Really appreciate this piece and also @sesmith.lol recognizing & reinforcing that while Courtney and I have been very visible, this was always a team effort. And the Whistle Crew just donated hundreds of items to @romancingthevote.com and raised $1000s for voting rights. Community escalates. 💖

Negotiations can be extremely nitty gritty. What words do you want to be called? Where do you want to be touched? How? How long? How hard? With which implements? What kind of restraints? How do you want to feel? What do you need for aftercare. And that all makes it HOTTER.

I agree with everything Bree said up and down this thread AND ALSO If you don’t think detailed verbal consent can be hot, you’ve never watched experienced, conscientious kinksters negotiate and play out a scene.

That 🚩 really out there trying to name his replacement? GTFO.

Thinking today about how often SFF folks scoff at the idea that romance requires worldbuilding when we're out here daring to build societies where consent exists and is even tangentially understood, which is a task more ambitious than any magic system.

Excellent post and part of why I'm mostly re-reading books from way back. 🤷‍♀️

A $0.32 lower price than the national average. And where is the money for this government subsidized fuel coming from?

Hundreds of citizens are walking the halls of famous museums documenting exhibits as part of a project called Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian.

WAIT FOR IT WAIT. FOR. IT! 🪶 🐣

Just did mine! Easy peasy! :)

I don't have this yet, but I'll ABSOLUTELY be turning it off.

I'd love to meet Jenny Lawson.

Oddly enough, the two worst leftovers of yesterday's fall are my left wrist, which I'm not even sure how I hurt, and my left sit bone, which likely has a bruise. Ouchie.

If you have at least two or three actual *physical* reference books on your shelf, you are one of my people.

"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."

Some of y’all have been asking where to get signed copies. Wonder no more. The Good Filth Bookshop is officially open.

Folks, no one has a RIGHT to higher office. OK? You aren't "canceling" anyone when you decide NOT TO SUPPORT THEIR QUEST FOR MORE POWER. Please let's be SERIOUS. This is not what is meant by "no one is disposable." I'm begging people to focus and use your brains. That man can still make a LIVING.

Well, it took long enough and I'm glad to see some people are pointing that out to him. I'm also disgusted by the people who are mad he pulled his endorsement.

You do not have to give people “due process” before you choose not to vote for them. You can just be like “oh word the guy who wrote rape apologia and had allegations just got another serious allegation? Guess he doesn’t need to be my senator.”

Had PT this morning. Told Physical therapist. PT: NOOOOOOOOOO

Up and moving. Night wasn't too bad...I slept in chunks, punctuated by flip flopping to get off my hip. But I'm completely mobile, thank God. Just achy at this point. It could've been so much worse, and I'm incredibly grateful it's not.

Tylenol is kicking in...Hopefully i can sleep.

SO, guess who (while 100% sober) slid off the edge of the kitchen chair and onto the floor while reaching for a puzzle piece I'd dropped? As I leaned to get it, the cushion slid and off I went, twisting my back and my knee, landing on my ass/hip, and jamming my shoulder/wrist while I did it.

also while I was searching my past Doom Spreadsheet posts, I found this one and I want to repost it. I know that it can feel like you weren't as fancy as someone whose donation brought in $1000s, but this is not an auction of rockstars. this has been a team effort by an entire community since 2020!

There's one in particular I'm curious about, though I no longer follow him. Can't wait to see.

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Can't wait to see what the ones who told us we were wrong about him say. So far, crickets.

Oh, here's my surprised face. 😑

The time I was told that my 50 year old characters were unrealistic because they had too much sex, and they swore too much.

Whenever members of Congress are unable to cast votes, they should be required to file illness or injury reports, just like pro athletes, detailing their condition and expected return date

"The original makerspaces were sites of women’s “craft” & housework, such as sewing circles...enabling women to teach each other skills, perform tasks together & access equipment and other resources too expensive to afford individually—all of which is echoed in how the Whistle Crew operates today."

So summery! 😍

Wishing you a relaxed nervous system today. 🐾🤍

I didn't want to take away from the difference in lived experiences by quote posting that last repost, but .... *nods in Jewish person* Fuck Klan 2.0

For most of us, seeing the Klan 2.0, a.k.a. Patriot Front, march through Washington, D.C., unchallenged by authorities overshadowed any celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. My ancestors lived through this. And no one today can say with a straight face that racism is behind us.

Yes I recognize the irony of me typing this while I'm working. But there's a difference between 2 minutes on my phone at my desk, and stepping away from my desk for some privacy to speak for 20 minutes. (I WFH, but not convinced they don't listen.)

FTLOG, I keep getting calls from the manufacturer about the medication I haven't started taking yet. They've called multiple times during the work day and I'm like " NO, I don't have 20 minutes to talk with you right now. I'M WORKING. "

Update: I have added books from all the book-related auction categories and non-book author donors who have commented. Go forth and read!! If you’re an author who donated something that’s not a book or you don’t see yourself on the list, drop me a comment.

I hate these things. So destructive. We've stomped as many nymphs as we've seen.

They tell me I’m uncultured, but I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven.

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

But every single part of this auction came off because of our volunteers. They enter the items on the auction site, they find the pictures you sent in or generate new ones, they scour the BINs to help us highlight stuff. They are HEROES! www.romancingthevote.com/volunteers/

HEY FOLKS!!! For those of you who are new, once the server is robust enough to let us download the auction results, we'll be sending out emails to everyone to let you know how to pay and what the next steps are! Sit tight and we will post running updates over the next week over here!

Thank you to EVERYONE who did all the hard work running this!

One thing I keep thinking about is how much less disposable income people have right now, so that makes this amazing number EVEN MORE SO. ♥️

Our official 32 auctions total!

we keep warning them and no one believes the romance authors are gonna come with an army

I’m currently giving this gorgeous thing a hug. I hope it transfers to the buyer, if they like hugs.

Want to donate to the @romancingthevote.com auction & like to color? Good news! Coloring sheets are $1 each + I have eight with cute animals to choose from (or all of mine for $7). Thread of my coloring pages: 1. All Are Welcome www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlitart #coloring #kidlit