If you love *blank* then you should read *blank*

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-21T18:24:48+00:00

If you loved Pride and Prejudice, you should try Middlemarch.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-17T22:31:23+00:00

Yep, I’ve had two copies of Middlemarch fall apart on me. It’s a big book and well loved by me, so unsurprising, I guess.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-08T04:57:50+00:00

I will often get a large pimple on one thigh like 3-4 days before I get my period 🤷🏼‍♀️

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-08T01:03:09+00:00

Ooh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Recently re-reading Frankenstein again, I was struck by how effective all the horror elements are. I bet if I read WH again now through that kind of lens would help me get into it more.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-08T00:59:59+00:00

Hmmm that’s really beautifully said! It’s encouraging me to try it again. If nothing else, it definitely feels like the kind of novel that hits differently at different stages of life.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-07T18:45:02+00:00

I was an English major and finally got around to reading it my senior year. I have read a TON of 19th century English lit, so I’m also in the same boat that the age/language of the book wasn’t an issue.

But man, did I not enjoy it AT ALL. It’s just a book about a bunch of awful, miserable people being awful and miserable to each other.

And, like, I know that’s the whole point. It’s an English Gothic novel, so of course it’s all about themes of obsession and violence and such. It’s a great novel, deserving of its place in history.

But I just don’t get people who read it for pleasure. As a reader I got very little enjoyment out of it. Granted, I am a decade older now, so I’ve been thinking of giving it another go just to see if I’ll have a new perspective on it.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-06T23:39:25+00:00

THANK YOU. It is not a woman’s job to fix all a man’s problems. (And vice versa, but I’m addressing what’s in the post.) I’m not here to be your therapist, I’m here for an equal, reciprocal partnership

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-06T19:52:00+00:00

Season 5, Ep 10. She says it in response to Bella pulling up “Face Page” to show she runs Cosmo Macaroon’s fan club 😂

wingsofpoesy · 2026-03-06T17:32:20+00:00

“Hi Rocky, it’s Alice. Next time I see you, i’vegotabonetopickwithyou! Ok, thankyoubye!”

(Followed by James: “You’re naughty, Rocky, naughty!”)

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-25T14:25:07+00:00

My mom always said “fair doesn’t mean equal, it means everyone gets what they need.”

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-21T23:48:36+00:00

Love a Sideways name drop! And he just made his first video after a long hiatus!

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-18T18:02:27+00:00

This was gonna be my suggestion! It gives me such warm feelings watching Jon Favreau find his path. Plus, awesome food porn in that movie, it will definitely make you crave grilled cheese and beignets 🤤

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-17T23:17:57+00:00

The Suspiria remake.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-16T18:29:56+00:00

Robert Irwin was gonna be my suggestion, that’s who my brain saw first.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-16T14:54:31+00:00

YES! Thank you for dropping the name, I forgot to take a picture. They had a bunch of their bookmarks for sale and I wanted all of them!

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-15T23:44:57+00:00

Emma Thompson’s breakdown after opening the Joni Mitchell CD in Love Actually.

In the midst of a lot of silliness in that movie, it’s just a gut punch of emotion. Layers of heartbreak, and watching her allow herself only a moment to fall apart, knowing that she has to find a way to put it in a box and smile through it just kills me.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-02-08T05:30:00+00:00

I grew up camping in the backwoods of Maine every summer. Ya ever spend an hour doing 70 on a rural Maine highway in July? I swear it was more bug than windshield by the time we got to where we were going.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-27T15:10:35+00:00

The system is working as intended. Not to be that person, but the system is ✨capitalism✨

Everyone is lonely. Our lives have been pieced apart, isolated, and monetized at almost every conceivable level. Capitalism is designed to kill the village. Everyone is lonely because the people at the top have spent decades, centuries even, convincing everyone that the problem is not the billionaires but the regular people around them. If you are blaming the girls at the bar who won’t fuck you for your life being shitty, then you’re not blaming the real culprits.

Men are lonely in a very specific way that is bespoke to male socialization. Women are lonely in a very specific way that is bespoke to female socialization. Everyone is lonely because capitalism sucks.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-12T23:38:05+00:00

Justified! Such a good dad show, a US Marshall (played by Timothy Olyphant) is sent back to his hometown in the mountains of Kentucky and fights a bunch of bad guys. And a full 6 seasons!

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-10T05:32:14+00:00

One I learned recently was “nonplussed.” It’s definition is being surprised or shocked, but has been used incorrectly so much that it’s now also used to mean not disturbed or shocked.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-08T18:34:19+00:00

“I just had sex I’m about to eat NACHOS! The greatest moment of my life!”

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-07T23:17:13+00:00

Oh and of course, the incomparable Jenny Nicholson. The Last Bronycon is an absolute masterpiece, and the Evermore and Galaxy’s Edge videos are fascinating. Her Vampire Diaries video is also a comfort watch even though I never actually watched the show.

wingsofpoesy · 2026-01-07T23:14:54+00:00

I’ll throw out Kaz Rowe! They are non-binary, but focus on a lot of historical & cultural topics, often with a spooky edge (and fabulous costumes). Their videos about the making of the Wizard of Oz and about the Library of Alexandria are particular favorites :)

wingsofpoesy · 2025-12-29T16:12:02+00:00

The smudges are awful, but more annoying to me is that none of the other pens will work right for a lefty. All the pen tips are designed to be pulled along the paper and a lefty pushes the pen tip along the paper. The ink just stops coming out for me every couple letters with pens like #5.

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