Emma Alvarez Gibson
@alvarezgibson.bsky.social
Writer, designer, obsessive music & book & film nerd. Proud descendant of refugees and undocumented immigrants. Former Riot Grrrl. There is no them, only us. Love is the only thing but don't try me. Cantando, siempre cantando, aún en medio de mi amargura.
I got an email from America's Daddy saying that if I donate any amount via said email, I'll get a free copy of his impending book. Five dollars later, I hit enter and THIS popped up. Reader, I died of laugh attack.
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I got an email from America's Daddy saying that if I donate any amount via said email, I'll get a free copy of his impending book. Five dollars later, I hit enter and THIS popped up. Reader, I died of laugh attack.
Vale, Rich Peebles-Madigan. You were a force for good in this world and it is such a soul punch to have learned you've left us. My heart is broken. Fly free now.
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Vale, Rich Peebles-Madigan. You were a force for good in this world and it is such a soul punch to have learned you've left us. My heart is broken. Fly free now.
Nobody tell my aunt that I did this with a photo of her bathroom okthx
August 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nobody tell my aunt that I did this with a photo of her bathroom okthx
Garden report.
August 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Garden report.
Everything is bad and I am managing my life these days the way I would manage an angry, hysterical toddler, but today I got to meet this little miracle. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Everything is bad and I am managing my life these days the way I would manage an angry, hysterical toddler, but today I got to meet this little miracle. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First one is August 9. Today I sent out the zine that's part of this deal and I'm unabashedly, dorkily thrilled to have a reason to create a new zine every month. (If I had the means needed to print them all out, assemble them and mail them, I might die of joy.)
August 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
First one is August 9. Today I sent out the zine that's part of this deal and I'm unabashedly, dorkily thrilled to have a reason to create a new zine every month. (If I had the means needed to print them all out, assemble them and mail them, I might die of joy.)
Since last we spoke, I started a thing called Salt Moon. It's a monthly gathering via Zoom, a place to just sit and be in community as well as with everything raining down upon us to varying degrees. Not therapy, not a tragedy contest. Just community. Sliding scale. Scholarships available. (+)
August 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Since last we spoke, I started a thing called Salt Moon. It's a monthly gathering via Zoom, a place to just sit and be in community as well as with everything raining down upon us to varying degrees. Not therapy, not a tragedy contest. Just community. Sliding scale. Scholarships available. (+)
My Andalusian rock star horse friend says hello. But don't try to touch his face or his hair.
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My Andalusian rock star horse friend says hello. But don't try to touch his face or his hair.
the king & his ignorance
(portrait by my kid)
(portrait by my kid)
January 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the king & his ignorance
(portrait by my kid)
(portrait by my kid)
In case you need a palate cleanser, here's Lulu.
December 31, 2024 at 7:01 PM
In case you need a palate cleanser, here's Lulu.
I love a New York City story, and this one was graceful, meaty, clever, and pitch-perfect.
December 31, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I love a New York City story, and this one was graceful, meaty, clever, and pitch-perfect.
This was beautiful and astonishing and so full of love. It's also an alt-world story about @cimiv.bsky.social and me (though absolutely not what the author intended).
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 PM
This was beautiful and astonishing and so full of love. It's also an alt-world story about @cimiv.bsky.social and me (though absolutely not what the author intended).
There hasn't been a single week that goes by that I don't think about this one, since 2017.
December 31, 2024 at 6:34 PM
There hasn't been a single week that goes by that I don't think about this one, since 2017.
This one just makes me so, so happy.
December 31, 2024 at 5:46 AM
This one just makes me so, so happy.
I forced myself to read this slowly, feeling as though I were witnessing some blessed miracle of storytelling, of what it means to be human. "Oh, my God!," I kept saying to myself.
December 31, 2024 at 5:21 AM
I forced myself to read this slowly, feeling as though I were witnessing some blessed miracle of storytelling, of what it means to be human. "Oh, my God!," I kept saying to myself.
Meanwhile, for those of you who know her, please enjoy this roasting my mom gave me in the group chat with her sister.
December 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Meanwhile, for those of you who know her, please enjoy this roasting my mom gave me in the group chat with her sister.
Fun afternoon at the Academy Museum for kid's birthday. He was in it for the cyberpunk exhibit but honestly, it's always a damned fine experience there. @greatdismal.bsky.social is that cover from your collection?
December 16, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Fun afternoon at the Academy Museum for kid's birthday. He was in it for the cyberpunk exhibit but honestly, it's always a damned fine experience there. @greatdismal.bsky.social is that cover from your collection?
