Rebecca Freedman
@rebeccafreedman.bsky.social
Author living in the Boston-area. Pronouns: she/her 🏳️⚧️ Poetry chapbook Matcha and Birds available now.
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Matcha and Birds／抹茶と鳥方 by Rebecca Freedman
: A Collection of Japanese-Language Poetry From a Westerner／西洋人からの日本語の詞華集
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On Itch.io Creator's day, a reminder that I have two collections available. Matcha and Birds (抹茶と鳥方) is a collection of poetry I wrote in Japanese in traditional forms, such as haiku and tanka, and the accompanying English translations. #haiku #tanka #poetry
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Shepard, picking the Destroy ending:
God I want all these so called AIs destroyed.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Shepard, picking the Destroy ending:
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What does it mean that a work of art has "stood the test of time"?
It mostly means people still like it, for the reasons they originally liked it.
Why does the Suck Fairy exist?
Because tastes change, but also, whole modes of storytelling change.
My noozletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
It mostly means people still like it, for the reasons they originally liked it.
Why does the Suck Fairy exist?
Because tastes change, but also, whole modes of storytelling change.
My noozletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Why the Suck Fairy exists
Hi! Just a quick note to say my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster was just named one of 2025’s best SFF novels by Kirkus Reviews. And this fantastical...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What does it mean that a work of art has "stood the test of time"?
It mostly means people still like it, for the reasons they originally liked it.
Why does the Suck Fairy exist?
Because tastes change, but also, whole modes of storytelling change.
My noozletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
It mostly means people still like it, for the reasons they originally liked it.
Why does the Suck Fairy exist?
Because tastes change, but also, whole modes of storytelling change.
My noozletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Homosexuals of Boston! This is tonight!
I am up in Boston on Thursday reading at t4t! Very excited to head north see some of you there maybe?
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Homosexuals of Boston! This is tonight!
I accidentally snuck up on five mourning doves just now, so here is my favorite poem I've written with a dove in it.
僕は先ほどにナゲキバトに五羽たまた忍び寄った、だからここはハトの中の収録を僕が書いてある一番好きな詩だよ：
ショパン聞く雨降っているハトは鳴く
Shopan kiku
Ame futte iru
Hato wa naku
I listen to Chopin
It's raining
A dove sings
#Poetry #Senryu #詩 #川柳
僕は先ほどにナゲキバトに五羽たまた忍び寄った、だからここはハトの中の収録を僕が書いてある一番好きな詩だよ：
ショパン聞く雨降っているハトは鳴く
Shopan kiku
Ame futte iru
Hato wa naku
I listen to Chopin
It's raining
A dove sings
#Poetry #Senryu #詩 #川柳
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is tonight! It should be cool.
I'll be reading some poetry at the T4T open mic tomorrow night, at the Model Cafe in Allston. Come on over, @catfitzpatrick.net of Glamourpuss- and Littlepuss Press-fame is the featured reader.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is tonight! It should be cool.
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I could've warned Elon.
this is not a joke. joyce carol oates is actually really mean.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I could've warned Elon.
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Always walk away from bullshit.
This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Always walk away from bullshit.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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I have busted
the ghost
that was in
your hood
and which
you were probably
scared of
and screaming
Forgive me
busting
makes me
feel good
the ghost
that was in
your hood
and which
you were probably
scared of
and screaming
Forgive me
busting
makes me
feel good
October 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have busted
the ghost
that was in
your hood
and which
you were probably
scared of
and screaming
Forgive me
busting
makes me
feel good
the ghost
that was in
your hood
and which
you were probably
scared of
and screaming
Forgive me
busting
makes me
feel good
If you come to the event, I will have a few copies of my chapbook, Matcha and Birds, with me available for sale. This may be the last opportunity to buy physical copies of my chapbook without paying for it to be shipped. My print run is nearly sold out, and I don't intend to order a second run.
I'll be reading some poetry at the T4T open mic tomorrow night, at the Model Cafe in Allston. Come on over, @catfitzpatrick.net of Glamourpuss- and Littlepuss Press-fame is the featured reader.
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you come to the event, I will have a few copies of my chapbook, Matcha and Birds, with me available for sale. This may be the last opportunity to buy physical copies of my chapbook without paying for it to be shipped. My print run is nearly sold out, and I don't intend to order a second run.
I'll be reading some poetry at the T4T open mic tomorrow night, at the Model Cafe in Allston. Come on over, @catfitzpatrick.net of Glamourpuss- and Littlepuss Press-fame is the featured reader.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'll be reading some poetry at the T4T open mic tomorrow night, at the Model Cafe in Allston. Come on over, @catfitzpatrick.net of Glamourpuss- and Littlepuss Press-fame is the featured reader.
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Curtis Sliwa is their landlord.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Curtis Sliwa is their landlord.
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Eric Adams is a beloved guest star, always involved in some zany scheme with a foreign government.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Eric Adams is a beloved guest star, always involved in some zany scheme with a foreign government.
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S03E12: Cuomo launches a racist ad campaign against his school board opponent for being Greek. Dershowitz undergoes plastic surgery but gives himself away when somebody in the Pierogi queue mentions Epstein.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
S03E12: Cuomo launches a racist ad campaign against his school board opponent for being Greek. Dershowitz undergoes plastic surgery but gives himself away when somebody in the Pierogi queue mentions Epstein.
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do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
Wrote a senryū that is a bit spicy. Just a bit.
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Wrote a senryū that is a bit spicy. Just a bit.
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
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just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
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Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.
It's time for the third entry in my series, "Translating Japanese(-Language) Poetry with Rebecca Freedman." (1/28)
#poetry
#poetry
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.