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dargeereads · 1 year

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2022 Top reads and listens

How do you say you were off work for ½ the year without saying it? By the sheer number of books I’ve read and listened to in the past year! With a possible 2 or 3 books still left before the year end, I’ve read or listened to 447 books, my most ever. That equates to 99,113 pages, according to Goodreads, with the shortest book being 15 pages and the longest 2,132 (an anthology). The average book length was 221 pages, and that seems about right to me

My 2022 reading year was made up of binges and actually making a dent in my TBR. Don’t get me wrong, my TBR is still out of control, but I did make headway into it. This was done by grabbing authours off the list and then going through all the books of theirs I had. Now, this lead to me grabbing more books, let’s face it, when you have a book in the series, or more than one, and it is good, you move on to the rest of those books. All I can say is thank goddess for Kobo plus and Scribd (ebook and audio) as I plummeted into series and didn’t break the bank 😊

Coming up with a top ten for the year was brutal because I enjoyed so many books, but, I did narrow it down. It is a good mix of new releases in the year and books from my TBR that I enjoyed <3

I finally got to GA Aiken’s Dragon Kin series and couldn’t have loved it more! What A Dragon Should Know was my favourite, and considering where the Scarred Earth sage went, it was timely for me to get these books under my belt. These were audiobooks and available on Scribd

Bounty by Kristen Ashley was one of my first listens of the year as I finished up the Colorado Mountain series. So many books were great in the series, but these two stuck with me, maybe it was the great soundtrack they presented, or how they fit together, either way, they left an impression. Audiobook listen from audible

While catching up on the Brooklyn series by Sarina Bowen, she released Shenanigans, and this book had so many feelings and fun! You never knew if the couple was going to have you in tears or make you laugh, and that was just perfect. This was an audio ARC listen, ebook available in Kobo plus

Where I Belong by J Daniels sat on my TBR in paperback AND ebook, and I was finally able to work it into my schedule. Loved this enemies to lovers, and the cast of characters it brought to us. Part of the binge of the Alabama series, this series stared was wonderful. Ebook read on Kobo (though the series is now in KU)

Curse of the Dragon by Eliza Gayle first caught my attention because of the amazing cover. Then when I got the story, it was better than I ever expected! The fantasy world created is amazing and the characters have such depth, loved it, loved it, loved it. This was an ARC ebook read, available in KU

When Elle Kennedy announced she was releasing Misfit, I knew I’d grab it, but I was in no rush. I should have rushed because this prep school was so much going on above and below the surface, it sucked me totally in! Audio listen on audible

Eve Langlais created a fantasy world for her Magic and Kings series and I immediately fell for it. The Barbarian King’s Assassin was a wonderful introduction to the series, and had a great plot and storyline. Cannot wait for more in this world! Audio listen on Scribd, ebook available in Kobo plus

Speaking of TBR reads, Kate’s Secret by Kallpyso Masters has been sitting on my bookshelf since 2017. When I noticed it was available in Kobo plus, I grabbed it, preferring to read in ebook over paperback. Then I proceeded to kick myself for waiting so long to get to it because it was amazing. It seamlessly blended the real and mystical world, while providing a solid second chance romance. Ebook read in Kobo plus

I am slowly working through NJ Walters’ backlist, and hit the Salvation Pack. Wolf in his Heart was an emotional read and my favourite of the series. There was so much that touching in the story, while not being angsty, and the family and pack bonds were so strong. Ebook read in Scribd

Speaking of emotional reads, Zoe York released Fearless at Heart, book 4 in the Kincade’s of Pine Harbour. This is a second chance, twenty years later, first love reunited, and so much more! While the flashbacks held deep feelings, the current and future were the real emotional kickers in this book. Ebook ARC read, available in Kobo plus.

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selfieignite · 8 months

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A Chinese fan created Selfie (2014) enamel pins based on the Instagram post with Eliza, Henry, and Willow the horse from the episode, Even Hell Has Two Bars. Created by 啊这起名好难.

The text says:

@the_doolio: So like we kinda stole Oprah's horse :) #EatUrHeartOutGayle #JK #MyBoyHiggs #Minted Liked by the_henry_higgs

Hashtag refers to “Not Gayle's network” when Eliza is looking for wi-fi at Saperstein's estate.

@the_doolio is also a real account on Instagram and Twitter that was maintained by the staff while the show aired on ABC.

#john cho #karen gillan #selfie abc #even hell has two bars #fan media #fan art #tusereliza #usermandie #usersophie #usersnat #userspicy #cinematv #tvarchive #janielook #userksena #wistfulwatcher #usersitcom #karengillandaily #johncho

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fundieshaderoom · 4 months

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Fundies and Adjacents I Follow: Marriages & Babies Born in 2023

January:

Genesis Laura Liberty Reber was born to Lemuel and Hannah on January 2.

Emily Haight and Justus Stangl married on January 14.

Valkyria Claudio was born to Darienne (Moravek) and Fredo on January 15.

Madeline Langdon and Zachary Garcia got married on January 16.

David Silas Robertson was born to Reed and Brighton on January 20.

Scottie June Love Weaver was born to Vanessa and Jeff on January 27.

February:

Hailey James Clark was born to Katie (Bates) and Travis on February 17.

March:

Phillipos Luke Papapostolou "Pippo" was born to Jenny and Elias on March 16.

Rhett Alan Webster was born to Alyssa (Bates) and John on March 18.

Hudson James Hill was born to Matthew and Kayla on March 19.

April:

Hannah (Paine) and Levi Pelletier welcomed a little girl sometime in April.

Charles Ervin Holt was born to Spencer and Hayley Holt on April 6.

Josiah Paine and Alyssa Nickles married on April 8.

Willie Robertson Jr. and Abby Hammond married on April 28.

May:

Brooklyn May Hoover was born to Ashley (Salyer) and Eric on May 1.

Kayson Clark Manaraze was born to Kayla (Clark) and Cameron on May 9.

Logan Smith and Lindsay Haight married on May 16.

Gunner James Forsyth was born to Joy (Duggar) and Austin on May 17.

Haven Belle Huff was born to Sadie (Robertson) and Christian on May 22.

Nora Kate Duggar was born to Jedidiah and Katey (Nakatsu) on May 24.

Haven Mae Kahle was born to Brance and Cherise on May 29.

Eliza Muckerheide was born to Darbs (Trewhella) and Isaiah.

June:

Ryan and Erin Alexander welcomed a little girl sometime in June.

David and Paige Williams welcomed a little boy sometime in June.

Lily Robertson and Austin Stalbaum married on June 5.

Owen Matthias Wissmann was born to Matthias and Michelle on June 17.

Benson William Blair was born to Brooklyn (Collingsworth) and William on June 30.

Haven Proell was born to Rochelle (Trewhell) and Nick.

July:

Susanna Wissmann and Drew Jarred married on July 1.

Gideon Daniel Hill was born to Kaylee (Rodrigues) and Jonathan on July 5.

Geneva Claire Silberman was born to Anastasia (Salyer) and James on July 9.

August:

Atlas Gray Hoover was born to Hannah (Salyer) and Luke on August 1.

Iliya Andrii Petrenko was born to Ellissa (Baird) and Andrii on August 2.

Matt Reith and Rachel Raylyanu married on August 4.

Theodore James Wissmann was born to Nathanael and Katrina on August 7.

Lincoln Bontrager and Susanna Helferich married on August 12.

Lily Jo Bates was born to Zach Bates and Whitney (Perkins) on August 15.

Rafe Alden Wikstrom was born to Lauren (Andregg) and Devin Wikstrom on August 21.

Baby Girl Trewhella was born to Talia and Matthew.

September:

Calvin Driscoll and Brisee Schnack married on September 1.

Margot Lea McDaniel was born to Emma Mae (Jenkins) and Joshua.

Sophia Trewhella and Maxwell Trego got married on September 10.

Ryker Cruise Bates was born to Lydia (Romeike) and Trace Bates on September 12.

Wells McEacharn Robertson was born to John Luke and Mary Kate on September 12.

Liberty Arabella Staddon was born to Robert and Kendalyn on September 19.

Indiana Levi Chase "Indy" was born to Ashley (Driscoll) and Landon Chase on September 23.

Audrey Ann Busenitz was born to Rachel (Wissmann) and Alan on September 26.

October:

Sailor and Skye Wilson were born to Jonah and Grace on October 4.

Denver Alan Patton was born to Gabrielle (Perez) and Andrew on October 8.

Emerson Wells and Jackson Bates married on October 14.

Mia Gayle Paine was born to Alyssa and Josiah on October 14.

Maverick James Young was born to Kristen Nicole and Justin on October 16.

Luca Charles Mauro was born to Christiana (Clark) and Michael on October 20.

Evie Mae Metz was born to Courtney (Collingsworth) and Michael on October 20.

Hayes Gerald Willis was born to Lexi and Jeremiah on October 24.

William Gage Paine was born to Erin (Bates) and Chad on October 30.

November:

James Ezra Schadt was born to Amber (Perez) and Levi on November 1.

Isla Jane Barger was born to Michelle (Seewald) and Elijah on November 3.

Isaiah Valiant Arakel Afarian was born to Rachelle (Waller) and Joseph on November 10.

Kimberleigh Noel Roberts was born to Sophia (Meggs) and Jacob Roberts on November 26.

December:

Dakota Rae Kenney was born to Cat (Smith) and Aaron on December 11.

Lydia Ballinger and Thomas Herring married on December 13.

Lilian Noelle Storms was born to Sara (Trewhella) and Jason on December 18.

George Augustine Seewald was born to Jessa (Duggar) and Ben Seewald on December 19.

Jonathan Hartono and Tannia Christy married.

This year, 50 babies were born and 14 weddings were held.

Top Families:

Bates- 5 babies born, 1 wedding held

Robertson- 4 babies born, 2 weddings held

Trewhella- 4 babies born, 1 wedding held

Paine- 3 babies born, 1 wedding held

Clark- 3 babies born

Salyer- 3 babies born

Wissmann- 2 babies born, 1 wedding held

Driscoll- 2 babies born, 1 wedding held

Noyes- 2 babies born

Duggar- 3 babies born

Hill- 2 babies born

Wilson- 2 babies born

Collingsworth- 2 babies born

Perez- 2 babies born

Seewald- 2 babies born

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ao3feed-supercorp · 2 years

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The Cold Exception to the Rule

by lonesomegwriter

Words: 7279, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Imra Ardeen, Gayle Marsh, Leslie Willis, Brainy, Nia Nal, Alex Danvers, Mercy Graves, Eve Teschmacher, Eliza Danvers, Original Hank Henshaw (Supergirl TV 2015)

Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Lena Luthor/Veronica Sinclair, Imra Ardeen/Gayle Marsh

Additional Tags: References to Depression, Love, Fluff, Angst, mentions of physical abuse, Sex

from AO3 works tagged 'Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor' https://ift.tt/T6SLgyU via IFTTT https://ift.tt/T6SLgyU

#supercorp #Kara x Lena #Kara Danvers x Lena Luthor #karlena

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my-chaos-radio-the-2010s-list · 5 days

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The 2020s List

Update: Every Sunday

Last: April 21, 2024

10 Things I Hate About You - Leah Kate

2step - Ed Sheeran

25 - Pretty Reckless

abcdefu - Gayle

About Damn Time - Lizzo

Alien - Dennis Lloyd

All By Myself - Alok, Sigala, Ellie Goulding

All for You - Cian Ducrot

All The Ways - Meghan Trainor

Angel Eyes - Àsdís

Angel Numbers / Ten Toes - Chris Brown

Angry - The Rolling Stones

Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift

Anyone - Justin Bieber

Anyone For You (Tiger Lily) - George Ezra

As It Was - Harry Styles

Attention - Doja Cat

Back For More - TXT, Anitta

Back To Your Heart - Delta Goodrem

Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

Bad idea right? - Olivia Rodrigo

Bad Memories - MEDUZA, Elley Duhé, Fast Boy

Bam Bam - Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran

Bambambam - Yerin

Be Kind - Marshmello, Halsey

Be More - Stephen Sanchez

Beach House - Carly Rae Jepsen

Beat Of Your Heart - Purple Disco Machine, ÀSDÍS

Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion

Black Friday - Tom Odell

Black Hole - Griff

Black Magic - Jonasu

Body Moving - Eliza Rose, Calvin Harris

Body Talk - Ofenbach, SVEA

BOOM - Rocket Punch

Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

Break My Heart Myself - Bebe Rexha

Butter - BTS

By Your Side - Calvin Harris feat. Tom Grennan

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zot3-flopped · 1 year

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Harry has four Brits nominations, more than anyone else except for his support band Wet Leg, who also have four!

Arctic Monkeys are missing from the AOTY category, and indie king Louis Floplinson is nowhere to be seen.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"Being Funny in a Foreign Language" — The 1975

"Wet Leg" — Wet Leg

"Harry's House" — Harry Styles

"This Is What I Mean" — Stormzy

"Actual Life 3" — Fred Again

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Central Cee

Fred Again

George Ezra

Harry Styles

Stormzy

GROUP OF THE YEAR

The 1975

Arctic Monkeys

Bad Boy Chiller Crew

Nova Twins

Wet Leg

SONG OF THE YEAR

"Baby" — Aitch & Ashanti

"Go" — Cat Burns

"Starlight" — Dave

"Merry Christmas" — Ed Sheeran & Elton John

"B.O.T.A" — Eliza Rose & Inerplanetary Criminal

"Green Green Grass" — George Ezra

"As It Was" — Harry Styles

"Forget Me" — Lewis Capaldi

"Afraid to Feel" — LF System

"Unhioly" — Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras

BEST NEW ARTIST

Kohey Radical

Mimi Webb

Rina Sawayama

Sam Ryder

Wet Leg

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé

Burna Boy

Kendrick Lamar

Lizzo

Taylor Swift

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Blackpink

Drake & 21 Savage

First Aid Kit

Fontaines D.C.

Gabriels

INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR

"Break my Soul" — Beyoncé

"I'm Good (Blue)" — David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

"Peru" — Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran

"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — "Encanto" Cast

"ABCDEFU" — Gayle

"First Class" — Jack Harlow

"About Damn Time" — Lizzo

"Where Are You Now" — Lost Frequencies & Calum ScottAin't Worried" — OneRepublic

"Anti-Hero" — Taylor Swift

BRITS RISING STAR

WINNER: Flo

Cat Burns

Nia Archives

BEST DANCE

Becky Hill

Bonobo

Calvin Harris

Eliza Rose

Fred Again

BEST ROCK/ALTERNATIVE

The 1975

Arctic Monkeys

Nova Twins

Tom Grennan

Wet Leg

BEST POP / R&B

Cat Burns

Charli XCX

Dua Lipa

Harry Styles

Sam Smith

BEST HIP-HOP / GRIME / RAP

Aitch

Central Cee

Dave

Loyle Carner

Stormzy

#brits 2023 #harry styles

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radioactivesimsandstuff · 2 years

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Book Blitz: Wolf Tempted (The Enigma Shifters) by Eliza Gayle

Wolf Tempted Eliza Gayle (The Enigma Shifters) Publication date: November 30th 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Savannah is on the run and spiraling out of control. Not because of the power she yields, because she’ll do anything to maintain her freedom. What began as nightmares has morphed into much more as her gift of clairvoyance is far stronger than what her sisters possess. She isn’t…

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#Books #eliza gayle #Fiction #not a review #radioactive book reviews #radioactivebookreviews #radxbookreviews #reading #the enigma shifters #wold tempted #xpresso book tours #xpresso tours

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choicesgoddess · 6 years

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The bonus scene at the end of Endless Summer // Book 3, Chapter 10 and personally my favourite ❤️

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penguinteen · 6 years

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Here’s eleven books to have you swooning all month long.

We know that Valentine’s Day has come and gone but there’s no time frame on romance! Whether you’re still recovering from heart-shaped candy comas or you shake your cynical fist at that old corporate holiday, here’s eleven books to make you believe in the power of love again. Read, swoon, and repeat as necessary.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

If you haven’t read this classic novel that will (repeatedly) break your heart and put it back together again, now is the perfect time to pick it up and believe in love again. And if you have read it, we promise that this one’s worth the re-read.

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

First love can be amazing, life-changing, a dream come true—and it can also be an epic disaster. This debut perfectly captures the all-consuming nature of first love—and first heartache.

Perfect Ten by L. Philiips

What’s a boy to do when he breaks it off with the only other gay guy in his high school? Sam Raines knows he’s in for a romantic drought, but when his ex-Catholic Wiccan best friend Meg suggests a love spell, he’s just desperate enough to give it a try.

Alex & Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and the Descendants series comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler.

Once and for All by Sarah Dessen

Hailed as the queen of Young Adult literature, Sarah Dessen delivers a richly satisfying romance with an ending that is so much more than happily-ever-after in her latest novel.

Rookie on Love by Tavi Gevinson

An anthology about the heart’s most powerful emotion, edited by Rookie creator, Tavi Gevinson. Featuring exclusive essays from John Green, Rainbow Rowell, Alessia Cara, Jenny Zhang, and more, this collection explores all types of love–between lovers, friends, sisters, and more.

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

After a car accident Mia loses her family and maybe even her future. Now she must choose between fighting for her life and letting go in this beautifully written novel about love, family, and the choices we make.

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh

One girl in disguise plus one very attractive thief lord leads to an action-packed romance set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan. If you love a slow-burn swoon, this is the read for you!

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Set in a near-future world where the British Empire never fell, That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a surprising, romantic, and thought-provoking story of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Fair warning: the build-up and tension of the romance between the pages of this book is so adorable and so real, you’ll be a puddle of swoon by the time you’re through with it. The romance sparkles in this one—as does its Paris setting (only the most romantic city on Earth, NBD).

The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Tim Mason isn’t know for making the best decisions, and Alice knows falling for her little brother’s best friend isn’t a super great idea. But when they collide, sparks fly.

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ofhopeandsteel · 6 years

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tag drop

( i feel at home with you | alex danvers )

( she’d be with me in my dreams | alura inze )

( i still have faith there’s good in you | astra inze )

( world’s finest partner | barbara gordon )

( i’ll always trust you | barry allen )

( the twelfth level intellect | brainiac 5 )

( the queen of all media | cat grant )

( just a call away | cisco ramon )

( you carry the heavens in your eyes | diana prince )

( she has always treated me like a daughter | eliza danvers )

( it’s like looking into a mirror | felicity smoak )

( your priorities are seriously outta whack | gayle marsh )

( i knew you were trouble | harley quinn )

( she looks like a greek goddess | imra ardeen )

( reporting is our calling | iris west )

#( i feel at home with you | alex danvers )#( she’d be with me in my dreams | alura inze )#( i still have faith there’s good in you | astra inze )#( world's finest partner | barbara gordon )#( i’ll always trust you | barry allen )#( the twelfth level intellect | brainiac 5 )#( the queen of all media | cat grant )#( just a call away | cisco ramon )#( you carry the heavens in your eyes | diana prince )#( she has always treated me like a daughter | eliza danvers )#( it’s like looking into a mirror | felicity smoak )#( your priorities are seriously outta whack | gayle marsh )#( i knew you were trouble | harley quinn )#( she looks like a greek goddess | imra ardeen )#( reporting is our calling | iris west )

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dargeereads · 1 year

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The Soul of the Dragon by Eliza Gayle

5 stars

That was really good! Isaac is a bad boy dragon, but he is totally committed to his family. Kitra was a breath of fresh air, and considering she is fae, that is understandable. These two are on a quest, there is no other word from it. Them being fated mates and trying so hard not to give into it, a distraction they don’t need but keep falling for. Lies and secrets, other realms and a journey of discovery, hiding plot twists in plain sight, I couldn’t put this book down once I started, and once I ended it, I only wanted more!

#Eliza Gayle #The Soul of the Dragon #new release #available now #KU #fantasy romance #shifter romance #dragon shifter romance #book love #book blogger #book obsessed #book buzz #bookworm #bookaholic #bookish #bibliophile #read romance #romance reader #romance books

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femslashhistorian · 2 years

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Supergirl Femslash Ships & Fics Retrospective - Part 2a

Welcome back to the Supergirl (TV 2015) femslash ships & fics retrospective. Part 2 is a long list of femslash ships and corresponding AO3 links. (As the list got too long, part 2 is now split into two parts). From part 3 on we will focus on femslash ships of a particular character and a selection of fics and fic recs.

a) Series Overview

Supergirl Femslash Ships & Fics Retrospective

Part 1: Introduction, the TV show [tumbl] [WordP]

Part 2a: List of F/F Ships (this part)

Part 2b: List of Polyamorous Ships [tumb] [WordP]

Part 3: Astra/x [tumbl] [WordP]

Part 4: Andrea/x [tumbl] [WordPress]

(links to be added once the parts are done)

b) List of F/F ships (with AO3 links)

