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full of love poems and rage stories in the anthos Why on Earth, Night of the Living Queers, Lofty Mountains, Fiery Deeps reviews & criticism at reactor mag fil-am & jew-ish they/she

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he doesn’t want to impose any more on her—he can actually feel useful on a farm. He probably feels kinda in her way, esp w her work situationship.

He only ever had brothers who didn’t like him! He doesn’t know the extent to which Santos is genuinely fond & protective & needs his friendship too!

06.03.2026 23:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

kinda really moved at the fact that Robby’s offer means no one knows Santos has been letting Whitaker crash *rent-free* for ten months—most likely no one knows he was unhoused but her.

I wonder if he was spending so much time on the farm bc he’s helped around the house as much as he can and

06.03.2026 23:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

does Abbot know about Louie? Everyone needs extra compassion for Robby today because of Louie!!!

#thepitt

06.03.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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my ONLY thought at this scene was a resounding “oh they need to bang it out”

#thepitt

06.03.2026 22:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ok furry scene was pretty perfect except I do think “you’d make a great dragon” is just a little racist sorry

06.03.2026 22:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess the real Emergency in this Room was Dr Robby all along

#thepitt

06.03.2026 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A compilation of ten March 2026 middle grade books. Books featured include Midnight Mayhem by Christina Uss, Yasha's Amazin' Bar Mitzvah by Margaret Gurevich, Sprout by Taylor Tyng, Calliope Callisto Clark and the Search for Wisdom by Claudia Mills, Clementine H. Hopeful Is Not a Hero by Noah Corey, Hafsa's Way by Aisha Saeed, Falling to Fairyland by Sarah Jean Horwitz, Cupcakes & Camp by Coco Simon, Queso, Just in Time by Ernesto Cisneros and Glory Be by Jamie Sumner.

A compilation of ten March 2026 middle grade books. Books featured include Midnight Mayhem by Christina Uss, Yasha's Amazin' Bar Mitzvah by Margaret Gurevich, Sprout by Taylor Tyng, Calliope Callisto Clark and the Search for Wisdom by Claudia Mills, Clementine H. Hopeful Is Not a Hero by Noah Corey, Hafsa's Way by Aisha Saeed, Falling to Fairyland by Sarah Jean Horwitz, Cupcakes & Camp by Coco Simon, Queso, Just in Time by Ernesto Cisneros and Glory Be by Jamie Sumner.

Whether you're a teacher, parent or enthusiastic reader, you won't want to miss my newest Patreon post, which explores 95 (!!!) middle grade books being published in March 2026!

Get immediate access to this post and 250+ more for only $5!
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05.03.2026 17:17 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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28.01.2026 19:34 👍 292 🔁 118 💬 18 📌 22

This season is such a good pitch for Santos to end up in pediatrics #thepitt

06.03.2026 15:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I can’t stop thinking about how at this point the only person who can save Robby from himself is almost definitely Frank Langdon, and I canNOT wait to see it.

“You didn’t let me run away from my shit. I’m not letting you either.”
#thepitt

06.03.2026 15:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

wait lmfao at Robby literally pulling Whitaker aside to lecture him on inappropriate boundaries and then ask him to live in his house for three months starting tomorrow #thepitt #thepittspoilers

06.03.2026 06:16 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

i think it’s more than likely robby is not actively in su!cidal ideation, and instead would like to unhealthily plow forward with self-destruction under the guise of self-care, and is getting very frustrated with everyone trying to force him to confront that #thepitt

06.03.2026 06:08 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns film award after acceptance speech was edited Tailfeathers a portion of her TFCA acceptance speech expressing support for Palestine was cut out

Actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns film award after the TCFA censored statement in solidarity with Palestine from her acceptance speech - share.google/HqpvlRs884ZE...

05.03.2026 15:05 👍 71 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 1
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Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Collapse After Allegedly Censoring Indigenous Filmmaker’s Pro-Palestine Speech Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her trophy, the president resigned and 16 members have quit — with more considering their position: "This Is Killing the TFCA."

Update: the TCFA is in shambles with over a third of their members resigning in protest. Taking a stand is contagious and effective. Your voice matters. How you use it matters.

Toronto Film Critics Association in Crisis Over Censored Speech share.google/hIZNG9yHhJ1w...

