Calvin Coquí
@arwainian.bsky.social
he/she | assigned nerd at birth | queer as in [microphone cuts out before i can explain my embodied identity and personal experience of gender and sexuality in historical context and with academic citations]
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who am I?
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
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Been enjoying Perpetua a lot ( @friends-table.bsky.social ) 🥚🥚🥚
February 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Been enjoying Perpetua a lot ( @friends-table.bsky.social ) 🥚🥚🥚
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Carla and mine’s comic Goodbye, For Now is mentioned. As well as Puerto Rico Strong - I have a story about PROMESA there 🔥
www.comicsbeat.com/debi-leer-ma...
www.comicsbeat.com/debi-leer-ma...
Debí Leer Más Comics: 4 Puerto Rican Comics to keep the Bad Bunny vibes going
Bad Bunny has made Puerto Rico the hottest place on Earth. It's sparked interest in the island's history. Here are 4 comics to help in that.
www.comicsbeat.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Carla and mine’s comic Goodbye, For Now is mentioned. As well as Puerto Rico Strong - I have a story about PROMESA there 🔥
www.comicsbeat.com/debi-leer-ma...
www.comicsbeat.com/debi-leer-ma...
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February 10, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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HISTORY IN THE CREASE ‼️
@bostonfleet.com’s Aerin Frankel is the first goaltender in Olympic women's hockey history to record THREE shutouts in a single tournament!
@bostonfleet.com’s Aerin Frankel is the first goaltender in Olympic women's hockey history to record THREE shutouts in a single tournament!
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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who am I?
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
February 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
who am I?
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
Hi! I'm Cal! I'm a hobbyist in many arts (fiber, music, prose, larp) and sometimes a poster about my life, books, movies, & games. i also love cats
the box of identity labels: 🏳️⚧️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🇵🇷🇺🇲, 🇳🇱🇨🇦, ♾️
an unrepentant snob and a passionate fanboy🦚
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I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
what we got each other for valentine's day
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
what we got each other for valentine's day
valentines evening: drinking pink soju mixed with pink vodka and watching heated rivalry w/ gf and best friend
February 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
valentines evening: drinking pink soju mixed with pink vodka and watching heated rivalry w/ gf and best friend
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scribbled some butch yuri for valentine's ⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ˚☽
February 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
scribbled some butch yuri for valentine's ⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ˚☽
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Amazon preorders will be up soon, but buying direct is a great help to indie authors like myself ⚔️
Valentine's surprise - GALEAS THE KEEN is up for preorder!
A butch/femme retelling of Galahad & the Fisher King, where a blind knight discovers a wounded woman at the center of a cursed flood, and is driven to save her at any cost.
50% off:
riengray.itch.io/galeas-the-k...
riengray.shop/b/cZt4g
A butch/femme retelling of Galahad & the Fisher King, where a blind knight discovers a wounded woman at the center of a cursed flood, and is driven to save her at any cost.
50% off:
riengray.itch.io/galeas-the-k...
riengray.shop/b/cZt4g
February 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Amazon preorders will be up soon, but buying direct is a great help to indie authors like myself ⚔️
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February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
slow day at work so i'm killing time by catching up on reviews for my past month of reading
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
slow day at work so i'm killing time by catching up on reviews for my past month of reading
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A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
Mirrors in many guises: describing viewpoint characters – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
this was a good week! I enjoyed all of the movies I watched #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this was a good week! I enjoyed all of the movies I watched #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
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Unwinnable subscribers saw an excerpt of this last month, but here's the much, much longer convo I had with Autumn back in December about cultural criticism, my process, and a long, ongoing battle with alienation from my own taste and craft. A little rambly, apologies
unwinnable.com/2026/02/11/a...
unwinnable.com/2026/02/11/a...
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Unwinnable subscribers saw an excerpt of this last month, but here's the much, much longer convo I had with Autumn back in December about cultural criticism, my process, and a long, ongoing battle with alienation from my own taste and craft. A little rambly, apologies
unwinnable.com/2026/02/11/a...
unwinnable.com/2026/02/11/a...
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Nimue in different fonts🪻✨
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Nimue in different fonts🪻✨
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"The story of the Knight and the Witch always ends in tragedy."
Tasha Suri's The Isle in the Silver Sea is a lush exploration of immigration, assimilation, and storytelling. Read @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review:
Tasha Suri's The Isle in the Silver Sea is a lush exploration of immigration, assimilation, and storytelling. Read @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review:
Heart-Pounding Action and Heart-Stopping Romance: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri - Reactor
"Tasha Suri isn’t just exploring stories here, but mythology and mythmaking as well."
reactormag.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"The story of the Knight and the Witch always ends in tragedy."
Tasha Suri's The Isle in the Silver Sea is a lush exploration of immigration, assimilation, and storytelling. Read @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review:
Tasha Suri's The Isle in the Silver Sea is a lush exploration of immigration, assimilation, and storytelling. Read @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's review:
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The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
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Our society is so allergic to showing gender non-conformity that even with characters that are known for that non-conformity, there's often a "remedial" confirmation of gender roles in other ways for that character, as if to "make up" for it.
Even if that non-conformity is shown as heroic.
Even if that non-conformity is shown as heroic.
I wish Eowyn didn't have to get a boyfriend, I wish Ripley didn't have to get boyfriends in ALIENS and ALIEN 3, I wish Starbuck didn't have boyfriends, I wish Brienne of Tarth didn't end the series crying over a dude, not because I oppose love, but because they're all being so obviously De-Lesbianed
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Our society is so allergic to showing gender non-conformity that even with characters that are known for that non-conformity, there's often a "remedial" confirmation of gender roles in other ways for that character, as if to "make up" for it.
Even if that non-conformity is shown as heroic.
Even if that non-conformity is shown as heroic.
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Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8