Hesse Phillips
@hessephillips.com
🏳️🌈 Historical fiction | Queer history | Theatre history | Early modernist | USian in Spain.
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE out now.
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
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Debut novel LIGHTBORNE out now.
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
More at hessephillips.com
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Hesse Phillips
@hessephillips.com
· Feb 27
Coming to the UK 6th March 2025, the gorgeous new trade paperback edition of #Lightborne, from @atlanticbooks.bsky.social
"A stunning debut on queer love, betrayal and survival in Elizabethan England. Perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Maggie O'Farrell." uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ligh...
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"A stunning debut on queer love, betrayal and survival in Elizabethan England. Perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Maggie O'Farrell." uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ligh...
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Joyce Carol Roasts
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Joyce Carol Roasts
I am currently sitting in my local clinic as an emergency walk-in. I will be seen for free. Any medication prescribed will be less than 15€ a box, and more likely, less than 1€. Follow-ups are free. All of this is supported by a tiny percentage of my tax dollars.
I'm so sorry. Y'all deserve better.
I'm so sorry. Y'all deserve better.
Luv 2 return to the feudal system where I must pledge fealty to a CEO lord in exchange for protection, community, and health insurance
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I am currently sitting in my local clinic as an emergency walk-in. I will be seen for free. Any medication prescribed will be less than 15€ a box, and more likely, less than 1€. Follow-ups are free. All of this is supported by a tiny percentage of my tax dollars.
I'm so sorry. Y'all deserve better.
I'm so sorry. Y'all deserve better.
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Buenos días.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Buenos días.
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
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“What was once a reliable, repeatable pillar of her life was ripped away from her, first because she felt like an outlier among her peers, and then..the powers that be took away her right to be on the team.” The government has “targeted the fundamental social pillars upholding trans lives”. so cruel
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“What was once a reliable, repeatable pillar of her life was ripped away from her, first because she felt like an outlier among her peers, and then..the powers that be took away her right to be on the team.” The government has “targeted the fundamental social pillars upholding trans lives”. so cruel
4 hours by train to Girona to see Rigoberta Bandini. It was abso-fucking-lutely worth it. Would have crawled over broken glass, in fact.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
4 hours by train to Girona to see Rigoberta Bandini. It was abso-fucking-lutely worth it. Would have crawled over broken glass, in fact.
Being a historical fiction author is typing "she lit a candle" and then staring into the abyss as your face melts off like a Nazi at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Being a fantasy writer is typing "they extended an olive branch" and then going "shit, do they even have olives in this world?"
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Being a historical fiction author is typing "she lit a candle" and then staring into the abyss as your face melts off like a Nazi at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
As traumatizing as it was to watch the Challenger disaster on live TV as a five year old I must admit it would have been 10,000x more traumatizing if Big Bird had been on it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As traumatizing as it was to watch the Challenger disaster on live TV as a five year old I must admit it would have been 10,000x more traumatizing if Big Bird had been on it.
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The enshittification will continue until we have basically recreated Twitter.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The enshittification will continue until we have basically recreated Twitter.
Between being sick all week and having just finished another book revision my executive functions are... not functional.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Between being sick all week and having just finished another book revision my executive functions are... not functional.
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Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
![Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to establish that the Government's choice to display biological sex "lack[s] any purpose other than a bare ... desire to harm a politically unpopular group." Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by declining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress expressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigev37etpfwfdxjlnt3pz5qyueldxo3k6rfxw5ip477gp7inlrctq@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
These stories just get more & more sinister.
What does it mean to have a "humanlike interaction" with something that lacks actual humanity? A thing without empathy or compassion, past or future? A thing without any stake in the real world?
The Devil doesn't exist, so we had to create him.
What does it mean to have a "humanlike interaction" with something that lacks actual humanity? A thing without empathy or compassion, past or future? A thing without any stake in the real world?
The Devil doesn't exist, so we had to create him.
Incredibly sad story, and hugely alarming too edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
These stories just get more & more sinister.
What does it mean to have a "humanlike interaction" with something that lacks actual humanity? A thing without empathy or compassion, past or future? A thing without any stake in the real world?
The Devil doesn't exist, so we had to create him.
What does it mean to have a "humanlike interaction" with something that lacks actual humanity? A thing without empathy or compassion, past or future? A thing without any stake in the real world?
The Devil doesn't exist, so we had to create him.
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sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
"DON'T LET EZRA KLEIN ANALYZE WHAT HAPPENED HERE" I'm dyyyyingggg
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"DON'T LET EZRA KLEIN ANALYZE WHAT HAPPENED HERE" I'm dyyyyingggg
You all need a wee terrier in a yellow raincoat with little rainbows to start your day off right.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
You all need a wee terrier in a yellow raincoat with little rainbows to start your day off right.
Very helpful info. And let's face it, my potty-mouth has probably put me in the naughty box many times on here, even when I'm not technically being "rude," just extremely passionate.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Very helpful info. And let's face it, my potty-mouth has probably put me in the naughty box many times on here, even when I'm not technically being "rude," just extremely passionate.
This thread 👇🔥
The thing to understand about the wave of transphobia plaguing our politics right now is that it does not nourish itself on the hatreds of ordinary voters. It nourishes on their indifference.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This thread 👇🔥
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Zohran showed up for trans people this cycle. Not just literally showing up on TDOV, but making videos about our history, acknowledging the work that's still to do, and vocalizing actual support and policies to protect us.
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Zohran showed up for trans people this cycle. Not just literally showing up on TDOV, but making videos about our history, acknowledging the work that's still to do, and vocalizing actual support and policies to protect us.
Oh look at that - my old elementary school, where I got accused of being a devil worshipper by my 5th grade teacher because I liked Ghostbusters, decided not to suck last night. Good on yer, Rams.
Pine-Richland Schools (PA), which have dealt with nonstop book and curriculum censorship, just saw its board flip over to progressive representation.
People
Don't
Want
Bigots
Overseeing
Education.
community.triblive.com/news/3913768
People
Don't
Want
Bigots
Overseeing
Education.
community.triblive.com/news/3913768
Challenger slate 'Together for PR' sweeps election for Pine-Richland School Board
community.triblive.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Oh look at that - my old elementary school, where I got accused of being a devil worshipper by my 5th grade teacher because I liked Ghostbusters, decided not to suck last night. Good on yer, Rams.
Looking forward to a future USA where every 5th of November we all get together to smoke Trump all over again.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Looking forward to a future USA where every 5th of November we all get together to smoke Trump all over again.
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It's time to get over the shock and the scapegoating of November 2024. The reality is--as it has always been--that the existence of transgender people is not a drag on the Democratic Party. We have yet more indefatigable proof of this point. Lock in and win.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's time to get over the shock and the scapegoating of November 2024. The reality is--as it has always been--that the existence of transgender people is not a drag on the Democratic Party. We have yet more indefatigable proof of this point. Lock in and win.