Jasper
@blkpansy.bsky.social
Ayyyyy. Read (or listen to!) my award-winning book PANSY: A BLACK AMERICAN MEMOIR 📖
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Jasper
@blkpansy.bsky.social
· Feb 3
JASPER JOYNER | Instagram | Linktree
Author + poet from tha south.
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New intro, Hiii!
I'm Jasper. I'm here to have fun and be cute and share my 'lil ~things~, like:
- My memoir, PANSY
- Super gay, super cute chapbook, A FLAMBOYANCE
- Digital zine, HERE TO COMPLAIN, for Black + brown folks and their microaggressive work stories...
You can follow my stuff here:
I'm Jasper. I'm here to have fun and be cute and share my 'lil ~things~, like:
- My memoir, PANSY
- Super gay, super cute chapbook, A FLAMBOYANCE
- Digital zine, HERE TO COMPLAIN, for Black + brown folks and their microaggressive work stories...
You can follow my stuff here:
It's me 🥲. And yes, I will happily edit your memoir!
Working on your own memoir or novel and want another set of paws 🐾on it? Our editor Jasper Joyner is an award-winning author! Their memoir ‘Pansy’ is a Richard Wright Literary Award winner and Red Hen Press Quill Prose Award finalist. Reach out to them for a consultation at info@straycats.ink!
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It's me 🥲. And yes, I will happily edit your memoir!
Y'all, I just finished @sgpoet.bsky.social's chapbook "Good Grief." Wow.
I feel so blessed to be in community with poets and writers who lay their heart out on the page like this. Highly, highly recommend, especially if grief of any kind is something you grapple with -- ko-fi.com/s/398cca6980
I feel so blessed to be in community with poets and writers who lay their heart out on the page like this. Highly, highly recommend, especially if grief of any kind is something you grapple with -- ko-fi.com/s/398cca6980
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Y'all, I just finished @sgpoet.bsky.social's chapbook "Good Grief." Wow.
I feel so blessed to be in community with poets and writers who lay their heart out on the page like this. Highly, highly recommend, especially if grief of any kind is something you grapple with -- ko-fi.com/s/398cca6980
I feel so blessed to be in community with poets and writers who lay their heart out on the page like this. Highly, highly recommend, especially if grief of any kind is something you grapple with -- ko-fi.com/s/398cca6980
I’m bout to analog 2026 so hard. Watching dvds, downloading software (fuck subscriptions), reading tangible books. Might even get me a record player, tf.
December 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I’m bout to analog 2026 so hard. Watching dvds, downloading software (fuck subscriptions), reading tangible books. Might even get me a record player, tf.
One thing I'm gonna do? Respond to that message you sent me in my head.
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
One thing I'm gonna do? Respond to that message you sent me in my head.
'Poem for the starving artist'
From my memoir, PANSY
From my memoir, PANSY
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
'Poem for the starving artist'
From my memoir, PANSY
From my memoir, PANSY
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I keep thinking there is something grazing my neck when really ITS JUST THESE SCALP GROWN BUNDLES CASCADING DOWN THE BYKE.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I keep thinking there is something grazing my neck when really ITS JUST THESE SCALP GROWN BUNDLES CASCADING DOWN THE BYKE.
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“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. "Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be.”
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
March 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. "Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be.”
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
“Inside My Love” by Minnie Ripperton is one of the horniest songs ever made, you cannot change my mind.
December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Inside My Love” by Minnie Ripperton is one of the horniest songs ever made, you cannot change my mind.
There's so little coverage on the injustices happening in Memphis rn, but this article is so, so, so thoughtful in the most heartening way...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
What I Witnessed in Memphis Should Alarm the Nation
Bearing witness in Memphis Dec. 5-11, 2025.
substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There's so little coverage on the injustices happening in Memphis rn, but this article is so, so, so thoughtful in the most heartening way...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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happy Lucille Clifton season to all who celebrate 🙏🏿
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
happy Lucille Clifton season to all who celebrate 🙏🏿
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ICYMI: our very own Stray Cats Editor Chloe Bordewich also writes about her area of expertise!
