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MrsH (2 KP) rated Instagram in Apps

Jun 12, 2019

Instagram

Communication, Photo & Video, Social Networking

9

8.2

(362 Ratings)

App Rating

Amazing and colourful way to Express yourself and share your stories (0 more)

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Lou Grande (148 KP) created a question about in LGBTQ+ Media

Jun 9, 2018

Question

Does it bother you when non-queer authors write queer stories?

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Lou Grande (148 KP) Jun 11, 2018

It doesn't bother me most of the time. It depends on who the audience is and if it's treated respectfully. BUT on the other hand, I do get frustrated when major publishers and movie studios decide to pick up books written by straight white women in their forties instead of equally good books written by queer authors. Like you said, it's complex.

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Dracoria Malfoy (690 KP) Jun 11, 2018

Exactly. You see, some books, like Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, are written by straight allies. Because it's good representation, and because the author is a valid ally, it's great! It doesn't bother me. But other books (I can't think of examples right now) aren't good rep, and even if the author is a valid ally, it doesn't work that way. If the book was good rep but the author wasn't a valid ally, I'd be a bit conflicted over the book, but again, I read (and loved) Harry Potter, which is quite possibly the queerest series out there.

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Angie (0 KP) rated Between you & me in Books

Jul 1, 2018

One of Best stories I have read in a long time

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Anne (15117 KP) rated Happily Ever After (The Selection, #0.4, 0.5, 2.5, 2.6) in Books

Nov 4, 2019

I enjoyed these novellas and hearing the stories from the other minor characters and their points of view.

It helps to round out the main story and understand everything even more with these stories.

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Andy Walker (4868 KP) rated What Monsters Do in Books

Jun 20, 2023

A great collection of 7 stories

This is an excellent collection of short psychological horror stories written by Nicholas Vince, who is mostly known for playing The Chatterer cenobite in the original Hellraiser films.

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Dean (6921 KP) rated The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) in Movies

Jul 31, 2020

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

2018 | Comedy, Drama, Western

5

7.1

(13 Ratings)

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A couple of good stories (0 more)

Mix bag of stories, most with little meaning (0 more)

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Well I like Westerns, Anthology films and some of Coen brothers films are great. So surely this was going to be a sure hit. Much like one of the stories you're hoping for gold but left with barely a glimmer.
6 stories of which a couple were good, a few just average and a dud. The biggest disappointment was that there appeared to be little point to stories, individually or collectively. Halfway through and it was becoming boring and just hoping the next story would be a big improvement. Only to fail. A real shame.

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Emily Wilson recommended The Lost Book of the Odyssey in Books (curated)

The Lost Book of the Odyssey

Zachary Mason | 2011 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"It is a thought-provoking, playful but deep sequence of Borgesian rewrites of the plot of “The Odyssey,” which draws out the Homeric poem's own interest in fiction, lies, forking paths and stories within stories"

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated November Storm in Books

Oct 7, 2020

These fascinating stories won the Iowa Short Fiction Award in 2016. Read my review of this collection that investigates the essence of human decency, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/10/25/a-gathering-of-stories/