mk zariel {it/its}
@mkzariel.bsky.social
poet, theater artist, movement journalist, & BashBack aligned anarchist. https://linktr.ee/mkzariel
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Boy Apparition by mk zariel — Vinegar Press
There are two transmasculine genders: the butch anarchist, and the tiny atemporal gremlin who really needs a hug. In BOY APPARITION, mk zariel tackles both. This chapbook is full of love letters to th...
www.vinegarpress.org
👻✨ BOY APPARITION is alive! my #transmasc #anarchist #poetry #chapbook —full of love letters to the #BashBack tendency, feral #boyhood chronicles, and lipstick-mirror #gender devotions—is up for preorder from Vinegar Press: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
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🏳️⚧️❤️🔥 support your local chaos poet
what is #anarchism without adjectives? should we use it, or does it invite co-optation? here are some of my thoughts: debatemebro.substack.com/p/anarchism-...
Anarchism without adjectives: not a band name, but a label
q: what is anarchy without adjectives?
debatemebro.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
what is #anarchism without adjectives? should we use it, or does it invite co-optation? here are some of my thoughts: debatemebro.substack.com/p/anarchism-...
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Did you know that February is Low Vision Awareness Month in North America? Learn more about the importance of visual accessibility and best practices here: www.yuja.com/blog/a-compr... #LowVisionAwarenessMonth #VisualAccessibility
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Did you know that February is Low Vision Awareness Month in North America? Learn more about the importance of visual accessibility and best practices here: www.yuja.com/blog/a-compr... #LowVisionAwarenessMonth #VisualAccessibility
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this is coming up in roughly 2 weeks! dm either of us to rsvp ☺️
doing a virtual reading coming up with @tommywyattblake.bsky.social! DM either of us to rsvp for some #trans and #leftist poetry
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
this is coming up in roughly 2 weeks! dm either of us to rsvp ☺️
doing a virtual reading coming up with @tommywyattblake.bsky.social! DM either of us to rsvp for some #trans and #leftist poetry
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
doing a virtual reading coming up with @tommywyattblake.bsky.social! DM either of us to rsvp for some #trans and #leftist poetry
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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my second book DIFFERENT WITH HIM is out now 💖
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
Different With Him: Poems by mk zariel — Rockwood Press
From classic inner-voice scenes to an overly dramatic debate at an anarchist convergence, this chapbook describes the ephemera of a transmasculine adolescence, the joys and failings of homosociality, ...
www.rockwoodpress.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
my second book DIFFERENT WITH HIM is out now 💖
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
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Me: ugh, my writing will never be as deep and thinky and twisty as these amazing novels. Why should I bother.
Also me: I'm bouncing off every deep thinky novel right now, I need something easy and fun.
Also me: I'm bouncing off every deep thinky novel right now, I need something easy and fun.
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Me: ugh, my writing will never be as deep and thinky and twisty as these amazing novels. Why should I bother.
Also me: I'm bouncing off every deep thinky novel right now, I need something easy and fun.
Also me: I'm bouncing off every deep thinky novel right now, I need something easy and fun.
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kith isn't trying to beat the slop machine lady. we refuse the game. what's the value in using a distributor that sees your work as slop meal? what's the appeal?
February 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
kith isn't trying to beat the slop machine lady. we refuse the game. what's the value in using a distributor that sees your work as slop meal? what's the appeal?
my second book DIFFERENT WITH HIM is out now 💖
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
Different With Him: Poems by mk zariel — Rockwood Press
From classic inner-voice scenes to an overly dramatic debate at an anarchist convergence, this chapbook describes the ephemera of a transmasculine adolescence, the joys and failings of homosociality, ...
www.rockwoodpress.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
my second book DIFFERENT WITH HIM is out now 💖
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
a collection of haphazard masculinities. an effort to find belonging. a love song for genders + genres in flux.
📖 www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
ISBN included—request it at your library! dms open to collab.
#translit #poetry #newbook
signups are still open for my reading in #Minneapolis! www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
and if you can't make it, the book itself is available online: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
and if you can't make it, the book itself is available online: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
mk zariel presents Boy Apparition
mk zariel presents Boy Apparition
www.eventbrite.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
signups are still open for my reading in #Minneapolis! www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
and if you can't make it, the book itself is available online: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
and if you can't make it, the book itself is available online: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
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Please share and donate anything you can to help fund Emma’s surgery!
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
February 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Please share and donate anything you can to help fund Emma’s surgery!
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Get into the Palentine's spirit by showing up for your D.C. community this week, feat. @dcabortionfund.bsky.social, @freedcproject.bsky.social, and more: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Get into the Palentine's spirit by showing up for your D.C. community this week, feat. @dcabortionfund.bsky.social, @freedcproject.bsky.social, and more: 51st.news/dc-civic-eng...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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just a reminder that i have a #fragrance collaboration...and the #poem they chose for the packaging was a very angry one about a toxic friendship, meaning that i can't market it as a gift (except maybe one to give to mortal enemies lol). www.urbanganges.com/product-page...
A World After by mk zariel | Rose Noir Poetry Reed Diffuser | Urban Ganges
The overgrown misspelled letter cuts like a knife. The declarations that it was statism—not you—that tore us apart.My political views—not you—that made you cower in imagined fear.Time—not you—that cha...
www.urbanganges.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
just a reminder that i have a #fragrance collaboration...and the #poem they chose for the packaging was a very angry one about a toxic friendship, meaning that i can't market it as a gift (except maybe one to give to mortal enemies lol). www.urbanganges.com/product-page...
Physical copies have been taking a while to ship, so I wanted to remind everybody that my #book has a digital version! www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
Boy Apparition by mk zariel - DIGITAL ONLY — Vinegar Press
There are two transmasculine genders: the butch anarchist, and the tiny atemporal gremlin who really needs a hug. In BOY APPARITION, mk zariel tackles both. This chapbook is full of love letters to th...
www.vinegarpress.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Physical copies have been taking a while to ship, so I wanted to remind everybody that my #book has a digital version! www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
Winter bundle by @i-am-kiri.bsky.social may be over, but if you love #surreality and #horror and #trans themes, my #zine 10 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A VOID is still available! mkzariel.itch.io/10-ways-of-l...
10 ways of looking at a void by mk zariel
my pocket pubs collab, now digital!
mkzariel.itch.io
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Winter bundle by @i-am-kiri.bsky.social may be over, but if you love #surreality and #horror and #trans themes, my #zine 10 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A VOID is still available! mkzariel.itch.io/10-ways-of-l...
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"some days i can't figure out if i'm upset that i'm trans
or just mystified that some people aren't..."
#trans #poetry by @mkzariel.bsky.social
existotherwise.com/on-surviving/
or just mystified that some people aren't..."
#trans #poetry by @mkzariel.bsky.social
existotherwise.com/on-surviving/
on surviving
poetry by mk zariel
existotherwise.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"some days i can't figure out if i'm upset that i'm trans
or just mystified that some people aren't..."
#trans #poetry by @mkzariel.bsky.social
existotherwise.com/on-surviving/
or just mystified that some people aren't..."
#trans #poetry by @mkzariel.bsky.social
existotherwise.com/on-surviving/
22 hours to go on @i-am-kiri.bsky.social's #bundle! itch.io/b/3461/winte...
if you bought the bundle and thought "i'd love nothing more than to spend more money; technically got mk zariel's #poetry #zine for 10 cents and feel epically undercharged," I also have a tip jar, yay! comradery.co/mkzariel
if you bought the bundle and thought "i'd love nothing more than to spend more money; technically got mk zariel's #poetry #zine for 10 cents and feel epically undercharged," I also have a tip jar, yay! comradery.co/mkzariel
Winter 2025 Games Bundle by Kiri and 19 others
Winter 2025 Games Bundle: 22 items for $2.00
itch.io
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
22 hours to go on @i-am-kiri.bsky.social's #bundle! itch.io/b/3461/winte...
if you bought the bundle and thought "i'd love nothing more than to spend more money; technically got mk zariel's #poetry #zine for 10 cents and feel epically undercharged," I also have a tip jar, yay! comradery.co/mkzariel
if you bought the bundle and thought "i'd love nothing more than to spend more money; technically got mk zariel's #poetry #zine for 10 cents and feel epically undercharged," I also have a tip jar, yay! comradery.co/mkzariel
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If you want to really help the autistic people in your lives (including yourself, if that applies), learn more about how autistic people experience the world, and how modifying YOUR behavior and their environment can help. You can start here:
thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev... 3/3
thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev... 3/3
Eleven Ways You Can Make Your Autistic Child's Life Easier
A mini-guide and checklist for parents, to help both them and their autistic kids live the Best Lives Possible.
thinkingautismguide.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
If you want to really help the autistic people in your lives (including yourself, if that applies), learn more about how autistic people experience the world, and how modifying YOUR behavior and their environment can help. You can start here:
thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev... 3/3
thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev... 3/3
Book events coming up in #Madison and #Minneapolis!
roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...
www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...
www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
BOY APPARITION by mk zariel with an Open Mic!
Room will be closed Friday 1/23/26 due to inclement winter weather. We'll reopen on Saturday 1/24 for business as usual. Stay warm!
roomofonesown.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Book events coming up in #Madison and #Minneapolis!
roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...
www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...
www.eventbrite.com/e/mk-zariel-...
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Our compilation Vol.1: Let's Begin got a a shout out at the end of this article! Go read!
Thanks to Max Freedman for the kind words and @mkzariel.bsky.social for letting us know.
Thanks to Max Freedman for the kind words and @mkzariel.bsky.social for letting us know.
10 Years Later, Chairlift's 'Moth' Still Sounds Like Nothing Else
Revisiting an unsung indie-pop classic
lavendersound.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Our compilation Vol.1: Let's Begin got a a shout out at the end of this article! Go read!
Thanks to Max Freedman for the kind words and @mkzariel.bsky.social for letting us know.
Thanks to Max Freedman for the kind words and @mkzariel.bsky.social for letting us know.
an album I contributed to got reviewed!! (the @voidscanmusic.com compilation) lavendersound.substack.com/p/chairlift-...
10 Years Later, Chairlift's 'Moth' Still Sounds Like Nothing Else
Revisiting an unsung indie-pop classic
lavendersound.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
an album I contributed to got reviewed!! (the @voidscanmusic.com compilation) lavendersound.substack.com/p/chairlift-...