Becca Miles
@rubecso.bsky.social
Writer and editor | Associate editor for @castofwonders.org | They / She | Performance poet | Autistic | Queer | Jewish
BUY MY POETRY BOOK (pls):
https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/steel-tipped-snowflakes-1/
BUY MY POETRY BOOK (pls):
https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/steel-tipped-snowflakes-1/
I have now seen Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein and I am NOT NORMAL about it.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I have now seen Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein and I am NOT NORMAL about it.
I just explained davening / shuckling to my partner as "religiously-sanctioned stimming".
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I just explained davening / shuckling to my partner as "religiously-sanctioned stimming".
Has anyone already written a pretentious article about frogs as a versatile symbol for various political / social movements in the 21st century? Cause if not I might have to.
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Has anyone already written a pretentious article about frogs as a versatile symbol for various political / social movements in the 21st century? Cause if not I might have to.
When I went into #ChoiceofGames’ Jewish shtetl-themed text adventure ‘The Ghost and the Golem’, I expected to do one, maybe two playthroughs and then put it down. I'm now coming up on 10+ playthroughs and I’m still going.
Rest of review here:
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Rest of review here:
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Game Review: The Ghost and the Golem
When I went into Choice of Games’ Jewish shtetl-themed text adventure ‘The Ghost and the Golem’, I expected to do one, maybe two playthroughs and then put it down. I'm now coming up on 10+ playthrough...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When I went into #ChoiceofGames’ Jewish shtetl-themed text adventure ‘The Ghost and the Golem’, I expected to do one, maybe two playthroughs and then put it down. I'm now coming up on 10+ playthroughs and I’m still going.
Rest of review here:
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Rest of review here:
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thinking of putting together a poetry chapbook, any advice? #poetry #writingcommunity
October 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
thinking of putting together a poetry chapbook, any advice? #poetry #writingcommunity
I counted 26 instances of people being harassed for using the "correct" bathroom under the guidance.
Who could have seen this coming.
Who could have seen this coming.
A new report from TransActual shows that trans and cisgender people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance.
Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg...
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights
Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg...
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I counted 26 instances of people being harassed for using the "correct" bathroom under the guidance.
Who could have seen this coming.
Who could have seen this coming.
#writingcommunity, what are your *practical* tips for getting past perfectionism?
Things like exercises, rituals, communities, specific writing books -- anything that isn't just "Stop being perfectionist / 1st draft should be bad / get words on page."
I know these things; I want to act on them.
Things like exercises, rituals, communities, specific writing books -- anything that isn't just "Stop being perfectionist / 1st draft should be bad / get words on page."
I know these things; I want to act on them.
August 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#writingcommunity, what are your *practical* tips for getting past perfectionism?
Things like exercises, rituals, communities, specific writing books -- anything that isn't just "Stop being perfectionist / 1st draft should be bad / get words on page."
I know these things; I want to act on them.
Things like exercises, rituals, communities, specific writing books -- anything that isn't just "Stop being perfectionist / 1st draft should be bad / get words on page."
I know these things; I want to act on them.
One of my favourite things about watching TV with my partner is their compulsive need to know where all the actors went to school.
Bonus fun every time they go "Ugh, RADA, of course."
Bonus fun every time they go "Ugh, RADA, of course."
August 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
One of my favourite things about watching TV with my partner is their compulsive need to know where all the actors went to school.
Bonus fun every time they go "Ugh, RADA, of course."
Bonus fun every time they go "Ugh, RADA, of course."
I'm back in the archives (The Times this time) and I keep getting jump-scared by the name of this play from 1931.
July 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm back in the archives (The Times this time) and I keep getting jump-scared by the name of this play from 1931.
I'm watching Andor purely because that gifset of the revolution boy with the big forehead and curly hair talking about oppression kept coming up on my feeds.
On ep 4 so I've met the revolutionary cinnamon roll in question. I'm not much of a Star Wars person but this series is pretty good so far.
On ep 4 so I've met the revolutionary cinnamon roll in question. I'm not much of a Star Wars person but this series is pretty good so far.
July 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm watching Andor purely because that gifset of the revolution boy with the big forehead and curly hair talking about oppression kept coming up on my feeds.
On ep 4 so I've met the revolutionary cinnamon roll in question. I'm not much of a Star Wars person but this series is pretty good so far.
On ep 4 so I've met the revolutionary cinnamon roll in question. I'm not much of a Star Wars person but this series is pretty good so far.
you ever realise your self-worth is reliant on you being one of the crazies who knows how to manage their symptoms and not make people uncomfortable and the second you slip on that all your supposed self-acceptance goes out the window and you feel unworthy of oxygen
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
you ever realise your self-worth is reliant on you being one of the crazies who knows how to manage their symptoms and not make people uncomfortable and the second you slip on that all your supposed self-acceptance goes out the window and you feel unworthy of oxygen
Life in the UK is absurd. I'm checking the bus app to see where my bus is and it's waiting at Saxondale. That's not a place buses get stuck at it's a place where dragons get slain. Nonsense country.
