SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Libraries are sites of refuge, where curiosity is nurtured, where people find shelter, education, entertainment, job assistance, skill-building programs, and access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach.

i didn't know charles keeping did an illustrated version of dracula! this is his portrait of lucy westenra ...

Jock Jams "Are You Ready For This" playing at 100 decibels as the Cenobites emerge from my walls

After the original run of Sideshow, Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley put out a couple albums because people wanted more of them singing together. Just saying there’s a precedent. There could even be a rendition of “I Will Never Leave You”.

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

It’s weird that it happened twice

I decided to do a new printing of Eat Me while I still can. We don't know if/when work like this will be outlawed, but physical copies survive as websites go dark. This is literal food porn. It's very silly smut. Preorder through Nov 30. Ships in Jan. www.rosalarian.com/product-page...

TONIGHT WE HAVE HOPE. I LOVE NEW YORK.

The air is buzzing with anticipation. One of my friends literally just went “hey Siri: has Mamdani won yet?” Into his phone

Honestly the Wallace Shawn endorsement mattered to me more than any other

"It doesn’t appear that the women in the videos know they are being filmed and that the videos are being shared online, where they’re viewed by millions of people... This is extremely dangerous to the women in the videos who can be targeted by both law enforcement and racist, sexist extremists."

After years of hearing that Lake Mungo is super scary and an utter disappointment I finally watched it and neither of those things were true! What it was was an existential bummer that left my depressed ass feeling even more sad! Horror contains multitudes!

We don’t talk enough about how half of Christine is a rape revenge story

I can’t remember what the stage show did but I realized in Wicked Part 1 they don’t use the term witches. Galinda wants to be a sorceress. Morrible teaches a sorcery seminar. For Part 2 it’s just Glinda the Good (no witch). Only Elphaba is called a witch. Is it some sort of Ozian perjorative?

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

When the revolution comes and he’s up against the wall, Fallon’s last words will be to glance at the camera and chuckle What a coward

As someone who will always wonder WHAT ABOUT THE CAT I found this a very satisfying read Way to go @bitterkarella.bsky.social I’d follow you into a bad trip anytime

Drag queens won’t make your children gay but the Wicked promotional cereal will

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

Would it be gauche to attend a Renn Faire as the crew from A Field in England

Today I did not log onto my lost Facebook to see my right wing stepmother’s opinions on the rightfully dead guy. Hashtag self care

I’m just a girl, standing in line for the Pulp concert, reading the Lesbian Masterdoc to pass the time

I’m not against anachronistic music and we should give CharlieXCX a shot but of all the times to finally get that Florence/Hozier collab this would have been perfect (Bluesky is also where I’ll be sharing my Wuthering Heights opinions)

Been hand sewing all day and thought it would be a good time to finally watch Penny Dreadful and WOW Eva Green really put her whole pussy into this

People will reference Heathcliff digging up Cathy’s corpse to hold but they leave out that he knocked the wall of her coffin down so that when he gets buried next to her they become one while Linton’s corpse is on the other side of her all alone. POSTHUMOUS CUCKING. GET IN THE CUCK CASKET.

Today instead of a to do list I’m making a can do list full of tasks I can choose from thus giving myself the illusion of free will on my day “off”

I’m still not hopeful about this adaptation and not a fan of the casting and the trailer seems to be a different story BUT the initial promo using romance novel fonts and framing? Feels closer to the vibes than the somber prestige adaptations of the past. Gotta give them that.

The package arrived cleanly slashed and so did the book. I’m not complaining because I got it after coming home from an immersive show and thought this was a bit 😂 And I get to read it! Congrats on the book @bitterkarella.bsky.social

Today one of the medical students I taught pelvic exams to said that it was “educational but also fun”. I’m the fun teacher! Which is extra great because I’m also the “here’s how to be gender affirming if stuff goes away” teacher!

Watching The Creep Tapes (finally) and if James Gunn ever decides to throw The Creeper into his DCU I vote for casting Mark Duplass

I know what the asshole means by “they’re gonna crack your pelvis like a soft shell crab” but every time I hear it me and my bad hips are like fuuuuuuuck that sounds nice

You ever just wake up, step outside your house, and know in your soft cartilage that today is the day your knee gives out

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Signed paperbacks of HER SUBTLE INVESTIGATIONS are back in stock on my website now! If you missed out on the first round, here's your chance! (Please order some, there are more than can physically fit on the shelf where I store my print book stock 😂) scarlettgaleauthor.com/shop/p/her-s...

If you enjoyed Aunt Gladys then I highly suggest you go meet Aunt Martha from Sleepaway Camp

BRB: Foraging for food on my travels (shoplifting from Hudson News during my layover)

i will always side with sex workers and smut creators and you should too. kill the puritanical pearl-clutching brainworm raising a stink about respectability and optics. it is a backdoor fascists will use to sneak their way into your sympathies. porn is good, sex is normal, kink is human. grow up.

At dinner, one table over, an 8 year old declares: “Gender is just a scale invented by the restroom companies so places have to buy at least two”. It’s one of the most succinct explanations while sounding like a meme and it’s from a literal child.

Literally crying. I didn’t witness the AIDS crisis but I’ve lost friends to it, seen elder gays carry scars from having it in the 80s, watched it used as a reason to dehumanize people in Africa. This is one of the greatest achievements we will ever see. newatlas.com/infectious-d...

The third edition of my body horror show, Such Sights, was magical. Being in a room full of sickos who understand the flesh is all I want to do. Also I was a very cute Elvira.

New York is about to make all prison phone calls free. This move will make it easier for the state’s over 30,000 prisoners to stay connected to loved ones, saving them over $13 million a year. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...

In My Skin exceeded my expectations. I’m so glad that instead of streaming it I saw it in an empty theater at 11:30 am. The business dinner scene is one of the most unsettling examples of body horror I’ve ever experienced.

Two nights in a row I watched movies that I thought would be fun comedies and instead made me cry. Yes it was cathartic but that’s not the point!

Started my day getting a Covid diagnosis. The doctor asked if I needed a note for work and I said no. I should have gotten one for the #duolingo owl though.

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

Today while Bally-maiding I spotted a melodica poking out of a guy’s pocket. It was vintage too. I jokingly asked for a song and he played me The Godfather Theme. Nowhere is as magical as Coney Island