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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1h

*TFOO
sorry to Aphelia, I don’t know her

/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 7h

TFOA opens with a drum fill, meaning the first thing we hear on this album is a snare 🥁🪤

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 7h

truly! best use of hbo’s money in recent memory. nathan for you is so good, too. i haven’t seen the curse yet but i know it’s ~part of it~

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 7h

the crj/nathan fielder connection from canadian idol keeps me up at night :)

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 8h

because karma = a mark!
and kitty is a great dane 👑

taylor swift getting her face licked by her moms great dane named kitty

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m @renegadelor.bsky.social · 8h

touch me while your bros stage a production of hamlet within grand theft auto www.undiscoveredcountryfilm.com

GRAND THEFT HAMLET

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 8h

😂 looking backwards might be the only way to move forward but NOT TODAY!

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 8h

plastic smurfery

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 8h

the day's getting away from me, i should be working but here i am learning Smurfette lore

Smurfette is magically created from clay by the Smurfs' enemy, Gargamel, so that she would use her charms to cause jealousy and competition among the Smurfs. He leaves her in the forest and Hefty Smurf takes her to the Smurf village, where she is given her own house.

Smurfette tries to woo the Smurfs, but they are unresponsive to her attempts as she is rather plain. Papa Smurf takes pity on her and takes her to his laboratory, where they lock themselves in while he performed "plastic smurfery" on her in which her hair is made long and blonde, her eyelashes are lengthened, and her nose is shortened. Every Smurf of the village (even Grouchy Smurf) falls in love with her new look, but Smurfette is still unsure as to whether she is a "real" Smurf. Papa Smurf advises her that she will know what to do when the situation calls for it and she will prove herself.

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 9h

What Katy Did Next book 3, in which the titular Katy goes on a trip to Europe and is underwhelmed by England compared to the Dickensian version she read about in books.

It reminds me of this Jenny Slate tidbit I still quote to this day ("just read a frickin Dilbert and go to sleep!)

What's wrong with books?

YouTube video by fiestabucket

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 9h

sounds like katy carr was neurodivergent girlie representation to me

Extract: Katy's hair was forever in a snarl; her gowns were always catching on nails and 'tearing themselves'; and, in spite of her age and size, she was as heedless and innocent as a child of six. Katy was the longest girl that was ever seen. What she did to make herself grow so, nobody could tell; but there she was—up above Papa's ear, and a half a head taller than poor Aunt Izzie. Whenever she stopped to think about her height she became very awkward, and felt as if she were all legs and elbows, and angles and joints. Happily, her head was so full of other things, of plans and schemes and fancies of all sorts, that she didn't often take time to remember how tall she was. She was a dear, loving child, for all her careless habits, and made bushels of good resolutions every week of her life, only unluckily she never kept any of them. She had fits of responsibility about the other children, and longed to set them a good example, but when the chance came, she generally forgot to do so. Katy's days flew like the wind; for when she wasn't studying lessons, or sewing and darning with Aunt Izzie, which she hated extremely, there were always so many delightful schemes rioting in her brains, that all she wished for was ten pairs of hands to carry them out.

— What Katy Did, Chapter 1.

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 9h

the series “helped satisfy the demand for naturalistic novels about girlhood that followed the 1868 success of Little Women.”

the first book reads like a morality tale that reinforces gender roles, but feminist re-readings suggest it subverts gender and deconstructs family hierarchies.

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 9h

katy perry referencing this book & admitting she never read it, but got the point from the title, is SO funny. the book series is interesting, though! 🧵

(143🪞341)

katyperry # 2w • Author *
My best friend once gave me a framed 19th century book called What Katy Did Next.
I've never read it, but the title has always stuck with me. That's the point - it's about continuing to move forward, and dream.
Whatever comes next, l'm letting it unfold naturally. No forcing, no controlling - just trusting the angels, the fans, and the music to guide me where l'm meant to go. Please know this: my love for you is unconditional, and I couldn't do any of this without you.
Excited to continue the celebration in the
UK, Europe, and Asia and hey, 143 & 341.
LOVE,
Katy

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 11h

panem 🥖

/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

bread ➡️ beard
braid ➡️ baird

a woman in a corset is standing in front of a building with the number 12 on it

ALT: a woman in a corset is standing in front of a building with the number 12 on it

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 11h

cue broken glass by lorde

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 11h

THIS is what you came for ~ all because you came for ME ~ THIS is ME!

a group of people are dancing on a stage in a circus show .

ALT: a group of people are dancing on a stage in a circus show .

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

bread ➡️ beard
braid ➡️ baird

a woman in a corset is standing in front of a building with the number 12 on it

ALT: a woman in a corset is standing in front of a building with the number 12 on it

media.tenor.com

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

yes!!! it’s like her words were meant to be twisted 🙂‍↕️ this ties into the MINE twisted anagram puzzle that tiffers posts about on TT!

it’s fun, like if you flip u and add it to lore you get lorne lmao

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

the folklorists! 🗣️🫂

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

it’s alright, you were dancing through the lightning strikes 🩵

youtu.be/LNTgDxdzWTg?...

Brandi Carlile & Catherine Carlile - Closer To Fine (From Barbie The Album) [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Brandi Carlile

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

but now the sky is oh-polite

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like U

a still from Olivia Wilde’s 2022 film “don’t worry darling”: a ‘50s mint car driving into a suburban desert cul-de-sac of white cookie-cutter bungalows and manicured lawns, lined with palm trees and a mountain in the background.

a still from greta gerwig’s 2023 film “barbie”of the barbieland set: plastic fantastic flamingo-pink dreamhouses and sunny aquamarine skies. a palm tree is planted in the middle of the cul-de-sac, which is lined with pink lampposts.

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

TS 🤝 loie fuller 🤝 sarah bernhardt 🤝 satine 🧚‍♀️

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

“If Taylor is anything like me, which I’m growing increasingly sure she is, her sense of self may have been overridden by her base instinct to please and protect others.”

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/su:ma:/ @awosome.bsky.social · 1d

we’re burning old bridges and building new ones ❤️‍🔥🐦‍🔥

@ginacatto.bsky.social 🌉

a text excerpt from my substack that reads:

“Taylor Swift is a master of bridges. While performing Cruel Summer on the Eras tour, she tells the audience they've come to their first big bridge of the night and asks if they'll cross it together. She loves to hold our hand as she moves through these phases. The Eras Tour is a thank you to her past selves for getting her here, and the fans who have supported her through each iteration.
Midnight marks the simultaneous end of one day and start of the next, a bridge between the Taylors we've known and the Taylor she's becoming. She lays her path methodically because can, she's a control freak with the privilege to make intentional choices and take her time orchestrating her moves (after all, nothing good starts in a getaway car). I understand the impulse to safeguard your life before entering into a new and unpredictable stage. I also understand there's only so long you can rely on narratives as a crutch for your happiness. To spin them into craft, you need to leave the cocoon of security that no longer serves you, even if it scares you. Even if you can't imagine life without the comfort you've come to depend on.”

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