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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс

@reyzlgrace.bsky.social

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Russian American writer, translator, and aspiring lesbian tradwife to @erswrites.bsky.social. Into Silver Age/early Soviet art & lit, theology & church history, Steely Dan. Twice dubbed "the Simone Biles of sex". Россия будет свободной. www.reyzlgrace.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 45m

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 54m

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 1d

Nouns.

a baby wearing boxing gloves says bring it in a gym

ALT: a baby wearing boxing gloves says bring it in a gym

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dire5loth.bsky.social @dire5loth.bsky.social · 2d

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 1d

That we have raised citizens who need a "translation" of a book written in 1935 into "modern English" is a substantial part of why it is, in fact, happening here.

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 2d

"It can't happen here"-until it does. It's happening here... right now!

In this gripping modern-English translation of Sinclair Lewis's prophetic 1935 novel, It Can't Happen Here, journalist Doremus Jessup watches in disbelief as the USA descends into authoritarian rule under the populist dictator

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 2d

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 3d

Мария Шарапова. (Извините. Я простая лесбиянка.)

Myles David @tunedintotennis.bsky.social · 4d

Are there some tennis players you miss watching compete?

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 18d

Homodoxy needs to raise $1k to be able to apply for grants through its fiscal sponsor. If you'd like to help kick off this queer press's journey:
fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

Homodoxy

Books worth burning.

fundraising.fracturedatlas.org

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 4d

*whispers aside to you conspiratorily behind her hand*: "I'm in this one."

fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 4d

why yes, i *do* feel that this issue of GARLAND entering the world at golden hour is apt

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GARLAND — fifth wheel press

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 4d

Probably the most accurate personality quiz I have ever taken: uquiz.com/quiz/2McPid/...

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 4d

Would read/watch.

Karla Hellraisersdottir @zusty.bsky.social · 5d

bro, I'm having great difficulty adjusting to postwar life, and what's more, I may be spiraling out of control, bro! a dame is involved, bro!

a photo of a cookie that seems to have some brownie in the middle? its name is BRONOIR

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 4d

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 5d

Beautiful.

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! I'll look for it.

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 5d

After all, to me, *my* "transness" consists precisely in the fact that, despite my unusual circumstances, I'm just a woman trying to live her life while she can. (And most of my identity-available energy is already being used being gay in hostile spaces and resisting ethnic assimilation.)

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 5d

I just want to be sure you hear from *somebody* that this is okay. I'll disclose my status or talk about my experience when it's relevant--I don't hide it--but I don't wear it on my sleeve. ...

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 6d

My God, what a magnificent, thoughtful, heart-wrenching piece.

Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d

We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...

"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself."
Ena Selimović: Airborne
Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 6d

any book can become infused with garlic aioli if you try hard enough and believe in yourself

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 6d

"Jews cannot weave rugs. If they could they would weave rugs now in their own country and would show the international community that they are able to weave rugs."

I am absolutely losing it. 🤣

Guy @guyt.bsky.social · Jul 25

One of the delights of being Jewish is that every righteous political struggle will inevitably disappoint you. Here's an Armenian nationalist going off in a rug identification.

A picture of "Mountain Jewish woman showing a carpet she wove, Azerbaijan, 1930s" crossposted into the What is My Rug Facebook group

[...] In this photograph this Armenian lady is from Arcakh region of Armenia and she is holding a rug of Artsakh design. Since jews with the help of azeri turks have recently conquered Artsakh (in 2020), they are now trying to have the international community believe that the region belonged to them. Therefore they have invented the term "mountain jew". In fact there was no such a population in the region.
Therefore the claim that this is a jewish woman representing a jewish rug is more than ridiculous, since jews never had rug weaving, and still do not. If they had rug weaving, what is hindering them to weave a rug today and show the international community that they are rug weavers.

heavily altered. The back ground is erased. Therefore no accompanying claim can be taken seriously. The rug in the photograph is an Armenian rug. There were no jews around. Jews cannot weave rugs. If they could they would weave rugs now in their own country and would show the international community that they are able to weave rugs.

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 7d

All pre-Christian Romans and Hellenes are presumed chasers until proved otherwise.

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 7d

Does anyone know a village that needs just one more to upgrade? I'm available. 📚📖

Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 7d

What is a large town? According to Mishnah Megillah 1:3, it’s a town large enough to sustain ten scholars who study all day and don’t otherwise work. Anything less is a village.

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 7d

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 7d

Both, depending on what colour you are.

Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 8d

This is a beautiful reflection piece on language and heritage.

Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · Feb 13

This new meditation piece by Anahit Ghazaryan, trans. by Ani Jilavyan asks: 'Why learn Armenian'? And what does language mean for a people?

Read now: www.wasafiri.org/content/medi...

Meditations: Some Kind of Satellite by Anahit Ghazaryan

In this Meditations piece, Anahit Ghazaryan contemplates what motivates people to learn Armenian — and how language itself is lost, reshaped, hidden…

www.wasafiri.org

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 8d

I also have this question. Insights would be appreciated.

calla @mariellemadden.bsky.social · Nov 20

how do i even learn anything about what being Armenian means

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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 8d

I lost an earring backing on the way to work, so I replaced it with a small corner of an eraser I cut off with an xacto knife. I am now MacGyver.