I appreciate that the book reviews for THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME are all like “Chanda is a strange fuckin nerd but actually it’s very entertaining, buy the book” 😹 Accurate accurate

If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!

@yaffasutopia.bsky.social calls these the “first responders.” The people who have been engaged from the start, before the catastrophe that brings attention to the crisis.

The workshop today was about the roles we claim in upholding fascism and what roles we can claim to create a better world. I’m a writer, so that’s where my musings are going. How do I do these two things?

Folklore not as nationalistic enterprise. Not culture-defining and defined tropes and myth. Not nostalgia. But something that is decentralized knowledge. A futurism of folklore, as it were.

So grateful for today’s workshop from @yaffasutopia.bsky.social . I’m honing in on how I can use my skills to prefigure a better world, and address how I uphold the world as it is now. I think the same roles apply here. Folklore is very gross, friends. It has so much fascism on it.

If your analysis of Venezuela starts and ends with one white man then you’re most likely part of the problem. This isn’t the first invasion, it is not the last. Empire functions as it’s meant to. If you believe the above then you also function as Empire demands.

Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever

The media doesn’t talk enough about the fact that ”Let’s Make America Great Again” was Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan Nothing this man does is original, at all, including illegal/imperial invasions in Latin America

“Please do imperialism the legal way,” is a take I just saw on here. I thought that was just a meme.

Just saying out loud that I remember this morning when they were saying that they weren’t going to do anything besides the Maduro kidnapping Before they announced they were also going to run the entire country I remember a few hours ago

Sometimes I think about Harris‘s ”most lethal military in the world” line from her DNC speech and today is one of those days

Shout out to @yaffasutopia.bsky.social for the use of “cute.” You should check out their podcast and workshops. Also shout out to that Sufi guy who said “only God is non binary.” Haha so very close!

For those watching #StrangerThings, remember that the cast passed around signs saying they are proud zionists in the middle of an ongoing livestreamed genocide carried out by the zionist regime.

INARA: Light of Utopia Ed. Yaffa As. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

in a year filled with so much upheaval, i turned to books. in a first for me, i finished a 100. i dreamed, i ruminated, i fretted, and i escaped. these were my tops. 📚💙

Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.

Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year. It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards! Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷

Ngl, I still fret a lot about asking for help with bills and getting out of debt. In this week’s session of the Utopia workshop series hosted by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social, all my reflections were all about how I can provide care. It was a really important point that receiving care is crucial too.

1 To Liberation You come alive before me, Projected from my heart. You are new and ancient, and have waited a very very long time. So have I. You are noetic, actual and material. It’s how I know you can be both seed and cedar Hoary and yielding sapling W/a huge canopy Of starlight.

Joining in with @swantower.bsky.social ‘s #12daysofpoetry I’m going to make some new poems from the free writing I did as part of the organizing towards Utopia workshop hosted by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social I’m a poet in denial. I’m trying to receive to it. I hope you enjoy!

Underdiscussed point: how much responsibility Substack bears for Bari Weiss being in the position she is now in. Fuck substack

"I share all this because the Disability Justice (DJ) revolution we need will not come without a frank discussion about how many disabled folx have been harmed by other disabled folx who preyed on us, based on our perception of shared DJ values." - Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW. bit.ly/DisabilityJu...

Did you read a book by a transfemme in a language other than English this year? Comment them on this post! The Foreign Language category for the TFR Awards only has two votes total and I need more crowdsourcing.

Access an unpaywalled link here! 👀 web.archive.org/web/20251223...

JOB!!! Jewish Currents is searching for a new Editor in Chief! This is a pretty important role, and I hope there is a diverse applicant pool. Being Jewish is NOT a requirement. As an advisory board member with no say in the hire, I hope especially that those who are POC and/or trans will apply!

For our third shortlist of the day, we're celebrating four authors for excellence in transfeminine publishing this year! Congratulations to @taliabhatt.itch.io @magicariot.com @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @jemma.bsky.social! Voting for the TFR Awards is open until Dec. 26th at 11:59pm EST!

I forgot to mention that the Utopia workshop today hosted by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social surprisingly gave me new perspective on my struggles with writing: the topic was non attachment. I had become attached to writing being able to stop a genocide. It can’t, and that devastated me.

The Shortlist: - Sage by @yaffasutopia.bsky.social - Perverts by Kay Gabriel - Local Woman by jzl jmz - Glitch Girl! by Rainie Let - a body more tolerable by @jayesimpson.bsky.social

Happy shortlist day! Today, TFR recognizes five excellent works of poetry for our Best Transfeminine Poetry 2025 award, as voted upon by our readers. Help us celebrate transfeminine literature! Voting ends on December 26th at 11:59pm EST, so there's still plenty of time to weigh in 🩷

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

The Utopia workshop was hosted by the MASGD: The Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity. I think it must be my first time being in a space that was affirming of not identifying as Muslim but being both racialized as Muslim and culturally Muslim. (In my case, I’m also culturally Christian).

I need this book by the fabulous @yaffasutopia.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Hey you! Stop playing Fortnite!

Are you a fan of trans poetry? Or are you a trans poet yourself? The TFR Award has two categories recognizing trans poetry this year, and we need your help building the best sheet of nominations we can! Help us celebrate trans poetry by voting in this year's TFR Awards 🩷

Six days left until Shortlists drop 👀 Best Fiction had narrowed to a four book horserace. But the Nonfiction, Poetry, Debut, and Author shortlists are still very much up in the air, and your votes can help craft them! Have you voted in the TFR Awards yet? Information below 🏳️‍⚧️📚

Alright, back to reading :))) Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉 Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...

I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out 1. None of them have come from Palestinians 2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment 3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism

This book is sooo good!!!

The death toll at Srebrenica was about 8,400. At Katyn, about 22,000. At Babi Yar, about 34,000. Add those together and you've just barely cracked the low-end estimate of the death toll at El Fasher.

I appreciate everyone at @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social. The stunning poet and beautiful creature @angelvleal.bsky.social . @yaffasutopia.bsky.social is exceptional, they are a brilliant light. @amalelmohtar.com for bringing beauty and birds into the dark places. @nassos.bsky.social, my best mentor.

There are so many more. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

Proceeds from the workshop go towards urgent if trans folks affected by genocide around the world. Even if you can’t attend, please donate!

It is built around Yaffa’s book Letters From a living Utopia: Reclaiming Liberation from Palestine to the World www.commonnotions.org/buy/letters-...

This is not a drill. @yaffasutopia.bsky.social is fascinating a workshop series about organizing toward freedom. fnd.us/d2dO71?ref=s...

Okay, let's take stock. So far, we've gotten 87 ballots for the TFR Awards this year, which puts us a little under halfway to last year's total of 208. My goal is to beat that, ideally hitting somewhere between 250 and 300 ballots. To accomplish that, my hope is to hit 150 by shortlists.

Not only is Eurovision welcoming Israel (while banning Russia for the same reasons), but they’re willing to let go of Spain, Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherland, countries that have not committed war crimes. Eurovision is willing to self-destruct just to protect Israel. Boycott Eurovision.

#CurrentlyReading Inara edited by Mx. Yaffa As and Vera Wong’s Guide to Dating a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto. #books #reading #BookSky #Inara #YaffaAs #VeraWongsGuideToDatingADeadMan #JesseQSutanto

The sooner we accept that this is Hitler Youth for 21st Century America, the better. This is how you indoctrinate people.

For our second year, I'm proud to present the TFR Reader's Choice Awards, the only literary awards where YOU can vote for your favorite transfeminine books of 2025 🩷 Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.