Amanda Růžičková
@marvelish.me
She/Her. Poet in Prague. Trying to make my way back to my Stockbridge-Munsee roots. Living with stage IV lung cancer & too many unread books.
Poetry, reviews, etc. @ marvelish.me; reviews @ lesbrary.com; published in Gashmius Magazine and Elephants & Tea
Poetry, reviews, etc. @ marvelish.me; reviews @ lesbrary.com; published in Gashmius Magazine and Elephants & Tea
This is still the only book I've written a fan poem for. It's about toilets but also not really, and you can read it here:
marvelish.me/manifesto-in...
I need book 2, @aaronsofaer.bsky.social
marvelish.me/manifesto-in...
I need book 2, @aaronsofaer.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is still the only book I've written a fan poem for. It's about toilets but also not really, and you can read it here:
marvelish.me/manifesto-in...
I need book 2, @aaronsofaer.bsky.social
marvelish.me/manifesto-in...
I need book 2, @aaronsofaer.bsky.social
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My favorite irony this year is how Talia declared this in the spring and then proceeded to write one of the most popular works of fiction of 2025 😂
As I lean more into nonfiction, I'm going to engage less here on a personal level and leave my tweets more as commentary, when I'm not talking about upcoming projects or things I'm reading/planning to comment on.
So, announcing that I'm not really a fiction writer for the foreseeable future.
So, announcing that I'm not really a fiction writer for the foreseeable future.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My favorite irony this year is how Talia declared this in the spring and then proceeded to write one of the most popular works of fiction of 2025 😂
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Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
Oof.
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the US government shutdown.
ictnews.org/news/tribes-...
ictnews.org/news/tribes-...
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown - ICT
A pending deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana. The animals are being killed to make up for a lapse in food benefits.
ictnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Oof.
Another of my reviews is on the internet, this time a Korean Sapphic vampire murder mystery: The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran
This one really resonated with me, for Reasons. #booksky
lesbrary.com/the-midnight...
This one really resonated with me, for Reasons. #booksky
lesbrary.com/the-midnight...
Vampires, Murder Mysteries, and Loneliness: The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, Translated by Gene Png
lesbrary.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another of my reviews is on the internet, this time a Korean Sapphic vampire murder mystery: The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran
This one really resonated with me, for Reasons. #booksky
lesbrary.com/the-midnight...
This one really resonated with me, for Reasons. #booksky
lesbrary.com/the-midnight...
My newest review is up, this time for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social.
I say "review" but it ended up being more than that, because this book had a pretty profound impact on me.
marvelish.me/the-buffalo-...
I say "review" but it ended up being more than that, because this book had a pretty profound impact on me.
marvelish.me/the-buffalo-...
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
First, the reviewer's bare minimum: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is one of the best books I've read this year. It's Stephen Graham Jones at his most ambitious—a 448-page historical horror novel that uses...
marvelish.me
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My newest review is up, this time for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social.
I say "review" but it ended up being more than that, because this book had a pretty profound impact on me.
marvelish.me/the-buffalo-...
I say "review" but it ended up being more than that, because this book had a pretty profound impact on me.
marvelish.me/the-buffalo-...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I’ve got nearly 100 books for sale on Pango and if they don’t sell this week they are going to a little free library! I’ll include a book bingo card with every order until I run out: pangobooks.com/bookstore/ja...
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve got nearly 100 books for sale on Pango and if they don’t sell this week they are going to a little free library! I’ll include a book bingo card with every order until I run out: pangobooks.com/bookstore/ja...
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BALTIMORE! A friend of mine who is an art conservator just got grant funding for a project on how to preserve queer stories and objects if anyone is interested please pass this flyer along
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BALTIMORE! A friend of mine who is an art conservator just got grant funding for a project on how to preserve queer stories and objects if anyone is interested please pass this flyer along
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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I feel many of you are going to have interesting responses to this picture of Zohran Mamdani and his wife from Election Night.
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I feel many of you are going to have interesting responses to this picture of Zohran Mamdani and his wife from Election Night.
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apnews.com/article/nati... remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to ...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
apnews.com/article/nati... remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
A poetry Discord I'm on had discussion about how unreliable AI detection sites are. Curious, I put the most recent piece I wrote into GPTZero to see what it thought. This is its reasoning for why one particular sentence was probably AI.
At least it thinks "Horror." is probably human.
At least it thinks "Horror." is probably human.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A poetry Discord I'm on had discussion about how unreliable AI detection sites are. Curious, I put the most recent piece I wrote into GPTZero to see what it thought. This is its reasoning for why one particular sentence was probably AI.
At least it thinks "Horror." is probably human.
At least it thinks "Horror." is probably human.
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It's great to see this happening in my home town! I have fond memories of the Madison Children's Museum growing up in Madison.
The featured guests for the Indigenous Heritage Celebration will be Evan “Blue Sky” Logan, a tribal Bear/Thunder (Warrior) clan member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, and Shaya Schreiber, a member of the Marten Falls Band of Ojibwe, a First Nation community in Ontario, Canada.
Madison Children’s Museum to host Indigenous Heritage Celebration Thursday
An Indigenous Heritage Celebration that will include members of the local Indigenous community and feature food, music, art, and dance representing Indigenous traditions across the world will take…
madison365.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's great to see this happening in my home town! I have fond memories of the Madison Children's Museum growing up in Madison.
I'm a US expat, queer, married to a Czech PoC. Going home feels perilous right now.
I also have stage IV lung cancer—maybe a year left, maybe twenty. That means I don't know if I'll ever safely see my people again.
Last night gave me the first breath of hope about it I've had in months.
I also have stage IV lung cancer—maybe a year left, maybe twenty. That means I don't know if I'll ever safely see my people again.
Last night gave me the first breath of hope about it I've had in months.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'm a US expat, queer, married to a Czech PoC. Going home feels perilous right now.
I also have stage IV lung cancer—maybe a year left, maybe twenty. That means I don't know if I'll ever safely see my people again.
Last night gave me the first breath of hope about it I've had in months.
I also have stage IV lung cancer—maybe a year left, maybe twenty. That means I don't know if I'll ever safely see my people again.
Last night gave me the first breath of hope about it I've had in months.
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New month, new book bundle! 📢 📚
From Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, you can snatch up the Trans People Take on the World book bundle. 32 books for a minimum of $35.00 (or a little extra, if you'd like to help out) you can support seeing the trans rep in books you want to see!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
From Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, you can snatch up the Trans People Take on the World book bundle. 32 books for a minimum of $35.00 (or a little extra, if you'd like to help out) you can support seeing the trans rep in books you want to see!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New month, new book bundle! 📢 📚
From Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, you can snatch up the Trans People Take on the World book bundle. 32 books for a minimum of $35.00 (or a little extra, if you'd like to help out) you can support seeing the trans rep in books you want to see!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
From Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, you can snatch up the Trans People Take on the World book bundle. 32 books for a minimum of $35.00 (or a little extra, if you'd like to help out) you can support seeing the trans rep in books you want to see!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
Looking for a supernatural queer read?
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
February 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
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the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
I'm reminded again that Teen Vogue does better jorunalism than so many other publications, and that I really should subscribe to help support that...
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm reminded again that Teen Vogue does better jorunalism than so many other publications, and that I really should subscribe to help support that...
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DON'T FORGET!
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
DON'T FORGET!