bobbygw
@bobbygw
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Love books, feminism, human rights, culture. Occasional writer & blogger. Like Winnie the Pooh, I'm a 'Bear of very Little Brain, & long Words bother me.' Ahem.
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Joined February 2009
#CivilRights Obituary: Claudette Colvin, unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 86. Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery. She became a star witness in a civil rights case. https://t.co/dt2O7cyWwK
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. https://t.co/nTYlhmqnZd
muellershewrote.com
The full segment aired on the GlobalTV app in Canada. Someone sent me a link to a recorded version. Let's see if we can figure out whether Bari Weiss' decision to spike it was editorial or political.
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HUUUGE WINDSCRIBE GIVEAWAY!! Forget a couple of measly 1 Year Pro vouchers, we’re in the holiday spirit so we’re giving away LIFETIME PRO VOUCHERS! How many? How does 56 OF THEM sound? But who even cares? That is literally just scratching the surface of the giveaway, we’re also
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This dark creature will be published a month today on 2 October. If you feel an irresistible urge to preorder, you can do so here*: https://t.co/GWFDncSsTA * whisky not included
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#booklovers #HistoricalFiction Obituary: Paulette Jiles, prizewinning poet & novelist, whose stirring, richly detailed fiction transported readers to the Civil War era & the old American frontier, has died aged 82. https://t.co/nfbBMJVrco
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#thrillers #mysteryfiction #CrimeFiction #booklovers Obituary: Martin Cruz Smith dies aged 82. An acclaimed thriller novelist, he was the award-winning author of the Arkady Renko series, including Gorky Park, the huge international bestseller. https://t.co/EMr0lEbxox
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Essay-Appreciation: The Kind of Shaking that Keeps You Steady - On the Poet Alice Notley (1945-2025), and Her Work. By Momtaza Mehri. https://t.co/eOIgcLAqrm
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#booklovers Obituary: Alice Notley, hailed as one of America's greatest poets by the Poetry Foundation, published more than 40 books over five decades. Two superb essay/appreciations on her life & work below. https://t.co/FcmABeeFGk
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Appalling: X accounts peddling child abuse content flood some X hashtags as safety partner cuts ties due to non-payment by MUSK. Thorn, a nonprofit, provided software related to child safety, said it canceled its contract after X stopped paying it. https://t.co/2jXJeWSXJp
nbcnews.com
Thorn, a nonprofit that provides detection and moderation software related to child safety, said it canceled its contract with X after the platform stopped paying it.
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Obituary: Lynn Freed, South African Writer with a Wry Style, Dies at 79. In novels, essays and short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and the ways women negotiate sexual desire. #BookLovers
https://t.co/MmVIsW1i2s
nytimes.com
In seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and the ways women negotiate sexual desire.
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Obituary: Edmund White, novelist & chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85. His 30+ books inc. volumes of memoir, the novels A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, & biogs of Proust, Genet & Rimbaud. #BookLovers
https://t.co/msskjGEo9j
nytimes.com
He mined his own varied catalog of sexual experiences in more than 30 books of fiction and explicitly candid memoirs.
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Obituary: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Groundbreaking and Multi-Award-Winning Author, Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87. #booklovers
https://t.co/QPSTylyiXy
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Classic Appreciation: Hari Kunzru, Award-Winning Novelist, Reflects on Edward Said's Magnum Opus, Culture and Imperialism, 30 Years After Its Publication. | #booklovers
https://t.co/UXzdxhaof8
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A beautiful, wondrous & deeply thoughtful essay about Janet Frame, her key works and life; she was one of the most remarkable, accomplished memoirists (Angel at My Table), novelists, & story writers of the 20th century. By Lucie Elven, novelist. https://t.co/ucoerVZHvi
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I think many women will be relieved to hear @wesstreeting say that new single-sex rules for the NHS are coming soon. My opponent in the BBC #AntiSocial programme argued that hardly anyone has ever objected to the presence of “transwomen” (i.e. men) in women’s single-sex wards. I
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Link to buy the paperback edition from Bookshop UK https://t.co/tgcpwZJ88z
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Collected Diaries - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2025
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Link to buy the ebook edition from Bookshop USA https://t.co/4oZGizczal
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Collected Diaries, 1978-1998
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Link to buy the hardback edition from Bookshop USA https://t.co/QlfCjWwpjf
bookshop.org
Collected Diaries, 1978-1998
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A superb essay-review on award-winning author Helen Garner's collected and recently published diaries. Essay by Anne Enright, Booker Prize-winning novelist. https://t.co/So57gFgXNA Or via: https://t.co/gPNs890Seb Links further below to buy the book in different editions.
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Don't sit on that novella or poetry collection — send it to Driftwood Press instead! Use the link in our bio for details. #callforsubmissions
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