j. s. betula 🦇🇵🇸
@jsbetula.bsky.social
jay (like the bird) - xe/hir - 28 - white - genderqueer - autistic - writer of weird horror & earnest poetry - rural swamp creature currently residing in brooklyn - anti-capitalist & abolitionist organizer
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j. s. betula 🦇🇵🇸
@jsbetula.bsky.social
· Nov 10
hello bluesky, i’m jay! i write horror about being a weird angry transsexual, and also sometimes poetry about being an intensely sensitive bird-thing. (if that resonates w/you we should hang out.) this is a published works thread! 🖤
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The same congressman who targeted me led a cruel (and sadly successful) campaign to fire a Texas A&M teacher.
Their "crime"? Teaching about trans topics.
If you can, please support their GoFundMe ❤️
Their "crime"? Teaching about trans topics.
If you can, please support their GoFundMe ❤️
I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078
Donate to Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague, organized by Angel Matos
Recently, our colleague Melissa McCoul was fired from her position as a S… Angel Matos needs your support for Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague
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September 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The same congressman who targeted me led a cruel (and sadly successful) campaign to fire a Texas A&M teacher.
Their "crime"? Teaching about trans topics.
If you can, please support their GoFundMe ❤️
Their "crime"? Teaching about trans topics.
If you can, please support their GoFundMe ❤️
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Little Ghosts Books is open for Submissions!
From now until Nov. 1st, submit your horror novellas for consideration to our small press and kick off spooky season! More details about the call and our publishing house are available on the website:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/novellasubmi...
🖤👻📚
From now until Nov. 1st, submit your horror novellas for consideration to our small press and kick off spooky season! More details about the call and our publishing house are available on the website:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/novellasubmi...
🖤👻📚
September 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Little Ghosts Books is open for Submissions!
From now until Nov. 1st, submit your horror novellas for consideration to our small press and kick off spooky season! More details about the call and our publishing house are available on the website:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/novellasubmi...
🖤👻📚
From now until Nov. 1st, submit your horror novellas for consideration to our small press and kick off spooky season! More details about the call and our publishing house are available on the website:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/novellasubmi...
🖤👻📚
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this trans woman was taken into ICE custody tonight over a 3-year old weed charge. she faces torture in men’s detention centers or self-deportation and leaving behind everything she knows (if she can afford that option). please support if you’re able
August 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
this trans woman was taken into ICE custody tonight over a 3-year old weed charge. she faces torture in men’s detention centers or self-deportation and leaving behind everything she knows (if she can afford that option). please support if you’re able
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Just a few more days in August to take advantage of this deal! Multiple authors have told me that my feedback helped them see their manuscript in a whole new way and find a pathway toward a better book.
If you have a horror/Weird fiction novel or novella that needs an editor, email me ASAP!
If you have a horror/Weird fiction novel or novella that needs an editor, email me ASAP!
This month, I'm offering developmental edits on horror/Weird fiction novels and novellas for $120 per 10,000 words--$80 lower than my usual rate. I'll give detailed feedback on character, setting, plot, pacing, tone, and point of view.
Interested? Email ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com to book.
Interested? Email ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com to book.
August 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just a few more days in August to take advantage of this deal! Multiple authors have told me that my feedback helped them see their manuscript in a whole new way and find a pathway toward a better book.
If you have a horror/Weird fiction novel or novella that needs an editor, email me ASAP!
If you have a horror/Weird fiction novel or novella that needs an editor, email me ASAP!
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Please give what you can to help Sama'a and her family survive. Help her bring her second child into the world and fight off starvation
July 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Please give what you can to help Sama'a and her family survive. Help her bring her second child into the world and fight off starvation
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i will always side with sex workers and smut creators and you should too. kill the puritanical pearl-clutching brainworm raising a stink about respectability and optics. it is a backdoor fascists will use to sneak their way into your sympathies. porn is good, sex is normal, kink is human. grow up.
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
i will always side with sex workers and smut creators and you should too. kill the puritanical pearl-clutching brainworm raising a stink about respectability and optics. it is a backdoor fascists will use to sneak their way into your sympathies. porn is good, sex is normal, kink is human. grow up.
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I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
August 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
ok longest shot of my life but @themountaingoats.bsky.social , is there any chance of Tianchi Lake being on the setlist for monday’s show? me and my (beloved, 5 yr old) nanny kiddo will be there, and i’ve been singing him that song as a lullaby for 4 years and he LOVES it
August 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ok longest shot of my life but @themountaingoats.bsky.social , is there any chance of Tianchi Lake being on the setlist for monday’s show? me and my (beloved, 5 yr old) nanny kiddo will be there, and i’ve been singing him that song as a lullaby for 4 years and he LOVES it
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alright, we’re now officially at the 24% to go mark which is actually a big deal. if this fundraiser can average about 1% per day it means that the funds will be raised in enough time for it to actually hit my account by the deadline.
we’re so fucking close ya’ll
we’re so fucking close ya’ll
July 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
alright, we’re now officially at the 24% to go mark which is actually a big deal. if this fundraiser can average about 1% per day it means that the funds will be raised in enough time for it to actually hit my account by the deadline.
we’re so fucking close ya’ll
we’re so fucking close ya’ll
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We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Hey, if you’re justifiably pissed about Skrmetti, bc the Supreme Court is majority made up of horrible reactionaries, @aclu.org is having a rally in NYC and another in DC act.aclu.org/a/proud-and-...
PROUD AND FREE: Unite for Trans Power
Take action with ACLU!
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June 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hey, if you’re justifiably pissed about Skrmetti, bc the Supreme Court is majority made up of horrible reactionaries, @aclu.org is having a rally in NYC and another in DC act.aclu.org/a/proud-and-...
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For the next five days of our spring campaign, we aim to raise $4000 to reach our goal of $10,000. Can you give $10, $50, or $100 to help support our work? We're getting so close to meeting our goal.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For the next five days of our spring campaign, we aim to raise $4000 to reach our goal of $10,000. Can you give $10, $50, or $100 to help support our work? We're getting so close to meeting our goal.
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Good morning
June 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good morning
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Stop letting the people kidnapping children, arresting elders in rollators, & attempting to murder people for chanting dictate what acceptable forms of resistance are.
Stop falling into the trap of accepting the premise that the only response to state sanctioned violence must be "peaceful".
Stop falling into the trap of accepting the premise that the only response to state sanctioned violence must be "peaceful".
June 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stop letting the people kidnapping children, arresting elders in rollators, & attempting to murder people for chanting dictate what acceptable forms of resistance are.
Stop falling into the trap of accepting the premise that the only response to state sanctioned violence must be "peaceful".
Stop falling into the trap of accepting the premise that the only response to state sanctioned violence must be "peaceful".
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In a year overshadowed by global protest and fascist threat, TFR is celebrating Pride Month by supporting transfemme authors in need 🩷
Please consider taking a moment to donate to a mutual aid campaign listed here or elsewhere. Our goal is to raise $5000, and we need your help!
Details within ⬇️
Please consider taking a moment to donate to a mutual aid campaign listed here or elsewhere. Our goal is to raise $5000, and we need your help!
Details within ⬇️
TFR’s 2025 Mutual Aid Pride Drive
This Pride Month, please consider donating $50 or more directly to a transfemme author in need. TFR will be matching the first $500 in donations.
thetransfemininereview.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In a year overshadowed by global protest and fascist threat, TFR is celebrating Pride Month by supporting transfemme authors in need 🩷
Please consider taking a moment to donate to a mutual aid campaign listed here or elsewhere. Our goal is to raise $5000, and we need your help!
Details within ⬇️
Please consider taking a moment to donate to a mutual aid campaign listed here or elsewhere. Our goal is to raise $5000, and we need your help!
Details within ⬇️
got to see @strangewildspress.bsky.social’s BOREAL in the wild today (!!!!) at the lovely Rough Draft Books in Kingston NY, not too far from my hometown! doubly delighted to find us tucked cozily beside our friends from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social 💗💀💗
June 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
got to see @strangewildspress.bsky.social’s BOREAL in the wild today (!!!!) at the lovely Rough Draft Books in Kingston NY, not too far from my hometown! doubly delighted to find us tucked cozily beside our friends from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social 💗💀💗
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hayat. Hayat is 54 and the mother of nine children (many of whom I know) including 10 year old Tala, the baby of the family. Tala is struggling with malnutrition as food has become so difficult to access in Gaza. Hayat needs help ❤️
June 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hayat. Hayat is 54 and the mother of nine children (many of whom I know) including 10 year old Tala, the baby of the family. Tala is struggling with malnutrition as food has become so difficult to access in Gaza. Hayat needs help ❤️
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www.norcalresist.org/bail-fund.html
Border Angels, too.
Border Angels, too.
NorCal Resist - Bail Fund
You may be eligible to be bailed out for free. Our bail program is funded by donations from the community. Unlike predatory bail bondsman services, which pocket a percentage of the bond money for a pr...
www.norcalresist.org
June 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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It's here, our Pride 2025 bundle! $30 for sixty-six works, from 38 transfem-majority creators--books, music, artwork from queer creatives from India, the Philippines, Thailand, and more. It's a fantastic deal, and we have SO many great lesbian books.
itch.io/b/3065/queer...
itch.io/b/3065/queer...
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's here, our Pride 2025 bundle! $30 for sixty-six works, from 38 transfem-majority creators--books, music, artwork from queer creatives from India, the Philippines, Thailand, and more. It's a fantastic deal, and we have SO many great lesbian books.
itch.io/b/3065/queer...
itch.io/b/3065/queer...
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And speaking of throwing bricks...
Wrath Month - An Anthology of Queer Rage
The punk anthology where queer rage kicks down the doors of fantasy, science-fiction and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
And speaking of throwing bricks...