Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
Disaster trans woman with a PhD in media studies. I write stuff sometimes. (she/her)
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Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
· Nov 19
So, since my follower count here doubled this week, hi!
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
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Excited to show everyone House of the Underworld's cover!
Madalithea's story is going truly wild places alongside Maria Ying's The Persephone Effect, so please look forward to more turmoil, lesbian romance, sisterhood, escalating danger, and baking!
itch: ciricegray.itch.io/house-of-the...
Madalithea's story is going truly wild places alongside Maria Ying's The Persephone Effect, so please look forward to more turmoil, lesbian romance, sisterhood, escalating danger, and baking!
itch: ciricegray.itch.io/house-of-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excited to show everyone House of the Underworld's cover!
Madalithea's story is going truly wild places alongside Maria Ying's The Persephone Effect, so please look forward to more turmoil, lesbian romance, sisterhood, escalating danger, and baking!
itch: ciricegray.itch.io/house-of-the...
Madalithea's story is going truly wild places alongside Maria Ying's The Persephone Effect, so please look forward to more turmoil, lesbian romance, sisterhood, escalating danger, and baking!
itch: ciricegray.itch.io/house-of-the...
Trans children and adolescents routinely cite online communities as life-saving in the face of irl peer networks that can be alienating and bigoted.
Using a policy that makes lives worse for trans kids to sidestep how media and government have created a climate of disposability is beyond repugnant.
Using a policy that makes lives worse for trans kids to sidestep how media and government have created a climate of disposability is beyond repugnant.
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trans children and adolescents routinely cite online communities as life-saving in the face of irl peer networks that can be alienating and bigoted.
Using a policy that makes lives worse for trans kids to sidestep how media and government have created a climate of disposability is beyond repugnant.
Using a policy that makes lives worse for trans kids to sidestep how media and government have created a climate of disposability is beyond repugnant.
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
Yokoso, Ave Mujica no Sekai e.
Yokoso, Ave Mujica no Sekai e.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
Yokoso, Ave Mujica no Sekai e.
Yokoso, Ave Mujica no Sekai e.
An underdiscussed element of toxic yuri, I think, and part of the reason I'm so psyched to be a in a bundle full of trans writers writing it, is a very transfem genre at all levels.
Transfem litfic is a catalogue of awful lesbians. Critically acclaimed transfem horror is full of shitty lesbians.
Transfem litfic is a catalogue of awful lesbians. Critically acclaimed transfem horror is full of shitty lesbians.
Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).
Sentient obsessed swords. Heartless criminals. Domineering vampire mistresses. Star-crossed outcasts.
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
An underdiscussed element of toxic yuri, I think, and part of the reason I'm so psyched to be a in a bundle full of trans writers writing it, is a very transfem genre at all levels.
Transfem litfic is a catalogue of awful lesbians. Critically acclaimed transfem horror is full of shitty lesbians.
Transfem litfic is a catalogue of awful lesbians. Critically acclaimed transfem horror is full of shitty lesbians.
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Please consider supporting me on SubscribeStar, this obviously is a major income loss and I am not sure if I will be able to recover from it if things do not go smoothly
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Please consider supporting me on SubscribeStar, this obviously is a major income loss and I am not sure if I will be able to recover from it if things do not go smoothly
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Roxxie can barely afford to eat right now. bsky.app/profile/roxx...
I'm out of food and rent's due Wednesday if anyone can pitch in even a little bit to keep me alive another month
gofund.me/6ab0f67d
gofund.me/6ab0f67d
Donate to Help Roxxie Survive Depression and Mental Health Crisis, organized by Roxxie Moth
Hello,
I'm stuck in a crisis of mental health and financial in… Roxxie Moth needs your support for Help Roxxie Survive Depression and Mental Health Crisis
gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Roxxie can barely afford to eat right now. bsky.app/profile/roxx...
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Today’s read (cheeky one before work!) from this incredible bundle: itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
The Gunrunner and the Hound by Maria Ying (at the time composed of @benjanun.bsky.social @devi.bsky.social )
Some of the most sicko of sicko lesbians, a thrill ride from top to bottom!
The Gunrunner and the Hound by Maria Ying (at the time composed of @benjanun.bsky.social @devi.bsky.social )
Some of the most sicko of sicko lesbians, a thrill ride from top to bottom!
Poison Lilies November by Maria Ying and 15 others
Poison Lilies November: 24 items for $15.00
itch.io
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today’s read (cheeky one before work!) from this incredible bundle: itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
The Gunrunner and the Hound by Maria Ying (at the time composed of @benjanun.bsky.social @devi.bsky.social )
Some of the most sicko of sicko lesbians, a thrill ride from top to bottom!
The Gunrunner and the Hound by Maria Ying (at the time composed of @benjanun.bsky.social @devi.bsky.social )
Some of the most sicko of sicko lesbians, a thrill ride from top to bottom!
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So, this week on #PrincessionOrchestra, the girl is refusing to use her words, so I resorted to making this:
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So, this week on #PrincessionOrchestra, the girl is refusing to use her words, so I resorted to making this:
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Unlimited Combat Dolls is now three months away, and I figure it's time to start introducing you to the cast!
Say hello to our protagonist and resident sorrowful killing machine: Dragonfly.
You can get her misadventures here:
tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/unlimited-co...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNCDLSDT
Say hello to our protagonist and resident sorrowful killing machine: Dragonfly.
