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End of Week 1!

In Pratchett, it doesn't matter if you're beautiful as a woman.

I can't give precise names because I'm reading a translation*, but the latest example, that made me realise this, is the mages going to the King's and Magrat's wedding, and Ridcully reminiscing about the young woman he would have married if he could have (and what a surprise it was to understand who she is lol), saying, no, she wasn't beautiful, she had eyes like she was piercing you with them. Like we know who she is, we know she's intense, scary, impressive, a bit domineering, unapproachable to most... And these qualities, that you rarely see in a woman in fiction, are exactly why he loved her. Magrat is also not beautiful, she can't find clothes that fit, can't do anything with her hair, has an unfortunate red nose, doesn't have curves, and yet, she charmed someone enough that he keeps following her when she awkwardly and hurtfully pushes him away in the name of her independence. Isn't that beautiful? And she also is charmed by him even though he was pathetic and sad and an underdog (I do wonder if they'll really end up together because it looks like they can't actually talk to each other normally and that's not a great start lol).

Pratchett wrote women not like a man writes women but like a person writes a person. And he's not selling the lie that you have to be beautiful or agreeable or soft to be loveable and likeable, because it's true! Plenty of us of any gender are really intense and have jagged edges, and aren't hot or pretty or handsome or dreamy, and we still live full lives. Lives where people love us, are drawn to us. It feels so surprising and new to me, to see this in fiction. And Nanny Ogg is a prime example, she was probably never classically beautiful to start with, but now she only has one tooth left and is sometimes described as pretty ugly, but she can still get some lol, but she's also so carefree and happy and approachable that it felt more evident and a bit on the comedic side, like, oh yeah, the sexually liberated woman is still slutting it up in her 70s (?), ahah - but for the frigid, sanctimonious, terrifying, solitary one to have inspired love and devotion? I didn't expect that.

I'm endlessly charmed. The more I read (chronologically), the better it gets.

The next weeks Posts will be a Ride down last years obessions lane!

So I watched and then read spyxfamily which was a blast ! Love the characters and the relationships between them ✨✨ so naturally I had to draw them :)

Some fans out there ?

The FDA has upgraded an egg recall issued last month to “Class I,” its highest risk level, as it warns the public that consuming the products could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

The recall of 1,589,577 dozen white-shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs was initially issued by Midwest Poultry Services in late July, which warned they might be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.

According to the company, the eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3 and have sell-by or best-by dates between July 20 and August 17. The recalled egg cartons have either the code P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian Dates between 157-184.

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