Kay Frost
@frostfiresky.bsky.social
Ex-bookseller, goth publishing gremlin, enemies-to-lovers aficionado.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Big day for people who care about other people
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big day for people who care about other people
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
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“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.
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Really cannot overstate how powerful this essay is. My ears were ringing by the end of it
I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony
by Alexandra Stronach
Read the essay at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#sciencefiction #scifi #nonfiction #essays
by Alexandra Stronach
Read the essay at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#sciencefiction #scifi #nonfiction #essays
August 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really cannot overstate how powerful this essay is. My ears were ringing by the end of it
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To break this down, you are a member of this class as an author if:
(A) you are the legal copyright owner, and
(B) the work is in LibGen or PiLiMi and was downloaded by Anthropic, and
(C) the work possesses either an ISBN or an ASIN, and
(D) the work was registered with the US copyright office.
(A) you are the legal copyright owner, and
(B) the work is in LibGen or PiLiMi and was downloaded by Anthropic, and
(C) the work possesses either an ISBN or an ASIN, and
(D) the work was registered with the US copyright office.
August 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
To break this down, you are a member of this class as an author if:
(A) you are the legal copyright owner, and
(B) the work is in LibGen or PiLiMi and was downloaded by Anthropic, and
(C) the work possesses either an ISBN or an ASIN, and
(D) the work was registered with the US copyright office.
(A) you are the legal copyright owner, and
(B) the work is in LibGen or PiLiMi and was downloaded by Anthropic, and
(C) the work possesses either an ISBN or an ASIN, and
(D) the work was registered with the US copyright office.
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Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
I have a complex internal flowchart for whether or not a given enemies-to-lovers dynamic works for me, and "they hate each other but they're both just soooo hot that they can't help themselves" is an auto-fail.
So many publicity emails for romantasy are all, "She's a scrappy working-class underdog with traumatic backstory! He's the heir to the throne, a power-hungry force of savage destruction! He's the embodiment of everything she loathes and cannot trust, but he's SOOO hot and can't stay away from her!"
August 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I have a complex internal flowchart for whether or not a given enemies-to-lovers dynamic works for me, and "they hate each other but they're both just soooo hot that they can't help themselves" is an auto-fail.
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Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
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nightshade for writers: it's a simple technological fix
August 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
nightshade for writers: it's a simple technological fix
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if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
There are still good, kind, decent people in the world
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk
People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
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www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
From the transgenderUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community
www.reddit.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
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In a world of John Boynes and JK Rowlings, be a Terry Pratchett. It's good advice on pretty much all topics.
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In a world of John Boynes and JK Rowlings, be a Terry Pratchett. It's good advice on pretty much all topics.
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from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
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Folks, as part of this whole crackdown on art: do not self report. Don't put things in summaries, don't do itemized lists of what is in your work. Make it hard for the censors to catch you. Make them read the whole thing. They usually won't.
July 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Folks, as part of this whole crackdown on art: do not self report. Don't put things in summaries, don't do itemized lists of what is in your work. Make it hard for the censors to catch you. Make them read the whole thing. They usually won't.
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The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
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I want to talk about my friend.
I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.
He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.
I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.
He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.
July 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I want to talk about my friend.
I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.
He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.
I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.
He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM