As a reminder, I'll be on the front page of Twitch starting one hour from now and lasting for eight hours. It'll be a relatively pg stream!

This. 100% this.

The Yoshi in my laundry says, "kill me."

even if every trans supportive candidate and every leftist wins tonight, the think tankers and the op-ed writers will still insist that moderation and throwing trans folks under the bus will be the only way to win. they will be just as wrong then as they are tonight

I hate to post anything money related here, but I was laid off today. I'm currently in the process of figuring out unemployment, but any donations to help with monthly bills/food would be incredible. ko-fi.com/alyssasmw

Let's go!

Btw not all of you know how hard of a hack JokershellOK is. I'm a little nervous already lol. Time to go feral.

Shovda is running both a kaizo hack and vanilla SMW, a two-way player. The Shohei Ohtani of GDQ if you will

Just to note, I did also get JokershellOK into a mainline GDQ after a few tries. The 11-exit, one handed run is a bonus incentive. I'm so excited.

And your next vanilla SMW runner at a mainline GDQ is...shovda!? What!?

The run went pretty well, and the banter and vibes were off the charts. Thank you so much for letting me be the finale for the event and for coming out to support me. I truly, truly appreciate it.

Maybe the best introduction to any interview ever? www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequi...

Hi I'm doing a marathon run tonight for Games Done Queer, a side event for @gamesdonequick.com and the first of its name. I'm the finale for the event and running a mod of Super Mario World called Masterpiece. It'll be at about 10:45 Eastern / 7:45pm Pacific at twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

"I am getting concerned about the monomaniacs who make their entire lives about deadnaming and transvestigations: obviously it’s working but aren’t you exhausted, don’t you remember when someone loved you without knowing what you were?" www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

It's me! :)

I guess I'll be on the Front Page of twitch next month lol. November 7th, 7pm-3am Eastern, 4pm-12am Pacific. Want to see the rare stream of mine that isn't 200% mature? That'll be the time.

Decked out my backpack with new pins from Heckin' Unicorn :)

The week before a video game marathon you need to prepare for is one of the worst times to be overwhelmed with poetic inspiration tbh.

listen, we are going to do BEAUTY and we're going to do it TOGETHER and we are NOT leaving anyone behind and it's going to take real work and we are going to get tired but the end (there is no end) will be more life and more beauty and more of everyone and we are going to do it

Somebody ride me.

Looks like I'll be running a game for this event as well lol.

God I love poetry sometimes. (From "The Grief of Achilles" by C. Dale Young)

Reading for a poetry contest, and I unironically appreciate that some of these manuscript titles could be QLDC or YUMP level names.

Hi, I have a poem in Glass Poetry today. 🙂

Got to have coffee with Jos Charles today. 💙💙💙

Incredibly honored to be the finale of the first ever Games Done Queer event. 💙💙💙 Congrats to all the runners!

*to the tune of Jenny from the block by JLo* "I'm still Jenny with the cock"

This is just to say I have ordered the gumballs that were on Amazon and which you probably thought were normal Forgive me they are too much so heavy and so lorge

Bug Hunter cherry down - 2 down, 48 to go :)

I'm only going to AGDQ if I get a run in...or if a couple people were to ask me to be on their couches. I promise I'm funny, did 3 commentaries (1 impromptu) for last sgdq and 4 for flame fatales, etc. Can prep as much or as little as you want me to. 🫡

Me talking to @seckswrecks.bsky.social

Literally ordering Taco Bell right now because of this.

Legally speaking, you can't be a Midwest poet without a dead deer poem.

A book of poetry is a 60-90 page game of smash or pass.

79? More like soixante deez nuts. (I have finished week one of French, and I am reeling.)

I don't think I'm going to be the biggest fan of teaching at 8am lol.

The question, mind you, isn't whether things will swing the other way eventually. The question is how many of the marginalized will be dead before the privileged actually fight back.

Please share this.

I love my autistic friends. I love my friends who are people of color, my friends who are queer, my friends who are disabled. I love all my friends. This world is a hell, but I love you all.

Another poem acceptance tonight. Poem will be out in February

Hi, I have a new poem up at @theshorepoetry.bsky.social, in Issue 27. Check out the whole issue, as there's some great stuff in there. Here's a link to my poem. www.theshorepoetry.org/sara-hovda-n...

Hi yes I'm racing @xoxogossipgreg.bsky.social in Masterpiece 80085% for Completithon 5 in a bit here. like with fatales, there's an incentive for forced yumps in the switch palaces because they met all the other incentives and needed something to get the people going twitch.tv/noglitchesallowed

Completithon 2025 ( @noglitches.bsky.social ) is going on now at www.twitch.tv/noglitchesal... @xoxogossipgreg.bsky.social and I will be running Masterpiece (by @maddymakesgames.com) 80085% tomorrow at ~7:12pm ET/4:12pm PT. Commentary by @shoujo.tv and @blueribbonhighlife.bsky.social

Mfw I play another shell hack: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

I have, I think, finished my syllabus for this fall's Introduction to Poetry Workshop I'm teaching. If you'd like a copy of it and the other materials, feel free to reach out or something.

Poem went up at Beyond Queer Words yesterday. It's titled "How I Became a Woman.' If you want a copy of the magazine, you can order it here: www.beyondwordsmag.com/online-store...

To all my poets and Legend of Zelda lovers, if you want a book of poetry that breathes LoZ, consider "I could die today and live again" by @summ.bsky.social www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/i-co...

This fall I'll be teaching introduction to poetry using Gregory Orr's A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry, and, when he talks about poetic influences, I thought some about the poets I've been drawn to over the years through reading (James Wright, Ashbery, Merwin, Vuong, Sara Eliza Johnson).