#country club real estate

[valkyrierps]

Mediterranean Exterior - Concrete Large one-story concrete exterior home image in tuscan beige

#jonathan's landing jupiter florida #exterior #golf course homes for sale #jonathan's landing #south florida #country club real estate

[eluascinnamon]

Miami Exterior Concrete

#Large mediterranean green one-story concrete exterior home idea jonathan's landing homes for sale #jonathan's landing real estate #exterior #country club real estate #jupiter florida homes for sale #palm beach county #jupiter florida

[concertphotos]

Bay View Golf Club Golf Course Aerial by David Oppenheimer Via Flickr: Bay View Golf Club Golf Course golf course at 1500 Country Club Dr, Milpitas, California aerial view - Copyright 2018 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions aerial photography archives - www.performanceimpressions.com

#Summitpointe Golf Club #Summitpointe #Milpitas #golf course #1500 Country Club Dr #clubhouse #golf #golfing #California #Silicon Valley #aerial #aerial photo #aerial photographer #1-7090215763 #Santa Clara County #golfers #luxury #private #real estate #golf club #campus #property #land #club #private club #Bay Area #95035 #United States #USA #VA 2-169-384

[gabe-sanders]

The Stuart Yacht and Country Club Real Estate Market Report February 2024

#yacht and country club #stuart #florida #real estate #community #market report

[mommydearestella]

A rogue little group of people spying for economic reasons on us citizens. Three weeks ago I had a roof over my head staying at my sisters and after writing a post regarding my uncle Dr. Richard Katz and his son Gregory Katz both of palm beach gardens Florida and NYC, I suspect strongly strong arm tactics aǹd trying to drive me crazy by way of some sort of speaker possibly a directional speaker to get me to leave where I had been visiting for 2 1\2 months. I think this little group wanted me back in Jacksonville Florida where they had an expectation that I would again be homeless and broke, alone and vulnerable especially at night. Two days ago someone aimed what felt like a laser and hit my face just above my lip leaving a dry spot of dry blood. Dr. Richard Katz is my uncle. David Kaufman and Allison Kaufman are my cousins originally from Quentin Avenue in Brooklyn. Ironically I never had an argument with any of them but none of the could ever return a call. I am as certain as can be there are monies that were hidden from me and my sister, stolen inheritances and shares of a trust never disclosed to me. Seymour Kaufman is my great uncle. My aunt Sarah Kaufman. This group of morons behind this campaign directed at me are trying to lock me in p!ace, prevent me from working by badmouthing me and starving me out, in general, basically. This group is using noise torture. Dr. Dick resides in PRES-TEE-GIOUS Ballenisles country club in palm beach gardens. This group was not happy according to what I heard and next thing I know, just as I was getting somewhere, I'm uprooted again. This group of morons have been throwing alot of cash around paying people off or to say and do certain things.

#turnberry isle #aventura #raymond james #wicked witch #affordable housing real estate mobbing #ballenisles country club #dr. richard katz #hollywood florida #PISSARO #RENOIR

[reportwire]

The Club at Quail Ridge Celebrates Membership Approval for New Amenities

The Club at Quail Ridge Celebrates Membership Approval for New Amenities

Press Release – Jun 21, 2022 BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., June 21, 2022 (Newswire.com) – The Club at Quail Ridge, South Florida’s premier private country club, is honored to announce its membership has overwhelmingly approved a master plan project to introduce a variety of updates and renovations at the Club. This $21.45 million project will include a fully renovated north course and practice…

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#country club #golf #pickelball #private club #real estate #Tennis

[animehusbandharem]

I was very bored at work today so i decided to make a few boards for the Princes 😋. I wanted to make fashion boards of what they might wear for modern AU!!

Part 1…?

Okay first up: Licht Klein

I see him being dressed very casually, very much a hoodie guy. I almost wanna say he gives me skater/grungy vibes but it’s a soft version 😙🩵✨

Next up is: Nokto Klein

He gives me fratty/rich boy, sexy real estate vibes. He’s a button up-type dude and always has an expensive ass watch - and is always dressed very well in case he decides to bring a lady home 😉💙✨

Next we have: Clavis Lelouch

I had so much fun with his 😂. Clavis will never be seen looking anything but fabulous and classy - he’s a gentleman after all!! He is giving country club playboy, “my dad is a lawyer” vibes ✨💜

Last, we have: Gilbert Von Obsidian

If you notice, there is no “athletic/sporty” section. This is because we all know Gil don’t work out 🤣💀. He was kinda tricky for me to pin down his style, he strikes me as a blazer with artsy black turtleneck type dude. it’s giving sophisticated-emo, with a smidge of bad boy energy. He’s not the best dressed, but certainly not the worst. 😌🖤✨

#ikemen prince #ikepri #ikemen series #ikemen ouji #licht klein #gilbert von obsidian #nokto klein #clavis lelouch #ikepri brainrot #things i imagine when bored

[kittysdiary]

How do you find a sugar daddy or what did you do to get one?

First things first…real sugar babies know that real sugar daddies are not on any sugaring websites. It’s very rare when someone gets someone who’s the real deal on a website/app!

{I either go the sugar baby route or the spoiled girlfriend route!}

Free styling: Going out in public is the best way to meet a potential!

High end bars

Country clubs

Coffee shops by hospitals or business buildings

Golf courses

High end restaurants

Be knowledgeable: Sugar daddies love brains! I’m very into the arts, literature, philosophy, history + psychology and my potentials eat it up! Having hobbies are important as well. My hobbies include:

Creating art

Writing

Playing badminton + croquet

Horseback riding

Reading

Learning foreign languages

Take good care of yourself: Always dress well and keep your hygiene routine in motion!

Nails done

Hair kept

Perfumed + oiled

Capsule wardrobe complete

Understand the world of the upper class: I grew up in a family of doctors + professors + teachers so I grew up learning proper etiquette as a classy lady!

{I also come from a lineage of royalty so it’s naturally in my blood! 🤭}

Know your table manners

Carry polite conversations

Learn how to properly shake hands

Smile and dress well during business dinners + events

Have good hosting skills + a clean home environment

Know what you want: I tend to stick with doctors + engineers. I also typically date men from different countries! Men who I have dated include:

An interior designer for Mercedes Benz

A civil engineer

An industrial engineer

A sport scientist

Have goals: Focus on yourself, create goals and set yourself up for success!

Stay educated in school

Start a business

Get a real estate license

Understand what career you want in life + make goals to get where you want to be in life

Strict boundaries are a must: Set yourself up with high standards! Know what you want and leave when someone isn’t fulfilling you. Trust there’s someone better out there that will treat you the way you deserve to be treated!

Make a list of red flags

Make a list of the kind of person you want to date (ex: career, personality + looks)

Make a list of things you expect and will not tolerate

These are just a few tips but if there’s any interest in going the online route, I do have a few tips!

More sugar baby, spoiled girlfriend + trophy wife tips can be found on my side blog @kittyboudoir under the advice tag in my side blog bio!

Xoxo- Kitty 🐈🎀

#my post #tips #sugar kitty 🍦

[newsfromstolenland]

"Everyone has heard the whispers of country clubs denying membership based on background or beliefs, and one Ontario private community is making zero effort to hide its rule of ethnic exclusivity in a perplexing real estate listing that has quietly sat on the market since 2022.

The listing advertises the typical features you'd associate with a small-town home, along with its country club-specific lifestyle and the associated membership fees. But the home description kind of goes off the rails in the last few sentences of the listing, stating that any prospective buyer must be of "Ukrainian descent" to qualify for purchase.

Hold the phone. What?

Time to dive into the law books for a look at the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Under Part 1 (Freedom from Discrimination), section 2 (Accommodation) of the Code, "Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to the occupancy of accommodation, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability or the receipt of public assistance."

A handful of these classifications most definitely seem to point towards there being some pretty glaring issues with maintaining restrictive covenants limiting non-Ukrainians from purchasing a home.

In short, all signs point to 'you can't do this in Ontario.'

When asked directly if this listing is, in fact, legal, Rayissa Palmer, the broker associated with the listing, told blogTO, "That's a very good question," and then proceeded to describe the complexities of this community without ever directly addressing the opening query."

Full article

Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

This is super illegal and unethical. Their argument is that technically you wouldn't own the land, you'd be a member. And that no one has challenged the legality of this yet. It's time someone challenged the legality of this.

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian #canadian news #canadian politics #ontario #caledon #housing #discrimination #racism #ethnicity

[thinkrp]

today's preview is a more introspective look at the larger of our two locations - remington, georgia. while it has the glitz and glamour that sable grove could never aspire to, there are some who can't stand the hustle and bustle of someplace that always seems to be in motion. take a peek under the cut for it's full history alongside the six neighborhoods waiting within. if you have any questions, you know where to find us!

