V.C. Willow 📚 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏴 🇵🇸
@authorvcwillow.bsky.social
Writer. Feminist. LGBTQ+. She/her. Socialist. Whovian.
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: vcwillow@gmail.com
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: vcwillow@gmail.com
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You can't separate the art from the artist when they're still alive because they're still benefiting from the financial leverage, access to platform and power through influence that art provides.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
I still hate The Power of the Doctor ending for The Doctor/Yaz.
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I still hate The Power of the Doctor ending for The Doctor/Yaz.
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
#NovemberWorldBuilders
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Greetings, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about the ethics of your MC or any character who is important in your world's lore. Are they morally good? Morally grey? Do they have a belief contrary to what others around them believe in? Are there any acts they refuse to do?
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#NovemberWorldBuilders
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
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Be aware ...
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Be aware ...
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
It's not that hard. We know that Mathilde is his daughter by Madeline Swann. Bond continues
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's not that hard. We know that Mathilde is his daughter by Madeline Swann. Bond continues
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
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Young girls are not women, but they can get pregnant. They would not be pregnant women.
Trans men and non binary people are not women they can get pregnant.
Pregnant people include all people who can get pregnant.
Women are people, people who can get pregnant.
Trans men and non binary people are not women they can get pregnant.
Pregnant people include all people who can get pregnant.
Women are people, people who can get pregnant.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Young girls are not women, but they can get pregnant. They would not be pregnant women.
Trans men and non binary people are not women they can get pregnant.
Pregnant people include all people who can get pregnant.
Women are people, people who can get pregnant.
Trans men and non binary people are not women they can get pregnant.
Pregnant people include all people who can get pregnant.
Women are people, people who can get pregnant.
If you're from the UK punctuation goes outside the quotation marks unless the punctuation is part of the original quotation or the quote's a whole sentence
Grammar, spelling & punctuation vary. Not everyone on the Internet is American. Beware whose advice you follow
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Grammar, spelling & punctuation vary. Not everyone on the Internet is American. Beware whose advice you follow
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you're from the UK punctuation goes outside the quotation marks unless the punctuation is part of the original quotation or the quote's a whole sentence
Grammar, spelling & punctuation vary. Not everyone on the Internet is American. Beware whose advice you follow
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Grammar, spelling & punctuation vary. Not everyone on the Internet is American. Beware whose advice you follow
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
This outcome was never a forgone conclusion. The threat to LGBTQ marriages was tangible and could have had devastating consequences for the quer community and our rights. The money will probably never appear, but you can bet she will, backed by shady rw lobbyists.
Gay equality should be inalienable
Gay equality should be inalienable
Kim Davis has been fighting to overturn gay marriage for years.
She’s been fighting to be absolved of denying a marriage license to a gay couple
Today she lost her last shot at an appeal.
The Supreme Court denied her request to hear her case and ordered her to pay $360,000!
She’s been fighting to be absolved of denying a marriage license to a gay couple
Today she lost her last shot at an appeal.
The Supreme Court denied her request to hear her case and ordered her to pay $360,000!
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This outcome was never a forgone conclusion. The threat to LGBTQ marriages was tangible and could have had devastating consequences for the quer community and our rights. The money will probably never appear, but you can bet she will, backed by shady rw lobbyists.
Gay equality should be inalienable
Gay equality should be inalienable
Nothing to see here, just a journalist loudly announcing that they don't read
It's only "performative", if you live in a social media, reality TV, bubble where you think your every act should be for the gratification of others and the promotion of yourself
Normal people read for pleasure
#BookSky
It's only "performative", if you live in a social media, reality TV, bubble where you think your every act should be for the gratification of others and the promotion of yourself
Normal people read for pleasure
#BookSky
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nothing to see here, just a journalist loudly announcing that they don't read
It's only "performative", if you live in a social media, reality TV, bubble where you think your every act should be for the gratification of others and the promotion of yourself
Normal people read for pleasure
#BookSky
It's only "performative", if you live in a social media, reality TV, bubble where you think your every act should be for the gratification of others and the promotion of yourself
Normal people read for pleasure
#BookSky
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Established authors can drive a 200+ preorder signaling to algorithms improved response to inquiry interest and better (higher) placement within the algorithm. For novice authors a minimum of a 50 preorder is good, 100 is excellent and can make or break your novel.
#writingcommunity #booksky #sales
#writingcommunity #booksky #sales
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Established authors can drive a 200+ preorder signaling to algorithms improved response to inquiry interest and better (higher) placement within the algorithm. For novice authors a minimum of a 50 preorder is good, 100 is excellent and can make or break your novel.
#writingcommunity #booksky #sales
#writingcommunity #booksky #sales
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Authors gatekeeping success is silly. Trad authors are often transparent about querying and I know successful indies who share their advice. The thing is, not all advice works for everyone. All authors have their own path to success that may not work for you.
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Authors gatekeeping success is silly. Trad authors are often transparent about querying and I know successful indies who share their advice. The thing is, not all advice works for everyone. All authors have their own path to success that may not work for you.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Elara borders morally grey to outright immoral. Her jealousy, greed, pettiness, insecurity & prejudice leads her down a complicated path where she commits increasingly immoral acts to escape the consequences of her behaviour. Can we root for her?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Elara borders morally grey to outright immoral. Her jealousy, greed, pettiness, insecurity & prejudice leads her down a complicated path where she commits increasingly immoral acts to escape the consequences of her behaviour. Can we root for her?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Heya, #NovemberWorldbuilders. The last two days were for characters seen as pure good or evil. Now for the morally grey stuff: are there any historical figures or events that are debatable whether they were good or bad? Who are the controversial people/events in your world's history?
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Elara borders morally grey to outright immoral. Her jealousy, greed, pettiness, insecurity & prejudice leads her down a complicated path where she commits increasingly immoral acts to escape the consequences of her behaviour. Can we root for her?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Elara borders morally grey to outright immoral. Her jealousy, greed, pettiness, insecurity & prejudice leads her down a complicated path where she commits increasingly immoral acts to escape the consequences of her behaviour. Can we root for her?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
"Complicated" is a weasel way to say an openly racist white man who's worked relied on using the research of a woman who never got recognition for her contribution had views that were then and are now just base bigotry. He also contributed to some important science.
As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a complicated legacy
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, has died aged 97
As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a complicated legacy
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Complicated" is a weasel way to say an openly racist white man who's worked relied on using the research of a woman who never got recognition for her contribution had views that were then and are now just base bigotry. He also contributed to some important science.
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(Also I am beyond fucking sick of the 'balance' argument - no, we *don't* need to platform transphobes or homophobes or antisemites or Islamophobes or racists or any fucker else to 'balance' positive portrayals of minorities, that's utterly bullshit logic)
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
(Also I am beyond fucking sick of the 'balance' argument - no, we *don't* need to platform transphobes or homophobes or antisemites or Islamophobes or racists or any fucker else to 'balance' positive portrayals of minorities, that's utterly bullshit logic)
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(See also the people getting up in arms that a news presenter was correctly given a slap on the wrist for changing a quote to fit her own biases, because gods forbid we acknowledge the fact that not everyone who can get pregnant is a woman)
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
(See also the people getting up in arms that a news presenter was correctly given a slap on the wrist for changing a quote to fit her own biases, because gods forbid we acknowledge the fact that not everyone who can get pregnant is a woman)
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And again. One of Murdoch's mates having the *opinion* that the BBC isn't transphobic enough (ah ha ha ha to make a hollow laughing) is treated as far more worth listening to than any of our complaints.
Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And again. One of Murdoch's mates having the *opinion* that the BBC isn't transphobic enough (ah ha ha ha to make a hollow laughing) is treated as far more worth listening to than any of our complaints.
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The ability of the far right to insist that their views - trans people are lying perverts, climate change is a hoax, immigrants are all thieving, raping scum - are necessarily legitimate & must be given a hearing is already a vast victory for forms of extremism beyond the pale not long ago.
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The ability of the far right to insist that their views - trans people are lying perverts, climate change is a hoax, immigrants are all thieving, raping scum - are necessarily legitimate & must be given a hearing is already a vast victory for forms of extremism beyond the pale not long ago.
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Theresa May, the buffoon of "Brexit means Brexit", was to the left of Keir Starmer on trans rights.
That's the kind of fact that mainstreaming bigotry forces us to recognise.
That's the kind of fact that mainstreaming bigotry forces us to recognise.
The ability of the far right to insist that their views - trans people are lying perverts, climate change is a hoax, immigrants are all thieving, raping scum - are necessarily legitimate & must be given a hearing is already a vast victory for forms of extremism beyond the pale not long ago.
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Theresa May, the buffoon of "Brexit means Brexit", was to the left of Keir Starmer on trans rights.
That's the kind of fact that mainstreaming bigotry forces us to recognise.
That's the kind of fact that mainstreaming bigotry forces us to recognise.
Good.
Not all women are, can, or want to be pregnant.
Girls who get pregnant are not women.
Erasing trans men and non binary people who can get pregnant is transphobic
Journalists and presenters are meant to be impartial, not forcing their ideology into a professional workplace.
Not all women are, can, or want to be pregnant.
Girls who get pregnant are not women.
Erasing trans men and non binary people who can get pregnant is transphobic
Journalists and presenters are meant to be impartial, not forcing their ideology into a professional workplace.
“The BBC has upheld a complaint against the newsreader Martine Croxall after she changed the term “pregnant people” to “women” and raised her eyebrows during a news channel broadcast in the summer.”
This was about her imposing her personal ideological views while working in a professional context.
This was about her imposing her personal ideological views while working in a professional context.
BBC upholds complaint against Martine Croxall over ‘pregnant people’ change
Newsreader’s raised eyebrows as she switched to ‘women’ suggested a viewpoint on trans identity, corporation says
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good.
Not all women are, can, or want to be pregnant.
Girls who get pregnant are not women.
Erasing trans men and non binary people who can get pregnant is transphobic
Journalists and presenters are meant to be impartial, not forcing their ideology into a professional workplace.
Not all women are, can, or want to be pregnant.
Girls who get pregnant are not women.
Erasing trans men and non binary people who can get pregnant is transphobic
Journalists and presenters are meant to be impartial, not forcing their ideology into a professional workplace.
Not your body, not your choice. If you don't like abortion, don't have one.
Banning access to women's health care is dangerous and far too often fatal for women.
The evidence across nations shows that banning abortions doesn't lead to a decrease in abortions just increases unsafe ones.
#Abortion
Banning access to women's health care is dangerous and far too often fatal for women.
The evidence across nations shows that banning abortions doesn't lead to a decrease in abortions just increases unsafe ones.
#Abortion
States with abortion bans found that pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections, and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. They are the cases state maternal review boards should have stopped from happening.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not your body, not your choice. If you don't like abortion, don't have one.
Banning access to women's health care is dangerous and far too often fatal for women.
The evidence across nations shows that banning abortions doesn't lead to a decrease in abortions just increases unsafe ones.
#Abortion
Banning access to women's health care is dangerous and far too often fatal for women.
The evidence across nations shows that banning abortions doesn't lead to a decrease in abortions just increases unsafe ones.
#Abortion
Me: Sex isn't binary - provides link to paper
Them: Bullshit you're just quoting our communist government
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anti trans activists have gone through the looking glass & entered bizzaro logic world. I'm not sure if they ken UK politics at the moment but the ruling party are rw & transphobic bud!
Them: Bullshit you're just quoting our communist government
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anti trans activists have gone through the looking glass & entered bizzaro logic world. I'm not sure if they ken UK politics at the moment but the ruling party are rw & transphobic bud!
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Me: Sex isn't binary - provides link to paper
Them: Bullshit you're just quoting our communist government
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anti trans activists have gone through the looking glass & entered bizzaro logic world. I'm not sure if they ken UK politics at the moment but the ruling party are rw & transphobic bud!
Them: Bullshit you're just quoting our communist government
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anti trans activists have gone through the looking glass & entered bizzaro logic world. I'm not sure if they ken UK politics at the moment but the ruling party are rw & transphobic bud!
Goli Kouhkan was married to her cousin as a child bride aged 12, pregnant at 13. She suffered physical and emotional abuse from him as did her son. Her husband was killed after she called her cousin as he was beating their 5yo son. She's poor, a woman, an ethnic minority in Iran
#WomensRights #VAWG
#WomensRights #VAWG
Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’ | Global development
#WorldNews #Politics #News
Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’
Goli Kouhkan, 25, on death row for seven years for killing her abusive husband, has until December to settle with the victim’s family
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Goli Kouhkan was married to her cousin as a child bride aged 12, pregnant at 13. She suffered physical and emotional abuse from him as did her son. Her husband was killed after she called her cousin as he was beating their 5yo son. She's poor, a woman, an ethnic minority in Iran
#WomensRights #VAWG
#WomensRights #VAWG
What did I get the 1 point for? I've never blasted tunes from a boombox because I'm not an antisocial gobshite
I'm a weirdo and proud of it.
Alternatively, it could just be that these are all gen X experiences, so it's talking about my g-g-generation (the song is, ironically, not my generation🤷🏻♀️)
I'm a weirdo and proud of it.
Alternatively, it could just be that these are all gen X experiences, so it's talking about my g-g-generation (the song is, ironically, not my generation🤷🏻♀️)
With alt text.
I fail, I've done all of these.
I fail, I've done all of these.
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What did I get the 1 point for? I've never blasted tunes from a boombox because I'm not an antisocial gobshite
I'm a weirdo and proud of it.
Alternatively, it could just be that these are all gen X experiences, so it's talking about my g-g-generation (the song is, ironically, not my generation🤷🏻♀️)
I'm a weirdo and proud of it.
Alternatively, it could just be that these are all gen X experiences, so it's talking about my g-g-generation (the song is, ironically, not my generation🤷🏻♀️)
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Hope. Despite their differences they all want something better for themselves and will do whatever it takes to get a good ending.
November Novel Month
#NoNoMo 4th November
What motivates your protagonists?
#NoNoMo #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#NoNoMo 4th November
What motivates your protagonists?
#NoNoMo #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hope. Despite their differences they all want something better for themselves and will do whatever it takes to get a good ending.
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The 3 MCs want to overcome their pasts and become better people. They all hate where they're at currently and want better lives. Change isn't easy but they're all very determined, and that possibility of something better is what pushed them all to act.
#NoNoMo 5th November
What lights the spark that starts or continues your story?
Tell us about the inciting incident or a continuing piece of tension that drives your story.
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!
#NoNoMo #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BonfireNight #5November #GuyFawks
What lights the spark that starts or continues your story?
Tell us about the inciting incident or a continuing piece of tension that drives your story.
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!
#NoNoMo #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BonfireNight #5November #GuyFawks
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The 3 MCs want to overcome their pasts and become better people. They all hate where they're at currently and want better lives. Change isn't easy but they're all very determined, and that possibility of something better is what pushed them all to act.