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Alison Fincher
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I get that. When I want to write or prep a podcast and my ankylosing spondylitis is acting up. Sympathy!
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independent researcher doing public scholarship at Read Japanese Literature (readjapaneselit.bsky.social) | Japanese lit reviewer for Asian Review of Books | historical romance reader | she/they | ATL
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Alison Fincher
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I get that. When I want to write or prep a podcast and my ankylosing spondylitis is acting up. Sympathy!
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Alison Fincher
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I’m so sorry.
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Alison Fincher
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We need to take seriously that these people can accomplish what they set out to do. There were members of the far-right publicly focused on nothing but SCOTUS seats since the 80s. It took 40 years, but they did it. (Are there people on the left thinking that far ahead with single-minded focus?)
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Alison Fincher
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Yeah… not 100% this is mostly on the voting public and not the press/pundits.
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Alison Fincher
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Yes! And buying “moral” art isn’t an inherently moral act either. You cannot “good taste” OR “consumer capitalist” your way to being a moral person. Reading informs the conscience. But it doesn’t make you a good person.
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Alison Fincher
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Judgment. Because I lived in the UK for two years and the British spelling with an “e” makes so much more sense. 😩
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Alison Fincher
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My (former Southern Baptist; ATL resident) impression is that “Baptist” is also not a particularly meaningful label. It has always covered multiple denominations, now more than ever—esp. w notable racial divides. Grouping them like this presents a bigger unity than what exists on the ground, no?
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Alison Fincher
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I honestly don’t know what you want me to do. I personally consider Audible better than Spotify, but I intentionally used your Libro.fm link because it’s better than both.
I explained why Spotify is so very problematic. And I provided two more (free) alternatives to both Audible and Spotify.
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Alison Fincher
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Apologies, for the quote post with an opinion you don’t like, though. The main intention was trying to raise awareness just how awful Spotify is and why. No one seems to know.
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Alison Fincher
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Amazon is an evil company. I use Amazon as little as possible. But on audiobooks, IMHO, Spotify is significantly more evil than Audible. Audible is generally paying authors—not enough, but not stealing their work and encouraging customers to help. Not going to engage in an argument on a Sat am.
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Alison Fincher
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If you’re in the US or Canada, you can even access free Japanese and translated from Japanese books through the Japan Foundation! (US link. You can Google for the Canadian. Sorry!) There aren’t a lot of translated Japanese audiobooks, but you can listen this way without helping Spotify steal! 4/4
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Alison Fincher
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I’m sure the same is probably true in many other countries, but I know for sure that many US libraries have apps with free audiobooks. The selection is limited, but there’s no theft involved. There are alternative services for the blind, too. 3/
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Alison Fincher
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More info 👇 2/
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Alison Fincher
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I use Libro.fm, although I keep Audible for the extremely shady “Audible exclusive” titles. 😑
The thing is, Audible is morally ambiguous. Spotify audiobooks are pretty much theft. So many author’s whose work is literally being stolen by that app. Please don’t stream audiobooks on Spotify!
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Alison Fincher
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I know, right?! I was, like, you realize hepatitis can live outside of the body for SIX WEEKS. 😱
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Alison Fincher
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I just finished a (slightly problematic) book about homosexuality in Japan, and now, with context, this is absolutely hilarious. How old was Masamune at the time?
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Celeste Pewter
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There are many things that infuriate me about the pundit class right now, but probably one of the top on my list: Project 2025 has posted their plans for every single federal department on their website. They have a training academy for prospective appointees. Where are the hard hitting op-eds?
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Alison Fincher
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I don’t TikTok, but I do know there is definitely a market for weird resin art. (Weird art period. I have a friend who bought art painted in someone else’s blood FFS.) How much of a market? Only God knows. Etsy has epoxy art sellers with 100s and 1000s of reviews, though.
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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་
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EXACTLY:
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Jim Rion
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Americans overseas! Check www.fvap.gov to see about registering/voting from wherever are.
#USPolitics #Vote #Elections
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Alison Fincher
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My spouse, who has (but doesn’t professionally use) an MA in Classical Chinese poetry is having just the best time reading Tatsuhiko Shibusawa’s Takaoka’s Travel’s (trans. David Boyd). It is SO much fun to watch.
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Wendy Xu
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honestly hate that every time there's an industry bad actor, lists of "works by marginalized authors to support instead" start circulating like it's a moral obligation to be done out of guilt, & it's crickets every other day of the year. my art is not to be taken in as a reactionary measure
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Alison Fincher
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Watched ID4 yesterday and Air Force One today with the 13yo. Kid is barely old enough to remember a president young enough to feature in an action movie.
