/user_status/list/5428996-steph ŷ������ status updates from Steph en-US 60 still in the introduction and i’m already cringing at how they only researched hetero relationships, but say some of the data will still apply to “gays and lesbians�� 💀 straight people need to do better Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:42:09 -0800 /user_status/show/441288299 /user_status/show/441288299 GAY PAIN ❤️‍�� Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:06:32 -0800 /user_status/show/436353412 /user_status/show/436353412 i think i'll have scorpio rising by soccer mommy stuck in my head every day until i finish this!! Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:14:40 -0700 /user_status/show/389784860 /user_status/show/389784860 i'm excited for this, but cringing hard at one of the reviews that says the book is reverse racist because it doesn't have enough white people in it lmao Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:10:29 -0700 /user_status/show/378240963 /user_status/show/378240963 jomny sun as self care Fri, 28 May 2021 14:32:05 -0700 /user_status/show/375459186 /user_status/show/375459186 this book keeps referring to the characters' hair as "straightened to perfection" but in my mind's eye they are 100% the curly girls on the cover!!! Tue, 11 May 2021 13:35:15 -0700 /user_status/show/370907667 /user_status/show/370907667 lesbian pulp themes & girl pining over her ex girlfriend & dual timelines??!! i'm pumped for this!! Wed, 05 May 2021 10:42:13 -0700 /user_status/show/369274363 /user_status/show/369274363 okay things are getting real gay now 🥰 Sun, 02 May 2021 09:05:42 -0700 /user_status/show/368376720 /user_status/show/368376720 i know it's early on in the book, but sadly i'm having trouble getting into this one. not sure if it's the confusing scifi settings or the elegant writing, but it makes my brain hurt 😭 i really want to love it!! Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:11:32 -0700 /user_status/show/366811697 /user_status/show/366811697 "Strong dark women you had to love with a strong dark heart that throbbed in gorgeous pain because love is terrible. I mean, ultimately. It would go away like a needle lifting from the vinyl at the end of the song, we knew this. The music would cease, one of us would die or else we'd just break up, and this drove us to drink from each other... Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:09:17 -0700 /user_status/show/366332164 /user_status/show/366332164 my digital library loan ended before i finished this 😭 hopefully dolly won't mind if i put her on hold for a few weeks. Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:55:01 -0700 /user_status/show/365471410 /user_status/show/365471410 “Learning to see and appreciate the presence of beauty is an act of resistance in a culture of domination that recognizes the production of a pervasive feeling of lack, both materially and spiritually, is a useful colonizing strategy.�� ~ from bell hooks�� essay “beauty laid bare�� Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:04:00 -0700 /user_status/show/362179909 /user_status/show/362179909 i've long said that i need lily tomlin to be my cool lesbian grandma. i'm thinking maybe i need dolly to be my sweet southern auntie. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:53:32 -0700 /user_status/show/362165277 /user_status/show/362165277 i was going to listen to this audiobook, but i got the ebook instead. and i'm really glad i did, now that i see there are timelines and footnotes and other extra goodies!! Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:18:04 -0700 /user_status/show/361058184 /user_status/show/361058184 is goodreads (web version) being slow af for anyone else? or is my computer just dying Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:39:09 -0700 /user_status/show/360960393 /user_status/show/360960393 "Capitalism! It was important to hate it, even though it was how you got money. Slowly, slowly, she found herself moving toward a position so philosophical even Jesus couldn't have held it: that she must hate capitalism while at the same time loving film montages set in department stores." Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:00:09 -0700 /user_status/show/359953058 /user_status/show/359953058 uhhh did we really just have a joke downplaying a guy’s discomfort with being sexually harassed? seriously? this book is a mess Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:33:56 -0700 /user_status/show/359609948 /user_status/show/359609948 this book is reminding me why i gravitate away from YA about teenage boys. seriously, why all the testicle references?? 😩 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:25:40 -0700 /user_status/show/358991042 /user_status/show/358991042 this book cover is such a lesbian cottagecore dream! i can't wait Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:37:30 -0700 /user_status/show/358533679 /user_status/show/358533679 "We cannot come to a proper sense of ourselves if there aren't others around to show us what we're like. 'A man can acquire anything in solitude except a character,' wrote Stendhal, suggesting that character has its genesis in the reactions of others to our words and actions. Our selves are fluid and require the contours provided by our neighbors.... Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:44:46 -0700 /user_status/show/358287031 /user_status/show/358287031 this is so gritty and surreal, and i'm diggin it Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:44:46 -0700 /user_status/show/357979980 /user_status/show/357979980 “It may be a sign that two people have stopped loving one another (or at least stopped wishing to make the effort that constitutes 90 percent of love) when they are no longer able to spin differences into jokes. Humor lined the walls of irritation between our ideals and the reality: behind each joke there was a warning of difference, of disappointment even, but it was a difference that had been defused...�� Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:08:56 -0700 /user_status/show/357354838 /user_status/show/357354838 just finished the major arcana, and on to the minor. i’m really enjoying studying this at a leisurely pace �� Fri, 19 Mar 2021 22:24:00 -0700 /user_status/show/356325381 /user_status/show/356325381 yuki was just described as wearing an “oversize lesbian flannel�� and i’m weak Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:29:48 -0700 /user_status/show/356084247 /user_status/show/356084247 “‘Holy shit,�� Agnes breathes out. ‘It’s so romantic. I feel sick.’�� AMEN 😭✌️ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:05:20 -0700 /user_status/show/355815592 /user_status/show/355815592 my expectations are high but i’m so ready for this 🥺 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:50:48 -0700 /user_status/show/355427745 /user_status/show/355427745 uhh what’s up with the author’s use of colons in places where a comma or semicolon would fit? Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:43:19 -0700 /user_status/show/355063363 /user_status/show/355063363 there’s some brief but really nice and well-spoken ace / aro rep 🥺🖤 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:57:23 -0800 /user_status/show/352671662 /user_status/show/352671662 😭😭😭 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:03:01 -0800 /user_status/show/351699707 /user_status/show/351699707 i have NEVER been this absorbed in an audiobook before!!! 🤩 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:07:08 -0800 /user_status/show/349206614 /user_status/show/349206614