#please join us

[roguetelepaths]

So, Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie is the most misogynistic fucking thing I have ever read. Thank the good lord Cthulhu that it was a short book because I would not have wanted to waste any more time than necessary on it.

It starts out as "wow, this women's networking group sure is intense and a little bit high-control" which is always an interesting premise, I love me a good rich person cult, but then it rapidly becomes "and now the leader of the group is trying to rig a sexual assault case against this one particular CEO so she can take over his company". The moral of the story seems to be that community between women is inherently suspect and only heterosexual marriage can provide true satisfaction in life, seeing as she ends the book waxing poetic about how supportive her husband is when he's been denigrating her career and pressuring her to step back and have babies with him for most of the book.

I've long thought that the obsession with high-control groups in recent fiction at least partially reflects the anxieties we have about seeking community in an increasingly individualistic world— what if we reach out and try to connect, and it goes as wrong as it could possibly go?— and I really have to give this book props (derogatory) for marketing itself as a feminist thriller but answering the question of "what if we attempt to seek community and it goes horribly wrong" with "then we must retreat to the safety of the traditional family".

#please join us #lit crit #idk how to do book reviews i might be kinda shit at it actually

[bugdogg]

#please join us #iiiisss fun

[imjulia-andilikecats]

Could you repost the Red Queen Discord server link? It’s timed out.

Of course! @demiaseranmage I am more than happy to welcome more members in our server.

Please join us

Here is our link:

#red queen #mare barrow #glass sword #war storm #king's cage #cal calore #maven calore #old meme #random #tiberias vii calore #red queen discord server #please join us #we dont bite

[meese-running-after-geese]

Coo ee!!

Greetings to the 5 ( or 8 according to Samuel Barnett’s friend) fans of Big Finish’s Torchwood Soho!! @melodyandpond and I really wanted to get to know the rest of our bijou squadron and therefore we made a...

Discord server  << You can even click the link right there and join! 

TA AND DA!!

Come and cackle with us as we cry about these nerds. Besides, Torchwood Soho 3 is coming out soon!!

That said, the server is still being formed as we are waiting for others to join our ranks and vibe out a conclusion. It is 14+ so please, at least be 14. And yes, there are areas for 18+ to be 18+ if that is concerning Thank you and we hope to see you there!! https://discord.gg/cUBgpjdcRG

#Torchwood Soho #Norton Folgate #Andy Davidson #Discord Server #Torchwood #Please join us #We would love to see your dolly eeks #Lizbeth Hayhoe #Gideon Lyme #Torchwood fandom rises up #samuel barnett #tom price #I'm likely missing tags but I hope this hits the right people #Torchwood Soho Dilly Boys

[witcher-bows-and-arrows]

Time for another WIP Wednesday. What are you working on? What are you most excited to see/post?  Does a certain prompt bring you more joy than the others?

#the witcher #witcher valentines #bows and arrows #bows and arrows 2 #twn #tw3 #witcher events #please join us #this mod has nothing written #or else she would share #but it will happen!

[applesfallingfromblondehair]

I’d like to join your discord server. How do I sign up?

Hi lovely! There's a link in my bio, but for your convenience here it is 💙

Just click on it and follow the steps to create an account of you don't have one already, and I hope I'll see you there soon ✨✨

#answered #discord server #please join us

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Author: Catherine McKenziePublisher: Atria BooksReleased: August 23, 2022Received: NetGalley Please Join Us is the latest thriller novel by Catherine McKenzie. I’ll admit that it was initially the vibrant cover that caught my attention, though the plot kept me invested enough to see the story through. Nicole Mueller feels like her life is falling apart. In a desperate move to save her career,…

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#Atria Books #Book #Book Review #Books #Catherine McKenzie #Fiction #Literary #Literature #Net Galley #NetGalley #Please Join Us #Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie #Review #Thriller #Thriller Review

[cristate-tsuzuku]

#flightless raven #genki #tsuzuku #genki takebuchi #sensei vibes #please join us

[inkskinned]

you're grabbing lunch with a nice man and he gives you that strange grimace-smile that's popular right now; an almost sardonic "twist" of his mouth while he looks literally down on you. it looks like he practiced the move as he leans back, arms folded. he just finished reciting the details of NFTs to you and explaining Oppenheimer even though he only watched a youtube about it and hasn't actually seen it. you are at the bottom of your wine glass.

you ask the man across from you if he has siblings, desperately looking for a topic. literally anything else.

he says i don't like small talk. and then he smiles again, watching you.

a few years ago, you probably would have said you're above celebrity gossip, but honestly, you've been kind of enjoying the dumb shit of it these days. with the rest of the earth burning, there's something familiar and banal about dragging ariana grande through the mud. you think about jeanette mccurdy, who has often times gently warned the world she's not as nice as she appears. you liked i'm glad my mom died but it made you cry a lot.

