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Betzlina
@betzlina.bsky.social
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She/her, 🏳️‍🌈, DC social science researcher/data nerd/innovation enthusiast. Into: cross stitch, cats, gardening when I feel like it, human rights, news with swearing, #Leguminati

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book "Weetzie Bat" by Francesca Lia Block. The background is a greenish brown and the letters are in black. At the top it says "The Weetzie Bat Books" in smaller font. In the middle there is an drawn image with a person with dark skin and short spiky blond hair holding a teapot (or a lamp?) with both hands to their right. All around them are abstract swirling lines (including a spiral in front of their left eye) and the image is framed in a black rectangle, with the author's name above, and the book title below.
December 4, 2024 at 10:02 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book "Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution" by Sara Marcus. The cover is mostly black and white with red background for the words "RIOT GRRL" and "Sara Marcus" in the title. The top half of the image is a black and white photograph from a punk concert and the lead singer appears to be yelling into the mic. There is also a guitarist, bassist, and someone on a drum set. The room could be a room in someone's home. The title uses a font that looks like a label maker font for "Girls to the Front" and "Riot Grrrl".
December 4, 2024 at 9:56 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin. The cover is a snowy landscape with an almost black sky. In the center is what looks like an ice or snow sculpture. On one side there is a masculine presenting face and on another is a feminine presenting one. The title is in the center in white with a pink shadow and inside of a zig zag circle at the top is "A new, never-before-published introductory essay by the author commissioned especially for this edition".
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 AM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book, "Beauty is a Wound" by Eka Kurniawan. The images on the cover are collaged together. We can see one vertical slice of a woman's face on the bottom left. In the center there is an image of the ocean and some sand in the shape of a sitting woman's silhouette the other pieces of the collage contain different plants, a dark red texture, and a drawn set of lines.
November 30, 2024 at 9:23 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. A drawn image of a small asteroid with a volcano, a tree, and several flowers popping out of the surface. A blonde haired figure in a green outfit with a red bowtie stands at what appears to be the top of the asteroid from this view. In the background are yellow stars and celestial beings, one with a ring.
November 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
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The cover of the book "Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty" by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. The cover is pale yellow with the title and authors in dark grey. There is a band of blue across the bottom middle that says "Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year" At the bottom a person pulls a wagon with a pile of colorful round containers, possibly oil cans, that are expertly stacked to a height twice as tall as the person. There is a quote above this image: "Engrossing....intrepid research and a store of personal anecdotes illuminate the lives of the 865 million people who, at the last count, live on less than $0.99 a day" -- The Economist.
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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I finished another cross stitch! This is "Sorry, We're Cursed" by @gothstitch.bsky.social . 2 over 2, DMC on 28 ct black Monaco.
Cross stitch in a blue hoop. The fabric is 28 ct black Monaco and the design is "Sorry, We're Cursed" by Goth Stitch. The design is similar to the very common "Sorry, We're Closed" signs businesses put up in off hours, except instead it says "Cursed" in yellow and green letters that look like dripping slime. At the bottom are two white skull motifs and the phrase "Don't Come Back Later". Done in white and two colors of green DMC on black, 2 over 2.
November 28, 2024 at 2:34 AM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books
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The cover of the book, "Native Tongue" by Suzette Haden Elgin. The background is pale yellow and test tubes with what appear to be fetuses line the back wall. A baby with white skin and blonde hair sits on a pedestal while a person whose face looks alien, like green reptile skin looks on. Below the title is the phrase, "Who speaks the language of the stars?"
November 27, 2024 at 11:21 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20
#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books
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The cover of the book "Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice" by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. The book is mostly cream-colored, with a drawn image of a gnarled tree, potentially a tree stump with lots of growth near the bottom. An arm and a leg reach around the tree as if someone is hugging it from a position of lying down.
November 26, 2024 at 1:10 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books 💙📚
The cover of the book, "Frog and Toad Are Friends" by Arnold Lobel. Frog and Toad sit on the ground, surrounded by greenery, flowers, and mushrooms that frame the page. Both Frog and Toad wear pants and sweaters. Toad is reading Frog a book while Frog listens intently. A banner near the bottom says "An I Can Read Book"
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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Finished @rfkuang.bsky.social 's The Burning God last night and am feeling that emptiness when a good series ends. I was surprised by the ending, but it also fit. Looking forward to more from the author.
The cover of "The Burning God" by R. F. Kuang. The background is lavender with a warrior in the center who appears to be flying over castle walls, with a determined face forward and arms back. One arm is bandaged over an amputated hand and the other holds a sword. Under the author's name it says "Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-Nominated Author" Next to the warrior, the quote "A dark and devastating conclusion" - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review).
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20
#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books 💙📚
Book cover for "Love After The End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction" edited by Joshua Whitehead. The scene is the shore of a body of water, maybe a lake, with a rocky hill in the background. In the foreground are five figures in the shade of several trees. The main central figure is a warrior wrapped in a blue cloth and wearing a traditional feather headdress. There are three figures to the left which appear nude and to have surreal placement of limbs and breasts and one which looks like a greenish statue sitting to the lower right.
November 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
3/20
#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books
💙📚
Cover of the book, "The Mouse and His Child" by Russell Hoban. The cover is red with the title at the top and an image from the animated motion picture where the mouse and his child sit in a sardine can on the edge of a waterfall looking scared, with a evil or mean rat directing the sardine can over the falls from the back.
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
I'm holding two feelings at once here. Support for the first transgender member of congress getting there and being ready to work on issues that matter to all Americans, and complete support for the anger that many (less privileged) trans folks are feeling at her decision not to fight this.
leighfinke.bsky.social Rep. Leigh Finke @leighfinke.bsky.social · Nov 21
Friends, we do not have time for lateral violence. There is an emergency facing trans people and we need each other.
I know Sarah McBride. Sarah my friend. I see in her a powerful voice in the most hostile circumstances imaginable, a Republican trifecta led by an authoritarian madman...
November 22, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
November 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM
betzlina.bsky.social
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ bookish checkpoint ୧⋆｡🕯️. -ʚɞ
✧ last book you read: True Gretch
✧ your current read: The Burning God; Mott Street; How High We Go in the Dark; North Continent Ribbon.
✧ last book added to tbr: The Warmth of Other Suns
✧ next anticipated read: Binti
ೃ⁀➷ quote with yours ! #booksky 📚💙 #books
rhubarb-and-rue.bsky.social RhubarbAndRue @rhubarb-and-rue.bsky.social · Nov 21
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ bookish checkpoint ୧⋆｡🕯️. -ʚɞ

✧ last book you read: My Life As A White Trash Zombie
✧ your current read: Bookshops & Bonedust
✧ last book added to your tbr: Even White Trash Zombies Get The Blues
✧ next anticipated read: Swordcrossed

ೃ⁀➷ quote with yours ! #booksky 📚💙 #books
auntkb1017.bsky.social Aunt KB @auntkb1017.bsky.social · Nov 18
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ bookish checkpoint ୧⋆｡🕯️. -ʚɞ

✧ last book you read: On Vicious Worlds
✧ your current read: The Teller of Small Fortunes
✧ last book added to your tbr: Ocean’s Godori
✧ next anticipated read: The Ministry of Time

ೃ⁀➷ quote with yours ! #booksky 📚💙 #books
November 21, 2024 at 10:02 PM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
1/20
#booksky💙📚
#bookchallenge
The cover of the book, "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi. The image is of a white girl with windswept brown hair looking out from a sailboat. The phrase "A spellbinding tale of intrigue and murder on the high seas" precedes the title. There is a Newberry Honor Book seal in the top left corner.
November 21, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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dgcomedy.bsky.social
I have shared the same bathroom with Sarah McBride on several occasions, and she never once made me uncomfortable. She did however help me fix my makeup. That congresswoman knows how to blend her foundation, which is more than I can say about Donald Trump.
November 21, 2024 at 1:34 AM
betzlina.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
1/20
#booksky💙📚
#bookchallenge
The cover of the book "Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital" by Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove. The background image shows the capital building with black, brown, and yellow figures holding up the floors as though they were the supports. In the background is an image representing DC's flag.
November 21, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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It's trans day of remembrance where we remember all of our siblings we've lost this year to violence and hate. We know we've lost at least 350 trans and nonbinary people have been murdered in the last year.

We honor the dead and fight like hell for the living.
November 20, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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mmpadellan.bsky.social
MOOD FOR THE NEXT FOUR FUCKING YEARS.

#goodtrouble
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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I am finding it quite unbearable to watch Sarah McBride bear the grotesque attack of her colleagues with so much grace. I know it is what we have been taught to expect of trailblazers, but I am increasingly struggling to accept this.
Tweet from the first openly transgender member of congress.
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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New book time! Just received North Continent Ribbon (by @yarntheory.bsky.social) by mail and am excited to begin reading. It's always nice to have cool friends.
A photograph of the book North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher. On the cover is the line "On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret". The cover has drawn art of a person with long dark hair in a braid looking out over a mountain range with a large tower and birds flying in the background.
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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Another day, another cross stitch. This one is A Miniature Sleigh and a Jackalope by Lola Crow Designs from her Cryptid Christmas series.

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A cross stitch project in a yellow hoop. This is a round ornament that features a jackalope pulling a tiny sleigh, with a round moon and snow falling.
November 18, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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I’m focusing on today because the future just seems so exhausting.
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 AM