Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer www.thenation.com/article/soci...

this article is SO GOOD

Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations! For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE. Imagine what we could do with $$$ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at [email protected] to let me know!

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Just grabbed it for the same price on Apple Books, so heads-up to non-Kindle users about that option!

Me. I said that. ‘alight with glorious epiphanies’, and I stand by it.

This book is one of the most stressful reading experiences I have ever had and I mean this in a good way. The best way, even. I'm not even done yet (because i am stressed but want to SAVOR IT) and I highly urge everyone to pick up a copy!!

Had occasion, as one does, to think on Shakespeare's sonnets this morning, which called to mind this bit of absolute gorgeousness from Judi Dench. In case you need some beauty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XKS...

Just finished The Mercy Makers by @tessagratton.bsky.social and it's one of the best fantasy stories I've read in a while. Queer, subversive, dreamy, tense, and spicy, with gorgeous, intriguing world-building, fascinating magic, and my favorite kind of narrator (3rd person cheeky). I'm astounded.

THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!" www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.

I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.

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What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Leonardo Da Vinci : Birch Copse (A stand of trees), c.1508 Red chalk 193 x 153 mm | 7.59 x 6.02 in Royal Collection Trust ©His Majesty King Charles III 2022

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Honestly reading descriptions of the heist have been everything today

If you’re out at a #NoKings rally today, stay safe, stay smart, and wear a mask! I love you!

This Is Fascism

#Fridayreads I'm a little over halfway through @tessagratton.bsky.social's The Mercy Makers, and I am BLOWN AWAY. This book is equivalent to Kushiel's Dart in its intricacy, sensuality, focus on faith and its influence on every aspect of life, and worldbuilding. I'm enthralled.

I will eventually finish this portrait of the #starwars #thehighrepublic ladies of the path illustration, but today is not that day. Today, like most days, is for Marda <3

My first Japanese translation!!! I love this art DEEPLY.

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

My longest running backchannel group is 10 years old this year! HARPIES FOREVER.

everyone should read Tessa's @fansplaining.bsky.social essay! It's so so so so good and gets deeply into the nitty-gritty of writing original fiction and IP fiction and fanfiction. You will love it.

Since quotes are going around from @readingtheend.bsky.social's excellent @reactorsff.bsky.social piece today, here's the full essay I wrote last month on fandom, trad publishing, IP, and navigating it all from a more personal perspective:

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on this visibility day i just wanna remind all my fellow bi and pan sexuals out there not to listen to the haters - you ARE better than everybody else. being bi/pansexual makes you better and hotter than everybody else. #bivisibilityday

out in paperback today! read the book called "the funniest book about racism you will ever find" 🥰🫡 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

Check out @eyeoncanon.bsky.social’s exclusive interview with #TheHighRepublic and #TheAcolyte: The Crystal Crown author @tessagratton.bsky.social! 📖🎙️ Spotify: buff.ly/2YaUwFF Apple: buff.ly/9uuiPQF

another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good it's not about what you do, it's about who you are

bork! bork!

Inner illustrations of the French #TGCF edition (vol. 2) art by Baoshan Karo (Marina Privalova) One last illustration below (my favorite, it’s so beautiful!!!) ⬇️

back in may, i had the chance to interview Antonia Hodgson, author of one of my favorite books this year, The Raven Scholar. it’s a big book that, to me, heralded the return to massive page turners, and it was clever and twisting in ways that satisfied even this jaded reader. plus, it was just FUN.

Jerry from Ben & Jerry's has resigned after 47 years after Unilever silenced their politcal activism.

A very special Eye on Canon this week folks Matthew sits down with @tessagratton.bsky.social to talk about The Crystal Crown followed by co-host Joel Davis reacting and giving his thoughts. All this and more LIVE at 5:30pmPST/8:30pmEST #starwars Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o99...

I'm about halfway thru this and it is incredible. A lifeline. Preorder it so it gets even more support!

YES this is what the bird app was in the early 2010s, like for the Arab Spring, and that's how we should be talking about it

Every state that doesn't ascribe to fascism should pass a version of this bill. If I have to show my papers to the Gestapo, the Gestapo needs to show me their face and their badge number.

Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪

Whole thread is great but this is IT

Last night I got an edit letter, which means today I am...writing a newsletter!!!! sign up here: www.tessagratton.com/newsletter

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

This was a lot of fun! Becca and Mark are, as always, delightful hosts!

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”