Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 14hNova is a kinder and less prideful woman than I am, which is why I’ll add the thing she would never say: Every NHS manager who created this crisis must be punished and every patient who was made to wait a second longer than the 18 week “maximum waiting time” should be paid compensation 🔥 254555
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerhoots @hoots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Two things can be true: 1) we can believe in & fight for a world in which anyone should have a path to redemption for even the most heinous shit and 2) you guys only seem to hum & haw over this shit when victims of sexual violence are tapping out their triggered feelings on social media. 620831
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026that’s always the answer to a question like that imo, it’s true that the great authors of the past can tell us a lot about the big human questions of love and existence and so on but where they really stand to amaze you is in depicting the tiny, instantly recognizable gestures 51234
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026or i’ll point to this ~80 year old shirley jackson story about two nice white ladies who get hooked on true crime 21473
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026occasionally a student asks how some canonical book can possibly apply to their own life and moving forward i’ll refer them to the moment in Ulysses where bloom wants to leave a restaurant without eating there so he pretends to look around and realize he’s in the wrong place instead of just leaving 746933
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerCharlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I wish that when you talked about a politics of love you would mean loving victims and not their abusers. I wish that we could afford more love to the victims than to their rapists. that, to me, would be real love. 515523
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 03/10/2026I don’t know what restorative justice looks like in a case like this. I don’t know what it means to hold someone accountable. But I do know how painful it is to see someone admit to doing sexual violence against someone else and a crowd of people immediately rush to minimize it as a youthful mistake 290354
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I can’t stop thinking about these (leftist, supposedly) people who in the face of horrific allegations default to “won’t someone think of the rapists” - you guys are telling on yourself. 331435149
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLola Sebastian @lola.nebula.tv · 02/10/2026i shouldn't be shocked by the amount of people i've liked, admired, and even trusted who've spent the last week trivializing rape via progressive sounding language, but i am. 113922
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerMaggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I also believe in restorative justice but I don't think that means you get to become a pillar of a community and garner an audience and an income that relies solely on everyone including yourself staying silent about your actions. In the VIDEO GAME SPHERE no less. 151116163
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/10/2026I will never forget all the cynical gainsaying and disinformation about the strike on Al-Ahli hospital ten days into Israel’s destruction of Gaza. ‘Fog of war’. Almost three years later, fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain even partially functional and there is no fog. Only dust and rubble.theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 6382145
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLola Sebastian @lola.nebula.tv · 01/10/2026survivors are also frequently encouraged to "speak out" and "start conversations" in order to "change the world" but we receive nothing but harrassment, suspicion, and hate for doing so. i grieve so often for the girl i was during MeToo who truly believed that things were soon to get better. 263192
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLola Sebastian @lola.nebula.tv · 01/10/2026survivors of sexual violence are constantly asked to sacrifice our safety and wellbeing on the off chance that people who've committed literal torture might at some point have had a change of heart. when will our safety, wellbeing, dreams, aspirations, futures, or peace of mind matter? 135577
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerMaggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you are more angry at HOW you learned someone committed SA then you are at the perpetrator, I don't know what to say 137830
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026shirley jackson you tell em www.newyorker.com/books/page-t... 13677136
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026feeling this hard -- i am so glad that there is an actual conversation that's taking place around cornell, and that survivors coming forward isn't being dismissed as 'woke 1' or whatever the fuck. and it's also hard to ignore that we've been here before, in the recent past, and nothing changed. 388897
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerBig Bad Butch WIFE, Baro Dyke Of Tipperary @bigbadbutchgf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every time you, as an American, feel compelled to post a meme about Europeans turning into Hitler when roma people are mentioned here's what you're gonna do: you're gonna stop, you're gonna delete the post, you're gonna donate 20 dollars to @romarights.bsky.social . Had it with this shit 1164
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerNelle from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'll believe that it's "innovation" when AI comes up with a new kind of hat. 3341
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature. 6666175
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort. 10270921628
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerTOM @tomwalker.bsky.social · 17/07/2023KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag. KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense. KOKO: jealousy professor 59175984717
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen 262882666
