veery @veery.bsky.social · 20hmy best explanation is reading 1940s and 50s women’s magazine content back into the gospel as a reaction to 2nd wave feminism 010
veery @veery.bsky.social · 20hthat’s very fair, but it’s also more of a popular history than a scholarly book. i wanted something denser and i’m still waiting for someone to explain how late 20thC conservative christians went all in on post-freudean pseudoscientific gender stuff but idk if we’ll ever get it 110
veery @veery.bsky.social · 20ham reading it now and finding it a little disappointing, maybe bc i already know much of the history and key figures 010
veery @veery.bsky.social · 20hi mean the missing word is obviously “american,” the book covers ~1850s to present day in this country. “jesus and john wayne” had evangelicals in the subtitle but there are too many mormons in this book to confine it to evangelicals 240
veery @veery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026my mom is staying with me and has already made my place exponentially prettier 080
Reposted by veeryNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026YOU NEED MORE POTATOES THIS WEATHER — Claude Atkinson (for the British Potato Marketing Board), 1930s 23818363
veery @veery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026salty bc my poor little pothos got burned by the radiator, had to trim her way back and move her to the bathroom windowsill for plant rehab 😢 030
veery @veery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026seasonal autumn candle scent: heat comes on in an old building 1101
veery @veery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026seeing verdi’s macbeth at the met. leaning over and whispering “this could be us” to my date every time there’s a lady macbeth and macbeth scene 180
Reposted by veeryGranta @grantamag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/... 2396149
Reposted by veeryPpallo @ppallo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No matter how much you hate my latest opinion piece in WSJ "I Lost The Love Of My Life To Woke" you won't hate it as much as my current fiancée does, so save your words. 0365
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026writing “the left doesn’t know how to talk about x” essays over and over while ignoring the conversations the left is having about x is a good grift if you can get it 260
Reposted by veeryveery @veery.bsky.social · 28/07/2026don’t really care about emily wilson either way but would ride at dawn for anne carson if it were needed 1151
Reposted by veeryJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 08/10/2026Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win. apnews.com/article/nobe...apnews.comCanadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literatureAnne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create ne... 9579159
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i’ve prayed for this day. look at how the lord rewards the righteous 060
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“the glass essay” and “eros the bittersweet” changed my life 151
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026morning people get a bad rap because of the pot and pan bangers in our ranks. but the quiet majority of us hate them as much as night owls do 150
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026early mornings are for dim lights and music and savoring the relative emptiness of the streets. not for productivity and cable news and acknowledging other people 120
veery @veery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026as a misanthropic morning person my enemies are not night owls (i love and respect them) but energetic loud cheerful overhead lights on morning people 190
veery @veery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The maple wears a gayer scarf— The field a scarlet gown— And i’m wearing a bare lip????? 010
veery @veery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026forgot to pack a red lipstick for going out after work and feel woefully underdressed as a result 120
veery @veery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026taking the lyrics of “cardigan” a little too seriously i fear 110
veery @veery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026get your titers done. even if you were fully vaxxed as a child you may have lost immunity and could benefit from a booster 020
Reposted by veeryogre-g 👹 @libidinalspaces.bsky.social · 07/10/2026she's got that joie de leave 442797467
