alix e. harrow
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
when am i going to learn not to throw out my old signs
January 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
when am i going to learn not to throw out my old signs
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POP-UP RALLY at 2pm TODAY
Corner of US 29 and Hydraulic Rd. (Stonefield) TODAY AT 2pm with Indivisible Charlottesville.
Spread the word that last night’s U.S. invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is not OK - and not legal.
Bring signs and dress warm.
Corner of US 29 and Hydraulic Rd. (Stonefield) TODAY AT 2pm with Indivisible Charlottesville.
Spread the word that last night’s U.S. invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is not OK - and not legal.
Bring signs and dress warm.
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
POP-UP RALLY at 2pm TODAY
Corner of US 29 and Hydraulic Rd. (Stonefield) TODAY AT 2pm with Indivisible Charlottesville.
Spread the word that last night’s U.S. invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is not OK - and not legal.
Bring signs and dress warm.
Corner of US 29 and Hydraulic Rd. (Stonefield) TODAY AT 2pm with Indivisible Charlottesville.
Spread the word that last night’s U.S. invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is not OK - and not legal.
Bring signs and dress warm.
okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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There's more to say about this open letter, unfortunately, but bear with me, because I think it's important. For example, this response in the File 770 comments by SFWA board member Jonathan Brazee. In essence, Underwood gives cover to SFWA and vice versa. But both their positions are crap. 1/?
December 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There's more to say about this open letter, unfortunately, but bear with me, because I think it's important. For example, this response in the File 770 comments by SFWA board member Jonathan Brazee. In essence, Underwood gives cover to SFWA and vice versa. But both their positions are crap. 1/?
first time i hitch-hiked me and my friend were picked up by a frantic dad who showed us pictures of his kids, gave us his lunch, and begged us to please never ever do this again
I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
first time i hitch-hiked me and my friend were picked up by a frantic dad who showed us pictures of his kids, gave us his lunch, and begged us to please never ever do this again
said "good morning baby" to my 7yo and they said "don't you mean good morning...WOLF" and bit me
December 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
said "good morning baby" to my 7yo and they said "don't you mean good morning...WOLF" and bit me
would like to brag that i read 90ish books this year, except about half of them were re-reads lol. a few of them i read and then immediately restarted! I can't even blame the stress of rising fascism im just like this i guess
December 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
would like to brag that i read 90ish books this year, except about half of them were re-reads lol. a few of them i read and then immediately restarted! I can't even blame the stress of rising fascism im just like this i guess
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Many people—particularly in creative and fan spaces!—could use to read Colton Underwood’s short essay about the lived complexities of queer masculinity, the closet, and the negotiations people make to survive… even and especially for those who are already hyper-visible.
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The Quiet Negotiations
I watched Heated Rivalry like a lot of people and what stayed with me wasn’t the plot, the sport, or even the love story.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Many people—particularly in creative and fan spaces!—could use to read Colton Underwood’s short essay about the lived complexities of queer masculinity, the closet, and the negotiations people make to survive… even and especially for those who are already hyper-visible.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
kills me when white men aren't very popular and they're like "wow?? discrimination??" buddy i'm so sorry but you just have a bad personality :( we all thought you knew :(
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
kills me when white men aren't very popular and they're like "wow?? discrimination??" buddy i'm so sorry but you just have a bad personality :( we all thought you knew :(
there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
re-reading the Locked Tomb books as one sometimes must and man: John's narration in Nona the Ninth really is the best villain monologue ever written. by the end you understand why they exist as a trope in the first place! because only a villain has the ego required to monologue!
December 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
re-reading the Locked Tomb books as one sometimes must and man: John's narration in Nona the Ninth really is the best villain monologue ever written. by the end you understand why they exist as a trope in the first place! because only a villain has the ego required to monologue!
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I will never use LLM for anything to do with my writing. Even my research is driven by good research practice, not AI. Why would I? I like the work. If you don't like doing the work, ask yourself why you're not actually doing something you do like to do, instead.
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I will never use LLM for anything to do with my writing. Even my research is driven by good research practice, not AI. Why would I? I like the work. If you don't like doing the work, ask yourself why you're not actually doing something you do like to do, instead.
you can cheer when the rats flee the ship, but you do not need to invite the rats over to your ship. the rats are icky. let those fuckers swim
our emotional & practical survival over the next year is going to depend on us developing the emotional depth to say "hahaha fuck yeah, shit has gotten so bad that even [terrible person] is trying to save themselves" without being like "so they're not terrible anymore, maybe?"
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
you can cheer when the rats flee the ship, but you do not need to invite the rats over to your ship. the rats are icky. let those fuckers swim
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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Good news from @cvillecityhall.bsky.social: Flock Safety is off the streets! Now let's get more localities to have this conversation.
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City ends Flock pilot program over federal data base concerns - Cville Right Now
The city had paused using the video license plate reading system in October. Now, it announced it won't be resuming using it.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good news from @cvillecityhall.bsky.social: Flock Safety is off the streets! Now let's get more localities to have this conversation.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
shoutout to Count Benyowsky, the 18th century con artist who convinced the french government to fund his conquest of madagascar and then paid the locals to pretend he was king if anybody stopped by. we used to have proper criminals
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
shoutout to Count Benyowsky, the 18th century con artist who convinced the french government to fund his conquest of madagascar and then paid the locals to pretend he was king if anybody stopped by. we used to have proper criminals
can't really express how ecstatic i am about to this. I'M GOING TO SPAIN!! TO HANG OUT WITH GENRE READERS!!!
¡Alix E. Harrow estará en el Celsius 232 de 2026! 😭😭😭 @alixeharrow.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
can't really express how ecstatic i am about to this. I'M GOING TO SPAIN!! TO HANG OUT WITH GENRE READERS!!!
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Just gave up the ghost on any attempt to whittle down my TBR folder by the end of the year. 😂 The Raven Scholar is on sale for $2.99 in ebook at kobo.com right now btw!
last newsletter of the year is just a bunch of books i liked, thinly disguised as a gift guide!
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December 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just gave up the ghost on any attempt to whittle down my TBR folder by the end of the year. 😂 The Raven Scholar is on sale for $2.99 in ebook at kobo.com right now btw!
last newsletter of the year is just a bunch of books i liked, thinly disguised as a gift guide!
buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
last newsletter of the year is just a bunch of books i liked, thinly disguised as a gift guide!
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
one time on the old site i said that my husband, who was an entire 35 years old, had only recently discovered that ponies are not baby horses. the post was mid but i still fondly recall the thousands of replies of other full grown people making the same discovery
Does everyone have a personal favorite of their posts. Not the most popular, but the one that just always makes YOU smile?
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
one time on the old site i said that my husband, who was an entire 35 years old, had only recently discovered that ponies are not baby horses. the post was mid but i still fondly recall the thousands of replies of other full grown people making the same discovery
imagine trying to convince me that I should "get used" to AI bc it's "here to stay." honey mitch mcconnell has been my senator since before i was born, do you think i don't know how to lock in and hate for the long haul
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
imagine trying to convince me that I should "get used" to AI bc it's "here to stay." honey mitch mcconnell has been my senator since before i was born, do you think i don't know how to lock in and hate for the long haul
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Holiday Mutual Aid:
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
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Venmo: Zbryant01
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Holiday Mutual Aid:
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential