Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW!
@jamsternazzy.bsky.social
Trans Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (queernorm Persian-inspired slice-of-life novella; finalist for IAFA Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy awards) & THE GLADE (queer bipoc+ MG mushroom horror). Newsletter at NaseemWrites.Kit.Com/join
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DID YOU KNOW I WROTE A SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE AND WE ARE NOW IN SPOOKY SEASON
I'm telling you, fungal science is THEE place to be. Fungi didn't get their own kingdom until the 70s. Mycologists are identifying on average 3,000 new species a year.
And neuroscientists are SLEEPING on the fungi-brain connection. Maybe if I'd known about it, I would have finished my PhD!
And neuroscientists are SLEEPING on the fungi-brain connection. Maybe if I'd known about it, I would have finished my PhD!
A few weeks ago I attended the Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival. I went as someone who is interested in most everything in the world, lives in a wet, fungi filled temperate rainforest, and is mostly ignorant about fungi. Here are some things I learned:
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm telling you, fungal science is THEE place to be. Fungi didn't get their own kingdom until the 70s. Mycologists are identifying on average 3,000 new species a year.
And neuroscientists are SLEEPING on the fungi-brain connection. Maybe if I'd known about it, I would have finished my PhD!
And neuroscientists are SLEEPING on the fungi-brain connection. Maybe if I'd known about it, I would have finished my PhD!
Love (/s) how BOTH senators from Nevada (where I live) AND the long-standing senator from Illinois (where I'm from) continue to be cowards. Not only do they support genocide abroad, but they apparently do so here, too.
(I say "apparently," but is anyone really surprised at this point?)
(I say "apparently," but is anyone really surprised at this point?)
Which party do you think has worse approval in America today?
Answer: Democrats—nearly 10 points worse than the GOP😳
A detailed case study, with receipts, of how corporate democrats have ruined our party and must be ousted for the party—and democracy—to survive
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-dems-h...
Answer: Democrats—nearly 10 points worse than the GOP😳
A detailed case study, with receipts, of how corporate democrats have ruined our party and must be ousted for the party—and democracy—to survive
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-dems-h...
Why Dems Have 35% Approval—Nearly 10 Points Lower Than Republicans
A case study of how corporate democrats have ruined our party and must be ousted for the party—and democracy—to survive
www.qasimrashid.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Love (/s) how BOTH senators from Nevada (where I live) AND the long-standing senator from Illinois (where I'm from) continue to be cowards. Not only do they support genocide abroad, but they apparently do so here, too.
(I say "apparently," but is anyone really surprised at this point?)
(I say "apparently," but is anyone really surprised at this point?)
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Please do not forget about the people of Gaza; Mohamed might not be able to return to his farm near the Egyptian border anytime soon, because the area is being reserved for the military buffer zone.
Hello brothers and sisters, I send you greetings from Gaza. My brothers and sisters, please help me overcome the circumstances I am living in; they are truly dire. Imagine yourself supporting 13 people in a camp. Please share and donate if you can.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Please do not forget about the people of Gaza; Mohamed might not be able to return to his farm near the Egyptian border anytime soon, because the area is being reserved for the military buffer zone.
Guess what? I'll be teaching my "Revise like a Scientist" revision workshop THIS WEEK!!! at @clarionwest.bsky.social. Thursday, 11/13, and Thursday, 11/20, from 4-6:30. First session is about how to read for craft; second session is how to apply those lessons to your own work to plan revisions 🧪🔬🥼✍️📝
Revision: Turning Writing into Art Using Craft Analyses & the Reverse Outline with Naseem Jamnia
Two Sessions | November 13 and 20
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Guess what? I'll be teaching my "Revise like a Scientist" revision workshop THIS WEEK!!! at @clarionwest.bsky.social. Thursday, 11/13, and Thursday, 11/20, from 4-6:30. First session is about how to read for craft; second session is how to apply those lessons to your own work to plan revisions 🧪🔬🥼✍️📝
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Alaa. Alaa is 22 and a medical student. Her family of 13 are displaced into tents, including her two year old sister Maka. Alaa is trying to ensure they have a warm tent for the winter, healthy food for Maka and to continue her studies.
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Alaa. Alaa is 22 and a medical student. Her family of 13 are displaced into tents, including her two year old sister Maka. Alaa is trying to ensure they have a warm tent for the winter, healthy food for Maka and to continue her studies.
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just read Naseem Jamnia's @jamsternazzy.bsky.social short story, Break Through Our Skin, in The White Guy Dies First (ed. Terry J Benton-Walker) and its such a gorgeously monstrous, sweet and affirming Trans body horror! I so recommend this great book of horror short stories!
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
just read Naseem Jamnia's @jamsternazzy.bsky.social short story, Break Through Our Skin, in The White Guy Dies First (ed. Terry J Benton-Walker) and its such a gorgeously monstrous, sweet and affirming Trans body horror! I so recommend this great book of horror short stories!
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November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
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I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
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November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
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a helpful starter pack to find stuff you may be interested in and/or is local to you
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I AM BACK after an incredible two weeks out of this dumpster fire wherein I didn't have my phone* or laptop**.
*because in this day and age, being a library activist is dangerous??
*this was annoying for travel
**we did bring our tablets, which is lucky because we needed BANK STATEMENTS??
*because in this day and age, being a library activist is dangerous??
*this was annoying for travel
**we did bring our tablets, which is lucky because we needed BANK STATEMENTS??
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I AM BACK after an incredible two weeks out of this dumpster fire wherein I didn't have my phone* or laptop**.
*because in this day and age, being a library activist is dangerous??
*this was annoying for travel
**we did bring our tablets, which is lucky because we needed BANK STATEMENTS??
*because in this day and age, being a library activist is dangerous??
*this was annoying for travel
**we did bring our tablets, which is lucky because we needed BANK STATEMENTS??
Such an absolutely incredible week teaching at @tinhouse.bsky.social Autumn Online Workshop!!!! The future of speculative fiction is SHINING!!!!!
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Such an absolutely incredible week teaching at @tinhouse.bsky.social Autumn Online Workshop!!!! The future of speculative fiction is SHINING!!!!!
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It's Black Speculative Fiction month!
All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.
1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...
2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
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All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.
1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...
2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's Black Speculative Fiction month!
All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.
1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...
2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.
1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...
2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
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Sama'a has a chance to move her children back into a real home after long, difficult weeks of living in a tent. Please give what you can to help.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sama'a has a chance to move her children back into a real home after long, difficult weeks of living in a tent. Please give what you can to help.
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I have never in my life wanted to be a New Yorker, but dammit, Zohran Mamdani is the closest I've ever come. This actually brought tears to my eyes. I hope so desperately that the system doesn't corrupt him like it has other progressives.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I have never in my life wanted to be a New Yorker, but dammit, Zohran Mamdani is the closest I've ever come. This actually brought tears to my eyes. I hope so desperately that the system doesn't corrupt him like it has other progressives.
I'm going to be singing this song with these new lyrics all day. Not only did I get a mushroom coin but @sillysyntax.bsky.social's novella mwahahahahaha
I don’t care if Monday’s dead
Tuesday’s dead and Wednesday’s dead
Thursday, I don’t care it’s dead
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Tuesday’s dead and Wednesday’s dead
Thursday, I don’t care it’s dead
it’s Friday, BUY A COIN
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October 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm going to be singing this song with these new lyrics all day. Not only did I get a mushroom coin but @sillysyntax.bsky.social's novella mwahahahahaha
This is VERY GOOD advice. I HUGELY REGRET that I didn't do this for all the stuff I published with Bitch Media. Those were some of my best pieces. Alas!!
periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is VERY GOOD advice. I HUGELY REGRET that I didn't do this for all the stuff I published with Bitch Media. Those were some of my best pieces. Alas!!
It has been utterly baffling to me to watch the Pritzker worship, as if that name isn't on a gazillion academic buildings/programs. Say it with me: BILLIONAIRES AREN'T OUR FRIENDS
I was Pritzker’s biggest fanboy, so I realize it’s hard to accept his betrayal. It was hard for me, but I saw it with my own eyes.
Please stop gaslighting me about Pritzker. You weren’t there. I was. These are Pritzker’s brown shirts, working fist-in-glove with ICE/CBP.
Please stop gaslighting me about Pritzker. You weren’t there. I was. These are Pritzker’s brown shirts, working fist-in-glove with ICE/CBP.
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It has been utterly baffling to me to watch the Pritzker worship, as if that name isn't on a gazillion academic buildings/programs. Say it with me: BILLIONAIRES AREN'T OUR FRIENDS
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We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!
Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi
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September 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!
Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi
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I was flipping through my alma mater alumni mag and saw a face, paused, and went, WAIT A MINUTE THAT GUY WAS MY TA! And that's how I learned my old TA wrote a book about neuroscience and speculative fiction, and also how I confirmed that he still reads my newsletter, over a decade later 🥹
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was flipping through my alma mater alumni mag and saw a face, paused, and went, WAIT A MINUTE THAT GUY WAS MY TA! And that's how I learned my old TA wrote a book about neuroscience and speculative fiction, and also how I confirmed that he still reads my newsletter, over a decade later 🥹
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Boosting this - it's so good! Naseem rocks!
DID YOU KNOW I WROTE A SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE AND WE ARE NOW IN SPOOKY SEASON
🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
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October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Boosting this - it's so good! Naseem rocks!