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Madeleine Gunhart
@madeleinegunhart.bsky.social
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Writer of Romantasy + Witchy Nonfiction. Tarot reader. The other PNW cryptid. She/they

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Highly recommended tatting up toy catalogues as a fun creative outlet
A page from the American Girl Doll catalogue featuring a doll in a 1950s style outfit with a flouncy ponytail and a lemon-print dress. I’ve drawn little “tattoos” (such as planets, mushrooms, cats, hearts, and flowers) on the doll’s arms and face in green pen.
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Architectural critic Herbert Muschamp once wrote, “Seattle’s new Central Library is a blazing chandelier to swing your dreams upon,“ which imo is an apt description of the magic of libraries in general. I’ll never forget the awe I felt exploring this building & its many treasures for the first time.
The reading room of the Seattle Public Library’s Central Branch. The walls are slanted glass with a diamond patterned structure, acting as floor-to-ceiling windows. Reading chairs, shelves of DVDs, and a greenery-patterned carpet can also be seen in the room A shiny green escalator A shiny, curved hallway painted completely red from top to bottom Another room with glass diamond-patterned walls. Desks and study nooks fill the space.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Today’s show is brought to you by the letter F! Fund PBS. Fight the power. Feed your neighbors. F*** ICE . Free Palestine, Sudan, & Congo. Flatten anti-trans rhetoric. Familiarize yourself w/ disability activism. Fund mutual aid. Forget AI. Find courage. Facilitate change. Forge a better world.
Me (white femme with long brown hair, wearing blue eyeshadow and false lashes) in a PBS IS PUNK shirt by the brand Two Crow Collective. The shirt graphic features the PBS logo with added piercings, a Mohawk, and a collar, as well as the phrase PBS IS PUNK.
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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literally how it would have happened if it was me
Screenshot from an article that reads: A store employee also told Storyful the monkey had gotten spooked by one of the store’s animatronic decorations. Ultimately, the monkey’s owner was able to entice it with a cookie and regain control.
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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First task of spooky season is getting the witch vaccinated ✨
Me (white femme) with a large pin-up witch tattoo on my upper arm, with a band-aid over it. I’m wearing a lilac face mask with a gold mask chain featuring a crescent moon charm.
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Art Garfunkel on Flight of the Conchords was also a delight
Art Garfunkel standing next to Jermaine Clement dressed as Art Garfunkel on Flight of the Conchords
August 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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You know I need to bring up Paul & Linda McCartney appearing on the Simpsons on the condition that Lisa remained a vegetarian for the entire series.
Animated versions of Paul and Linda McCartney on the Simpsons
August 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Katey Sagal didn’t give her all to this role so we could still be asking questions like this 25 years later!!
Cover of Disney’s SMARTHOUSE featuring a dad and two sons looking up in fear at a giant stepford wife-esque AI woman
August 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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For real, trying to write this year has been so
Still from the live action Cat in the Hat film, where Mike Myers as the Cat sneaks up behind an unsuspecting boy with a baseball bat
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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In 1973 a man wrote to E.B. White expressing his fears about the bleak future of humanity. This was White’s response:
North Brooklin, Maine, 30 March 1973 Dear Mr. Nadeau: As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness. Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly. It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right. Man’s curiosity, his relentlessness, his inventiveness, his ingenuity have led him into deep trouble. We can only hope that these same traits will enable him to claw his way out. Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. Sincerely, E. B. White
August 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Reading by capy light
A book being illuminated by a soft lamp shaped like a capybara
August 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The newest Ghoul House resident moved in today 🖤🕸️
A Wednesday Addams Monster High doll in her school uniform inspired by the show WEDNESDAY. She stands in front of a cauldron-shaped shelf with an assortment of doll accessories such as a ouija board, books, black candles, and plants. Thing rests on her arm. A Wednesday Addams Monster High doll in her school uniform inspired by the show WEDNESDAY. She stands in front of a cauldron-shaped shelf with an assortment of doll accessories such as a ouija board, books, black candles, and plants. Thing rests on her arm.
August 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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My bags are packed
Me (white brunette femme) in a Gremlins sweater with Gizmo on it, holding a Gizmo plush, wearing Gizmo earrings, and showing off my Gizmo tattoo.
August 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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When the auction opens on August 18th, you’ll have the opportunity to bid on two different Tarot readings from me—a creativity-focused reading or a reading on the topic(s) of your choice! There are SO many other cool items in here as well, so take a browse and mark your calendars!
Graphic for the We the People Summer Fundraiser, August 18th through 27th, to benefit #kidlit4ceasefire and immigrant and trans rights. Below the text is a QR code and web address to the 32 auctions site.
August 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I’ve donated two Tarot readings to the We the People Summer Fundraiser, benefiting #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza as well as immigrant and trans rights! I’m no longer offering Tarot readings anywhere else, so this is an exclusive opportunity to have your cards read by me!
We the people summer fundraiser graphic with a QR code that leads to my auction item “Tarot reading with Madeleine Gunhart”
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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This inspired me to finally put together an aesthetic board for Romantasy 1! 💖🌱🪦🍯🌸
A collage of “cottage core” images. Close-ups of light pink and dark purple hair. A pretty plate of pancakes. A man’s chest in a pastel blue suit. A stone tower. Golden liquid in a vial. A grave surrounded by flowers. White antlers. Fire. A romantic silhouette of two people made from greenery and yellow flowers. Two hands reaching for each other in a wooded forest.
August 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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When your D&D materials are on the same table as your voting materials and it appears like you decided your ballot by rolling d20s. @elections.kingcounty.gov
A circular “I voted King County” sticker featuring an illustration of trees next to two multicolored 20-sided dice.
August 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Living my best romantasy writer life at a fantasy-themed wedding.
Selfie of me (white femme with brown hair) in a pink dress, a pink flower crown, and makeup in gold and pink tones. A lush garden with bushes, pink and blue flowers, a wooden staircase, and evergreen trees in the background.
August 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Green text that reads “let’s craft our world in the image of radical love”surrounding a collage of children’s book illustrations from Winnie the Pooh, Corduroy, Little Bear, Ferdinand, Charlotte’s Web, and the works of Richard Scarry and Beatrix Potter
July 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Green text that reads “care keeps us safer than force ever could” surrounding a collage of children’s book illustrations from Winnie the Pooh, Corduroy, Little Bear, Ferdinand, Charlotte’s Web, and the works of Richard Scarry and Beatrix Potter
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Green text that reads “community is in our reach, let’s embrace it” surrounding a collage of children’s book illustrations from Winnie the Pooh, Corduroy, Little Bear, Ferdinand, Charlotte’s Web, and the works of Richard Scarry and Beatrix Potter
July 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Green text that reads “a softer world is possible if we dream it together” surrounding a collage of children’s book illustrations from Winnie the Pooh, Corduroy, Little Bear, Ferdinand, Charlotte’s Web, and the works of Richard Scarry and Beatrix Potter
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Incredible
Small brown and white sheltie-mix dog in a “cave” style bed shaped like a strawberry.
July 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Ordering a milk tea and seeing this emoji film on top was a fun bit of unexpected joy this week. I loved adding the straw “nose”! 😜🧋
Plastic film on top of a milk tea container that looks like a winking face emoji with its tongue out. The drink beneath it is yellow, and the straw is placed where the face’s nose might be, adding to the effect.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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No cheating post the most recent pic of your pets
My dog Leela, a small brown sheltie mix, looking at me curiously from her spot on the couch.
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM