Orange aficionado 🍊 #art #traditionalart #cuteart

I know I'm spamming a lot with this EU initiative to BAN conversion practices but the signature collection stops on MAY 17!!! ⚠️ Not all countries in EU have laws to ban conversion therapy, so many LGBTQ+ people are still at risk. You can vote as a EU citizen even if you don't live in EU anymore!!

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the rayne, and the wynde, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir.

I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀 LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF

I need people to understand that Barthes meant "Death Of The Author" to mean that authorial intent should not be the primary lens by which to criticize and understand a text; it has nothing to do with "is buying a book by a bigot acceptable" it is about LITERARY CRITICISM

The SFF Summer Reading Challenge 2025 is live!! Kick-off is may 1st, but it's possible to join the storygraph challenge and start planning your tbr now 👀 #storygraph #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

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The SFF Summer Reading Challenge 2025 is live!! Kick-off is may 1st, but it's possible to join the storygraph challenge and start planning your tbr now 👀 #storygraph #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

For everyone that's wondering, yes, there will be a SFF Summer Reading Challenge this year as well 🫡 I honestly almost forgot about it but it's all ready to go live soon-ish!

BEHOLD! THE CHILD!

commission for smallmale on tumblr!

saint senshi (2024)

To all my booksta buddies wondering where the hell I've disappeared off to - my phone stopped working so it's in repairs, and I lost my login 🥲 hoping I manage to get back in soon, but in the meantime I'm fully enjoying the social media break. Quitting cold turkey has been amazing, truly 🌞

This $10 game bundle is a great deal to support the trans community

Someone rescue me from this snowy hell!!

She knows she's not allowed on the kitchen counter, so this is how she "hides"...

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

Mom said it's unfair we're only watching my shows, so I let Alisa pick the channel 😭

She might be facing the wrong way, but she's avidly watching Star Trek with me 🫡

I've started posting my booksta rec lists onto a blog on Medium. There's a limit for how much I can post in a day on there, but I'm hoping to have everything on there in a few days! In the meantime, here's my list of anti colonial sci-fi: medium.com/@thedragonsd... #booksky #booksta #scifi

I sat and dug through all the settings on Facebook yesterday, and also discovered this. You have to deactivate this on Instagram too even if your accounts are connected! I recommend just clearing all the data they have on you, like personal information on your account. Leave them with nothing!

2024 was an incredible year for African SFF short fiction. Author @wtalabi.bsky.social (Convergence Problems, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon) highlights ten (plus a few more) outstanding examples: reactormag.com/the-best-afr...

Silver dragon I had the pleasure to illustrate for Dungeons & Dragons: Monster Manual (2024)

Also here's my super adorable child, Alisa 🥹

Thought I'd introduce myself! I'm Ari and I'm your typical cat loving librarian. I have a fondness for anything fantasy, especially if it's queer, and I've been reading and reviewing on booksta for a few years now. Now I'm trying to broaden my horizons! You can find me here: linktr.ee/Thedragonsden