Nic Anstett
@nicanstett.bsky.social
she/her 🏳️⚧️ Writer of queer things. Lover of dinosaurs
Stories in One Story, Witness Magazine, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, Lightspeed, and other cool places.
Represented by Erin Harris @ Folio Literary
nicanstett.com
Stories in One Story, Witness Magazine, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, Lightspeed, and other cool places.
Represented by Erin Harris @ Folio Literary
nicanstett.com
All this bitching about the lack of recognition for male fiction authors is insane considering that only one woman has won the NBA so far this decade. Like, can we acknowledge that the actual concern seems to be that less cishet white men are winning?
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
All this bitching about the lack of recognition for male fiction authors is insane considering that only one woman has won the NBA so far this decade. Like, can we acknowledge that the actual concern seems to be that less cishet white men are winning?
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By my count there will only be one (1) trans character on all of the major networks and streaming services as of January 2026.
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
By my count there will only be one (1) trans character on all of the major networks and streaming services as of January 2026.
Okay but how come in every heterosexual wedding I’ve been to in the last two years the guy has walked down the aisle to a piano cover of butt rock?
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Okay but how come in every heterosexual wedding I’ve been to in the last two years the guy has walked down the aisle to a piano cover of butt rock?
You know how large CGI aliens will make that loud "WHOOOOAAMP" noise when they move? Good shit.
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You know how large CGI aliens will make that loud "WHOOOOAAMP" noise when they move? Good shit.
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hey cis friends
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
hey cis friends
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
I dropped a Leonora Carrington story onto my fiction workshop students without any context and I think it might've broke them.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I dropped a Leonora Carrington story onto my fiction workshop students without any context and I think it might've broke them.
My trans literature class has been such a source of warmth for me these past few weeks. It’s been amazing to share this art with a group of students who engage with it with genuine curiosity and excitement. I could not be more grateful.
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My trans literature class has been such a source of warmth for me these past few weeks. It’s been amazing to share this art with a group of students who engage with it with genuine curiosity and excitement. I could not be more grateful.
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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This is what guys like Yglesias, and everybody else making hay about Kamala supporting transition care in prisons, want to happen everywhere.
EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is what guys like Yglesias, and everybody else making hay about Kamala supporting transition care in prisons, want to happen everywhere.
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i get it girl... we all feel this way for a couple months right at the beginning,
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
i get it girl... we all feel this way for a couple months right at the beginning,
I’m sorry but every time I read Nuzzi I picture
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I’m sorry but every time I read Nuzzi I picture
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Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
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math textbook covers for some reason:
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
math textbook covers for some reason:
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NEW 📗!
PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)
In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil
"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)
PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)
In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil
"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)
PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press
"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin
www.littlepuss.net
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW 📗!
PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)
In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil
"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)
PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)
In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil
"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)
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MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
So how do people from Appalachia feel about the way its regional folklore has become such a pop cultural storytelling obsession over the last couple years?
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
So how do people from Appalachia feel about the way its regional folklore has become such a pop cultural storytelling obsession over the last couple years?
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THANK YOU to the editorial writers of The Grauniad for this brave and important argument, you get it! THIS is why we published REALISTIC FICTION by ANTON SOLOMONIK
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
THANK YOU to the editorial writers of The Grauniad for this brave and important argument, you get it! THIS is why we published REALISTIC FICTION by ANTON SOLOMONIK
Anybody else flip flop back and forth between “I’m so great everybody loves me” and “Time to go walk into traffic” about fifteen times a day?
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anybody else flip flop back and forth between “I’m so great everybody loves me” and “Time to go walk into traffic” about fifteen times a day?
When you enter a dialogue scene in Dragon Age: Origins post combat
John Fetterman has released a picture showing the injuries he sustained after falling on his face:
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When you enter a dialogue scene in Dragon Age: Origins post combat
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“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
Finished the chapter I’ve been working on for months and goddamn does it feel good
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finished the chapter I’ve been working on for months and goddamn does it feel good
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HELP this is the funniest choice of article photo
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
HELP this is the funniest choice of article photo
Bill Clinton is the inverse Nancy Reagan
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Bill Clinton is the inverse Nancy Reagan