We don't wanna hear you say "nigga" no more!

ID: 2 screen caps from the American TV show Girlfriends. It shows two Black women speaking on their flip phones. End of ID.

ID: the orange sun sinks below the horizon, as the waves roll into the beach, painting the ocean and sky with shades of blue, red, orange and gold. End of ID.

22 January 2026

ID: 5 stills from the above film, showing man and a woman embracing on the forest floor amongst the leaves. The woman says, “Promise you’ll marry only me.” The man replies, “Promise, only you, no second one, no third, no fourth.” Laughing and smiling, he leans up to hug the woman tighter, and she buries her face in his neck, laying down once again on the leaves. End of ID.

ID: sunlight streaming underwater to the rocks and fishes below. End of ID.

My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

ID: the large halls and high, vaulted ceilings of à French cathedral or church. Stained glass windows are set high in the walls, and cast coloured light on the pale tiled walls. End of ID.

[ID: photograph of writing on a wall that reads, "NO WOMAN IS FREE UNTIL TRANS WOMEN ARE FREE." end ID.]

ID: An African American teenager, Michael Brown Jr. in his green high school graduation robes with matching green cap a red sash. He holds his red high school diploma which says ‘Normandy High School’. He looks at the camera with a solemn expression. End of ID.

ID: a black and white photo of a sculpture of a man and a woman locked in a tight embrace. End of ID.

Description: a 17 second video of waves rolling into a beach as the golden sun sinks towards the horizon over the sea. The sky is a haze of pale gold and pink, and sunlight sparkles on the waves. End of description.

Girls are like "this is my comfort song" and it's the saddest song you've ever heard