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USC SCA ‘22 | cult baby, writer & occasional historian
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sim @ydeetolive.bsky.social · Nov 22
wrote a bit about wicked and historical context in honor of the movie coming out:

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Hold Out, My Sweet
Revisiting Gregory Maguire's Wicked in November 2024
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beetlemoses.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
You don't say
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Transgender athletes’ rights was opposed by those who viewed female athletes as undeserving, study finds The researchers also found that adherence to traditional standards of femininity—such as prioritizing thinness and attractiveness—was a strong predictor of opposition to transgender athlete inclusion. For instance, respondents who endorsed the idea that women should be thin or that women’s muscles were less attractive were less supportive of transgender athletes competing in alignment with their gender identity. Negative attitudes toward homosexuality were another powerful predictor of opposition to transgender athletes’ rights. Participants who expressed homophobic views, such as agreeing with statements like “I would be disappointed if I found out my child was homosexual,” were significantly more likely to support sex testing and oppose transgender inclusion.
January 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
cozy winter vibes, france, 14th century
a medieval drawing of three peasants in front of a fire, pulling up their clothes to warm their legs. the two in the back, a man and a woman, have pulled theirs up far enough to reveal their genitals
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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basilaprice.bsky.social
Just published - a book chapter in @coffeoglobin.bsky.social @jenhemphill.bsky.social, and Solveig Marie Wang's wonderful new volume on premodern magic. My chapter focuses on how ‘magic’ offers alternatives to normative modes of gender and sexuality in Old Norse sagas ✨ tinyurl.com/PMPN-BAP
‘I Don’t Want Realism: I Want Magic!’—Magic and Queerness in Later Íslendingasögur (by Basil Arnould Price, a book chapter in Performing Magic in the Premodern North)
December 2, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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garybrannan.bsky.social
Just been reminded of the greatest misprint I ever did see in an 18th century book
November 30, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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tuck.bsky.social
Elements of the Wicked book that would improve the films:

- Elphaba's parents are in a thruple w/ a glassblower called Turtleheart
- The creation myth of talking Animals feat. a magical river of piss
- The teens go to a multi-species sex club with huge Speak No More vibes
- Canonical twink couple
November 30, 2024 at 6:28 PM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
letterboxd becoming an extension of stan twitter where every movie is either 5 stars perfect or 1 star the director should be put in jail has made the app borderline unusable
November 29, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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elvabjohnston.bsky.social
November 25: feast of Findchú of Brí Gobann (Brigown, Co. Cork), an early medieval Irish male saint famed for his asceticism & his ability to breastfeed, taking on female characteristics. HIs medieval Irish Life is preserved in the Book of Lismore

[Life of Findchú, UCC The Book of Lismore, f. 67v]
Opening of the Life of Findchú from the Book of Lismore
November 25, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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devincow.bsky.social
I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, For the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let’s take a knife and cut the world in two- And see what worms are eating At the rind. Langston Hughes
November 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
i love this website love shouting thoughts at the void it’s like i’m 15 on tumblr again
November 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
the drive from phoenix to flagstaff feels longer than the flight from jfk to phx and that’s because somewhere in the middle of the desert you are forced to go through a time vortex hope this helps :)
November 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
how do i explain to the girl next to me that i’m crying on this airplane because i was listening to i’m your man by mitski and started thinking about sarah posonby and eleanor butler the ladies of llangollen
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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yvrjeff.bsky.social
One of my favourite poems.
November 23, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century
a medieval drawing of a dog standing upright wearing a hood and holding a bottle. beside him is a cat laying in bed wearing what looks like a nightcap. both have distraught expressions on their faces.
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
wrote a bit about wicked and historical context in honor of the movie coming out:

open.substack.com/pub/papercut...
Hold Out, My Sweet
Revisiting Gregory Maguire's Wicked in November 2024
open.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
A lil tip for the folks with shoe polish on their lips today :)
Excerpt from Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny:" "1. Do not obey in advance." "Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."
November 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
another throwback to the early wmg days, i spent probably a total of 10+ hours trying to find a digitised copy of the source manuscript, which i believe is held by the national library of russia. never did find it.......
a medieval illustration of a monk wearing dark glasses and robes, throwing dice across a table with a devil-may-care look on his face
November 21, 2024 at 8:52 AM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
me reading wicked at 11: ooh so spooky how fun 🧙🏻‍♀️
me reading wicked at 24: so her parents were in a throuple w turtleheart??? glinda won’t stop talking about how hot elphie is?? the slow creep of fascism hangs over us all ????
November 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
ydeetolive.bsky.social
going back to my roots (posting for the same 6 internet friends i’ve had forever)
November 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM