Watergaw

2026 reads / storygraph

Heavy Metal Lover

character-driven cyberpunk romance

a young woman is lured back into the illegal motorbike racing scene with the promise of a payout that could help with her family’s medical debt, by the reclusive daughter of the high mayor who wants to win against her brother

she gets the money, but also more injuries, and in the recovery period grows closer to her benefactor - and more entangled in their twisted family politics than she intended

She is not that.

She is Elon Musk. She is Trump. She is a powerful monster with the money to end lives.

Giving her money and creating a demand for her books by engaging in fandom should be seen the same way owning a cybertruck is seen. Harry Potter gear is in the same category as MAGA gear.

I need to see the same disgust and outright hatred of her that I see about all the evil men in her category. I don't know if people see her as less dangerous because she's a woman or if people are worried that hating on a woman will get their feminist card revoked, but she needs to be taken more seriously by a lot of people. She's a big name heavy hitter with more money than anyone should be allowed to have.

Brian Haberlin (American, born 1963)

Pygmalion, 2025

Watercolor on paper

21 × 14 in (53.3 × 35.6 cm)

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

If you like One Last Stop, you’ll probably like A Swift and Sudden Exit!! If you didn’t like OLS, you’ll probably like this better and should give it a shot!!

I want to give some flowers to the book I read last year that was the least shelved by other people on Goodreads. This was a 5/5 read for me, super immersive and you really didn’t know what was going to happen next. Great twists and two very lovable characters, a fated pair that defies the laws of space and time to be together. Pretty sci-fi, very gay! I just finished One Last Stop (very late to that party, I know) and couldn’t help but think of this book as I read it.

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