The Real Horror of Black Mirror’s “Common People” Is Disability Under Capitalism What looks like a critique of predatory tech is, for disabled people, a chilling reflection of real life.

I wrote about #disability under #capitalism, and how it's portrayed in the newest season of #BlackMirror. It has now been published in #InvisibleIllness. Please read and share!

"I would never judge anyone for having food in their teeth" repeating obsessively to myself after realizing I just had a very important meeting with a giant piece of spinach in my teeth.

Nothing feels more dystopian than being absolutely battered by the news and then hearing Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night on the radio.

trying to organize change on the same social media apps suppressing you is… something

Book entitled: how to date buildings (an easy reference guide)

I’m done dating humans. I’ve got a better idea—

a black dog is running in a field in front of a thatched roof house . ALT: a black dog is running in a field in front of a thatched roof house .

Listening to #Folktronica (thanks Apple Music for identifying this), while reading about #FolkHorror. I've got a type, and it tastes like butter and lives deliciously.

The Christmas earworm season is over, so now it's back to having Somebody That I Used to Know stuck in my head every morning.

I think the #storygraph AI just diagnosed me

Also being back in grad school at 40 is wild. It's a humiliating exercise in self-reflection. I'm a far less arrogant student than I was 20 years ago. I'd say, I'm an insecure student now. But wow, I kind of miss the luxury of not being forced to witness how bizarre I am. 😬

First class of grad school is a genre writing workshop. We discussed convention and genre. I still can't articulate the difference between genre and literary. I tried to throw out some ideas. They were wrong. Can't I just say literary is like love, you know it when you experience it? No? No.

2024 #books read. The Deluge took up 3 months of #reading for me because it was emotionally (and literally) heavy. But it became my 2nd favorite book this year after How High We Go In The Dark, which became a top ten of all time for me.

Jimmy's story (Solo's) in Shift by #HughHowey, would make a killer #videogame. Imaging scavenging #Silo 17 with your black cat companion, Shadow. I can see the opening cinematic being the story leading up to Year 7. Then the tutorial is venturing out and collecting Shadow.

I painted this cow for my sister in law for Christmas. She doesn't use this platform, so I can actually post it here. He's grumpy. I like him.

I have written some horror short stories, but I tend to not be great at writing in one specific genre. I tend to write in liminal spaces, blurring the lines between a few genres. But I understand the value of staying in a genre's boundaries, and I want to get better at that.

My first course in my MA program is a genre writing workshop. One, I'm excited about attending class in-person. Two, I'm really looking forward to having a deep focus on horror, a genre I've always wanted to write in.

Finished Wool by Hugh Howey. Started Shift, and I absolutely love it. I'm a sucker for a good prequel.

I graduated with my BA 20 years ago. Went to a grad event tonight and instantly felt an internal sense of belonging.

Getting an MA in creative Writing has always been a goal of mine. I start next year. 🎉

Another Christmas earworm today 🤮 : Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Another Christmas themed earworm today: Have a holly jolly Christmas, it's the best time of the year 😒

This morning's earworm: Sleigh Bells. "Giddy up giddy up giddy up let's go" 1/10 stars. Hate this.

Tonight's earworm: Backstreet's Back. Specifically "oh my god we're back again"

The amount of times I wake up with the song, "God Bless the USA" as an earworm, is very disheartening.

Finished "Stay in the Light," the follow-up to "The Watcher" by A.M. Shine. First half was brutally slow, and I despise the character Sean, but once it gets going, it's just as creepy. I ultimately enjoyed it despite the shortcomings. The third book is set up to be incredible.

"Political" conversations are vehemently avoided at my family gatherings. But ableism and pseudoscience are so normative and deeply woven into conversation, they are always present. I don't like this.

The Deluge by Stephen Markley > Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley. Read two near-future dystopian novels about the multitude of effects of the climate crisis. Could not finish Ministry. Couldn't put down Deluge.

My meltdowns are also a 16 million on the Scoville scale. But I guess I can be fairly spicy when my strong sense of justice is triggered.

High Rise: Brutalist Poetry Submission Call - Explore Raw Honesty and Refined Realism in Our Upcoming Anthology - The Broken Spine Submission Call: High Rise: Brutalist Poetry

I have never heard of brutalist poetry, certainly not Bukowski and Plath categorized together in this way. I'm very intrigued by this!