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cranbeetle

30s โ€ข She/They โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธโœŠ๐Ÿป๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ โ€ข Leftist โ€ข D&D, insect, art, & library enthusiast โ€ข I'll read pretty much any genre โ€ข Neurodivergent & queer โ€ข pro ๐Ÿ…

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Sapphic Across Genres
Found Family in Fantasy
Cozy Fantasy
The Kaleidoscope of Time: A Time Travel Quest
LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Queer Horror
Botanical Horror
Weird Girl Fiction
Majestic Minibeasts
Justice for All
Sapphic Vampires
Indigenous Peoples' Day 2026
My Taste
This is How You Lose the Time War
Martyr!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Natural Beauty
Annihilation
Reading...
The Wetworks Miracle
50%
As You Wake, Break the Shell
17%
Sister, Maiden, Monster
45%
A Parade of Horribles
25%
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
50%
Gideon the Ninth
10%

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cranbeetle commented...

I would never block someone for having a different opinion about a book, art is so subjective. I've blocked like 200 people for using AI "art" on fable though. ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Blocking Users - An Open Discussion

    Iโ€™m curious to hear about why you may or may not block a user? Do you use this feature? Iโ€™ve never been on a platform like this where it shows you comment unavailable to indicate that you are blocked.

    I was recently chatting with another reader about the vibes of a book and they didnโ€™t agree, but instead of engaging in further discussion (to which I would have loved to have heard what vibes they thought the book had) they blocked me. Iโ€™m kinda bummed and have never had that happen before.

    I wanted to open the floor up to maybe understand better. I donโ€™t think I would block a reader in that fashion. Maybe I would use the feature if someone was sharing triggering content related, but not to end a conversation. Iโ€™m just surprised and a bit hurt.

    Edit: WOW. Thank you all for sharing your experiences, opinions, perspectives, thoughts. This has really helped me see this feature in a different light and was very helpful for me to read. I appreciate you all. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

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  • The Gift of Strawberries (9%/page 32)

    I barely finished the first page, but reading about Evon Peter introducing himself as "a boy who was raised by a river" and then have Robin Wall Kimmerer write that she was raised by strawberries, got me thinking about what part of nature could have perhaps raised me.

    It surprisingly didn't take me long to find my answer: Dandelions.

    Did anyone else think about that?

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