✨ explore remington, ga ✨

the city of remington was founded in late 1829 during the georgia gold rush. it was a larger settlement for the prospectors that used to travel to sable grove to strike it rich. today, it is a thriving metropolis home to such prominent tourist attractions such as the great rapids amusement park, the barlowe botanical gardens, and distillery drive. it is also home to remington university and the official home of nfl team the remington prospectors, nhl team the remington gold hawks, and the mlb team the remington 29ers. remington is also known to be a festival city during the summers, hosting events such as the taste of remington and the street buskers festival. to the world, remington seems like a city of promise, however, if you look a little closer you’ll see dilapidated buildings with graffiti protesting the oppressive hold of corporations, you’ll see broken swing sets in seedy neighborhoods, and you might just be able to see deals being made on street corners. remington proves that even the shiniest of exteriors can have the grimiest of secrets lurking within.

barlowe reef

population - 20660 | price point - $$$ to $$$$

home to the barlowe botanical gardens and the great rapids amusement park, the neighborhood of barlowe is known as a tourist haven. the northernmost peak of remington, you’ll also have access to the barlowe bridge which connects remington and sable grove across bennington bay. it also houses the shorefront which showcases the pier and harbor. housing in the area is middle tier and largely populated with airbnbs and hotels.

camden

population - 17486 | price point - $$$ to $$$$$

camden is a historic part of remington that was once lined with bootleggers and secret speakeasies between the 1920s to the 1930s. now, it is widely known as the fine arts and cultural district. it is home to the remington art gallery and theatre alley which is home to the remington ballet company, the remington philharmonic, and the remington players. it is also home to jazz clubs, piano bars, and of course your good ol’ country music bars. some casting agencies, modeling agencies, and production companies also call camden home. the neighborhood also has a series of small man-made parks and trails that are a runner’s paradise. this area houses a lot of trendy apartment buildings, brownstones, and houses with old world charm that tend to be perfect for those in the middle-income or higher income brackets.

crestmont

population - 10576 | price point - $$$$ to $$$$$

crestmont is remington’s financial and governmental neighborhood. you’ll find city hall which houses city council offices, the mayor’s office, and all the major courthouses. it is also home to the remington police department and the sheriff's station. crestmont also has easy access to remington memorial hospital and the remington firehouse. around the corner from city hall is market street which is home to well known financial institutions, major real estate developers, and also larger tech and entertainment-focused companies. homes in this area are relatively pretty expensive and swanky and feature penthouses, brownstones, and luxury apartments.

cromwell

population - 14177 | price point - $$$ to $$$$$

cromwell is perhaps one of the busiest neighborhoods in remington featuring all the major sports arenas and stadiums as well as the larger concert venues. it is home to palladium square which is full to the brim with street performers and buskers. during the weekends, there is a large farmer’s market and craft and book fairs. it is also a hop skip and jump from remington public library and cromwell park. due to its resemblance to many popular cities, cromwell is a popular filming location. you’ll find mid-tier to high-tier housing in the area, and it is home to many families with young children.

snakeleaf

population - 20101 | price point - $ to $$$

back in the 1800s, the snakeleaf area used to be swampy marshy lands where only the underlings of the city used to congregate. it still maintains its “seedy” reputation with its collection of motels and other shady businesses. unlike the rest of the city, the snakeleaf area is not prim and pristine. however, some would argue that this is where the real deals in the city happen and not in crestmont or cromwell. the main highlight of this area is the abandoned shoe factory which is a popular venue for raves, outlandish parties, and general debauchery that is rented by more elite hands than you would think to imagine. housing is cheap here, but it comes at the cost of your safety and sanity, quite frankly.

yearwood

population - 30000 | price point - $ to $$$

yearwood widely known as the education district, yearwood is home to remington university spanning ten whole city blocks. around the corner from remington university, you’ll also find the yearwood mall and tucked in a corner is distillery drive which features bars, clubs, taverns, cafes, and restaurants that are popular with students, remington residents, and tourists alike. at the end of distillery drive, you’ll find the wall, a skate park with a massive brick wall that is frequently tagged with graffiti, murals, and messages. housing in this area is relatively cheap and largely occupied by students or early career professionals.

#thinkrp #preview #remington #setting

[puckgoss]

to the previous anon since when does coming from a middle class family mean you’re wealthy? most of the wags are middle class families. even lauren Kyle. i believe her dad is a doctor. these girls never had careers and are dependent on finding a man to financially support their lifestyle. u don’t have to be poor to be considered a golddigger.

im a nurse myself and not trying to be a wag so its not that im offended ,but “knocking up bartenders” is a weird thing to say seeing how at least a bartender makes her OWN money. even the term Puckbunny is literally a girl going after a successful wealthy hockey player lol if thats not gold digger idk what is lol

mm no i would put most wags in upper-middle class or lower-upper class categories.

i wouldn't call them golddiggers, as they already have family money, and could date some sort of finance bro (for example) who also has family money, if they wanted to

i would classify them more as "status diggers" than anything else, as either way they are going to marry within their social/economic class, but they are choosing to go after someone/be with someone who is within their socioeconomic class + is a public figure due to being a professional athlete

as i said before, most hockey players nowadays come from upper-middle or lower-upper class backgrounds and people within those social classes almost always marry each other (as with most social classes tbh)

back when nhl players came from more varied socioeconomic backgrounds, it was more likely that they could "knock up a bartender" i.e. date/marry a girl from a lower-middle class background

socioeconomic class explanations

this is how i would divide these out (GENERALIZATIONS):

working class aka "lower" class, blue-collar workers

low-paid & "low-skilled" jobs often requiring physical labor, in the services sector, etc

paycheck to paycheck

hourly-wage jobs

vocational training and/or some post-secondary education

likely to rent instead of own

lower-middle class

post-secondary education and/or vocational training

salaried jobs - will have worked hourly-wage jobs at some point

limited savings

some investments (not real estate)

own modest homes, cars

prioritize vacations, entertainment over further investments

middle-middle class

between lower & upper middle class, share traits of both

not quite lower-middle but not wealthy enough for upper-middle

financial stability

upper-middle class

high salary jobs in specialized fields

post-secondary education +++

real estate and other investments

can go on more frequent vacations, own a vacation home, etc

own larger homes in more expensive neighbourhoods

lower-upper class

"nouveau riche" / new money made from investments, business, etc

money in the family less than 3-4 generations

highly successful business owners, entrepreneurs

real estate and other investments / sources of income

freedom to frequently vacation

country club members

influential in politics, etc

upper-upper class

"old money" inherited wealth

WASPs, "high-society"

many investment streams

money has been passed down for 3-4+ generations

almost "unlimited" time & money for leisure, activities, travel

very exclusive country club members

very influential in politics, etc

#ask! #nhl wags #social studies #hockey culture

[gabe-sanders]

(via The Stuart Yacht and Country Club Real Estate Market Report August 2023)

The Stuart Yacht and Country Club Real Estate Market Report for August 2023

#yacht and country club #stuart #florida #real estate #community #market report

[tradedmiami]

SALE IMAGE: Bryant Grosso & Tamika Moses DATE: 04/11/2024 ADDRESS: 823 Northeast 96th Street MARKET: Miami Shores ASSET TYPE: Single Family ~ ACRES: 0.26 BUYER'S REP: Bryant Grosso (@BryantGrossoRealty) - R House Real Estate SELLER'S REP: Tamika Moses (@TamikaMoses_) - Robin Bird Realty (@RobinBirdRealty) SALE PRICE: $550,000 SF: 1,834 ~ PPSF: $300 NOTE: A spooky home in Miami Shores, close to the prestigious Miami Shores Country Club, was sold for $550,000. The spacious property, decked out in jack-o-lanterns and Halloween decor, is situated amongst million-dollar residences and in a desirable school district. The property, spanning 1,834 square feet on a 0.26-acre lot, requires extensive renovation, but nothing wrong with getting into the Halloween spirit early. 🎃 #Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #MiamiShores #SingleFamily #BryantGrosso #RHouseRealEstate #TamikaMoses #RobinBirdRealty

#Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #MiamiShores #SingleFamily #BryantGrosso #RHouseRealEstate #TamikaMoses #RobinBirdRealty

[girljeremystrong]

COMING OF AGE

YOUNG MUNGO by Douglas Stuart

Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars (Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic) and they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Yet against all odds, they become best friends. (TW abuse)

LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by Malinda Lo

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

RAINBOW MILK by Paul Mendez

At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity.

HISTORICAL FICTION

THE GREAT BELIEVERS by Rebecca Makkai

In 1985, Yale Tishman is about to pull off an amazing coup. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. The AIDS crisis and how it affects a group of Chicago friends and the survivors who meet decades later in Paris.

