Reasonably pleased with this Black Butler cosplay that was thrown together from clothes I already owned

As we continue to add to our Gothic bouquet for Ann Radcliffe's birthday, we're celebrating work from @ngjeannette.bsky.social, @silviamg.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, and tallndiabolical.bsky.social. #BookSky #bookrecs #TBR

You guys! The Genre for Trans Rights 2 auction raised £10 840 for our UK & SA charities, GenderedIntelligence.co.uk 🇬🇧 and GenderDynamiX.org.za 🇿🇦. Thank you SO DAMN MUCH to everyone who donated amazing things and everyone who bought them. The total across both auctions is over £30k! 🏳️‍⚧️💙

This is now finished and had raised a TON of money for trans rights charities. Thank you all! And thank you the amazing @laurenbeukes.com and @ngjeannette.bsky.social for organizing! And thank you to Bessie J Smith, who will now appear in “Piper at the Gates of Dusk”. Yay!

Bespoke hand-knitted socks, folks. They’re not going to get cosier than this. £26 is not a lot of money for really quite a lot of knitting.

ONE HOUR LEFT

A depressing similarity between the suppression carried out against HK activists & Thai activists is charge stacking while they are in prison to ensure they stay behind bars. Today Joshua Wong has been hit with another National Security Law charge. He has been imprison for way too much of his life

Only 12 HOURS LEFT to bid on 122 amazing things at the Genre for Trans Rights charity 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧🇿🇦 auction! Bidding closes 1am BST 7 June. Books, art, comics, tuckerizations (character named for you) from brilliant authors, handmade things, live RPG tickets, a bespoke cocktail, stories, poetry, tarot & more!

More comics collectibles: Graphic novel adaptation of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lionness, signed by @definitelyvita.bsky.social, www.32auctions.com/organization... Wonder Woman Historia signed by @geneha.com www.32auctions.com/organization...

...Original pencilled page from Survivors Club, the Vertigo horror comic I co-created with Dale Halvorsen & artist Ryan Kelly, signed by Ryan. It's in a white box frame, and comes with a copy of the graphic novel. Colour page for reference, the illustration is b&w www.32auctions.com/organization...

Decorative things: including a framed Tiptree donated by Geoff Ryman, a signed hand-written version of @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social's "Jesus at the Gay Bar", maps, an art nouveau dwarf, custom chibi, embroidered flora, and a hand-turned wooden pyrograph fountain pen. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Some brilliant services also on offer: 10 HOURS! of custom costume commission work by Dystopia Drip www.32auctions.com/organization..., a 100k novel structural edit + copy edit by Jo Hall www.32auctions.com/organization..., writing coach sessions from Emma Leadley www.32auctions.com/organization...

Good thread on this. Let’s not let people forget what doing this actually entailed.

Also many hand-crafted things, from folk horror stickers by @hackashic.bsky.social to a Gideon the 9th hat, a trans butterfly, linocut patches, chibi original art, custom dice, a whole crocheted catalogue of toys, scarves, bespoke beasts by @ngjeannette.bsky.social www.32auctions.com/organization...

While we're talking Bundle of Holding, the Pride bundle is all bangers. You want all of this. bundleofholding.com/presents/Pri...

Including being named as a character in the new chaos walking book! Bid bid bid! Support trans rights! Go bid!

This huge wool, alpaca & silk colour work shawl is going for £15 on the auction right now. It is worth trivially five times that in materials cost alone.

Given the news today, a boost to @laurenbeukes.com and @ngjeannette.bsky.social's genre creators for trans rights auction feels appropriate, particularly this amazing knitted Gideon the Ninth hat www.32auctions.com/organization...

Personally hoping someone in London will buy this official A24 cast iron demonic gingerbread house of horror kit, so I don't have to pay postage and can deliver it directly into your hands, From my personal collection, never used, still in the box, carried by me across the ocean from LA to the UK.

Last day, folks!!!!

