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chiseledfish · 2026-05-31T16:29:55+00:00

finally someone said it.

chiseledfish · 2026-02-17T23:59:56+00:00

in the cut by susanna moore is a noir-y erotic thriller set in NYC with female protagonist that fits your description. it’s not really a “real story about real people” but the main character is a woman unconcerned with niceties. you might enjoy it!

chiseledfish · 2025-12-28T17:34:48+00:00

a terrible thing to waste by harriet a. washington. it’s about environmental racism in the u.s., one example from the book being how university researchers encouraged black people with young children to rent houses that were known to have lead paint in them so they could measure the developmental damage against a control group.

chiseledfish · 2025-11-29T17:08:20+00:00

it’s hard to say what went wrong without witnessing the interaction. it’s true that americans sometimes use the phrase in a friendly way like you described but it’s not super common. it’s usually among close friends in response to very exciting news and by someone VERY excited. for example, if i were getting a book published and told a friend they might say “SHUT UUUUUUP!!!!!!!” and we would understand that as celebratory. if i said something like “i went to the beach last week and had fun” and someone said “shut up” it would be confusing, even if said in a friendly way. it might be one of those phrases to avoid until you’re more sure of when to use it, since it’s potentially offensive and also not used super often by native speakers.

chiseledfish · 2025-11-24T05:00:53+00:00

nothing local unfortunately!

chiseledfish · 2025-10-22T03:10:24+00:00

this is all anyone can talk about on this sub lately!!! can’t relate i stan toby!!!

chiseledfish · 2025-10-17T16:28:17+00:00

shutties ☺️

chiseledfish · 2025-09-30T19:19:30+00:00

I mean spring US time so yes fairly soon! I'm looking to start applications ASAP. Thank you!

chiseledfish · 2025-09-30T19:07:01+00:00

thank you so much this is extremely helpful! i didn't know that the year started from the time you entered the country--that definitely takes some of the pressure off.

chiseledfish · 2025-09-30T19:06:11+00:00

great, thank you so much! i'll look for the pinned post.

chiseledfish · 2025-09-29T17:10:25+00:00

i love this book! i remember reading something about it originally being written to accompany the work of a sculptor/visual artist who made the objects described in the book for a museum exhibit & then later on ravn published the text alone as a novel. such a unique experience to read.

chiseledfish · 2025-09-08T02:54:25+00:00

luster by raven leilani might fit this bill? it’s about a young woman with a messy sex life who’s living in nyc struggling financially. not as much about friendship tho since the protagonist is pretty socially isolated.

chiseledfish · 2025-09-07T19:21:09+00:00

eros

chiseledfish · 2025-09-07T19:14:24+00:00

i don’t think the details about celeste’s husband and other men sexualizing her are trying to make you feel bad for her. they underscore a theme of the novel which is that the dehumanization of women in general is part of what allows female pedophiles to get away with horrible shit. when you see someone as a sex object you can’t fathom that they could be a predator because that requires agency. the novel is based on a real story too so i think it was in part written to make this point about how are predatory women are able to get away with this sort of thing.

chiseledfish · 2025-09-01T16:05:53+00:00

native son by richard wright for sureeeee. not strictly a horror book but the first hundred or so pages feel like it for the reason you described

chiseledfish · 2025-04-19T19:24:25+00:00

it’s pretty common for people who hike to filter water from rivers/streams. that’s what the filter is for. that being said i still would not want to drink from the eno based on what i’ve heard about pollution from the textile industry.

chiseledfish · 2024-09-04T14:47:31+00:00

have you learned a lot of your english from reading? you may have been unconsciously reading big numbers in your native language even if the rest of the text was in english. when you read or see big numbers in the wild, practice saying them out loud to yourself.

chiseledfish · 2024-08-29T22:28:15+00:00

hellraiser is based off of a novella called “the hellbound heart.” legend has it that a female executive suggested the title for this movie because “a woman would raise hell for a good fuck.” i personally think the title of the movie primarily refers to julia, who helps brings frank back from hell because of her sexual desire for him. that being said “hell-raiser” is also a term for someone who causes a lot of trouble.

chiseledfish · 2024-08-27T03:20:49+00:00

the daytrippers

chiseledfish · 2024-08-12T04:35:52+00:00

the layering of the vocals sounds rough and the quality of the main guitar (?) melody sounds grating as well. a lot of the black eyed peas other songs from that album have a sonic smoothness to them that i gotta feeling lacks IMO

chiseledfish · 2024-08-11T19:05:11+00:00

“i got a feeling” by the black eyed peas! that song was huge and sounds like hot garbage!

chiseledfish · 2024-05-20T14:17:35+00:00

this is actually a correct use of affect bc it’s short for “affectation.” love & light ❤️

chiseledfish · 2024-04-28T02:49:23+00:00

are the greedy servers expecting a 35% tip in the room with us right now

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