#Jewish model

[iliothermia]

[beautiesofbygoneeras]

Arlene Bell, 1970s Era American Classic Men's Magazine Model Appearing In KINGSIZE, Volume 3 No 2 (1972).

[euoiabloom]

Fairytale 🩷 outfit ✨

[israelihunks]

The arms! The face! The chest hair! Everything! 🔥

[yourdailyqueer]

Lulla la Polaca (Andrew Szwan)

Gender: Male (she/her in drag)

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 16 August 1938 

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Drag artist, model, activist

Note: Oldest living drag queen

[jetwhenitsmidnight]

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Release date: 1 October 2024

Genre: adult literary thriller/horror

Synopsis

The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad things, scary things—the strange and the unexplainable—began to happen in their house. Maybe it was some cosmic trial, a demonic rite of passage into the upper-middle class. Whatever it was, the Maxwells, steered by their formidable mother, stayed put, unwilling to abandon their home, terrors and trauma be damned.

As adults, the siblings could finally get away from the horrors of home, leaving their parents all alone in the house. But when news of their parents' death arrives, Ezri is forced to return to Texas with their sisters, Eve and Emanuelle, to reckon with their family’s past and present, and to find out what happened while they were away. It was not a "natural" death for their parents . . . but was it supernatural?

Review

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC!

This book is awful.

Don't get me wrong, this is a brilliant novel, but I found the reading experience to be really difficult. Not that I struggled to keep reading; I couldn't put it down. This book took a toll on me mentally as it went to some pretty dark places, some of which I did not see coming.

The writing is in the typical sort of litfic style, which I am usually not a fan of, but it really works to cultivate the overall mood/atmosphere of the book. The prose flows well, and strikes a fine balance between being complex but still readable.

The author uses the haunted house novel as a vehicle to explore themes of white supremacy, generational trauma, and cisheteronormativity. I am not smart enough to get everything, but the author does an excellent job of conveying the themes in the narrative.

There are time jumps, switching between the present day and scenes from Ezri's childhood, as well as dialogue without quotation marks, which were disorienting to read, but served the narrative well, as it conveyed their current mindset.

I really resonated with Ezri's relationship with their mother, as well as the themes of generational trauma; while my relationship to my mother is much better than their's, there were certain moments between them that I found quite relatable.

I read some reviews that didn't like the plot, or the ending; while there is definitely a large tonal shift at the end, due to the plot, I think that it makes sense thematically.

Overall, a book that is definitely going to be staying with me for some time.

Content warnings

I'm including the content warnings at the bottom of this review, as it contains spoilers; however, if you struggle with dark themes and difficult subject matter, I would advice that you check the content warnings before reading this book.

Keep in mind that I may have missed out certain warnings.

Death, suicide

Child abuse, emotional abuse

Homophobia, transphobia, slurs

Child sexual assault, grooming

Explicit sexual content

Animal death

Mental illness, depression, dissociation, suicidal thoughts

Chronic illness

Threat of gun violence

Racism, classism

Vomit

Disordered eating

Gaslighting

[ladelbarrio]

eden asia saban on her instagram

[bunny--manders]

Poet for blorbo bingo? 👀

He just like me fr, except for the part where I'm not a middle-aged Russian resurrected criminal out for revenge against my abusive psychotherapist. He's 10 different motifs with deep personal significance to me in a blender. He's an excuse to develop opinions about Joseph Brodsky as I write my silly little fan fictions. He's tired of being nice but he's so bad at going apeshit. He's the IMAX screen I use to project all my personal issues. He's shitty Riddler. He should let Christina trap him in a coffee shop AU. He deserves to be loved. He is doing absolutely nothing to earn that love. He somehow has managed to spend a good half a year of time in-universe doing fuck all and making zero money which is pretty impressive considering he has a superpower that he should be able to use to make people do things for him and give him money. I want him to have a happy ending but I also want him to continue hanging around annoying the piss out of everyone for no particular reason forever.

[septembergold]

[haymarketvtubestuff]

✡️👻 Ariel Haymarket Model Reveal!

Whether you find comfort in the shadows or solace in the daylight, blessed is your arrival.

The original reveal on Twitter had to be scuttled because ... Twitter. So we're trying here instead :D

My name is Ariel, I'm a regular ol' human bean who writes crosswords and teaches high school. Class is in session soon, so I hope you have your paper, pens, pencils, books, and copies of Psalm 90 and 91 on hand, because you never know when I might toss a pop quiz your way!

Model art and rig: @gwenmyoty

<ID>

A classroom setting with a grayed-out figure standing in front of a chalkboard and a desk. On the chalkboard is written -

at top center - Mx. Ariel Haymarket

at center - 30 notes: Face (originally said 60, crossed out)

at bottom center - 15 notes: Torso (originally said 45, crossed out)

at bottom right (to viewer) - Model art: GwenMyoty

Written below the "45 notes" remark are two sets of labels at top and bottom of the desk.

Top of desk - 30 notes: Pants

Bottom of desk: 15 notes: Shoes (ft. Liam Kyle Sullivan)

Both have been "scratched out" and marked as DONE!

<end ID>

[unopenablebox]

have enraged my brother by revealing that this is in fact my natural hair color

[euoiabloom]

[israelihunks]

[nickysfacts]

Israel doesn’t represent the Jewish people, nor is it antisemitism to criticize israel or be anti zionist!

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[yourdailyqueer]

Hen Yanni

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 20 January 1983  

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Actress, model, musician

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?