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christalei.bsky.social
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
I am drafting the first bits of the Jonathans by hand in blood red ink 😂 I was testing out the ink after I refilled it. It’s been a beautiful and intentional act to jumpstart me into writing
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
sometimes you live long enough to see yourself become your parents.

sorry, your messages and notifications DID NOT find me
August 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
me, drafting a critical analysis about a white man i have no choice but to credit some of my literary DNA to, but am regretful i didn't know about his contemporaries: google can i blame david foster wallace for my adhd
July 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I think I should just turn my text messages into poetry because damn
July 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
this dog was most likely the best dog
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wondering if I need to refine this presentation and just go out with one big epic Shrektravaganza before I retire this completely

Here is a slide from the original presentation (I did it for Bone Broth Astrology.)
What say you all?
June 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
honestly pride month is exhausting in a “everyone’s watching but no one’s really seeing” kind of way

so i’ve been opting out, eating fruit in bed, and celebrating in micro-joys

aka sending memes to my fellow gays with zero context. that’s family.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If I love you, I’ll send you terrible selfies of me entering and exiting medical procedures like nobody’s business

(My blood pressure WAS high, thank u white coat hypertension) #disabled #chronicallyill #illchronically #spoonies
May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Funny how travel sparks up creativity. I'm going through several massive changes in my life, and after a trip to Spain (land of my colonizers) with my comet partner... things have shifted. This one's going to come out on Friday, and I'm excited for you to read it.

open.substack.com/pub/isthiswh...
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the chef came over and cooked dinner and told me my knives and cookware suck (they kind of do) but whatever I’m going to theirs next time 🫡
May 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
someone i’m seeing is a chef and other than leaving our dates STUFFED, I apparently also come home with cookware that they “stole from a hotel” they used to work at 😂
April 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
life lately // a dump off the metaverse
March 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tomorrow’s a fun* one that was much longer than I anticipated.

*not that fun, it actually addresses abuse, trauma and more. But like, joking about ketamine is a little funny.
open.substack.com/pub/isthiswh...
March 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
@saturnsgold.bsky.social sends me the big news and I poke holes immediately 😂
February 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
anyway to refresh the feed and cleanse my TL from my processing and anger… here is a picture of my dogs. they rarely curl up together in the same place so this was too cute
February 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
new dating profile bio just dropped:
February 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So, this one's going to be a hard one.
Turning it into a series because, well, why the f not?
Later today, on Valentine's Day: Untangling Trauma Threads!
:')
(Yes, I wrote this all in a frenzied fury. As most of my passionate posts are.)

open.substack.com/pub/isthiswh...
February 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
k sesh 3 down and this one made me feel DIIIIIZZZY 😭 but alsoOoOo we go up a little each time and this time I was YAPPING AND PROCESSING. My integrator this time was wonderful and I have therapy tmrw to continue the process
February 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Have you all met my rapper alter ego

U can get my new mixtape off soundcloud or whatever (not rly but this was a fun outfit that brought me joy)
February 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A timeline cleanse: My very geriatric mother loves to show her love through ✨gifts✨ and therefore, her belated holiday presents for her grandpups
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
my bois
February 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
God my dog is a Renaissance painting irl
January 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Proof, I checked my “Reconnect”:
January 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Christa-coded characters

Chaos reigns supreme.
January 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Post you from a different era

From my dog mom/identifying as a straight woman and tattoo-less era
To my hair in every color era 🌈
November 20, 2024 at 10:06 PM