returning from beyond the Bluesky grave to share a picture of a pond full of secondhand paperbacks does feel quite on-brand for me

A shallow pond full of dozens of second hand paperbacks

“books from the book pond ¥110 each”

rare 'I went to a Quaker school' W for me

I just saw the new Final Destination movie and honestly it was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me

this 'Labour' government cannot make it any clearer at this point: they will only be happy when every aspect of our bodily autonomy - medical care, gender expression, disability status, reproductive ability, the right to live or die - is fully deferred to the authority of state.

The icon herself Bree Van de Kamp was in slot 5

Ok work, apparently I’m redhead coded?

The tone of pandering servility from generative AI leaves them besotted with this image of themselves as so important that their every administrative or mental task can be offloaded onto some squire or court advisor, freeing up their time to go admire their gold or accost more wenches at the tavern

So much of the discourse is focussed on the post-social, post-humanist futurist lure of AI, but for a lot of men I truly believe that their fanatical embrace of generative AI is largely just another indulgence of their puerile psychosexual fantasies of themselves as Lord of some medieval fiefdom.

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Update: it went very well and I even got two (2!) whole questions after

that’s meeee

The title slide of my presentation, entitled ‘Locating the (Global) Gothic in Enchi Fumiko’s Masks. It also features the Japanese and English covers of the book.

Bluesky saw it first!

thank you!!

Feeling very excited (and only slightly trepidatious) about presenting a small slice of my PhD research for the first time tomorrow. It’s like letting a tiny little bit of my baby loose in the world.

Li Kotomi: 'I refuse to choose death' The Taiwanese writer reflects on the importance of queer community, her ascent in Japan’s literary world and her ongoing battles against online harassment.

The Taiwanese writer reflects on the importance of queer community, her ascent in Japan’s literary world and her ongoing battles against online harassment.

Just worked for me! Even quicker and easier than eventbrite, honestly

A photo of the interior pages of my short horror fiction zine Strange Tales and Modern Legends. The illustration was created by the artist Maxyvert.

I just published a new horror fiction zine! Strange Tales and Modern Legends collects three stories inspired by demonic folklore from Japan. You can download a free digital copy from Itchio, and I've put paper copies on Etsy.
👹 digitalterrarium.itch.io/strange-tales
👹 www.etsy.com/listing/4299...

Honestly? I’m extremely here for this (and not just because I’m currently writing something about Audition)

remember when LGB Alliance were asked in court what charitable works they do and they didn’t know

Very very much looking forward to this! It'll be so nice to (virtually) see some familiar faces presenting and hopefully even more familiar faces attending 😁

It's a goal uniting vast swathes of the political and media class, including many hiding behind a thin veneer of performative both-sides-ism. For some it's motivated by fervent bigotry, but for most I think it's just political convenience and a vague sense of ~trans & queer people make me feel icky~

At this point, the British state is pursuing a policy of forced medical detransition and coerced social detransition for all trans people, regardless of age. Any discussion of what comes next for UK trans people which fails to acknowledge this is either naive or in bad faith, and will go nowhere

“after 25 years, I personally still cannot (will not) read or speak Japanese. This means that the language is Uniquely Wacky and Impenetrable. I’m very smart”

I stumbled across this in the SOAS library in London just last week while I was looking for something else! Really excellent book with lots of biographical details I'd never read anywhere else.

ジェンダー平等の後退を招く英国最高裁判所判決への抗議声明 - TransgenderJapan 4月16日、英国最高裁判所は2010年に英国で成立した"平等法"（以下、平等法2010）において、保護されるべ

TransgenderJapan (TGJP) has released a statement protesting the UK Supreme Court ruling made last week and extending solidarity to all trans people in the UK.

ruining their own life with Islamophobia British bf / ruining their own life with transphobia British gf

Photo of thousands of people with placards and flags packing Parliament Square. Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

transphobia is a disease and the British media machine is sick to its core