Day 53! I read Conversation with my Ghost by @abigailravenheart.bsky.social published by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. A heartful conversation, and an important one. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/s...

I just found out a film festival exists with the same name as me! Already having Norway on my short list of places I want to visit, I want to attend this in the future so much. Wish I could find some merch from it. The mug on their site is so sick. 🖤 www.ravenheartfilmfestival.com

There is no debate on dignity, personhood, autonomy, rights.

City folk looking at a house in the middle of nowhere: why does this cost so much there's nothing here?! Country folk looking at a loft in the middle of town: why does this cost so much it's in the middle of all this mess?! Ngl I'm the first one. Too social to endure true rural life.

"I love you so damn much, I’ll even start to pray. I’ll put my faith in all your bullshit, if it means you’ll stay." Tried it. Don't recommend it. Not a poem, but lyrics to Every Day is a Struggle by Senses Fail. I never stopped vibing to them, but they are certainly the mood for me lately.

"LISTEN TO ME: THE MOST HOLY DAY OF THE TRANSSEXUAL CALENDAR IS A MASS FUNERAL." This is the urgency I devour in writing. This is trans rage exemplified. This is the tone the world forced on us. These are the words our people scream into the wind. This is beautifully urgent work.

"The truth is that I do not think I am ready, at all, to die. Not that it matters." Beautiful existentialism. Is it always so delicious when you taste your own philosophy so tastefully, succinctly written? The presentation of this is something I aspire to in my own work. Not that it matters. 🖤

Anyway, reading transfeminine poetry is hot 😳 I don't make the rules.

You ever struggle to discern if a line you wrote is actually cooking or just baffling? Is it a failing on my part that I can't tell the difference?

you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Our spring pages are live, y'all! Birds, birds, everywhere - join us online as the issue unfolds. rustandmoth.com/issue/spring...

You cannot reform a disease. Either you kill it, or it will kill you. You either carve it out completely and incinerate it, or any part of it left behind will spread again. Allowing it to stay endangers everybody. There is no possibility of reform. Abolition and prosecution is the bare minimum.

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

New poem is live today. 🖤 The poem is a burning haibun, a form created by @tagreathouse.bsky.social , and I anxiously hope I've done it justice. "Purgatory Ablaze" is deeply personal, exploring queer religious trauma. So incredibly proud to be part of this publication. trans-rag.com#ravenheart

"A room of poets; a packet of seeds." Reading "A Pack of Seeds" by Ori Diskett. The ideas presented feel like putting words to the unnamed. I imagine most poets worry about what we take from other poets, but this piece finds a beautiful view of that process. eyetothetelescope.com/archives/056...

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Sharing this work as one of my own lines haunts my brain today. "Flinching as arms spread wide, the offer no longer relevant." A honor and a pleasure to have my work featured in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social with so many talented poets. fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...

Two gorgeous works. "Deeply Infiltrative" and it's succinct exploration of the discrimination trans people face in the pursuit of healthcare is so loud. We fight and die seeking treatment. This line resonates, radiates: "you know, you are not supposed to be here" beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...

I feel like "canine" is an unmistakable part of my gender. The feelings of being at my most feminine are often overlapping with pup play. The first photo I ever took of myself and didn't hate involved a pup hood. I look at myself and I see "dog, but girl." Not sure if that's relatable. 😅

I barely slept last night and I'm full of adrenaline this morning. I hope it's enough to make it through the work day. 😩

Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year. It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards! Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷

It's hard for me to put a score on this year. On one hand, completely awful year as a trans person living in the US. Economically and socially toxic. One the other, met my two partners, came out at work, got 8 poems published, won an award for poetry, and finally feel like I'm finding community.

I still remember the first dress I ever wore. I would give anything to see it again, to hold it, to just remember how much it meant to me then. I've never seen another one exactly like it. The style is probably a little dated now (it was 30 years ago). But I remember the dress clear as day, forever.

I'm disgusted that hatred against polyamory has hit the point of being trendy. Similar to how trans identity has been weaponized, visibility without protection is dangerous. I would think, unfortunately, that legal protections are unlikely under existing laws due to a historical hated of polygamy.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful. I love you all today as well♡

"We spend ourselves nightly & wake still gleaming" This piece by @jonikt.bsky.social hits all the right notes. Possibly the most effervescent work in this anthology, I've been rereading this one frequently for a shot of motivation. It makes me wanna dance! fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...

Poems like this really scratch a particular itch for me. Something about this intimately detailed recounting of a particular moment, whether real or imagined, is almost like slice of life anime; the daily mundane becomes wistfully beautiful when spoken aloud. fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

Supporting poetry in print is so crucial, and I cannot recommend fifth wheel press enough for their support of the queer writing community. There are short reviews of several of the works in this on my page for the curious. tl;dr - absolutely worth it. Bonus: I'm featured in it too. :3

Imagine being so wealthy you can do anything you want, having literally no obligations to a second of your time, and deciding what you truly value the most with absolute financial and temporal freedom is ruining the lives of an already struggling group, punching down so far you pull your back.

"What is more human than being baffled and enraged By your own kind?" Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social

"Still, he’d have loved me at my most disgusting." This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery. As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.

Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡ Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

One of my very favorite publications to read. Absolutely worth your time to read some back issues and consider submitting.

"meet me in that green space by the river of forever chemicals and bottle caps because i cannot get over your face in the sunlight." This is a beautifully tender work capturing intimacy in every day moments. Put a smile on my face as I read and reread it. fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. While there are far too many of us lost, there are two people I most remember on this day. The first is Sam Nordquist, a trans man killed almost three months after his mother requested a wellness check which the police refused. glaad.org/grief-and-fo...

Gods, I'm tired of her hypocrisy. The turncoat pick-me thinks people on Bluesky aren't real, as if her lack of backbone hasn't allowed the abuse to trickle right down to me and you. Ignoring the abuse made it less frequent? Fuck all the way off. www.advocate.com/politics/sar...

I am so very honored to be a contributor in this collection. fwp puts out some of the best in queer writing and it's an incredible feeling to have my work included in this. Expect some commentary on my favorite pieces from my co-contributors soon. 🖤

Puritanism

“It feels like every day I look at the news and then the headline just reads, ‘Sorry, more things you've lost,’” Hilborn said. A succinct summary of the transgender experience in the US, through the lens of our most vulnerable: the youth. This article hurts. www.advocate.com/politics/tex...

“I am expected to answer in every season—yes I am, no, I don’t want what it makes me, yes maybe my fear has followed.” From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear. theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...

You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️‍⚧️ But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold. So take care of yourself. Your soul is beautiful.

“If everyone who loves trans people cuts off everyone who says the wrong thing, there’s no one left in those people’s lives to help them evolve.” I am so sick of queer media platforming her like she's a champion for us. No politician has ever disappointed me more. www.advocate.com/politics/sar...

Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.

Today feels like the first positive day in the news cycle for almost a year. Bonkers to wake up and read news and not be further depressed for once.

If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

Succinct. Powerful. Heart-wrenching. Amazing piece.

Went to an amazing leather party on Saturday. Felt very cute and adored. It's so wonderful just to be in a space full of fellow queers and kinksters. It's a beautiful experience I cannot recommend enough.

The world needs more transfemme puppygirl poets.

Gods I love getting the proofs for upcoming publishings with my work. It's both gratifying and humbling to see my work included among so many talented poets and writers. I'm just a silly girl writing silly things, but it makes me smile to know somebody appreciates those silly things.