The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

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Whelp I am thinking of coming back here. Fuck AI, man.

anti ai, pro hag

As we start romanticizing art & community again, can we also romanticize writing as a communal activity instead of a elitist loner one? I write best with friends. I love sharing messy WIPs. The most rewarding part of writing is getting to see other people's reactions to what I've made.

Friendly reminder that the best gift you can give an indie author is a review of their book!

"This doesn't affect you because you animate, so you are fine." No. This sucks and this is really dangerous. In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious. I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.

Damn I haven't touched this acc months

We cannot sacrifice anyone. Immigrants. Gay and trans people. The poor. The disabled. No one. Everytime you sacrifice you gift more power to the fascists. This has to be a movement of total solidarity. Here and everywhere. No more partnering with authoritarianism for any reason.

Sincerely, though, part of the lift of Reading Rainbow was removing the “reading is unpleasant drudgery” stigma. Seeing kids enthusiastic about things kids liked was part of the draw. The education system has yet to break out of this and every time it tries some BACK IN MY DAY twit knocks it back.

I'm sorry I'm not done yelling about how fucking violent and cruel this policy is-- I just went by an encampment that was being swept to drop off donation and it was fucking crushing. Venmo @love-and-justice to pitch in for all our unhousend neighbors who have NOWHERE TO GO now.

why would you use AI to write story titles for you just search a couple of relevant thematic keywords and "shakespeare quotes" and "bible quotes" like a normal person

It’s okay to say trans in public. In the classroom, in the courthouse, in the supermarket, in the library, in the bookstore. Silence is complicity to erasure.

I'm at the library and I love it. You should go to the library.

Only way to do it if you love your kid.

Micaiah Graban, Archmage. The one title she needs to restore her family. The one title that may save herself. The woods demands her life to pay for the transgressions of her family. The final price. The one who may have started it all? Maybe her only hope to break it. #questpit #YA #F #W

Frankenstein x Blade Runner “Rose is the world’s darkest secret not thought possible—the first assembled human—threatening the utopia built on grown organs. Now, she must escape captivity before her failing body buries the truth…that she exists.” #QuestPit #AG #A #SF

LAST AIRBENDER x MISTBORN Ursa’s the last daughter of humanity-loving fallen stars, adopting mortal skin but burning with power—& the royals want her dead. Except she didn't know that til their soldiers came, and her best friend disappeared the same day. #YA #F #SFF #DF #W #questpit

JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE Blood is life. Bones are strength. Flesh is control. Skin is death. 📖 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque 🏠 An old manor 🌹 Sweet sapphic romance 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family intrigue & power struggles 🗝️ Gothic vibes #QuestPit #Q #OS #A #F #HF #R #LGBT

DARK WATER DAUGHTER X ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART When a fiery maid ran to sea to escape her violent employer, she never expected a passionate romance with a pirate captain–or needing to hunt down a legendary map to save her best friend's life. #Q #NA #RF #questpit

it's so important to make time for yourself, rest, treat yourself gently and with kind words. you, not me, I have to run myself ragged until I collapse in a pile of exhausted self-hatred but you should definitely self care.

ANNIHILATION x PERDIDO STREET STATION Rescued at sea with no memory, Trigger’s body is changing into an unknown species. When a sunken lab's forbidden prayer protocol promises him answers, he risks tearing a hole in his head to find out who, or what, he is. #QuestPit #SF #A #Q

RISE FROM THE SEA Therian was raised to sink ships, not to fall in love with its captains but when they fall hard they will do everything in their power to return to her, even strike an alliance with the captain’s estranged mother. #questpit #q #YA #F

A princess traps a shaman in marriage to exploit his spirit sight while he tries to sabotage her. But when the spirit world turns hostile, they must work together to save those they love. 🇻🇳 Viet myth x Ghibli 🪭 Evil genius FMC 🎭 Trickster MMC #questpit #W #F #YA (crossover)

When Keira's sister is taken, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land & sea, & her own dark powers to find a shapeshifter who could be anyone & whose price for her sister will have her choose b/w love & duty ✨️ #Questpit #RF #F #Q #A 🌗

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN 🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/ ⚛️engineering magic 🤌obsessive yearning 🚨unreliable narrator 📻corrupted magic tech 🩺ethical dilemmas 🩻body horror 🏆dangerous magic duels 🛠️blacksmith biceps 🌿strange plants 👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them #questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

#ReadersGuide to The Misery of Daughters 🌘 A young mother’s rage is unravelling and so too is her forbidden death magic… #QuestPit #F #A #W #LGBT #ND

The God of Cycles saved Nadia from death. In return? "You are to be my vessel." There's always a price. Her mother always worshipped Them; hence she and her mother were imprisoned by the Sovereign of Gaia in the first place. Now Nadia must continue what this God started. #questpit #W #A #SF

He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.

This is very much true of transphobia and of other kinds of hatred toward queerness- asexuality, for example, is treated as a deficiency. Really they’re mad that people are bucking the narrative of “be straight, get married, have kids”. They will pathologize anything not cis/heteronormative.

No, the headline is "Trump attacks minorities to cover up his own culpability in crash", it's time to start playing the game we are actually in

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

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Hi Gail, and thanks! I'm a writer who'd love a boost. I write a series of sci-fi/fantasy/mystery/comedy novels called DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE. If that sounds like a lot - it certainly is. They're available pretty much everywhere, but I'll like the 'zon here: www.amazon.com/dp/B087H3N8QK

Hi! I’d love to hype up one of my favourite authors, Kanaka Maoli cozy horror writer Azalea Crowley. @azaleacrowley.bsky.social Azalea wrote Odd Blood, a brilliant, funny vampire romance book. www.azaleacrowley.com

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Hi Gail, big fan of your Birds of Prey and Domino! I’m creating an indie anthology comic about an immortal rabbit woman and her young apprentice in ancient China, exploring themes of springtime and childhood. Drawn by an amazing team of all Asian artists! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

I'd suggest spotlighting Texas-based Nico Rodriguez @nicorodriguez.bsky.social whose "WEST NOT SOUTH" is an anthropomorphic crime/dark-comedy in the vein of a Coen Bros movie.

A few that have meant a lot to me. One must-follow is @karnythia.bsky.social, who I am proud to call a friend, and whose book, HOOD FEMINISM positively lit up my brain. It's incredible. She also wrote a fabulous graphic history, shown below, that should be in every library everywhere.

This week, I want to do a thread each day signal boosting creators of different groups, particularly those groups who are being targeted by government. Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color. If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!

Hometown pizza place is giving away 11-course nutritional food bags for families in need. Once again, I don't want to EVER hear you knocking down Appalachia, the place that taught me what love and community care mean. Other places, follow their lead! www.instagram.com/jgutekanst/p...

'Why can't women in fantasy be nicer and kinder? Let women be feminine! Return to tradition!' - a surprising number of women who would otherwise profess to be feminists, lol.

anyway buy my book! it's stuffed full of trans women, lesbians, magical girls, and heart!

If you don't make your OC real, no one else will!! Draw them! Write about them! Make that comic! Make a single post and yap about them! Do a personality chart thing to explore who they are!! Anything!! Doesn't have to be high quality, just CREATE!!!

They want so badly for me to live in fear and despair. But I’m cuddled in bed right now with my girlfriend and cat, in the house I share with my beloved roommates, and every single one of these heartless bigots I see raging against us looks like they’ve never known love in their lives. I’m grateful.

Art is empathy. Art is shared wisdom. Art is political. Art is protest. Art is humanity. As everyone is searching for how to fight back in these times, remember art is important. That's why the fascists are coming for artists, too.