christa
@isthiswhatyouwant.org
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
https://tinytiny.garden
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
https://tinytiny.garden
in a hyperfixation personal website dev phase kick where i play around with code and mash it up and create an abomination
here are my most recent results (i still need to troubleshoot itttttt)
here are my most recent results (i still need to troubleshoot itttttt)
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
in a hyperfixation personal website dev phase kick where i play around with code and mash it up and create an abomination
here are my most recent results (i still need to troubleshoot itttttt)
here are my most recent results (i still need to troubleshoot itttttt)
i mean this so genuinely, everyone please get your ass a personal website. NO MORE RELIANCE ON PLATFORMS (except for socializing and chaos but come on!!!)
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
i mean this so genuinely, everyone please get your ass a personal website. NO MORE RELIANCE ON PLATFORMS (except for socializing and chaos but come on!!!)
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The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
wild.
u can now @ me @isthiswhatyouwant.org
u can now @ me @isthiswhatyouwant.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
wild.
u can now @ me @isthiswhatyouwant.org
u can now @ me @isthiswhatyouwant.org
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@christalei.bsky.social and i are still doing a #poetry reading! join us in early january: luma.com/pfk7h1b1
RESCHEDULING! SOFT BOI: A Reading with MK Zariel + christa lei · Zoom · Luma
SOFT BOI: A Boy Apparition x Soft Places Reading
(An online event on Zoom)
There are two transmasculine genders: the butch anarchist, and the tiny atemporal…
luma.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@christalei.bsky.social and i are still doing a #poetry reading! join us in early january: luma.com/pfk7h1b1
i'm trying to figure out alternative secure forms of communication besides irl and silos... but also a way to express myself and play with code:
tilde.club/~christa
i joined the tildeverse recently and it's been fun to explore
tilde.club/~christa
i joined the tildeverse recently and it's been fun to explore
~* WORK IN PROGRESS*~ !
tilde.club
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i'm trying to figure out alternative secure forms of communication besides irl and silos... but also a way to express myself and play with code:
tilde.club/~christa
i joined the tildeverse recently and it's been fun to explore
tilde.club/~christa
i joined the tildeverse recently and it's been fun to explore
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This is why you never give an inch to the bigots. All those centrists dems (Newsom, Mayo Pete) claiming there are concerns around trans kids, you're complicit in this.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
RFK Jr announces moves to cut off gender-affirming care for children – US politics live
Donald Trump’s health secretary announces rules designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is why you never give an inch to the bigots. All those centrists dems (Newsom, Mayo Pete) claiming there are concerns around trans kids, you're complicit in this.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
one of my LORs got their thank you present in the mail and i am v grateful for them and we just caught up and i love having writing friends, teachers, mentors <3
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
one of my LORs got their thank you present in the mail and i am v grateful for them and we just caught up and i love having writing friends, teachers, mentors <3
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
hi friends~
my first issue as a cnf editor for blood tree literature is out!
my first issue as a cnf editor for blood tree literature is out!
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
hi friends~
my first issue as a cnf editor for blood tree literature is out!
my first issue as a cnf editor for blood tree literature is out!
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Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡
Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.
Would appreciate a share ♡
Will type prompts in alt text!
💙📚 📚🌈
Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.
Would appreciate a share ♡
Will type prompts in alt text!
💙📚 📚🌈
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡
Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.
Would appreciate a share ♡
Will type prompts in alt text!
💙📚 📚🌈
Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.
Would appreciate a share ♡
Will type prompts in alt text!
💙📚 📚🌈
Reposted by christa
Remember, Mr. Rogers' original comment was intended for CHILDREN. Children need comfort, and their power is obviously very limited.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Remember, Mr. Rogers' original comment was intended for CHILDREN. Children need comfort, and their power is obviously very limited.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
fyi if you've wronged me and never acknowledged it, i am going to be so loud and obnoxious about it :)
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
fyi if you've wronged me and never acknowledged it, i am going to be so loud and obnoxious about it :)
I thought of an even lower stakes way of keeping in touch with me and stockpiling me for resources. Weeeeee. Introducing the Tiny Tiny Garden!
tinytiny.garden
tinytiny.garden
welcome to the tiny garden - the tiny tiny garden
download20251200183754-min.png What is this?This is Christa's digital garden. It is a working, living document that can change at any time. The name of the garden is the tiny tiny garden, after the …
tinytiny.garden
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I thought of an even lower stakes way of keeping in touch with me and stockpiling me for resources. Weeeeee. Introducing the Tiny Tiny Garden!
tinytiny.garden
tinytiny.garden
anyway I love that recovery has been mostly me playing Pokémon and watching tv and journaling and crying
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
anyway I love that recovery has been mostly me playing Pokémon and watching tv and journaling and crying
i feel like after my saturn return, something in me broke and i don't mind crying. crying is a release! i love tearz!!! just not when ppl witness them
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i feel like after my saturn return, something in me broke and i don't mind crying. crying is a release! i love tearz!!! just not when ppl witness them
i'm crying, a union email started with "we are approaching the end of the year and what a depressing one it's been" which is the mood
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
i'm crying, a union email started with "we are approaching the end of the year and what a depressing one it's been" which is the mood
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One of the most joyous feelings in the world is when your local elected officials are happy to see you show up for the small, but vitally important, civic meetings that make a community run. Even better? When they *hate* to see you show up.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
One of the most joyous feelings in the world is when your local elected officials are happy to see you show up for the small, but vitally important, civic meetings that make a community run. Even better? When they *hate* to see you show up.
I can't believe Olivia Nuzzi is younger than me and has not only majorly fucked up her career, but also written and published a mediocre Joan Didion-esque memoir that has no story whatsoever.
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I can't believe Olivia Nuzzi is younger than me and has not only majorly fucked up her career, but also written and published a mediocre Joan Didion-esque memoir that has no story whatsoever.
My gynecologist still thinks it’s weird that I wanted to keep my uterus and I told her I should have asked for religious reasons but I mean yeah…. Wouldn’t you want a piece of the thing that caused you immense pain?
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My gynecologist still thinks it’s weird that I wanted to keep my uterus and I told her I should have asked for religious reasons but I mean yeah…. Wouldn’t you want a piece of the thing that caused you immense pain?
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"Poets are often drawn to the genre because they can cloak their personal struggles with metaphor and allusion and any other veil of the trade they can unpack."
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
Memoir, Reinvented: The Pursuit of Truth with Terese Svoboda - Interviewed by Christa Lei — Epiphany Magazine
A conversation with Terese Svoboda about her latest book, writing through uncertainty, and using humor to face the unbearable truths that history leaves behind.
epiphanyzine.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Poets are often drawn to the genre because they can cloak their personal struggles with metaphor and allusion and any other veil of the trade they can unpack."
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
@tsvoboda.bsky.social interviewed by
@christalei.bsky.social on her new book, Hitler & My Mother-in-Law
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
my piece 'soft places' is featured in door = jar's winter issue: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
Winter 2025
Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.
www.doorisajarmagazine.net
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
my piece 'soft places' is featured in door = jar's winter issue: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
pre-order today, or just check out t(free99) the piece (in its entirety lol) on the website
my biggest regret in life is not buying a condo closer to the only Costco I know of in brooklyn
if you ate a costco hotdog, you may be entitled to compensation
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
my biggest regret in life is not buying a condo closer to the only Costco I know of in brooklyn
i made my first nomination for pushcart as an editor hehehehehe
i feel good hyping my writing community up
i feel good hyping my writing community up
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i made my first nomination for pushcart as an editor hehehehehe
i feel good hyping my writing community up
i feel good hyping my writing community up