"We see ourselves as different, superior, set apart. But animals are there, in their fullness, in their suffering, in their being, regardless of how we deny them." - J. M. Coetzee More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔, a poem by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮 in my translation. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/friends #poetry #poetrycommunity #translation #surrealism

"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance." - Jakob von Uexküll All creatures have a right to life. They aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

If you think the film industry took a wrong turn somewhere, read my piece The Candy House: One Bad Film After Another. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/the-candy-house #essay #Hollywood #film #Oscars

"We must learn to see that everything which has life has a right to live, the same as we have."- A Schweitzer Killing and eating animals is the endorsement of a system built on violence and denial. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"The animal is not beneath us, but beside us; its path through time runs parallel to ours, only differing in the music by which it moves." - Eliseo Reclus More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"We must learn to see that everything which has life has a right to live, the same as we have." - Albert Schweitzer The word MEAT is a linguistic shield. Try using BODY instead. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

“Organisms, in pursuing their goals, make value-based choices. As such, they make our world… a 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 one. In undermining the value of organisms and their agency, we strip our own world of its value too” M. Challenger More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

We call it 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 because killing the innocent and unwilling for convenience sounds too honest. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

Pigeons spend hours each day preening their cladding. We only see them as dirty “rats with wings” in cities because they're caught in the systemic quagmire of our clutter. Going to post one of these sometimes as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #animalethics

Read my new translation and literary analysis of 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑠 𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑤 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/there-is-peace-in-the-surging-prow #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

Read 𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑜𝑖𝑑, an interview with poet and multimedia artist 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗼𝗶 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/circling-the-wound-of-the-void #poetry #writingcommunity #interview

Slaughtering animals for meat isn’t a collective need—it’s an individual choice. Let them live. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

Read 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕 by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮 (transl. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐨) in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity #translation #Romanian

Personal choice ends where another’s suffering begins—if it involves harming others, it’s no longer “personal.” See it for what it is. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my new translation and literary analysis of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈/𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, another poem in which Tranströmer’s literary artistry shines in the way he compresses broad concepts into concrete images. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/morningentry #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

"Man is not the center of things. The animals too are envoys of the divine, voices of the universal mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Superb post as ever from @jntod.bsky.social My evening sorted... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Read my new translation and literary analysis of 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, a poem that interweaves questions of free will and determinism while revolving around the hidden cohesion between disparate elements. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/contexture #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

We haven’t evolved until we stop calling cruelty and killing “tradition.” Why not choose what to pass on? Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

A big thank you @betarish.bsky.social for a very encouraging review of Beast in Under the Radar Issue 36! The flight issue looks ♥️ and can be ordered here: ninearchespress.ecwid.com/Under-the-Ra... @ninearchespress.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Read my poem "The Crossing," a finalist for The Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest 2025 hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/the-crossing #poetry #writingcommunity

When we defend cruelty as a preference, we diminish whatever we believe it is that makes us human. See it for what it is. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my poem "Hamartia" in the new issue of Asymptote. www.asymptotejournal.com/special-feature/hamartia-daniel-carden-nemo/ #poetry #writingcommunity

Read my new translation and literary analysis of 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/the-stones #poetry #poetrycommunity #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

If animals are commodities, life is collateral damage. Let them live. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"The world is a mess, but then it’s always been, / tragedies ongoing no matter how I write / against them." Two poems by 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘁 in the Fall 2025 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Today's Feature: "Sleeper" by Krisztina Tóth, translated by George Szirtes from My Secret Life published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/sleeper/

Read my new translation and literary analysis of 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒓 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/meditation-in-uproar #poetry #poetrycommunity #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

When a habit depends on someone else's suffering, it stops being habit and becomes harm. See it for what it is. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

If you love the natural world, you can read my study on how we came to mistake our own constructs for the world itself, in an invitation to look for the cracks where the underlying reality seeps through. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/low-devotions #essay #reality #writingcommunity

Congratulations to 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗭𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 @janezwart.bsky.social whose debut collection is out on Feb 3 from Orison Books. Read two of her poems first published in Amsterdam Review: bit.ly/jane-zwart and buy a copy here: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page/oddest-oldest-saddest-best-poems-by-jane-zwart

All creatures have a right to life. They aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"How to fight embodiment? Expand / against embrace, shake radiation like a dog, / strip, condense, reconfigure." A poem by 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 in the Fall 2025 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Really interesting reflections on poetry collection as concept album here, alongside some great recommendations (delighted to be among them) @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Read my new translation and analysis of 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/strophe-and-antistrophe #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

The word MEAT is a linguistic shield. Try using BODY instead. Going to post one of these every week as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Are taste buds more important than a social, sentient creature's life? Let them live. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisi... #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

A meal that requires empathic creatures to die shouldn't be called "comfort food." See it for what it is. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my new translation and analysis of 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 by 𝐓o𝐦a𝐬 𝐓r𝐚n𝐬t𝐫ö𝐦e𝐫, a piece that threads symbolic nuances and personal fascinations with isolation, survival, memory, and the spectral traces of trauma. hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/skippers-tale #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

Tradition can either be seen as an excuse to ignore suffering or as an invitation to do better. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisi... #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"The essential quality of animals is that they live purely by the great purposiveness of life itself; they have not a double consciousness, as we have. They are at one with the invisible vital law." - DH Lawrence More at bit.ly/world-revisi... #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Compassion is not a personality trait—it's an option we all have. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Killing and eating animals is the endorsement of a system built on violence and denial. See it for what it is. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

We haven’t evolved until we stop calling cruelty and avoidable harm “tradition.” You can choose what to pass on. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"The animal is not beneath us, but beside us; its path through time runs parallel to ours, only differing in the music by which it moves." - Eliseo Reclus Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Treating living beings as consumables shows lack of respect for life itself. Let them live. Going to post one of these every day as a reminder. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"I try to insert my will but receive / only the bump and grind of joints refer- / ring pain" A poem by 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝗷𝗶 @robertokaji.bsky.social in the Fall 2025 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity