idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you "Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.

As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.

🏳️‍⚧️ TRAAAAAANS RIGHTS!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ You guys asked us again and again (...and again and again and again!) and we've finally brought back the hottest tee of the year! And, like before, a portion of each sale gets donated to the Transgender Law Center— available RIGHT NOW for pre-order: theyetee.com/transrights

From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion. mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.

today my cat barked at me.

We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social! www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

We managed to bork the link. Here’s the right one! store.smallwondersmag.com/buy/d0205805...

Our “Best of Year One” anthology has gone out to our Kickstarter backers! It has 45 flash fiction stories and poems from our first year, all the way back to Issue 0. If you missed it, grab it from our store! store.smallwondersmag.com/checkout

Submissions for Baffling's Mecha vs. Kaiju issue will open on June 1st! Before the day arrives, check out this interview with associate editor D.A. Vorobyov for what he's looking to see in submissions: www.patreon.com/posts/129380... (The Patreon link is publicly accessible for free!)

Happy to announce that my collage, "Growth Comes in Spirals" was published in The Branches Journal ✨ 🔗 www.thebranchesjournal.com/issues 🔗 issuu.com/thebranchesj...

It's almost time! The Narratess Sale is an opportunity to grab a bunch of indie books for low prices (or even free!) In honor of the event, all of my books will be available for $1 on itchio here: whistberry.itch.io Also part of an itchio Narratess horror bundle here: itch.io/b/2942/narra...

NO NY MASK BAN Your calls are working but we need to keep the pressure up. KEEP CALLING If you are from out of state you should also call and say it will prevent you from traveling here.

wore colorful clothing today and literally everyone in my life who saw me commented on it, surpised

Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.

i forgot it was tdov today and got increasingly more alarmed and suspicious with each text i got from somebody saying that they appreciate me

The Inescapable March, my debut fantasy LGBTQIA+ horror-romance novella @spaceboybooks.bsky.social is out today! 🥂🎉❤️ Life long dream, truly! Wouldn't have been possible without @thisisn8.bsky.social @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @jmoffattwrites.bsky.social So grateful 🥹 readspaceboy.com/portfolio/th...

Please get your vaccinations & boosters now. Make sure your kids and family members are up to date. If you’re not sure, speak with your doctor. They may be able to do a titre check to see if you need a booster.

Some exciting news in my inbox today

May I propose to you for #TransRightsReadathon #horror fans, YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social? It's an antho of trans and gender nonconforming authors telling body horror stories and it's delightfully sick. www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...

We'll be opening for submissions for the EIGHTH Neon Hemlock Novella Series in June. What are some of the things you love about novellas? Who is writing wonderful novellas that should submit to us? What kind of stories do you especially enjoy in novella form?

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JANUARY 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's December's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

if you can: write the thing that sounds SUPER FUN in your head. because it will sound SUPER FUN on the paper. readers can tell if the writer had fun writing something, for the most part, cause the love of the craft and characters and everything shows through. no idea is too silly. write it anyway.

There are no wasted words. You can write a whole 200k-word novel that you yeet into the back of a drawer and never let it see the light of day ever again and not a single word of that will have been wasted.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

Happy Valentine's Day! Our present to you today is a BIG list of stories and poems we've published on the theme or subject of love! 1/34

Love is sometimes the thing that cuts, sharper than anything. "A List of Sharp Things I've Held In My Mouth" by @jkosakowski.bsky.social might draw blood: smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-list... 12/34

“Perhaps the cruel, controlled thing I’d been made into could be taught a sweeter kind of obedience.” By @jkosakowski.bsky.social in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

Abandoning trans rights means abandoning ALL rights. They are inseperable. Abandoning trans people is to abandon all people, and indeed our very humanity. Think about what the fascist asks for, and then think of the totality of its cost. And then say no. To all of it.

A great way to show support for trans and other marginalized writers is to request their books at your local library. Many libraries will order in books for you if you ask (though some may restrict requests to recent releases, etc). Here are some wonderful small presses that publish and support

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

Excited to announce that you can read my flash story "Collar" in issue eighteen of Baffling Magazine! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte... @bafflingmag.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Kick off the new year with @bafflingmag.bsky.social's Sex Issue! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighteen Stories from j ambrose, Louis Evans, K-Ming Chang, Bastian Hart, J. Kosakowski, Anya Markov & Jason M. Harley 🪶

Looks like my dark, surrealist poetry chapbook is on sale! ($2!) Get it while the sale lasts 🌑🖤 avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...

Very happy to share that my piece of flash fiction, Kompot Made on an Alien Planet, is now live with @apparitionlit.com !! apparitionlit.com/kompot-made-...

Get cozy with some not-so-local flora in your cup with the February Flash fiction contest winning story by @jkosakowski.bsky.social KOMPOT MADE ON AN ALIEN PLANET apparitionlit.com/kompot-made-...

fabric store in my area is apparently selling the same fabric used to make those trader joes pickle bags. very tempted to buy enough to make an outfit to go along with the tote bag.

Very happy to share that my poem, "A List of Sharp Things I've Held in My Mouth" was published with @smallwondersmag.com yesterday! The list starts with a knife and just keeps going until it can't. Check it out: smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-list...

“A List of Sharp Things I’ve Held in My Mouth" is a story sharp enough to wound, cut precisely into a poem for you to ingest, by @jkosakowski.bsky.social. It starts with a knife... smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-list...

I'd be honored if you read "Threnody in Dark Wood", my newest short story about grief rituals, doorways, and cosmic machinations 🍊⚰🦇

And here's issue 8's cover, which brings us current to this month! "Automaton" by Carly A-F makes a stunning cover! You can find more of Carly's work here: carlydraws.com And find prints and other goodies here: linktr.ee/carlydraws

New poem alert! A cosmic creation myth in The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social 🌌 Please give it a read if you like weird space and its creatures futurefire.net/2024.68/fict...

Bulbasaur Prince #pokemon #ポケモン #bulbasaur #フシギダネ #kawaiiart #art

My flash fic about time travel and being a first-gen immigrant came out in Baffling: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-fourte...

Honor & Pride

Contract signed! My poem, "A list of sharp things I've held in my mouth" will appear in a future issue of @smallwonders.bsky.social !