Joanne Rixon
@joannerixon.bsky.social
They/them. Speculative fiction writer, organizer of the North Seattle Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Meetup, bicyclist
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I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
Lolita and Epstein's emails
A good reminder that there are monsters among us.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
We should abolish the inheritance of money and land. When you die, your assets return to the people. Your kids can have the quilt you made by hand and your favorite painting, but the people get the rest.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We should abolish the inheritance of money and land. When you die, your assets return to the people. Your kids can have the quilt you made by hand and your favorite painting, but the people get the rest.
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I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
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Join Auburn Indivisible and La Resistencia THIS Saturday November 15th for a solidarity day, show support for those who are detained inside the infamous Northwest Detention Center!
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Join Auburn Indivisible and La Resistencia THIS Saturday November 15th for a solidarity day, show support for those who are detained inside the infamous Northwest Detention Center!
I've told everyone I know in my local up-and-coming-writer scene not to submit to these magazines anymore. Hopefully it saves a few of us from getting screwed by these private equity assholes
This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I've told everyone I know in my local up-and-coming-writer scene not to submit to these magazines anymore. Hopefully it saves a few of us from getting screwed by these private equity assholes
I'm sorry, do I spot "schumer, ranieri" as in our beloved Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer there in a list of Dudes Epstein Remembers Hanging Out With RIGHT NEXT TO SEX CULT LEADER KEITH RANIERE?
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm sorry, do I spot "schumer, ranieri" as in our beloved Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer there in a list of Dudes Epstein Remembers Hanging Out With RIGHT NEXT TO SEX CULT LEADER KEITH RANIERE?
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
lots of candidates for an answer to this question, but here's one that's more obscure: ARMOR, by John Steakley
it both inspired me to join the military at 17, and helped me cope with the betrayal I felt actually being in the military
it both inspired me to join the military at 17, and helped me cope with the betrayal I felt actually being in the military
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
lots of candidates for an answer to this question, but here's one that's more obscure: ARMOR, by John Steakley
it both inspired me to join the military at 17, and helped me cope with the betrayal I felt actually being in the military
it both inspired me to join the military at 17, and helped me cope with the betrayal I felt actually being in the military
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Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
This week’s episode is an interview with two lawyers who represent Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman who is in ICE detention for protesting genocide.
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
open.spotify.com/episode/7gid...?
“What’s at Stake is Everything”: The Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention
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November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa
Kelly Barnhill's THE CRANE HUSBAND has such a gorgeous cover, I can't get over it
(the book is also very, very good)
(the book is also very, very good)
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Kelly Barnhill's THE CRANE HUSBAND has such a gorgeous cover, I can't get over it
(the book is also very, very good)
(the book is also very, very good)
Recently finished @strawburriez.bsky.social 's WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY, and I'm still thinking about a few weeks later. I feel like we're in a cultural moment where we're struggling to know how to protect kids. Not just how but whether, how much, which kids, against whom...
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Recently finished @strawburriez.bsky.social 's WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY, and I'm still thinking about a few weeks later. I feel like we're in a cultural moment where we're struggling to know how to protect kids. Not just how but whether, how much, which kids, against whom...
new 'reach for the stars' writer ambition unlocked lmao
...Now, though, I'm wondering whether or not that con's "Diane Duane" was the fake one who was running around for some years pretending to be me (until the fans caught her and she went to jail for multiple frauds). (Details here: www.dianeduane.com/past-news-it...)
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
new 'reach for the stars' writer ambition unlocked lmao
hmmmm, a budget friendly way to support translations of Spanish-language speculative fiction, you say?
At long last, I've finally set up a ko-fi (AKA, an online store)!!!
You can use it to:
* help me continue providing pro bono translations!
* colaborar conmigo en una traducción!
* hire me as a developmental editor!
* buy my digital zines and handouts!
ko-fi.com/molowrites
You can use it to:
* help me continue providing pro bono translations!
* colaborar conmigo en una traducción!
* hire me as a developmental editor!
* buy my digital zines and handouts!
ko-fi.com/molowrites
Support Monica Louzon
Support Monica Louzon
ko-fi.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
hmmmm, a budget friendly way to support translations of Spanish-language speculative fiction, you say?
This articulates something I've been thinking about! There's an initiative in my state that people are gathering signatures for that would ban trans girls from little league/school sports, and if we can just manage to tie that to Trump I think we win for a generation
I genuinely think this is true, and not only that, we have a fantastic opportunity to Uno-reverse transphobia as a wedge issue
Trump's obsessed with us, or at least his diseased brain is fixated on "transgender for everyone", AND he's historically unpopular. USE THAT
Trump's obsessed with us, or at least his diseased brain is fixated on "transgender for everyone", AND he's historically unpopular. USE THAT
I don't know if it's just me, but I've gotten the sense recently that transphobia a political tool is already played out. Not only is it not a winner, but it really feels like the right overplayed their hand with anti-trans hate and people generally seem sick of it, sick of bulling running on hate.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This articulates something I've been thinking about! There's an initiative in my state that people are gathering signatures for that would ban trans girls from little league/school sports, and if we can just manage to tie that to Trump I think we win for a generation
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if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
I bought a cake to celebrate the death of Dick Cheney (pineapple upside-down cake bc I’m not a huge fan of frosting; you’ll have to imagine the decorations saying ‘rot in hell, war criminal’) and when I went to post this pic I saw all the election news rolling in so now I’m really celebrating 🎉 🎉 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I bought a cake to celebrate the death of Dick Cheney (pineapple upside-down cake bc I’m not a huge fan of frosting; you’ll have to imagine the decorations saying ‘rot in hell, war criminal’) and when I went to post this pic I saw all the election news rolling in so now I’m really celebrating 🎉 🎉 🎉
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
I see the NYT has a retrospective on Dick Cheney's life in photos and the fact that it isn't just all the photos of torture at Abu Ghraib is another good reason to ignore the NYT forever
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I see the NYT has a retrospective on Dick Cheney's life in photos and the fact that it isn't just all the photos of torture at Abu Ghraib is another good reason to ignore the NYT forever
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Become an #Accompaniment Volunteer! Stand with immigrants as they navigate court appointments and learn how immigration systems impact our communities.
📅 Wed, Nov 12, 2025 | 6 PM PST
📍 Virtual (in English)
🔗 tinyurl.com/Accompaniment-Nov2025
No one should face the system alone.
#WAISN
📅 Wed, Nov 12, 2025 | 6 PM PST
📍 Virtual (in English)
🔗 tinyurl.com/Accompaniment-Nov2025
No one should face the system alone.
#WAISN
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Become an #Accompaniment Volunteer! Stand with immigrants as they navigate court appointments and learn how immigration systems impact our communities.
📅 Wed, Nov 12, 2025 | 6 PM PST
📍 Virtual (in English)
🔗 tinyurl.com/Accompaniment-Nov2025
No one should face the system alone.
#WAISN
📅 Wed, Nov 12, 2025 | 6 PM PST
📍 Virtual (in English)
🔗 tinyurl.com/Accompaniment-Nov2025
No one should face the system alone.
#WAISN
I have a short story about this (and other local atrocities) but now that I go to look for the link I see the magazine where it was published has let the site lapse. Such a 2025 feeling.
Maybe I'll just put it up on my own website...
Maybe I'll just put it up on my own website...
#OnThisDay in 1885, Tacoma expelled its entire Chinese community. historylink.org/File/5063
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I have a short story about this (and other local atrocities) but now that I go to look for the link I see the magazine where it was published has let the site lapse. Such a 2025 feeling.
Maybe I'll just put it up on my own website...
Maybe I'll just put it up on my own website...
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The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
strangehorizons.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
this is one of my biggest gripes with activist spaces these days tbh
The way Westerners discuss conservatism and oppressed people in non-Western cultures is so utterly, irreparably broken.
I did not say "white", by the way. I'd have said "white" if I meant "white".
I did not say "white", by the way. I'd have said "white" if I meant "white".
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
this is one of my biggest gripes with activist spaces these days tbh
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It's still so weird to me that the Planter discourse is about the Nazi tattoo (bad) and not the fact that he was A MERCENARY FOR BLACKWATER DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's still so weird to me that the Planter discourse is about the Nazi tattoo (bad) and not the fact that he was A MERCENARY FOR BLACKWATER DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
well this sounds like a book I'm definitely going to read as soon as I can get my hands on it
Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
well this sounds like a book I'm definitely going to read as soon as I can get my hands on it
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Honestly if you want to do the Edgy Critique of Nazi tattoo guy it's that everyone cares about the tattoo and not the fact that this guy spent a decade murdering people in Iraq and Afghanistan and worked for fucking Blackwater because tattoos mean more to Americans
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Honestly if you want to do the Edgy Critique of Nazi tattoo guy it's that everyone cares about the tattoo and not the fact that this guy spent a decade murdering people in Iraq and Afghanistan and worked for fucking Blackwater because tattoos mean more to Americans
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed