If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

I received an international scholarship for WA1 and found a warm and supportive community. What’s more, I was paired with the legendary J.J. Arias as my mentor and learned so much from her!

I am several hours into Middlemarch—30.5 hours left to go. (Mostly doing Audible, cos who the fuck has time to read all the pages these days.) Summary so far: Dorothea’s reaction to a Casaubon: 😍😍😍 Everyone else in relation to Dorothea’s reaction to Causaubon:🤢🤢🤢

Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last

It’s time for my annual thread of Australian poetry books you should buy ppl for Xmas. No one buys poetry partly cos it’s intimidating. It rarely makes xmas book guides. But poetry is an ethical gift that: supports underfunded writers; wins brownie points with gift receiver; improves the human soul

I tripped on the weekend and found myself in a bookshop 😅

The Sapphic Book Advent Calendar has started! jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book... From today until December 25, you get to open a new door every day, revealing: 🎁 a free ebook 🎁 a book giveaway 🎁 or a book on sale by one of the 110 participating authors!

I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Alum publication! Go, Benna 😍 One night of perfect passion years ago supercharges an epic battle between two headstrong women, each determined to get what they want in this feisty enemies-to-lovers Sapphic romance. More details in the comments. #gclswa #BywaterBooks

I have an assignment where I ask my students to identify a potential real trad publisher for their work. No matter how clear I am on which direction the money should flow, some invariably identify pay-to-players. Sounds like I'm also going to have to add a scam awareness component to that class...

Writing tip of the day #gclswa #sapphicwriting #sapphicwritingprograms

Support Sapphic authors by donating to SWAG4GCLS #SWAG4GCLS #gclswa #sapphicwriting

Happy #aceweek 🖤🤍💜 “Does the Asexual Headquarters award you a toaster oven if you convert a certain quota of women into cuddle bugs?” ~ Jae. Perfect Rhythm #lesfic #sapphicfiction #wlwbooks

Loving this. "Sometimes I think, I cannot love her more. But then I see her put down her paintbrush and scoop up a wad of paint with her hand, turn to the canvas, and flesh out an ocean with her palm, and I feel the edge of my love expanding." Dylin Hardcastle. A Language of Limbs #sapphicbooks

Catch Twinless when it comes out in Oz later this month. Such a great film about longing and loss. I felt the loneliness of losing a twin/soulmate, whether a biological sibling, a friend, or an amorphous relationship. And it's also extremely funny, often in a dark way. More details in the comments

@stephenarussell.bsky.social I would love to hear your thoughts on Twinless some time. Will you have a review?

Jarrow ladies fire brigade, 1916 (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum).

At the Golden Crown Literary Society, we uplift sapphic and women-loving-women voices so they’re seen, celebrated, and never erased. GCLS is excited to partner with SASS to promote protecting Sapphic Stories. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #SapphicLit #BookBans #LGBTQAuthors #WLWStories #GCLS

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Nonfiction: You're Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Poetry: Interrogation Records by Jeddie Sophronius! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Anthology: Swagger: A Celebration of the Butch Experience by Rae Theodore, Nat Burns! @flannelfiles.bsky.social @flashpointpub.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

The world is healing. The best news notification I’ve seen in a while

Happy bi+ visibility day 🥳

We're having an Overstock, Scratch & Dent Paperbacks Sale. Don't miss out! bellabooks.com/category/scratch-and-dent-books/

"'What’s next on the syllabus?' Annalise asked as though she didn’t look over it every day. She knew for a fact the next lesson was about surfaces. She just thought it would be hot to listen to Brinley explain it." Erica Lee. A Lesbian's Guide to Women #gclswa #lesfic #sapphicfiction #wlwbooks

"You are my home, my friend, a part of me, my history. But I also love you with a passion." ~ Clare Ashton ~ Poppy Jenkins #gclswa #lesfic #sapphicfiction

"Ally smiled. 'Let’s not disappoint him then.' Veronica’s attention snagged on the curve of Ally’s full lips. I doubt you’d ever disappoint, she thought." ~ J.J. Arias ~ The Love Conspiracy #gclswa #lesfic #sapphicfiction

The best line in a sapphic book ever? This is a good contender: "She could feel Sutton's breath against her cheek, and she closed her eyes, as she whispered, 'You are such a smart woman, Sutton, but so wrong.'" ~ Haley Cass ~ Those Who Wait #gclswa #lesfic #sapphicfiction More quotes below...

We are loving Lou Morgan's debut novel Strap In: A super spicy sapphic romance. Let us know what you're loving 😍 "Ava scoffs. ‘Don’t be such a tease – you can’t just show up talking about how you’ve been dreaming of me eating you out then act like it’s no big deal.’" #lesfic #sapphicfiction

Writing tips: Villains! A villain's heart often has a soft side. Figure out why another character might love them, what makes them human (if they are indeed human). #gclswa #sapphicwriting #sapphicwritingprograms #lesfic #sapphicfiction #wlwbooks #sapphicbooks

It’s #FlowerFriday! Enjoy this amazing dahlia I photographed on a recent trip #bloomscrolling #macrophotography #flowers #florals #PhotographersUnited #eastcoastkin

Meanjin only cost UniMelb $220k a year?! This is CHUMP CHANGE in such an institution. The whole thing is infuriating. I haven’t accepted its end. Won’t somebody please tell me it’ll exist again somehow www.theguardian.com/books/commen...

This is an absolute disaster for the literary community, writing writ large, for Australia, the world. I cannot emphasise how bad this is www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Well. I have failed as a parent …. My younger kid is writing fiction. Of all the terrible life choices that will bring only misery.

This shit was sapphic af.

“Whoever it is you fall in love with for the first time, not just love but be in love with, is the one who will always make you angry, the one you can't be logical about.” ― Jeanette Winterson, The Passion #gclswa #sapphicwriting #wlwwriting

"We … write to heighten our own awareness of life. We write to lure and enchant and console others. We write to serenade our lovers. We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection." —Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5, 1954 #gcls #gclswa

Ice queens 🧊👸 We love them and tremble before them in equal measure. Who are your favorite ice queens? Bonus points if you name one (or more!) from new authors. #IceQueens #gclswa #sapphicwriting

Babe, wake up, my new paragraph has dropped.

@handonthepulse.bsky.social's "Engaging and eminently readable" SEX, CELIBACY, AND DEVIANCE "effectively demonstrates how reception studies can reveal the persistence of religious thought in Victorian culture."—Winter Jade Werner, Review 19 #Victorianstudies #SongofSongs review19.org/view_doc.php...

New episode! @krisbryant.bsky.social and @taramdscott.bsky.social each share their fave books or films that they recommended this year, including books by Virginia Black, Rachel Lacey, Clare Ashton, and Carrie Byrd. What queer media did you love this year? Listen now:

Christmas songs as academic titles Santa Claus is coming to town: the nuclear family as surveillance state Rudolph the red nose reindeer: how labour value distorts interpersonal relations We wish you a merry Christmas: interpellating figgy pudding as holiday melancholia

So excited to see this set of research briefs from our research with ACON on #LGBTQ+ people's experiences of sexual violence out in the world! You can read them here: sayitoutloud.org.au/learn-more/r...

‘SHIVA BABY’ is coming to Netflix on December 7th.

Kintsugi restoration with a delicate touch