Aimee Pokwatka
@aimeepokwatka.bsky.social
Author of the novels SELF-PORTRAIT WITH NOTHING (2022), THE PARLIAMENT (2024), and ACCUMULATION (forthcoming 2026) (she/her)
www.aimeepokwatka.com
You can preorder signed copies of ACCUMULATION here: https://www.bedfordbooks.shop/accumulation
www.aimeepokwatka.com
You can preorder signed copies of ACCUMULATION here: https://www.bedfordbooks.shop/accumulation
When I was in college, I took a biotechnology seminar (this was 98/99?) and was made to read The Double Helix, memoir of nightmare racist/misogynist geneticist James Watson. JUSTICE for Rosalind Franklin, FUCK James Watson forever; I will FOREVER be furious I had to read his stupid, sexist book.
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
When I was in college, I took a biotechnology seminar (this was 98/99?) and was made to read The Double Helix, memoir of nightmare racist/misogynist geneticist James Watson. JUSTICE for Rosalind Franklin, FUCK James Watson forever; I will FOREVER be furious I had to read his stupid, sexist book.
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if you want a place to channel your energy that isn’t raw panic?
you live somewhere with a schoolboard.
find all of its members’ emails. it isn’t hard.
find out their plans to deal with this. demand they ignore it. almost no one ever does even this much & you can legit make a difference.
you live somewhere with a schoolboard.
find all of its members’ emails. it isn’t hard.
find out their plans to deal with this. demand they ignore it. almost no one ever does even this much & you can legit make a difference.
States must ax transgender references from sex ed or risk losing funds, Trump admin says
The mandate comes just days after the Trump administration terminated funding for a sex education program in California.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
if you want a place to channel your energy that isn’t raw panic?
you live somewhere with a schoolboard.
find all of its members’ emails. it isn’t hard.
find out their plans to deal with this. demand they ignore it. almost no one ever does even this much & you can legit make a difference.
you live somewhere with a schoolboard.
find all of its members’ emails. it isn’t hard.
find out their plans to deal with this. demand they ignore it. almost no one ever does even this much & you can legit make a difference.
Dug into these tonight, and I'm so grateful for this recommendation! Gobsmacking!
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dug into these tonight, and I'm so grateful for this recommendation! Gobsmacking!
