Issa M. Mas (She/Her)
@issamas.bsky.social
Single Mom. Native New Yorker. Writer. Queer. Peer Support Specialist. Public Speaker. Black Buddhist Boricua. Author of Grief Thoughts: Brief Anecdotes About Profound Loss https://linktr.ee/IssaMas
In light of the SCOTUS’s decision to uphold TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth today, I wanted to make sure that trans folx and parents of trans youth know about this.
June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In light of the SCOTUS’s decision to uphold TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth today, I wanted to make sure that trans folx and parents of trans youth know about this.
My latest on what “solidarity” requires in order to be effective. Substack link in my bio on my Linktree.
June 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My latest on what “solidarity” requires in order to be effective. Substack link in my bio on my Linktree.
Not even Orla can save them now. #ElonialynMonroe #DonaldFKennedy
June 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not even Orla can save them now. #ElonialynMonroe #DonaldFKennedy
Me, every time I see there’s a new EO.
April 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Me, every time I see there’s a new EO.
Sometimes I hurt at how loveless this world seems and then I learn that Tuck and Patti are still married after 43 years.
March 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sometimes I hurt at how loveless this world seems and then I learn that Tuck and Patti are still married after 43 years.
I wish I knew how to quit you, Cheese Grits.
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wish I knew how to quit you, Cheese Grits.
Me: I’m a born & bred Gen X Nu Yawkuh who has 80s & 90s hip hop coursing through my veins. #ThugLife
Also me: *closes eyes & sways gently when “Sailing” by Christoper Cross comes on.
Also me: *closes eyes & sways gently when “Sailing” by Christoper Cross comes on.
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Me: I’m a born & bred Gen X Nu Yawkuh who has 80s & 90s hip hop coursing through my veins. #ThugLife
Also me: *closes eyes & sways gently when “Sailing” by Christoper Cross comes on.
Also me: *closes eyes & sways gently when “Sailing” by Christoper Cross comes on.
These moving words are from my @deeshaphilyaw. At a time in which I struggle with terror and hopelessness and rage and despair, I will use these words to remind myself that I am my father’s child — and I will use my ferocity of spirit to speak and write the words they cannot take from me.
February 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
These moving words are from my @deeshaphilyaw. At a time in which I struggle with terror and hopelessness and rage and despair, I will use these words to remind myself that I am my father’s child — and I will use my ferocity of spirit to speak and write the words they cannot take from me.
Having a tough time w/your teen lately? Throw their door open, burst into the room, stare @ them w/the intensity of the authority figure you are, and fart. Preferably loudly. Preferably after eating beans or broccoli. Thaw the iciness between you organically.
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Follow me for more parenting expertise!
January 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Having a tough time w/your teen lately? Throw their door open, burst into the room, stare @ them w/the intensity of the authority figure you are, and fart. Preferably loudly. Preferably after eating beans or broccoli. Thaw the iciness between you organically.
Follow me for more parenting expertise!
Follow me for more parenting expertise!
I love that it was Bad Bunny who broke the Kardashian curse. One thing you’re not gonna do, and that’s curse a Boricua. Pa’ la botánica nos vamos! Between the agua Florida, the candles, and our Abuela’s prayers, that curse gets broken quick fast.
January 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I love that it was Bad Bunny who broke the Kardashian curse. One thing you’re not gonna do, and that’s curse a Boricua. Pa’ la botánica nos vamos! Between the agua Florida, the candles, and our Abuela’s prayers, that curse gets broken quick fast.
What are the things you do that don’t cost anything (or almost nothing), that bring you joy?
January 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What are the things you do that don’t cost anything (or almost nothing), that bring you joy?
Link to audiobook read by me: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Ochún y yo: Una historia de amor y trenzas Audiobook on Libro.fm
Ochún y yo: Una historia de amor y trenzas presenta diseño de sonido y efectos especiales para mejorar tu disfrute auditivo. ¡Escuche Escuche los sonidos de las conchas de cauri chocando entre sí y La...
libro.fm
January 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Link to audiobook read by me: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Ochún y Yo by @adibanelson, illustrated by @alleannaharris, is a new children’s book about a beautiful little Black girl of Puerto Rican descent and the way goddess Ochún guides and protects her — translated into Spanish by yours truly! I even narrated the audiobook!🇵🇷❤️💛
linktr.ee/issamas
linktr.ee/issamas
January 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ochún y Yo by @adibanelson, illustrated by @alleannaharris, is a new children’s book about a beautiful little Black girl of Puerto Rican descent and the way goddess Ochún guides and protects her — translated into Spanish by yours truly! I even narrated the audiobook!🇵🇷❤️💛
linktr.ee/issamas
linktr.ee/issamas
Everyone is rightly noting Octavia Butler’s prescience in Parable of the Sower when looking at the CA fires, but it’s her prescience in Parable of the Talents that always makes me slack-jawed in awe.
January 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Everyone is rightly noting Octavia Butler’s prescience in Parable of the Sower when looking at the CA fires, but it’s her prescience in Parable of the Talents that always makes me slack-jawed in awe.
I have a bunch of unused Audible credits: which non-fiction audiobooks have you enjoyed listening to?
January 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I have a bunch of unused Audible credits: which non-fiction audiobooks have you enjoyed listening to?
For those who don’t know, there is a lifeline specifically for Trans folx:
January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For those who don’t know, there is a lifeline specifically for Trans folx:
I am disgusted by the fact that the inauguration is on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
January 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am disgusted by the fact that the inauguration is on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
Oh. Look. Yet another fucking opportunity for growth.
January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oh. Look. Yet another fucking opportunity for growth.
“And if I asked you to name all of the things you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself?”
— Anonymous
— Anonymous
January 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“And if I asked you to name all of the things you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself?”
— Anonymous
— Anonymous
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston
January 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston
Their disrespect *was* the closure.
You’re free now.
Happy New Year 🎆
You’re free now.
Happy New Year 🎆
December 31, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Their disrespect *was* the closure.
You’re free now.
Happy New Year 🎆
You’re free now.
Happy New Year 🎆
I would like to offer a deep bow of reverence to everyone who survived their suicidal thoughts this year. Please know that you really do matter, and the world is far better with you in it.
December 29, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I would like to offer a deep bow of reverence to everyone who survived their suicidal thoughts this year. Please know that you really do matter, and the world is far better with you in it.
I am “Carol of the Bells immediately makes me think of Garmin commercials” years old.
December 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I am “Carol of the Bells immediately makes me think of Garmin commercials” years old.