jen m is a spider in a window
@patientspider.bsky.social
cosmic muddle. learner, teacher, reader, writer, dancer, human. living in the midwest of the united states, paying attention to the seasons. she/they
what an annoying day to have checked back in on bluesky
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
what an annoying day to have checked back in on bluesky
I’m reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time (after giving up on it 1/4 of the way through in high school) and really enjoying it.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’m reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time (after giving up on it 1/4 of the way through in high school) and really enjoying it.
it’s add the thick red blanket to the bed and collect sleepy cats season
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
it’s add the thick red blanket to the bed and collect sleepy cats season
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With Libra, there is only joy that the relationship has been restored, rather than agitation at the quality of one’s work or self-recrimination for falling away from something for “too long.”
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-new...
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-new...
on the new moon in libra and trying again
dust yourself off and...
jeannakadlec.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
With Libra, there is only joy that the relationship has been restored, rather than agitation at the quality of one’s work or self-recrimination for falling away from something for “too long.”
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-new...
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-new...
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Looking forward to reading this one, Peng Xu’s new book The Courtesan’s Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama (U Mich Press)
The Courtesan's Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama
Peng Xu’s The Courtesan’s Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama argues that courtesans of the era played an active role in the theater and their impact manifested in Chinese literary history, albeit conc...
press.umich.edu
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Looking forward to reading this one, Peng Xu’s new book The Courtesan’s Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama (U Mich Press)
truly the best and most fun and thought-provoking and wildest book i read this year
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
truly the best and most fun and thought-provoking and wildest book i read this year
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Another new one! Women Writers of Huizhou by Bin Bin Yang (UW Press)
Women Writers of Huizhou
Redefining space, power, and identity in China's largest internal diasporaIn the late imperial period of China, two major historical forces reshaped cultural...
uwapress.uw.edu
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Another new one! Women Writers of Huizhou by Bin Bin Yang (UW Press)
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Just trying to go about my business while fighting the urge to vomit every five minutes at the hypocrisy, double standards, threats, and fascism
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just trying to go about my business while fighting the urge to vomit every five minutes at the hypocrisy, double standards, threats, and fascism
oh I also DMed my first D&D game Saturday and it went well! Turns out I like being in charge of things and performing, two things that are rewarded in this activity.
September 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
oh I also DMed my first D&D game Saturday and it went well! Turns out I like being in charge of things and performing, two things that are rewarded in this activity.
& lift my eyes & lift my eyes
& here I think I am supposed to & say how insignificant it all makes me feel & but it’s the opposite
— @amorak.bsky.social in DMQ Review
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— @amorak.bsky.social in DMQ Review
Read poems here in optimized landscape view: www.dmqreview.com/hueyf25
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
& lift my eyes & lift my eyes
this memoir was an excellent read. will not forget one particular scene about what it feels like to choose your own freedom.
for my fellow queers, ex-evangelicals, high control cult survivors, & folks who escaped a far right upbringing — HERETIC: A QUEER REVOLT AGAINST EVANGELICALISM, EMPIRE, AND THE LIES WE ARE SOLD comes out in paperback in only 8 days!
order a signed copy here: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw...
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Heretic by Jeanna Kadlec | Astoria Bookshop
A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold
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September 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
this memoir was an excellent read. will not forget one particular scene about what it feels like to choose your own freedom.
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The thing that helped me sleep was reading this. The press release article was especially lovely
Protections for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Persons: Non-Regulatory Guidance
Non-Regulatory Guidance Relating to Protection of Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Students Under the Illinois Human Rights Act
dhr.illinois.gov
September 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The thing that helped me sleep was reading this. The press release article was especially lovely
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my loneliness is killing me
and I must confess, I still believe
when I'm not with you I lose my mind
give me a sign
hit me baby one more time
thank you for reading this abridged version of FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
and I must confess, I still believe
when I'm not with you I lose my mind
give me a sign
hit me baby one more time
thank you for reading this abridged version of FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
my loneliness is killing me
and I must confess, I still believe
when I'm not with you I lose my mind
give me a sign
hit me baby one more time
thank you for reading this abridged version of FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
and I must confess, I still believe
when I'm not with you I lose my mind
give me a sign
hit me baby one more time
thank you for reading this abridged version of FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
it is the fourth week of the semester and i finally am feeling settled in the new routine. students are great. world horrifying. have kept up with 3x week strength training and 1x week ballet! also walking more during the days. movement is keeping me sane enough to go on.
September 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
it is the fourth week of the semester and i finally am feeling settled in the new routine. students are great. world horrifying. have kept up with 3x week strength training and 1x week ballet! also walking more during the days. movement is keeping me sane enough to go on.
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The Devil anthology of @therebis.com is now available for preorder!
It's a 120-page issue exploring themes of power, rebellion, desire, shadow work, liberation & more. I am so proud of how this came together. All profits donated to social justice orgs.
Preorder: www.therebis.com/products/devil
It's a 120-page issue exploring themes of power, rebellion, desire, shadow work, liberation & more. I am so proud of how this came together. All profits donated to social justice orgs.
Preorder: www.therebis.com/products/devil
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Devil anthology of @therebis.com is now available for preorder!
It's a 120-page issue exploring themes of power, rebellion, desire, shadow work, liberation & more. I am so proud of how this came together. All profits donated to social justice orgs.
Preorder: www.therebis.com/products/devil
It's a 120-page issue exploring themes of power, rebellion, desire, shadow work, liberation & more. I am so proud of how this came together. All profits donated to social justice orgs.
Preorder: www.therebis.com/products/devil
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our species' greatest achievement has been figuring out how to keep our young alive, and it's so heartbreaking and infuriating that we're letting them die in Gaza and die in schools and die because we made software programs that help them figure out how to do it
August 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
our species' greatest achievement has been figuring out how to keep our young alive, and it's so heartbreaking and infuriating that we're letting them die in Gaza and die in schools and die because we made software programs that help them figure out how to do it
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Anyway, I designed this poster for our coworking space today, and added a subtle(ish) anti-AI dig, haha 💙 ✍️
August 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Anyway, I designed this poster for our coworking space today, and added a subtle(ish) anti-AI dig, haha 💙 ✍️
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Elke Erb, tr. Rosmarie Waldrop
August 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Elke Erb, tr. Rosmarie Waldrop
went on a guided walk in remnant prairie at sunset this past week. the guide has been a biology prof for over 30 years. here’s a picture of some prairie plants:
August 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
went on a guided walk in remnant prairie at sunset this past week. the guide has been a biology prof for over 30 years. here’s a picture of some prairie plants:
need to be me
and say it
and say it
August 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
need to be me
and say it
and say it
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I point this out for clarity. I also have a long-term interest in how my crafting of ideas is sometimes confused for the very serious idea being crafted. So to be clear: AI is political attack on labor with few limited cases for social value and an absolute ecological disaster.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I point this out for clarity. I also have a long-term interest in how my crafting of ideas is sometimes confused for the very serious idea being crafted. So to be clear: AI is political attack on labor with few limited cases for social value and an absolute ecological disaster.
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only allowing another body to interrupt long enough for
our limbs to tangle like weeds up the side of a brick house,
reaching for something impossible
#SaturdayPoem
our limbs to tangle like weeds up the side of a brick house,
reaching for something impossible
#SaturdayPoem
August 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
only allowing another body to interrupt long enough for
our limbs to tangle like weeds up the side of a brick house,
reaching for something impossible
#SaturdayPoem
our limbs to tangle like weeds up the side of a brick house,
reaching for something impossible
#SaturdayPoem
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Also implied in a shocking number of Scooby-Doo episodes!
One of the things I’ve learned a lot about this past year is how in many smaller towns, the sheriff, judge, real estate developer and construction company are either the same person, same family or just as good as. It’s all landlords all the way down.
Given the prevalence of Real Estate and Construction company owners in local politics, these efforts are *all* about short-term grift for the already-privileged.
Tucson *just* defeated (like, last week) such an effort. The self-satisfied smarminess of the "pro" politicians in interviews is awful
Tucson *just* defeated (like, last week) such an effort. The self-satisfied smarminess of the "pro" politicians in interviews is awful
August 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Also implied in a shocking number of Scooby-Doo episodes!