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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 7h

📚⚔️🎧💙 307/365 Books -- Silverswift by Natalie Lloyd. Embrace your inner child (and your inner mermaid) and dive into a really fun book about the power of love. Sweet, cozy, and inspiring.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 7h

📚💙 288/365 Poems -- Sonnet 56 by Shakespeare poets.org/poem/sweet-l...

Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said (Sonnet 56)

Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 10h

1/ Hannah Crocker (June 27, 1752 – July 11, 1829) was an American essayist and one of the first advocates of women's rights in America, as well as a pioneer for women's participation in Freemasonry. #WomanToday

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 1d

📚⚔️🎧💙 305/365 Books -- A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. Prequel to the amazing Priory of The Orange Tree. This is just as amazing. I want to re-read them back to back.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 1d

📚💙 287/300 Poems -- He was Chaotic by Fatimah Asghar www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

He Was Chaotic

His fluffy-eared need to play. On the morning I watch dolphins play in pairs, my teacher tells me about their cat. The dolphins play with each other. But oh today, when the dolphins leave our sight, t...

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Eliza Kennedy Smith (December 11, 1889 – October 23, 1964), also known as Mrs. R. Templeton Smith, was a 20th-century American suffragist, civic activist, and government reformer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. #WomanToday

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 2d

📚💡💙 303/365 Books -- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. A must read book for white people working to decolonize their mind. Helped me understand microaggressions and their effects.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 2d

📚🪐💙 286/365 Poems -- Father Transfigured (Campton, Wolfe County, 1991) by Rick Hollon magazine.trollbreath.com/father-trans...

Father Transfigured (Campton, Wolfe County, 1991) - Trollbreath Magazine

Father Transfigured (Campton, Wolfe County, 1991)

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 2d

1/ Mary Elizabeth Brunkow (born 1961) is an American molecular biologist and immunologist. She is known for co-identifying the gene later named FOXP3 as the cause of the scurfy mouse phenotype, a finding that became foundational for modern regulatory T cell biology. #WomanToday

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 3d

1/ Hester A. Davis (1930–2014) was an American archaeologist. #WomanToday

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 3d

📚💙 285/365 Poems -- untitled haiku

"last rites -
I watch her eyes
let go of me"

by Stephen Bailey

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 5d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 4d

📚💡💙 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb. Absolutely fascinating look at how roads affect animals and ideas to mitigate the effects. Includes how roads affect humans in ways you may not realize. Highly recommended.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 4d

📚💙 284/365 Poems -- Dejection: An Ode by Samuel Taylor Coleridge www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43973/...

Dejection: An Ode

And overspread with phantom light, (With swimming phantom light o'erspread But rimmed and circled by a silver thread) I see the old Moon in her lap, foretelling The coming-on of rain and squally blast...

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 4d

1/ Nadine Burke Harris (b 1975) is a Canadian-American pediatrician who has been the Surgeon General of California since 2019; she is the first person appointed to that position. #WomanToday

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 5d

This made me cry. Dog people are the best.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 6d

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 5d

📚💡💙 291/365 Books -- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brene Brown. I did a slow read of this with my therapist. Really helped me understand the reason for perfectionism and gave me actionable steps to combat it.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 5d

📚💙 283/365 Poems -- Confession by Stephen Dobyns

Confession by Stephen Dobyns — THE MOVING PEN with Sharon Singer

I want to get up early one more morning, before sunrise. Before the birds, even. I want to throw cold water on my face and be at my work table when the sky lightens and smoke begins to rise ...

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 5d

1/ Frances Elizabeth Hoggan (née Morgan; 20 December 1843 – 5 February 1927) was a Welsh doctor and in 1870 became the first woman from the UK to receive a doctorate in medicine from any university in Europe. #WomanToday

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like a little yard work for the #SkeletonCrew. Note bag of bone meal. Nice touch!

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 6d

📚🪐💙 282/365 Poems -- Circumbendibus by Wamuhu Mwaura strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Circumbendibus

roaring engines now my battle hymn

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 6d

1/ Janice Mirikitani (February 5, 1941 – July 29, 2021) was an American poet and activist who resided in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her adult life.

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azliz.bsky.social @azliz.bsky.social · 7d

📚⚔️💙 290/365 Books -- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong. Delightful and cozy. The story of a young woman struggling to hide her power when she cannot hide her heart. If you love cozy fantasies, this is for you.

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 7d

1/ Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz (2 August 1894 – 16 September 1976) was a Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat. Lutz became a leading figure in both the Pan American feminist movement and human rights movement. #WomanToday

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 9d

Gulliver’s Travels meets skeleton culture. Genius!

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