Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

you too brother!

which is not to discount the great things I got out of MFA. Like @jestintzi.bsky.social as a good friend was worth MFA alone I think. Yeah that's right Jes, your friendship has made surviving long island worth it.

Anyway, my fingers hurt now 🙃

‘Servant of the Goddess Literature’: PW Talks with LittlePuss’s Cat Fitzpatrick The cofounder of the feminist press run by trans women, which launched in 2020, is focused on creating good books by and for trans people, including titles featuring an “intergalactic moth-goddess,” a...

READ @catfitzpatrick.net talking to @publisherswkly.bsky.social !

"Part of our determination to be funny and irreverent is undoubtedly about resisting the reduction of your humanity to your suffering. We’re like: no, we have many jokes and bright colors, thank you very much!"

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I don't need more things that haunt me deeply.

Sometimes I get cold shouldered by trans people in the wild and it haunts me deeply.

most of those words are meaningless to me but it sounds good

idk what this is but i want to eat it

I just recalled that I've been shortlisted for this prize the last three times they've held it (2022, 2024, and 2026). I am the official Miss Congeniality for this prize!

Forever shortlisted 😇

Thanks chum

Cool to see my novella TANTALUS (a standalone excerpt of my forthcoming novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE) is on the shortlist for the Novella Prize from @malahatreview.bsky.social

one of my all time favorite books

I think responses like these are valuable (tho I appreciate your dialling back the intensity) and a natural response to my trying to not make my books not simply be only filled with white characters. That particular reading of that relationship definitely didn't cross my mind.

I definitely wasn't considering the race dynamic as much as the teacher/student one in that interaction, so I value your pointing it out.

MY VOLCANO came out 4 years ago as of yesterday. Wild times. Find your volcano at www.johnelizabethstintzi.com/my-volcano

I don't endorse the way they act in that situation, though it is a difficult thing to navigate, and I also know some of that is from learning more in the years since writing it about the carceral nature of institutions. Lots for me to think about, and sorry you had a negative experience with it.

Hey there! I don't know that it will be addressed in a way that will satisfy you. It is parallel to experiences the MC has had (tho I didn't know how much that experience is outlined in this particular novel vs another), but I definitely understand your feelings here.

"I admit, I desire, Occasionally, some backtalk From the mute sky" - Sylvia Plath, from The Collected Poems; Black Rook in Rainy Weather.

~Sylvia Plath, from The Collected Poems: Black Rook in Rainy Weather

Feeling randomly attacked by this quote from my novel VANISHING MONUMENTS (which I highlighted years ago and someone liked on Goodreads today out of nowhere). A reminder I suppose that this novel exists, and is very good, and worth your attention.

happy birthday!

The best thing about having a dog that everyone loves is that everyone gets conditioned to be happy to see me.

a crime against humanity that I cannot play Sim Ant anymore

me soon, I hope

And yet I've never been good at it!

It's kind of crazy how much of life is dedicated to trying to convince someone to keep their body close to yours.

The bowling alley played Kid Rock and immediately followed up with “American Idiot.” I feel like we’re trying a bit too hard to be bipartisan

Even better: write a book in which you (me) are the villain.

i was browsing a local bookstore's clearance shelf at 9pm when i noticed another trans girl next to me & couldn't help giving her recs (vox, housekeeping) before i noticed a copy of @jestintzi.bsky.social's bad houses & all but insisted she take it

Omg, this is very wholesome and good! Thank you Alice, for sharing (& for proselytizing!). One day she may even realize I also make comics (though I haven't been as prolific as I'd like to be in working on them and putting them out!)