jiji 🍉

she/her

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

The kind of quote that used to end political careers

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

a dear friend who was a distinguished poet used to complain bitterly about local bookstores that promoted bestsellers & not books of poetry; when it was gently pointed out to him that bestsellers kept the bookstores open so that his poetry books could be sold as well, & that without the bestsellers there would be a Starbucks in place of the store, he seemed utterly confounded & had no reply.
yes it is true that "young white male writers" have a difficult time finding publishers but this is because--(surprise!)--male readers don't support "young white male fiction writers" to the degree that female readers will support writers of fiction whoever they are but skewing to the female for reasons of identification, empathy.
most bookstores are not non-profits. they are actually hoping to sell books. if you don't buy their books, don't complain that publishers are reluctant to publish those books which you are not buying.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

this headline from Israel's Haaretz newspaper has it right

[bea 🇧🇷 @SlLENTPRINCESS]

you can only rt this today

[jiji 🍉 @jplotka14]

My application to Optimism has been rejected. Pessimism it is!

[jiji 🍉 @jplotka14]

@lukesesh2 had to be him

[gremlin @queerlilgremlin]

was singing along to ttpd and accidentally sang “you’re not dylan thomas/ i’m not maggie smith”

[merritt k (not really here anymore) @merrittk]

i keep applying to entry-level jobs and getting form responses back telling me no but guess what i live in a world of endless natural splendor and rejections from faceless corporate entities cannot harm the divine spark of life within me

[pris @pwiscila]

Evil Cranberries be like

[Séamus Malekafzali @Seamus_Malek]

If anybody wants to know what an actual level-headed mainstream media report on this should look like. It's physically possible.

[ringworm @prawn_meat]

can anyone who knows cars tell me if this is a good deal

[no context curb your enthusiasm @ProManimalUnity]

oppenheimer

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

There are so many lines from #Barbie I’m still thinking about but one of the best and most brutally specific has to be when they said Depression Barbie was watching the BBC Pride and Prejudice on repeat because why did they have to cut THAT deep

[Louis Peitzman @LouisPeitzman]

I think it’s fun that everyone is dressing up in pink to go see a movie. The world is ending faster than any of us are able to comprehend. Do you guys ever think about dying.

[Jules 🇵🇸🦊 @CatholicClod]

After all why not... why shouldn't I attend grad school?