#Summer Totes

[msterpicasso]

@gottagetsumm

[britneyshakespeare]

barnes and noble has been raising the prices of everything and further pushing for their premium membership option (which they raised the price of by 60 percent this year!) and then when they have big sales events, they're less than what they used to be.

last year at this time you could get one of their leather-bound book annex tomes for $12.50 (without a member discount) because of the 50 percent off all hardcover sales. but they raised the price of those tomes from 25 bucks to 30, and they decreased the sale from 50 percent off all hardcovers to 1/3rd off. so that same book that was $12.50 at last year's end-of-year sale is now 20 bucks. and that's supposed to be savings enough to induce me to walk into one of their stores this week?

i'm sorry but b&n has just gotten so greedy, even though their business has only been doing better and better in previous years. they do not have to be raising prices like they have been, and they can damn well afford to have the same savings events they used to. if you went to one of those hardcover sales a year or two ago, even if you lived in a less populated area like i do, you had never seen a b&n so busy in your life. things were flying off the shelves. they WERE making bank.

and as a company they've only been growing and growing (as much as the publishing industry has been, in recent years). but there are so many other ways to buy books. CHEAPER ways to buy books. MORE SUSTAINABLE ways to buy books. and since books and booksellers are doing really well right now, i don't see why barnes and noble is getting so greedy when they don't have to be. i dont like new shiny books that much. people buy books for the content, ultimately. sometimes we as consumers might make the choice that a new shiny book is worth paying a bit more for, but not that much. barnes and noble has just been demanding more and more of their customers' money for less and less benefit.

#kaily and i shared a membership account for several years but she cancelled it over the summer #bc of them raising it from 25 dollars per year to 40. i'm sorry but we just were not spending enough to make that worth it #the benefits for a member used to be 10 percent off everything in-store and free shipping online. #now it's 10 percent off everything in-store AND online with free shipping. which sounds good enough #but not for a 60 percent pricehike. and a bunch of other supposed benefits no one would ask for #like a free tote (geez. thanks. yeah i really need a free tote every year) and like. a free treat at a cafe on your kids' birthday? #i dont have a kid. #between the two of us. we were not buying 400 dollars worth of stuff at b&n every year #oh and it's also 10 percent off the in-store starbucks. but im pretty sure that USED to be a benefit they had #years ago?? like i SWEAR ive gotten money off at the b&n starbucks so i guess they got RID of that at some point #and gave it BACK when they HIKED UP THE PRICE TO 40 BUCKS A YEAR #text post #barnes and noble #it's a shame bc where i live. barnes and noble is the only like fancy bookstore #and i live in an area that my barnes and noble... is like. what a boston barnes and noble eats for breakfast. #it's two floors. there are plenty of books that it doesn't have. plenty of sections that are very small #like the poetry section is just pathetic. i look at it every time i go and it just makes me sad. #i guess a lot of the book annex stuff contains poetry but still that's not really enough to entertain a rich interest in the genre for long #i outgrew the limited selection at my own local b&n poetry section by the time i was twenty. i was like i already know everything here. #which isn't to say i'm an expert in poetry. it's to say that the poetry section is barely bigger than a shelf #in fact ive never thought about it before but I OWN more poetry books than you'll find in the poetry section #at my local b&n. lol #i have a lot of nostalgia for b&n even though it is a big company that does not love me. i have very few books i bought new #that are not from barnes and noble. i got so many books that changed my life from them #i guess it's like a childhood/teenage attachment at this point bc ive had more mixed feelings abt the direction theyve been taking #for several years at this point. #and no i dont mean that theyve been expanding to selling more toys/games etc. theyve literally always done that in my lifetime. who cares. #they still have books #as an adult ive been more capable of seeing how limited their book selection is and how i have so many problems w that. #and it ultimately comes down to them being a big greedy company

[grrl-beetle]

Balenciaga

#Balenciaga #Summer24 #Spring #Summer #2024 #Antwerp #tote #color

[oliviasalvatore-tp]

Buffy and Angel | BTVS Design on TeePublic

Buffy and Angel | Bangel | BTVS - Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Pillow | TeePublic

#btvs #buffy summers #angel #tee public #teepublic #shirt design #btvs tote #bangel #buffyverse #btvs mug #btvs shirt #btvs merchandise #btvs merch #angel btvs #buffy the vampire slayer

[pleuvoire]

it’s funny how the h&rry p*tter books were like “here’s the magical people and the nonmagical people!” and then made occasional vague incoherent gestures at “also some of the magical people are bigoted towards the nonmagical people like the fantasy blood purity is based off your proximity to the nonmagical people and the wizard nazis like to kill and torture the nonmagical people offscreen where we don’t have to care. this is bad they should learn to be nicer” and then the whole fandom proceeded to seize on “muggle” as an insult or word for someone who’s like inferior or mundane and it became universally known as a bad thing to be. a+ reading comprehension there. honestly i think this speaks to both the failure of the text to properly commit to any clear coherent political allegory and the failure of the fans to pick up on what allegory and subtext visibly exists. great job all around everyone

#thinking again of when i was at that publishing training program in summer and this girl had a ''reading turns muggles into wizards'' tote

[themancorialist]

New Cathedral Street, Manchester.

#pinstripe suit #smiley face #tie #untucked shirt #green #tote bag #headphones #big #sunnygees #sunglasses #october sunshine #indian summer #fc omonia nicosia #lairy #cypriot #lads #Manchester #street portrait #for me sins

[dress-this-way]

The White Accessories Edit - STACIE FLINNER

#accessories #cute outfits #sunglasses #totes #bags #straw #yellow #beach #travel #summer

[dwtdog]

The lowkey pride merch is the only pride merch I’ve ever been able to buy. I still have it and it meant a lot

:,))

#cq.asks #the low key tote is perfect summer bag for me #only pride merch i feel comfortable wearing when im home

[kindahoping4forever]

Ash on IG Story

#hi I'm here altho i truly have no idea what to say about this lmaoooo #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #ashton #ai ig #Instagram #kh4f post #this man is on his way to a farmer's market and I can't be convinced otherwise #the outfit itself is one thing #the addition of the tote makes it another #and then the pose sends it into the stratosphere #and not just the pose but the fact he's giving mild duck face as well #how did he decide on that over his usual kissy face #this man is full of such mystery #also #everbodies soul #lastly #dear reader as ridiculous as this photographic experience was #i must admit #thigh #so #have a great day ✌🏻

[jasontoddssuper]

I don't have a caption this time,i just felt the need to share this MASTERPIECE LMAOOOOOOO

#me and lisa #jason todd #trans jason todd #agender jason todd #afro-dominican and bi + adhd/mdd/autistic as well #batfam #robin #red hood #lemon #💌 #wfa spoilers #< totes legit tag trust me #letters from summer

[takaraphoenix]

Everyone who reblogs my bi!Spuffy GIF set and tags it with something along the lines of “isn’t this canon?”/”counting AtS/the comics it’s canon” has me close to tears. I wish, fam, I really really wish.

We all know Buffy’s been queercoded since season 1 and it is a canon fact that Spike has had sex with Angel at least once.

However. The comics go out of their way to have Buffy sleep with a woman. Not once, but twice. And still vocally deny any bisexuality. They give her a sexuality crisis that has her settle back into “yeah no definitely 100% straight”. Even though making her have sex with a woman would be a wonderful opening to actually make her canonically come out as bisexual, after spending seven seasons queercoding her every chance they had.

As it stands, canon went outta its way to declare her heterosexual, even though you, me and everyone who’s ever watched this show know better.

And that behavior is why I take canon bi!Spike with a grain of salt too, because if asked point blank or if given a chance to bring it up again - in more than a one-line-throwaway joke - I’m fairly sure Whedon would also go out of his way to establish that Spike is 100% absolutely heterosexual (hahahahaha) and that Drusilla and Darla dared them to or whatever.

Again, we all know better. Nobody who dresses like that and behaves like that (and sleeps with a man like that) is a CIShet guy. Spike is incredibly queer in layers, both in his sexuality and his gender.

