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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 16h

waiting for the follow-up 'what a week' today. ^^

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The SCARLET BALL RELEASES TOMORROW! And I'm on tour to promote it! Want to listen to me talk about the debutantes and demons of the Gilded Age? This is where ya do it!

Graphic in gray with red text: NGHI VO ON TOUR

Inset: small round portrait of Nghi Vo

Book Cover: The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo, featuring an Asian woman in a red dress holding a white skin mask as ghostly hands reach for her.

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NGHI VO
ON TOUR

OCT 6
HARVARD BOOK STORE
WITH CASSANDRA KHAW

OCT 7
DUNGEON BOOKS AT WELCOME TO CHINA TOWN
IN CONVERSATION WITH CINDY PHAM
NEW YORK, NY

OCT 13
BOSWELL BOOK COMANY
WITH JIM HIGGINS
MILWAUKEE, WI

OCT 17
SALT LAKE CITY BOOK FESTIVAL
SALT LAKE CITY, UT

OCT 23
ANDERSON’S BOOKSTORE
AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IN CONVERSATION WITH KATEE ROBERT
NAPERVILLE, IL

NOV 7
TWIN CITIES BOOK FESTIVAL
ST. PAUL, MN

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hard seconded! I have now seen the "too many belts" look be mastered by using *enough* belts...not enough times. Hope you have a great time and a good night.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This 1980s rinzu silk furisode exemplifies the revival of traditional hand-painted techniques during Japan's economic boom period, when there was renewed interest in luxury craftsmanship and cultural heritage. The garment presents a composition of camellia blossoms against flowing water motifs

The camellias, painted in subtle gradations of white and pale pink with darker undertones, demonstrate the refined brush techniques of traditional Japanese textile painting, while their placement creates a dynamic visual rhythm across the garment's surface.

The swirling blue water patterns that weave throughout the composition evoke classical Japanese artistic traditions, particularly the stylized wave and current motifs found in woodblock prints and decorative screens. These flowing elements suggest both literal water and the passage of time, creating a sense of movement that transforms the static garment into a kind of wearable landscape painting. The camellia itself carries deep cultural significance in Japanese aesthetics - symbolizing the ephemeral beauty of life, noble death, and refined love, making it particularly appropriate for formal occasions when a furisode would be worn.

The detail images reveal the sophisticated execution of the hand-painting technique, showing how individual brush strokes create dimensional petals that seem to float against a dreamy background. The soft color transitions and the visible texture of the rinzu silk weave create an almost impressionistic quality that recalls both traditional Japanese painting and contemporary artistic sensibilities. This furisode represents a synthesis of traditional craftsmanship with modern luxury consumption, embodying Japan's cultural confidence during its period of economic prosperity while maintaining deep connections to classical Japanese aesthetics of mono no aware - the poignant awareness of the impermanence of all things.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fisherman with Nets on the Sea of Japan, 1953. Photography by Fosco Maraini (1912–2004)

Suspended against a luminous, overcast sky, an intricate web of tarred fishing nets hangs like a monumental graphic tapestry, transforming a fishing vessel on the Sea of Japan into a quiet study in line, texture, and light. In this 1953 photograph by the Italian ethnologist and photographer Fosco Maraini (1912–2004), the dark silhouette of a young fisherman stands at the lower left, his hands engaged in the rhythmic, skilled labor of hauling or adjusting the rigging. Sweeping across the frame are heavy, undulating lead-lines anchored with woven glass floats, their bold, calligraphic curves intersecting delicate fields of translucent, knotted mesh.

Maraini’s mid-century photographic work in Japan—most famously realized in his celebrated studies of the Ama free-divers and isolated island communities along the Noto Peninsula—stands as a masterwork of mid-century humanistic ethnography. Living and traveling extensively across Japan during the pre-war and post-war eras, Maraini eschewed exoticism in favor of a deeply felt, participatory vision. This image captures the rugged visual poetry of the Nihonkai (Sea of Japan) coastal communities just prior to sweeping industrial modernization. The nets are rendered not merely as utilitarian tools of harvest, but as hand-crafted extensions of human endurance, woven from hemp, cordage, and glass to withstand the unyielding forces of the open sea.