You can get her misadventures here:
tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/unlimited-co...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNCDLSDT
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Unlimited Combat Dolls is now three months away, and I figure it's time to start introducing you to the cast!
Say hello to our protagonist and resident sorrowful killing machine: Dragonfly.
You can get her misadventures here:
tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/unlimited-co...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNCDLSDT
Say hello to our protagonist and resident sorrowful killing machine: Dragonfly.
You can get her misadventures here:
tinylesbianrobot.itch.io/unlimited-co...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNCDLSDT
Would not have called Mr. Chainsaw Man as doing a lesbian gender bender one shot that just runs through all the big Fictionmania brainworms....
"Woke Up As a Girl Syndrome" lmao
"Woke Up As a Girl Syndrome" lmao
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Would not have called Mr. Chainsaw Man as doing a lesbian gender bender one shot that just runs through all the big Fictionmania brainworms....
"Woke Up As a Girl Syndrome" lmao
"Woke Up As a Girl Syndrome" lmao
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Some recommendations for feminist retellings that nail down the feminism part.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Some recommendations for feminist retellings that nail down the feminism part.
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80% of the way to our third goal of $7k!
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
80% of the way to our third goal of $7k!
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
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What do I have to do to get you to hear me? I'm shouting and pleading with you, but no one is listening. People, I want to study! I want to study for my future and my dreams, so my family won't need anyone. Please share my voice everywhere.
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What do I have to do to get you to hear me? I'm shouting and pleading with you, but no one is listening. People, I want to study! I want to study for my future and my dreams, so my family won't need anyone. Please share my voice everywhere.
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
I do think this is a better way to think about tech issues than e.g., “anxious generation,” but I do worry that a lot of this thinking, while right in some diagnoses risks being taken too strongly and reifying industrialization as the root of all problems.
While complementary, we point out some unique benefits of taking an evo perspective here:
First, it helps establish a theory-driven baseline of human behavior
(12/n)
First, it helps establish a theory-driven baseline of human behavior
(12/n)
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I do think this is a better way to think about tech issues than e.g., “anxious generation,” but I do worry that a lot of this thinking, while right in some diagnoses risks being taken too strongly and reifying industrialization as the root of all problems.
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🌸beep boop 🌸
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌸beep boop 🌸
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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New goals for the poison lilies toxic Yuri bundle! Check it out:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New goals for the poison lilies toxic Yuri bundle! Check it out:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
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Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).
Sentient obsessed swords. Heartless criminals. Domineering vampire mistresses. Star-crossed outcasts.
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).
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I think I've hit a point where I'm more irritated by people authoritatively declaring that things are AI when they're pretty clearly not than I am with the people that post AI slop in the first place
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I think I've hit a point where I'm more irritated by people authoritatively declaring that things are AI when they're pretty clearly not than I am with the people that post AI slop in the first place
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
Oh wow! Anyway, bonuses!
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
Somehow we've blown past our second goal in just 6 days! I'll be raising the goal shortly, and many of our contributors will be announcing their new goal incentives.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh wow! Anyway, bonuses!
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
I don't usually post SV updates, to avoid spamming Bluesky; but I figured I should announce that Carve It on My Bones is back to updating on SV! forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/carv...
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
Carve It on my Bones (Forcefem Mecha Melodrama) Original - Mature - Sci-Fi
My Fair Lady meets Count of Monte Cristo but with forcefem and giant robots.
Held captive against 'her' will, her body altered and augmented without her consent, the newly christened Nasidiena Melusi...
forums.sufficientvelocity.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don't usually post SV updates, to avoid spamming Bluesky; but I figured I should announce that Carve It on My Bones is back to updating on SV! forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/carv...
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
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One of the titles included in this bundle is These Rainy Autumn Nights by @shadell.itch.io, which is best pitched as: what if Dorley but instead of a basement, they're put in a weird eldritch school that's stuck in a timeloop for thousands of years? itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One of the titles included in this bundle is These Rainy Autumn Nights by @shadell.itch.io, which is best pitched as: what if Dorley but instead of a basement, they're put in a weird eldritch school that's stuck in a timeloop for thousands of years? itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Something I love about writing toxic yuri (sorry, “poisoned lilies” plz no delist) is getting to have characters that suck, that hurt and get hurt and genuinely fuck things up but still get to be targets of empathy and understanding and, get to have moments of joy and silliness.
RCBG nails this!
RCBG nails this!
One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth needs no introduction, pretty much peak toxic transfem yuri. The web serial is now collected and included in the bundle!
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Something I love about writing toxic yuri (sorry, “poisoned lilies” plz no delist) is getting to have characters that suck, that hurt and get hurt and genuinely fuck things up but still get to be targets of empathy and understanding and, get to have moments of joy and silliness.
RCBG nails this!
RCBG nails this!
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One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth needs no introduction, pretty much peak toxic transfem yuri. The web serial is now collected and included in the bundle!
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
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I know what you're thinking: How did Bee allow us to add RCBG, a story about totally cis men* taking oestrogen for an underground competition?
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
Welcome to Toxic Yuri November! That's not a thing, you say? Well, now it is. Our new bundle is just $15 for TWENTY-FOUR titles, all united by everyone's favorite theme: terrible, no-good, dangerous lesbians.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I know what you're thinking: How did Bee allow us to add RCBG, a story about totally cis men* taking oestrogen for an underground competition?
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!