Everyone stop acting weird and shocked about MTG. She has been systematically distancing herself from the current GOP for months and months. She has a plan reform herself under a new image ON THE RIGHT that’s not part of a sinking ship. She’s not suddenly changing her tune! SHE’S AN OPPORTUNIST

I have always hated the "but is it Art?" debate, because I think anything can be art, some art is just bad. But AI/generated art is not art. It is plagiarism, it is outright theft, it is cruel and extreme mining and exploitation of living artists.

When in Colorado...... bring them news & insights from the coasts! westerncoloradowriters.org/event/marchw...

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It's... ALIVE! Please donate if you can! Two horror shorts. One Team. Twice the production value... and blood. There will be lot's of blood. www.latinegrindhouse.com

It was such fun!

It's November, which means it's RoWritMo! I am starting further behind than ever before, but I did manage to finish *a* draft of my full outline last night, and I've officially logged day 1 with 2354 words and earned my first 2 badges, designed by @abuchon.bsky.social!

A good list for people in NYC to share about how people impacted by SNAP cuts might access some food: open.substack.com/pub/eboyle/p...

For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I collected some of my favorite romance novels about survivors — from queer historical to contemporary rom-coms:

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We did it, Joe!!!

Update: this is finally fixed! Insurance called just to check in and I was like "well since you're calling...." and the new guy on the phone was like "yeah for sure." I voluntarily went on hold so he could ask his supervisor if there was a survey they could send me so I can sing his praises

Can I finish my book draft today, still get all my actual work done, and then give myself a full week to outline my #RoWritMo book for November? I've got about 4k words to go. Let's do it!!!

It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.

Sometimes hard conversations are actually lovely, even if you dread them for days and days on end knowing they're coming. And I'm almost always happier to have had them, even when they don't go in such lovely directions, even when it's hard and the pre-dread is dreading.

Happy #AceWeek from Sam and Pat Are Depressed. This episode was inspired by the constant annoyance (and potential hilarity) that is coming out to a therapist as a sexuality many haven't even heard of youtu.be/Xn4IGLHjTMQ?...

Disability on film is exclusively about white men. The numbers prove it. This is why I wrote POPCORN DISABILITIES. To look at the numbers, the portrayals, and what they make a disabled viewer feel about themselves.

Women don't like the vehicle

"women don't like the vehicle" oh my god

Apropos of nothing, asexuality isn't a porn term, but it is a professional identifier for me that I'm incredibly proud to have! I even made a whole silly movie about it! Yay, queer film! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeWU...

The car insurance guy I'm on the phone with to transfer our policy since we moved states is very uncomfortable when I point out how they keep defaulting to my husband's name even when I'm the one doing all the paperwork or was the first to sign. They even listed his name next to MY EMAIL

Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.

Writer friend asked me for my top 5 books with the best sex scenes for a class she's developing. I sent 13+ and am already doing some thinking on what other ones I missed, sorry not sorry to my friend who's about to have a GREAT week!!

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

Yes!!! @indiegogo.com.web.brid.gy go.indiegogo.com/blog/2025/09...

They want you thinking about Tylenol so you don't realize that yet another right-wing billionaire is about to acquire yet another media platform.

This team and their work is a gift to filmmakers and film fans alike. I still use Rocket Jump Film School videos in classes to this day. So excited to hear they're back! @rocketjumpofficial.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-MW...

While reading historical romance I sometimes used to roll my eyes at people saying correspondence was what took up the majority of their time, but I have a friend I'm doing multi-paragraph emails with about stuff and it takes me like forty five minutes per reply with a keyboard/backspace!!

Let this be a warning: don't be LATE

Officially started scheduling emails to Colorado-based film organizations in preparation for living there for a chunk of time starting Monday. Are you in Colorado? Do you work in/around media and film? Who should I be talking to?

The great irony is how much of his life he's wasting trying to have more life. Stop reporting on these freaks.

A thread of the incredible authors I've gotten to interview on my newsletter so far, a thing I started doing last year to get to know the minds behind my favorite romances.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

It's not really inconsistent if the goal of the Constitution is seen as the violent maintenance of white supremacy. which is clearly the view of the conservative majority on scotus.

The 19th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1920, barring voting discrimination based on sex. But for women of color, the right to vote wasn’t fully realized until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 105 years later, we're still fighting for equal ballot access for all.

fellas, is it a good idea when your interviewer says this?

Also, and I’m going to hold your whole face when I say this: anybody and everybody is capable of taking a good healthy idea and warping it into something toxic and abusive. We have to stop giving away our best tools because somebody threw a hammer through a window instead of using it to fix a door.

ATTN: NY-based women and gender expansive filmmakers! Apply for the Moonshot Film Challenge, coming this October to NYC and the Hudson Valley! Applications for all roles are open through Aug. 31. To learn more and apply, visit www.moonshotinitiative.org/filmchallenge

Hi Kristen posting about this movie made me go see it and she was RIGHT it was fun as heck! Everyone listen to Kristen!

No more showers, y’all! We need the water for the inaccuracy machines!

Just two bleached baddies in love 😍

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

This week for my romance novel newsletter, Forced Proximity, you're getting an early post, because it's @oliviawrites.bsky.social's release day for the excellent ZOMROMCOM! Please enjoy my interview with one of my favorite authors 💜💖🖤🧟‍♀️ Read/subscribe: forcedproximity.substack.com/p/olivia-dad...

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Attn: #romancelandia, I'm supporting a Kickstarter about short film imagining a little-known evening in Jane Austen's real life, called Manydown. It's solidly in our interests, check them out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

I miss making movies ❤️