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjosh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The actor who plays the monster in The Fly is the same guy who plays the scientist at the beginning of the movie. Makes me wish i paid more attention lol. Time for a rewatch 281361157
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 27/09/2026I can’t believe we used to have airlines specifically for trans and pan americans. this country has really regressed on queer rights. 251471236
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerTrinket @trinketbirdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026[like a dying man reaching for water] Gir..lfriedn 0292
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerAthul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 23/09/2026You voted for your daughter’s death and it should torment you until you meet your own 392450383
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 23/09/2026it's so beautiful 1724011
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026casuals think of shirley jackson as a horror writer, and intermediate jackson-heads think of her as a suspense writer, but true fans know she was really, really funny (from a review of what sounds like it must’ve been a book of spells) 3694
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjosh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 18/09/2026i do not want to hear anyone tell me that i have to vote for someone like this 720215
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tilleryaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 17/09/2026dont let silicon valley give sex cults a bad name. its not actually necessary or even desirable for everyone involved to be a huge dweeb. you can do better. go find a high-control group of abusers and opportunists who shower more than once a week, i swear they're out there 19013
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerOld DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 30/06/2026"Trans rights are not the most important issue right now" Not standing up to protect our trans siblings is letting someone put a jackhammer into the foundation of human rights. It is absolutely critical we support one another. 5432113
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 15/09/2026The Jerk is a really goofy, raunchy and absurd comedy that also pauses for three minutes so that Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters can do a really beautiful and sincere cover of Tonight You Belong To Me. It's such a lovely intimate little moment that you wouldn't expect a comedy to commit to 1622531
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerBig Bad Butch WIFE, Baro Dyke Of Tipperary @bigbadbutchgf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Maybe I'm reading different shit to you guys cause the two names that come to mind when talking about fictional incest are Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Nabokov, neither of which I'd class as fascist writers necessarily 141
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerapology amatti @kbandersonyo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026dang I had no idea, I cant believe I have to continue not listening to ed sheeran 5623125
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerDan Clyne @danclyne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If you no longer support Ed Sheeran but will miss his music, I’ve created the Ed Sheeran Experience app that will scratch that itch. Here’s a preview: 015332
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerJane @jane.meangirls.online · 14/09/2026I think trans people should be allowed to lash out in frustrstion a bit without being told they should be squelched with extreme prejudice. I think we deserve a bit of goddamn grace and understanding. I also think we shouldn’t be expected to be perfect all the goddamn time when nobody else is. 353291
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerBrian Actors Guild @spocksbrian.worstpossible.world · 14/09/2026Black Swan is a movie about how, if you do enough ballet, you (spoilers) eventually learn how to eat your own pussy 25811
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerLola Sebastian @lola.nebula.tv · 13/09/2026been working on my Big 1960s Pop Culture Project for a few years now and mostly it's taught me that a lot of people who know basically nothing about anything feel very comfortable making broad sweeping statements about 1960s pop culture. 2372
Reposted by Maris Catherine TillerCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 11/09/2026worth remembering that today is also the anniversary of the US backed coup in Chile that overthrew democratically elected socialist Salvador Allende and replaced him with the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet, who murdered thousands of communists and leftists and jailed tens of thousands 1647228
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerandy™ @andylevy.net · 08/09/2026werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...) 8379802146
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerdillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 08/09/2026let's give it up for bowls everybody 🙌👏🙌 32102885
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerspooky seasonings for a new instance @o-c.bsky.social · 05/09/2026 040681211
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjourneyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Taking the dialect quiz and getting defensive. I’ve done no such thing 930518
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/09/2026i think part of this is writers who can't meaningfully revise. something feels important to state explicitly early in a draft but then you complete the draft and your explicit explanation now reads like overkill. but if you don't know how to read your work structurally as a whole, you won't catch it 515813
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjonny @misterbloat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse. 14446105
Reposted by Maris Catherine Tillerjosh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 02/09/2026i want to know that the people i watch are real actors. i want to know that the words i'm reading were written by an author. i want to know that the strokes on a canvas were painted by a real human. i simply refuse to believe that the vast majority of people do not also feel this way 347576