Katy writes Prayers
@bookkats.bsky.social
Justice-Seeker, Writer, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Yells at God, Queer/Disability Rights, Organizer of People and Things, www.katyandtheword.com, she/her
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There's a lot packed into this about the idea that women and girls are objects to be desired and used, not people
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There's a lot packed into this about the idea that women and girls are objects to be desired and used, not people
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The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
So
My sermon this Sunday is going to be
"Can these Bones Live?"
And I am sitting with it deeply
During Trans Awareness Week
My sermon this Sunday is going to be
"Can these Bones Live?"
And I am sitting with it deeply
During Trans Awareness Week
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So
My sermon this Sunday is going to be
"Can these Bones Live?"
And I am sitting with it deeply
During Trans Awareness Week
My sermon this Sunday is going to be
"Can these Bones Live?"
And I am sitting with it deeply
During Trans Awareness Week
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I wish this were so much less true than it is.
People see huge backlists and assume that means people are raking in cash but I am telling you, esp writers who have been at it for twenty years: the book you buy might be the only sale for that title all month long. I've got old stuff that only sells one or two copies a year.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wish this were so much less true than it is.
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Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
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I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
The fact that he named it Project Prometheus is priceless.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
I hate ableism, favoritism, popularity and all the rest
My eldest is a senior and got called back and was the only male presenting person with a call back to got no part
They made extra parts for the women persenting people
I'm so exhausted, drama club is literally why my child goes to school
My eldest is a senior and got called back and was the only male presenting person with a call back to got no part
They made extra parts for the women persenting people
I'm so exhausted, drama club is literally why my child goes to school
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I hate ableism, favoritism, popularity and all the rest
My eldest is a senior and got called back and was the only male presenting person with a call back to got no part
They made extra parts for the women persenting people
I'm so exhausted, drama club is literally why my child goes to school
My eldest is a senior and got called back and was the only male presenting person with a call back to got no part
They made extra parts for the women persenting people
I'm so exhausted, drama club is literally why my child goes to school
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"Charlotte's Web" is a story about a tiny and nearly invisible creature using the only skills she has to protect a friend and neighbor who's about to be butchered to make the farmer some money, and he returns the favor by caring for her children. Just in case you needed the reminder.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Charlotte's Web" is a story about a tiny and nearly invisible creature using the only skills she has to protect a friend and neighbor who's about to be butchered to make the farmer some money, and he returns the favor by caring for her children. Just in case you needed the reminder.
Happy Ozma of Oz week
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Ozma of Oz week
Here it is. The predators are out and it’s terrible
This is some horrifying predatory shit.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Here it is. The predators are out and it’s terrible
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'Even the notion of “quality of life” as a measurable standard is based on assumptions that a “good” healthy life is one without disability, pain, and suffering. I live with all three intimately and I feel more vital than ever at this point in time, because of my experiences and relationships.'
“I’m disabled and need a ventilator to live. Am I expendable during this pandemic?”
As medical rationing becomes a reality, “quality of life” measures threaten disabled people like me.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'Even the notion of “quality of life” as a measurable standard is based on assumptions that a “good” healthy life is one without disability, pain, and suffering. I live with all three intimately and I feel more vital than ever at this point in time, because of my experiences and relationships.'
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'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
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I have a lifetime to think about what a world without Alice in embodied form looks like. To have loved and been loved by her was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I will carry her spirit with me always.
Many thoughts about my cyborg bitch boss goddess accomplice Alice Wong & all the things she meant but there is a tendency for white disabled people to overshadow conversations about disabled BIPOC including in death. I choose to let Alice speak for herself & uplift those she wanted to represent her.
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have a lifetime to think about what a world without Alice in embodied form looks like. To have loved and been loved by her was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I will carry her spirit with me always.
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Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
What is subtle?
thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What is subtle?
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
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She is a sign of the exodus, not the driving force
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
She is a sign of the exodus, not the driving force
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
All week I’ve been thinking about how if we all paid $100 a year in taxes for Snap people wouldn’t be as hungry
How the economy would change
Education
Lives
Or if we increase taxes on the rich for SNAP
Or the minimum wage
What could be diffident
Instead of Trump withholding about $5 tax in Nov
How the economy would change
Education
Lives
Or if we increase taxes on the rich for SNAP
Or the minimum wage
What could be diffident
Instead of Trump withholding about $5 tax in Nov
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
All week I’ve been thinking about how if we all paid $100 a year in taxes for Snap people wouldn’t be as hungry
How the economy would change
Education
Lives
Or if we increase taxes on the rich for SNAP
Or the minimum wage
What could be diffident
Instead of Trump withholding about $5 tax in Nov
How the economy would change
Education
Lives
Or if we increase taxes on the rich for SNAP
Or the minimum wage
What could be diffident
Instead of Trump withholding about $5 tax in Nov
Dear lyft driver
Gently I don’t really agree you can know everything from the Bible from AI let me explain context from the differences between butt dial and booty call and being knocked up in USA vs England and suggest gently that having a community to interpret with you plus some expertise might
Gently I don’t really agree you can know everything from the Bible from AI let me explain context from the differences between butt dial and booty call and being knocked up in USA vs England and suggest gently that having a community to interpret with you plus some expertise might
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Dear lyft driver
Gently I don’t really agree you can know everything from the Bible from AI let me explain context from the differences between butt dial and booty call and being knocked up in USA vs England and suggest gently that having a community to interpret with you plus some expertise might
Gently I don’t really agree you can know everything from the Bible from AI let me explain context from the differences between butt dial and booty call and being knocked up in USA vs England and suggest gently that having a community to interpret with you plus some expertise might