Alex Danvers

Alex Danvers/Agent Vasquez

Alex Danvers/Cat Grant

Alex Danvers/Kara Danvers

Alex Danvers/Kelly Olsen

Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor

Alex Danvers/Lucy Lane

Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer

Alex Danvers/Nia Nal

Alex Danvers/Sara Lance

Astra/Alex Danvers

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Alex Danvers

Andrea Rojas

Kara Danvers/Andrea Rojas

Lena Luthor/Andrea Rojas

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Andrea Rojas

Astra (Supergirl TV 2015)

Astra/Alex Danvers

Astra/Maggie Sawyer

C-J

Cat Grant

Alex Danvers/Cat Grant

Cat Grant/Lena Luthor

Cat Grant/Lois Lane

Kara Danvers/Cat Grant

Eve Teschmacher

Jess/Eve Teschmacher

Lena Luthor/Eve Teschmacher

Imra Ardeen

Imra Ardeen/Gayle Marsh

Imra Ardeen/Kara Danvers

Imra Ardeen/Lena Luthor

Jess (Supergirl TV 2015)

Jess/Eve Teschmacher

Jess/Lena Luthor

Jess/Pam (Supergirl TV 2015)

Kara Danvers/Jess

Kara Danvers

Alex Danvers/Kara Danvers

Imra Ardeen/Kara Danvers

Kara Danvers/Andrea Rojas

Kara Danvers/Cat Grant

Kara Danvers/Diana (Wonder Woman)

Kara Danvers/Kara Danvers

Kara Danvers/Kate Kane

Kara Danvers/Kelly Olsen

Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

Kara Danvers/Lucy Lane

Kara Danvers/M'gann M'orzz

Kara Danvers/Maggie Sawyer

Kara Danvers/Morgana (Merlin)

Kara Danvers/Nia Nal

Kara Danvers/Red Daughter | Linda Lee

Kara Danvers/Sara Lance

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Kara Danvers

Kelly Olsen (Supergirl TV 2015)

Alex Danvers/Kelly Olsen

Kara Danvers/Kelly Olsen

Nia Nal/Kelly Olsen

Note: The ship tags are a bit of a mess for everything that involves Red Daughter; Kara and Supergirl if they are separate persons or split from each other; or any other alternative versions of Kara and/or Supergirl. In particular if they are paired with Lena.

The Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor/Supergirl tag in particular is pretty much useless as some authors used it more or less a synonym of Kara/Lena and some author's used it to indicate that Kara and Supergirl are separate persons and both have a relationship with Lena (or something similar). Sometimes it is really hard to understand what the pairing is (without reading the whole fic). Thankfully some authors make it clear in the author's notes. We will probably come back to this in the parts of the retrospective that focus on Red Daughter and Kara.

Lena Luthor

Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor

Cat Grant/Lena Luthor

Diana (Wonder Woman)/Lena Luthor

Imra Ardeen/Lena Luthor

Jess/Lena Luthor

Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

Lena Luthor/Andrea Rojas

Lena Luthor/Eve Teschmacher

Lena Luthor/Maggie Sawyer

Lena Luthor/Nia Nal

Lena Luthor/Veronica Sinclair

Red Daughter | Linda Lee/Lena Luthor

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Lena Luthor

Sara Lance/Lena Luthor

Leslie Willis

Siobhan Smythe/Leslie Willis

Lillian Luthor

Eliza Danvers/Lillian Luthor

Lillian Luthor/Lena Luthor's Biological Mother

Lucy Lane (DCU)

Alex Danvers/Lucy Lane

Alura In-Ze | Alura Zor-El/Lucy Lane

Kara Danvers/Lucy Lane

Lucy Lane/Maggie Sawyer

M-N

Maggie Sawyer

Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer

Astra/Maggie Sawyer

Kara Danvers/Maggie Sawyer

Lena Luthor/Maggie Sawyer

Lucy Lane/Maggie Sawyer

Nia Nal

Alex Danvers/Nia Nal

Kara Danvers/Nia Nal

Lena Luthor/Nia Nal

Nia Nal/Kelly Olsen

R-S

Red Daughter | Linda Lee

Kara Danvers/Red Daughter | Linda Lee

Red Daughter | Linda Lee/Lena Luthor

Red Daughter | Linda Lee/Morgana (Merlin)

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Red Daughter | Linda Lee

Samantha "Sam" Arias

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Alex Danvers

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Andrea Rojas

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Kara Danvers

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Lena Luthor

Samantha "Sam" Arias/Red Daughter | Linda Lee

c) Methodology

Started with the Supergirl (TV 2015) - Relationships by Character page on AO3 (as per late Feb 2022), which is very useful but a bit unwieldy (it also includes tags for which there are no fics).

Manually checked the ships

Included only femslash ships

Included ships/tags if the ship is one of the main ships in at least a few fics

Removed (nearly all) non-DC crossover ships (as out of scope)

Removed (nearly all) DC crossover ships (as out of scope)

Some editorial choices were made to keep the list manageable

As this was a mostly manual process (including reading dozens of fic summaries) there will probably be some mistakes.

d) Tips

Especially for rare pairs this AO3 tip is really helpful:

After you clicked on one of the AO3 ship tags, type "otp:true" in the "Search within results" box (under "More Options") and you will only see the fics in which your OTP is the main ship.

While this is often helpful, it is not a fix for all problems to filter fics that have several relationship tags. For example it is often not helpful for polyamorous ships as many authors tag fics with the ship A/B/C not only with A/B/C but (also) with A/B, B/C and A/C.

And remember to download your favorite fics, fics you want to read later and long fic that you are currently reading.

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you kept me like a secret (but I kept you like an oath)

by lostariels

Bitten by a werewolf when she was twelve years old, Kara soon finds herself kicked out of Ilvermorny and abandoned by her mother with no home to return to. Taken in by family friends and dragged halfway across the world to start fresh as a Second-Year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Kara struggles to balance school, grief and Lycanthropy as she adjusts to her new life.

It's at Hogwarts where she meets a First-Year Slytherin by accident and strikes up an unlikely, secret friendship that spans their years at school and finds them on opposite sides of the brewing First and Second Wizarding Wars as family loyalties, secrets, promises and fears keep them apart. As the years drag by with frequent crossing paths, just how long can they stay loyal to their cause while their hidden feelings threaten to ruin everything?

Words: 4401, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F

Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers, Lillian Luthor, Lex Luthor, Eliza Danvers, Kelly Olsen (Supergirl TV 2015), Nia Nal, Querl Dox, Andrea Rojas, Samantha "Sam" Arias, Imra Ardeen, Gayle Marsh, Jack Spheer, William Dey

Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

Additional Tags: Angst, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Werewolves, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Alternate Universe - Hogwarts, Betrayal, Violence, Blood and Violence, Character Death, Torture, Death Eaters, Wizarding World (Harry Potter), Wizarding Wars (Harry Potter), Marauders Era (Harry Potter), Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter), Alternate Universe, Magic, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Grief/Mourning, Loss, Friends to Enemies, Enemies to Lovers, Heartbreak, Love Confessions, Secret Relationship, First Love, Slow Burn, Lies, Undercover Missions, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Abandonment

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Mammoth List of Feminist/Girl Power Books (200 + Books)

Lists of Real, Amazing Women Throughout History

Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu, Montana Kane (Translator)

Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath

Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs by Jason Porath

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee

Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs

The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont

Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz

Warrior Women: 3000 Years of Courage and Heroism by Robin Cross & Rosalind Miles

Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels by Linda Skeers & Livi Gosling

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser

Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen

The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton

Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella

Samurai Women 1184–1877 by Stephen Turnbull

A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero

Tales from Behind the Window by Edanur Kuntman

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall

Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100 by Max Dashu

Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch

Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani

Individual and Group Portraits of Real, Amazing Women Throughout History

Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment by Deborah Kops

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox

Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherríe L. Moraga

The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants: The Female Gang That Terrorised London by Brian McDonald

Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment by Joyce Chapman Lebra

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

The Women of WWII (Non-Fiction)

Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood

Skyward: The Story of Female Pilots in WWII by Sally Deng

The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (Translation), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translation)

Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation by Anne Sebba

To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American Wacs Stationed Overseas During World War II by Brenda L. Moore

Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII by Mary Cronk Farrell

Sisters and Spies: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne by Susan Ottaway

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

The White Mouse by Nancy Wake

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy

Tomorrow to be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion by Susan Travers & Wendy Holden

Pure Grit: How WWII Nurses in the Pacific Survived Combat and Prison Camp by Mary Cronk Farrell

Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh

Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu

Women in the Holocaust by Dalia Ofer

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

Night Witches: The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat by Bruce Myles

The Soviet Night Witches: Brave Women Bomber Pilots of World War II by Pamela Jain Dell

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein

A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II by Anne Noggle

Avenging Angels: The Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps by Lyuba Vinogradova

The Women of WWII (Fiction)

Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz

Night Witches by Kathryn Lasky

Night Witches by Mirren Hogan

Night Witch by S.J. McCormack

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

Code Name Verity series by Elizabeth Wein

Front Lines trilogy by Michael Grant

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

All-Girl Teams (Fiction)

The Seafire trilogy by Natalie C. Parker

Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

The Effigies trilogy by Sarah Raughley

Guardians of the Dawn series by S. Jae-Jones

Wolf-Light by Yaba Badoe

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Burned and Buried by Nino Cipri

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

The Wild Ones: A Broken Anthem for a Girl Nation by Nafiza Azad

We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti

Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto, Akemi Wegmüller (Translator)

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke

Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

Hell's Belles series by Sarah MacLean

Jackdaws by Ken Follett

The Farmerettes by Gisela Tobien Sherman

A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions by Sheena Boekweg

Feminist Retellings

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

Doomed by Laura Pohl

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

Kate Crackernuts by Katharine M. Briggs

Legendborn series by Tracy Deonn

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

Feminist Dystopian and Horror Fiction

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Godshot by Chelsea Bieker

Women and Girls in Comedy

Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin

Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer

Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliot

Bossypants by Tina Fey

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen

The Girl in the Show: Three Generations of Comedy, Culture, and Feminism by Anna Fields

Trans Women

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Nemesis series by April Daniels

American Transgirl by Faith DaBrooke

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace

A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett

Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

George by Alex Gino

The Witch Boy series by Molly Ostertag

Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

An Anthology of Fiction by Trans Women of Color by Ellyn Peña

Wandering Son by Takako Shimura

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Feminist Poetry

Women Are Some Kind of Magic trilogy by Amanda Lovelace

Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty by Nikita Gill

Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill

Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill

The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill

Feminist Philosophy and Facts

The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner

The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy by Gerda Lerner

Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Bushra Rehman

Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen

The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard

White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck

Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates

I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout & Jenn Abelson

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins

But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies by Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDinn

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa

Power Shift: The Longest Revolution by Sally Armstrong

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement by Jody Kantor & Megan Twohey

#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy

Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle

Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement by Robin Morgan (Editor)

Girls Make Media by Mary Celeste Kearney

Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop, and Rap by Evelyn McDonnell (Editor)

You Play the Girl: And Other Vexing Stories That Tell Women Who They Are by Carina Chocano

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor), Hollis Robbins (Editor)

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman Bread Out of Stone: Recollections, Sex, Recognitions, Race, Dreaming, Politics by Dionne Brand

Other General Girl Power/Feminist Awesomeness

The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Kat and Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza

Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg

The Female of the Species by Mandy McGinnis

Pulp by Robin Talley

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

That Summer by Sarah Dessen

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti

The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

American Girls by Alison Umminger

Don't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women by Alice Walker

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Sula by Toni Morrison

Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis

The House on Olive Street by Robyn Carr

Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Lady Luck's Map of Vegas by Barbara Samuel

Fan the Fame by Anna Priemaza

Puddin' by Julie Murphy

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Gravity Brings Me Down by Natale Ghent

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

The Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller

After the Ink Dries by Cassie Gustafson Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire by Joy McCullough

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

The Prettiest by Brigit Young

Don't Judge Me by Lisa Schroeder

The Roommate by Rosie Danan

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present by Lillian Faderman

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Paper Girls comic series by Brian K. Vaughan

Heavy Vinyl comic series by Carly Usdin

Please feel free to reblog with more!

#book list #feminism #girl power

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My Favorite Films and Performances of 2020

“I wish I could’ve seen it on the big screen.”

It was a strange year, and even stranger year of movie watching. In 2020 I saw only one of my top films in a theater, which is crazy (like much else over these past months). But the experience of keeping up with the movies this year was a reminder that great filmmaking can transcend the specifics of the viewing experience. In your living room, in bed, projected onto the side of a garage, streaming on Twitch, broken up into multiple sittings, maybe even on your phone (desperate times)… if doesn’t matter as long as it connects with you. A great film has the power to soothe and transport, to alter your perspective, to re-wire your brain. So while I didn’t get on a single airplane last year, I definitely went places. And I’m grateful for these changes of scenery. For the time-travel as well; last year in my house, we found great comfort in revisiting a bunch of old favorites. It was also an opportunity to finally watch a number of those older films that had someone evaded us… a year of catching up, now or never. We were members of a weekly movie club for some months — that was cool. Another pleasant silver lining was the emergence of virtual film festivals, which have been a fantastic opportunity. I hope that they can continue in some form when this pandemic is in the rearview. Because, you know, getting to Park City is a real schlep. All this to say: like you, I’ll always remember 2020. In this truly crummy year, the movies really helped.

I’m including some of the film festival stuff that’s coming out a little later, because the boundaries between 2020 films and 2021 films feels blurry to me without proper theatrical releases.

TOP 5, loosely ranked. I love these deeply.

1. LOVERS ROCK, Steve McQueen

2. NOMADLAND, Chloe Zhao

3. ANOTHER ROUND, Thomas Vinterberg

4. TIME, Garrett Bradley

5. MARTIN EDEN, Pietro Marcello

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The rest of the Top 25, in alphabetical order. I loved these.

À L’ABORDAGE, Guillaume Brac

BACURAU, Kleber Mendonça Filho

COLOR OUT OF SPACE, Richard Stanley

THE FATHER, Florian Zeller

FIRST COW, Kelly Reichardt

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Charlie Kaufman

JASPER MALL, Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb

LUXOR, Zeina Durra

ALEX WHEATLE / EDUCATION / MANGROVE / RED, WHITE AND BLUE, Steve McQueen

THE NEST, Sean Durkin

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, Eliza Hittman

NEW ORDER, Michel Franco

THE PAINTER & THE THIEF, Benjamin Ree

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, Armando Iannucci

POSSESSOR, Brandon Cronenberg

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Emerald Fennell

RELIC, Natalie Erika James

SAINT FRANCES, Alex Thompson

SOUND OF METAL, Darius Marder

THE TRUTH, Hirokazu Koreeda

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I also enjoyed (some more than others):

Apples, The Assistant, Babyteeth, Bad Education, Black Bear, Blow the Man Down, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Butt Boy, The Climb, Da 5 Bloods, Deerskin, Emma, The Father (Bulgaria), Greed, His House, The Hunt, I Used to Go Here, I'm No Longer Here, Impetigore, The Intruder, The Invisible Man, Kajillionaire, La Llorona, Let Them All Talk, Lost Girls, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Mank, Never Gonna Snow Again, News of the World, One Night in Miami, Palm Springs, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, Rebecca, She Dies Tomorrow, Shirley, Slow Machine, Sorry We Missed You, Soul, Spree, Straight Up, A Sun, Swallow, Tenet, Tesla, Tommaso, The Traitor, The Trip to Greece, True History of the Kelly Gang, Uncle Frank, Under the Open Sky, The Vast of Night, Vitalina Varela, Wendy, The Whistlers, Wildland, Young Ahmed

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And these documentaries!