he doesn't like small talk, figure out something to say.

you want to talk about responsibility, and how ariana grande is only like 6 days older than you are - which means she just turned 30 and still dresses and acts like a 13 year old, but like sexy. there's something in there about the whole thing - about insecurity, and never growing up, and being sexualized from a young age.

people have been saying that gay people are groomers. like, that's something that's come back into the public. you have even said yourself that it's just ... easier to date men sometimes. you would identify as whatever the opposite of "heteroflexible" is, but here you are again, across from a man. you like every woman, and 3 people on tv. and not this guy. but you're trying. your mother is worried about you. she thinks it's not okay you're single. and honestly this guy was better before you met, back when you were just texting.

wait, shit. are you doing the same thing as ariana grande? are you looking for male validation in order to appease some internalized promise of heteronormativity? do you conform to the idea that your happiness must result in heterosexuality? do you believe that you can resolve your internal loneliness by being accepted into the patriarchy? is there a reason dating men is easier? why are you so scared of fucking it up with women? why don't you reach out to more of them? you have a good sense of humor and a big ol' brain, you could have done a better job at online dating.

also. jesus christ. why can't you just get a drink with somebody without your internal feminism meter pinging. although - in your favor (and judgement aside) in the case of your ariana grande deposition: you have been in enough therapy you probably wouldn't date anyone who had just broken up with their wife of many years (and who has a young child). you'd be like - maybe take some personal time before you begin this journey. like, grande has been on broadway, you'd think she would have heard of the plot of hamlet.

he leans forward and taps two fingers to the table. "i'm not, like an andrew tate guy," he's saying, "but i do think partnership is about two people knowing their place. i like order."

you knew it was going to be hard. being non-straight in any particular way is like, always hard. these days you kind of like answering the question what's your sexuality? with a shrug and a smile - it's fine - is your most common response. like they asked you how your life is going and not to reveal your identity. you like not being straight. you like kissing girls. some days you know you're into men, and sometimes you're sitting across from a man, and you're thinking about the power of compulsory heterosexuality. are you into men, or are you just into the safety that comes from being seen with them? after all, everyone knows you're failing in life unless you have a husband. it almost feels like a gradebook - people see "straight married" as being "all A's", and anything else even vaguely noncompliant as being ... like you dropped out of the school system. you cannot just ignore years of that kind of conditioning, of course you like attention from men.

"so let's talk boundaries." he orders more wine for you, gesturing with one hand like he's rousing an orchestra. sir, this is a fucking chain restaurant. "I am not gonna date someone who still has male friends. also, i don't care about your little friends, i care about me. whatever stupid girls night things - those are lower priority. if i want you there, you're there."

he wasn't like this over text, right? you wouldn't have been even in the building if he was like this. you squint at him. in another version of yourself, you'd be running. you'd just get up and go. that's what happens on the internet - people get annoyed, and they just leave. you are locked in place, almost frozen. you need to go to the bathroom and text someone to call you so you have an excuse, like it's rude to just-leave. like he already kind of owns you. rudeness implies a power paradigm, though. see, even your social anxiety allows the patriarchy to get to you.

you take a sip of the new glass of wine. maybe this will be a funny story. maybe you can write about it on your blog. maybe you can meet ariana grande and ask her if she just maybe needs to take some time to sit and think about her happiness and how she measures her own success.

is this settling down? is this all that's left in your dating pool? just accepting that someone will eventually love you, and you have to stop being picky about who "makes" you a wife?

you look down to your hand, clutching the knife.

#writeblr #this is a mashup of like 3 dates i accidentally went on lol #by that i mean that i was out with a woman on a date in 2 of these situations #and a man just. joined us. and we were too awkward to say anything while he tried to ''date'' me #& one was a longterm friend that i was like. you what???? #like he's nice he's a doctor and my mom was SO happy she was like raquel think about it #''it's a perfect love story you grew up together and reconnected as adults and like the same things and he's friends with ur brother #and his sister is one of ur close friends!!!'' #yes but alas. he is a boy . she only likes girls. can i make it any more obvious #anyway im tryna write about like the force of male attention being actually incredibly ingrained to women like we are SUPPOSED to like it #it's seen as the only important thing #even if ur gay #and it's a nuanced thing idk #and while rn i i.d. as lesbian #like .... it wouldn't be UNTRUE to say i am probably like ''cusp bisexual'' bc i CAN experience attraction to men bc like . #sexuality is fluid... #don't tell straight ppl tho bc they do not understand the concept that ppl don't necessarily need a solid everlasting label #they're like GET in the BOX #if ur gay & in boston i'm 30 and pretty please come kiss me. #(i usually only date older ppl sorry in advance tho)

[kazscrows]

Nobody:

Kaz Brekker:

#She’d laughed and if he could have bottled the sound and got drunk on it every night he would have #it terrified him #actually I’d probably join him #nobody is actually all of us #Inej’s laughter #shadow and bone #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #shadow and bone netflix #shadow and bone season 2 #freddy carter #soc #grishaverse #six of crows memes #shadow and bone meme #saw something similar on Insta I think but not on here so… #please enjoy #I spent too long making this- #gif edit #kazscrows

[lilibetbombshell]

#arc review #arc reader #arc reviewer #book review #book reviewer #book blog #book blogger #new release #new release book #new book release #new book #new book alert #netgalley #atria books #catherine mckenzie #please join us #thriller #suspense thriller #cult thriller #womens fiction

[ministarfruit]

day 4: doomed by the narrative ♡

(femslashfeb prompt list)

#minifemslashfeb2024 #surviving romance #seyeong jin #chaerin eun #THE GIRLS ARE NOT OKAY! #READ SURVIVING ROMANCE IF YOU'RE A HORROR YURI LIKER #OR A TOXIC YURI LIKER IN GENERAL #ok I promise it's not all toxic but man is there SO many layers #and barely anyone out here is talking about it #PLEASE. PLEASE JOIN ME #I NEED TO TALK ABOUT SURVIVING ROMANCE #god the colour palette on this kicked my ass #I'm bad at using green. but seyeong's hair is such a pretty shade #I couldn't get away with NOT using it #seyeong is sooo. god forbid women do anything

[norrisleclercf1]

I can’t be doing this, I can’t be developing a crush on Logan, a man from Florida.

Yes you can baby, come to the dark side we have pretty frat boy who radiates golden retriever vibes

#noooo but please he’s so cute #and totally has a praise kink #just he’s a good boy 🥺 #come join us #it might be pain but we ride at dawn for him #logan sargeant #f1 #formula 1 #f1 fandom #formula one #anon asks

[stardatez3ro]

"Hey maybe you should try watching star trek" i say to you with my unblinking eyes and autistic swag

#i am so normal we star trek enjoyers are all so normal please join us #star trek tng #star trek #tng #edit- what the fuck where did all of you come from

[studioghibelli]

MY FRIENDS! NEW FIC PREVIEW!!!!!!

leather & lace- a joel miller x reader series

chapter one: the silver stallion.

summary: an untamed cowboy and the sheriff's daughter. an outlaw and a goodie two shoes. a hardened piece of leather and a perfect cut of lace. at first glance, you and joel miller are polar opposites, yet somehow fate has managed to tangle you both up in the same spool of yarn.

"You're saying I'm fragile, I try not to be. I search only for something I can't see. I have my own life, and I am stronger than you know."

warnings: violence typical to the wild west, various mentions of death, as historically accurate as my little history (b.a.) heart can handle, the behemoth amount of angst & story line will take precedent over smut but there WILL be a lot of sexual tension and eventual sex, cowboy!joel with a foggy moral compass.

Chapter One: The Silver Stallion

in which our two leading stars meet under unprecedented circumstances.

Chapter Two: Danger and Dread

in which a ransom letter is created, and a transactional companionship begins to blossom.

Chapter Three: The Ramblin’ Man

in which a life is saved, and an old wound is opened.

Chapter Four: From the Gallows

in which a terrible secret is revealed.

Chapter Five: Goodbye, Stranger

in which some truths are just too much to bear.

Chapter Six: Life Eternal

in which some things aren’t meant to be.

If you would like to be added to my tag list for this fic, please let me know!!! I am very excited about this story, as it is a way for me to practice my more serious writing that is based on a plot, rather than just a one shot.

Thank you friends. I love you all xx

#here is a PREVIEW of the new series I have coming!!! #studioghibelli #joel miller x reader #joel miller #joel miller x you #the last of us fic #joel miller the last of us #joel miller x y/n #Cowboy AU #BUCKLE UP COWGIRLS THIS IS GOING TO BE A RIDE OK #i’m talking ANGST #i’m talking BETRAYAL #i’m talking UNBRIDLED FEMALE RAGE #i’m talking the dismissal of societal ROLES AND EMBRACE OF UNBRIDLED FREEDOM #i’m talking ASSLESS CHAPS AMD COWBOY HATS #please join me in this incredible journey my beautiful friends and moots #btw reader has no description at all. as faceless as can be

[faeriegirl]

Jumping on the bandwagon 🩵✨️

#初音ミク #hatsune miku #miku monday #artists on tumblr #art meme #one pigtail miku #vocaloid #but also this is going to be used as a commission example for a charity drive i joined #we're selling sketch comms with color to help provide aide to the peoples affected by the disaster in brazil #please keep an eye out #when i have more details ill be letting you all know