I got annoyed enough about this that I decided to write an article.

now introducing the WRITERS of #BloodAndBrocade ! yes ! this project will feature BOTH illustrations and pieces of writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centered around the theme of vampiric fashion. can't wait to see what they cook up! ✍️🧵 (1/3)

Controversial take maybe but “Weird Girl Lit” to me feels like one of those terms that starts out well-intentioned but rapidly veers into belittling territory.

if every single service and transaction is monitored for its adherence to fundamentalist christian ethics, and every piece of media has to go through those services or transactions, you could very quickly find yourself in a world where no queer art or publication is possible to obtain or distribute

Let’s change gears. Do some good Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Writing a novel was the most frustrating, bleak experience but I did it. So I'm writing a novella, which I'd done previously to the novel, and now I can say: oh this? I can do that. The struggle is important. It builds the muscle. In art you must struggle (I don't mean financially) to improve.

Talking to people who still determinedly support AI despite all of this makes me feel like Cassandra.

Excited to announce that I have an event coming up!! If you're in or around Portsmouth (UK) on the 17th July and enjoy queer horror, come along. There will be a seminar and a writing workshop. Also snacks.

There's been some hay made in the press about the sheer volume of horror films this year, but when was the last time there were this many must see original films worth going out to a theater for? This an incredible year for horror and film in general. So proud to get to run with this pack of films!

Gotta be a few more horror lovers out there who want to read a new John Darnielle and a new Grady Hendrix and a new Alison Rumfitt, right? Who also love lore and weird shit?

Days like today can make it hard to write. I find that when the world wants me to curl into a ball and doomscroll, pouring that sadness, that rage, that raw contempt, onto the page itself not only helps, but sharpens my words and sometimes even makes them better. Don’t be afraid to write angry.

A beautiful rendition of womenswear echoing the style of their fashionable male counterparts here in #1790s style. The tailoring of silk stripes with embroidered waistcoat beneath but following the contours of the cinched waist #museetissuslyon #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Absolutely.

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Excited screech!!

My friends are glorious, beautiful miracles. I don't expect them to cater to me. I don't want to be friends with a black hole that just spits out what I want to hear? I want friends to ramble about their interests so I can silently be like this 😍 while they talk? I want to give? Not just take?

Sunday lounging late 19th century style with a soft pink #1890s tea gown, trimmed with a cloud of lace at the shoulders and some wide pleats at the waist. Much enforced rest at the moment so I could do with a wardrobe of these #kobefashionmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

*long yawn* I accidentally stayed up until 4am writing horror again.

Delighted to be published in Issue 9 of @extrateethmag.bsky.social! Come to the launch at @portybooks.bsky.social 04/06! I'll be reading my story "Washed Up" where a desperate cockler unearths something terrible from the sand! Copies available to pre-order at: www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/issuenine

Incredibly excited to be a part of this! 🖤 In my short story, you'll find complicated teenage girlhood, the cult of celebrity and a lot of broken glass.

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Hey I don't know if anyone's ever said this before, but, writing a novel... is kind of difficult.

ive always thought of my life as a creative project im always kinda tinkering with. i am the artist, the project is making my life beautiful and happy, and that helps a lot when i feel stuck or bored.

As part of this auction for trans rights I'm selling off handwritten copy of my poem Jesus At The Gay Bar. I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything. www.32auctions.com/organization...

My Corporeal Form has been achy and painful today but I've been reading Meat Market by @junodawson.bsky.social and it's given me some much-needed distraction. Fantastic and important book. I'm gonna be so sad when I've read all of her books and have to wait for more of them.

Happy Indie bookstore day! Love to all the indie bookstores and book sellers who support writers and the community. Indie bookstores you've been there for me and I'm gonna always be there for you. 🖤🔥 Go buy books from them today, mine or other people's. bookshop.org

A pretty Friday treat. ‘Pierrot’ jacket, French, ca 1785. Description here via The Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

I needed this, you may too.

If you're in the DC area, Little District Books is a lovely independent shop stuffed to bursting with queer books of all genres 🌈 absolutely worth stopping in today* for Independent Bookstore Day and beyond! *you know, when they open in a few hours 😄

Love, love, love seeing my books being bought from independent book stores!! 🖤 Little District Books in DC, let's get them on Blue Sky, stat!

Ventured out to Little District Books this afternoon and came away with some exciting queer horror. I could've happily sat in there until closing time exploring all the titles. 🖤

A gilded gown for a glittering evening, an ensemble that might have been crafted by the makers at Fabergé with gold chased scrollwork and an enamelled finish. It is 1956 Dior for some vintage glamour, sold via #Bonhams #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

look i dont want to saddle anyone with forever labor but i just dont think anyone but russel t davies should run doctor who

I've been thinking for a while now that trans people and disabled/chronically ill people have a lot of common ground. Our bodies are constantly debated and othered. Our experiences are questioned. We are told that we don't know ourselves as well as we think we do. Solidarity is vital.

when the law says you cannot exist, the truest and best weapon at your disposal is to defy it and survive regardless. In the face of meaningless cruelty, defiance is all there is, really. For as long as it takes.

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

Did you say *medical gothic*??! Sign me up!!

i am...doll parts #horriblegirls

Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪

Thinking about the raspberry muffins my family used to make using a recipe that came from a Barbie annual (?) I had when I was five. Somehow it ended up being the best raspberry muffin recipe ever and we used it for years.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

More than 2,200 people have joined the Vagina Museum in standing defiant against attacks on LGBT+ rights, women's rights, reproductive freedom and the arts. Have you joined the movement yet? www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Evergreen.

A PSA for the UK Government (yes, they actually said that)

Absolutely loved working on this one. Antiviral is my all-time favourite movie and, I'd argue, more culturally relevant than ever.

Creatively, trust the weirdos The ones willing to make art that makes you confused, that is uncomfortable, that reaches The ones who aren’t thinking about trends but about what communicates what they are envisioning Even if you don’t like their work trust it. Respect it

Bookshop.org exists!!!

weekend vibe

Seems like a good time to remind everyone of this.