🇨🇦 Janet Somerville

black and white book cover of YOU WITH THE SAD EYES with head shot of actress Christina Applegate in front of a mint green jug of pink tulips

Delighted & unsurprised to see Applegate's #memoir is #1 NY Times bestseller during its 1st week. @littlebrown.bsky.social

I spoke with her about YOU WITH THE SAD EYES for the Toronto Star. She's an extraordinary person. thestar.com/entertainmen...

Every day I collect another piece of supporting evidence for the idea that the pandemic made a dangerously large plurality, if not an outright majority, of Americans go absolutely feral. Zero sense of or interest in how to interact with other humans in shared spaces. None.

The Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martha Gellhorn | Hazlitt For decades, the two maintained a warm correspondence that traces a remarkable friendship between two of the twentieth century's most formidable women.

"I haven't been in such a rage for a long time, but where does one dump one's rage?" ~Martha #Gellhorn, letter to #EleanorRoosevelt #WomensHistoryMonth

hazlitt.net/longreads/fr...

When Lesley Manville was Oscar- nominated for Phantom Thread, she was playing Mary Tyrone on the West End. She flew to LA on her day off, flew back, didn’t miss a performance.

We can’t vote this away. Nothing is legitimate anymore and hasn’t been for a while. American Law means nothing anymore, it shouldn’t be an obstacle to stopping the pedophilic monsters making our lives worse so they can live like kings. Down with this government and off with their heads.

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Molly Lamb Bobak
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The Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martha Gellhorn | Hazlitt For decades, the two maintained a warm correspondence that traces a remarkable friendship between two of the twentieth century's most formidable women.

"I haven't been in such a rage for a long time, but where does one dump one's rage?" ~Martha #Gellhorn, letter to #EleanorRoosevelt #WomensHistoryMonth

hazlitt.net/longreads/fr...

black and white book cover of YOU WITH THE SAD EYES with head shot of actress Christina Applegate in front of a mint green jug of pink tulips

Delighted & unsurprised to see Applegate's #memoir is #1 NY Times bestseller during its 1st week. @littlebrown.bsky.social

I spoke with her about YOU WITH THE SAD EYES for the Toronto Star. She's an extraordinary person. thestar.com/entertainmen...

This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

If any news outlets are covering this and want to talk to a trans Genomics PhD who specialized in human genetics and the evolution of sex, please reach out to me

This is complete nonsense scientifically. It's fascist eugenics, not biology

Setting a horrifying precedent for genocide

Maybe we confiscate $844.7 billion of that, use it for social services, and leave him "only" as rich as Mitt Romney?

For @jkdegen.bsky.social

The reason I want students to have to struggle with difficult texts is because I want them to have the capacity to make meaning in and of the world on their own.

So much respect for her. Such talent! 👏

Nicholas Boggs: Baldwin, A Love Story Biographer and scholar Nicholas Boggs shares his new book Baldwin, A Love Story with host Kamal Al-Solaylee

Sure to be a fantastic conversation tomorrow night at the #AppelSalon about James #Baldwin. Still a few FREE TIX left.

The book is a balm: www.eventbrite.ca/e/nicholas-b...

Yes I’d like to see them be held to some accountability as in having their business destroyed by lawsuits.

Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”

Target is COOKED and they should just accept that.

Folks in Maine and Alaska: please call Collins and Murkowski to oppose the confirmation of Casey Means for Surgeon General. They are apparently still on the fence and MAHA is pushing them hard to vote in favor.

Nicholas Boggs: Baldwin, A Love Story Biographer and scholar Nicholas Boggs shares his new book Baldwin, A Love Story with host Kamal Al-Solaylee

Sure to be a fantastic conversation tomorrow night at the #AppelSalon about James #Baldwin. Still a few FREE TIX left.

The book is a balm: www.eventbrite.ca/e/nicholas-b...

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

M.L. Stedman Is Back — With Another Impossible Dilemma In “A Far-Flung Life,” the author of “The Light Between Oceans” spins a wrenching tale of love tested by secrecy.

"An epic about resisting love in the name of love. Length — endurance — is essential to the project. The terror and, yes, the beauty of that struggle burn hotter with each passing chapter.” -Ron Charles on M.L. Stedman's A FAR-FLUNG LIFE, available now! Read the full review: https://bit.ly/4sGTeQH

It's sooooo scathing. AND ACCURATE. O'Hagan is a prose stylist.

😂😂😂

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words are etched on his memorial in DC. I thought them relevant when I took this photo 11 years ago. Today they are screaming at everyone who believes in justice and democracy worldwide.

KEEPER OF MY KIN | Kirkus Reviews A historian explores the toll of immigration on her Cuban American family.

"As heartbreaking as this story often is, it is equally heartwarming, filled with love of all kinds."

KEEPER OF MY KIN by Ada Ferrer, reviewed in Kirkus!
https://bit.ly/4r201TW

Recently, Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “Well, they’re killing people in the streets. I don’t like to say I told you so, but I saw this coming years ago, and they said I was being too alarmist. But it’s consistent with what the United States is as a country.“

Watch Downloaded Online | Vimeo On Demand A documentary feature film about the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. Winter first met Shawn Fanning in 2001 and spent many years…

By the by, you can watch my doc here...

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

We deserve this delectable schadenfreude.

Andrew O'Hagan always hits the mark & with incomparable wit & style: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles

Sequoias

another perfect Fullcast ™