Jessica Finn 🏳️⚧️
@pelicanismo.bsky.social
she/her neurodivergent trans goblin banshee
avid sff reader & analyst
earnest skeptic & seeker of meaning
sometimes yell about music or games
speedrunning every kind of sadness any%
avid sff reader & analyst
earnest skeptic & seeker of meaning
sometimes yell about music or games
speedrunning every kind of sadness any%
Pinned
Steady Waves in an Unsteady Medium: @pelicanismo.bsky.social reviews AMPLITUDES: STORIES OF QUEER AND TRANS FUTURITY, edited by Lee Mandelo and out now from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!
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Steady Waves in an Unsteady Medium: Review of Amplitudes
Jessica Finn Under Review:Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity. Edited by Lee Mandelo. Erewhon, May 2025. Amplitudes is a book about queer and trans futurity, told via a collection of tw…
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i did my best for ARB to capture and describe the different kinds of queer futurity in this excellent collection, you can read my efforts here
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fascism, a movement of and for unintelligent cowards, progresses almost solely by identifying and pressuring less intelligent and more cowardly members of existing power structures
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
fascism, a movement of and for unintelligent cowards, progresses almost solely by identifying and pressuring less intelligent and more cowardly members of existing power structures
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I signed a bunch of copies at Woodworking at Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago, where I am annoyingly stranded for 36 hours. It is in STAFF PICKS.
Also, it is my BIRTHDAY, so you should buy my book in MY HONOR.
Also, it is my BIRTHDAY, so you should buy my book in MY HONOR.
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I signed a bunch of copies at Woodworking at Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago, where I am annoyingly stranded for 36 hours. It is in STAFF PICKS.
Also, it is my BIRTHDAY, so you should buy my book in MY HONOR.
Also, it is my BIRTHDAY, so you should buy my book in MY HONOR.
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This is what happens when a political party is hearing "man the guillotines" from everyone but their donor class: incoherent midde-way bloodless meaningless garbage for the status quo.
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what happens when a political party is hearing "man the guillotines" from everyone but their donor class: incoherent midde-way bloodless meaningless garbage for the status quo.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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I think the corollary that a lot of people miss about "write what you know" is that *you have the power to know more things.* Research and talking to people are a central part of writing!
“write only what you know” is bullshit because a man wrote silent hill f and this shit rocks!!!! its feminist core resonates SO strongly if you’re a woman!!!!
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I think the corollary that a lot of people miss about "write what you know" is that *you have the power to know more things.* Research and talking to people are a central part of writing!
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Oxygen (2021)
I hate how under the radar this flew given that it’s one of the better tight little thrillers I’ve seen in the last five years or so. A few moments that genuinely made me *holy shit* gasp
Go in knowing as little as possible youtu.be/8IqXgZd-P98?...
I hate how under the radar this flew given that it’s one of the better tight little thrillers I’ve seen in the last five years or so. A few moments that genuinely made me *holy shit* gasp
Go in knowing as little as possible youtu.be/8IqXgZd-P98?...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Oxygen (2021)
I hate how under the radar this flew given that it’s one of the better tight little thrillers I’ve seen in the last five years or so. A few moments that genuinely made me *holy shit* gasp
Go in knowing as little as possible youtu.be/8IqXgZd-P98?...
I hate how under the radar this flew given that it’s one of the better tight little thrillers I’ve seen in the last five years or so. A few moments that genuinely made me *holy shit* gasp
Go in knowing as little as possible youtu.be/8IqXgZd-P98?...
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Northwestern joins the growing list of US universities which are caving to Trump by agreeing to illegally ban trans people from facilities.
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Northwestern joins the growing list of US universities which are caving to Trump by agreeing to illegally ban trans people from facilities.
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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There's a lot of angst around the fact that many trans people don't have the ability to move.
From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.
From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.
This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There's a lot of angst around the fact that many trans people don't have the ability to move.
From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.
From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.
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Thankful I learned Cyberstalking in Illinois is a Class 4 felony, up to 3 years in prison w/ a $25K fine, if a person says things online w/ intent to cause a person who lives in IL emotional distress. The perpetrator can live anywhere.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thankful I learned Cyberstalking in Illinois is a Class 4 felony, up to 3 years in prison w/ a $25K fine, if a person says things online w/ intent to cause a person who lives in IL emotional distress. The perpetrator can live anywhere.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
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This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
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oh man, The Use of Life is finally out of early access. the dev spent almost 4 years in EA (I suspect to their significant financial detriment) trying to finish the game's SIGNIFICANTLY divergent mulitple routes. Fingers crossed it pays off with sales. store.steampowered.com/app/1483370/...
The Use of Life on Steam
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the u...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
oh man, The Use of Life is finally out of early access. the dev spent almost 4 years in EA (I suspect to their significant financial detriment) trying to finish the game's SIGNIFICANTLY divergent mulitple routes. Fingers crossed it pays off with sales. store.steampowered.com/app/1483370/...
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your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
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When our son was 10 he would ask questions about whatever narrative we were consuming together and it took one talk like "those questions you're always asking are called the story and if you're patient you'll find that they get answered eventually" and a lot of the internet needs that refresher.
"WHY'S SHE DOING THAT?? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, I'M BORED" well the cool thing about following a narrative is that eventually if you keep watching or reading or listening, magical bits of information are doled out
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
When our son was 10 he would ask questions about whatever narrative we were consuming together and it took one talk like "those questions you're always asking are called the story and if you're patient you'll find that they get answered eventually" and a lot of the internet needs that refresher.
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NOT FEELING VERY APPRECIATED HERE
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NOT FEELING VERY APPRECIATED HERE
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also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
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Never-Ebbing Story: @casella.bsky.social reviews Eva Meijer's SEA NOW, translated by Anne Thompson Melo (@catransitnerd.bsky.social)
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Never-Ebbing Story: Review of Eva Meijer’s Sea Now
Jake Casella Brookins Under Review:Sea Now. Eva Meijer, translated by Anne Thompson Melo. Two Lines Press, October 2025. Ironically, it’s the very dry humor of Eva Meijer’s Sea Now—a story entirely…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Never-Ebbing Story: @casella.bsky.social reviews Eva Meijer's SEA NOW, translated by Anne Thompson Melo (@catransitnerd.bsky.social)
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For those who enjoy ebooks on Kindle, it seems that 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' is *massively* discounted today down to $1.99 in the US and £7.99 in the UK. Which feels like a pretty good deal really.
US: www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ri...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
US: www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ri...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For those who enjoy ebooks on Kindle, it seems that 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' is *massively* discounted today down to $1.99 in the US and £7.99 in the UK. Which feels like a pretty good deal really.
US: www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ri...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
US: www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ri...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
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As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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Jesus fucking Christ
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Jesus fucking Christ
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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