So honored to have been able to translate "Circular Universe" by @chitawei.bsky.social ! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
You can find this piece and many other incredible stories of trans and queer futurity in AMPLITUDES, ed. @leemandelo.bsky.social and published by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!
bookshop.org/p/books/ampl...
🌌 Thrilled to be part of " #Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity"! My story "Circular Universe" (translated by Ariel Chu) is a chapter from " #TheMembranes" sequel, joining many amazing contributors🏳️⚧️✨
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Edited by @leemandelo.bsky.social
📚 NOW AVAILABLE: bookshop.org/p/books/ampl...
Thank you so much! 🌻
Positively thrilled to have a story in Nat. Brut today. Edited by the incredible @ariel-chu.com who will sharpen your lines to fine point 🔪The story is in such fine company! Though drafted in another year, much is sadly familiar again. www.natbrut.com/lydia-kim
Truly — the work we got to publish is PHENOMENAL.
Huge thanks to @tonyweiling.bsky.social + Serena Solin + Valeria Sosa for their incredible work on this issue, and all the flowers to our talented fiction contributors: Thora Dahlke, Lydia Kim, Cora Kircher, hannah rubin, and Andar Wärje! 🪻
So proud of the new issue of Nat. Brut! It's also my first issue as fiction editor — we got to publish some absolutely brilliant, bizarre, and heartrending stories! 💌
Read Issue 18 here: www.natbrut.com
Congratulations, Dr. Lee Mandelo! 🎉 Thanks for all the important work you do!
Sharing some resources compiled by @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social, a civil rights org based in San Francisco Chinatown that I work with. There's Know Your Rights info, numbers for Bay Area immigration hotlines, links to legal resources, & more in both English & Chinese.
了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？
On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican.
Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.
We are not going anywhere.
Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
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.
I think a lot of people have mutual aid confused with charity on here, maybe because folks most often see it in the context of fundraiser asks (which are great!).
I want to talk a little about what it looks like in everyday life.
Because we need it more than ever. Government is getting shredded.
Beautiful crow against a black background
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
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HRT - Harm Reduction Toolkit A white first aid kit icon with a pastel pink cross, overlaid onto a pastel blue background. Distribute Aid Logo Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
I am so excited for this collection to be in the world! Many thanks to @leemandelo.bsky.social and @dianapho.bsky.social for your editorial work, and of course to @chitawei.bsky.social for your brilliance 🪐✨
Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.
SPREAD INFORMATION, NOT PANIC. When reporting or boosting potential threats: provide as much information as possible! Size/Strength "5 to 6 law enforcement officers" Actions/Activity "harassing random people on the street" Location/Direction "Chicago, West of Millennium Park, on Michigan Ave" Uniform/clothes "Dark Blue uniforms that say 'Police ICE' on the back" Time and date of observation "12:45 PM January 20" Equipment and weapons "They have helmets, vests and batons" Not a useful message: "URGENT!!! Potential ICE Raids on the west side!!!" "Where? When? What are they doing? How Many? What are they carrying?" USE YOUR JUDGEMENT! WE KEEP US SAFE!
If you see ICE activity and want to spread the word, be sure to do it thoughtfully and efficiently. This is a great guide on what to call out.
Rejoinder Magazine Instagram post: 2024 Pushcart Nominations “The Worst and the Dullest” - Jeremy Steen “Queer Nightlife” - Chen Chen “Ekphrasis” - Luther Hughes “Harrison Changes” - Chris Vanjonack “Fair Exchange” - Destiny O. Birdsong “Fulfillment Center” - Ariel Chu
big thanks to Rejoinder Magazine for the Pushcart nomination!
you can read my nominated poem, “Queer Nightlife” here :: www.rejoindermag.com/issue-9/chen...