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The next day…

by Lolsy's Library

I am currently on a sort of “holiday” from Twitter. My mental health is perfectly fine with it.

I came to realise that Twitter isn’t just “bad”, its not normal. Taking out ways to report child endangerment, some people just blatantly lie and misinformation runs rampant.The other day I wrote a list on here for nearly everything that Rowling has done, just to cis women alone. And it’s a lot people. Even after rebanning Ye and everything with AndrewTate, Musk STILL lets the worst of us back on there. Its not just bad, it’s not normal.

So, the day after I came to realise that I was making the right decision.

If you don’t wish to proceed further reading, I completely understand. One of the reason I detest Twitter,, is because when you come off of it, and go back to “real life”, everything’s relatively “fine” Depending on what it is, obviously. All the stuff happened the day after I went on “holiday”.

Hopefully this will be the last that I speak about these people.

Rowling

So Rowling came out and said that she has never seen so much misogyny towards women as she has now. Well that’s total bullshit. One of her cult were recently at some protest and one of them had a sign that said “Sturgeon likes anal”. I suspect what Rowling actually means that she has never experienced such backlash as she is now. Which is not the same as misogyny. People not liking a woman, does not mean you’re a misogynist. Otherwise Rowling herself would be one.

Also, during Rowling’s life women weren’t able to get a divorce on their own. It wasn’t considered rape, if you were married. Both of these were changed during the 90’S…The 90S people! Marital rape is considered a form of domestic violence and has been illegal since 1992…1992. But one of the wild things is as while, in the UK women can’t be considered to have rape. Even though women have been charged with rape, and accessories to it.

But sure, people able to change their sex/gender on their personal documents is the problem here.

Prince Harry

When I “left” to go on my “holiday”, people were having a problem with Harry talking about his number. It was utterly ridiculous, I managed to find plenty of books and films where they talk about that kind of stuff. I kept having to tell “adults” that the UK media splashed Harrys face across all sorts of media glamourising him going off to War. What, did the Taliban have no clue that Harry was fighting? Apart from anything, what Harry actually said was quiet different from what the media said.

Piers Morgan, the next day had the guy who killed Osama Bid Laden. You remember him? The LEADER of the Taliban? It was pretty funny really. The guy said things like “I wish he had killed more” “The Taliban aren’t going to like us less or more because of Harry”. It was clearly pissing Morgan.

Here’s what was bugging me, so Harry is “bad” for saying his number. But it’s not bad (and Piers thanked for him service as well) to have the guy who actually the Taliban leader on?

I know that a LOT of people hate Harry and Meghan, but, come on. That’s ridiculous.

Speaking of which, I FREAKING KNEW IT! It is mostly people who don’t like them, talking about them. You can blame the media as much as you want, it’s you talking about them. As for the book sales, well done to the Prince. I haven’t personally bought it and I don’t really plan on. I don’t really buy a lot of biographies, auto-biographies. I’ve only got two that I have read, and that was both of the Obama’s. People buy me them, but I am not really interested.

Lisa Marie Presley

That was a huge blow, I am sure, especially to Elvis fans. I was actually sad, she was pretty young. I became annoyed, when for some reason, the anti-vax people, blamed it on the vaccine. Twitter hasn’t gotten rid of any of it. Her family had a long History of heart problems. We don’t even know about her vaccine situation. Apparently they did it for both Kirstie Alley and Diamond, and I am sitting there thinking “Kirstie Alley was a Scientologist and Diamond was anti-vax”.

It was annoying how Lisa Marie has this long family history of heart issues and the anti-vax people are just getting to spread it around, with no interference from Twitter.

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The media’s playing us

by Lolsy's Library

I know that you all know this. But I am going to give you a really GOOD example of this.

Now, I know that I am preaching to the converted with this, but I am going to write a title from a “news” article placed in the “Daily Fail”…Sorry, Daily Mail in the UK, and break it down. Then I am going to show you the amazing response from one tweeter.

(If Twitter picks up in Australia, at the moment I’m writing this, it’s slow or just not working in Australia or New Zealand). My god that was really bad for a long time there

Nearly HALF THE British public want Prince Harry to be stripped of his Duke of Sussex title after the release of his six-part Netflix series with Meghan Markle.

Nearly HALF THE British public want Prince Harry to be stripped of his Duke of Sussex title after the release of his six-part Netflix series.

Nearly HALF THE British public want Prince Harry to be stripped of his Duke of Sussex title …

Do you see it?

The Daily Mail wrote the article like the people voted over half for the title to be stripped. People don’t really READ anymore. They “instant read”, they read the words they want to read.

I was one of lucky ones

by Lolsy's Library

*Long post and rant incoming*

My Gran was a Librarian, and she was the best one…Apparently. Because, unfortunately there have been a lot of Librarians who I have felt REALLY let down their communities, over the last couple of years.

I studied to become a Librarian, and found a job for a little while. Then when I became sick, they were the first ones to dismiss me. I was shocked. That was my first bad experience with Librarians.

The next has honestly been over the last couple of years. I was then really horrified by a Librarian friend of mine who decided to jump on the “I hate Meghan Markle” bandwagon and decided MM was lying about her mental health. Her “proof” was saying that she’s British (she’s lived in Australia since the 70’s, and cannot vote in the current UK election). Her other “proof” was showing me a website of the Royal Family’s Hospital, or something? I worked with her in education, and I showed her the website of where we worked. “Nice looking website, but we know that it’s not working”.

Then I am going to be honest, I get REALLY shitty with people and especially Librarians and “readers” who “claim” that it’s the “woke mob” banning books.

I’m sorry, what?

The Right-Wing Plot To Destroy Public Libraries

Conservative Christian groups are targeting Louisiana libraries

The right in the US has a new bogeyman: libraries

Republican war on books: They don’t just want to control your body — next up, your mind

Sometimes I get told that we told that we “cancelled” Dr. Seuss Again, sorry, what? Dr Seuss is not cancelled, by any of stretch of the imagination. What ACTUALLY happened was, a Dr Seuss book that wasn’t only just racist, but no one was buying anymore, they took it out of publication.

Detractors accused liberals of “canceling” the beloved children’s author who sold more than 650 million books worldwide. But it was the company founded by Dr. Seuss’s family that decided to stop printing the six books because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”18 Mar 2021 Dora Mekouar

Every single people I talked to about it, couldn’t even NAME the books that were taken out of publication.

I recently congratulated my public Library for having, front and center Juno Dawsons book “What the T”. I thanked the Library for doing that, and we all admitted to getting teary. The sad thing was, I couldn’t post that on social media, except for here. Even then I didn’t put the state I’m in, I didn’t name the Library. I didn’t even take a photo of the book, I couldn’t share it. I KNEW what would happen. What would happen? Look above.

The “woke mob” DON’T BAN THINGS, unless it’s actually harmful. Why, you may ask.

What’s It Like to Be the Target of A Book Banning Effort? School Librarian Martha Hickson Tells Her Story.

I read a story recently of a Texas Librarian who got rid of a lot of books, and I admit I was angry with her. As I read on though, suddenly it became clearer. She was doing it too LITERALLY SAVE HER OWN LIFE. How can anyone who read that, as a Librarian go “oh, it’s totally the left/woke mob” banning books. When their own fellow Librarians are having their lives threatened by the Right?

One of the reasons my Gran was beloved by a lot in her community, was she was the best Librarian, she knew EVERYTHING. She went to America to help with AIDS victims. This the Gran who now, has Dementia. So when I see Librarians who SHOULD know fucking better, I get angry for my Gran and for the people in their community. I get angry at the spread of misinformation, by Librarians, who out of all people should KNOW how to research.

For all those who are interested, here is where you can purchase some totally “cancelled” Dr Seuss stuff.

The Dr. Seuss Shop

Not understanding…

by Lolsy's Library

One of the things that I found interesting when QE2 passed. Is how little people understand how the Monarchy even works, and I’m not even British.

You know how everyone keeps having a go at Meghan and Harry for talking badly about the Royal Family? When they, in fact, never have. They’ve talked about how the FIRM have treated them. Just like the Queens twitter account did not wish Meghan a happy birthday and the others did. No, the Queen, couldn’t just say what she wanted too.

So, no, the Queen could not just condemn things, in her name.

The amount of documentaries I’ve watched about Henry the 8th, Elizabeth the 1st, Mary Queen of Scots. Their lives are NOT their own. They DON’T speak for themselves. They are surrounded by those who speak for them. Which is why YOU have to be so careful about what you read/listen about them.

It’s why I only listen to when they do actually use their own words. I watch their body language, I listen to them speaking.