Ren Wyld
@wyld.bsky.social
K.A Ren Wyld
Writer of books, poetry, fiction, narrative nonfiction etc. Procrastinating by posting.
Aboriginal person (Martu)
They/she/Mx.
Free Palestine from the river to the sea!
Links > https://linktr.ee/KarenWyld
Writer of books, poetry, fiction, narrative nonfiction etc. Procrastinating by posting.
Aboriginal person (Martu)
They/she/Mx.
Free Palestine from the river to the sea!
Links > https://linktr.ee/KarenWyld
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Some of the Queer As publications are here. This project has been part of the ARC Saving Lives program that we’ve been working on for the last 5 years. It’s been a joy to get to do the surveys, talk to people, and analyse the genius that is queer Indigenous creativity.
queer-as.org/the-project/...
queer-as.org/the-project/...
Our Publications
Saving Lives Publications Click on the title of each chapter or article for abstract and access information. Many of these are Open Access (publicly available) – for those that aren’t, please…
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Some of the Queer As publications are here. This project has been part of the ARC Saving Lives program that we’ve been working on for the last 5 years. It’s been a joy to get to do the surveys, talk to people, and analyse the genius that is queer Indigenous creativity.
queer-as.org/the-project/...
queer-as.org/the-project/...
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Our QueerTV project has been a dream featuring queer complexities onscreen. So many responses to the survey, and most importantly so many shows that we’re listing in the stream text videos that we’re including shortly. Pubs here, and the stats are kind of hilarious too!
queer-as.org/queer-tv/
queer-as.org/queer-tv/
Queer TV
Complex Queer Representation on TV The Queer As… TV characters project got us thinking about how racially and queerly complex characters exist on TV. We conducted a long-form survey from 2022…
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Our QueerTV project has been a dream featuring queer complexities onscreen. So many responses to the survey, and most importantly so many shows that we’re listing in the stream text videos that we’re including shortly. Pubs here, and the stats are kind of hilarious too!
queer-as.org/queer-tv/
queer-as.org/queer-tv/
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Queer As… a podcast features expansive conversations with LGBTIQA+ Indigenous creative practitioners who share their work, lives, and processes of making. Partnering with @IndigenousX, we explore anti-colonial queer-centred joy, practice, and the everyday acts of resistance.
queer-as.org/a-podcast/
queer-as.org/a-podcast/
A Podcast
Queer As… a podcast features expansive conversations with LGBTIQA+ Indigenous creative practitioners who share their work, lives, and processes of making. Partnering with IndigenousX, we explore an…
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Queer As… a podcast features expansive conversations with LGBTIQA+ Indigenous creative practitioners who share their work, lives, and processes of making. Partnering with @IndigenousX, we explore anti-colonial queer-centred joy, practice, and the everyday acts of resistance.
queer-as.org/a-podcast/
queer-as.org/a-podcast/
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Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Queer As...
Exploring Queer Indigenous Creativity
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🧵
Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
Our new QUEER AS… website
Exploring queer Indigenous creativity.
With:
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up).
Indigenous Creatives
Queer Museums
Queer Tv - deep dive
Our pubs and info
queer-as.org
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Absolutely not. Conflating mental illness with white supremacy and the settler colonial ideology it rode in on is garbage. Western society is a system of hierarchies that require explanations for why some are allowed to control others. It is not a mental illness or personal failing
I’m convinced that hate, racism, misogyny and telling food stamp recipients what they can and cannot eat/purchase is a mental disorder.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely not. Conflating mental illness with white supremacy and the settler colonial ideology it rode in on is garbage. Western society is a system of hierarchies that require explanations for why some are allowed to control others. It is not a mental illness or personal failing
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If you're in Melbourne this Thursday, come hear Jeanine Leane and myself have a conversation about Unbroken Resistance. MCed by Jane Harrison. Event is free, bookings essential.
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
Blak Ink: Unbroken Resistance — Blak & Bright
In a world where our voices are constantly silenced, the truth cannot be ignored. At Blak & Bright, we amplify stories that demand to be heard. Blak Ink returns with its fourth and final installm...
www.blakandbright.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you're in Melbourne this Thursday, come hear Jeanine Leane and myself have a conversation about Unbroken Resistance. MCed by Jane Harrison. Event is free, bookings essential.
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
If you're in Melbourne this Thursday, come hear Jeanine Leane and myself have a conversation about Unbroken Resistance. MCed by Jane Harrison. Event is free, bookings essential.
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
Blak Ink: Unbroken Resistance — Blak & Bright
In a world where our voices are constantly silenced, the truth cannot be ignored. At Blak & Bright, we amplify stories that demand to be heard. Blak Ink returns with its fourth and final installm...
www.blakandbright.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you're in Melbourne this Thursday, come hear Jeanine Leane and myself have a conversation about Unbroken Resistance. MCed by Jane Harrison. Event is free, bookings essential.
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
www.blakandbright.com.au/events/blak-...
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I forgot how atomised platforms are now - Insta is my primary acc. We have a GoFundMe that has been lifesaving, enabling us to take time off work to manage this crisis. You can read more here about ways to support us and there’s links to cancer charities in my bio x www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-su...
Donate to Help Us Support Our Little Warrior, Nayirr, organized by Jessica Olivieri
Our beautiful boy, Nayirr, is three years old. Just days ago our world ch… Jessica Olivieri needs your support for Help Us Support Our Little Warrior, Nayirr
www.gofundme.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I forgot how atomised platforms are now - Insta is my primary acc. We have a GoFundMe that has been lifesaving, enabling us to take time off work to manage this crisis. You can read more here about ways to support us and there’s links to cancer charities in my bio x www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-su...
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"What an American Indian looks like, how one is defined, what they sound like, where they are supposed to live, and how they are supposed to fit into American life are all questions that have plagued the country for centuries." lareviewofbooks.org/article/rese...
Reservation Politics | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah McEachern reviews Jon Hickey’s debut novel “Big Chief.”
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"What an American Indian looks like, how one is defined, what they sound like, where they are supposed to live, and how they are supposed to fit into American life are all questions that have plagued the country for centuries." lareviewofbooks.org/article/rese...
Today, I'm blasting more overused words in the manuscript of my next movel. Really keen to have this done, so I can get stuck into writing my next manuscript - which is now haunting me day and night. Good sign that it's time to write it out. I ❤️ being a full time writer
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Today, I'm blasting more overused words in the manuscript of my next movel. Really keen to have this done, so I can get stuck into writing my next manuscript - which is now haunting me day and night. Good sign that it's time to write it out. I ❤️ being a full time writer
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If you're trying to puzzle out the future of books as we see more mergers, cost of living pressures, changing habits and the behemoth of AI, you should read the new issue of @austbookreview.bsky.social
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
Current Issue
In this special issue of Australian Book Review, we look at the future of the book in Australia. What do the rise in audiobooks, Silent Reading Clubs, and Gen Z’s preference for physical books tell us...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you're trying to puzzle out the future of books as we see more mergers, cost of living pressures, changing habits and the behemoth of AI, you should read the new issue of @austbookreview.bsky.social
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
I think Bluesky will end up being where I mostly post about books, writing, books, writers, books, #Auslit, diverse books.
I thought that about twitter many years ago, and that idea went pear shaped quickly 🤣
I thought that about twitter many years ago, and that idea went pear shaped quickly 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I think Bluesky will end up being where I mostly post about books, writing, books, writers, books, #Auslit, diverse books.
I thought that about twitter many years ago, and that idea went pear shaped quickly 🤣
I thought that about twitter many years ago, and that idea went pear shaped quickly 🤣
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Raelee Lancaster explores a 2014 debut that became an almost instant classic in the companion essay to our latest Queer Critics podcast. Blak, visionary and undoubtedly queer—Ellen van Neerven's Heat and Light blurs boundaries and binaries. Read more: bit.ly/3JcL69m
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Raelee Lancaster explores a 2014 debut that became an almost instant classic in the companion essay to our latest Queer Critics podcast. Blak, visionary and undoubtedly queer—Ellen van Neerven's Heat and Light blurs boundaries and binaries. Read more: bit.ly/3JcL69m
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In the final episode of the Queer Critics Podcast 2025, Raelee Lancaster joins @rebeccastarford_author to discuss Ellen van Neerven's Heat and Light. This genre-bending debut dissolves boundaries and binaries with its depictions of Blak queer life.
📖 Heat and Light is published by #UQPbooks.
📖 Heat and Light is published by #UQPbooks.
The Kill Your Darlings Podcast
Books Podcast · Updated Daily · Interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and beyond, brought to you by Kill Your Darlings magazine.
apple.co
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In the final episode of the Queer Critics Podcast 2025, Raelee Lancaster joins @rebeccastarford_author to discuss Ellen van Neerven's Heat and Light. This genre-bending debut dissolves boundaries and binaries with its depictions of Blak queer life.
📖 Heat and Light is published by #UQPbooks.
📖 Heat and Light is published by #UQPbooks.
Huge congratulations to Julie Janson, Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal Nation, our 2025 Author Fellow! Julie will work on her historical novel, Deliverance and Fornication the third book in the trilogy.
Read more here: buff.ly/nUzdC4Z
Photo credit: Julie Janson by P Penfold
Read more here: buff.ly/nUzdC4Z
Photo credit: Julie Janson by P Penfold
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Dear online scammers who used a disabled Australian's financial details to go on a one-day $700+ eating & drinking frenzy in Southampton UK - hope you got food poisoning and the Uber driver kicked you out before you got back to London today, ya dropkick c*nts.
