Anita 🧜🏽♀️🏴☠️🪐
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
Author. Poet. Gothic Academic. PhD. she/her
Codex Writers Group, MLA
Published in: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, BCS, Uncanny, Lightspeed (POCDSF) etc
Website: www.mythopoetica.com
Bibliography: https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography/
Codex Writers Group, MLA
Published in: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, BCS, Uncanny, Lightspeed (POCDSF) etc
Website: www.mythopoetica.com
Bibliography: https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography/
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An epic revisitation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche as seen through the eyes of a memory-wiped storytelling mermaid-siren living in a house-share with an automaton-building Javanese engineer with a traumatic past. 🧜♀️
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
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#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
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Years ago, Palestinians posted on a hashtag “Post As If It’s Free.” Everyone contributed slice of life posts about visiting family, the sea, reconnecting and being in love. It was a wonderful project.
It makes me wonder, what would you do if you were free? Who would you choose to be?
It makes me wonder, what would you do if you were free? Who would you choose to be?
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Years ago, Palestinians posted on a hashtag “Post As If It’s Free.” Everyone contributed slice of life posts about visiting family, the sea, reconnecting and being in love. It was a wonderful project.
It makes me wonder, what would you do if you were free? Who would you choose to be?
It makes me wonder, what would you do if you were free? Who would you choose to be?
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I sold my first story in 2010, to @mythopoetica.bsky.social.
I had my first pro sale in 2015 (@uncannymagazine.bsky.social).
I sold my first books in 2018 (@harpercollins.bsky.social).
All along, I've encountered lots of rejection. It's a hard industry with no promises. But I'm still here. 💖
I had my first pro sale in 2015 (@uncannymagazine.bsky.social).
I sold my first books in 2018 (@harpercollins.bsky.social).
All along, I've encountered lots of rejection. It's a hard industry with no promises. But I'm still here. 💖
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I sold my first story in 2010, to @mythopoetica.bsky.social.
I had my first pro sale in 2015 (@uncannymagazine.bsky.social).
I sold my first books in 2018 (@harpercollins.bsky.social).
All along, I've encountered lots of rejection. It's a hard industry with no promises. But I'm still here. 💖
I had my first pro sale in 2015 (@uncannymagazine.bsky.social).
I sold my first books in 2018 (@harpercollins.bsky.social).
All along, I've encountered lots of rejection. It's a hard industry with no promises. But I'm still here. 💖
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Thanks FemAsia for giving this a home.
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A Triptych of Epiphanies - FemAsia Magazine
(I)So, today I learnedthat the word ‘tense’ has many rootsand as David Armstrong on Quora puts itthe word travelled to English‘by doing a little violence to the Latin’and that somehow seemed appropria...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks FemAsia for giving this a home.
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! "WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers – including yours" !
WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers – inc yours
A massive WhatsApp security flaw exposed the phone number of almost every user on the planet – despite the fact...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
! "WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers – including yours" !
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Day one of the TTL end of year reading starts with They Take You As They Find You by @lynorlane.bsky.social. Four youngsters and a non-talking animal in a van, looking into mysteries. Sound familiar? But this story has something different to say about monsters.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Day one of the TTL end of year reading starts with They Take You As They Find You by @lynorlane.bsky.social. Four youngsters and a non-talking animal in a van, looking into mysteries. Sound familiar? But this story has something different to say about monsters.
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I have many male friends, colleagues, & a husband who get it. I feel able to vent to them about misogyny/patriarchy. I can't stomach placating mediocre - or worse - men as they remain unevolved & refuse to examine their own actions. Don't prop up this behavior; it won't serve you in the long run.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I have many male friends, colleagues, & a husband who get it. I feel able to vent to them about misogyny/patriarchy. I can't stomach placating mediocre - or worse - men as they remain unevolved & refuse to examine their own actions. Don't prop up this behavior; it won't serve you in the long run.
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I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
The amount of ailments and injuries I have suffered this year has defied belief. But academically speaking I have been 3-4 times more productive this year. Ditto for my creative writing career. I lost in terms of health but not in terms of determination, focus and sheer bloodymindedness.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The amount of ailments and injuries I have suffered this year has defied belief. But academically speaking I have been 3-4 times more productive this year. Ditto for my creative writing career. I lost in terms of health but not in terms of determination, focus and sheer bloodymindedness.
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Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
![Roughly speaking those who work in connection with the [automatic computing engine] will be divided into its masters and its servants. Its masters will plan out instruction tables for it, thinking up deeper and deeper ways of using it...The masters are liable to get replaced because as soon as any technique becomes at all stereotyped it becomes possible to devise a system of instruction tables which will enable the electronic computer to do it for itself. It may happen however that the masters will refuse to do this. They may be unwilling to let their jobs be stolen from them in this way. In that case they would surround the whole of their work with mystery and make excuses, couched in well chosen gibberish, whenever any dangerous suggestions were made.
— Alan Turing (1947) Lecture on the Automatic Computing Engine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tbqqvyv6pjjww44glrmycaxl/bafkreiajgzfaixqslnz2oftyxfcz2htgwbfisxfeyoospb5o6f3arqwfgu@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
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November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I've always found the School of Advanced Study training really useful, interesting and informative. And-online and open to anyone! 🙌
📣Transforming your PhD thesis into a monograph? Our next training session is 'Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication'.
🧑💻Session leaders: @drjoeford.bsky.social & @emmagallon.bsky.social
⏰Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
🔗https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/revising-phd-thesis-publication-3
🧑💻Session leaders: @drjoeford.bsky.social & @emmagallon.bsky.social
⏰Monday 8 December, 14:00–15:30
🔗https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/revising-phd-thesis-publication-3
Revising Your PhD Thesis for Publication
www.sas.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've always found the School of Advanced Study training really useful, interesting and informative. And-online and open to anyone! 🙌
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We're still hovering just under halfway towards the @globalvoices.org November goal. Check out our coverage at globalvoices.org and if you like what you read, chip in what you can to help! globalvoices.org/donate/
Donate · Global Voices
Support freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere, by donating to Global Voices.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're still hovering just under halfway towards the @globalvoices.org November goal. Check out our coverage at globalvoices.org and if you like what you read, chip in what you can to help! globalvoices.org/donate/
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Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
a painting of a woman sitting on a couch drinking tea
ALT: a painting of a woman sitting on a couch drinking tea
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November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reminder that the next @bavs-uk.bsky.social ECR Tea Time will take place tomorrow at 5pm - 6pm on Zoom! DM me or @laurenicullen.bsky.social for the Zoom link and join us for an informal chat about all things early career and nineteenth century 🫖 ☕️
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its a good magazine please give them some dollars haha im totally not biased by being a contributor haha what are you talking about (jokes aside! Ive been reading cw since i was like fifteen, and it has consistently delivered. its a good place to throw a coffee's worth of dollars at per month :3)
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
its a good magazine please give them some dollars haha im totally not biased by being a contributor haha what are you talking about (jokes aside! Ive been reading cw since i was like fifteen, and it has consistently delivered. its a good place to throw a coffee's worth of dollars at per month :3)
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com!
You can read it here!
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Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/3T830tA
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/3T830tA
Try the short story "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow" by Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/3T830tA
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“Last Christmas” by Doctor Manhattan, who does not perceive time linearly, but all at once.
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Last Christmas by Doctor Manhattan
It is December 26, 1983. I am trying to console George Michael, whose heart I have given away. I tell him I understand. This is as yet a lie.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Last Christmas” by Doctor Manhattan, who does not perceive time linearly, but all at once.
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1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I've got all three proofs now, and I'll try to get all the final tweaks done this week. (Not due till early December, but I try to be early.)
Some estate stuff to do today, so that will put a wrinkle in my planned timing.
Some estate stuff to do today, so that will put a wrinkle in my planned timing.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've got all three proofs now, and I'll try to get all the final tweaks done this week. (Not due till early December, but I try to be early.)
Some estate stuff to do today, so that will put a wrinkle in my planned timing.
Some estate stuff to do today, so that will put a wrinkle in my planned timing.
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SEEKING FEMALE SOUTH ASIAN VOICE ACTORS FOR INDIE ANIMATED SERIES!
DEMO DROP - PAID OPPORTUNITY
Hi y'all! I'm helping out with an animator friend of mine with his search for a voice actor for his animated show. We're looking for Female/Femme Presenting South Asian VA's for this role.
DEMO DROP - PAID OPPORTUNITY
Hi y'all! I'm helping out with an animator friend of mine with his search for a voice actor for his animated show. We're looking for Female/Femme Presenting South Asian VA's for this role.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
SEEKING FEMALE SOUTH ASIAN VOICE ACTORS FOR INDIE ANIMATED SERIES!
DEMO DROP - PAID OPPORTUNITY
Hi y'all! I'm helping out with an animator friend of mine with his search for a voice actor for his animated show. We're looking for Female/Femme Presenting South Asian VA's for this role.
DEMO DROP - PAID OPPORTUNITY
Hi y'all! I'm helping out with an animator friend of mine with his search for a voice actor for his animated show. We're looking for Female/Femme Presenting South Asian VA's for this role.
How did I manage to lose Whamageddon in November?!
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
How did I manage to lose Whamageddon in November?!
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I periodically say this unpopular thing not to air old hurts/grievances but as a cautionary note: All fields have their little cliques/beefs/infights plus moments of demonising. If you're new; learn to discern. Learn to say no firmly & to avoid that ppl pleasing instinct. I speak from experience.
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I periodically say this unpopular thing not to air old hurts/grievances but as a cautionary note: All fields have their little cliques/beefs/infights plus moments of demonising. If you're new; learn to discern. Learn to say no firmly & to avoid that ppl pleasing instinct. I speak from experience.
My hot take is that the Wheel of Time is SF (planetary romance edition) disguised as epic fantasy. And you know, I dig that. That is what hooked me as a teen; the fact that the age of legends could have been a version of our world.
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My hot take is that the Wheel of Time is SF (planetary romance edition) disguised as epic fantasy. And you know, I dig that. That is what hooked me as a teen; the fact that the age of legends could have been a version of our world.