Aesthetically, the image relies on the classical design principle of miegakure (hide-and-reveal), where the dense, overlapping layers of netting act as an atmospheric veil, filtering the sky and partially shrouding the human figure within his working environment. The stark contrast between the black cordage and the radiant, featureless sky harnesses the power of yohaku (active negative space), elevating functional maritime gear into expressive visual rhythms reminiscent of sweeping sumi-e ink brushwork.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Maiko 舞妓 (by Traditional Clothing of our World)

Captured against a high-key, luminous white background, this striking monochrome studio photograph presents a sculptural portrait of two Kyoto maiko (apprentice geisha) standing in close, intimate symmetry. Positioned face-to-face as they lean toward one another with hands resting gently on shoulders, the composition transforms the formal conventions of traditional Japanese dress into an expressive study of silhouette, gesture, and living heritage. By stripping away all environmental distraction, the high-contrast lighting isolates the architectural structure of their attire, highlighting the subtle interplay between soft silk drapery, stiff brocade, and the poised posture demanded by classical karyūkai (flower and willow world) training.

Sartorially, both figures wear the full formal wardrobe of the young apprentice, centered around long, trailing hikizuri kimono with padded lower hems designed to sweep gracefully across tatami mats. The figure on the left wears a lighter garment decorated with scattered folding fan motifs (ōgi) across the sleeves and bodice, falling over an under-skirt pattern of delicate butterflies—a classical symbol of elegance, metamorphosis, and fleeting youth. Suspended behind her is the iconic darari no obi, a massive, un-folded sash woven with bold roundel crests (mon) that trails nearly to her heels. The figure on the right complements her in a dark, richly patterned hikizuri featuring cascading seasonal flora. Both balance precariously atop high, hollowed-out wooden clogs known as okobo (or pokkuri), fitted with soft fabric thongs over crisp, white split-toe tabi socks, their angled bases establishing a stable, geometric foundation beneath the sweeping verticality of the silk.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Classic Japanese textile design emerges through a repeating pattern of paulownia motifs in deep purple against a lighter lavender background. All patterning appears through shibori, which creates a subtle textural effect that adds depth and sophistication to the overall design. 1926-1940, Japan

Base fabric: Fine silk crepe (kinsha) in plain weave

Size style: Naga-haori

Family crests (mon) present: none

Dimensions: 50 inches (127 cm) from sleeve-end to sleeve-end and 38 inches (97 cm) in height

Classic Japanese textile design emerges through a repeating pattern of paulownia motifs in deep purple against a lighter lavender background. All patterning appears through shibori, which creates a subtle textural effect that adds depth and sophistication to the overall design. The paulownia motifs are rendered in a bold, graphic style that demonstrates the Japanese aesthetic principle of simplification and abstraction. Each flower head is composed of several rounded petals or leaves arranged in a balanced, symmetrical composition, with accompanying foliage elements that add movement and organic flow to the pattern. The monochromatic purple color scheme is particularly noteworthy, as it exemplifies the Japanese appreciation for subtle gradations of a single color, known as "tone on tone" or "ton-sur-ton" in Western design terminology. This sophisticated use of color values predates similar approaches that became popular in Western Art Deco textiles of the 1920s and 1930s. The spacing and arrangement of the motifs shows careful attention to negative space, or "ma" in Japanese aesthetics. The flowers are distributed across the fabric in a seemingly random but carefully balanced pattern that creates visual interest while maintaining harmony and avoiding overcrowding. This approach to pattern design, which appears effortless yet is carefully calculated, is a hallmark of Japanese textile arts that would later influence Western modernist approaches to surface design.

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Of course if you haven’t already, you can get it as part of The Guild’s kickstarter ⚔️♥️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/fel...

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The Guild: Ren Faire'd

Help us celebrate The Guild's upcoming 20th anniversary by making the most epic renfaire movie of all time!

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Absolutely. I'll be out on the porch suppressing my anxiety with indica when you need a breather. <3

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That....is likely to happen. Yes.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Captured during the preparations for Toyama’s celebrated Owara Kaze no Bon (おわら風の盆) festival in Yatsuo, Shin Yanagisawa’s 1972 gelatin silver print distills a rare interlude of quiet stillness between traditional dance performances.

The image relies on a striking near-symmetrical structure. Four figures stand paired across a plank boardwalk, their bodies leaning gently against wooden guardrails toward a central axis. Behind them, vertical and horizontal beams frame a solitary, glowing lightbulb that casts soft highlights across the unpolished grain of the wood and the crisp folds of their cotton robes.

Textile & Regional Details

Amigasa (Braided Straw Hats): Steeply sloped and pulled low over the forehead, the deep amigasa obscure the dancers' faces entirely. This traditional anonymity is central to the festival’s aesthetic, shifting focus from personal identity to collective, fluid grace.

Yukata Design: The dancers wear matching summer yukata decorated with a delicate cross-hatched grid pattern. The stark white fabric creates a brilliant high-contrast field against the shadowy, dark-stained timber enclosure.

Styling & Accessories: The robes are bound with dark sashes, complemented by white tabi socks and dark-soled zōri sandals. A dark cloth tote bag bearing white handwritten calligraphy hangs shoulder-slung against the hip of the front-left dancer.

Through Yanagisawa's lens, an everyday waiting period transforms into an exercise in geometry, texture, and shadow. By isolating these four anonymous figures in a moment of quiet composure, the photograph captures the lingering, poetic atmosphere that defines Toyama’s folk heritage.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

telling my bottom surgeon i no longer need my penis because i fucked all the foods o_o

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

rizzing @nicoleamaines.bsky.social up in Shakespearean English 😉 Stream THE PRINCE now at laservision.tv

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Mad Auntie Kristy @auntiekristy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Candid picture? No, I said take a cryptid picture of me. Blurry. Eyes glowing. Being in places I can't logically be.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This haori features a striking yuzen-painted and metallic couched design. The large fan designs, rendered in rich blacks, cream, and contrasting shades of red, are reminiscent of the clean lines and stylized forms typical of Art Deco. 1930s, Japan.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

hunh. looking to den of barjack for inspiration to defeat dysphoria.

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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A new mural in Bangor by local artist Friz in collaboration with the Flip the Script girls group from YMCA North Down promoting the campaign to End Violence Against Women and Girls 📷 Connie Egan

A mural showing someone wearing a jacket that says “Girls just wanna walk home”

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

hope, perseverence, and rectitude. 🌪️

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

someone take my pulse (and keep it).

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Feeling some kinda sickness, for sure.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Please immediately alert a Designated Adult if you are experiencing heckin' all of these sypmtoms: labored breathing muscle spasms or clenching sweating excessive salivation sensory hallucinations of softbristle susurrus, handwarmed leather, earthy polish scent, the sharpdull impacts, the glorious-

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When the bar lowers enough that I finally register as too weird for citizenship, $20 in loose coins says it'll be because of search strings like, 'what is the terrible secret of moonpickles' 'optimal lumens gourd storage ionization' '[zip code] county law utility hedge witch'

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Who wants a video of me reading a poem from launch? You’re in luck! This is a new poem—“Medusa Writes Her Own Story.” Links to buy here: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Possibly my favorite anime character I’ve ever cosplayed

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Chan @ LBX 411 @aluhnim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My piece for the “My Liege” Kickstarter book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nov...

A drawing of a nobleman and a flag bearing knight looking at each other.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Doubling the number of search results for "wholesome mecha"

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

rat bag rat bag rat bag rat bag whats up you rat bags i love you

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

super cool! I hope you have a great time.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

nooooo fuck FINE I'M DOING IT THANKS I GUESS

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

That is a lot of fucking thousands! =^^=

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The Poison Garden @thepoisongarden.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My lily of the valley just finished blooming. Their scent is one of my favourites in the garden and I look forward to it every spring. Yes, lily of the valley is poisonous, deadly even. It contains toxic cardiac glycosides just like foxgloves.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Yo sometimes a person needs crispy breakfast carbs but also needs minimal reminders of the 1987 traumatic hit animation, The Brave Little Toaster.

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Viscera 🔞 @viscera.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

originally I wanted to do a DTIYS but I don't have the bandwidth right now for that... still wanted to draw a little thank u for 7k followers on bluesky! We kinda blew past it already but I appreciate it patreon wanted to see Cough the Sleep Paralysis demon for that!

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Viscera 🔞 @viscera.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

wait I can put all Shared Plot pages I have in one post now

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Teegan @teegan.dog · 06/06/2026

bisexual final boss

Bisexual flags everywhere on the person and also a huge bi flag display like a peacock

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Comedy Band Camp starts in 1 week. Did you get your seats yet? If your city isn’t listed let me know where Friends.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

6' even, I will never not hang back, but good lord every time someone *even taller* ends up close/directly in front of me. We should all be stripped for parts and used to entallen the long-impaired, but them first, please.

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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Bloodline The hungry ghosts rise through the roots, longing to be seen, to be felt, to ride the current of blood and memory. They howl through the body, wearing old faces like masks, not to possess, but to remind.

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

💜 Helen, long may she long-suffer

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Mere-marie @merekittykitty.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I would simply not order the special.

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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

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