Emmarae 💚🧿

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A selfie of me, a light skinned Black woman with long locs. I'm wearing a black stress and a bright orange scarf. I have on blue glasses and am wearing orange beaded earrings
My hand holding my light pink Owala water bottle. Sticker of Fern from Frieren holding a gun, text below her reads "Zoltraak isn't the only option here."
A drawing of baby Megumi hands up ready to summon Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga.
My hand holding a paperback copy of The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa. Cover has who I'm assuming is the main character Fen, a Black woman in a red dress holding a staff.
A selfie over a picture of yellow flowers(I forgot the name) in cursive bubbly text above photo: "Coming Back to Streaming!!” below photos "Twitch.tv/SekhmetECA" The boarder has a burnt orange old film trim.
Book cover for Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim. The cover has gradient red-pink lines, a mirrored image of a person walking through the gradient.
My hand holding up a paperback copy of The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara. The cover is a white background with a young deer that has a small winged serpent wrapped around one of his antlers.
My hand holding up disc of Crash Bandicoot 2: Vortex Strikes Back for PlayStation
A physical copy of Monster by Naoki Urasawa vol 3. The cover is a brownish burgundy with framed images of people(who are characters from the story or represent characters).
A physical copy of Monster by Naoki Urasawa vol 3. The cover is a brownish burgundy with framed images of people(who are characters from the story or represent characters).
Josh Johnson making a quizzical and disgusted look.
My hand holding a paperback copy of The Fake Ghost by Nuzo Onoh. The cover is a whispy illustration of a Black man in a suit, holding out a wooden mask, behind him on the left are white wings, the right side is a skull.
My hand holding my Kobo which displays the cover of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
A Black man holding glasses far from his face to see wtf was just read. This makes his eyeballs look real small.
My hand holding my Kobo in front of a bookshelf. Displayed on the screen is the cover of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley. The cover shows a hand grasping what I'm assuming is a gas can?...a jug of some sort of nefarious green liquid lol.
My hand holding up a hardcover copy of Positive Obsession. The cover has a portrait of Octavia E. Butler with a light orange background.
My hand holding up a hardback copy of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan. It's a library copy so it has the glossy cover. The cover has a woman dressed in a red and gold sari, the background is a smokey blue.
My hand holding up a copy of Tall Water by SJ Sindu and Dion MBD. Cover art has Nimmi in a black tank top and green shorts. Standing on a beach looking over her shoulder toward the water.
My hand holding a paperback copy of The Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter. The cover is all black with a figure dressed in full armor with a helmet that has 4 curved horns. They hold a sword facing down in front of them. Title and authors name is in blood red lettering.
A shelf with these books on them(from left to right): 'Irish Wonders' by D. R. McAnally, Jr. 'Friday Black' by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 'Love in Color' by Bolu Babalola 'No Edges' (editor not listed, it is 'seventh in the Calico Series) 'Seattle Noir' edited by Curt Colbert 'Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edogawa Rampo translated by James B. Harris 'Midnight & Indigo' edited by Ianna A. Small 'The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018' edited by N.K. Jemisin 'We Will Rise Again' edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malla Older 'Into the Forest' edited by Lindy Ryan 'New Suns' vol 1&2 edited by Nisi Shawl 'Ghostroots' by Pemi Aguda 'Never Whistle at Night' edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr 'Trouble the Waters' edited by Sheree Renèe Thomas 'Sorghum and Spear' edited bySheree Renèe Thomas 'The Whishing Pool' by Tananarive Due 'Haboo' by Vi Hilbert 'Drinking From Graveyard Wells' by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu 'Dominion' edited by Zelda Knight & Elpeki Oghenechovwe Donald 'The Dark-Thirty' by Patrica C. McKissack 'African Ghost Short Stories'
Book cover for The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu. Steamed buns are in 3 bamboo steamers, the third one the buns are instead planets.
A picture of 6 books I took on the floor. From top left: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht, All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu, The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu, Sabzi: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes by Yasmin Khan, and Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
My hand holding up my Kobo that has the cover of You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
Lil Fern from Frieren places a teacup and saucer in front of Frieren.
An image of the book cover for Country Place by Ann Petry. A silhouette of a woman in a dress is on the right side, all text is on the left. Her dress is more of an outline of a dress, it has cherries and ruffles. She's also wearing a big sunhat.
Squidward ready to knock you out
My hand holding up my K*ndle that is displaying the cover of Audition by Katie Kitamura. Stickers on the cover say "Booker Prize 2025 Shortlisted", "Women's Prize Longlisted - fiction 2026”, and "The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist".
A golden circular sticker with points on a book page, the stamp from the embosser reads "From The Library Of Emmarae Empowered"
My hand holding up a cover of The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell. The cover has beautiful formline artwork which shows ravens, salmon, and canoes. The main colors are red, while, light blue, and black.
