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astra
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born to be low-key
instead of complaining that he’s outnumbered 3 to 1, my dad named his y-chromosome so that he can whine about “skippy” being outnumbered 7 to 1.
February 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
recently had to answer the prompt: what inspires your creativity (in 5 words or less)?
girls sharing secrets in code
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by astra
the new autistic barbie is cute but i can't get over her being marketed as the *first* autistic barbie. you're telling me these bitches are neurotypical??
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
a science of desirable or detestable bodies
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
going ✍️ to create
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
song pick for this year’s video montage is “dr*gula”
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
lol.
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
a thousand hands could never
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I hate how much I wrestle with my own ambition. I’m not afraid of success, I just don’t want to wind up like my dad.
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
everybody has got to love me. everybody.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
my dad is unable to be chill about bully sticks—full body squirms of discomfort when one comes out.
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
fighting to remind myself that I'm allowed to make things up
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
hugging ted neeley at age 13. smelling like patchouli for a week. I honestly thought that I’d invented the stage door—“he has to exit somewhere!”
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my dad used to chew cinnamon gum while driving too fast on twisty roads. walking into grocery stores this time of year makes me want to vomit.
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
unsurprising fact—jonathan swift loved a freak show
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if I don’t cry afterwards, I feel like I did something wrong
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I'm finding insane facts in my notes that I'd already forgotten, then spinning out about them all over again. She remains the pilot star.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
the feminine urge to punch paul h*llywood square in the jaw
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
giving myself chills, so many more than he ever did
September 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
blast off, baby. baby, blast off.
September 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
when I write something, then later notice a dozen clever connections buried within it that I didn’t consciously intend, I still take every drop of credit
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
plotting to occupy the holes in the story, to fill them full of Her
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
sometimes, when I fantasize about a tour for the next book, I slip into a full on fugue state
September 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM