Ellen Kirkpatrick
@elkwrites.bsky.social
Emerging Writer. Recovering Cultural Studies scholar. New here...
Words in Dark Mountain, HU, and The Belfast Review, and forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Pop Junctions...
Author of Un/Making Worlds (punctum books, 2023)
ellenkirkpatrick.co.uk
Words in Dark Mountain, HU, and The Belfast Review, and forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Pop Junctions...
Author of Un/Making Worlds (punctum books, 2023)
ellenkirkpatrick.co.uk
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Last week at Broken Frontier..THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH! “Themes Around Human Connection & Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works” – @rein-lee.bsky.social on Exploring Identity & Queerness in Comics, & Finding Your Way in the Small Press Community. www.brokenfrontier.com/rein-lee-int...
"Themes Around Human Connection and Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works" - Rein Lee on Exploring Identity and Queerness in Comics, and Finding Your Way in the Small Press Communit...
Rein Lee is one of Broken Frontier's 2025 'Six Small Press Creators to Watch' and they talk to us about their comics and practice.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Last week at Broken Frontier..THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH! “Themes Around Human Connection & Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works” – @rein-lee.bsky.social on Exploring Identity & Queerness in Comics, & Finding Your Way in the Small Press Community. www.brokenfrontier.com/rein-lee-int...
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Honoured to endorse Francesca Albanese's book, out now with @plutopress.bsky.social
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine.
Free to download, with the option to donate to @unrwa.org.
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@franceskalbs.bsky.social
www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine.
Free to download, with the option to donate to @unrwa.org.
.
@franceskalbs.bsky.social
www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press
A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine
www.plutobooks.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Honoured to endorse Francesca Albanese's book, out now with @plutopress.bsky.social
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine.
Free to download, with the option to donate to @unrwa.org.
.
@franceskalbs.bsky.social
www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine.
Free to download, with the option to donate to @unrwa.org.
.
@franceskalbs.bsky.social
www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
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A great conversation on @Revolution.social podcast with host @rabble.nz Henshaw-Plath. We discussed the power of network protocols, the dynamics of commoning in digital spaces, and Big Tech failures to understand their dependence on trust and sharing. Refreshing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5nZ...
“Think Like a Commoner" Author David Bollier on the Commons & Why Open Platforms Aren't Enough
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A great conversation on @Revolution.social podcast with host @rabble.nz Henshaw-Plath. We discussed the power of network protocols, the dynamics of commoning in digital spaces, and Big Tech failures to understand their dependence on trust and sharing. Refreshing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5nZ...
✨I have a new essay at @popjunctions.bsky.social on swap storytelling, radical imagining, and why swapping approaches often fall short—not just in fiction, but in social and political realms too.
Oh, and Captain Nemo 🦑
Big thanks to the Pop Junctions team for the space and support💖
bit.ly/nemo-swap
Oh, and Captain Nemo 🦑
Big thanks to the Pop Junctions team for the space and support💖
bit.ly/nemo-swap
Captain Nemo: A Swap Story, or Why We Can’t Barter Our Way to a Better World — Pop Junctions
Ellen Kirkpatrick dives into the character of Captain Nemo, particularly Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s gender-swapped version. She argues that story is the beating heart of social action, helpin...
henryjenkins.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
✨I have a new essay at @popjunctions.bsky.social on swap storytelling, radical imagining, and why swapping approaches often fall short—not just in fiction, but in social and political realms too.
Oh, and Captain Nemo 🦑
Big thanks to the Pop Junctions team for the space and support💖
bit.ly/nemo-swap
Oh, and Captain Nemo 🦑
Big thanks to the Pop Junctions team for the space and support💖
bit.ly/nemo-swap
Thrilled to share that my review of Sad Tiger is now live at Barrelhouse✨
Neige Sinno’s genre-defying memoir—trans. by Natasha Lehrer, out from Seven Stories Press—left me breathless. Grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the space & support💖
tinyurl.com/sadtiger-rev...
