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'thinking about having a ‘brand’ makes me want to peel myself out of my skin like a banana and throw myself in the sea'
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We spoke to @grillzoid about her part manifesto, part comic book 'big beautiful female theory' out now with @AffirmPress
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https://t.co/djBUpBMSzI
'Alia is weird because her mother undertook a magical hallucinogen initiation ritual while she was pregnant. It’s okay, though, because the result is a hectic, galaxy-brained child prophet who has become a political power while still too young to ride in the front seat of a car.'
they say: 'Dune really only kicks off when we meet the Fremen, after the halfway point of the book. They know how to survive in Arrakis’ harsh environment & the book’s worldbuilding opens up as we learn about the relationships between the Fremen, the desert, and the sandworms.'
This quarter of book, chock full of predictable betrayals, has been really hard to read. Herbert has run into a problem here which I don’t think he ever managed to solve: how DO you maintain narrative tension when your main characters are super smart and can see the future?
am i left visibly drier? like a muddy / riverbed fish flapping in the silt?
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Today's excellent poem, 'one litre of blood', comes to you from the excellent Terri Ann Quan Sing @terriannqs ✨
Read it here: https://t.co/RcbRaCL84l
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Animation by Maeve Baker @Maevebkr ✨
"In the future, kissing has become lowbrow art." 💋
Freya Daly and Marc Pearson's good holiday reading.
https://t.co/J0JWmAKJzC