STILL LIFE by Sarah Winman

A sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a richly drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms. A group of english outcasts used to meeting in a London pub end up in Florence.

SWIMMING IN THE DARK by Tomasz Jedrowski

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide.

A TIP FOR THE HANGMAN by Alison Epstein

Christopher Marlowe, brilliant aspiring playwright, is pulled into the duplicitous world of international espionage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. A many-layered historical thriller combining state secrets, intrigue, and romance.

TELL THE WOLVES I’M HOME by Carol Rifka Brunt

A moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don't know you've lost someone until you've found them. 

 CONTEMPORARY FICTION

THE GOLDEN SEASON by Madeline Kay Sneed

A love letter to the places we call home and asks how we grapple with a complicated love for people and places that might not love us back—at least, not for who we really are.

JUST BY LOOKING AT HIM by Ryan O’Connell

A darkly witty and touching novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.

REAL LIFE by Brandon Taylor

Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses.

SKYE FALLING by Mia McKenzie

Told in a fresh, lively voice, this novel is a relentlessly clever, deeply moving portrait of a woman and the relationships she thought she could live without.

FUTURE FEELING by Joss Lake

An embittered Trans dog walker obsessed with social media inadvertently puts a curse a young man—and must adventure into mysterious dimension in order to save him—in this wildly inventive, delightfully subversive, genre-nonconforming novel about illusion, magic, technology, kinship, and the future.

GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER by Bernardine Evaristo

Follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.

MEMORIAL by Bryan Washington

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston, and they've been together for a few years -- good years -- but now they're not sure why they're still a couple.

THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel

Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever.

ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong

a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born.

DETRANSITION, BABY by Torrey Peters

A whipsmart novel about three women—transgender and cisgender—whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender, motherhood, and sex.

EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD by Emily Austin

Gilda, a twenty-something lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.

 SHORT STORIES

FILTHY ANIMALS by Brandon Taylor

It’s a tender portrait of the fierce longing for intimacy, the lingering presence of pain, and the desire for love in a world that seems, more often than not, to withhold it.

THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES by Deesha Philyaw

Explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good.

 NON FICTION (MEMOIRS)

IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado

About the complexities of abuse in same-sex relationships. (TW abuse)

ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by George M. JohnsoN

Weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.

 THRILLERS & MYSTERIES

WHERE THE TRUTH LIES by Anna Bailey

When a teenaged girl disappears from an insular small town, all of the community’s most devastating secrets come to light in this stunningly atmospheric and slow-burning suspense novel.

BATH HAUS by P.J. Vernon

Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving partner. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn't be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it's a line crossed.

DEAD DEAD GIRLS by Nekesa Afia

Set in 1920s Harlem featuring Louise Lloyd, a young black woman caught up in a series of murders way too close to home.

#THESE ARE ALL REALLY REALLY GOOD BOOKS #would love for you to read them and then come screaming at me #books #book recs #book recommendations #bookblr #lgbt #young mungo #last night at the telegraph club #in the dream house #brandon taylor #on earth we're briefly gorgeous #ocean vuong #swimming in the dark #the great believers

[thatsgoodweather]

"[University of California, San Francisco] is trying to isolate and marginalize me. Medicine residents are complaining that leadership will not allow me to speak in antiracism forums because they characterize me as “controversial.” But I am not some outlier of medicine. I am a part of its history of correction. Judging by the sheer numbers of medical students who reach out to me from around the country to ask for mentorship, to work alongside me, and who come to UCSF specifically because of my work, I am part of a movement bringing forward ideas that are a postcard from the future, that were gifted to me by the loving relationships of the communities who teach me and who I serve.  These are ideas that call for radical inquiry into why medicine doesn’t serve all, despite 20 years of investment into so-called “health equity.” These are ideas that look unflinchingly into the violence of our past and the present to map a better world without violence in the future, so that all may be healthy. These are ideas that bring analysis of critical pedagogies into medicine, insisting upon an understanding of how history and power are shaping the health outcomes we see. This is not comfortable work. But it is necessary if we want to see all people thrive and live the lives they truly deserve. My understanding of health equity and justice comes from decades of being a part of and serving communities in the struggle for our collective liberation. I realize there are not too many physicians in the academy who spend as much time as I have in frontline struggles — listening to families who have lost their loved ones to racist police violence, which continues to grow in the U.S., and standing together with Indigenous people who are resisting a pipeline  through their water, or a real estate development going up on their sacred site. Today, experts with institutional roles in health equity are notably silent about the genocide in Gaza, which speaks volumes about their allegiance to power rather than their commitment to end inequities. I do not learn about health equity from reading books, attending conferences or holding journal clubs. I learn about health equity through building solidarity and living in lockstep with the communities I serve and to whom I belong, through the practice of Deep Medicine. My understanding of health is shaped by the survivors of genocide working to get their land back in Ohlone territory where I was born and where I work. It is sharpened by La Via Campesina’s peasant farming movement, the legacy of the Black Panther Party, the Waorani’s struggle to hold oil companies responsible for the pollution of the Amazon, the families of Oscar Grant, Mario Woods and Alex Nieto, all killed by Bay Area police, the family at Poor Magazine, disability justice movements and survivors of medical violence, and the Indigenous-led pipeline resistance, which has been the most effective tactic to lower greenhouse gas emissions in North America. My work is shaped by many people who work in service of ending apartheid in Palestine and bringing a future with equal rights for all."

By Rupa Marya, MD

#free palestine

[bookish-monster]

RECOMMENDATION

Bees and Honey: A Swamp Monster Love Story

by Victoria Weyland

Storygraph Link contains info such as publication date, number of pages, community-created content warnings, and more.

This review has also been published in the May 2023 edition of the wonderful @monstermag (which you should definitely check out if you're a fan of monster romance; download past editions here)

Bees and Honey: A Swamp Monster Love Story is a fun little novella set in modern, rural Louisiana—specifically, it’s set in a very real place known as Honey Island Swamp, which is (according to Google) one of the least-altered river swamps in modern America. It has seen very little real estate development or other construction. It’s a wilderness that has been only lightly touched by humanity, and the fictional characters that populate it in this novella want to keep it that way!

Our story focuses on Heather, a born-and-raised Southerner who moved to Honey Island Swamp after a disastrous breakup that sent her life into a tailspin. She pulled an apiary (bee farm) up from the ground and built a business as a beekeeper selling honey and candles to the locals. Now, however, her home and business are threatened by McMasters, a white city slicker who wants to buy her and her neighbors’ properties and turn them into country clubs and homes for rich people. Heather is angry. Heather is more than angry, actually—she’s furious. But her helpless rage is turned into something much more actionable when she meets Honey, the ageless reptilian guardian of Honey Island Swamp.

I really enjoyed this story and consumed it in a single sitting! Weyland is a great storyteller with approachable prose and a writing style that’s easy to settle into and enjoy. I liked all of the Southern mannerisms and terms of speech that she peppered into Bees and Honey, and how she and her protagonist share a clear love for the flora and fauna of Louisiana. There are some nods to the realities of living in the Deep South—Heather’s neighbors, an aging, interracial gay couple, aren’t exactly welcome at the local church events—but overall, Bees and Honey focuses on the sweeter things in life such as community, friendship, and love.

This book is very LGBT+ positive, too, which is always great to see. Heather, upon meeting the swamp monster known as Honey, asks for his pronouns, which he gives her without fuss. Heather herself uses the pansexual label. 

And let me just say that I loved Honey. He came across as extremely masculine and sexy without veering into the realm of toxic masculinity at all, which was a relief—all too often with traditional human romances, the male lead is a complete dick and I end up wishing the heroine got together with someone nicer. Not so with Honey! He asks permission for various acts during a sex scene with Heather, and doesn’t attempt to take away her autonomy or control her life and happiness in any way. 

The plot with McMasters getting his comeuppance is very satisfying. If you live in a rural area that is undergoing rapid urban development the way I do, you will sympathize with Heather, Bubs, Cliff, and the rest of the fictional residents of Honey island Swamp. McMasters is an (unfortunately slight) exaggeration of an all too real breed of rich white landowners who use scare tactics to bully poor folks into selling their land, and it felt good to read about him losing his war to turn Honey Island Swamp into a playground for rich people with more money than sense. 

Lastly, I loved the Bee Facts™ that Weyland sprinkled throughout the story. They’re funny as well as educational, and as each is generally 1-2 sentences long they don’t distract from the story itself. Overall, I’d definitely recommend Bees and Honey: A Swamp Monster Love Story. It was a great way to spend an evening and I enjoyed Honey and Heather wholeheartedly. They had a bee-utiful romance and I’m very excited to read more of Weyland’s work!

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