American Murder: The Family Next Door, The American Sector, Assassins, Beastie Boys Story, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Boys State, Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero, Circus of Books, Class Action Park, Collective, Crip Camp, David Byrne's American Utopia, Dick Johnson is Dead, Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds, The Go-Go's, Gunda, Miss Americana, MLK/FBI, The Mole Agent, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, My Psychedelic Love Story, Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Narrowsburg, On the Record, Other Music, Sisters with Transistors, Spaceship Earth, The Way I See It, Whirlybird

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And these shorts:

Bye Bye Body (which I edited), Fit Model, Friday Night Pizza for Daddy, Hard Cracked the Wind, The Human Voice, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens, Michael's Preference West, What Did Jack Do?, World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

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My favorite performance of the year:

Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland

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Favorite ensembles:

À l’abordage, Another Round, Bad Education, Babyteeth, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Blow the Man Down, Emma, First Cow, Kajillionaire, Let Them All Talk, Lovers Rock, Mangrove, Mank, One Night in Miami, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Promising Young Woman, True History of the Kelly Gang

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More memorable (and in some cases under-discussed) performances:

Christopher Abbott as Colin Tate in Possessor and as Gabe in Black Bear

Idir Ben Addi as Ahmed in Young Ahmed

Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone in Sound of Metal

Daniel Algrant as Kelvin Kranz in Let Them All Talk

Maria Bakalova as Tutar Sagdiyev in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Haley Bennett as Hunter Conrad in Swallow

John Boyega as Leroy Logan in Red, White and Blue

Rob Brydon as Rob Brydon in The Trip to Greece

Jessie Buckley as Young Woman in I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Nicolas Cage as Nathan Gardner in Color Out of Space

Salif Cissé as Chérif in À L’abordage

Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle in Alex Wheatle

Cleopatra Coleman as Trina in The Argument

Carrie Coon as Allison O’Hara in The Nest

Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb

Willem Dafoe as Tommaso in Tommaso

Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst in Mank

Catherine Deneuve as Fabienne Dangeville in The Truth

Katie Findlay as Rory in Straight Up

Sidney Flanigan as Autumn in Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Johnny Flynn as George Knightley in Emma

Julia Garner as Jane in The Assistant

Robbie Gee as Simeon in Alex Wheatle

Chris Giarmo as himself in David Byrne’s American Utopia

Betty Gilpin as Crystal Creasey in The Hunt

Ethan Hawke as Hank in The Truth

Kris Hitchen as Ricky Turner in Sorry We Missed You

Anthony Hopkins as Anthony in The Father

Jonathan Jules as Dennis Isaacs in Alex Wheatle

Sandra Guldberg Kampp as Ida in Wildland

Joe Keery as Kurt Knuckle in Spree

Udo Kier as Michael in Bacurau

Orion Lee as King Lu in First Cow

Delroy Lindo as Paul in Da 5 Bloods

Peter Macdissi as Walid "Wally" Nadeem in Uncle Frank

Matthew Macfadyen as Wilcock in The Assistant

George MacKay as Ned Kelly in True History of the Kelly Gang

Yahya Mahayni as Sam Ali in The Man Who Sold His Skin

Luca Marinelli as Martin Eden in Martin Eden

Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz in Mank

Mads Mikkelsen as Martin in Another Round

Wunmi Mosaku as Rial in His House

Elisabeth Moss as Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man

Kelly O'Sullivan as Bridget in Saint Frances

Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Mangrove

Robert Pattinson as Neil in Tenet

Paul Raci as Joe in Sound of Metal

Kadeem Ramsay as Samson in Lovers Rock

Gayle Rankin as Marissa in The Climb

Tanya Reynolds as Mrs Augusta Elton in Emma

Tyler Rice as Detective Russell Fox in Butt Boy

Andrea Riseborough as Hana in Luxor

Cecilia Roth as Marta in The Intruder

William Sadler as the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted Face the Music

Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith in Education

Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn as Martha Trenton in Lovers Rock

David Strathairn as David in Nomadland

Michael Stuhlbarg as Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley

Swankie as Swankie in Nomadland

Tilda Swinton as Woman in The Human Voice

Kristin Scott Thomas as Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca

Steve Toussaint as Ken Logan in Red, White and Blue

Alec Utgoff as Zhenia in Never Gonna Snow Again

Jairaj Varsani as young David Copperfield in The Personal History of David Copperfield

Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep in The Personal History of David Copperfield

Sharlene Whyte as Agnes Smith in Education

Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones-LeCointe in Mangrove

Ramona Edith Williams as Frances in Saint Frances

Kôji Yakusho as Masao Mikami in Under the Open Sky

Youn Yuh-jung as Soon-ja in Minari

Helena Zengel as Johanna Leonberger in News of the World

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Favorite pre-2020 films I saw for the first time in 2020:

Blood on the Moon, But I’m A Cheerleader, Crooklyn, Cure, Daughters of the Dust, The Death of Dick Long, Deep Cover, The Draughtsman's Contract, Eyes of Laura Mars, Give Me Liberty, Greener Grass, Hardcore, High Hopes, The Last Party, Long Day's Journey into Night, Maiden, One Day Pina Asked, Persona, Right Now Wrong Then, Right On!, The Seventh Victim, Slightly French, Synonyms, Tammy and the T-Rex, Variety, The Watermelon Woman... and a tip of the hat to Coppola's new The Godfather Part III recut, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

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