loves to see what I’m working on (and is always super nice when I can’t get to the post office and have to schedule a pick up) ☺️

I think part of the intensity of the Heated Rivalry fandom is so many people desperately want a source of joy when everything else is bad right now, the two main characters yearn and care for each other in ways that feel rare and unusual in modern dating, and it is also incredibly well produced.

Dude. Whoa. Frostburn's a Kobo bestseller already. Also, inexplicably, Flowers For Algernon is charting in all the romance categories, so if you subtract that I'm one spot better! lol. Thank you to everyone who's made this happen.

Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?

Incredibly useful and relevant information!

Murderbot! Alien human hybrids! ART! Surly teenagers! reactormag.com/martha-wells...

okay, in case you are like me from three days ago, i.e., you sort of know you're supposed to tip your mail carrier at Christmas, but you don't know how or how much money to give them, here is the information I have accrued from my friend who is a mail carrier

my “DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD” vibes are off the chart Catholic New Yorkers getting rid of Eric Adams AND Cardinal Dolan within like a month????? God’s favorite city for real

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also any picture of Reagan automatically makes me think of this old tumblr post

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