elle
ellycat.bsky.social
elle
@ellycat.bsky.social
Trans geek mostly active on Mastodon
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I want to share a bit about my personal experiences with Total Mobility, as a user. I'm someone who can often use buses and trains (which I'll call mass transit here, because I consider taxis with TM part of the public transport system) but sometimes I can't. 1/?
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Excited and grateful to have been awarded a residency at Toi Pōneke for next year:

toiponeke.nz/events/2025/...
2026 d/Deaf and/or Disabled Artist Development Residency announcement — Toi Pōneke
Toi Pōneke is pleased to announce that writer Andi C. Buchanan has been awarded the d/Deaf and/or Disabled Artist Development Residency for 2026
toiponeke.nz
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Hey, it's Cozy Up with Fantasy!

TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 cents.

It includes my yarn shop/witchy sapphic romance Spellcasting On.

You can find all the books at:
www.cozyupwithfantasy.com
Home - Cozy Up With Fantasy
Welcome to Cozy Up With Fantasy! Here's a cozy holiday season gift for you. 🎁 TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 c...
www.cozyupwithfantasy.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Oh hey, my essay on Alienation and Agency in Nino Cipri's Finna is now free to read - along with the rest of the Vector SFF and Class Issue:

vector-bsfa.com/2023/12/02/s...
Vector 294 SFF and Class
Vector 294 is now available to download. We open issues to the public after about two years. An index of back issues of Vector can be found at the ISFDB. For the availability of individual print is…
vector-bsfa.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Paperbacks are here! Look at the pretty!

(NZ peeps, I have a few for direct sale, $25 inc postage, $40 this plus any Windflower book (rural may be a little more), let me know if interested. Intl folks, you can order from your local bookshop, or direct from Amazon.)
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Eeep, it's launch day! Australian pre-orders have already magically turned into books, and the rest will be heading to ereaders as the timezones tick over.

Get your sapphic witchy yarn-filled magic here: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy
Spellcasting On
Juno’s living her dream—her little yarn shop is flourishing, she's working on her own knitting projects, and her witchy past is far behind her. She's more than happy to teach new customer Lane to knit...
buy.bookfunnel.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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lesbian? artist? aspiring artist? want to help build a collective with the goal of getting more lesbian art out into the world?

then I have a discord server that wants you!
no matter the kind of art you do - writing, painting, sculpting, voice acting, erotica, cooking! all are welcome.
are you a lesbian? do you like making art? do you like making lesbian art? do you want to help build a lesbian art collective with the goal of helping getting more lesbian art out into the world?

then tell me. I have a discord server I'm trying to get off the ground.
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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You can now pre-order Spellcasting On - my witchy, sapphic, yarn shop book - from your favourite ebook retailer: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy

If you're a reviewer, you can request an eARC at booksirens.com/book/EOU3RGE...

Paperbacks coming soon!

🧶✨👭
Spellcasting On
Juno’s living her dream—her little yarn shop is flourishing, she's working on her own knitting projects, and her witchy past is far behind her. She's more than happy to teach new customer Lane to knit...
buy.bookfunnel.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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12th Doctor: ...and there I was with Franz Ferdinand...
Whoever: omg you actually did it? You helped him avoid assassination? Stopped both world wars and saved millions of lives? Completely changed the course of history.
12th Doctor: ...at Glastonbury. Good times.
June 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Spellcasting On is now available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle! It's a sapphic romance filled with yarn and magic and I'm really excited to share it with you 👭🧶✨

www.amazon.com/Spellcasting...
Spellcasting On (Riverbank Yarns Book 1)
Amazon.com: Spellcasting On (Riverbank Yarns Book 1) eBook : Christopher, Andi R.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Do we yet have a replacement term that doesn't reference a certain franchise for the sort of normal "I have a cold" sick that people who aren't chronically ill mean when they say they're sick? I don't mean acute, I just mean regular boring short term illness.
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Anyone who claims to be concerned about women's safety but isn't concerned about at least one of: affordable housing, raising benefit levels, public transport frequency, pharmaceutical testing, and airbags in cars is fucking suspect imo.
April 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I try to stay away from politics but this crab eating a grape is very important.
March 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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NZ readers! I desperately need to clear some book space for new stuff and have a few bundles of the first edition Windflower books (witchy sapphic novellas) so putting them on sale, $50 for all 5 books, absolute bargain. Includes postage if you're not rural. Msg me if interested. #pukapuka
March 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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I want to go to the Tesla showroom protest but I'd probably have to get a taxi and knowing my fucking luck the taxi would be a Tesla and it would be extremely awkward.
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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aussiemandias be like "yeah go on, look on my fuckin works cunt and have a sook"
December 12, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Make it Easy has created 8 booklets for and about the Rainbow community.

These booklets were co-designed with 4 members of PFNZ.

The project was funded by the Rule Foundation.

The Rainbow Easy Read documents are available for free download at:
linktr.ee/rainboweasyr...
February 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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It's so frustrating to see an endless stream of images on here, all of which are worthy of being shared, but which lack Alt Text.

I know people who rely on Alt Text. Please, people: include it for their sakes, or for those who might like some extra context, like characters' names or the property. 🥺
February 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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the nadir of trans rights in New Zealand was right before the Posie Parker rally. It felt like everybody was against us, the media painted us as absurd radicals.

Thousands of counterprotestors showed up to her Wellington event, filling Civic Square. One TERF showed up and it wasn't even Posie.
not trying to minimize the harms being done but please believe the country supports trans kids your enemies are made of paper
February 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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There's a parliamentary petition for an independent review of the Cass report into gender medicine for young people. It's a problematic document from by the previous government, shaped by TERFs.

If you're a Brit, you can sign it, whether in the UK or not.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services
We believe that trans healthcare should be based on unbiased research that is peer reviewed. We think that the Cass review's findings have led to restrictive practices that are being directly felt by ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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Fancy an historical fantasy about shape-shifting farm girls in WW2 coming into their power?

I've made the "No Man's Land" ebook 50% off across platforms til the end of the year.

books2read.com/u/38ngRV
Available now at your favorite digital store!
No Man's Land by AJ Fitzwater
books2read.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Hey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget
November 11, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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Also they put a lot of weight on financial interdependence. Get shared bank accounts - even if just for bills or holiday savings while you keep most separate. Get bills in both names if you can. If the person w higher income gets the groceries, show that. Ditto if you make a major purchase together.
hey if you're planning to immigrate to NZ on a partners' visa they need a quite comprehensive record of the relationship, so start mutually screenshotting DMs, spend as much time together and get as many pictures as possible etc
November 7, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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I'm disabled... of course I'm a villain!
at Litcrawl
Saturday 9th November 7:15pm
Te Auaha, Dixon St

No tickets, just come along. Koha at the door. Wheelchair accessible and NZSL interpreted.
October 21, 2024 at 10:35 PM