06.03.2026 05:07 👍 122 🔁 61 💬 1 📌 4

🚨paging dr abbot your longtime anti-suicide-pact situationship is giving his belongings away and telling other boys about your naked morning yoga, he is revving up to leave this mortal coil and you need to smack some sense into him asap!!!! 🚨
#thepitt #thepittspoilers

06.03.2026 03:39 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

naked yoga in the mornings PLUS furries PLUS sapphic situationship drama the pitt the people’s princess that you are 🌈

06.03.2026 03:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this episode was an embarrassment of riches #thepitt

06.03.2026 03:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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a woman in a black dress and stockings stands next to a man in a white shirt ALT: a woman in a black dress and stockings stands next to a man in a white shirt

Robby to Whitaker:
🎶 do you want the house tour 🎶

06.03.2026 03:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Bobafication of Manhattan’s Chinatown The proliferation of bubble tea shops displacing Chinatown’s legacy businesses might not “look” like gentrification. That makes it even more insidious, some say.

The Bobafication of Manhattan’s Chinatown

The proliferation of bubble tea shops displacing Chinatown’s legacy businesses might not “look” like gentrification. That makes it even more insidious, some say."

nextcity.org/features/the...

05.03.2026 20:17 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2

thinking abt how it was Collins who checked McKay on her subconscious fatphobia & we get to see her pay that forward schooling Ogilvie last ep.

shame about the actor bc Collins was a great character. I totally forgot had McKay that weakness. bittersweet to see Collins’ impact in this way #thepitt

05.03.2026 05:39 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Always grateful for @bethanycmorrow.com’s voice, but whew—I love this one something special. Latest review is up!

04.03.2026 22:57 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Sacrament of Sacrifice: Obsessive Devotion in Bethany C. Morrow’s The Body - Reactor Maya Gittelman looks at religious trauma in the new horror novel from Bethany C. Morrow.

"The Body is one of my favorites from Bethany C. Morrow, and—it might only be February, but I’m calling it now—one of my favorites of the year."

@mayagittelman.bsky.social reviews Morrow's new religious horror The Body!

03.03.2026 20:36 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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Patrick Ball will always be yassified Cary Dubek for me

03.03.2026 20:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On March 10th, AABB, together with the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition, is hosting a Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day at the State House and online. That's 1 week from today!

We invite you to participate virtually by...

03.03.2026 20:02 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

I had seen the separate thoughts of Connor Storrie’s classic Swayze vibes and Hudson Williams’ young Keanu—
but today was the first time I heard of putting them together for a Point Break remake
and now I can’t think about anything else

02.03.2026 23:52 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

gatekeepers in creative industries: queer joy doesn’t sell, only queer trauma & tragedy. that’s too explicit, you‘ll get backlash. there’s no market for LGBTQ Romance, it’s too niche. trust us, this isn’t just institutionalized homophobia perpetuating itself, promise!
heated rivalry:

so. now what?

26.02.2026 16:38 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The whole point of ICE is cruelty. Cruelty and power for no reason other than to weild it recklessly without care for the consequences real people will face. Or worse, enjoying it.

It's not just agents, it's every single one in an office looking at people's lives on paper and thinking this is okay.

23.02.2026 16:51 👍 71 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 5
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With N-word incident, Bafta have shot themselves in the foot | Catherine Shoard In not editing out Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s shouted tics, Bafta have allowed their successful diversity drive to be overshadowed

"They did remove Akinola Davies Jr’s shout of “Free Palestine!” and Alan Cumming’s comparison of “Lies, corrupt leaders, poisoning and persecution of a race” themes to America, it seems a perverse decision not to remove an appalling racial insult."

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

23.02.2026 16:11 👍 596 🔁 179 💬 6 📌 11

- the earlier storyline where a low-threat rash worsened so quickly and now the leg must be amputated
- Abbot is usually so on top of his mental & physical state, and the show emphasizes that no one gets though this job without slipping a little
- it’s in his blindspot, and not far from his heart.

20.02.2026 19:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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okay now that I’ve stopped screaming at everything else in this scene, I’m sparing a moment to worry this wound will make a patient of Dr Abbot before the end of the season.
- the bit about gunshot wounds having interior impact without breaking skin
#thepitt

20.02.2026 19:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0