The cover for my next novel, CHIMERA, is here. Skin dancers, cannibals, kinslayers, monsters. The Vargers are many things, but family always comes first. Cover illustration by Xuanwei Su Cover design by Esther S. Kim Pre-order it here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

It is happening again.

My trans bog body story "Still Life with Cranberries" is out today in @unchartedmag.bsky.social! This is perhaps my favorite thing I've ever written, and I'm so glad to finally see it published. I hope you love it as much as I do! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/stil...

Calling all Minnesota-based writers! We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state. Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30. Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

Reposting this for obvious reasons. I have much more in common with any Iranian than I do with the American and Israeli pieces of shit trying to annihilate them. Any single Iranian life lost is an entire universe gone; more, a tragedy at a level I cannot personally fathom. This is all I can do.

i think these people are evil in a way that is genuinely difficult to parse

#ResistanceRoots Augusta Braxton Baker was born on this day in 1911 in Baltimore. She was a librarian and master storyteller who transformed children’s literature by championing positive and authentic representations of Black life. She also spent nearly 40 years diversifying library collections. /1

a book should not be a craven attempt to satisfy consumer desire for an endless stream of identical content

My painting BLUEBONNETS

reading a book about a bad person will in fact turn you into one. authors are lying to you about this because they’re all bad people themselves

Am on the third Dunk & Egg novella and I see why George has fucked off Winds of Winter, I too would rather write "big guy + small guy wander Westeros having adventures" than tackle my no-outline 700 page albatross

just one moment of celebration for getting a major donor to move $3 million dollars this week to rent funds now if only there were more than one generous super-wealthy person and the news hadn’t moved on from this entirely predictable crisis

My painting HIGH PLAINS STORM

A creek in the woods

By Fernando Cidoncha

I had no idea about this aspect of Hughes' life and work.

Ken Russell showing Vanessa Redgrave how blasphemous he wants her performance to be during the making of THE DEVILS (1971)

I've been working on this piece for a few months, and I won't lie it's hurt to go from hearing the suffering inflicted by this transphobic theocracy to seeing progressives sing its praises. The bishops' ban is the most extensive trans healthcare ban in the country. It deserves way more attention.

This is the specific Kalven quote: people.chicagoreader.com/who/jamie-ka... - from 2016

The Shining and Pet Semetary, back to back.

It appears that the news has broken that Caden Mark Gardner and I have programmed a series on Trans Filmmakers for the Criterion Channel. These films will be available in April www.criterion.com/current/post...

A Virgin with a Unicorn

New story out <3 othersidespec.com/pieces/curri...

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa... Federal Reserve is asking for public comment on potential regulations for the Board of Governors no longer compelling banks to deny services based on reputational risk. IF YOU'RE IN THE US PLEASE GO COMMENT THAT YOU WANT BANKS TO NO LONGER DENY LEGAL SERVICES

I feel this strongly: I don't care. I am DISGUSTED that 175 little girls are dead and that thousands are dead across the region and that 1 million people are displaced in Lebanon alone. THIS IS EVIL.

“This is a veto rooted in cowardice, not the livelihoods of our residents.” - City Council President @elliottpayne.org

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Ear doctor: Don’t use Q-Tips Me already imagining putting a screw driver I found in the driveway in my ear when I get home: I womt

If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

"Duskhollow Unbituaries" will be free to read later in the year, but you can read it (and all the other amazing stories in the issue) now if you subscribe to Augur!

Morning pep talk

Lakewood is one of my favorite modern horror novels. Can't wait for this.

If my girl @lillywachowski.bsky.social is steering something, you can bet it has the goods. Now, more than ever, we need a cinema by and for the queers.

at this point I believe imperialism is not just a systemic evil that must be destroyed at all costs, but an existential threat to all humanity. we can have empires or a future but not both.

i ❣️ bodily autonomy

Missed a week with my 8th graders due to the storm, so one last Black History Month poem as a bridge into Women's History Month. This one is by Lucille Clifton, which has a line I think about often: "come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed."

I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out. If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72

It’s Women in Horror Month!! In 2024 I was featured on @talestoterrify.bsky.social for this month with my story “Swirls and Eddies.” It was my first podcasted story. Link if you want to give it a listen: talestoterrify.com/episodes/634...

Every trans person in America is more courageous than its soldiers. Every person of colour who is forced to navigate life in a country that treats them with open hostility is more courageous. Everyone in Minneapolis and beyond, refusing to allow armed goons to destroy their communities, is braver.

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues. n.pr/4tPjN7o

Today we honor Paula D. Ashe! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/02-26-2...

just want to add to this-- calling is VERY easy. I have not called a single rep that had a live person answering the phone. you dont have anything to be nervous about!~ you might feel it cathartic actually. historically I am super super phone-averse but it's genuinely so easy and takes 2 minutes.

here's how things have been going lately. Thanks @mcsweeneys.net and Amanda Uhle and Rita Bullwinkel for giving me a chance to think out loud a little

as long as folks are enthusiastically donating to state level trans orgs today, figured I'd reup this list the @them.us team and I put together a few years back: www.them.us/story/orgs-f... (some info may be outdated, but use this as a jumping-off point!)

I’d really like to see this particular fund- for the neighborhood where Renee Good was murdered and ICE goons abducted many- infused with funds. 🌻🌻🌻

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org