blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 18/09/2025the best tribute I can give to Redford is about his most romantic movie open.substack.com/pub/restorat... 040
Reposted by blithe spirit one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Two days until Eagles kickoff; go to the nearest WaWa and stick your hand directly into the cash register, whatever’s in there is yours. 2536
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 01/09/2025summer starts when I watch Jaws and ends when I read The Summer Book in one sitting open.substack.com/pub/restorat...open.substack.comnon-romance, romance, #21: The Summer Book by Tove Janssona sheath of memories and security 030
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 27/08/2025after six months of living in my apartment, I figured out which outlet connects to the light switch in my room. 040
Reposted by blithe spirit Reformed Rakes @reformedrakes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Tom Severin! He sucks, we love him. In this week's episode, Beth and Emma try to figure out just how Lisa Kleypas pulls off making us love a book with a landlord hero. The answer involves extended set-pieces, deft pacing and a third act kidnapping, all Kleypas hallmarks. 051
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 23/08/2025I went to my grad school orientation tonight and when prompted to share our names and "something about ourselves," I was the only person to say literally anything. 14/15 people passed! 120
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 22/08/2025I continue push the bounds of what can be framed as a romance substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comone chat and he said ciaoemma goes sports mode 020
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I miss you guys. I'm working on a sweater because the Eagles were up 40-6 at the end of the third quarter in the Super Bowl. 060
Reposted by blithe spirit one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Also the fact that Cherelle Parker is not out front and center doing everything in her power to protest the SEPTA cuts basically invalidates the entire point of having a mayor. I understand the direct impact she can have is limited but she should still be incessantly denouncing it. 416330
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Journal editor following up on at 8am for something they asked for at 4:30pm is turning me into my worst self! 020
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I understand frustration with the implementation, but Georgia made everyone get RealID starting in 2012 and the state is almost 100% compliant by now. 120
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Don Quixote is a romance is one way and becoming obsessed with Don Quixote is a romance in another. And beating your head against wall because you can't process foreign vowel sounds in also a romance.restorativeromance.substack.comnon-romance, romance, #17: "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" by Jorge Luis Borgesan impossible undertaking 010
Reposted by blithe spirit Bikemamadelphia @denadriscoll.bsky.social · 24/04/2025THE PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA RISE UP IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER REVOLUTION. 45822
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 23/04/2025how long do I have to live in Philly before I stop thinking “a friend. an ally against the scourge of the Atlanta Braves.” every time I see someone in a Phillies hat. 120
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025since I am childless, the main way I know I am turning into my mom is how often I explain the plot of Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote to people. 120
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 20/04/2025I don’t know if the second half of Cleopatra is good but it is better than the first half! 110
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Max Kepler is not that hot and I feel crazy for the reaction he has gotten. 000
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I'm updating this from an old project and it is taking forever because for each part I end up reading a bunch of new to me Victorian novels. but the next part is about Patricia Gaffney and Lisa Kleypas and maybe a new to me Laura Kinsale. 170
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I am still writing about the theory that marital rape exemptions are the reason that bodice rippers were popular in the 1970s (I think this relies on a deep misunderstanding of how rape was talked about pre-1972 and how the law works). restorativeromance.substack.com/p/the-origin...restorativeromance.substack.comthe origins of harmpart III: The Flame and the Flower 152
Reposted by blithe spirit Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17/04/2025the last few days has been a reminder that people really want to believe that not only is there this real thing called a “criminal,” and that if they need to, anyone can just prove they aren’t one 162425589
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I had back surgery in the fall and it fixed the problem (terrible pain 90% of the time) and exchanged it for another (blinding pain 1% of the time) 220
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 01/04/2025advisees will come in and say "people say law review (or some other cocurricular) isn't worth it" and I just have a hard time not responding like...is any of this worth it 140
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025in many ways this apartment was very annoying, but I did love living somewhere long enough I could justify painting. 040
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025it took three innings for me to start workshopping new rules to break the core of baseball 220
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025happy opening day! baseball is a romance novel and about seeing your best friend's face.restorativeromance.substack.comnon-romance, romance, #16: The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020, dir. Jon Bois)what is a happily-ever-after? 010
Reposted by blithe spirit Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro @herodotusjr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025See also: Library circulation records. (Are libraries still keeping these? Is *your* library still keeping these? For the love of Buddha, STOPPIT) 0114
Reposted by blithe spirit Reformed Rakes @reformedrakes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025new episode! this week we’re talking about sex work, mistresses, theater, jewelry, estates and more with @scarr.bsky.social! His Lordship’s Mistress is a charming Signet Regency that explores many topics that newer readers might assume a stuffy Regency would shy a way from. 052
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 19/03/2025me trudging through First Amendment obscenity law to write something about romance novels and pornmedia.tenor.coma black and white photo of a woman in a black jacket .ALT: a black and white photo of a woman in a black jacket . 120
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 10/03/2025some notable stuff at BMFI in the spring: umbrellas of cherbourg, love and friendship, his girl friday, the big sleep, gentlemen prefer blondes, the virgin suicides, parasite 010
Reposted by blithe spirit alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"democrats plan to color coordinate to communicate opposition" is the biggest loser shit i've ever heard. School Spirit Week-ass action. "I do not give facebook my permission"-ass action. are they hitting themselves in the head with hammers at every DNC event 633179621
blithe spirit @emmkick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025If you listened to the Reformed Rakes episode and want more in depth Balogh, I wrote this about how I see her vision of justice and forgiveness (a major condition for her version of an HEA) relating to the abolitionist imagination. open.substack.com/pub/restorat...open.substack.comforgiveness doesn't come with a debtMary Balogh's Romantic and Abolitionist Imagination 052
Reposted by blithe spirit Reformed Rakes @reformedrakes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025We’re going to Bath! This week, Emma talks to Beth and Chels about her favorite author, Mary Balogh, and the history of “category” and “Regency” romances. 072
Reposted by blithe spirit Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Jaya is right; the consumer system was developed in part to help Gilded Age robber barons divide and conquer the working class by convincing office workers (then a newly developing cohort) that they had more in common with elites than factory workers and more to gain in an alliance with bosses. 433681
Reposted by blithe spirit Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Italian poster for PRIME CUT (1972), starring Gene Hackman 07014
Reposted by blithe spirit Alex Coffey @byalexcoffey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Dick Allen received a lot of hostility during his MLB career. But in his hometown of Wampum, Pa., the noise receded. It gave him peace. “He was just one of the guys,” said Rob Wilson, owner of a local gas station, and a friend of Allen's. “And he loved that.” www.inquirer.com/phillies/a/d...inquirer.comDick Allen was one of baseball’s most misunderstood players. But in his hometown of Wampum, Pa., everyone ‘knows the truth’In his small western Pennsylvania hometown, the noise around Allen receded. There he was “Sleepy,” a loyal friend, who loved to laugh and sing, and had a nickname for almost everyone. 57416
