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feeling intensifies

The fact that Willa still doesn't have solid work is the biggest indictment I can think of for the current state of media. Genuinely one of the most talented writers I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Please hire her (selfishly, I just want to read more of her work)

This Trans Day of Visibility I want to remind everyone that I am actively looking for and in need of work! I can write/edit news, reviews, features, etc., am looking to break into PR/marketing/consulting, and have a background in arts administration/production/grant writing. linktr.ee/thewillarowe

Trans Day of Visibility Ain't Enough We're Dying Out Here and Needs Jobs

It’s been 5 weeks since NYU Langone ended care. Mamdani’s office has not directed H+H to absorb patients or enforced NYC human rights law against the hospitals stopping care. He also has not answered multiple trans journalists questions on if he will commit to doing so.

This Trans Day of Visibility I want to remind everyone that I am actively looking for and in need of work! I can write/edit news, reviews, features, etc., am looking to break into PR/marketing/consulting, and have a background in arts administration/production/grant writing. linktr.ee/thewillarowe

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I need to talk about Life is Strange Reunion for an absurd amount of hours. It’s just been bouncing around in my brain man

you should treat a trans person today

For transparency's sake (because I'm always interested in how this works for other people) this piece is the first time I've published something on my personal blog and asked for financial support/tips. It is also my best performing piece on my blog to date. In one week I recieved $15.

Reunion reviews dropping while I sit on my take that won’t come out for bit

For transparency's sake (because I'm always interested in how this works for other people) this piece is the first time I've published something on my personal blog and asked for financial support/tips. It is also my best performing piece on my blog to date. In one week I recieved $15.

Fishing isn't always peaceful; sometimes it's as stressful as fighting a war inside a giant robot. www.avclub.com/sinker-sound...

Seated for project Hail Mary… finally (not in IMAX 70mm though 😢)

Bluesky should allow you to append labels to posts for things like “I’m venting” and “this is about Mets baseball”

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Do it for her <3

I think I have my thesis on Life is Strange Reunion but an actual piece from me on it won’t be out for a hot minute so I just feel like I have to keep it close to the chest or nobody will read the inevitable piece lol

Oh I’m back from my short timeout. That was easy.

A second hit piece has hit the 1348 ex voto towers

I would give Safi from Life is Strange the world, I’d treat her so right

Seeing "trans kids given deadline to segregate themselves" and "trans women banned from yet another part of society" headlines *every single day* while everyone you know and every organization stays breathtakingly silent takes such a damn toll on your heart.

The New York Mets are so back

PONYO

At this point I’ll pay you to let me edit your stuff, I have so much to offer I promise

This was the second I saw the Life is Strange Reunion review code drop in my inbox FYI

My reaction now anytime I see something I think is kind of bad (this happens often, I’m a bitch)

Oh no it’s time to lock the fuck in hahahahah

Kind of want to review that new SAO game thats coming out this summer, I cannot lie. That looks like a mid RPG (complimentary)

Playing a game and it used a song that’s currently an obsession of mine and it surprised me so much lol

Something I'm interested in with Chainsaw Man ending is how people perceive it being "good" or "bad". I think the ending being "good" or "bad" for the characters is a different thing entirely than being "good" or "bad" for the series. In this case I think it is "bad" in both senses though.

I’m getting one piece pilled so hard y’all

Metatextuality working overtime for people justifying chainsaw man’s ending as secretly good

I need you to understand how serious I am when I say my current GOTY frontrunner looks like this

Only one more sleep until we get to do life is strange discourse again and everybody implodes over whatever happens in reunion

hewwoo i finally made a linktree. here is a non-comprehensive list of projects i worked on. i have 7+ years of writing for, designing, and writing about games. i'd appreciate it if folks would keep me in mind for any rpg/anime adjacent/narrative heavy projects ☺️ linktr.ee/six6jiang

hi, cis folks! it’s been a little over a month since the 2 biggest private hospitals in NYC ended trans youth care. some folks thought this was resolved with a judge’s ruling or a letter from the NYAG. care has *not* resumed! there’s a simple ask ⬇️ for you, if you’re willing to fight with us. 🧵

I think a mid rpg that’s at least 50 hours would fix me right now

Willa absolutely nails so much of what is wrong with this mindlessly abrupt trainwreck of a game.

I promise I'll stop sharing this... after today. Yes 1348 is unreal engine asset slop, yes its mechanics are awful, but even worse is that the lesbian narrative and characters at the heart of it are just as bad, leaving the game with no redeemable qualities

For a game whose marketing and pre-release buzz revolved around being the "lesbian knight game," 1348 Ex Voto fails to engage with the queerness of its lead pair to such disastrous results that betray not only the characters but also the audience willarowe.bearblog.dev/1348-ex-voto...

somber day for people with good taste who thought chainsaw man part 2 was really good but maybe started falling off during a months long battle only to abruptly end before actually recouping the plot

I promise I'll stop sharing this... after today. Yes 1348 is unreal engine asset slop, yes its mechanics are awful, but even worse is that the lesbian narrative and characters at the heart of it are just as bad, leaving the game with no redeemable qualities

Remember Forspoken?

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it does just kind of suck that we are at a point in society where the celebration about stories centering around lesbians is immediately curtailed by the fact that the stories seemingly don't ever want to talk about their lesbianism

I'm in the middle of writing my thing about this weird miserable mid AF game so I haven't read this yet, but from the pitch Willa is unflinchingly correct

with the power of unreal engine 5's volumetric lighting and cinematic pixel scans, developers can create next-gen real-time queerbait in 8k