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@ndwithbooks.bsky.social
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I talk about diverse books and being disabled (cosy and non-fiction are my favourites). UK based, she/her 🏳️‍🌈 Also on TikTok as Ruthelizabethreads

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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I seem to go through cycles of adding more and more books onto my currently reading pile and then once a quarter finishing half a dozen in a week. It is admittedly very chaotic but also really suits my ADHD. #booksky
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This fantastic queer dystopian novella is released tomorrow! I was lucky enough to read it early and it is unique, pacy and incredibly sharp. Also follow Disco if you don't already! @discobooks.bsky.social #booksky #diversebooks #queerbooksky
The cover of This is How The World ends by Disco Barrington
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting trans genocide." variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Had a delightful time with this YA queer slasher graphic novel and its Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome rep! Fun the whole way through and mixed art styles in a very whimsical and humourous way. (I read a free e-copy to review, it comes out early next month.) #booksky #disabledbooksky
The cover of Dead Girls by Beck Kubrick. It shows three teenagers with weapons dripping with blood drawn in a graphic art style.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I was lucky to get to read Double Discrimination by Saba Salman to review and it covered so much ground I've not seen in a widely published accessibly priced book. British disability history, rights & voices of learning disabled folks and how ableism intersects with racism. #disabledbooks #booksky
The cover of Double Discrimination: People of Colour with Learning Disabilities Defying Ableism and Racism by Saba Salman
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Browsing on Libby, I found a book which has been on my TBR for a few years, and in Disability Pride Month, it's the perfect time to read it. #booksky #disabilitypride #disabledbooksky
The audiobook cover of Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and making space by Amanda Leduc
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404 Ink @404ink.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
FINAL, FINAL DAY TO GET 404 INK BOOKS! Shop is turned off Tuesday 30th June! www.404ink.com/shop
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Buy bestselling books — 404 Ink
Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just started a new book and it has set the record for the earliest I've ever cried reading something - chapter 1. #booksky #queerhistory #pridehistory
A book sits on a duvet: All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying by Ruth Coker Burks and Kevin Carr O'Leary
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Got this cute bookshelf in a recycling shop at a local dump for £11.50. Next goal is to try a read a handful of books so my whole TBR fits on it. #booksky
A tall, thin wooden bookshelf filled with books sits on a carpet. There are 4 shelves, and each fits 10-12 books.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Love reading a protagonist who faints regularly as a low blood pressure girly. #booksky
A copy of Love on the Brain by Ally Hazelwood is being held up
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If you are looking for a place to support financially who is a grassroots organisation helping those impacted by the racist riots in Northern Ireland, here is a link: chuffed.org/project/1854...
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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If you love long spanning love stories, Everything Comes Back to You by Jackie Khalilieh is a great new YA romance out soon. Like the author, the main character is autistic Palestinian Canadian. I was lucky enough to read it early to review, and the yearning... #booksky #diversebooks
The cover of Everything Comes Back to You by Jackie Khalilieh

A girl with long black hair and dark eyes lies in grass
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🏳️‍⚧️ 120 Members of Parliament Almost 20% of the whole House of Commons, including an increasing backlash from the Labour benches. A number cannot sign EDMs as ministers, whips and PPSs - so the Labour percentage is higher than if compared to the theoretical total of all Labour MPs
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hashtag Press are running a crowd funder to make their future sustainable. They champion underrepresented stories and there are some great rewards available! Please support if you can 😊 Back the Future of Diverse & Inclusive Publishing www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hashtagpre... #booksky #diversebooksky
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Back the Future of Diverse & Inclusive Publishing
If independent diverse publishers disappear, so do the stories they fight to publish. Support Hashtag Press and protect inclusive books.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Lying under a fan during a UK heatwave, cursing the sun, while promoting a queer horror book about Britain’s collapse during a climate apocalypse. I really need to write about nice things so they can come true instead. In the meantime, you can preorder here! www.amazon.co.uk/This-World-E... 📚💙
This is how the world ends by disco Barrington. An eye with tech details, a protest, and bright dystopian design 

This is How the World Ends, a queer dystopian horror novella. 

Trans rep

Sapphic rep

British & Trinidadian MCs

Multi POV

Post apocalyptic 

Doomsday cults 

Resistance 

Available for preorder now! 
Link in bio
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
UK people, please get out and vote in your local elections today! Stats show that far right voters are more likely to get out and have their way than left wing voters, and that really impacts the outcomes.
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Do you want to write more disabled characters? Build worlds that are more accessible? Learn how to create a writing process that accommodates your own disabilities? Come to our upcoming #WeeknightWriters virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! 1/7
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Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing FULL SCHEDULE - Weeknight Writers
We are pleased to announce our full schedule for Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! This will be a full day of FREE virtual panels discussing various aspects of effe...
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🏳️‍🌈 Kimberly L Piper Writes Queer Shit 🏳️‍🌈 @klpwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Please share if you can. Thank you!
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
When I lived in Bath I went one day to three respected (and decent sized) bookshops & looked for disability sections. I asked the bookseller for disability rights books. All were puzzled what I was asking for & when I gave examples of books could not suggest any others. I felt invisible. #booksky
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Listening to this great book which talks about disability justice sections in bookshops. Please tell me the bookshops you know with disability justice sections! (Online too) Two I know are @lighthousebks.bsky.social in Edinburgh and Queer Lit in Manchester!
The audiobook cover of The Future Is disabled: prophecies love notes and morning songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The best things I did to help with my chronic illnesses (acknowledging I'm lucky) 1. Make disabled friends 2. Move out of the city 3. Cut off most of my hair
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Had a glorious time reading a novel in a sitting for the first time this year. When a book is this good, it breaks through my ADHD lack of concentration. @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social Bookmark made by @becklovesbooks.bsky.social #diversebooks #booksky
A copy of Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander sits on a kitchen worktop. Next to it is a bookmark designed with the colours of the trans flag: white, blue and pink. It reads, "Read more trans books."
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My ADHD is peaking today so my mantra is "the only way to begin is by beginning". #gamechanger #dropout
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Unironically leaning into my special interests
A mug sits on a wooden desk which reads "I heart spreadsheets"
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/04/2026
🏳️‍⚧️ We need to save Trans+ stories - let’s do it together 💪 Join our panel discussion at @transhistoryweek.com’s community event, recorded live for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast 🎙️ Grab your ticket 👇 www.outsavvy.com/event/34852/...
Purple promotional graphic for Trans+ History Week with bold text reading: “TRANS+ HISTORY WEEK. WE NEED TO SAVE TRANS+ STORIES. LET’S DO IT TOGETHER. TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. WEDNESDAY 6 MAY | FROM 6PM | LONDON.” A “Link in bio” icon appears in the top right.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I have started a re-read of Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba ahead of a book club to discuss it and it is just as hopeful and practical as I remember. Absolutely necessary, urgent reading, especially in this climate. #booksky
The cover of Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. The cover shows silhouettes of people holding hands raising their arms above their heads.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Went to the cutest little free library I've ever been to this weekend. It was outside of an old gatehouse and had a diverse, curated selection of high quality secondhand books along with bookmarks, stickers and other trinkets! #littlefreelibrary #booksky
A glass fronted, hand painted cabinet is stood outside a brick building with the doors open. The shelves are filled with books of a whole variety of colours and sizes.A gothic, Victorian looking sign is hung above two stone owls on the outside of a building. It reads "Welcome to Woodlands Lodge Little Free Library"
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Just started reading an arc The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko and I am hooked. It reminds me of a middle grade Octavia Butler. Disclosure: I've been lucky enough to read an early copy to review. #booksky
The cover of The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko. A young Black teenager with long braids and a purple beret stands in front of a brightly coloured LA with a green sky, throwing coloured blobs in the air.
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Hannah Robbins (they/them) @drhannahrobbins.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Ahhhh! It's live. I'm so excited to share the cover of my first book with @academic.oup.com which is coming out in August! Get ready for all the Kiss Me, Kate facts in the coming weeks and months. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/too-...
A black and white production photo from the original Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate in which a woman is looking defiantly out while a man kisses another woman's hand behind.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I have wanted a copy of this for literal years, so excited that my other half surprised me with it today. Can't wait to get stuck in. #booksky #diversebooks
A copy of Outdrawn: A Rivals to Lovers Romance by Deanna Grey sits on a sofa, cover up. Two young Black women stand back to back.
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Ann Autumn @ladyann.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Good morning, everyone. Group hug! ❤️ Photo: The Artemis II crew after they looped around the far side of the moon and started for home. ABC news.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Other Bennett Sister book and TV adaptation are more like cousins than twins, but I am obsessed with both. #booksky
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Starite 🌟 @starite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart
a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."
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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is in the final stretch! There's so many cool items, please take a look
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Two of my favourite things in books: -Content warnings (yes please, especially as a PTSD girly) -Illustrated maps of small towns (adorable, cosy, helps me imagine the setting) #booksky
A hand holds up a book held open. On one side, a list of content warnings are shown. On the other side is an illustrated map of a small town with individually labelled buildings and other features
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just opened the latest book from Talia Hibbert which I pre-ordered from my local indie bookshop and I've noticed it's signed! Always finding more reasons indie bookshops are the best. #booksky #romancebooksky #diversebooks
The cover page for A Girl Like Her, which shows an author's signature which reads Talia H
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thank you #booksky for being so ready and willing to use the sapphic label to describe books instead of defaulting to lesbian when the identities of the characters are unknown. It really makes me seen as a bi person, especially one who doesn't tend to date men. 😊
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
For International Women’s Day, I want to highlight one of the most courageous women I have ever known, Alaa Alaa is the mother of 2 beautiful daughters. They live in Gaza. I’ve been trying to help them for nearly 2 yrs. Our donations are keeping them alive I’ll keep trying. Donation link in my bio
Maryam and Sham, two young girls, standing in rubble in Gaza
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I LOVE the cover and can't wait to read it!
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Like Audre Lorde said in a commencement address, “Every day of our lives is practice in becoming the person you want to be.”
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A space heist to steal from an AI company with queer neurodivergent rebellion throughout! I had a great time reading this for early review, and my favourite part was seeing an autistic character where more stigmatised parts of our condition was left in. @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social #booksky #PRgift
The cover of Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is your sign to talk to friends about your local library! I spoke to a friend recently who didn't realise it was free for adults to sign up and also didn't know that there are no late charges at our local library. It's now on her list to check it out. #booksky #supportyourlibrary
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It's rare that we get a romance with epilepsy and service dog rep, and toxic parents to boot. The Match by Sarah Adams was easygoing and full of Southern charm. #disabledbooksky #diversebooks #booksky
The cover of The Match by Sarah Adams. A blonde white woman is walking a golden retriever with a service coat on towards a tall blonde white man.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/01/2026
Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
INTRODUCING!
Hannah Spencer
Green Party candidate for GORTON & DENTON
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I always wanted to make one of those graphics with the arrows and now I have :D #IgnoreThisBook
Cover of the book Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann with arrows pointing to it. The text next to the arrows says: Be gay, do crimes! Trans M / cis F. New Adult. Queer coming of age. Autistic / ADHD relationship. Anti-LLM. Childhood friends to lovers / second chance. Prompt injection heist. Book bans (we're against them.) Writer MC. Sad backstory / happy ending. The power of imagination!!! Outwitting the clankers. Space colonies. Good girl / bad boy. Let me take you for a ride in my spaceship... Space media pirates.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is the cosy I need right now after staying informed on the latest world and national events. A teenager flees to her great-aunt's quirky B&B to heal from an awful break up and finds it even stranger and warmer than she first imagined. [Gifted e-arc] #booksky #cozybooks #cosybooks
The cover of The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst

It shows a little cosy ramshackle inn, the foreground filled with flowers. There is a strange purple mist surrounding the building.
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm having a shitty evening of not being able to go somewhere cause I'm disabled and the place isn't accessible. But then I opened this book which feels like it is so frankly written for me to understand more than others because I'm disabled. Made me feel a little better. (E-arc gifted) #booksky
The cover of Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll
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Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Started reading my first poetry collection of the year: my first Andrea Gibson, and I'm already sure it won't be my last. #booksky #queerbooksky #poetry
A photo of a poem. It reads:

Tadpoles

A tadpole doesn't know 
it's gonna grow bigger.
It just swims,
and figures limbs
are for frogs

People don't know
the power they hold.
They just sing hymns,
and figure saving
is for god.A photo of the cover of Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns by Andrea Gibson.

It has a photo of a white wooden church collapsing.
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