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Neige Sinno’s genre-defying memoir—trans. by Natasha Lehrer, out from Seven Stories Press—left me breathless. Grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the space & support💖
tinyurl.com/sadtiger-rev...
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Ellen Kirkpatrick Reviews Neige Sinno — Barrelhouse
Can literature bear witness without aestheticizing pain? Can story save us? Make us stronger? And what even counts as story?
www.barrelhousemag.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thrilled to share that my review of Sad Tiger is now live at Barrelhouse✨
Neige Sinno’s genre-defying memoir—trans. by Natasha Lehrer, out from Seven Stories Press—left me breathless. Grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the space & support💖
tinyurl.com/sadtiger-rev...
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Neige Sinno’s genre-defying memoir—trans. by Natasha Lehrer, out from Seven Stories Press—left me breathless. Grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the space & support💖
tinyurl.com/sadtiger-rev...
@sevenstories.bsky.social
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one of my fave things about theme calls is when they inspire and turn into work that I'd maybe never expected but that totally knocks me out. today's story from Matti Ben-Lev is such a perfect example of that.
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
Five Times I’ve Seen My Father Cry by Matti Ben-Lev
When my sister was born. I was seven. That swollen creature, face plum and puffy. I’ve never seen my father’s eyes shiver quite like that, not even when Mom left, ten years later. After their divorce,…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
one of my fave things about theme calls is when they inspire and turn into work that I'd maybe never expected but that totally knocks me out. today's story from Matti Ben-Lev is such a perfect example of that.
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
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One of the year's highlights this 👇
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the year's highlights this 👇
Just caught this episode – so good! Marc Garrett’s reflections on being a working-class artist hit hard. Great conversation exploring class, creativity, and resistance.🔥A proper shout from the margins. #FeralClass #RadicalArt #MustRead
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 36 Feral Class
Untamed. Unheard. Unstoppable.
For this episode with have a chat with Marc Garrett about his forthcoming book Feral Class.
Untamed. Unheard. Unstoppable.
For this episode with have a chat with Marc Garrett about his forthcoming book Feral Class.
Feral Class
YouTube video by Minor Compositions
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just caught this episode – so good! Marc Garrett’s reflections on being a working-class artist hit hard. Great conversation exploring class, creativity, and resistance.🔥A proper shout from the margins. #FeralClass #RadicalArt #MustRead
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"Cartoonists for Palestine" is a beautiful 250-page book featuring over 60 comic stories. I'm honored to be part of it with Issa, a story written by Francesca Mannocchi. The book was published by the American publisher Crucial Comix @mirkdrop.bsky.social
📖 Order the book here: tinyurl.com/26exa9wf
📖 Order the book here: tinyurl.com/26exa9wf
February 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Cartoonists for Palestine" is a beautiful 250-page book featuring over 60 comic stories. I'm honored to be part of it with Issa, a story written by Francesca Mannocchi. The book was published by the American publisher Crucial Comix @mirkdrop.bsky.social
📖 Order the book here: tinyurl.com/26exa9wf
📖 Order the book here: tinyurl.com/26exa9wf
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You want free comics? I got free comics...!
If you subscribe to my patreon.com/pauljholden you can read this in full colour (so far!)
Terran Omega Page 2-3
If you subscribe to my patreon.com/pauljholden you can read this in full colour (so far!)
Terran Omega Page 2-3
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You want free comics? I got free comics...!
If you subscribe to my patreon.com/pauljholden you can read this in full colour (so far!)
Terran Omega Page 2-3
If you subscribe to my patreon.com/pauljholden you can read this in full colour (so far!)
Terran Omega Page 2-3
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To kick off #EMMYSWATCH2025, Pop Junctions shares a 2-part interview on the @peabodyawards.bsky.social/Centre for Media and Social Impact podcast, We Disrupt this Broadcast. In Part 1, Lauren Alexandra Sowa interviews Jeffrey P. Jones about "Television that Changes Us".
EMMYS WATCH 2025 — Television that Changes Us (Part 1): An Interview with the Peabody Award’s Jeffrey Jones on We Disrupt This Broadcast — Pop Junctions
‘Emmys Watch 2025’ showcases critical responses to the series nominated for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Comedy, and Outstanding Limited Series at that 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Contributions to t...
henryjenkins.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
To kick off #EMMYSWATCH2025, Pop Junctions shares a 2-part interview on the @peabodyawards.bsky.social/Centre for Media and Social Impact podcast, We Disrupt this Broadcast. In Part 1, Lauren Alexandra Sowa interviews Jeffrey P. Jones about "Television that Changes Us".
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the streak of banger new list poems continues today with Tyler Tea Friend!
"...Trans Day of Horror
Trans Day of Honor
Trans Day of Dishonoring
Trans Day of Dishing..."
https://www.havehashad.com/7ho8l
"...Trans Day of Horror
Trans Day of Honor
Trans Day of Dishonoring
Trans Day of Dishing..."
https://www.havehashad.com/7ho8l
365 Days of Trans (January) by Tyler Tea Friend
Trans Day of Being Hungover Trans Day of Rebirth Trans Day of Forgetting to Take the Estradiol Trans Day of Getting a Papercut Trans Day of Getting It Trans Day of Getting Over It Trans Day of Yes,…
www.havehashad.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
the streak of banger new list poems continues today with Tyler Tea Friend!
"...Trans Day of Horror
Trans Day of Honor
Trans Day of Dishonoring
Trans Day of Dishing..."
https://www.havehashad.com/7ho8l
"...Trans Day of Horror
Trans Day of Honor
Trans Day of Dishonoring
Trans Day of Dishing..."
https://www.havehashad.com/7ho8l
Delighted to see my essay on Generational Warfare in activism featured in the always awesome @thebelfastreview.bsky.social and to be in such excellent company! I know what I'll be settling down to read this weekend, maybe you too...?
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues
#WeekendReading #Activism
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues
#WeekendReading #Activism
January 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Delighted to see my essay on Generational Warfare in activism featured in the always awesome @thebelfastreview.bsky.social and to be in such excellent company! I know what I'll be settling down to read this weekend, maybe you too...?
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues
#WeekendReading #Activism
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues
#WeekendReading #Activism
Excited to dive into this beautiful issue!! #MustRead
At long last, 𝑀𝑈𝑅𝐴𝐿𝑆 is live!🎨📸🖋
The most unique issue we have produced yet.
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals/
@fbereaud.bsky.social invites you all to wander with him through these pages—free to download or flip through, featuring Roberto R. Pozos & 60 contributors from across the globe.🌏
The most unique issue we have produced yet.
thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals/
@fbereaud.bsky.social invites you all to wander with him through these pages—free to download or flip through, featuring Roberto R. Pozos & 60 contributors from across the globe.🌏
January 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Excited to dive into this beautiful issue!! #MustRead
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We're delighted to share the cover for There She Goes: New travel writing by women, edited by Esa Aldegheri
#ThereSheGoes celebrates the stories of women getting on with getting from one place to another – the grit, courage and determination of moving through the world
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#ThereSheGoes celebrates the stories of women getting on with getting from one place to another – the grit, courage and determination of moving through the world
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
January 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We're delighted to share the cover for There She Goes: New travel writing by women, edited by Esa Aldegheri
#ThereSheGoes celebrates the stories of women getting on with getting from one place to another – the grit, courage and determination of moving through the world
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#ThereSheGoes celebrates the stories of women getting on with getting from one place to another – the grit, courage and determination of moving through the world
saraband.net/sb-title/the...
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In March New Island Books will be launching this fantastic anthology of Irish Autistic Writers edited by @niamhgarvey.bsky.social and I'm delighted to be one of them!
You can pre-order here: www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...
You can pre-order here: www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...
December 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM
In March New Island Books will be launching this fantastic anthology of Irish Autistic Writers edited by @niamhgarvey.bsky.social and I'm delighted to be one of them!
You can pre-order here: www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...
You can pre-order here: www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...