But canon adamantly refuses to give genuine confirmation and if asked with a gun to their head (let me repeat: they put that gun there themselves by making Buffy have sex with a woman), they will still loudly proclaim heterosexuality where no heterosexuality can be found.

So, sadly, based on actual canon, they’re headcanons. Even if we all know better. Spike and Buffy are two bisexuals in love.

(To clarify: This post is not to say “I mind your tags” or to wag my finger at the people tagging it, like some “ha, gotcha there! It’s not canon”, it’s honestly mostly just me venting my frustration that it is not canon and just how poorly canon handled Buffy’s sexuality in particular. This franchise literally made unicorns real before it made a bisexual character real.)

#Spuffy #Spike BtVS #Buffy Summers #Buffy the Vampire Slayer #I'm just. I'm STILL SALTY #about that s8 bullshit #you don't make your girl #have sex with another girl #just to spend time reaffirming #that she's totes straight #not after Cordelia. Kendra. FAITH #Buffy has rarely ever met a woman #she wasn't being Definitely Not Straight with

[grrl-beetle]

Balenciaga

#Balenciaga #Summer24 #Spring #Summer #2024 #color #Antwerp Tote

[oliviasalvatore-tp]

Buffy and Spike | BTVS Design on TeePublic

Buffy and Spike | BTVS - Buffy The Vampire Slayer - T-Shirt | TeePublic

#tee public #teepublic #spuffy #spuffy merch #spike and buffy #spike #buffy summers #btvs #btvs merchandise #btvs merch #buffy x spike #spike x buffy #teepublic merch #teepublicshop #teepublic shop #btvs shirt #btvs mug #btvs tote #btvs pillow

[xojill86xo-blog-blog]

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#printify #print on demand #my stuff #my store #my design #online #rugs #purses #tote bag #handbags #bath towel #beach #beachlife #seaside #outdoors #summer #shore #beach towel #home decor #home & lifestyle #homemade #interior #bathroom #kitchen

[reallyhardydraws]

i'm coming to the end of my summer work at the art gallery, with only 2 more sessions to go! but today i got this from one of the younger members of my volunteer team 🥺

she made sure to include the sweetcorn earrings i was wearing today 😂 absolutely blessed i will be keeping and treasuring this FOREVER!!! 💖

#gonna be sewing tote bags tomorrow and #soon enough i'll be back to drawing. hope i haven't forgotten how. excited to get back to it but i'm really gonna miss summer playtime

[bejeweledmp3]

hi! thank you so much for another completely BRILLIANT chapter of TOTP, it was more than worth the wait! your writing style is beyond stunning, and I'm in awe of how well you understand these characters and how real and true to her portrayal Kimberly feels in your fic, even though we only had a few scenes with her from the show. I love everything about Kim and Tim's relationship too, and the moment with Lucy and Kim about the Cole Porter record was so touching.

I want to ask (and feel free not to answer if you want to keep things to yourself) - will we get to see Hawk and Tim reunite (and fix things) onscreen in your fic? because I keep imagining it and going !!! because I am clinging to that fix-it tag for dear life 💕

FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I'm not sure if i've said this before, but chracterization staying true to the ones presented in the show is like, my number one priority, so to hear that you like it means the world to me, it does!!!

And mmm I really don't want to give too much away, but rest assured that the fix it tag is there for a reason. I was talking about this a few days ago I think, but the ending is the one thing I've had set in stone about this fic from the start. I think that what I can say is that we're never ever gonna leave Kim's pov (at least not in this particular fic), and we'll see as much as it makes sense for her to see. Hawk and Tim's relationship is a very important part of why she's even in the situation she's in, and that does deserve some resolution (that it will have!!!). But like, yes there is more to this that will keep being explored and I have to stop now or else I'm gonna spoil the entire thing for you and we don't want that!!!!

#totp tag; #talking tag; #tldr THANK YOU and that fix it tag is there for a reason. also it's soooooooo important to me that u guys know that this fic is taking #place in 1980 and in a totes unrelated way the first cases of what would later be known at aids were reported in the summer of '81 #just. random trivia