dear brain it is not monday. at least next week i'll be hiding in the woods after yom kippur instead of heading back to work.

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1. the portrayal of women in renaissance poetry 2. the portrayal of women in big r romantic poetry 3. the trans spec fic renaissance we're currently in

Reminder: the majority of people are not fascists or christian nationalists. Both of these ideologies are unpopular and weird. There is large scale and well funded project to mainstream stuff most people do not support.

very glad i picked up women of the fairy tale resistance when i saw it at the library.

me writing about ghosts, lips that taste like honey, birds, new year's omens, and lesbian yearning

in true home cook fashion i made spaghetti sauce with odds and ends from the pantry and it's the best sauce i've ever made.

time to try out the cake mode on my rice cooker as my last rosh hashanah feat

I support this.

a reminder that erasing queerness from public life is a mandate of Project 2025, framing us all as sex offenders. so for those who call ppl who offer full throated defense of trans ppl "single issue voters" or "purity test" voters, let this be your reminder that this is where that argument leads us

I regret to relay that Jon Lasser passed away. He was a kind peer and delightful writer. If you read any SFF magazine, you probably read a story of his, and you surely enjoyed it. I'm going to miss him.

Signed some books at Unabridged, if you’re around Chicago!! Including ‘Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity’—of which there was only one left on the new books display 🥹

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

You forgot the last part: "and that's why I'm <something only a US Senator can do>". We don't need you to complain about bad news, we do that perfectly fine on our own. We need you to do something.

Hey, May is going to need a little help getting through right now. If you have the ability to help her, she could really use it!

Liberals googling how long they have to pretend to enjoy Jimmy Kimmel now.

My decision to ultimately cancel Hulu/Disney+ came down to the fact that they reinstated Kimmel but didn't say anything about ensuring it doesn't happen again or protecting the free speech rights of their news division.

sometimes you have to write about lesbian yearning and ghosts

hear me out. an egg sandwich on toasted homemade bread with chili crisp mayo is pretty close to perfect.

to have a name like buford pusser

This poem is fire. Very well-deserved award! 🔥

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

watching the slums of beverly hills tonight made me realize where my thing for halter tops came from.

last night i noticed they really paid attention to detail in the dark crystal when i realized for the first time that aughra has visible nipples.

had a lovely rosh hashanah picnic and tashlikh in the park. ^.^ many birds.

I’d like it if the reboot of Murder She Wrote is actually Jessica Fletcher killing someone every week and elaborately framing someone to settle some decades old grudge.

I feel like news publications should put more energy into asking autistic people how they feel about all this because…

my car started to make weird noises on the way to the synagogue so we detoured to a park and watched the sunset and did some rosh hashanah meditations and prayers and it was lovely. new plan for tomorrow: make sure my car is safe to drive home.

The next book’s got a full title! It’s ::drumroll:: Tyrant Lizard Queen The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore

Hey. You. *opens trench coat* Wanna buy a book? [Insert eyebrow waggle]

it's interesting that they chose rosh hashanah for the rapture. i'm sure it's very normal.

one of the things i appreciate about rosh hashanah is that instead of looking ahead to the new year (except in trepidation of god's judgement) you mostly spend the time apologizing to people for the ways you've hurt them. seriously & in a ritualized way

l'shanah tovah, my good bitches. may we make incredible impressions on 5786.

it's not lost on me that with all the crystal gems i'm most like amethyst.

i understand that we're not necessarily getting international news coverage but i really don't understand why international bodies aren't doing something about this.

Someone said “what does this mean” So I’ll try this My mom once told me “Sometimes the only way to be a good Christian you gotta stop going to a bad church” If you believe in love and peace , and they CHOOSE otherwise It becomes your duty to leave

And come to think of it, MAGA use of the Erika Kirk content and even the Charlie Kirk shooting video itself are emblematic of how this whole administration treats death. Death is a prop and a meme and a threat and a joke to be purposed and repurposed and remixed for content creation.

out of all the things I've bought for the house, i've never regretted the ove gloves.

made a kefir smoothie. my go to for getting fruit in is yogurt + frozen fruit + jam, today it was 1 cup kefir blended with 1 cup frozen mango and a spoon full of blueberry jam.

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

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i, to my knowledge, have still never gotten covid, and i've been taking multiple allergy meds daily for years. i've also done rahaeli's pre vaccine protocol the last few times i've gotten the covid vaccine, and it's definitely improved the experience.

i have quality tested the brisket and it is 👍

sittin on the dock of the bay

i now know that frying eggs on top of charred onions in a very hot pan turn out very good this skeet brought to you by adhd

I think the surest sign that even the TRVE Believers don’t think The Rapture is coming on Tuesday is that they’re *selling* their cars and belongings. Because as we all know, money is super important in heaven.

the upside of a lot of jewish cooking is that it's cooked low and slow so there's less stress and effort, i can wander away for a few hours at a time.

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

I’m at a community meeting about resisting ICE in Chicago. There are about 400 people in this high school auditorium. Chicago is showing up.