#Patricia Chan

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Rush Hour 3-Film Collection It has Rush Hour 1998 , Rush Hour 2 (2001) , and Rush Hour 3 (2007)

[namsoek]

Power Rangers: in Space | Silence Is Golden

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What if🧏🏾‍♀️

Trini Kwan Kimberly Hart and Cassie Chan Ashley Hammond as Zeo Power Rangers

[avefector]

TECHDOG by @patricia-taxxon but with Shiro from Shin-chan

[thena0315]

[invenusable]

[hotvintagepoll]

THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER! Eartha Kitt lounges in her deck chair in the sun, dipping her toes in the pool with Toshiro Mifune and sipping a brightly colored fruity something with an umbrella in it.

Far below in the shadow realm, however, the fallen hotties dance in the dark—let's take a minute to look back at them under the cut.

PRELIM PRETTIES:

Claude Gensac, Silvia Pinal, Ewa Aulin, Rita Tushingham, Annette Funicello, Norma Bengell, Catherine Spaak, Brigitte Auber, Micheline Presle, Nanette Fabray, Libertad Lamarque, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Catherine McLeod, Virginia Mayo, Elizabeth Allan, Belle Bennet, Virginia Cherill, Mary Brian, Ruth Chatterton, Agnes Ayres, Merna Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Corinne Griffith, May Allison, Virginia Brown Faire, Alice Brady, and Jetta Goudal

ROUND ONE WONDERS:

Angie Dickinson, Thelma Ritter, Geraldine Chaplin, Evelyn Preer, Vanessa Brown, Betty Blythe, Susan Hayward, Mae Clarke, Sally Ann Howes, Ossi Oswalda, Adrienne La Russa, Hermione Gingold, Barbara Bouchet, Melina Mercouri, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech, Charmian Carr, Pina Pellicer, Marlène Jobert, Tsuru Aoki, Alice Roberts, Leila Hyams, Lady Tsen Mei, Geneviève Bujold, Dolores Hart, Anita Berber, Bonita Granville, Vonetta McGee, Claire Windsor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Tuesday Weld, Grace Darmond, Carol Channing, Deanna Durbin, Laraine Day, Mariette Hartey, Wendy Hiller, Candy Darling, Hermione Baddely, Valeria Creti, Ella Raines, Ann Miller, Dana Wynter, Dalida, Martine Beswick, Gale Storm, Simone Signoret, Cristina Gaioni, Mabel Normand, Stéphane Audran, Ruth Weyher, Anna Wiazemsky, Ann Sheridan, Sandhya Shantaram, Alice White, Anne Francis, Gena Rowlands, Lyda Borelli, May Whitty, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Walter, Virna Lisi, Barbara Shelley, Iris Hall, Heather Angel, Anne Shirley, Joanna Pettet, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Collins, Greer Garson, Gracie Allen, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Shirley Maclaine, Geraldine Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Margaret Hamilton, Eva Gabor, Francesca Bertini, Julie Adams, Olga Baclanova, Misa Uehara, Yvette Vickers, Milena Dravić, Jenny Jugo, Madeleine Carroll, Benita Hume, Olive Borden, Shirley Jones, Miyoshi Umeki, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Anderson, Charlotte Greenwood, Sybil Seely, Mona Barrie, Kathryn Grayson, Katharine Ross, Madge Bellamy, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Gray, Jana Brejchová, Debra Paget, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Evelyn Brent, Zelma O'Neal, Marie Laforêt, Türkan Şoray, Beatriz Costa, Irene Zazians, Eleanor Powell, Susan Luckey, Patsy Kelly, Lil Dagover, Norma Talmadge, Dorothy Mackaill, Madge Evans, Virginia McKenna, Amália Rodrigues, Mamie Van Doren, Valerie Hobson, Isabel Jeans, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Claire Luce, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Nieves Navarro Garcia, Janet Leigh, Carmen Miranda, Jean Harlow, Aud Egedge-Nissen, Nina Foch, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Garvin, Frances Farmer, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Greenwood, Una Merkel, Arlene Francis, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Suzanne Pleshette, Ruta Lee, Carolyn Jones, June Richmond, Eva Nil, Diana Dors, Anna Chang, Colleen Moore, Alexis Smith, Yvette Mimieux, Ruby Keeler, Viola Dana, Dolores Grey, Marie Windsor, Danielle Darieux, Jean Parker, Julie Christie, Acquanetta, Leatrice Joy, Ghita Nørby, Julie Newmar, Joanne Woodward, Sandra Dee, Eva Marie Saint, Simone Simon, Katherine Dunham, Birgitte Price, Lee Grant, Anita Page, Flora Robson, Martha Sleeper, Elsie Ames, Isabel "Coca" Sarli, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Burke, Linden Travers, Diane Baker, Joan Davis, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney, Marie Dressler, June Lockhart, Emmanuelle Riva, Libertad Leblanc, Susannah Foster, Susan Fleming, Dolores Costello, Ann Smyrner, Luise Rainer, Anna Massey, Evelyn Ankers, Ruth Gordon, Eva Dahlbeck, Ansa Ikonen, Diana Wynyard, Patricia Neal, Etta Lee, Gloria Stuart, Arletty, Dorothy McGuire, Mitzi Gaynor, Gwen Verdon, Maria Schell, Lili Damita, Ethel Moses, Gloria Holden, Kay Thompson, Jeanne Crain, Edna May Oliver, Lili Liliana, Ruth Chatterton, Giulietta Masina, Claire Bloom, Dinah Sheridan, Carroll Baker, Brenda de Banzie, Milú, Hertha Thiele, Hanka Ordonówna, Lillian Roth, Jane Powell, Carol Ohmart, Betty Garrett, Kalina Jędrusik, Edana Romney, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kay Kendall, Ruth Hussey, Véra Clouzot, Jadwiga Smosarska, Marge Champion, Mary Astor, Ann Harding, María Casares, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mildred Natwick, Michèle Morgan, Romy Schneider, Elisabeth Bergner, Celeste Holm, Betty Hutton, Susan Peters, Mehtab, Leslie Caron, Anna Sten, Janet Munro, Nataša Gollová, Eve Arden, Ida Lupino, Regina Linnanheimo, Sonja Henie, and Terry (what a good girl)

ROUND TWO BEAUTIES:

Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Todd, Tura Satana, Helen Gibson, Maureen O'Hara, Rocío Dúrcal, Mary Nolan, Lois Maxwell, Maggie Smith, Zulma Faiad, Ursula Andress, Musidora, Delphine Seyrig, Marian Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Sharon Tate, Pina Menichelli, Teresa Wright, Shelley Winters, Lee Remick, Jane Wyman, Martita Hunt, Barbara Bates, Susan Strasberg, Marie Bryant, Diana Rigg, Jane Birkin, Rosalind Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Brigitte Helm, Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Daniels, Constance Bennett, Lilian Bond, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Macdonald, Pouri Banayi, Raquel Welch, Vilma Bánky, Dorothy Malone, Olive Thomas, Celia Johnson, Moira Shearer, Priscilla Lane, Dolores del Río, Ann Sothern, Françoise Rosay, June Allyson, Carole Lombard, Jeni Le Gon, Takako Irie, Barbara Steele, Claudette Colbert, Lalita Pawar, Asta Nielsen, Sandra Milo, Maria Montez, Mae West, Alma Rose Aguirre, Bibi Andersson, Joan Blondell, Anne Bancroft, Elsa Lanchester, Nita Naldi, Suchitra Sen, Dorothy Van Engle, Elisabeth Welch, Esther Williams, Loretta Young, Margueritte De La Motte, Ita Rina, Constance Talmadge, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Bedford, Josette Day, Stefania Sandrelli, Jane Russell, Doris Dowling, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Donna Reed, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billie Burke, Kyōko Kagawa, Françoise Dorléac, Hend Rostom, Monica Vitti, Lilian Harvey, Marjorie Main, Jeanne Moreau, Lola Flores, Ann Blyth, Janet Gaynor, Jennifer Jones, Margaret Sullavan, Sadhana, Ruby Myers, Lotus Long, Honor Blackman, Marsha Hunt, Debbie Reynolds, Michèle Mercier, Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Judy Holliday, Tippi Hedren, Susse Wold, Vera-Ellen, Carmelita González, Nargis Dutt, Purnima, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne De Carlo, Miroslava Stern, Sheila Guyse, Helen, Margaret Dumont, Betty Grable, Joan Bennett, Jane Greer, Judith Anderson, Liv Ullman, Vera Zorina, Joan Fontaine, Silvana Mangano, and Lee Ya-Ching

ROUND THREE ELECTRIFIERS:

Jean Hagen, Sumiko Mizukubo, Mary Philbin, Ann-Margret, Margaret Rutherford, Claudia Cardinale, Eleanor Parker, Jessie Matthews, Theresa Harris, Brigitte Bardot, Alla Nazimova, Faye Dunaway, Marion Davies, Anna Magnani, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Fay Wray, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Hideko Takamine, France Nuyen, Claudine Auger, Miriam Hopkins, Maylia Fong, Samia Gamal, Maude Fealy, Machiko Kyō, Sharmila Tagore, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Juanita Moore, Anna Fougez, Waheeda Rehman, Ruan Lingyu, Nina Mae McKinney, Ethel Waters, Nadira, Olivia de Havilland, Abbey Lincoln, Louise Beavers, Agnes Moorehead, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer, Maria Falconetti, Reiko Sato, Marie Doro, Clara Bow, Margaret Lindsay, Catherine Denueve, Madhabi Mukherjee, Rosaura Revueltas, Hu Die, Mary Pickford, Fredi Washington, Louise Brooks, Leonor Maia, Merle Oberon, Paulette Goddard, Vivien Leigh, Francine Everett, Savitri, Tita Merello, and Meena Kumari

ROUND FOUR STUNNERS:

Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Papas, Lupe Vélez, Pola Negri, Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Gina Lollobrigida, Lena Horne, Nutan, Jean Seberg, Kim Novak, Gladys Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Darnell, Julie Andrews, Carmen Sevilla, Gloria Swanson, Glynis Johns, Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Anita Ekberg, Toshia Mori, Deborah Kerr, Hazel Scott, Chelo Alonso, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kwan, Devika Rani, Shima Iwashita, and Anouk Aimée

ROUND FIVE SMOKESHOWS:

Setsuko Hara, Pearl Bailey, Joan Crawford, Madhubala, Marpessa Dawn, Keiko Awaji, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Xia Meng, Suraiya, Natalie Wood, María Félix, and Mbissine Thérèse Diop

ROUND SIX SEXY LADIES:

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Vyjyanthimala, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman

QUARTER FINALIST GLAMAZONS:

Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Lauren Bacall

SEMIFINALIST ICONS:

Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll

FINALIST FABULOSITY:

Hedy Lamarr

ULTIMATE CHAMPION OF THE HOT & VINTAGE MOVIE WOMAN TOURNAMENT:

Eartha Kitt

[yunfox00]

Intro I guess???

Her/She

Hi you can call me Foxxine, I'm a minor, I'm Indonesian so my english vocab is probably gonna have some mistakes (I also suck at spelling)

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Moot and Nonmoot tag list thing

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Amy Chan... *my anime eyes sparkles*

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RAYRAY IN MY ASKBOX???

HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO CLICK A LINK TO YOUR TAGS... UHH IDK

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Smiley, Is mayonnaise an instrument?

Dude... That's Nutella... (Necrophilia mentioned)

THERE'S NO RULES IN EATING SOMETHING

My favorite racial slur! (Read the whole damn thing bc I made this post to just kinda trick people.)

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[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌸 Books for AAPI Month

❤️ Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this list featuring some of the FEW empowering, vibrant stories written by AAPI authors or starring AAPI protagonists.

🌸 What books did you read for AAPI month?

✨ 2024 Releases ❤️ Night for Day - Roselle Lim 🌸 The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years - Shubnum Khan 🏮The Great Reclamation - Rachel Heng ❤️ Lies and Weddings - Kevin Kwan 🌸 Valley Verified - Kyla Zhao 🏮 The Catch - Amy Lea ❤️ Your Utopia - Bora Chung 🌸 Tehrangeles - Porochista Khakpour 🏮 Horse Barbie - Geena Rocero ❤️ Memory Piece - Lisa Ko 🌸 The Fetishist - Katherine Min 🏮 Real Americans - Rachel Khong ❤️ The Kamogawa Food Detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai 🌸 Manila Takes Manhattan - Carla de Guzman 🏮 The Last Phi Hunter - Salinee Goldenberg and Ilya Nazarov ❤️ May the Best Player Win - Kyla Zhao 🌸 Are You Nobody Too? - Tina Cane 🏮 The Design of Us - Sajni Patel ❤️ Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-Reum 🌸 Heir - Sabaa Tahir 🏮 Maya's Laws of Love - Alina Khawaj ❤️ Midnights with You - Clare Osongco 🌸 Vilest Things - Chloe Gong 🏮 This Place is Magic - Irene Te ❤️ Guilt and Ginataan - Mia P. Manansal 🌸 Icon and Inferno - Marie Lu 🏮 Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee ❤️ Bite Me, Royce Taslim - Lauren Ho 🌸 Rules for Rule Breaking - Talia Tucker 🏮 What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park ❤️ How to End a Love Story - Yulin Kuang 🌸 Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White - Amélie Wen Zhao 🏮 This Is How You Fall in Love - Anika Hussain ❤️ Just Playing House - Farah Heron 🌸 The Boyfriend Wish - Swati Teerdhala 🏮 A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal

✨ Romance ❤️ Dating Dr. Dil - Nisha Sharma 🌸 King of Wrath - Ana Huang 🏮 The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang ❤️ Girl Gone Viral - Alisha Rai 🌸 Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors - Sonali Dev 🏮 Role Playing - Cathy Yardley ❤️ The Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon 🌸 Ayesha at Last - Uzma Jalaluddin

✨ Fantasy ❤️ She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan 🌸 Babel - R.F. Kuang 🏮 Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan ❤️ The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei 🌸 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🏮 Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel ❤️ Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki 🌸 Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

✨ Mystery ❤️ Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala 🌸 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto 🏮 The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd ❤️ Miracle Creek - Angie Kim 🌸 A Disappearance in Fiji - Nilima Rao 🏮 The Leftover Woman - Jean Kwok ❤️ The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey 🌸 Things We Do in the Dark - Jennifer Hillier

✨ Young Adult ❤️ The Wrath and the Dawn - Renée Ahdieh 🌸 All My Rage - Sabaa Tahir 🏮 Forget Me Not - Alyson Derrick ❤️ Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 🌸 These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong 🏮 This Book Won't Burn - Samira Ahmed ❤️ American Betiya - Anuradha D. Rajurkar 🌸 Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

every single book I read in 2022. all 129 of them.

jesus christ

let's start with the best of the best; everything else will get listed beneath the read more because I'm not an animal. even just picking out my favorites is honestly probably going to get pretty lengthy, even though I'm trying to keep the synopses short.

batmanisagatewaydrug's noteworthy books of 2022

Complaint! (Sara Ahmed, 2021) - necessary for anyone doing diversity work in higher education, tbh

America is Not the Heart (Elaine Castillo, 2018) - achingly gorgeous novel of heartbreak and healing.

The School for Good Mothers (Jessamine Chan, 2022) - honestly? I feel very good calling this my favorite book of the entire year. sensitive, smart, chilling.

Black Feminist Thought (Patricia Hill Collins, 1990) - truly ashamed to say I didn't read this sooner. Collins' clear-eyed analysis remains crazily spot-on 30+ years later.

Hurts So Good: The Science and Pleasure of Pain on Purpose (Leigh Cowart, 2021) - I read this book so early in 2022 and literally have not stopped thinking about it since.

Batman: King Tut's Tomb (Nunzio DeFillippis, Christina Weir, José Luis García-López, and Kevin Nowlan, 2009) - dare I say the most fun I had with a comic all year.

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Akwaeke Emezi, 2022) - a romance unlike any other. queer, fun, sexy, bold as hell, and joyfully life-affirming.

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana Enríquez, trans. Megan McDowell, 2021) - DELICIOUSLY creepy short stories that will lurk in your brain forever.

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century (Kim Fu, 2022) - if a more perfect short story collection exists I am yet to find it.

The World We Make (N.K. Jemisin, 2022) - I normally hesitate to include sequels on a list like this, but god DAMN Jemisin is the queen of modern spec fic for a reason.

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Mariame Kaba, edited by Tamara K. Nopper, 2021) - excellent collection of Kaba's abolitionist writings, drawing on years of organizing experience and wisdom.

Jade City (Fonda Lee, 2017) - look out! new favorite doorstopper fantasy series alert!

Priestdaddy (Patricia Lockwood, 2017) - about the best damn memoir I've ever read. heartbreaking and hysterical in turns, poetry the whole way through.

Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory (Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, 1996 and 1999) - it's always so exciting when something much-hyped lives up to the hype in every way. Batman at his grim and moody Batmaniest with a Gotham that’s deliciously bleak.

Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel, 2014) - I didn't think I'd like this book much at all, then ended up proposing on the second date. oops!

I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy, 2022) - you will also be glad McCurdy's mom died, and also experience every other known human emotion along the way.

Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel, 2022) - SPLENDID mythology retelling + political fantasy.

My Body (Emily Ratajkowski, 2022) - haunting haunting haunting personal essays about Ratajkowski's life as a model and subsequent alienation from her own body.

Batman: Bruce Wayne, Murderer? (Greg Rucka et al, 2002) - genuinely what can I say I'm a messy bitch and I love when the Bats are having a terrible time.

The Batman Adventures Vol. 2 #1-17 (created by Dan Slott, Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, Terry Beatty, and Bruce Timm, 2003) - a continuation of the Batman: The Animated Series universe that frankly just fucking rules.

Little Rabbit (Alyssa Songsiridej, 2022) - a potent and erotic adult coming of age story.

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century (Amia Srinivasan, 2021) - thorny, difficult, vital essays.

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Sabrina Strings, 2019) - jaw-droppingly thorough research into the role of fatpobia played and plays in the project of race-making.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong, 2019) - yeah so it turns out no one was REMOTELY exaggerating. Vuong really is That Good.

Hench (Natalie Zina Walschots, 2020) - wild fun with a ruthless protagonist and her sex villainous beetle man boss; what more could you ask for?

Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles (Eric C. Wat, 2021) - learning about queer history makes me feel like I’m holding something so vibrant and fragile and precious right in my little queer hand. this book is an emotional journey in such a shining way.

Never Have I Ever (Isabel Yap, 2021) - EXCITING short story collection centered on girls having Just The Weirdest Time.

and everybody else:

fiction:

Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki, 2021)

Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield, 2022)

A Tiny Upward Shove (Melissa Chadburn, 2022)

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Becky Chambers, 2022)

Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou, 2022)

The Laws of the Skies (Grégoire Courtois, trans. Rhonda Mullins, 2019)

The Monster Baru Cormorant (Seth Dickinson, 2018)

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (Seth Dickinson, 2020)

Greenland (David Santos Donaldson, 2022)

Dead Collections (Isaac Fellman, 2022)

The Halloween Moon (Joseph Fink, 2021)

A Dowry of Blood (S.T. Gibson)

Nightmare Alley (William Lindsay Gresham, 1946)

The Vegetarian (Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith, 2015)

The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka, trans. William Aaltonen, 1915)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi, trans. Geoffrey Trousselot, 2019)

Woman, Eating (Claire Kohda, 2022)

Long Division (Kiese Laymon, 2014)

Jade War (Fonda Lee, 2019)

No One is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood, 2021)

Portrait of a Thief (Grace D. Li, 2022)

Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger, 2020)

A Snake Falls to Earth (Darcie Little Badger, 2021)

Glitterati (Oliver K. Longmead)

Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir, 2019)

Harrow the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir, 2020)

Nona the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir, 2022)

The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa, trans. Stephen Snyder, 2019)

Even Though I Knew the End (C.L. Polk, 2022)

100 Boyfriends (Brontez Purnell, 2021)

Flowers for the Sea (Zin E. Rocklyn, 2021)

Any Way the Wind Blows (Rainbow Rowell, 2021)

Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice, 1976)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 2012)

Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World (Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 2022)

Into the Riverlands (Nghi Vo, 2022)

Siren Queen (Nghi Vo, 2022)

Strange Beasts of China (Yan Ge, trans. Jeremy Tiang, 2020)

short story collections:

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe, Yohanco Delgado, Eva L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, and Sheree Renée Thomas, 2022)

Walking on Cowrie Shells (Nana Nkweti, 2021)

Terminal Boredom (Izumi Suzuki, trans. Polly Barton,��Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O’Horan, 2021)

nonfiction:

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Judith Butler, 1990)

How to Read Now (Elaine Castillo, 2022)

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (Melissa Gira Grant, 2014)

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Aubrey Gordon, 2020)

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Ruby Hamad, 2020)

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness (Da'Shaun L. Harrison, 2021)

Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service (Tajja Isen, 2022)

One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter (Scaachi Koul, 2017)

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Revised Edition) (Kiese Laymon, 2020)

Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde, 1984)

Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Lessons I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers (Dylan Marron, 2022)

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Amanda Montell, 2021)

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Aimee Nezhukumatathil)

Histories of the Transgender Child (Jules Gill-Peterson, published as Julian Gill-Peterson, 2018)

Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance (Jessamyn Stanley, 2021)

A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk (edited by Valerie Steele, 2013)

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution (Revised Edition) (Susan Stryker, 2008)

The End of Policing (Alex S. Vitale, 2017)

The Trouble With Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life (Michael Warner, 1999)

Read My Lips: Sexual Subversions and the End of Gender (Riki Wilchins, published as Riki Anne Wilchins, 1997)

poetry:

Short Talks (Anne Carson, 1992)

Content Warning: Everything (Akwaeke Emezi, 2022)

Prelude to Bruise (Saeed Jones, 2014)

Alive at the End of the World (Saeed Jones, 2022)

Bright Dead Things (Ada Limón, 2015)

Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals (Patricia Lockwood, 2014)

Nature Poem (Tommy Pico, 2017)

Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong, 2016)

Time Is a Mother (Ocean Vuong, 2022)

comics:

Batman: One Bad Day - Mr. Freeze (Gerry Duggan, Matteo Scalera, and Dave Stewart, 2022)

Spandex - Fast and Hard (Martin Eden, 2012)

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (Tee Franklin, Max Sarin, and Marissa Louise, 2022)

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert, 2009)

The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcom Jones III, 1988)

The Sandman: In the Doll's House (Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Mike Dringenberg, Chris Bachalo, Malcolm Jones III, and Steve Parkhouse, 1989)

The Sandman: Dream Country (Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Colleen Doran, and Charles Vess, 1991)

The Sandman: Season of Mists (Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcom Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, P. Craig Russell, George Pratt, and Dick Giordano, 1992)

The Sandman: A Game of You (Neil Gaiman, Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, Stan Woch, and George Pratt, 1993)

Run, Riddler, Run (Gerard Jones and Mark Badger, 1992)

Catwoman: When in Rome (Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, 2005)

Batman: Year One (Frank Miller and David Mazzicchello, 1986)

Batman: One Bad Day - Penguin (John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, and Arif Prianto, 2022)

Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive (Greg Rucka et al, 2002)

Batman: One Bad Day - Two-Face (Mariko Tamaki, Jaiver Fernandez, and Jordie Bellaire, 2022)

Batman & Robin Eternal Vol 1 & Vol 2 (James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, 2015 and 2016)

Batman: Their Dark Designs (James Tynion IV, Guillem March, and Tomeu Morey, 2020)

The Joker War Saga (James Tynion IV and Jorge Jiménez, 2021)

Papergirls Vol. 1-6 (Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, 2016-2019)

Real Hero Shit (Kendra Wells, 2022)

Poison Ivy #1-6 (G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara, 2022)

and some gaming guides!

Monster of the Week (Michael Sands, 2012) - great game. so cool. cannot wait to actually play it someday.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians (April Kit Walsh, 2021)

special shame zone because I want you to know how bad this sucked, do not read this:

Rethinking Sex: A Provocation (Christine Emba, 2022). patronizing, puritanical, reductive, painfully cisheteronormative. weirdly afraid of group sex. not actually that provocative, just aggressively Catholic.

and last but most certainly least, a comic that I want to remind you all fucking sucked just one more time before the year is done.

Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler (Tom King and Mitch Gerads, 2022)

Tom King, go fuck yourself. Mitch is cool though, the art slapped.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951

[namsoek]

Cassie Chan | Power Rangers: in Space

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Power Rangers Turbo/ In Space Random photos



[vudangson06]

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE CHALLENGE!!! (Sidemascots 1.3)

Vinicius: But since the primetime version is boring af, it’s who wants to be a millionaire… on steroids.

Everyone: WHAT?!

Vinicius: Oh I didn’t mean literally steroids.

Olympic Phryge: I think I’m going to have PTSD…

Sumi: Get over it!

Olympic Phryge: Over what?

Sumi: Your drunk sister from the last episode!

THE SIDEMASCOTS!

Vinicius: Season 1!

(Sumi’s phone dings)

Sumi: Sorry guys, Mukmuk sent me a message. Mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk mukmuk.

Vinicius: Aw, he speaks like Pokemon.

Miraitowa: What does it mean?

Sumi: He said “Miga lost her eyeballs after repetitive eye strain and the fact that she was watching Sumi’s shit YouTube channel in the last episode. She’s now in hospital. Apologize to her now, or I’ll never again lend you maple syrup!”

Vinicius: Aw, guys, filming is postponed.

Honohon: Aw, come on!

[Technical difficulties]

THE SIDEMASCOTS!

Vinicius: Season 1, starring the world’s wettest mascot… Myaku-myaku!

Sumi: What in the name of Patricia Martin?!

Myaku-myaku: It’s my love interest, Italia-chan.

Sumi: (breaks pasta to scare Italia-chan away)

Myaku-myaku: What?

Sumi: Number 1, we only allow 10 mascots at a time, number 2, we do not tolerate stereotypes!

Burke: Stereotypes? Didn’t we have an Olympic Mascot Stereotype in our crew?

Miraitowa: Who?

Burke: You.

Miraitowa: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

[Technical difficulties]

Vivi: Welcome everyone to the “on steroids” version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, I’m your host and volunteer of Mitsubishi’s biggest cash-in…

OC IV: (in distance) I thought their biggest cash-in was the Mitsubishi Electric Cup!

Vivi: Vivi!

Honohon: #montamino

Burke: #meredithvieira

Wenlock: #christarrant

Vinicius: #silviosantos #rip

Miraitowa: Aw, she’s so cute, I want to give her cuddles.

Borobi: To be honest, shouldn’t you do that with Someity every weekday?

Miraitowa: WHAT?!

Burke: Where’s Nana when you need her?

Sumi: She’s probably arguing with our creative director about who should run the show!

OC IV: It’s MY show!

Nana: No, it’s MY show!

OC IV: But I make better scripts!

Nana: But I have better questions!

OC IV: But I am your father!

Nana: What?

OC IV: I am your father!

(Nana weeps and runs away)

OC IV: Let’s go, guys!

Burke: Way to go with your film references, OC!

OC IV: THANKS!

Vivi: Uhhh… let’s call our first contestant… Sumi!

Sumi: Let me guess… 15 questions, 3 safe havens, 3 lifelines?

Vivi: No, 6 questions, no safe havens, but you got the last one right.

Sumi: WHAT? THIS ISN’T SYNDICATED!

(Everyone laughed)

Vivi: If you get a question wrong, you’ll have second chances for redemption! If you think we got it wrong, either you or the audience can challenge us to correct the question!

Wenlock: This is confusing, and I know the new Champions League format for god sake.

Vivi: If you got the challenge wrong, you’re KICKED OFF THE SHOW!

Sumi: *trembles* This show or the Sidemascots?

Vivi: Joke, it’s this show only.

Sumi: Phew.

Vivi: But who knows someone gets fired from the sidemascots!

Sumi: WHAT?!

(Everyone laughed.)

Vivi: Bring in the first question!

OC IV: GOT IT!

Vivi: This cat AGAIN?! Should we pick someone else once in a while?

OC IV: I have… an aura!

Vivi: Oh, yes, aura. I should remember that. First question: Where is next year’s Expo held?

Myaku-myaku: EASY!

Vinicius: Pffft…

Sumi: Next year, final answer, shut up and move on!

Vivi: 2025, wow! I didn’t know you had such an interest in the expo!

Sumi: We have Myaku-myaku for nothing!

Myaku-myaku: Shouldn’t you wait for me to hint you?

Wenlock: #tecwenwhittock

Vivi: Silent, or else this show would be a stand in the park, let alone a walk! Next question: Where does Vancouver FC stand in the Canadian Premier League currently?

Sumi: 6th place with a 7-5-12 record, final answer, shut up and move on!

Wenlock: I didn’t know I had a mid-table friend!

Vivi: Incorrect!

Sumi: INCORRECT? I REMEMBER THAT LAST GAME AGAINST FORGE! WE WERE SHIT! I DEMAND A CHALLENGE!

Vivi: American black bear with Flappy Hands demanded a challenge! Burke, can you do the honors?

Burke: I can confirm Vancouver finished 6th out of 9 with a 7-5-12 record.

Vivi: Correct answer, wow!

Sumi: LONG LIVE VANCOUVER FC!

Wenlock: I thought you support the Vancouver Whitecaps?

Sumi: SHUT UP WENLOCK! I DON’T WANT TO BE AMERICAN SLAVES!

Vivi: Next one: Where do Vancouver Whitecaps stand in the Supporters’ Shield rankings currently?

Everyone: OOOOOOOOOH!

Sumi: I’m sorry but I don’t watch the MLS for a long, long time.

Burke: TRAITOR!

Sumi: Last time I watched it, Atlanta United won the league, we were in 14th!

Burke: I’m truly… humbled.

Sumi: I guess we did worse than that?

Vivi: WRONG! 10th!

Wenlock: I didn’t know his former club was a mid-table side.

Sumi: I demand a challenge!

Vivi: Burke?

Burke: I can confirm Atlanta finished in 22nd… I mean Vancouver in 10th!

Vivi: That means Sumi, you’re eliminated!

Sumi: Thanks a lot.

Wenlock: That’s for not watching the MLS for a long, long time!

Vivi: Which also meant Burke, you’re in the hot seat!

Burke: Me in the hot seat? I’m truly humbled…

Honohon: Oh shut up!

(Transition)

Vivi: Burke, your first question is… who invented Coca-Cola?

Burke: John Pembleton, final answer, shut up and move on!

Vinicius: So much for someone from Atlanta…

Vivi: Correct! What is the average length of a baguette?

Everyone: OOOOOOOOOOH!

Olympic Phryge: It’s…

Vinicius: Shut up Phryge!

Burke: Maybe a foot long? I’ve seen a footlong before.

Sumi: The measurement or the sandwich?

Burke: The sandwich! Let’s be honest here, Subway is trash and I’ll never come back again!

Vivi: You’re correct! Wow…

Olympic Phryge: OBJECTION!

Burke: Oh no…

Olympic Phryge: Number one, footlong sandwiches are never a foot long anyway, and two, it’s 60cm or about 23,6 inches!

Vivi: The answer… will come after the break!

(Burke proceeds to bribe Vivi)

Vivi: The answer is… yes! 60cm!

Olympic Phryge: ALLEZ LE BLEUS!

Vivi: Which means Burke, you’re out!

Burke: Where’s the redemption I needed…

Vivi: Olympic Phryge, you’re in!

(Transition)

Vivi: Phryge, everyone’s most hated mascot…

Olympic Phryge: Show off!

Vivi: Your question is: Did Paralympic Phryge go to a strip club last night?

Vinicius: WHAT?!

Sumi: It’s like Para Phryge herself wrote those!

Olympic Phryge: My sister is brainwashed, and I don’t know where she was yesterday.

Vivi: Correct!

Olympic Phryge: What?

Vivi: I don’t know! Because one, the filming crew said to me they just took her home, and that was in the afternoon! No one knows what she did last night! Two, all of her social media accounts have been inactive since early September!

Vinicius: Should we hijack the CCTV cameras of that nightclub?

Sumi: Agreed! Though, I don’t know where is it.

Vinicius: Uhhhh… me too!

Vivi: Next question: Banana.

Everyone: WHAT?!

Vivi: That was the questioners! Not me! If I made those questions, I would have been better off leaning bias toward the Mitsubishi Pavillion cash-in!

Sumi: If that was Paralympic Phryge, I’ll round her houses.

Olympic Phryge: I don’t know what’s the point, is it because it’s long, yellow, ripe, and lovely?

Vinicius: Where do I get this before…

Olympic Phryge: Can I phone a friend?

Vivi: By the fine rules of Who wants to be a millionaire syndication… yes!

Olympic Phryge: I’ll call my brainwashed sister.

Vivi: Ha, what?

Olympic Phryge: Hi! Paralympic Phryge: I don’t know who *hiccups* who are, dickhead!

Olympic Phryge: I wonder if you’re willing to help me…

Paralympic Phryge: I was smashing shots in a strip club last night!

(Everyone gasped.)

Vinicius: Well that answers the previous question.

Olympic Phryge: The question is banana. Is there a proper answer to that, drunk?

Paralympic Phryge: No! WAHEY! *chugs can of Sting*

(Call ended)

Olympic Phryge: I’ll just walk away.

Vivi: You can’t quit!

Olympic Phryge: I can and I just did, what’s the money for answering one question?

Vivi: It’s like war, what is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!

(Transition)

Vivi: It’s time for the next hot seater… Borobi!

Borobi: Thanks for letting me in.

Vivi: Great, because the first question is, where did the Gold Coast Suns finish in the Premiership in 2016?

Everyone: OOOOOOOOOOH!

Borobi: Oh no, it’s not our first season, nor is it our current, it’s in between.

Vivi: Exactly! There’s more chances I’ll quit this shit job than anyone in the studio watching Aussie Rules Football! I LOVE BEING A TV SHOW HOST!

Borobi: Let me guess. 9th?

Wenlock: I didn’t know I had a mid-table friend.

Sumi: You literally said the same thing about me.

Borobi: Can I ask the audience?

Vivi: Yes you can! Everyone! Where did the Gold Coast Suns finish in the Premiership in 2016? Write your answers now! Well.

Borobi: Well?

Vivi: It’s either “don’t know”, “don’t care”, or “go Atlanta Falcons!”

Burke: GO ATLANTA FALCONS! *blows vuvuzela*

Borobi: Oh no, I’ll take 9th as my guess.

Vivi: WRONG! 15th out of 18!

Borobi: Even I never remember AFL mate… The sport fell off.

(Transition)

Vivi: The next contestant is Honoh- WHAT IN THE NAME OF NANA?

Vinicius: REVEAL YOURSELF! WHO BLACKED OUT THIS STUDIO?

Paralympic Phryge: It was ME, WAHEY! *chugs bottle of Coke Zero* Let’s get this starty parted!

Everyone: PARALYMPIC PHRYGE!

Vivi: Is she this season’s antagonist?

Olympic Phryge: Why?

Paralympic Phryge: Revenge for trying to abuse me, WAHEY!

Vinicius: WHAT?!

Sumi: We didn’t “abuse” you, we asked you to feature in the last episode and you belatedly said yes!

Paralympic Phryge: I don’t remember *burps* me doing that.

Vinicius and Sumi: WE DID!

Sumi: Here’s the email! Admit it!

Paralympic Phryge: NO! I’M GOING TO SABOTAGE YOU ALL! WAHEY! (crashes into a wall)

Olympic Phryge: Aw, I want to punch her in the face sometimes.

Vinicius: Really?

Olympic Phryge: Really. I really need to give her a lesson!

Vinicius: Oh.

Sumi: If you desperately want to sabotage your drunk sister, we’ll help you!

Olympic Phryge: Really?

Vinicius: Really!

Olympic Phryge: Oh thanks a lot. I feel better now.

Vivi: Olympic Phryge to sabotage Paralympic Phryge in the next episode! Done deal and here we go! #pleasevisitthemitsubishipavillioninnextyearsexpowhereweactuallyofferyouallchocolate

Sumi: Join us next time for the next episode of the sidemascots, aka…

OLYMPIC PHRYGE ATTEMPT TO SABOTAGE PARALYMPIC PHRYGE!

Vinicius: It’s all going to go down…

Tom: NEW SIDEMASCOTS EPISODE? HA, IT’S SH-

[toonabby]

Happy (late) 35th birthday, Naomi Oozora

Characters pictured above from left to right: (BOLD text means Star-Making Role)

Satanichia "Satania" McDowell Kurumizawa from Gabriel Dropout

Hana Uzaki (Monica Rial) from Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

Jahy (Lisette Monique Diaz) from The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!

Kiriha (Sarah Wiedenheft) from Tsugumomo

Ruti (Tia Ballard) from Banished from the Hero's Party

Samidare Asahina (Ariel Graham) from Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Chio Miyamo (Mikaela Krantz) from Chio's School Road

Inari from Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

Midori Kohakobe (Emily Neves) from Call of the Night

Susanna "Sue" Hopkins from Genshiken: Second Generation (Replacing Yuuko Gotou)

Keiko Tomioka (Rachel Michelle Thompson) from Remake Our Life!

Kanon Konomori from Wataten!

Chieri Ogata from THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Tamamo Cross from Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Perseus from Azur Lane

Patricia Abelheim from Atelier Ryza

Characters not pictured (in order of the work's release year):

Duvalie (Eden Riegel) from The Legend of Heroes series

Yuragi Hakoniwa from Noucome

Jessica Shannon (Danielle Judovits) from Marvel Disk Wars

Karen Bombardier (Molly Searcy) from Chaika: The Coffin Princess

SG-1000 II from Sega Hard Girls

Bal-chan from Robot Girls Z+

Noriko Mizuyama from Momokuri

Tellu (Laura Post) from Sailor Moon Crystal III (Replacing Chieko Honda)

Falcon and QJY-88 from Girls' Frontline

Yuma Kusanagi from Matoi the Sacred Slayer

Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Sarah Wiedenheft) from Kemono Friends

Ylgr (Megan Hollingshead) and Lethe (Kristen Day) (from Path of Radiance) from Fire Emblem Heroes

Charlotte Anana (Madeleine Morris) from One Piece(*)

Yuki from PriConne (Princess Connect! Re:Dive)

Nikola Graf (Kate Higgins) from Valkyrie Chronicles 4

Michi Edogawabashi from Pastel Memories

Pan Dina (Nadine Russell) from Kandagawa Jet Girls

Marisa Kirisame from Touhou Spell Bubble

Mafuyu Kogarashi (Madeline Dorroh) from Maesetsu!

Sakuna (Laura Post) from Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Fenneca (Carling Doubt) (yes THAT'S her name) from Bakugan: Geogan Rising

Amanozako (Deva Marie Gregory) from Shin Megami Tensei V

Mogumogu Chō Higashisakura from Hanabi-chan Is Often Late

Lopomon from Digimon Survive

Ripple from Reborn to Master the Blade

Sayuri Osanada from Rokudo's Bad Girls

Panda Yanagiba from World Dai Star

Shizuka Futari (Robin Clayton) from Sasaki and Peeps

(*) = Debut episode

[resi4skz]

Chapter 1

Pairing: idol!Chan x Rebecca Greywood (OC)

Warnings: none for this chapter (i wanna b!tch slap patrcia though)

This is purely fiction!

Cover by: @3rachasdomesticbanana my bestie 🫰🏻

The practice room was bathed in warm golden sunlight streaming in through the tall arched windows. Mirrors covered the walls reflecting my graceful movements of  as I gracefully swayed and twirled to the rhythm of the music filling the room.

My body seemed to effortlessly glide through the air each delicate step executed with precision and elegance. I wore baggy sweats and shirt for ease and comfort. My feet encased in sneakers as I watched myself in the mirror in front of me, watching every move and noting any mistakes.

The music echoes in the room as my one of my favorite songs comes on and I hype myself before starting the choreography. As "District 9" radiates through the speaker, I position myself in front of the camera. I was recording for 2 reasons: for improvement and audition. I'm going to send it to JYPE next month when auditions were going to start. I express myself through the movements communicating every emotion through my  dance.

My body moved like ripples in water, my fingertips grazing the air as I effortlessly defied gravity. The whole room seemed to become an extension of myself, the space between each movement filled with an ethereal energy that captivated anyone fortunate enough to witness the artistry.

As the music reaches the end, I give it my all. All the limits and expectations, I present it through precision and movements. I had wanted this very badly. The empty room I had rented for 30 mins from a school friend just so I could record myself for the audition.

With a final elegant landing I gradually slowed my movements, my body gently coming to rest. In the silence that followed I stood there my chest rising and falling with every breath. The room was filled with a reverent hush as if everyone present understood they had witnessed something truly remarkable.

Opening my eyes my gaze met my own reflection in the mirror. A soft smile played upon my lips a mixture of satisfaction and determination. The dance was over for now but the fire within me burned brighter than ever.