I've been furious all day over this 😡
I've been furious all day over this 😡
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dear online scammers who used a disabled Australian's financial details to go on a one-day $700+ eating & drinking frenzy in Southampton UK - hope you got food poisoning and the Uber driver kicked you out before you got back to London today, ya dropkick c*nts.
I've been furious all day over this 😡
I've been furious all day over this 😡
I'm toying with the idea of applying the literary device of Grotesque in the new novel I'm writing. A darkly surreal Indigenous rebuttal of sad white girl novels. I think a necessary factor of using Grotesque in contemporary literature is refusing the abelism found within older works. #AmWriting
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm toying with the idea of applying the literary device of Grotesque in the new novel I'm writing. A darkly surreal Indigenous rebuttal of sad white girl novels. I think a necessary factor of using Grotesque in contemporary literature is refusing the abelism found within older works. #AmWriting
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Southerly journal has returned with a huge lineup of contributors: southerlylitmag.com.au/announcing-s...
My short story 'we find stories in the columns of light' is another fairly nerdy piece of spec-fic inspired by ham radios, camping and cyberdecks.
My short story 'we find stories in the columns of light' is another fairly nerdy piece of spec-fic inspired by ham radios, camping and cyberdecks.
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Southerly journal has returned with a huge lineup of contributors: southerlylitmag.com.au/announcing-s...
My short story 'we find stories in the columns of light' is another fairly nerdy piece of spec-fic inspired by ham radios, camping and cyberdecks.
My short story 'we find stories in the columns of light' is another fairly nerdy piece of spec-fic inspired by ham radios, camping and cyberdecks.
My mini crock pot lamb stew had too much liquid, so I've made dumplings for the first time. Stew with dumplings are giving me childhood nostalgia. Might taste gross but worth it for the feels
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My mini crock pot lamb stew had too much liquid, so I've made dumplings for the first time. Stew with dumplings are giving me childhood nostalgia. Might taste gross but worth it for the feels
#mobsky that amazing cover's artwork was created by @flashblak.bsky.social
www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
@southerlylitmag.bsky.social #Auslit
www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
@southerlylitmag.bsky.social #Auslit
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October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#mobsky that amazing cover's artwork was created by @flashblak.bsky.social
www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
@southerlylitmag.bsky.social #Auslit
www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
@southerlylitmag.bsky.social #Auslit
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“At a time when on-screen violence is commonplace and eyes begin to turn shamefully away, only a select few mediums continue to resist desensitisation. Poet Omar Sakr and artist Safdar Ahmed employ two of them.”
Nalini Jacob-Roussety reviews THE NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE — supported by @copyright.com.au
Nalini Jacob-Roussety reviews THE NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE — supported by @copyright.com.au
The art of resistance: The Nightmare Sequence by Omar Sakr and Safdar Ahmed - Overland literary journal
At a time of growing apathy, when on-screen violence has become commonplace and eyes begin to turn shamefully away, only a select few mediums continue to resist desensitisation. Poet Omar Sakr and ill...
overland.org.au
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“At a time when on-screen violence is commonplace and eyes begin to turn shamefully away, only a select few mediums continue to resist desensitisation. Poet Omar Sakr and artist Safdar Ahmed employ two of them.”
Nalini Jacob-Roussety reviews THE NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE — supported by @copyright.com.au
Nalini Jacob-Roussety reviews THE NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE — supported by @copyright.com.au
The fun part of editing a novel: searching for over-used words, and changing some.
(Not fun)
(Not fun)
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The fun part of editing a novel: searching for over-used words, and changing some.
(Not fun)
(Not fun)
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We will keep the fire burning and demand the government and police to protect the safety of our people and the sacred lands we gather on.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Stand Against Neo-Nazi Violence
Neo-Nazis attacked a sacred Aboriginal site, shouting 'white power.' Aboriginal leaders are calling for a massive wave of solidarity to get this investigated ASAP and prevent...
secure.avaaz.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We will keep the fire burning and demand the government and police to protect the safety of our people and the sacred lands we gather on.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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The neo-nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty was a direct attack on First Peoples - calculated and designed to intimidate, terrorise, and spread fear among our communities.
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
Crossbench calls for Camp Sovereignty attack to be investigated as hate crime, terror offence
More than twenty members of the federal parliamentary crossbench have written to the Albanese Government urging the attack on Camp Sovereignty in August to be treated as a hate crime.The attack on the...
nit.com.au
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The neo-nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty was a direct attack on First Peoples - calculated and designed to intimidate, terrorise, and spread fear among our communities.
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...
nit.com.au/22-10-2025/2...