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Elizabeth Hopkinson
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She/they. Author of Asexual Fairy Tales and Angelio series. Mostly here for the OFMD content. On Threads as angeliocitystate.
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Elizabeth Hopkinson @hidden-grove.bsky.social · Jun 16
hidden-grove.bsky.social
#FolkloreThursday
Who remembers this skipping rhyme?

Raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry jam,
Tell me the name of your young man.
A, B, C, D….
Do you love him or not?
Yes, no, yes, no…
How many kisses did you give him?
5, 10, 15, 20…
What colour dress were you wearing?
Red, white, black…
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
I wrote a blog (it kind of turned into a massive essay) inspired by your series on Empire. I’d be honoured if you could read it. I mean, it’s not perfect but I had a go.

hiddengroveextra.blogspot.com/2025/11/empi...
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
What does Europe mean to you?
My Grandad - a working class Scot who lived through WWII - loved and believed in Europe. It should be his legacy.
Watch European Movement UK's video featuring Caroline Lucas: bsky.app/profile/euro...
europeanmovement.co.uk European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 8d
To so many of us, Europe is more than a place, it’s a part of who we are. Hear what the public had to say when we went out and asked them what Europe means to them.
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
You won a British Fantasy Award?!?!? 😮😮😮
sachacoward.bsky.social Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 12d
So... I only went and WON A BLOODY BRITISH FANTASY AWARD!!!!
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
@ofmcommunity.bsky.social Thank you so much to those who paid it forward so I could attend #TheWeeCon, even if virtually. 💜
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
It’s #AllSaintsDay - the perfect day to get a copy of Legends from Lindisfarne: Diverse & Inclusive Saints.

For those of you still stuck on #Halloween it includes the tale of St. Ronán, accused of being a werewolf!

www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/legends-from...
Legends from Lindisfarne
Elizabeth Hopkinson. Prizewinning author of fairy tales and historical fantasy.
www.elizabethhopkinson.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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refugeeaction.bsky.social
Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo?

We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans!

People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
A delivery truck with the slogan "STOP SCAPEGOATING. START FIXING BRITAIN." drives past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on a sunny day. Four activists wearing Refugee Action t-shirts stand in front of 10 Downing Street, holding signs that support refugee rights in the UK. A truck displaying a digital billboard with the message "Everyone needs a safe place to live. Build homes and stop scapegoating migrants." from James, Spen Valley, parked in front the Home Office. Person standing in front of 10 Downing Street wearing a T-shirt that reads "SAY IT LOUD SAY IT CLEAR REFUGEES WELCOME HERE," with another person and a security officer in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
Does anyone else have a word (or words) they will never fully understand no matter how many dictionary definitions they read? It just doesn’t compute. I’ll go first.
- spooky
- quaint
- fetishise
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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kittredgecherry.bsky.social
Sally Gross was a South African #intersex activist who was a Catholic priest, but was stripped of clergy status when she revealed a female identity. Queer theologians still study her work. For Intersex Awareness Day (Oct. 26): #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/sally-gross-...
Sally Gross: Intersex priest led legal reform after being defrocked
Sally Gross was an intersex Catholic priest who was stripped of clergy status after revealing that she identified as female in the 1990s in South Africa. She became an intersex activist, winning legal...
qspirit.net
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Hopkinson
acecommunitysurvey.bsky.social
Today is the Intersex Awareness Day.

Some of out 2022 ace respondents were also intersex. Check the number!

#asexual #asexuality #ace #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality #intersex
White letters that say "Intersex People" over a purple background and the logo of the Ace Community Survey Team (four squares colored with the asexual flag colors. The last one has a white tick over it). Among aces, 1.3% reported that they were intersex or had been born with physical differences in sex anatomy. A further 6.5% were unsure if they had these differences. The majority of aces (92.2%) did not report intersex characteristics.
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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clh2oars.bsky.social
Cheeky little marketing post as #AceWeek comes to an end? I would never.

Get your ace fantasy books here 🥰

claudiearseneault.com/my-books/

🌈📚 ♠️🌈📚 💙📚 #AsexualAwarenessWeek #AceWeek2025 #QueerAdultSFF
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Asexual Awareness Week! We are celebrating with 24 more asexual book recommendations! 🧵
A graphic with a background made up of the asexual flag which has four stripes: black, gray, white and purple. Overlaid is a translucent white square in the middle with a thin white outline surrounding the square. Text reads “24 asexual books for asexual awareness week!”. The 28 is in ace flag colors while the text below alternates the ace colors. At the bottom of the graphic is text that reads “@rainbowcratebookbox” in all caps white font.
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social I wrote a whole blog in response to your Interview with the Vampire article, after rereading the book. Sorry that the colour goes weird at the end - I couldn’t fix it any better.

hiddengroveextra.blogspot.com/2025/10/asex...
Asexual Vampires?
Historical fantasy author Elizabeth Hopkinson on history, folklore and the arts.
hiddengroveextra.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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acecommunitysurvey.bsky.social
The 2025 Ace Community Survey has been released! tinyurl.com/AceSurvey2025
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
#AceWeek Where to get started with my books.
#AceFairyTales #Angelio

youtu.be/zb9qqkBr8WE?...
Ace Week 2025 - Author Elizabeth Hopkinson
YouTube video by Elizabeth Hopkinson
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October 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
Celebrating some of my asexual wins over the years for #AceWeek

A thread, in no particular order, starting with…

Being the subject of a BBC short film

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
'I write asexual fairytales'
Elizabeth Hopkinson crowdfunded to raise money to write the modern version of historic fables.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
Shout out to my fellow aspec writers @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social @littlebadger.bsky.social and @clh2oars.bsky.social

Let’s fill the world with ace joy!
#AceWeek

Art by Anna Hopkinson
An ace of spades with black, grey, white and purple stripes
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Reposted by Elizabeth Hopkinson
beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
Support an ace writer this #aceweek and order a signed copy of my asexual romance, In the Eye of the Beholder!!

kofi: ko-fi.com/s/1d22cd6ec5
etsy: spilledinkcoffeebook.etsy.com

#booksky #romancelandia #asexual #smallbiz #shopsmall
💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚
In the eye of the beholder trope map: Disability rep. Ace x ace. Animal companion. Beauty and the beast inspired. Plus size fmc. Grumpy x sunshine. LGBTQIA besties. Generational trauma. Interracial relationship.
October 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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avenofficial.bsky.social
Happy Ace Week! Ace week runs this year from 19th to 25tb October.

This week should be about ace joy, as much as it is about awareness, education etc. but we know this week can be difficult too because with increased visibility there also comes acephobia.
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Hopkinson
transactualuk.bsky.social
Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week, is an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness and expanding education of asexuality.

We stand in solidarity with our Ace siblings, team members and supporters!

#AceWeek #AsexualityAwareness #Asexual #LGBTQIA
October 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
It’s Ace Week and AVEN are raising funds to keep their vital work going. AVEN helped me discover myself in 2011 and publicly supported my first book of Asexual Fairy Tales. I’m so grateful!
#AceWeek2025 #aces #asexuality #aspec
gofund.me/28d0bb2ea
Donate to Help keep AVEN running for the next two years!, organized by AVEN Project Team
For almost 25 years, AVEN has been working to help ace and aro people… AVEN Project Team needs your support for Help keep AVEN running for the next two years!
gofund.me
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
This 💜🤍🖤
ohjoysextoy.bsky.social Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 27d
2/2 This comic by @sparklemaia.bsky.social hits the venn diagram sweet spot of our readers' overlapping interests: tea, cats, and sexuality deep dives!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/ace-101-spar...
IMAGE: Maia gestures in front of a wall of tea containers, each labeled different asexual statuses. Some labels include: aceflux, demi, reciprosexual, greysexual, cupiosexual, lithosexual, fictosexual, aegosexual, fraysexual. Maia: There are millions of ways to be ace! We can use increasingly spevific microlabels to try to put words to our experiences, but the truth is: identity is dynamic and fluid and messy, and language is always evolving. Friend: But... but... then what's the point?! Maia: Having a word for yourself is empowering! When I finally discovered the word asexual, it was such a huge relief! It gave depth and context to my sexuality, and connected me to a whole community of people like me, people who get me and celebrate this part of my identity. Being ace is something I LOVE about myself. It's powerful and joyful and freeing. I love it so much, I wanna just- (Maia points at their baseball cap with the Ace flag on it) -wear it on my forehead. Transcribed October 14, 2025 by Matt Nolan and Erika Moen
October 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
This is a brilliant essay. Read it, my siblings, and take heart!
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
Please enjoy my chosen 3 best reads of the year.

There were so many I could have picked…

#books #reading

shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
Want to know Elizabeth Hopkinson's Top 3 Books of 2025?
Elizabeth's top 3 reads of 2025 include Mermaids Never Drown and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
shepherd.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
hidden-grove.bsky.social
When you *know* it’s spam!

Smutty Book Club allegedly wants to feature the ace activist author. “It would be the perfect fit”. 😂🤣😂
Email from Smutty Book Club offering to feature Silver Hands
October 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM