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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 03/10/2026

Remember that more innocent time when people would give themselves a Halloween name for October. Let’s bring it back.

Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 25/08/2026

Londoners have a tradition of protesting retailers upon store opening when values misalign. I recall the Canada Goose flagship store opening on Regent Street in 2017 to PETA protesters.

An image of protesters outside of Canada Goose shop.

Image reads:

Within minutes of opening its first European flagship store in London, Canada Goose saw its first protesters.

Accompanied by a giant "goose" and holding signs reading, "Geese Suffer for Canada Goose," PETA members staged a peaceful demonstration outside the
Regent Street store, calling on…

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 14/08/2026

Less rage bait discourse More thirst traps 😎

A white non-binary femme person in a brown bikini top and sunglasses. Copper and blonde curly hair held up with a clip. She’s on a sunlounger in Ibiza with the sea behind her.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/08/2026

The moment of totality - the eclipse from Ibiza

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/08/2026

Eclipse from Ibiza. The most incredible thing to experience.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/08/2026

This is the closest I’m going to get to seeing the moon tonight isn’t it? A pool inflatable.

An large inflatable of the earth’s moon in a hotel pool. The sun is beating down a couple of hours before sunset.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/08/2026

I’ve made a makeshift pinhole camera thingy. Ffs

A beautiful lady wearing cardboard eclipse glasses and holding up a piece of card with a small pin hold in it.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/08/2026

Totality begins at 20.32 in Ibiza. Sunset in Ibiza is currently 20:54 And we have a mountain in our way. This might go wrong, lads. 😑

Sun beginnings to descend toward a mountain in Ibiza.with an arrow pointing at the hand-drawn arrow drawn with quiet desperation

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 10/08/2026

There’s a whole section in the call for evidence outcome on experiences in Education. Of the 73%, students reported negative mental health, bullying and harassment and anxiety and incidents around “single-sex areas” Making the KCSIE omission all the more stark. Intersex youth are being let down.

Screenshot from the evidence

Quote 1: “I was visibly different from other children of my assigned sex during and after puberty, making me the subject of frequent comments and bullying throughout high school.” — Prefer not to say, 18 to 24 years, Scotland.
Quote 2: “I was very shy at school due to the bullying that ensued from looking different.” — Woman, 18 to 24 years, West Midlands.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 08/08/2026

Paging from number 1 on the ILGA Europe Rainbow Map. Spain 🇪🇸 Your annual reminder to reward pro LGBTQIA+ rights countries with your tourism, if you can.

Marty lying on a sunlounger with large gate on and sunglasses

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 26/07/2026

I’m all on board for Fridamania. I’m going to need to to do my hair like this with fresh flowers. She looks so beautiful.

Frida Kahlo with pink flowers in her dark hair

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 17/07/2026

They burn books. We serve looks 😏 Had a gorgeous time in community at the London Trans+ Pride press brunch this morning. Make sure you march on the 25th July. Let’s make it even bigger than the history-making size it was in 2025! We need to remind them we’re not going anywhere!

Marty Davies smiling and posing at the London Trans+ Pride press brunch. They are wearing a lime green sleeveless top with a beige shirt draped off their shoulder, standing in front of a white step-and-repeat backdrop featuring "London Trans+ Pride" and "Joiners Heart" logos.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 15/07/2026

Anyway… details… ‘42 Childhood Memories’ is back hanging in Brixton (Tate) Library for the Brixton Blog and Bugle Summer Art Show. The exhibition is free and runs until 23rd July. Check the library’s website for opening times.

Marty Davies and Xavier White smile indoors in front of a window displaying "42 Childhood Memories," an installation of small acrylic-on-canvas squares with vibrant colors illuminated by the daylight behind them.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 15/07/2026

42 Childhood Memories (Southwark) is a collaborative artwork featuring 37 small canvases. Each canvas has been painted a solid colour by a Trans+ person and represents their favourite colour from childhood, with their name and current age inscribed on the back.

A street-level photograph of a white window displaying the art installation "42 Childhood Memories," featuring a grid of small, color-bordered acrylic-on-canvas squares marked with handwritten names and ages.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 15/07/2026

Our artwork, 42 Childhood Memories, is back hanging in Brixton (Tate) Library. I’m so glad because out of storage it can move people and create change. The work tells us all that Trans+ people were all kids once. And it tells people we must do better for Trans+ kids today.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 14/07/2026

There's a non-binary version too 🥰 ___ Download the assets here to support, sign and share the open letter ⬇️ drive.google.com/drive/folder... Sign the open letter: protectprideprotectdemocracy.com

Campaign poster with an abstract wavy background in yellow, white, purple, and black (the non-binary pride flag colors). Large black text reads, "PROTECT PRIDE. PROTECT DEMOCRACY. JOIN THE MOVEMENT AT PROTECTPRIDEPROTECTDEMOCRACY.COM." Logos for ILGA Europe and EPOA are featured at the bottom.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 14/07/2026

I love the trans version of the social post. ___ Download the assets here to support, sign and share the open letter ⬇️ drive.google.com/drive/folder... Sign the open letter: protectprideprotectdemocracy.com

Campaign poster with an abstract wavy background in light blue, pink, and white (the transgender pride flag colors). Large dark-blue text reads, "PROTECT PRIDE. PROTECT DEMOCRACY. JOIN THE MOVEMENT AT PROTECTPRIDEPROTECTDEMOCRACY.COM." Logos for ILGA Europe and the European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA) are at the bottom.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/07/2026

New Campaign: Protect Pride. Protect Democracy! 🏳️‍🌈 I'm so Proud (with a capital 'P') to see this go live. protectprideprotectdemocracy.com

A vibrant campaign poster featuring an abstract, grainy background of swirling Progress Pride flag colors.

Large, bold white text in the center reads: "PROTECT PRIDE. PROTECT DEMOCRACY."

Below the main slogan, smaller white text reads: "JOIN THE MOVEMENT AT PROTECTPRIDEPROTECTDEMOCRACY.COM".

At the bottom left and right corners, the logos for ILGA Europe and EPOA (European Pride Organisers Association) are displayed in white.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 08/07/2026

The debrief from my first time at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and first time judging. ‘The Glass Lion should be impossible to judge’ www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/glas...

Article banner featuring a portrait of Marty Davies and the headline: 'The Glass Lion should be impossible to judge' for 'A Queer View'

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 08/07/2026

You can also read the piece directly in Campaign here: www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/glas... (don't worry the sub wall is removed)

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 06/07/2026

Grateful to be included on this year's Pride Power List

Alt Text: A vibrant promotional graphic celebrating Marty Davies being named number 57 on the "2026 Pride Power List."
The background features a dynamic, colorful gradient with sweeping ribbons showcasing the colors of the Progress Pride flag. At the top, stylized text reads, "I'm on the Pride Power List 2026!" directly above a large, bold number "57".
In the center is a circular portrait of Marty Davies, an individual with curly hair looking to the side, wearing a white collared shirt. Below the photo, their name is printed in white text, followed by the main title: "2026 PRIDE POWER LIST" and the subtitle, "Celebrating some of the incredible individuals in the LGBTQIA+ community."
At the very bottom, small text and logos credit the initiative as "Brought to you by Diversity Umbrella" and "In association with Stonewall."

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 02/07/2026

This pie is on regular rotation for dinner. I’m obsessed with it. Higgidy’s Spinach, Feta & Pine Nut Pie. My autism zeros in on certain food and just eats on repeat. Which is a good thing for this because it’s veggie! Do it with chips, salad, olives extra pine nuts and Nando’s sauce 👌

Higgidy’s Spinach, Feta & Pine Nut Pie on a plate cut in half.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 01/07/2026

Spent the evening at Boys Boys Boys gallery cafe in conversation with Don One about art and industry. All part of a residency and conversation series with Queer Was Always Here. Gorgeous to be in queer community and in such an intimate and artsy space talking about my artwork. 🦕 🏳️‍🌈

The exterior storefront of the "BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! GALLERY CAFÉ" at number 30. The building features a dark grey painted brick facade, black wooden doors, a hanging pink and black sign, and a cursive neon sign visible in the window.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 01/07/2026

Genuine compliment from a man on the tube, wearing an England football shirt. “I like your badges” ☺️

An assortment of pin badges. Many of which are trans flags and a intersex inclusive pride flag

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 01/07/2026

This is why I block people. I don’t tolerate abuse from anyone.

Screenshot of a Bluesky post:

Hope that works but it’s true

Fucking useless twat

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 19/06/2026

Had a fun time playing within the keynote slot at Adland Pride. Used the spot to share learnings from the last decade of doing advocacy work.

Marty wearing white trousers, a pink top and a blue overshirt. With mic and cards in hand in front of a screen introducing themselves.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 16/06/2026

I’ll be speaking on the Pride in London Soho Square Trans & Non-Binary Stage at approximately 2.30pm on July 4th. I hope to use the moment to encourage us all to connect more deeply with our history and to let it steel us and lead the way this Pride season.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 17/05/2026

Me, AOC and Martin Luther King are like peas in a pod apparently 🫛 findmypolitics.com?e=-59&so=-84... @owen.blacker.me.uk drew my attention to it.

Political alignment test results from findmypolitics.com with the main result headline "Progressive Left" and a l subheader "Far Left".
Below the headline, five horizontal progress bars display the following metrics:
• Economic: 59% Left-wing (indicated by a blue bar)
• Social: 84% Libertarian (indicated by a red bar)
• Civil Lib.: 41% Pro-Liberty (indicated by a green bar)
• Governance: 56% Globalist (indicated by a yellow bar)
• Sys. Trust: 3% High Trust (indicated by a minimal purple dot)
The background is a dark purple gradient, and the bottom text reads, "Take the test at findmypolitics.com".

A four-quadrant political compass graph plotting economic and social political views.
The axes are defined as:
• Horizontal Axis: Economic views, ranging from Left to Right.
• Vertical Axis: Social views, ranging from Authoritarian at the bottom to Libertarian at the top.
The four quadrants are labeled:
• Top-Left: Libertarian Left
• Top-Right: Libertarian Right
• Bottom-Left: Auth. Left (Authoritarian Left)
• Bottom-Right: Auth. Right (Authoritarian Right)
A large, glowing orange dot labeled "YOU" is positioned near the top-left corner of the Libertarian Left quadrant, indicating a strongly libertarian and left-wing alignment. Numerous smaller, multi-colored dots representing other data points are scattered across all four quadrants, forming distinct diagonal clusters.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 16/05/2026

Actual Big Brother winner and trans history maker, Nadia Almada, said yes to being a guest speaker at our event last week. You can tell how thrilled I was about that by this photo. Nadia meant a lot to so many queer and trans+ people. I don’t share personal stuff much - but I’ll share this… 🧵

Nadia Almada (left) and Marty Davies (right) pose together smiling at a Trans+ History Week community event. Nadia wears a black leather jacket and a black netted veil over her blonde hair. Marty wears a light pink striped shirt with a name tag reading "HISTORY MAKER" and a lanyard with Pride pins. In the background is a purple banner that reads "TRANS+ HISTORY WEEK".

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 04/05/2026

Allowing myself one reply a day, as a treat.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 04/05/2026

Comedy Showcase - Friday May 8th (Fundraiser) £25 "This Cisn’t Funny!" - an evening of cocktails and riotous stand-up featuring an all-Trans+ comedy line-up - with returning host Don One. And Headliner Alex Franklin. www.outsavvy.com/event/34853/...

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 04/05/2026

Attend one of our fundraisers: Community Event - Wednesday May 6th (Fundraiser) from £12.50 Join us for an evening of community and history featuring live podcast recordings, an art exhibition, and panels with special guests like Nadia Almada. www.outsavvy.com/event/34852/...

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 27/04/2026

Proud to be serving on the Awarding Jury for Glass: The Lion for Change at Cannes Lions 2026 🦁 Being invited to judge at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is no small thing. Being invited to judge Glass feels particularly special.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 27/04/2026

Describe your relationship with one image only. (I’m Bob Hoskins)

A still from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit featuring actor Bob Hoskins as detective Eddie Valiant, looking stressed and disheveled. He is handcuffed to the animated character Roger Rabbit, a frantic-looking white toon rabbit with a blue polka-dot bow tie. They are standing together in a dimly lit, vintage-style office.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 26/04/2026

What do you do to pass the time while the world burns? Malcolm Curley:

Two bear stretcher bearers are positioned outside Totnes ambulance station

Two whimsical bear statues—one white polar bear and one brown bear—dressed in green work uniforms and yellow high-visibility safety vests. They are positioned as if they are carrying a flat red plank between them. The scene is set outdoors against a brown brick building with a wooden picnic table in the background.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 22/04/2026

Congratulations particular go to these other gorgeous souls recognised in the 'Campaigner' category. Caroline Paige MBE Connie Frankish Liz Carr @jessothomson.co.uk Jude Guaitamacchi Laura-Rose Thorogood Megan Jayne Crabbe @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social @theyasminbenoit.bsky.social

Image 3: DIVA Power List 2026 - Campaigner Nominees A list of names under the category "Campaigner" for the DIVA Power List 2026. The names are centered in white text against a vibrant pink and orange background. The list includes: Caroline Paige, Connie Frankish, Liz Carr, Jess O’Thomson, Jude Guaitamacchi, Laura-Rose Thorogood, Marty Davies, Megan Jayne Crabbe, Victoria McCloud, and Yasmin Benoit.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 22/04/2026

Grateful to be included on the DIVA Power List 2026 DIVA magazine describe this list as an opportunity to "spotlight the incredible work of LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people across all sectors of life." Editor, Roxy Bourdillon, calls the list "a beacon of hope in these troubling times"

Image 2: Marty Davies Biography A text-based graphic on a pink and orange gradient background. A dark brown header box reads "The DIVA Power List 2026 is here!" Below, in a white box, the text profiles Marty Davies as a "Writer, artist, campaigner and strategist, founder of Trans History Week." The text describes her work as an award-winning creative strategist and the founder of Trans+ History Week, which celebrates gender-diverse people globally. It also mentions her leadership at Smarty Pants Consultancy.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 19/04/2026

Saw the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at the Tate this afternoon. One for anyone interested in histories, erasure and reclamation of culture and heritage through art. This is oil pant on wood is “part toad, part mythical brute” - one of my favourites. Primeval Beast (1961) by Uche Okeke

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 19/04/2026

How is it that “removing indignities for trans people" is a core commitment from the UK Labour Party's 2024 general election manifesto. Yet Self ID is not a priority for Stonewall according to the new Chair? I’d expect Stonewall’s position to at least be as progressive as the 2024 Labour manifesto

Screenshot reads: "i believed in it; I still do," she said, but added that pushing for self-ID was "not top of the list" of Stonewall's priorities. "We are an LGBT organisation, of course we're going to be there for trans people, so that's integral to who we are and what we do. But our priorities now are very much focused on things like securing justice for military veterans and

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 18/04/2026

There’s a link to LGB Alliance on the website.

Screenshot shows a link on the website that reads “LGB Alliance Friends' Groups
Social groups that are detrans friendly local to you.”

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 18/04/2026

I’m running again. For the first time since I was sexually harassed while in my zen flow state running around the common. I’ve missed this mind emptying feeling. Go running! It doesn’t matter that your pace is crappy and you stop three times on the way round. Just do it.

A person - Marty - wearing a purple Nike tank top, a grey and black hydration vest, and tortoiseshell sunglasses takes a selfie in a lush park. They are wearing a white headband, have a septum piercing and a vertical labret piercing, and are making a peace sign with their hand. The background shows a paved path winding through green grass and large, leafy trees under a bright sky.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 12/04/2026

Artist date: Hayward Gallery | Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life Letters of Thanks, 2026 Striking exhibition. This work is one you’re invited to walk through. It contains thousands of letters of gratitude - suspended in what feels like a fleeting moment - as they’re discarded to the wind.

A letter that reads “to feel safe enough to leave my house at night for the first time in my life”

Thousands of letters attaches to red string from the gallery ceiling. Forming a path through which people walk through.

The letters seem to be mid slight as if a handful has just been thrown. But they instead suspend from thread.

Letter reads “I’m thankful for my sight and being able to see beautiful thinks”

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 07/04/2026

Ten years later he says “a whole civilisation will die tonight” What is left to say? It’s a broken record. He remains wholly unfit to be the President of America.

An image featuring the following quote in white and yellow hand-drawn style text against a black background:
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters."
— Donald J. Trump, 2016

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 31/03/2026

Proud to be included in the inaugural Trans in the City Changemakers List, released on Trans Day of Visibility 2026 - as a celebration of the trans and non-binary people doing work to help the community. Thanks Bobbi, @emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social and the whole TITC team #TransDayofVisibility #TDoV

The top of the poster features the text "TRANS IN THE CITY CHANGEMAKERS LIST 2026" in bold black and grey capital letters. To the right of "TRANS IN THE CITY" is a small Transgender Pride flag icon (blue, pink, and white stripes). Below the word "CHANGEMAKERS" is a long horizontal Non-binary Pride flag (yellow, white, purple, and black stripes).

In the center is a portrait of Marty Davies, a person with curly, reddish-brown hair tied up, wearing a white collared shirt. They are smiling and looking off-camera to the left. They have facial piercings, including a septum ring and a labret piercing.

The background is a soft gradient of light pink on the left and light blue on the right. At the bottom, a pink rectangular banner displays the name "MARTY DAVIES" in white capital letters.

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Marty Hades 🔥💀 @smartypantsmarty.com · 31/03/2026

I did a speaking gig yesterday and this was one of the stills from it. Can we take a moment for the use of highlighter under the eyebrows. Let's not interrogate the shelving behind. I find it difficult to chuck things out, ok?!

Marty smiling with their mouth closed and one hand to their cheek with a curly up do and cream pearls around their neck. And shelving behind them FULL of things!

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