Cat Ingrid Leeches
@leeches.bsky.social
Writer, weird stuff enthusiast. Nonbinary (they/them). I love zines and bad-bad art. If it is not bad enough, I will not love it.
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there’s a new charmin commercial where the teenage daughter of the shitting bear family is an influencer reviewing charmin for her channel or whatever. i don’t approve of this. why can’t the shitting bear child be a surgeon. or a celebrated academic
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
there’s a new charmin commercial where the teenage daughter of the shitting bear family is an influencer reviewing charmin for her channel or whatever. i don’t approve of this. why can’t the shitting bear child be a surgeon. or a celebrated academic
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brb going on book tour with my emotional support imodium
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
brb going on book tour with my emotional support imodium
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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Found this in a notebook today & couldn’t remember what prompted me to write it, or even what meeting I was in when I wrote it.
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Found this in a notebook today & couldn’t remember what prompted me to write it, or even what meeting I was in when I wrote it.
I had a nightmare that was a mash up between The Summer I Turned Pretty and Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I had a nightmare that was a mash up between The Summer I Turned Pretty and Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild.
😬
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This boy cravin’ salad
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This boy cravin’ salad
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Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!
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Inside a Wild West Brothel
Podcast Episode · Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 10/14/2025 · 42m
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October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Recently, I was a guest on Betwixt the Sheets to discuss 19th c Kansas sex work. Have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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A friendly reminder that if you go to a church where the pastor supports the regime that zip tied children in Chicago, you don’t have to go to that church anymore.
Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.
Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A friendly reminder that if you go to a church where the pastor supports the regime that zip tied children in Chicago, you don’t have to go to that church anymore.
Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.
Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.
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i think there should be a program that pairs the emotionally needy with recovering alcoholics who haven’t made new friends sober yet. sort of a big brother/sister program for impossibly dysregulated people
October 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
i think there should be a program that pairs the emotionally needy with recovering alcoholics who haven’t made new friends sober yet. sort of a big brother/sister program for impossibly dysregulated people
Things that have the same energy:
1. When updating your voter registration, they'll ask you to select from a drop-down menu of street types (e.g., "Lane," "circle," "Meadow," "Drive"...)—It's a surprisingly long list.
2. The Wikipedia chart detailing every one of Guinevere’s abductions.
1. When updating your voter registration, they'll ask you to select from a drop-down menu of street types (e.g., "Lane," "circle," "Meadow," "Drive"...)—It's a surprisingly long list.
2. The Wikipedia chart detailing every one of Guinevere’s abductions.
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Things that have the same energy:
1. When updating your voter registration, they'll ask you to select from a drop-down menu of street types (e.g., "Lane," "circle," "Meadow," "Drive"...)—It's a surprisingly long list.
2. The Wikipedia chart detailing every one of Guinevere’s abductions.
1. When updating your voter registration, they'll ask you to select from a drop-down menu of street types (e.g., "Lane," "circle," "Meadow," "Drive"...)—It's a surprisingly long list.
2. The Wikipedia chart detailing every one of Guinevere’s abductions.
Almost stepped on this baby today 🐍
September 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Almost stepped on this baby today 🐍
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If anyone (@thebaffler.com @nplusonemag.com @publicbooks.bsky.social) might be interested in an article
offering an ideological post-mortem of almost four decades of The Best American Poetry anthology as a conservative publishing project, I'm yr guy.
offering an ideological post-mortem of almost four decades of The Best American Poetry anthology as a conservative publishing project, I'm yr guy.
For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry series showcased the nation’s most influential and vital poetry. The 2025 landmark edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman—and to the enduring power of poetry.
Available now. https://bit.ly/3I2kwyZ
Available now. https://bit.ly/3I2kwyZ
September 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If anyone (@thebaffler.com @nplusonemag.com @publicbooks.bsky.social) might be interested in an article
offering an ideological post-mortem of almost four decades of The Best American Poetry anthology as a conservative publishing project, I'm yr guy.
offering an ideological post-mortem of almost four decades of The Best American Poetry anthology as a conservative publishing project, I'm yr guy.
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Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying.
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
September 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying.
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
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this is nightmarish and should alarm you no matter what your opinions on pornography are
September 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
this is nightmarish and should alarm you no matter what your opinions on pornography are
I love the smell of office supplies that have never seen the sunlight.
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I love the smell of office supplies that have never seen the sunlight.
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excited to announce the fourth issue of New Session, the world's premiere telnet-based literary magazine
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
August 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
excited to announce the fourth issue of New Session, the world's premiere telnet-based literary magazine
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
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Our Kathryn Davis Symposium with @kellylink.bsky.social is a couple of weeks away! Our Symposium series (this is the 2nd one) celebrates an under-read living writer. We're hoping this becomes a pretty special annual event that introduces readers to great writers portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
Kathryn Davis Symposium with Kelly Link
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August 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Our Kathryn Davis Symposium with @kellylink.bsky.social is a couple of weeks away! Our Symposium series (this is the 2nd one) celebrates an under-read living writer. We're hoping this becomes a pretty special annual event that introduces readers to great writers portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
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The Town-Ho is hunting sperm whales 🤨 ok
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Town-Ho is hunting sperm whales 🤨 ok
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Timely, no? “Louis XVI Goes To The Guillotine” by Benjamin Péret and translated by Charles Simic.
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Timely, no? “Louis XVI Goes To The Guillotine” by Benjamin Péret and translated by Charles Simic.
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this is so upsettingly real
I have found this rising generation of lit scholars to be unfailingly smart, funny, self-effacing, unpretentious.
Inevitably joyful to hang out with.
And today I realized why.
They are utterly absent of careerism, because none of them think they will have careers.
Inevitably joyful to hang out with.
And today I realized why.
They are utterly absent of careerism, because none of them think they will have careers.
August 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
this is so upsettingly real
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Disintegration in the wild, shout-out @leeches.bsky.social
grab a copy here (or DM us directly) --
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grab a copy here (or DM us directly) --
asterismbooks.com/product/disi...
July 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Disintegration in the wild, shout-out @leeches.bsky.social
grab a copy here (or DM us directly) --
asterismbooks.com/product/disi...
grab a copy here (or DM us directly) --
asterismbooks.com/product/disi...
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Me getting home from work this afternoon having been off socials all day
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Me getting home from work this afternoon having been off socials all day
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Book Mail from @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social of @leeches.bsky.social's newest book!!!
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July 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Book Mail from @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social of @leeches.bsky.social's newest book!!!
www.carrionbloom.com/books/p/leec...
www.carrionbloom.com/books/p/leec...
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Get your copy!! Seriously!!
Some folks have started receiving their preorders of I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen, and I’ve loved seeing your photos and messages. Thank you for sharing them with me! If you haven’t picked up a copy yet and would like to, it’s still available through @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social.
July 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Get your copy!! Seriously!!
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please believe me when i say you REALLY want to get this book !!
Some folks have started receiving their preorders of I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen, and I’ve loved seeing your photos and messages. Thank you for sharing them with me! If you haven’t picked up a copy yet and would like to, it’s still available through @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social.
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
please believe me when i say you REALLY want to get this book !!