July 23 marks the anniversary of Egypt’s “July Revolution,” the 1952 coup that dethroned the country’s king and replaced him with a military regime whose inheritors endure in power today. Chloe Bordewich writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
In Egypt, a Rumor Sparked an Overthrow
After the army lost the 1948 war to Israel, a popular narrative — that the monarchy sold out its soldiers — paved the way for the successful July Revolution four years later
newlinesmag.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICYMI: our very own Stray Cats Editor Chloe Bordewich also writes about her area of expertise!
PSA:
Hey y'all, the audiobook and e-book versions of my memoir PANSY are both in the Queer Liberation Library for free, as are hundreds of other books by queer authors.
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
PSA:
Dick Van Dyke said he was 6'1 back in the day and now he's like 5'9. What does that mean for me?! *Cries in 5 "(redacted).*
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dick Van Dyke said he was 6'1 back in the day and now he's like 5'9. What does that mean for me?! *Cries in 5 "(redacted).*
Y'all this essay got me. Imagine dreaming too small and thinking you're really doing something. I've done it and I feel called out in the best way.
Your Dream Isn’t Too Big. It’s Too Small.
Notes from my coaching practice.
substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Y'all this essay got me. Imagine dreaming too small and thinking you're really doing something. I've done it and I feel called out in the best way.
I use my time wisely and I don't play about my time.
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I use my time wisely and I don't play about my time.
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I had a lot of fun writing this & channeling my end of the year inner sloth
Allow @wordsfromapenn.com to help you find a new comic book or video game for someone else or yourself.
Queerly Nerdy: 'Tis the Season for Video Games and Comic Books - Pop Heist
During the holiday season, all I want to do is read comics and play video games. Let these suggestions give you something to curl up with.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I had a lot of fun writing this & channeling my end of the year inner sloth
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If you don’t know what to get yourself for Xmas but you’re planning to pub a novel in 2026…consider booking with me for beta reading, proofreading, sensitivity reading, etc. Giving yourself this gift now will pay off later, guaranteed!
thatcydney.my.canva.site/
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#AuthorSky
thatcydney.my.canva.site/
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#AuthorSky
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Let's work together to make your good book great!
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December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you don’t know what to get yourself for Xmas but you’re planning to pub a novel in 2026…consider booking with me for beta reading, proofreading, sensitivity reading, etc. Giving yourself this gift now will pay off later, guaranteed!
thatcydney.my.canva.site/
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#AuthorSky
thatcydney.my.canva.site/
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#AuthorSky
I've been sensing this shift from hiring copywriters to "storytellers." Interesting to see this is noticed enough now to be an article:
Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’
Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets—without a campfire in sight.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've been sensing this shift from hiring copywriters to "storytellers." Interesting to see this is noticed enough now to be an article:
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
Hey y'all, the audiobook and e-book versions of my memoir PANSY are both in the Queer Liberation Library for free, as are hundreds of other books by queer authors.
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hey y'all, the audiobook and e-book versions of my memoir PANSY are both in the Queer Liberation Library for free, as are hundreds of other books by queer authors.
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Hiii. Bring us your articles, essays, dissertations, etc...
It’s no game of cat and mouse! It’s $50 off Stray Cats editing services!!
For our Cyber Monday sale (available all this week in case you’re taking a Monday cat nap), get a free consultation and $20 off editing fees. That’s $50 off, total!
For our Cyber Monday sale (available all this week in case you’re taking a Monday cat nap), get a free consultation and $20 off editing fees. That’s $50 off, total!
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hiii. Bring us your articles, essays, dissertations, etc...
...low key like K. Michelle better as a country artist lol.
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
...low key like K. Michelle better as a country artist lol.
Maaan, the shit I be saying ages like fine wine.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Maaan, the shit I be saying ages like fine wine.
I want this for me. I want this for us.
A clean inbox would fix me...
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I want this for me. I want this for us.
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Sydney Baloue, the first trans man to solely win Grand Prize for “Old Way” at the Latex Ball in 2019 (as well as acclaimed writer, journalist, WGA member, archivist—the list goes on!), just started a newsletter about ballroom history 💜💜💜
Legends of Vogue
On Madonna's "Vogue" and the ballroom legends who changed the world.
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sydney Baloue, the first trans man to solely win Grand Prize for “Old Way” at the Latex Ball in 2019 (as well as acclaimed writer, journalist, WGA member, archivist—the list goes on!), just started a newsletter about ballroom history 💜💜💜