#Stories

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sunshinestark_

— 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 — trick ‘r treat (2007) the shining (1980) ghost stories (2017) scary stories to tell in the dark (2019) carrie (1976) as above, so below

Dr. Genevieve Guenther

DoctorVive

If this is how @SpeakerPelosi and @TheDemocrats are going to message climate change—"framed" or *hidden behind marginal issues like "habitat" or "clean air, clean water" or even "health" or "mo

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

I think some people really take for granted for much work it is for educators to set up meaningful, engaging lessons for their students over zoom. There's a bizarre narrative

Katia Cosm Dawn

Kate_Bunni

I’m gonna say this again for the people in the back. If you are ANY kind of gatekeeper, but especially around queer identities, you are fucking scum and should delete

Rob

RarkPhoenix

One thing that's always bothered me is the "I'm/they're more of a victim/oppressed than you because of 'x/y/z' so shut up and listen". It pushes incomparable individual life experiences into

Rami Ismail (رامي)

tha_rami

Every now and then I run into someone asking about a rumour that I once lost my shit at a restaurant waiter and got them fired & I have to

Samuel Otigba

SamuelOtigba

Had a conversation this weekend with a friend who built a successful tech company from ground up. I was there when he started with nothing, fell out with his dad,

Tanvi

aimhighitlow

last month i found out jacqueline wilson, beloved writer of several lifechanging books, is gay. it rocked my world and i haven't stopped thinking about it. she was my favorite

Antonio Coffee

AntonioCoffee_

This week in class we read Tales form the Haunted South by Tiya Miles. It is a great look at the ties between dark tourism in the South and how

Daley's Kong Quest

Daley_Kong

Missing the cashier at my local corner shop who hypes me up but always gets it slightly wrong.Her: Oh you're dead impressive aren't you? A real artist!Me: Well I'm a

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

TheRealDoctorT

(CW: cancer, and death in a hospital. This thread is based on something that happened 20 years ago, as told to me by people who were there.)There is a quiet

Wambui Hardcastle

CastleWambui

I'm awake and I'm thinking about the young artist who rang me two days ago to ask me what I honestly thought their chances we're on drama school next year

Swapna Krishna

skrishna

Let’s talk about a thing I’m grappling with in the freelance writing world: idea generation.Ideas are EVERYTHING. Without them, we don’t write, we don’t get paid. A lot of editors

Rob Manuel - Follow @fesshole now!

robmanuel

I would rather a magic wand that makes all sequels go in the bin.There would only be ONE Star Wars film & it's perfect.One Matrix. Thank fuck they never expanded

Mark Greene

RemakingManhood

Thinking about the term predictive grief. /1 I have a 15 year old son. He's beautiful and I love him dearly. He will leave our house some day and not

DevonMonk

DevonMonk

So, yes, I am always on the lookout for good writing advice. "Good" is something that rings new/true/interesting to me. But some writing advice hasn't ever worked for me. 1/4