Rita
@ritahuman.bsky.social
Rita Chen • disabled cyborg witch • autistic, fibromyalgia'd, poet, fandom old (she/they)
• books!, sf/f, tarot, board games, ttrpgs, audio dramas
• kpop, anime, mdzs
• poems in Uncanny & Liminality
• books!, sf/f, tarot, board games, ttrpgs, audio dramas
• kpop, anime, mdzs
• poems in Uncanny & Liminality
just saw an elderly lady at my physiotherapist's office with purple streaks in her white hair! 🎉🌈💫 she must have been in her 70s or even 80s. made my day
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
just saw an elderly lady at my physiotherapist's office with purple streaks in her white hair! 🎉🌈💫 she must have been in her 70s or even 80s. made my day
reading a book about the history of witchcraft, hating it, & realizing: I didn't actually want a book tracing the development of witchcraft in various cultures, I wanted a book that teaches me how to be a witch! this is a problem I seem to run into every time I read a book about paganism/occultism
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
reading a book about the history of witchcraft, hating it, & realizing: I didn't actually want a book tracing the development of witchcraft in various cultures, I wanted a book that teaches me how to be a witch! this is a problem I seem to run into every time I read a book about paganism/occultism
remember how we all learned the "proper" way of washing your hands during lockdown? is everyone else still doing it properly? I regret to say that I've completely forgotten how, and returned to my old, haphazard ways
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
remember how we all learned the "proper" way of washing your hands during lockdown? is everyone else still doing it properly? I regret to say that I've completely forgotten how, and returned to my old, haphazard ways
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Goodreads is my favorite form of self-harm
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Goodreads is my favorite form of self-harm
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in a podcast interview Leigh Bardugo says, "romantasy isn't a genre, it's a publishing category" — which explains so much about why, despite loving (& searching out, & never finding enough) romantic fantasy for my entire reading life, every time a publisher shoves the word at me, I feel disrespected
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
in a podcast interview Leigh Bardugo says, "romantasy isn't a genre, it's a publishing category" — which explains so much about why, despite loving (& searching out, & never finding enough) romantic fantasy for my entire reading life, every time a publisher shoves the word at me, I feel disrespected
Teaching, childcare, nursing, elder care, cooking/food, cleaning, and sanitation are the most important jobs in society and should be paid the highest salaries.
(Well I mean, if we still have to live under capitalism. I don't even really believe in money, but we'll go there another time.)
(Well I mean, if we still have to live under capitalism. I don't even really believe in money, but we'll go there another time.)
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Teaching, childcare, nursing, elder care, cooking/food, cleaning, and sanitation are the most important jobs in society and should be paid the highest salaries.
(Well I mean, if we still have to live under capitalism. I don't even really believe in money, but we'll go there another time.)
(Well I mean, if we still have to live under capitalism. I don't even really believe in money, but we'll go there another time.)
have you ever dreamed that you're an animal or a mythical creature?
I feel like I read about these dreams in books, but I've never actually had one. I do dream about other things people say are common ... flying, being chased, school/exam dreams (still! after all this time! WHY)
I feel like I read about these dreams in books, but I've never actually had one. I do dream about other things people say are common ... flying, being chased, school/exam dreams (still! after all this time! WHY)
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
have you ever dreamed that you're an animal or a mythical creature?
I feel like I read about these dreams in books, but I've never actually had one. I do dream about other things people say are common ... flying, being chased, school/exam dreams (still! after all this time! WHY)
I feel like I read about these dreams in books, but I've never actually had one. I do dream about other things people say are common ... flying, being chased, school/exam dreams (still! after all this time! WHY)
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Black Sabbath – War Pigs (Cover by Calvin Jee)
YouTube video by Calvin Jee
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Port Isaac, 2022
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Port Isaac, 2022
random thing that delights me: the many accounts on bluesky where middle-aged people post pics of their dog + all of the tweets are from the pov of the dog, in the dog's "words." it's not roleplaying, exactly, but also, it's not-NOT roleplaying. roleplaying supremacy!! everyone roleplays, in the end
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
random thing that delights me: the many accounts on bluesky where middle-aged people post pics of their dog + all of the tweets are from the pov of the dog, in the dog's "words." it's not roleplaying, exactly, but also, it's not-NOT roleplaying. roleplaying supremacy!! everyone roleplays, in the end
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October 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This shoe looks like Vash the Stampede
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This shoe looks like Vash the Stampede
Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?
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pitching cosy British crime dramas in 2025
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I torrent all of my tv and refuse to subscribe to any streaming services because barely any of the money goes to the artists. instead, I take the $$$ equivalent of 3-4 streaming subscription costs every month and spend it on indie creators through a combo of Bandcamp, itch.io, and Patreon
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I torrent all of my tv and refuse to subscribe to any streaming services because barely any of the money goes to the artists. instead, I take the $$$ equivalent of 3-4 streaming subscription costs every month and spend it on indie creators through a combo of Bandcamp, itch.io, and Patreon
books for adults should learn this from middle grade fiction: all books ought to have illustrations. people are delighted by illustrations
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
books for adults should learn this from middle grade fiction: all books ought to have illustrations. people are delighted by illustrations
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
I am very into Wallace & Gromit lately, & have also been watching the old Shaun the Sheep morning cartoon for kids. claymation is amazing! I want to shrink myself down and live inside a claymation world. it's too bad that I was put off of it for years and years due to extremely silly reasons ++
October 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I am very into Wallace & Gromit lately, & have also been watching the old Shaun the Sheep morning cartoon for kids. claymation is amazing! I want to shrink myself down and live inside a claymation world. it's too bad that I was put off of it for years and years due to extremely silly reasons ++
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Grateful to my queer internet besties
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Grateful to my queer internet besties
kpop demon hunters: another excellent entry in the canon of films directed by Asian millennial diaspora on a theme very dear to my heart 💗 the theme of: "your Asian parents didn't let you have emotions when you were a kid" +++
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
kpop demon hunters: another excellent entry in the canon of films directed by Asian millennial diaspora on a theme very dear to my heart 💗 the theme of: "your Asian parents didn't let you have emotions when you were a kid" +++
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Do you think a depressed person could make this?!
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Do you think a depressed person could make this?!
today my phone glitched and closed every single one of the 474 tabs I had open in Safari. (all of which were Very Important, of course, and which I ... definitely would have gotten to ... eventually.) after a brief moment of panic I felt a sense of relief and utter freedom
September 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
today my phone glitched and closed every single one of the 474 tabs I had open in Safari. (all of which were Very Important, of course, and which I ... definitely would have gotten to ... eventually.) after a brief moment of panic I felt a sense of relief and utter freedom
recent photos of Buut-Buut being adorable without even trying
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
recent photos of Buut-Buut being adorable without even trying
you know what's great? making yourself a s'more in the microwave as a midnight snack
September 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
you know what's great? making yourself a s'more in the microwave as a midnight snack