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Mad Men: The Illustrated World | Dyna Moe

Today‘s haiku is inspired by one of my favorite episodes of my all-time fave show, Mad Men. If you‘ve seen S3E7, Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency, you‘ll get me. 🤓

The Brits are coming;
never fear, Lois is here!
No more golf for Guy…

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MadMen

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheSpineView @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Eggs @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader 6h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🎬🐝💝. 4h

DebinHawaii Fun! 😂💛🐝💛 3h

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AkashaVampie

Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game--And How It Got That Way | Philip E. Orbanes

#BookishMonopoly

I wanna see your boards if you are making your own, use the tag #BookishMonopolyBoard.

Feel free to join me in my journey of My Bookish Monopoly.

3 different options:

1. Read books I am reading
2. Use prompts to read books that you want to read
3. Make ur own board. Check YouTube/Pinterest

Let me know if ur participating by using the hashtag & tag me! Happy Reading. Share w/ everybody!!

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dabbe

Schoolhouse Rock!: The Official Guide | Tom Yohe, George Newall

I have had this on loop all day. 250 years later, and we're still fighting this. Thanks to all who went out there today to fight the good fight. I got blindsided with a hellacious cold and didn't want to spread my germs, but I've been there in spirit. #resist 💙✊🏻♥️

If you've never seen Schoolhouse Rock, especially this one, it's worth 3 minutes of your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZs3g3qIo

Ruthiella ✊✊✊ 1w

TheBookHippie Feel better!!!! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures I live in Portland Oregon so we are pretty learned in the protest ways. I was Bail Friend today. Meaning I hang out, all my friends have my number written on their arm and if they get arrested or sent to hospital I am in charge of organizing their release. We rotate Bail Friend duties. It has been a quiet day and all my people are done for the day so that feels good. 1w

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Aims42 Hope you feel better! Yeah, 250 years later and we‘re back to this 🙄 1w

Graciouswarriorprincess Sending hugs! Hope that you feel better soon! I was there today protesting! 1w

Leftcoastzen There is a terrible cold going around. My letter carrier had it . He kept thinking he had COVID, but tested negative 3 times. His lasted nearly a week 1w

Deblovestoread Feel better! We had good weather, larger crowd, lots of honking and some fantastic clever signs. 💙✊🏼💙 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie How the hell do you get a cold when it's 100+ degrees outside? 🤔🤣 1w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures What a stellar idea! I've never heard of that before! Glad all your peeps are safe. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w

dabbe @Aims42 TY! When will we learn? 😳 1w

dabbe @Graciouswarriorprincess Yay you! I hope all went well and that everyone is safe. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #ruhroh You know, I didn't even think of testing to see if it's Covid. I wonder if my kits have expired. 🤔 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread TY! You people in Oregon ROCK! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w

Graciouswarriorprincess @dabbe Yes. We stayed safe and it was peaceful protesting. 1w

Ruthiella @Deblovestoread The signs are the best. Such great reading this afternoon. One of my favorites was History: “Don‘t make me repeat myself”. 1w

melissajayne The photos I saw from the various rallies looked amazing, meanwhile turnout for Donnie‘s party was in the toilet 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe S T R E S S … 1w

dabbe @Graciouswarriorprincess Yay! 💙♥️💙 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread My favorite was “The only good orange monarch is a butterfly.“ 🦋 (which there was a monarch emoji!) 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie I have no reason to be stressed; I'm retired! 🤣 Yet ... 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe your immune system sees stress and lessens and thus ….a cold. 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫🫣👀🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😘 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie You hate Schoolhouse Rock? 😲 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe no -colds. 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Whew! 😅 1w

IMASLOWREADER feel better 1w

AnnCrystal Best that you stayed home and rest. Hope you feel better soon 🙏🏼💝. 1w

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER TY! 😍 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 😍 1w

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JenlovesJT47

James Dean: The Biography | Val Holley

I love Old Hollywood and especially James Dean. Came across this gorgeous pic of him and what can I say, he inspired me. 😬

Beautiful dreamer —
a misunderstood rebel
who left us too soon.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #OldHollywood #JamesDean

Itchyfeetreader 😍😍😍 1w

AnnCrystal Much too soon 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🎬🐝💝. 1w

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TheSpineView ❤️🎬💛🐝💛 1w

bellabella 💛 🐝 💛 👏 👍 1w

Eggs Tragic - like so many others, so much promise and gone too soon 1w

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1w

dabbe You caught his essence with your words. 🖤🐝🖤 1w

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uncommonlycozies

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist | Liz Pelly

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Pelly untangles how most music discovery gets nudged by invisible hands – makes you wonder what‘s shaping your next #bookish obsession. It‘s like #truecrime without the serial killers, talking about algorithmic influence in a tech driven investigation. 🧐
It takes a little extra concentration to adsorb.

#tunestuesday #popculture #bibliophile #2025
#librarybooks #uncommon #nonfiction

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ICantImReading

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music | Rob Sheffield

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This was a fun and quick read that touches on the impact of Taylor Swift‘s music (so far) on a micro and macro level. It kind of jumps all around and I didn‘t always fully agree with the author‘s song interpretations/opinions (although that‘s the beauty of art). I did also learn some new things. It was especially satisfying to listen to this in celebration of Taylor gaining ownership of all of her masters! 🎧

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Robotswithpersonality

Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate | Anna Bogutskaya

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Has English come up with any secular equivalents for the phrase 'preaching to the choir/converted?' It's the strongest feeling I had while reading this: I'm glad it exists, I'm not sure I needed to read it.
I will say, I was not familiar with all examples of media (film/television) discussed, but the author did a great job of summarizing each such that I never felt like I was unable to follow the thread - 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? why that example was provided for the trope being discussed.
I like that there was an evolution tracked in each chapter, the history of the trope/stereotype in Hollywood, edging into pop culture and society, how it has evolved, hopefully with a more nuanced approach, how various journalism/scholarship has started to examine each of these archetypes, though there are examples throughout history of savvy women aware of these roles, 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? their possibilities and pitfalls, how the types mostly emerge from misogynistic/patriarchal thinking and can reinforce negative views, and how they may be subverted.
Some repeating themes:
How these types have been part of internalized misogyny, pitting women against other women, against female characters, how the type in fiction bleeds out and can be indiscriminately used to tarnish the actress/celebrity associated with a role. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? So, so many examples of the double standard, behaviour in male characters praised, while similar behaviour in female characters lines them up for a negative label, (though there are moments where actresses gain critical acclaim, where the character is loved for her unconventionality, where maybe the absolute of 'men this, women that' is blurred); 1mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? acknowledgement of the further reductive stereotypes applying to women of colour, how even within the range of juicy unlikeable roles that may be controversial or may be award fodder, it's historically only been available to white women who fit a narrow beauty standard; reclamation of some terms but not others, author is not alone in having a complicated relationship with some of the words used. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/? I do feel a little like the message is already out there, though obviously, quoted short form journalism vs a book may reach different audiences, and just because I feel it's acknowledged fact doesn't mean there isn't a large swath of the population the author knows is unaware and needs to be schooled. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 7/7 I think most of all Bogutskaya had a great time discussing female characters from film and television that were formative in their portrayals, if not completely unproblematic, and in many cases need a second glance because they may have been overlooked/unfairly maligned when first seen on screen.
⚠️SA, misogyny 1mo

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