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Alison Fincher
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A good reminder. In 2024, it really is a disgrace that BOTH of the major candidates are way too old for the job. But acting like it’s Biden alone—or that Biden is the one with more marked cognitive decline—is ridiculous.
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Alison Fincher
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The corollary is maybe we should talk more about and share good opinions pieces. Or at least thank the people who write them? The incentives are really skewed at the moment.
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Alison Fincher
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Ditto for Jefferson. The man wrote about the evils of slavery and sold away his own son.
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Alison Fincher
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This is my favorite defense of Columbus because it’s so damn easy to refute. The man was FORBIDDEN FROM TAKING SLAVES BY THE SPANISH CROWN. Did it anyway.
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Alison Fincher
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The private school I taught at didn’t. I ran the English department, so you best believe I added a unit on “The Rhetoric of American Independence” so no student graduated without as much civics as I could justify as lit/comp. Later, I talked the school into letting me offer a dual AP Gov/civics.
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Kameron Hurley
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...but you're ENGAGING with that NYT op-ed, aren't ya?
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Mir
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This is why we shouldn’t put men on a pedalstool. I’m shocked to see so many people ignoring this. He is an active user on bluesky we have to be consistent. Believe all victims
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Alison Fincher
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I’d guess most of it that isn’t wish fulfillment. And of course some of it is both. 😅
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Alison Fincher
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FYI—I (GA voter) got the most obnoxious postcards in advance of the 2022 midterms. Claims I’d never voted (regular voter). Condescending explanations why it’s important. I know this program is well intentioned, but I hope most writers are being more conscientious than that.
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Alison Fincher
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FYI—I (GA voter) got the most obnoxious postcards in advance of the 2022 midterms. Claims I’d never voted (regular voter). Condescending explanations why it’s important. I know this program is well intentioned, but I hope most writers are being more conscientious than that.
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Alison Fincher
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I remembered Toh Enjoe’s Harlequin Butterfly. It’s translated from Japanese by David Boyd. Its whole schtick is that it’s completely unclear how many narrative perspectives there are! 😅
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Alison Fincher
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I write about Japanese literature in translation. Autocorrect is one of the banes of my existence.
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Alison Fincher
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Trump won on sexism and a D campaign that seems to have taken victory as a given. But lots of sexism. No one ever discusses the accusations of f-ing witchcraft against Clinton in the waning days of the 2016 campaign. Witchcraft?! That’s the oldest sexist accusation in the book!
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Alison Fincher
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Several Tessa Dare novellas—The Scandalous Mr. Wright, When She Was Naughty… KJ Charles’s Masters in This Hall… Cat Sebastian’s Tommy Cabot Was Here…
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Alison Fincher
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I feel the same way about researching/writing about stories. There are a few exceptions, but generally I like things way better when I’ve gotten to know them well.
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Alison Fincher
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I can think of many romance novellas that cover both protagonists POVs, if that helps. They’re all historical, because that’s what I read. 😅
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Alison Fincher
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Contemporary as in “recently written” or as in “takes place now”? And multiple as in “1+” or “2+”?
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Alison Fincher
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I’m reasonably picky about who I’ll read—mostly because I stick with historicals and those seem to be thin on the ground at the moment. 😩 But I suspect you’re probably right. That’s a small but not insignificant part of the appeal.
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Alison Fincher
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Just thinking about this as I reread Cat Sebastian’s latest! It features a lean, well-dressed reporter with a soft belly. His love interest is tall + super bulky, but only because he’s a baseball player. The body isn’t what does it for either. Just mutual attraction bw men with different body types.
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Vince Mpls
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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
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If every state with a Democratic AG does this, Donald Trump can only get 239 electoral votes.
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Alison Fincher
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Oh. Yes. Sorry. I thought you were talking about post-election. My apologies.
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Alison Fincher
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Pointing out that GA’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp and his admin did a solid job in 2020.
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Alison Fincher
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I’m really pleased with this one. ☺️
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Alison Fincher
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Related but different—some older societies had roles for people with traits that make them more susceptible to depression, too. 😑
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Alison Fincher
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I had vaguely understood this for years, but you’ve helped me understand it much better. It’s REALLY obvious at this current moment.
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Alison Fincher
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There’s a medieval romance about a knight sired by a demon who is supposed to have done the same thing.
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