Maxine

Books, movies, tv, all the fun stuff that I can ignore the kids for. Fantasy is my fave, but I will read just about anything. Insta -maxines_book_obsession

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Easily one of the best books I've ever read.

[Quenby Olson @QEisenacher]

Okay, if this (my) tweet reaches 500 likes, I'll give away a handwritten copy of the first chapter of Miss Percy's Pocket Guide (to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons).

Go forth!

[Rob J. Hayes (Author of The God Eater Saga) @RoboftheHayes]

Time for one of my favourite Eska'isms. 😁

[Cara Lisette @CaraLisette]

I really don’t think mental health professionals who deny the existence of severe mental illness should be allowed to work with vulnerable people. Like that just shouldn’t be okay.

[Mark Lawrence @Mark__Lawrence]

Check out this year's #SPFBO finalists.

Some still have fewer than 50 ratings on Goodreads.

Take a chance - you may discover a gem!

[Anna Rebowska @anna_rebowska]

We need guidelines for clinicians in the mainstream services to help them grasp this concept.

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

@thisone0verhere Wonka
- surprising

[t.n. vitus | author 🩶 @evenstarsss]

✨indie author babes✨

if you write sff and include open-door sex scenes, plug your books below! this is a sex-positive fantasy space. hype up your fellow authors, please!

[Quenby Olson @QEisenacher]

A reminder that if you are a reviewer/author/fancy-tik-tokkity-person or just someone who can't afford a copy of one of my books, I will send you a copy for free! If you're in the continental US, even a paperback!

Just, you know, evergreenly putting that out there.

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

Nothing ruins the day for an ADHDer like an appointment at 3:30pm. -Dr. Jen

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Adding to the bucket list

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

Our cafe, brought to you by Kween Kream, is serving cunt on Wednesdays-Sundays. Get your fingers on some feminist fancies and enjoy some cervix with a smile when you're visiting the Vagina Museum!

[Miranda @DoomScroling]

Brittany Watts is being charged with a 5th degree felony for "abuse of a corpse" after miscarrying in her home.

OH does not have laws regarding handling of miscarried fetuses, yet they are attempting to prosecute Watts & make a case for fetal personhood.

H/T @leesie7172015

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Watching the new Percy Jackson series with the 10yr old sir and the 18yr old lady child and we are all loving it. So we are all equally devastated that it's not all out yet, it's a weekly release. The disappointment is palpable.
We will be making it our weekly watch.

[Liam @notsotweets]

I don't normally do book-of-the-year posts but this year a book came along that threatened to knock The Eye of the North off its four year position as my favourite book.

So today's featured blog review is @SJOHart's magnificent and magic The Silver Road.

https://t.co/AGB3hGrJRl

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

Did you know that the way a woman looks will impact whether her rapist or abuser is found guilty in a courtroom?

This was one of the most depressing findings of my PhD years ago.

Here’s what I learned:

If a woman is raped or abused, and she is seen as unattractive, overweight, gender non-conforming, if she is Black, if she is disabled or in some other way ‘unconventional’ to the white thin het femme norm, she is more likely for her case to be found not guilty or to be dropped.

When jurors and professionals have been asked why this was, they stated that they didn’t believe unattractive women would be raped or abused by men, and that she was probably lying.

HOWEVER - and here’s the fuckin kicker…

If a woman is raped or abused, and she is seen as very attractive, thin, White, or in some other way seen as beautiful… she is also likely for her case to be found not guilty or to be dropped.

When researchers asked jurors and professionals why this happened, they stated that they felt the woman must have led the man on, and it wasn’t his fault that he couldn’t control himself when she was so attractive. They were also more likely to employ rape myths about her wanting it or asking for it.

Worst of all, these findings apply to children: teenage girls.

So the moral of this vile misogynistic story is that:

Women, we can’t win.

They might pretend it’s about our appearance, but either way, we will be blamed and framed as liars. Our bodies will be used against us whether we are size 8 or size 22. It doesn’t matter whether we have long wavy locks or a short crop, it will be used. It doesn’t matter if we were running on a treadmill or we were in our wheelchair, it will be used against us.

This is misogyny. This is the reality of our courts.

This is why we can’t/won’t/don’t prosecute rape of women and girls.

Because no matter what he did, observers always find a way to blame the woman.

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

The Rush's Edge by Ginger Smith https://t.co/zlzzsrBbCU via @medusa2themax

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Looking for a Good Things Festival 2023 | Sydney ticket https://t.co/YXHjBGadQh

[Sleep Token @Sleep_Token]

Come April 2024, Australia shall gather in Worship, at the behest of @bmthofficial

Entrance tickets shall be made available to the enlightened on Thursday 19th October at 9am local time.

Prepare.

https://t.co/LdwPU6Q6gv

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Sometimes I manage a perfect photo 📸

[Maxine @medusa2themax]

Ew, he seems a bit emotional, like he can't regulate his big feelings. Way to show the world exactly who you are.

[Follow Esme on blue sky @EsmeWeatherwax8]

Sharing because on Goodreads I have 'friends in common' who had read his work.

Maybe y'all would like to know how he treats his readers.

Goodness, gracious. Who gets so upset they literally write an entire novel about a negative reviewer?