Margot Atwell
@margotatwell.bsky.social
Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/they 🌈📚
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Margot Atwell
@margotatwell.bsky.social
· Sep 12
ABSOLUTE PLEASURE, an anthology of trans and queer writers on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, launches next week with some great events in New York and elsewhere. I am incredibly proud of this collection and the in-person spaces and conversations we are creating. absolutepleasurebook.com
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✨ WHAT ELEGANT STARS is now funding ✨
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
✨ WHAT ELEGANT STARS is now funding ✨
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
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This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.
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NYC! 🏳️🌈Thursday at 4pm 🏳️🌈
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
NYC! 🏳️🌈Thursday at 4pm 🏳️🌈
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Tell your friends. Even if the only florist you can find nearby is in the Kroger produce section. There is a person putting those arrangements together and they WILL work with you and you WILL get better results with a pro who’s given a free hand
Some of the best advice I ever received was Holly telling us to ask the local florist to go wild and do their thing rather than get a pre-packaged arrangement.
Everybody post your floral Ws as they come in tomorrow, as a treat
February 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Tell your friends. Even if the only florist you can find nearby is in the Kroger produce section. There is a person putting those arrangements together and they WILL work with you and you WILL get better results with a pro who’s given a free hand
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what are you doing!
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
what are you doing!
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Writing this story made me happy in a dark time.
I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope.
These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.
I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope.
These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.
Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore
Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Writing this story made me happy in a dark time.
I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope.
These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.
I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope.
These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.
I was so honored that ABSOLUTE PLEASURE was included on this list, with a lovely review from @jennyhayes.bsky.social.
And if you have a shady Rocky Horror past like me, get ABSOLUTE PLEASURE (@feministpress.bsky.social) ed. @margotatwell.bsky.social: "essays on the cult movie from a diverse spectrum of queer authors ... a complex celebration of those who figure out how to be what they once might only have dreamed."
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I was so honored that ABSOLUTE PLEASURE was included on this list, with a lovely review from @jennyhayes.bsky.social.
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Amazing to see ABSOLUTE PLEASURE on lithub's 100 Notable Small Press Books list!!! @margotatwell.bsky.social
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Amazing to see ABSOLUTE PLEASURE on lithub's 100 Notable Small Press Books list!!! @margotatwell.bsky.social
lithub.com/100-notable-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
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And remember, the main thing the profit motive gets you is…
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
And remember, the main thing the profit motive gets you is…
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“There’s absolutely more need, but less food. It’s bad.”
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks, just as SNAP is set to expire.
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks, just as SNAP is set to expire.
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks—just as SNAP is set to expire
"There's absolutely more need, but less food. It's bad."
www.motherjones.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“There’s absolutely more need, but less food. It’s bad.”
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks, just as SNAP is set to expire.
The shutdown is pushing federal workers to food banks, just as SNAP is set to expire.
It was fun talking to Jenn for the Turn the Page Podcast 🎃👻🦇💜💋
Here's 374E! This year marks the 50th anniversary of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW-- so Jessikah and Jenn spoke with contributors to ABSOLUTE PLEASURE: QUEER PERSPECTIVES ON ROCKY HORROR. @margotatwell.bsky.social @rotbacchus.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It was fun talking to Jenn for the Turn the Page Podcast 🎃👻🦇💜💋
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I will be back to get some! This is my only and favorite bookstore.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I will be back to get some! This is my only and favorite bookstore.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
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Mutual aid is resistance.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Mutual aid is resistance.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
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While thinking about the No Kings protests, I realized something. Trump isn't acting like a king. He's acting like a CEO. This isn't a monarchy, this is late stage capitalism. America is being treated as a business acquisition. He's stripping it for parts before dumping it like a fucking Toys R Us.
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
While thinking about the No Kings protests, I realized something. Trump isn't acting like a king. He's acting like a CEO. This isn't a monarchy, this is late stage capitalism. America is being treated as a business acquisition. He's stripping it for parts before dumping it like a fucking Toys R Us.
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On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
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Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.
Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.
Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.
Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.
Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.
Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.
Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.
Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.
Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.
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Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
Tonight in Brooklyn, join me at Franklin Park for the World Transsexual Forum, where I'll be in conversation with two of the writers in the book and the delightful @jeannethornton.bsky.social and Anton Solominik.
September 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tonight in Brooklyn, join me at Franklin Park for the World Transsexual Forum, where I'll be in conversation with two of the writers in the book and the delightful @jeannethornton.bsky.social and Anton Solominik.
Today, I'll be doing an event in Somerville, MA with @allshewrotebks.bsky.social and Full Body Cast will perform fan favorites from Rocky Horror. Then tomorrow, I'll be back in Brooklyn and talking with @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @magsvisaggio.com Mel King and Anton Solomonik. #rockyhorror
September 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today, I'll be doing an event in Somerville, MA with @allshewrotebks.bsky.social and Full Body Cast will perform fan favorites from Rocky Horror. Then tomorrow, I'll be back in Brooklyn and talking with @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @magsvisaggio.com Mel King and Anton Solomonik. #rockyhorror
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From this morning on NPR Morning Edition, re ABSOLUTE PLEASURE (cc @margotatwell.bsky.social ) www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From this morning on NPR Morning Edition, re ABSOLUTE PLEASURE (cc @margotatwell.bsky.social ) www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
The next stops on the ABSOLUTE PLEASURE Tour: Brooklyn, Providence, and Boston!
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The next stops on the ABSOLUTE PLEASURE Tour: Brooklyn, Providence, and Boston!
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My contributor copies of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE arrived today from @margotatwell.bsky.social l and @feministpress.bsky.social ress - a dream come true!! Can't wait to read all these wonderful takes on one of my favorite movies
September 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My contributor copies of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE arrived today from @margotatwell.bsky.social l and @feministpress.bsky.social ress - a dream come true!! Can't wait to read all these wonderful takes on one of my favorite movies
It's pub day for ABSOLUTE PLEASURE! It's such a thrill to get to share this incredible collection of essays by 25 brilliant, funny, earnest, thoughtful, talented writers with the world.
#RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow
#RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's pub day for ABSOLUTE PLEASURE! It's such a thrill to get to share this incredible collection of essays by 25 brilliant, funny, earnest, thoughtful, talented writers with the world.
#RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow
#RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow
I haven't sent On the Books in a minute, but here's one that talks about launching an anthology, with bonus content about how Gay Pride Month was a little bit more Queer Wrath Month for me this year. buttondown.com/onthebooks/a...
Launching a book: Absolute Pleasure
The last time I launched a book with my name on the cover (Derby Life) was ten years ago. Since then, I’ve been involved in launching dozens of books (or...
buttondown.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I haven't sent On the Books in a minute, but here's one that talks about launching an anthology, with bonus content about how Gay Pride Month was a little bit more Queer Wrath Month for me this year. buttondown.com/onthebooks/a...
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I am reading books by trans women tonight. And then I will write about them, and publish those thoughts.
They want us scared. They want to deplatform us. Fuck them, culture work still matters.
They want us scared. They want to deplatform us. Fuck them, culture work still matters.
September 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am reading books by trans women tonight. And then I will write about them, and publish those thoughts.
They want us scared. They want to deplatform us. Fuck them, culture work still matters.
They want us scared. They want to deplatform us. Fuck them, culture work still matters.