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Sorren 🐺 @sorrenbriarwood.com · 17h
New year, new #Medium piece! This one is about the opening of my favourite #Ghibli film, peering into strangers’ windows at night, and speculating about strangers as the basis of #storytelling…
🌟🌃🌙

Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood

#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
A collage titled: “Love Thy Stranger: Whispering of the Heart, Night Windows, and Storytelling,” with text beneath reading “Whisper of the Heart shows the mundane for exactly what it is, and insists upon seeing the beauty in it, from its very first scene.” A smaller subtitle reads “Read for free on Medium ⭐️ Link in bio.” The venture of the graphic includes a screen cap from Whisper of the Heart, featuring a girl grasping something brightly glowing in her hands, spots of colour leaking out between her fingers. The graphic is decorated with cutout style photographs of Japanese stamps, a full moon, star string lights, a moth, a bicycle wheel, a page of sheet music, a cat tail, and a borrower’s card from a library book.
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder:
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
sorrenbriarwood.com
New year, new #Medium piece! This one is about the opening of my favourite #Ghibli film, peering into strangers’ windows at night, and speculating about strangers as the basis of #storytelling…
🌟🌃🌙

Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood

#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
A collage titled: “Love Thy Stranger: Whispering of the Heart, Night Windows, and Storytelling,” with text beneath reading “Whisper of the Heart shows the mundane for exactly what it is, and insists upon seeing the beauty in it, from its very first scene.” A smaller subtitle reads “Read for free on Medium ⭐️ Link in bio.” The venture of the graphic includes a screen cap from Whisper of the Heart, featuring a girl grasping something brightly glowing in her hands, spots of colour leaking out between her fingers. The graphic is decorated with cutout style photographs of Japanese stamps, a full moon, star string lights, a moth, a bicycle wheel, a page of sheet music, a cat tail, and a borrower’s card from a library book.
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.

It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
sorrenbriarwood.com
It’s a little disheartening to enquire specifically, “Are trans people welcome in this space?” and get, “We don’t have a policy, but EVERYONE is welcome!” Feels a little “all lives matter.”

If you don’t have a policy of inclusion, people can and will point to that as a justification to exclude.
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.

We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.

We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.

Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
Fury as Zack Polanski demands Brits pay millions to make migrants MORE comfortable
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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heajacq.bsky.social
“I think angels probably communicate wordlessly / Through strange coincidences or through / Other people when you actually listen to them”
tomsnarsky.bsky.social Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 10d
Claire Dougherty, from SONNETS FROM LENT
2/29/24 (And Another Poetry Reading) Last night I wanted to cry when you said You think all people are actually so smart when You listen to them. It made me so unexpectedly Happy to hear you say that. I want to say Something real, without trying to say it In a beautiful or literary way. It’s too easy to tell When someone is faking it. Tonight at the poetry Reading listening to the woman read about a visitation From an angel I thought, I don’t think an angel would describe your eyes As windows to your soul like that I think angels probably communicate wordlessly Through strange coincidences or through Other people when you actually listen to them
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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jaimiewhitbread.bsky.social
Taking some inspiration from reindeer today~

#sketchbook #sketching #reindeer #unicorns #unicornart #reindeerart #drawing #animalart #fantasyart #art #illustration #artprocess
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell ❄️✨ @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 15d
Got a plumber coming this afternoon because Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong, so it's a great day to buy my books! 😅

✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
Cover art for The Carnelian King and Other Stories by Arden Powell: fantasy illustration of a red and gold dragon with a snakelike head, catfish whiskers and koi scales, looking at a knight in golden armour. The knight is riding a dappled grey horse, who is rearing to meet the dragon. They are against a dreamy, romantic background of painted trees and sky. Queer fantasy short stories. Obsidian Island cover art: title over a golden compass surrounded by flowering crimson tree branches, on a navy blue background of swirling tentacles. MM fantasy adventure. The Bayou illustrated cover art: a minimalist black church surrounded by bare trees in front of a full moon or a pale sun, with a staring alligator underneath. Queer southern gothic horror. Flesh and Bone: an MM horror romance novella by Arden Powell. Cover art: yellow silhouettes of two cowboys on horseback ride inside the body of a huge black dog on a crimson background under an outline of the Rocky Mountains.
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.

A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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thrasherxy.bsky.social Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 23d
Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/
An image of a Blakc man holding a sing "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy"
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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iliadele.bsky.social
It’s my birthday!! I’m in the middle of a style shift/evolution and most of my work is nda, however it would be pretty sick if you like and reposted my work!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social
The Together for Palestine fund is trying to get a Palestinian lullaby to Christmas No 1 in the UK charts in an effort to help provide aid to the people of Gaza, but also showcase their culture and creativity.

👇🇵🇸👇🇵🇸👇

🔗 lnk.to/t4plullabyinsta
Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry - Lullaby
Listen to Lullaby by Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry.
lnk.to
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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ianusjwolf.bsky.social
Creative solidarity means:

If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.

Never help AI steal another medium

No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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sarahclark.bsky.social
Sundress Publications (@sundresspub.bsky.social) is open for submissions for microgrant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. Projects of all genres are welcome. Learn more and apply by December 31, 2025:

sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...
Olives. Microgrant for Palestinian Writers. Any genre, no fee. $500, one-week residency, potential publication. Apply by December 31st, 2025. Sundress Publications.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
sorrenbriarwood.com
I've been posting to #Medium recently! Earlier this week I shared a piece about innocence and (im)mortality in children's animation. If you'd like to check it out, you can find it at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood

#TheLastUnicorn #StevenUniverse #TheOwlHouse #BeeAndPuppycat
A blue graphic with gold text titled: "“I Can Feel This Body Dying All Around Me!” Innocence and Immortality in Children’s Animation." Central to the graphic is a screencap from the 1982 animated film 'The Last Unicorn,' featuring a white-haired woman with purple eyes standing before a tapestry depicting a bearded unicorn with a flowing mane. Text below reads: "From first days at school to first kisses, children's media often incorporates the many milestones that line the path winding towards adulthood. “First reckoning with the inevitably of death,” is a looming obelisk that many storytellers, understandably, choose to neatly sidestep... Read for free on Medium ✦ Link in bio." The graphic is decorated with golde objects, including a sculpted wing, two nine-pointed stars, a set of sewing scissors, a key, and a rose.
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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jonkk.bsky.social
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
sorrenbriarwood.com
I had the privilege of contributing a poem to @rtie.org's Supreme Injustice zine. I wrote a sonnet inspired by the indelible beauty of my transfeminine sisters/siblings, because god, do they deserve a love poem.

Please check the zine out (for free!) here:
rtie.org/2025/11/29/supreme-injustice/
A blue graphic titled "Canute's Folly: A sonnet for my transfeminine sisters." In the centre is an image with the text "Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh: Supreme Injustice! Community Response to Supreme Court Ruling." A preview below reads: "Forbid the ocean from her rightful name, Your fingers tracing curses in the foam..." Below in smaller text: "Read for free on rtie.org ✦ Link in bio." The graphic below is decorated with pearls, an anchor, blue coral, a blue shell, and a whale's tail.
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
sorrenbriarwood.com
I can’t resist an excuse to read trans books, so with zero plan I’m joining in with #DecemberTransReadathon 🏳️‍⚧️

(I made my own graphic as I prefer portrait, link in the replies if anyone else would like to use it.)

My first read was Vol 1 of Planet of the Wheat/Mugi no Wakusei by Torino Shino 🥖🛸🌾
A calendar in the colours of the trans flag, titled “tfr. 2025 December Trans Readathon.” The first slot is filled with the cover of Volume 1 of the manga The Planet of the Wheat. A text box in the bottom right corner reads: “Add a picture of your current read to each day on the calendar! If a book takes multiple days, add it more than once. Reading everyday matters more than finishing books!”
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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moh-kohn.bsky.social
Zack is right and on the right message. 6th richest country in the world and libraries still closing down, potholed roads and all that. The physical decline of the country is marked. The money is *somewhere*. We face a coordination/hoarding problem not a lack of total wealth problem.
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Nov 30
Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?

Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.

No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
andrewlewinmp.bsky.social Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · Nov 30
The OBR downgraded productivity by £16billion. It's not, 'made up' Zack. Have another read.

New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.

450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.

Progressive choices. That's who we are.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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malmseyy.com
Here's your reminder to draw in a sketchbook!!!!!
Draw ugly!! Draw weird!!!!
DRAW WITH NOTHING BUT PEN OR PAINT MARKERS
LET YOURSELF MAKE MISTAKES

it's part of the process~
A sketchbook is being held open to messy doodles on both pages. The left page has a bunch of paint marker doodles and blobs of color on it while the right page is all lining pen and highlighter.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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theabigailthorn.bsky.social
The trans community’s trust in the NHS’ new puberty blocker trial is low and I can’t help but wonder whether they could have prevented that by involving ANY trans people in its design or operation, and maybe not involving several people who have attended conferences of anti-LGBTQ hate groups
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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featherfangart.bsky.social
If It Doesn't Exist, MAKE IT.

Aka. The motivational bnuy.
#originalart
an illustration featuring a jackalope levitating in the void with a red ribbon flowing around it that says 'if it doesn't exist, make it.'
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
Rest in power to the 281 trans people murdered this year, as @tgeuorg.bsky.social’s report confirms. Today we remember them 🕯️🧵 #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance
A protest scene at a trans rights march. Text reads: “Transgender Day of Remembrance – Nov 20, 2025. 281 transgender people were murdered this year, with a rise in targeting of Trans+ activists, in a worrying trend.” A short summary explains that the latest Transgender Murder Monitoring report shows a notable increase in attacks on activists and movement leaders. Branding for QueerAF is in the corner.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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scott1gray.bsky.social
Zadie Smith.
writeups.org Writeups.org @writeups.org · Nov 12
With alt text.
You know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out thatwhat a country values can change overtime. Sometimes, though, there's a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you've actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word - but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass - and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little island - even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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secondlina.com
Ballet [1/4]
A cartoon crow looks up at a poster for a ballet studio that includes art of 6 ballerinas dancing and a guide of the first 5 ballet feet positions. The crow marvels that humans can glide on the ground as birds do in the sky. The crow decides to try dancing too, following the illustrated poses on the poster. The crow crosses their legs and bounces.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
sorrenbriarwood.com
With the sheer number of people engaging with AI, we can’t necessarily infer a causation here. That said, this is all really alarming. The “reduction” of poor responses they’re framing as a boast, but can’t prove the efficacy of, is just not good enough- and that’s them trying to make it sound good.
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM