Cecilia Tan
@ceciliatan.com
Award-winning sf/f, erotica and romance writer. Just your typical biracial bigender bisexual. All pronouns valid, she/her for society’s convenience. https://linktr.ee/ceciliatan
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Cecilia Tan
@ceciliatan.com
· Apr 26
If you missed the Magic U Kickstarter, I'm still taking pre-orders until the book goes to press! (in about 3 weeks?) I have set up a page in Shopify so you have your choice of payment and shipping options: s52xfr-ee.myshopify....
I should’ve gone to sleep an hour and a half ago but instead I just read a long article and the entire Wikipedia page about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I should’ve gone to sleep an hour and a half ago but instead I just read a long article and the entire Wikipedia page about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Folks, updated editions of Laura Antoniou's MARKETPLACE books are going live, and *NO SAFEWORDS* the collection of Marketplace short stories is now in Kindle Unlimited for the next 90 days! So if you're a KU reader, go indulge some BDSM M/s stories! https://amzn.to/4nOsE55
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Folks, updated editions of Laura Antoniou's MARKETPLACE books are going live, and *NO SAFEWORDS* the collection of Marketplace short stories is now in Kindle Unlimited for the next 90 days! So if you're a KU reader, go indulge some BDSM M/s stories! https://amzn.to/4nOsE55
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Adding to my list of Reasons Why Chuck Schumer Needs To Resign: That he even SAT DOWN in a room with these motherfuckers who were proudly displaying this unconstitutional nonsense in front of him. You see that hat, Chuck, you walk out and say why.
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Adding to my list of Reasons Why Chuck Schumer Needs To Resign: That he even SAT DOWN in a room with these motherfuckers who were proudly displaying this unconstitutional nonsense in front of him. You see that hat, Chuck, you walk out and say why.
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This is a good decision. The 2002 backlash against MHT/HRT happened because the public, much of the media & even some doctors don't grasp the difference between relative & absolute risk. A percentage change may seem substantial, but you need to look at the actual numbers.
FDA reverses decades-old warning on hormone therapy products for menopause
The FDA is reversing a 2003 decision that put a stringent warning on hormone therapy products for menopausal women, saying that the treatments offer heart, brain, and bone health benefits.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is a good decision. The 2002 backlash against MHT/HRT happened because the public, much of the media & even some doctors don't grasp the difference between relative & absolute risk. A percentage change may seem substantial, but you need to look at the actual numbers.
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Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
While cleaning up random bookmarks in my browser, one of them was to this fetching photo...? (I think it's River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves...? Can anyone confirm...?) i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/3a/d...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
While cleaning up random bookmarks in my browser, one of them was to this fetching photo...? (I think it's River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves...? Can anyone confirm...?) i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/3a/d...
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Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
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@caffeinated-spoon.bsky.social and I are proud to announce a cross-server initiative this month called ‘Smut for SNAP’, where you can ask participating writers to write you a piece of smut in exchange for a charitable donation to a food bank, blood bank, or volunteer hours.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@caffeinated-spoon.bsky.social and I are proud to announce a cross-server initiative this month called ‘Smut for SNAP’, where you can ask participating writers to write you a piece of smut in exchange for a charitable donation to a food bank, blood bank, or volunteer hours.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Fund direct services orgs! They really need help right now! This includes my friends at Scarleteen (donation link in my comment below).
Queer-serving organizations are pushed to the brink under Trump
The Rainbow Youth Project, the Trevor Project, and other groups providing mental health services to LGBTQIA+ youth report a massive rise in need
prismreports.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Fund direct services orgs! They really need help right now! This includes my friends at Scarleteen (donation link in my comment below).
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This is a great discussion. Most public conversations look at porn as a necessary evil that we have to put up with for the sake of free speech. In fact, it's vital to include sexuality in all its forms as part of our free speech.
So grateful for this conversation. Timely topics on age verification, freedom of speech... and why it matters, has value, and is worth defending. Thank you @adamconover.net @siridahl.com & Noelle Perdue!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWU...
Why P*rn Bans Will Destroy the Internet with Siri Dahl and Noelle Perdue
YouTube video by Adam Conover
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is a great discussion. Most public conversations look at porn as a necessary evil that we have to put up with for the sake of free speech. In fact, it's vital to include sexuality in all its forms as part of our free speech.
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
Schumer’s move makes sense if you have faith we’ll even have elections next year.
ICYMI (like I did): Say what you want about Schumer, but we gotta give him credit for having made this chess move.
The more you know…
The more you know…
Shutdown Offer | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Schumer’s move makes sense if you have faith we’ll even have elections next year.
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Immortal Gifts might not be about sapphic vampires of color, but it IS about marginalized vampires trying to lead an ethical life. Neither book ever questions whether a vampire can be an ethical being.
More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...
More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...
Immortal Gifts: Special Edition Hardcover and Audiobook
A friendly neighborhood vampire novel with 18th through 20th century historical settings, queer characters, and a no-spice love story.
www.kickstarter.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Immortal Gifts might not be about sapphic vampires of color, but it IS about marginalized vampires trying to lead an ethical life. Neither book ever questions whether a vampire can be an ethical being.
More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...
More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/vil...
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Did you ever want a Jewish Gilda Stories?
If you don't know The Gilda Stories, run! don't walk! to your favorite bookseller and grab a copy of this story of sympathetic and ethical sapphic vampires of color!
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💙📚🪐📚🩸 #booksky #vampirebooks
If you don't know The Gilda Stories, run! don't walk! to your favorite bookseller and grab a copy of this story of sympathetic and ethical sapphic vampires of color!
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💙📚🪐📚🩸 #booksky #vampirebooks
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Did you ever want a Jewish Gilda Stories?
If you don't know The Gilda Stories, run! don't walk! to your favorite bookseller and grab a copy of this story of sympathetic and ethical sapphic vampires of color!
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💙📚🪐📚🩸 #booksky #vampirebooks
If you don't know The Gilda Stories, run! don't walk! to your favorite bookseller and grab a copy of this story of sympathetic and ethical sapphic vampires of color!
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💙📚🪐📚🩸 #booksky #vampirebooks
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Been a while since I did a charity stream on Twitch, but I'm feeling the urge again. Tomorrow (Sunday) 11 am to 2 pm Eastern I'll be playing "The Long Dark" -- an old game but a new fave, to benefit NY Common Pantry. Join me for giveaways and (probably) horrible death! tilt.fyi/YVoFdn7Efo
Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers
We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity
tilt.fyi
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Been a while since I did a charity stream on Twitch, but I'm feeling the urge again. Tomorrow (Sunday) 11 am to 2 pm Eastern I'll be playing "The Long Dark" -- an old game but a new fave, to benefit NY Common Pantry. Join me for giveaways and (probably) horrible death! tilt.fyi/YVoFdn7Efo
We are unwittingly matched to the off-white/khaki decor of the tropical speakeasy we went to. (CocoMango, near Alewife, very delicious)
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We are unwittingly matched to the off-white/khaki decor of the tropical speakeasy we went to. (CocoMango, near Alewife, very delicious)
It’s our 34th anniversary 🖤💙♥️
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s our 34th anniversary 🖤💙♥️
I think Words With Friends is a misnomer given that the app spends all day trying to get me to play with strangers.
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I think Words With Friends is a misnomer given that the app spends all day trying to get me to play with strangers.
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
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It's the first Friday of the month, which means my new Queer Romances post is up on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/nove...
November 2025 Queer Romances | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
smartbitchestrashybooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's the first Friday of the month, which means my new Queer Romances post is up on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/nove...
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For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...