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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Ominous portents in the woods on this, the last day of 2025 💀
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ominous portents in the woods on this, the last day of 2025 💀
Is it just me or has the phrase "comes from a place of immense privilege" been co-opted by the immensely privileged to mean "how dare you point and laugh at my obvious nakedness you lowly plebe???"
How can anyone know what people “implicitly added” in their heads? And how does them rationalizing the literal words being told to them make it not true that they voted on the words?
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Is it just me or has the phrase "comes from a place of immense privilege" been co-opted by the immensely privileged to mean "how dare you point and laugh at my obvious nakedness you lowly plebe???"
Found my headstone inscription:
all at once a queer accident happened
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Found my headstone inscription:
Once when I was employed to sit and watch an empty building an elderly woman wearing a cow onesie wandered in to use the bathroom and I had to help her out of and back into her onesie. Never received any explanation other than "I just like it. It's comfortable, and no one else is wearing one."
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Once when I was employed to sit and watch an empty building an elderly woman wearing a cow onesie wandered in to use the bathroom and I had to help her out of and back into her onesie. Never received any explanation other than "I just like it. It's comfortable, and no one else is wearing one."
I really hope anyone out there who has chosen not to meddle in the so-called "Trans Debate" either way does not miss the use of the word "KILL" here. Bc it is absolutely about killing people. Not "ideologies" - people.
No one with a conscience can afford to sit this out.
No one with a conscience can afford to sit this out.
Again: they thought they’d win a shattering court victory with the Harry Potter lady’s money, then the public would rise up in gratitude, salute them as heroes and stomp all over transgender people on their behalf. That hasn’t happened, because the public mostly aren’t vicious cranks, like they are.
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I really hope anyone out there who has chosen not to meddle in the so-called "Trans Debate" either way does not miss the use of the word "KILL" here. Bc it is absolutely about killing people. Not "ideologies" - people.
No one with a conscience can afford to sit this out.
No one with a conscience can afford to sit this out.
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they have designed these machines to simulate human agents and they are constantly pitching the idea that these machines really *are* agents, but when one of these machines kills a person they say “you can’t hold them to account, they’re just machines, read the instructions”
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
they have designed these machines to simulate human agents and they are constantly pitching the idea that these machines really *are* agents, but when one of these machines kills a person they say “you can’t hold them to account, they’re just machines, read the instructions”
I WHEEZED
I’ve been laughing about this for DAYS over on Instagram and I needed to bring to the ol’ bsky so we can laugh about it here
December 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I WHEEZED
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modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
Y'all I have somehow ended up at this musical which is just Queen songs loosely strung together around a post-apocalyptic plot & I would like to extend my sympathies to Freddie Mercury & the entire concept of theatre
December 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Y'all I have somehow ended up at this musical which is just Queen songs loosely strung together around a post-apocalyptic plot & I would like to extend my sympathies to Freddie Mercury & the entire concept of theatre
Neurodivergent people of Irish descent would like a fucking word 😠
December 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Neurodivergent people of Irish descent would like a fucking word 😠
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Okay this is the closest a robot has come to making art
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Okay this is the closest a robot has come to making art
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Spanish newspaper out here with a headline asking whether Trump is insane/incapacitated, Gray Lady would (apparently) never
¿Ha perdido Trump la cabeza? Un año de momentos inexplicables del presidente de EEUU.
El errático e inusual comportamiento del presidente de EEUU en su primer año de mandato ha desatado dudas sobre su capacidad y salud mental
El errático e inusual comportamiento del presidente de EEUU en su primer año de mandato ha desatado dudas sobre su capacidad y salud mental
¿Ha perdido Trump la cabeza? Un año de momentos inexplicables del presidente de EEUU
El errático e inusual comportamiento del presidente de EEUU en su primer año de mandato ha desatado dudas sobre su capacidad y salud mental
www.eldiario.es
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Spanish newspaper out here with a headline asking whether Trump is insane/incapacitated, Gray Lady would (apparently) never
I love the little guy in the corner who's like
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love the little guy in the corner who's like
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
@anunlikelybrit.bsky.social happy Christmas! This song is so stupid, I love it, it's my favorite thing rn and it makes me think of you.
SVSTO - AP7 (visualizer)
YouTube video by SVSTO
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@anunlikelybrit.bsky.social happy Christmas! This song is so stupid, I love it, it's my favorite thing rn and it makes me think of you.
Today in English slogans on Spanish products which result in unwittingly Orwellian catchphrases: "RELAXATION IS THE NEW LUXURY."
December 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today in English slogans on Spanish products which result in unwittingly Orwellian catchphrases: "RELAXATION IS THE NEW LUXURY."
My wife knocked it out of the park for me this year. Get yerselves one who gets you.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My wife knocked it out of the park for me this year. Get yerselves one who gets you.
FA: Being a transphobic POS.
FO: People don't want to be around you.
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FO: People don't want to be around you.
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Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
FA: Being a transphobic POS.
FO: People don't want to be around you.
👋😚
FO: People don't want to be around you.
👋😚
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You simply cannot have a level of wealth inequality, where someone can be paid to by billionaires this much to be a bigot, and have democracy.
It isn't possible.
It isn't possible.
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You simply cannot have a level of wealth inequality, where someone can be paid to by billionaires this much to be a bigot, and have democracy.
It isn't possible.
It isn't possible.
Why did you transition, wrong answers only...
All my old bras wore out and I thought instead of buying new ones I could just...
All my old bras wore out and I thought instead of buying new ones I could just...
Why did you transition, wrong answers only...
New country, new me!
New country, new me!
Why did you transition, wrong answers only...
My old name was shared with a multiple felon and I just had to go all in with the bit.
My old name was shared with a multiple felon and I just had to go all in with the bit.
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Why did you transition, wrong answers only...
All my old bras wore out and I thought instead of buying new ones I could just...
All my old bras wore out and I thought instead of buying new ones I could just...
“There’s this female giant who flies a dragon that you don’t sit on... There’s a door in its side and you open it and get in. It’s like a plane or like the bus from [Hayao] Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro. There are so many details like that.”
This book sounds incredible!
This book sounds incredible!
'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2
‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“There’s this female giant who flies a dragon that you don’t sit on... There’s a door in its side and you open it and get in. It’s like a plane or like the bus from [Hayao] Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro. There are so many details like that.”
This book sounds incredible!
This book sounds incredible!
When you turn your hand to writing historical fiction later in life those 700 word footnotes will turn into 7 pages of description/ exposition/ world-building which you will also later delete AND YOU WILL DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN till your 200k word mss is a 100k word novel.
The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When you turn your hand to writing historical fiction later in life those 700 word footnotes will turn into 7 pages of description/ exposition/ world-building which you will also later delete AND YOU WILL DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN till your 200k word mss is a 100k word novel.
"Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: "It's never been like this"
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: "It's never been like this"
They won't be satisfied until balled-up socks are banned bc someone might use them for packing.
Trump's FDA claims that companies selling chest binders have "misbranded" medical devices.
Trump's FDA sends warning letters to companies selling chest binders
www.advocate.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
They won't be satisfied until balled-up socks are banned bc someone might use them for packing.