sterling-elizabeth poet
@selizabeth.bsky.social
trans poet, lover of birds, cats, and my friends, interviews editor for @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
on an unrelated note if/when i die/the state incarcerates or kills me, there’s a tiny chance you will find all my manuscripts in your google drive haha just kidding in which case please publish them however you see fit as long as broke trans people can read for free
i gotta say as a trans woman it increasingly feels like my only options to avoid living through / dying as a direct result of mass deprivation of trans people’s human rights is to leave the country or kill myself haha just kidding
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
February 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
on an unrelated note if/when i die/the state incarcerates or kills me, there’s a tiny chance you will find all my manuscripts in your google drive haha just kidding in which case please publish them however you see fit as long as broke trans people can read for free
i gotta say as a trans woman it increasingly feels like my only options to avoid living through / dying as a direct result of mass deprivation of trans people’s human rights is to leave the country or kill myself haha just kidding
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
i gotta say as a trans woman it increasingly feels like my only options to avoid living through / dying as a direct result of mass deprivation of trans people’s human rights is to leave the country or kill myself haha just kidding
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Do not feed your medical records into the eugenics chatbot, respectfully
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Do not feed your medical records into the eugenics chatbot, respectfully
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also, people need to hear ‘you are being fucking stupid’ before they do shit like this!
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 3:18 AM
also, people need to hear ‘you are being fucking stupid’ before they do shit like this!
i gotta be honest that i find the narrative that born this way is the only way to come to queerness increasingly boring
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
i gotta be honest that i find the narrative that born this way is the only way to come to queerness increasingly boring
it has come to my attention once again that cis white lesbians really often love to dogpile anyone who imagines an inclusive or reality based or historically grounded definition of lesbianism
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
it has come to my attention once again that cis white lesbians really often love to dogpile anyone who imagines an inclusive or reality based or historically grounded definition of lesbianism
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just occurred to me that this would be such an excellent niche halloween costume for the high heels race in DC
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 AM
just occurred to me that this would be such an excellent niche halloween costume for the high heels race in DC
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feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
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the goldfish from pinocchio would have been different if she lived in philly wooder
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 AM
the goldfish from pinocchio would have been different if she lived in philly wooder
my first interview as interviews editor with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social is out now! w/ the poet L Scully about their book, Self-Romancing, published by
@michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!
@michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!
Interview: L Scully in conversation with sterling-elizabeth arcadia — fifth wheel press
L Scully is a living writer. They are also, first and foremost, a lover. Sterling-Elizabeth Arcadia is a disabled trans writer across genres. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers—Camd...
fifthwheelpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
my first interview as interviews editor with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social is out now! w/ the poet L Scully about their book, Self-Romancing, published by
@michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!
@michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!
it should be illegal for jake paul to get married
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
it should be illegal for jake paul to get married
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So-called analysts when a politically provocative performance does not make a giant "Fuck Donald Trump" sign w/ human bodies in the middle of a football field: This isn't political
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
So-called analysts when a politically provocative performance does not make a giant "Fuck Donald Trump" sign w/ human bodies in the middle of a football field: This isn't political
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
if i see one more ad for weight loss i’m shooting the ceo of television
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
if i see one more ad for weight loss i’m shooting the ceo of television
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IM NOT GONNA USE GEMINI
IM NOT GONNA USE COPILOT
IM NOT GONNA USE CHATGPT
IM NOT GONNA USE CLAUDE
IM NOT GONNA USE GROK
ALL YALL CAN GET FUCKED INTO THE SUN
IM NOT GONNA USE COPILOT
IM NOT GONNA USE CHATGPT
IM NOT GONNA USE CLAUDE
IM NOT GONNA USE GROK
ALL YALL CAN GET FUCKED INTO THE SUN
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
IM NOT GONNA USE GEMINI
IM NOT GONNA USE COPILOT
IM NOT GONNA USE CHATGPT
IM NOT GONNA USE CLAUDE
IM NOT GONNA USE GROK
ALL YALL CAN GET FUCKED INTO THE SUN
IM NOT GONNA USE COPILOT
IM NOT GONNA USE CHATGPT
IM NOT GONNA USE CLAUDE
IM NOT GONNA USE GROK
ALL YALL CAN GET FUCKED INTO THE SUN
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Amazing that a kicker from the Seahawks and a bunch of Puerto Ricans killed America once and for all tonight.
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Amazing that a kicker from the Seahawks and a bunch of Puerto Ricans killed America once and for all tonight.
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You can pre-order it here :) hostpublications.com/products/the...
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
You can pre-order it here :) hostpublications.com/products/the...
there better be lesbian ice dancing in the next olympics
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM
there better be lesbian ice dancing in the next olympics
i'm almost as interested in women's sports as i am actively disinterested in men's sports
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
i'm almost as interested in women's sports as i am actively disinterested in men's sports
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retweet if you think trans people deserve a pack of cigarettes, six passports, nine flip phones, a pistol, a set of handcuffs, plane tickets, the key to a storage locker in ulaanbaatar, and $20,000 in cash
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
retweet if you think trans people deserve a pack of cigarettes, six passports, nine flip phones, a pistol, a set of handcuffs, plane tickets, the key to a storage locker in ulaanbaatar, and $20,000 in cash
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if i had a boyfriend i think i would ask them “notice anything different about me?” every few weeks regardless of whether or not i’d changed anything
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
if i had a boyfriend i think i would ask them “notice anything different about me?” every few weeks regardless of whether or not i’d changed anything
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February 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In celebration of b̵r̵e̵a̵s̵t̵s̵ Billie, we've got a discount for everyone just catching up
30% off What was eaten was given with code I<3BREASTS when you pair it with your preorder of 36 Views of My Breasts in the shop
kithbooks.com/shop
30% off What was eaten was given with code I<3BREASTS when you pair it with your preorder of 36 Views of My Breasts in the shop
kithbooks.com/shop
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trying to promote trans/queer/embodiment focused art on a platform whose calling card is we keep things civil sure is a trip. I've never been somewhere quite so allergic to flesh. who, exactly, is this meant to save?
February 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
trying to promote trans/queer/embodiment focused art on a platform whose calling card is we keep things civil sure is a trip. I've never been somewhere quite so allergic to flesh. who, exactly, is this meant to save?