Me sitting against a brick wall. I'm clapping for some reason lol don't remember why. A book is in my lap, specifically The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods.
A sleeping Bulbasaur plush with my bonnet on lol. It covers the bulb. The bonnet is tan, orange, yellow, and dark brown. With symbols on it.
A sleeping Bulbasaur plush with my bonnet on lol. It covers the bulb. The bonnet is tan, orange, yellow, and dark brown. With symbols on it.
My hand holding a paperback copy of Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden in front of a packed bookshelf. The book cover shows a woman standing in an arch way, sun is glowing all around her.
Screenshot from a video of a post by Andy Weir that says "Again, I got bored and had AI make images of my wife in strange outfits and time periods. This is my wife as a prehistoric cave woman. She really..." Text cuts off there. Image has been cropped out cause nobody wanna see that mess.
A small white mug that has the text "I have personally explained the process to you, Debra."
Photo of me side profile with my lil baby locs. They are just barely touching my shoulder.
My hand holding up a copy of the manga The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokurrn. A glass that has the image of Squirtle is behind it, as well as my laptop which displays my husband's Twitch stream.
A pen case that looks like a Gameboy, it's purple, the screen is pink with a darker pink heart with text that reads "GAME START"
My Kindle on a colorful striped blanket, partially resting on a notebook. The book cover of When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen is displayed on the Kindle. A pen is also on the notebook.
My hand holding a paperback copy of Do You Dream of Terra-Two by Temi Oh
A paperback copy of The Redemption of Time by Baoshu translated by Ken Liu sits on a brown bookshelf in front of other books.
A screenshot from the co-working game Spirit City Lofi. My character sits reading on the porch of the train scene on a comfy couch. My character is wearing a green dress with brown long sleeves. The spirit next to the character is a lil rain deer who is reading. Behind the characters is a galaxy, there's a supernova that radiates orange and yellow against the stars. A timer is also on screen showing 6min and 39seconds
Josh Johnson looking absolutely disgusted.
My hand holding up a hardcover copy of Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane. The cover shows a plantation house with roaring red flames around it.
A Brewster mug from animal crossing with the matching saucer. It's on top of my desk mat that has colorful succulents. Next to it is my keyboard that is green, blue, purple and pink.
A video of me holding up a hardback copy of The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods. It's a library copy so it has that glossy cover over it. I'm wearing a green and tan scarf with long snake bone earrings and bright blue glasses.
An orange mug with green cursive text that says "I'm the Prince of Shoeburg Mother*cker!"
The cover of Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, it's a sky with green grassy hills at the very bottom of the frame. In the middle of the sky is a hole that looks like a galaxy inside.
My hand holding a paperback copy of My Soul to Take by Tananarive Due. The cover is a black background, a woman stands in the center shrouded in a dress and a flowy scarf over her face. The scarf is translucent red and the dress has a white thick line dividing the woman in half. One side is deep blood red, the other is blue.
My hand holding up a hardcover copy of 'On A Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice' by Mike Africa Jr. with D. Watkins
A screenshot of Animal Crossing New Horizons of Kapp'n saying "Ye're one o' the good ones." to me. My animal crossing character has very short locs and is wearing a brown sweater. Tom nook is looking like a bitch ass as always and Kapp'n's no lip wife is next to him.
A bald eagle standing on a power line pole.
Josh Johnson making a stank face
Many pictures of Wendy Williams looking confused
A black table with these items on top(from left to right) My reading journal that I made with a black hardcover book on top of it. Another journal that is black with yellow and red flowers on it. An orange and yellow owala water bottle A small green glass vase with various pens in it. A round plate of hashbtowns, a small glass bowl above it has kimchi in it, next to the kimchi is a glass of orange juice. Above the food is a box of Ohuhu markers. A stack of Coco Wyo's coloring books. The very top one is 'Little Corner: Cute and Comfy Coloring book'.
A selfie of me, my locs reach past my boobs lol, I'm wearing a tan colored tank top, and my hand is on my knee, I'm wearing black corduroy pants. I'm also wearing big blue glasses
My hand holding up the journal I made front facing to the camera. The front cover is dark brown, green, red, and gold in a stripped patter when some diamond shapes.
My hand holding up long ass earrings lol. The pattern is twoblack and white stripe agate beads, then a long black bone, then a wood bead that has been carved, long black bone, wood bead, agate, big jump ring, white bone that has a loop carved in it.
My hand holding up a necklace made out how howlite and green calcite beads. Light blue thread is knotted between each bead. The batter goes 3 howlite, 1 green canclite, and repeat.
In front of a tall black bookshelf my hand holds up a hardback library copy of Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez. The cover is a bright yellow-green. All text is in hot pink. There is an image of a headstone that says "my cemetery journeys" with a stone angel draped over it. The angel has blue hair and hot pink body.