christa lei
@christalei.bsky.social
if sailor moon was a fat, queer, disabled writer & consultant 💓✨
Tin House ‘25, DISQUIET ‘25 ✍🏼
matador contributor; writing in vast chasm & herstry, etc
JAKE poetry editor & blood tree lit CNF editor
https://christalei.me/links
Tin House ‘25, DISQUIET ‘25 ✍🏼
matador contributor; writing in vast chasm & herstry, etc
JAKE poetry editor & blood tree lit CNF editor
https://christalei.me/links
My gynecologist still thinks it’s weird that I wanted to keep my uterus and I told her I should have asked for religious reasons but I mean yeah…. Wouldn’t you want a piece of the thing that caused you immense pain?
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My gynecologist still thinks it’s weird that I wanted to keep my uterus and I told her I should have asked for religious reasons but I mean yeah…. Wouldn’t you want a piece of the thing that caused you immense pain?
Reposted by christa lei
"Poets are often drawn to the genre because they can cloak their personal struggles with metaphor and allusion and any other veil of the trade they can unpack."
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
Memoir, Reinvented: The Pursuit of Truth with Terese Svoboda - Interviewed by Christa Lei — Epiphany Magazine
A conversation with Terese Svoboda about her latest book, writing through uncertainty, and using humor to face the unbearable truths that history leaves behind.
epiphanyzine.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Poets are often drawn to the genre because they can cloak their personal struggles with metaphor and allusion and any other veil of the trade they can unpack."
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
my piece 'soft places' is featured in door = jar's winter issue: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
Winter 2025
Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.
www.doorisajarmagazine.net
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
my piece 'soft places' is featured in door = jar's winter issue: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
my biggest regret in life is not buying a condo closer to the only Costco I know of in brooklyn
if you ate a costco hotdog, you may be entitled to compensation
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
my biggest regret in life is not buying a condo closer to the only Costco I know of in brooklyn
i made my first nomination for pushcart as an editor hehehehehe
i feel good hyping my writing community up
i feel good hyping my writing community up
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i made my first nomination for pushcart as an editor hehehehehe
i feel good hyping my writing community up
i feel good hyping my writing community up
Reposted by christa lei
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
I know my spouse and I have been together for a long time when we’ve picked up each other’s neurodivergence 😂
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I know my spouse and I have been together for a long time when we’ve picked up each other’s neurodivergence 😂
someone bake skillet cornbread with honey butter for me all day every day plz
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
someone bake skillet cornbread with honey butter for me all day every day plz
FINALLY GOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE THING THATS BEEN CAUSING ME PAIN AND ALL IT TOOK WAS YEETING MY UTERUS TO DO IT
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
FINALLY GOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE THING THATS BEEN CAUSING ME PAIN AND ALL IT TOOK WAS YEETING MY UTERUS TO DO IT
surprise i wrote about my hysterectomy a little
isthiswhatyouwant.org/posts/soft-p...
isthiswhatyouwant.org/posts/soft-p...
Soft Places, New Faces
isthiswhatyouwant.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
surprise i wrote about my hysterectomy a little
isthiswhatyouwant.org/posts/soft-p...
isthiswhatyouwant.org/posts/soft-p...
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
what is meant for me is meant for me and apparently the universe is like shut up bitch we like when you’re strange and make shit up more than your traumatic dramatic real life
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
what is meant for me is meant for me and apparently the universe is like shut up bitch we like when you’re strange and make shit up more than your traumatic dramatic real life
Reposted by christa lei
All joking aside, Mamdani being a Trump Whisperer doesn’t mean Trump is no longer a fascist—he is and Mamdani even said so in the Oval Office with Trump—but it might mean Mamdani will be better able to protect and provide for New Yorkers while Trump is in power.
And that’s a good thing.
And that’s a good thing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
All joking aside, Mamdani being a Trump Whisperer doesn’t mean Trump is no longer a fascist—he is and Mamdani even said so in the Oval Office with Trump—but it might mean Mamdani will be better able to protect and provide for New Yorkers while Trump is in power.
And that’s a good thing.
And that’s a good thing.
if i directly solicit you for a piece to send to one of the publications where i'm an editor, there's like a 99.9% chance you're going to be published esp if you direct your query TO ME IN UR COVER LETTER OK
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
if i directly solicit you for a piece to send to one of the publications where i'm an editor, there's like a 99.9% chance you're going to be published esp if you direct your query TO ME IN UR COVER LETTER OK
Reposted by christa lei
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I mean this is fairly obvious since there's a book about it, but in terms of prolific white women writers who primarily talk about LA, you've got Joan Didion and Eve Babitz.
And one of them is your favorite. You can't choose both.
I have a favorite. And I only fuck with people who share the fave
And one of them is your favorite. You can't choose both.
I have a favorite. And I only fuck with people who share the fave
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I mean this is fairly obvious since there's a book about it, but in terms of prolific white women writers who primarily talk about LA, you've got Joan Didion and Eve Babitz.
And one of them is your favorite. You can't choose both.
I have a favorite. And I only fuck with people who share the fave
And one of them is your favorite. You can't choose both.
I have a favorite. And I only fuck with people who share the fave
What’s meant for me is meant for me. 💓
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
What’s meant for me is meant for me. 💓
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This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
Reposted by christa lei
This man’s family survived the Nazis only to be persecuted by ICE 70 years later.
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This man’s family survived the Nazis only to be persecuted by ICE 70 years later.
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Paul John Bojerski is being held in a camp & threatened with deportation despite being born in a German refugee camp.
He’s in a wheelchair being denied his regular medical care & medicine:
Reposted by christa lei
Kash Patel’s girlfriend is getting tax payer funded FBI protection, despite not being his spouse & not living in the same city
You know who doesn’t get any protection?
The Epstein survivors
The women who people feel should “name names” despite having their lives threatened repeatedly for years
You know who doesn’t get any protection?
The Epstein survivors
The women who people feel should “name names” despite having their lives threatened repeatedly for years
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Kash Patel’s girlfriend is getting tax payer funded FBI protection, despite not being his spouse & not living in the same city
You know who doesn’t get any protection?
The Epstein survivors
The women who people feel should “name names” despite having their lives threatened repeatedly for years
You know who doesn’t get any protection?
The Epstein survivors
The women who people feel should “name names” despite having their lives threatened repeatedly for years
Reposted by christa lei
Dr Oz isn’t mincing words, he’s stating the regime’s eugenicist goals loud & clear
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dr Oz isn’t mincing words, he’s stating the regime’s eugenicist goals loud & clear
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
“Want to drop the cost of healthcare in America? Get healthy”
Where does that leave disabled and chronically ill people?
We can’t “choose” to get healthy.
They have no plan for healthcare.
Their plan is eugenics
the biggest mindfuck of getting surgery is not being able to eat anything but liquids for 24h leading up to it and IT IS THE WORST
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
the biggest mindfuck of getting surgery is not being able to eat anything but liquids for 24h leading up to it and IT IS THE WORST
Reposted by christa lei
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
bad news everyone
my surgeon won't let me keep my diseased uterus when it comes out because they have to chop and splice it into pieces to confirm that i have said affliction that she suspects
my surgeon won't let me keep my diseased uterus when it comes out because they have to chop and splice it into pieces to confirm that i have said affliction that she suspects
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
bad news everyone
my surgeon won't let me keep my diseased uterus when it comes out because they have to chop and splice it into pieces to confirm that i have said affliction that she suspects
my surgeon won't let me keep my diseased uterus when it comes out because they have to chop and splice it into pieces to confirm that i have said affliction that she suspects