As I finish packing everything, my phone chimes, indicating that I had recieved a text message. Reaching for my phone, I see that it's my dad wanting to know when I will be home from med school. Rolling my eyes, I sigh and text back that I will be home by 8. I take a look around the room again and a blissful moment lingers before exiting. I just had to survive a few more months till I recieve an acceptance from JYPE. Or I should say IF I recieve it.

As I exit the building, I get a text from my best friend, Luna asking me if I had submitted my audition yet. I couldn't help but smile. At least I have one person in my life who believes in me. I text her back, letting her know I will facetime her later tonight.

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But as soon as I get inside my house, I'm greeted with a slap to the face. Holding my face in shock, I turn to look at the culprit. It's my step-mother, Patricia. "You're a disgrace."

"What the hell?" I asked, glaring at her.

"Does your father know?" Patricia asked.

I blink at her in confusion. What is she up to this time? "What?"

"My son saw you flirting with a man."

"Okay. And?" I question. And I just know she's going to make this into a huge deal.

"Don't you have any shame?"

"Yeah, right," I scoff. "And what is it exactly he told you?"

"That you were flirting with a guy in class." Patricia replied.

"These days ASKING for help in class is considered flirting?" Now my dad and step-brother have also stepped out of their rooms. As I glance at them, I smirk at Patricia before saying, "Maybe next time ask your precious son what he does in class when he's not there half of the time?"

Looking at the annoyed and a shocked expression on her face, I'm satisfied enough so I walk straight to my room, avoiding my dad trying to talk to me. I close the door and walk over to my bed, immediately laying down.  I close my eyes and a sigh comes out of me. I can't wait to get out of this hell hole and finally make my dream come true.

Ever since I was 13, I knew I wanted to be on the stage and perform. I always had a knack to watch and copy dances so that I could get better at it. I also knew how to sing but it needed work. When I turned 18, I wanted to be an idol. That's when I discovered the k-pop groups and watched a lot of their music videos and cariety shows. I learned a lot from them, including their dances. And along the way, I discovered Stray Kids. I watched their survival show and immediately fell in love with them. You could say that I became a fan of them predebut and rooted for them when they got to debut.

There was just something about them that no matter what I was feeling, they always managed to cheer me up. There were days when I was mentally and physically drained, watching their shows always put a smile to my face. From the youngest to the oldest, they all had their own personalities which made them more loveable and fore, they were the most precious human beings. It had been over a year now since I started following them.

I found every opportunity to research which company was a better option to audition and looked at their auditoon dates. Some were better, some weren't. And some had very good aspects but disn't fall under what I was looking for. So when I landed on JYPE, the same company Stray Kids were under, I made a choice to decision.

The audtion requirements were sing and dance. I had already recorded the dance. It was just the singing part that was left. Looking at my phone, I go to my messages to text my best friend.

R: oi, bestie

I wait for her reply.

L: what?

R: can i record myself singing at your house?

L: are you seriously asking me that?

R: yes?

L: girl, you lucky you're pretty

Chuckling, I look up and check myself in my mirror. I had big eyes, small mouth and high cheek bones but overall, I was just an average girl. I look down at my phone again just as her message comes through.

L: you can come on Friday. That's my day off.

R: thank you. Love you bestie<3

L: love you too

Smiling, I put my things away and start getting ready for bed. One major part about my life ever since I became a teenager is skin care. No matter time of day, I don't ever skip it which is why I have next to flawless skin. As I'm about to start the first step, my phone rings. When I see the name on the screen, I immediately accept.

"What's up?"

"Are you free tomorrow?" Luna asks.

"Why?"

"A friend of mine is going tomorrow on her first date and she wants to leave a good first impression." I roll my eyes at her statement.

"And you want me to do her makeup and hair?" I ask, taking out my favorite skincare products and putting them in front of me.

"Yes?"

I roll my eyes and lean back in my chair. "Alright but you owe me this time."

"Sure. It'll be my treat!" Luna replies.

That was another passion of mine. Makeup. In high school, I saw a bunch of videos on youtube and ever since then I've had a knack of doing makeup flawlessly on others. Myself? Not so much because I like to let my skin breathe. As I finish my skin care followed by toner and moisturizer, I open my laptop and plug in my phone with it. I download the dances from today and compile them in one. Once I started editing the video, I lost track of time.

When I finally finished, I look at my phone and realize it's very late. Deciding to head to bed and sleep, I recieve a notification on my phone. It's from youtube. I gasp and I click the notification as it opens the app and I see the person who I adore so much and always wait to see his lives on vlive.

"Hello, everybody. It's your boy, Christopher."

And I'm in love all over again. It been a while since I've seen that pretty boy. I watch as he goes on to explain about his days and how he's loving all of his fans showing support to him and all of Stray Kids. This past year, he has given me so much strength and motivation. It's like whenever I have a bad day, like today for example, he turns up and lights up making all of my stress go away.

It had been only a year and a half but I couldn't keep up with all of their shows and performances, let alone their first concerts. Some days it got so bad for me that I would end up writing songs. And now that song book sits right with my other books, abandoned. Looking back at my phone, I see him smiling and laughing. The corner of my mouth turns upwards and my night instantly turns better.

As the live comes to an end, he says his goodbye waving at the camera. As he ends the live, I have this huge smile on my face because even though I was planning to audition under the same company as him, I had always pictured scenarios in my mind if I had happen to interact with him at any point. Many of the scenarios were good but I would always get shy because it's Bang Chan of Stray Kids. Who wouldn't get shy around him?

My phone buzzes. I grab it and see a text from Luna.

L: are you sleeping? Because you have to make sure you're on time tomorrow.

R: Yes, mom.

Rolling my eyes, I place my phone on charge and snuggle in my blankets. Sighing, I close my eyes and drift off to dream about a 20 year old australian.

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It was the next day and I had gotten everything ready for Luna's friend. The table in front of me had makeup brushes, foundation, concealers, eyeshadow and the whole system. I had saved all the money from doing a part time job to buy all the makeup and hair products.

The door opens and in walks, Luna with her friend. I glance at her friend, she's got gorgeous long hair and a small face structure with flawless skin. "This is, Ella, a colleague of mine."

"Hi, Ella. Nice to meet you." I smile, although she couldn't see it since I was wearing a face mask. I always wear it if I'm working on clients with makeup.

"Hi, Luna has told me so much about you," Ella says, as I motion for her to sit on the chair in front of a mirror.

"Good things I hope," I say glancing at Luna. "So I hear you have a date today?"

"Yes, he's picking me up around 5."

"Anything particular you want for your makeup and hair?" I ask, as I start preparing the products.

"Why not surprise me? I'm already wearing the clothes for the date," Ella replies as points towards her clothing. It was cute floral dress with wedge high heels.

"Alright. I'm going to prep your skin first then start on the actual makeup then the hair will come at the end."

Nodding her approval, I start working on her face. Luna sits in the back and watches me work my magic. I decide to focus more on her eyes first then move on to the rest of her face. Deciding to give her a slight of smokey eye with a hint of color and subtle eyelashes with minimal eyeliner. As for her face, I decided to give her a glowy look that also doesn't feel heavy. Leaving the lips for the very last step, I spray the makeup spray all over her race and move on to her hair next.

"Hmm, do you usually style your hair?" I ask as I lightly run my fingers through her hair.

"Not really, just loose curls here and there." Ella replied.

So that's exactly what I do. I give her long hair loose curls before spraying hair spray to set them. Standing back, I admire my work and once I'm satisfied, I head over to my station. My fingers hovers over the lip products as I pick a pink and a nude color. I mix the colors on my lip pallete with a lip brush before I apply it on Ella's lips.

"Alright, Ella." I said smiling as I scrape the rest of the lip product from the lip pallete to a container, small enough to fit into her handbag. "You're done."

Ella stands up and is immediately in awe as she looks at herself in the mirror. "Oh my god. My makeup and hair look so good. Are in you a makeup artist by any chance?"

"Uh, no. It's just my hobby."

"Might as well make it your job." Luna mumbles in the back and I give her a look.

"Here," I give Ella the small container. "For when you need a touch-up."

"Thank you!" Ella says, smiling.

"I hope your date goes well!" I say smiling, as I start packing my stuff. Ella leaves in high spirits leaving Luna and I in the room as I finish packing my things. I look at the time on my phone. It's almost time for my class.

"Okay. I need to leave right now if I want to make it.to class on time." I sling my bag over my shoulders.

"Girl, when are you going to stop going to med school?"

"Not this again," I sigh at her comment. "Because I have no other choice, Luna."

Luna scunches her nose and says,"Yes, you do."

"What?"

"I mean the only thing that's stopping you is your parents. Your dad is forcing you to be a doctor when you don't want to. He disregards your feelings about everything. You can always learn something on the side." Luna looked at me as I blinked back at her.

"Where is this coming from? I have enough on my plate as it is!"

"Look, if your audition gets accepted, how are you going to going to communicate with the people over there?" Luna asks, crossing her arms.

"Are you suggesting I learn Korean?" I ask.

"Why not?"

I scoff. "Well, for one, my audition hasn't been accepted because submission dates are next month."

Luna rolls her eyes and walks over to me. "You know you WILL get in."

I highly doubt I will but I can never say that to her because she'll bite my ear off for days. I hum in response. "I have 2 classes today so I'll see you later girlie."

"Bye." Luna says waving me off. I exit her house and head to the bus station. I would've used my car if it wasn't for my father selling it for money. It was the biggest fight I had with him as of yet.

It was also the day I found out about my dad's affair with Patricia. She was the one who told him to sell my car so he can give the money to her. She also came with a son from her previous marriage. Steven was a major pain in the ass, even though he was older than me by 3 years. On many occasions, they both plotted against me just to get me kicked out.

But I had promised myself that I would get through med school, even though I hated it, and audition for JYPE. And I told myself that if either one fails, I would keep auditioning till I get in. But fear was always there. It would always be there.

I get to class on time. Soon, the class starts and I start taking notes. I never wanted to go to medical school. It was forced on my by my dad. Whereas my dream was to perform on stage and he hated the idea of me in the spotlight. He told me that only people with no actual jobs perform on stage and didn't believe that it was an actual job, despite me showing him evidence many times.

Plus I had a knack of passing each class with straight A's ever since high school. Even Luna was surprised. But it never made me happy. And it never would.

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When I walk inside the house, I hear hushed voices which suddenly stops when the three of them I come come in view. My immediate reaction was confusion. Till I saw her with a smirk on her face.

"Are you going to be auditioning to JYPE?" My father, Jack, asks.

My eyes widen. How the fuck does he know? My brain scrambles to find the answer and it all comes to the only conclusion. Patricia and Steven. "You had no right to go through my things!" I yell at her.

"Rebecca! Don't you dare talk to her like that!" Jack yells back. She just wants to look out for you."

I scoff as I roll my eyes. "Sure. She just wants to look out for me by plotting against me to have me kicked out."

"Do you see that, Jack? Do you see how she's talking to me?" Patricia whines. This woman is asking for it.

"Don't talk to my mom like that," Steven chimes in.

"Oh back off, mama's boy." I say, annoyed at all of them. He makes an annoyed expression and takes a step towards where I'm standing, towering me. But I don't back down and narrow my eyes at him, head held high. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's intimidation. I'm not afraid to get into a fight, even though I had no experience in fighting. Well, except one time where Luna's ex and I was involved. He left crying and never came back.

Just as he's about to say something, my dad interjects. "Rebecca." I look at him. "This fantasy of yours ends right now." He reaches into his pocket and brings out a USB. I gasp because I recognize it. It's got pink flowers on it.

"Dad, please," I plead. This was my only chance to get out. To freedom.

What he does next, shatters my heart in pieces. He drops it in a glass of water as I watch the scene unfold. That was my only copy. I had totally wiped everything from my laptop. I glance at Patricia and Steven, smug look on their face enjoying every part of this.

"You have exams coming up, you don't need distractions."

Glaring at dad, I realized something. There was no out of this hell hole. I was going to stuck here forever. I have no way out. Without saying anything, I storm into my room and lock the door. Walking over to my window, I crack it open and climb out to go up on the house roof. I found out about the house roof few months ago when I wanted to blow off some steam.

I sit on the roof and take out my phone, pressing Luna's number. Tears starts to form in my eyes, blurring my vision. "Hey, girl. I was just about to call you. Ella had the best time ever on her date. She asked to let you know."

I try my best to sound as normal as possible. "Okay."

"What's wrong?" Luna asked. "Did something happen?"

"No." I sniffle, wiping my face as tears fall down my cheeks.

"Rebecca Greywood. I know you. Tell me."

So I tell her everything. She was the only person in the world who understood me. She always knew when something happened. She was THE person for me. Even in high school, she was always there for me when I needed her. She was there for me when my mom died because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be alive today.

"Okay," Luna said, after listening to me. "This is what you're going to do."

"What?" I say, wiping my nose with my hoodie.

"You're smart. You're young. You're capable. You're strong. You're going to learn Korean and apply for makeup certifications."

I blink at her response. Was she serious? "Luna, I can't. You know I can't. Besides, I have no money for it."

"I'll lend you the money. That bitch always has an eye on your bank account." Luna replied.

"What? Luna, no. I'm not doing it."

"Do you want to stay there forever? Do you want to stay in a place where you can't be happy? Where you're miserable all the time with no freedom?"

Okay. She was making good points. But I hesitated. "But Luna, that was all I had. That was my ticket out of here."

"No. That's not all you have. You have more you than you know."

I wipe my nose with my hoodie's sleeve. "What are you saying?"

"Meet at my house in 10 minutes." She hangs up and I look at phone, dumbfounded. What is this girl on about? Curious to find out, I climb down and safely get in my room. Grabbing my bag, I head out, ignoring my dad calling my name behind me. Once outside, I walk in the direction of Luna's home.

A/N: its finally here! :) chapter 2 next week!

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