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Higher Ed Lecturer FHEA. Focuses on equity, academic literacy, critical pedagogy, & research-informed teaching. Working class, anti-racist, intersectional feminist. Views are my own. She/her. Profile picture is a cartoon character with long dark curly hair, dressed in black.

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gremlinchild , to random
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Did anyone else's female family members teach them how to "be feminine"? Like, style their hair, do their makeup, wear dresses?
I was a tomboy until years after I moved away from home & in hindsight I think it just felt safer & easier.
For a long time, I resented my mother & aunts because none of them ever sat me down & taught me how to be a girl or woman. I'd look at my friends & younger sisters & it was obvious that they'd gotten the message.
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Research_FTW ,
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@AnAutieAtUni @gremlinchild @actuallyautistic my mother tried to show me how to perform femininity, but she's not overly fem herself. As soon as I was old enough to pick my own clothes it's been mostly black jeans and quirky t-shirts which solves the problem of what colours work lol. I think I found my style at university when I was introduced to heavy metal and goth music. It hasn't changed much since 😜 I still don't do makeup, but I have worked out how to stop my curly hair looking frizzy.

ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon
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While its good to see that books still hold their own (in revenue generating terms) with films & music (they outperform both), the big news is that video games generated more revenue globally than books & music combined.

As someone who has never played a video game, but reads a lot of books, I'm not sure how I feel about this... but it tells us something about where the globe's creative & receptive energies seem to be spent.


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Research_FTW ,
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@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon As someone who is both a gamer and avid reader, this doesn't really surprise me. Some video games are like interactive novels. Baldurs Gate 3 has a really engaging story that you get to make choices in. There are some excellent authors writing video game stories. Obviously not all games are equal, but the ones that invest in great writing and voice acting are the ones I play the most.

DocCarms , (edited ) to bookstodon
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There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in English):
“It is inevitable — the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
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Research_FTW ,
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@DocCarms @bookstodon
" In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."

Terry Pratchett,

NickEast , to reading
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I'm usually chaotic neutral in alignment charts, but this time I'm chaotic evil all the way 😈

@bookstodon @reading @bookbubble @bookstadon @books



Research_FTW ,
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@NickEast @bookstodon @reading @bookbubble @bookstadon @books I'm mostly chaotic good, but if I can find a bookmark I will use it.

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