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obstinate, headstrong girl
or
little bitch troll from hell
or
vindictive little sea monkey

bookmarks:
gideon movies (2024)
Kate notes (films and TV series - 2024)
berlingot about me (❀ currently)
mia television (2024)
s. watchlist (2024 — tv series.)
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  • fairy circles
  • bogs
  • ancient caves
  • airports
  • strids
  • looking glasses
  • the now-abandoned priory my mother worked in
  • ruins
  • country lanes at night
mar 13 2024 ∞
mar 14 2024 +
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by Jacqueline Crooks

  • ‘sucked into the slipstream of rippling spines.’ (p. 5)
  • ‘Nobody knows if he’s lost his mind or found a higher consciousness, like our men who lead the marches and rallies, chanting ‘Black Power’ over the heads of the sistren.’ (p. 6)
  • ‘ancient spirits reanimated by sensimilla and body heat.’ (p. 11)
  • ‘He plays it cool, but he’s like all the other men–rebels, rude bwoys, my poopa–super-sensitised to danger, set on survival mode, stepping on the streets, torsos swinging from their waists like obeah men, with panoramic views of a world that’s out to get them.’ (p. 11)
  • ‘I make my way to my tower block, where grey-white curtains billow like spirits at dark windows and metal coffin lifts shuttle between heaven and hell.’ (p. 14)...
feb 26 2024 ∞
feb 27 2024 +
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  • ‘Africa’
  • ‘American Heartbreak’
  • ‘Angel Wings’
  • ‘Ardella’
  • ‘Aunt Sue's Stories’
  • ‘Bad Luck Card’
  • ‘Ballad of the Girl Whose Name is Mud’
  • ‘A Black Pierrot’
  • ‘Danse Africaine’
  • ‘Daybreak in Alabama’
  • ‘Dream Dust’
  • ‘Dream Variations’
  • ‘Early Evening Quarrel’
  • ‘Freedom's Plow’
  • ‘Fulfilment’
  • ‘Garden’
  • ‘Genius Child’
  • ‘Hard Daddy’
  • ‘Harlem Night Song’
  • ‘Havana Dreams’
feb 18 2024 ∞
mar 3 2024 +
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  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
  • Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  • The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  • The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
  • Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  • Real Life by Brandon Taylor
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • Sunset by Jessie Cave
  • She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
feb 11 2024 ∞
feb 26 2024 +
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  • knitting
    • gryffindor scarf bookmark
    • mouse bridge
    • mouse pouch
  • crochet
    • mouse hammock
  • sewing
    • pet bed
  • other
    • bracelet in the colours of the Palestinian flag
feb 10 2024 ∞
mar 3 2024 +

latest to earliest. some much more serious than others

  • the husband of a fundamentalist Christian influencer deconstructing
  • B&E’s sudden deaths
  • puppies
  • my boyfriend going home
  • being blamed for something that wasn’t my fault at work while also still being ill
  • the genocide of the people of Palestine
  • the deaths of my cat and dog; remembering that after my dog died my cat was a great comfort, but after my cat died there was no one left to be a similar comfort
  • being an adult
  • wanting my mother to care for me; my mother caring for me; my mother wanting her mother when she’s unwell but no longer having her
  • being unwell
jan 29 2024 ∞
mar 9 2024 +
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  • born in the mid-90s
  • only child of an amazing mother, from a family of working class northerners
  • grew up with my heart-dog and heart-cat, and my grandfather’s heart-dog
  • parent to fur children, a gerbil and a mouse
  • lover of animals always, vegetarian since the age of thirteen
  • bachelors and masters (with distinction) in english literature
  • girlfriend of a southern boyfriend
  • anxious and intermittently insomniac since childhood
  • once made hozier laugh
  • won a television quiz show
  • collect books, mugs, and vinyl records
  • never finish a book I’m not enjoying
  • always rewatching the golden girls
jan 25 2024 ∞
mar 14 2024 +
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  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • “Kill the Black One First” by Michael Fuller
  • Skandar and the Chaos Trials by A. F. Steadman
  • A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
  • A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
  • Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot
  • An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
  • Selected Poems by Langston Hughes
  • Sonnets for Albert by Anthony Joseph
  • Love Songs of the New Kingdom translated by John L. Foster
  • Dark Days by James Baldwin
  • Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
  • The Woman in the Strongbox by Maureen O’Hagan
  • Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
  • Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
  • Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
  • The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
  • Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
jan 7 2024 ∞
mar 16 2024 +
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  • signed books
  • matcha lattes
  • cat cafés
  • thunderstorms
  • houseplants
  • mario kart 8
  • finishing a book
  • my big, comfy, swivelling armchair
  • sleeping in my boyfriend’s arms
  • my mouse sitting on my shoulder
  • annotating poetry collections
  • hot water bottles
  • cephalopods
  • novelty mugs
jul 5 2021 ∞
mar 15 2024 +
  • Africa
    • Egypt
    • Liberia
    • Nigeria
    • Zimbabwe
  • the Americas
    • Canada
    • Jamaica
    • Mexico
    • USA
  • Asia
    • China
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Vietnam
  • Europe
    • France
mar 8 2024 ∞
mar 12 2024 +
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Ancient Egyptian love poetry translated by John L. Foster

  • ‘Send him back hard by your lady's small window’
  • ‘How clever my love with a lasso’
  • ‘I found my love by the secret canal’
  • ‘Once more you pass her house, deep in thought’
  • ‘I love you through the daytimes’
  • ‘Your love, dear man, is as lovely to me’
  • ‘My love is back, let me shout out the news’
  • ‘When I hold my love close’
  • ‘My always love, believe’
  • ‘Flee him, my heart—and hurry’
  • ‘I just chanced to be happening by’
  • ‘Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals’
  • ‘Astray or captured, all bear witness’...
feb 24 2024 ∞
mar 15 2024 +
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  • 10 Years // Daði Freyr
  • Almost (Sweet Music) // Hozier
  • Baby Can I Hold You // Tracy Chapman
  • The Chain // Fleetwood Mac
  • Chapter 319 // clipping.
  • Cherry Wine // Hozier
  • Cupid’s Chokehold // Gym Class Heroes
  • The Deep // clipping.
  • Dial Drunk // Noah Kahan
  • Disco 2000 // Pulp
  • Don’t Shut Me Down // Abba
  • Don’t Take the Money // Bleachers
  • Fernando // Abba
  • Fly On the Wings of Love // Brødrene Olsen
  • Francesca // Hozier
  • From Eden // Hozier
  • Handsome // The Vaccines
  • Here You Come Again // Dolly Parton
  • Hyacinth House // The Doors
  • I Still Have Faith in You // Abba
  • Jackie and Wilson // Hozier
feb 19 2024 ∞
mar 8 2024 +
  • the clicking of knitting needles
  • rain on the window
  • thunderstorms
  • the gentle hush of waves
  • hozier singing the humours of whiskey
  • hot water being poured onto a tea bag
  • the page of a book being turned
feb 11 2024 ∞
feb 11 2024 +
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  • Angela Y. Davis
  • James Baldwin
  • Mona Eltahawy
  • Audre Lorde
  • Toni Morrison
jan 25 2024 ∞
feb 17 2024 +
  • banshees
  • burglars
  • criticism
  • ghostface
  • hocus pocus
  • men that weren’t my grandfather
  • mufasa’s ghost in the sky
  • police
jan 23 2024 ∞
jan 25 2024 +
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  • dogs (2)
  • cats (1)
  • guinea pigs (3)
  • rabbits (2)
  • hamsters (8)
  • gerbils (4)
  • rats (2)
  • fish (x)
  • snails (1)
  • frogs (1)
  • crabs (2)
  • sea monkeys (x)
  • mice (1)
jan 18 2024 ∞
mar 2 2024 +
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  • big feet
  • chunky
  • wears a lot of yellow
  • eats six times a day
  • loves mushrooms
  • and po ta toes
  • sleeps a lot
  • moves quietly
feb 18 2019 ∞
feb 29 2024 +
  • Swedish
  • French
  • Irish/Gaelige
  • Japanese
  • Italian
  • Danish
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
jul 27 2021 ∞
jan 27 2024 +
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  • Misfits by Michaela Coel
  • Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
  • An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
  • Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
  • Set the Night on Fire by Robby Krieger, with Jeff Alulis
  • Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor
  • Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy
  • Free by Lea Ypi
mar 5 2024 ∞
mar 10 2024 +
  • pro
    • abortion
    • animal rights
    • EU
    • feminism
    • nationalised public services
    • Palestine
    • prison abolition
    • saving refugees
    • saving the planet
    • socialism
    • taxing the rich
    • trans rights
    • universal basic income
    • vaccines
  • anti
    • austerity
    • factory farming
    • fascism
feb 18 2024 ∞
mar 14 2024 +
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  • August ( m. )
  • Billie ( f. )
  • Bronwen ( f. )
  • Francesca ( f. )
  • Gwen ( f. )
  • Romilly ( f. )
  • Stanley ( m. )
feb 13 2024 ∞
mar 6 2024 +
  • ‘you can’t feel nothing small’ — ophelia, the lumineers
  • ‘these days I think I owe my life / to flowers that were left here by my mother / ain't that like them? / gifting life to you again’ — first time, hozier
  • ‘I will not be great / but I’m grateful to get through’ — abstract (psychopomp), hozier
  • ‘what a brilliant thing, to discover we've been wrong about some things, what a brilliant thing it is to grow.’ - misfits: a personal manifesto by michaela coel
  • ‘turning up late in a world we had no power in’ — damage gets done, hozier ft brandi carlile
jan 26 2024 ∞
feb 25 2024 +
  • born slippy (nuxx) // underworld
  • doctor jones // aqua
  • glamorous // fergie
  • knock three times // tony orlando & dawn
  • last thing on my mind // steps
  • rock the boat // hues corporation
  • whenever, wherever // shakira
jan 27 2024 ∞
jan 27 2024 +

c'mere to me, I wish I was a mayfly on the River Tay / I'd fit all my joys and my pleasures in one perfect day / I wish I was the sunlight, just sitting on the Mississippi / I'd settle for a shopping trolley in the Liffey

  • a cat asleep under a bookshop table
  • a bird on its branch, holding fast in a storm
  • bronzed and freckled with a touch of red on my cheeks and sun-bleached hair
  • an early-riser
  • a witch with her familiar
  • walking my dog across the field and down the bridle path
  • a beekeeper
  • on the right side of history
  • the sunrise
  • a dormouse
  • a revolutionary
  • on stage at Shakespeare’s Globe
jan 31 2024 ∞
feb 2 2024 +
  • keys
  • purse
  • water
  • book
  • kindle
  • pocket mirror
  • tweezers
  • lip balm
  • lipstick
  • deodorant
  • hand sanitiser
  • ear pods
  • ear plugs
  • baby wipes
  • plasters
  • painkillers
  • pads
jan 18 2024 ∞
jan 20 2024 +
  • Off Menu
  • Betwixt the Sheets
  • If Books Could Kill
  • Pod Save the UK
may 22 2023 ∞
jan 20 2024 +