It's my birthday! 🎂 To celebrate, can I invite you to check out the charity auction for trans rights that @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I are running with verrrry covetable donations by brilliant genre creators, ending 1am BST 7 June. bit.ly/genrefortrans

We remember today those who died in the 8964 massacre & we remember our friends, who can no longer comemorate publicly. It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.

I’m working with the good folks at Genre Creators in the UK and SA to raise money for trans rights. I have 2 items up for auction: a cocktail recipe designed just for you and a Tuckerization in an upcoming book. You can bid here www.32auctions.com/organization... www.32auctions.com/organization...

"Give Me Liberty" A thread on HK's Lady Liberty. 'Remastered' from threads over in the Bad Place written in Oct 2019 and various points in 2021. Source: Telegram (Sep 2019)

And here's Wong getting death threats from Chinese gamers for making Beijing ban sales of Animal Crossing, and oh, a mention at the end about how ACNH has brought HKers an Thais together in a meme war against Chinese netizens in ...April 2020! Everything is connected. hongkongfp.com/2020/04/15/a...

As I said the annual June 4th vigils *used* to take place in HK. You can no longer do this.

Alas, here lies the problem. Art and history are anathema to any authoritarian state

The Hong Kong government can try all it wants to wipe away history, but the world and Hongkongers will not forget. Hong Kong Free Press: "Heavy police presence on eve of Tiananmen anniversary, performance artist escorted away by officers" tinyurl.com/y6crtasd #HongKong #June4 #Tiananmen

Light a candle and indulge in the luxury of memory. It’s the forth of the sixth.

Remember the secret library in "Ten Years" (Hong Kong, 2015)?

I'm offering a custom hand-written poem for this! For you, or customized as a gift for someone who could use it. 💖

The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...

Last five days!

Please look after yourself so you can help others. Find something that helps with stress and/or gives you hope 🌸 Im working in the garden, in the past it was a comfort character.

Probably the most photogenic ice cream I’ve ever eaten. It was also delicious.

Stumbled upon the Joseph Grimaldi Park and thus had to do a little clown pilgrimage. Made a quick little crocheted flower.

One of my favorite designers in this space is Jan Jan Van Essche. You can see how some of these oversized, drapey silhouettes echo some of the ideas above. This is not about hiding the hips and extending the shoulders or drawing from Western military history.

I have made some silly dinosaur puzzle balls and added them to the genre for trans charity auction: www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

The Genre for Trans Rights 2 auction is running til 7 June 1am BST. bit.ly/genrefortrans (a sequel after Genre for Trans 1 raised £20 500!) Lots of cool things to bid on and friends, we are still accepting new lots if you have something biddable you want to donate + postage, please DO hit me up.

The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

I hate this with my entire soul

The shared photo vs the original. And the real story of Ella Abomah William: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Ab...

A new sort of plague. This is not Al but it also is. It's a real photo altered/fixed/messed up by Al. And that story... yeah no.

@aliettedebodard.com pst, the genre for trans auction has gained a pretty fountain pen: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Time to do this again! If you donate $50 to Trans Lifeline, I'll send you a signed & personalized copy of one of my books. Donate $120 & I'll send a whole signed trilogy. Donate $25 & I'll send a signed bookplate. (International OK for bookplates! Books are US only, sorry) Details in thread.

There are also intangibles and lovely strangenesses like a microfiction postcard from one of JR Dawson's imaginary worlds: www.32auctions.com/organization..., a bespoke Sandman Slim-inspired cocktail designed by @richardkadrey.bsky.social www.32auctions.com/organization...

I covet MANY things up for grabs on the Genre for Trans auction, but I really, really want sweet revenge. @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social is offering the chance to immortalise your worst (male) boss in her upcoming menopausal werewolf novel all about that rage. www.32auctions.com/organization...

An extremely quick Summer Reading recs post only this time with books that actually exist, because I'm fussy like that. kjcharleswriter.com/2025/05/20/s...

I have made some silly dinosaur puzzle balls and added them to the genre for trans charity auction: www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

The silly phone’s photo carousel has thrown up some photos of a dead relative. Apparently I am still capable of human emotions. And everything just feels a little heavier now.