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Sunflowers from seed progress

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Garden updates

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Terry Pratchett wrote witchy women so well.

Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax of Discworld are the iconic old lady duo of all time, for many reasons. One of those reasons being that Nanny Ogg has had sex with countless men both within and outside marriage, and is still bragging about it as an old lady. And at the same time, Granny Weatherwax is explicitly a virgin (and possibly asexual) for all of her life and is proud of it. And that was both of their choices, and neither of them regret a thing. Sure, they make snide remarks at each other about it, but they make snide remarks at each other about everything. And as an extra bonus Magrat only sleeps with one man after she marries him and that is also considered perfectly alright. That's not even going into the fact that Nanny Ogg is both maternal and horny, that Granny Weatherwax is handsome but was never pretty, and that Magrat is idealistic and femme but also filled with violent rage. I just love them so much.

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One of my best birthdays was going to see this in theatres

Stardust (2007) dir. by Matthew Vaugh

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And it’s not even his best work. The most interesting gender commentary of Pratchett’s I found in Jingo.

I think it's really funny that "witch and wizard being magical genders is fucking stupid" is a somewhat modern take in a post HP world.

Meanwhile Terry Pratchett, 1987: I wrote an entire book about how gendered magic is fucking stupid. It's literally called "Equal Rites".

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So interesting. Because in Persuasion, the letter is SO cinematic. And I believe letters, though I agree not cinematic, can be dramatic. Especially when staged.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) + Joe Wright’s DVD Commentary

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despite everything.

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Still one of my favourite movies. Pretty sure I can quote it from memory…

I kneel before you not as a prince, but as a man in love. But I would feel like a king if you— Danielle de Barbarac, would be my wife.

EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA STORY 1998, dir andy tennant

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Fresh cut flowers from the backyard

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Last mountain views in Castlegar, BC paired with my backyard vibes in Hamilton, ON.

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Mural tour in Nelson, BC part 2.

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Mural tour in Nelson, BC

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Deeply enjoying The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou. Can’t wait for the June book club discussion!

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DOCTOR WHO | 14x01 "Space Babies"

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Agreed!

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One of my favourite horror movies.

bru & dee's friday movie night — nope (2022)

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"You're the only daughter I ever had, Matilda. And I never understood you, not one little bit. Who's got a pen?" MATILDA (1996) dir. Danny DeVito