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Life in the UK is absurd. I'm checking the bus app to see where my bus is and it's waiting at Saxondale. That's not a place buses get stuck at it's a place where dragons get slain. Nonsense country.
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The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
July 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
Might have finished the slam poem I wrote most of the material for in early 2020. Now I just gotta wait to have a job that means I'm free in the evening and can go to open mics again. #writingcommunity #amwriting #poetry #slampoetry #spokenword
July 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Might have finished the slam poem I wrote most of the material for in early 2020. Now I just gotta wait to have a job that means I'm free in the evening and can go to open mics again. #writingcommunity #amwriting #poetry #slampoetry #spokenword
When the group chat's gotten downright טמא
July 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When the group chat's gotten downright טמא
on my second go at 'Frankenstein's Golem' and thus far my MC is way more of a bitch this time around, it might make it easier for me to continue
#amwriting #writingcommunity #novel #specfic
#amwriting #writingcommunity #novel #specfic
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
on my second go at 'Frankenstein's Golem' and thus far my MC is way more of a bitch this time around, it might make it easier for me to continue
#amwriting #writingcommunity #novel #specfic
#amwriting #writingcommunity #novel #specfic
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This is one of many reasons why @castofwonders.org Banned Books Week event this year is themed on joy. Joy matters.
"Before we even knew this decision, I knew that my initial approach — that this is a fight we’d lose and we shouldn’t waste energy on — was the wrong one. We had to fight. We have to fight." @katherinelocke.bsky.social, whose book became part of Mahmoud v. Taylor www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus...
I Wrote One Of The Books At The Center Of SCOTUS' Scary Ruling. Here's What They Don't Want You To See.
"It’s hard not to feel a chill down your back when you imagine all of the possibilities that could come out of this case."
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July 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is one of many reasons why @castofwonders.org Banned Books Week event this year is themed on joy. Joy matters.
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If you want to flood the Committees with requests to scrutinise Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson on trans rights, do it now!
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you want to flood the Committees with requests to scrutinise Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson on trans rights, do it now!
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Would you keep reading from this opening?
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
June 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Would you keep reading from this opening?
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Would you keep reading from this opening?
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Would you keep reading from this opening?
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Tentatively having another go at my novel 'Frankenstein's Golem.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #speculativefiction
Having now also watched the hearing, this is a great summary.
The one beat I'd add is Rosie Duffield towards the end talks about polarisation and frames the issue as "trans-identified people versus feminists".
This is the clearest example of gender critical terminology and framing I saw.
The one beat I'd add is Rosie Duffield towards the end talks about polarisation and frames the issue as "trans-identified people versus feminists".
This is the clearest example of gender critical terminology and framing I saw.
I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said
June 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Having now also watched the hearing, this is a great summary.
The one beat I'd add is Rosie Duffield towards the end talks about polarisation and frames the issue as "trans-identified people versus feminists".
This is the clearest example of gender critical terminology and framing I saw.
The one beat I'd add is Rosie Duffield towards the end talks about polarisation and frames the issue as "trans-identified people versus feminists".
This is the clearest example of gender critical terminology and framing I saw.
TIL that at the point where dairy production shows up in Mesopotamia shows up, the population almost certainly didn't have the lactase gene.
So you had a bunch of lactose intolerant people, eating enough cheese to leave evidence of it in the archaeological record.
Some things never change 😂
So you had a bunch of lactose intolerant people, eating enough cheese to leave evidence of it in the archaeological record.
Some things never change 😂
June 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
TIL that at the point where dairy production shows up in Mesopotamia shows up, the population almost certainly didn't have the lactase gene.
So you had a bunch of lactose intolerant people, eating enough cheese to leave evidence of it in the archaeological record.
Some things never change 😂
So you had a bunch of lactose intolerant people, eating enough cheese to leave evidence of it in the archaeological record.
Some things never change 😂
The EHRC consultation is open until 30th June.
TransActual have a guide to each question with suggested issues that can be raised:
transactual.org.uk/equality-act...
If from now we answer one question per day, 5 days a week, we can complete this before the deadline.
TransActual have a guide to each question with suggested issues that can be raised:
transactual.org.uk/equality-act...
If from now we answer one question per day, 5 days a week, we can complete this before the deadline.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The EHRC consultation is open until 30th June.
TransActual have a guide to each question with suggested issues that can be raised:
transactual.org.uk/equality-act...
If from now we answer one question per day, 5 days a week, we can complete this before the deadline.
TransActual have a guide to each question with suggested issues that can be raised:
transactual.org.uk/equality-act...
If from now we answer one question per day, 5 days a week, we can complete this before the deadline.
If I get literally nothing else done today, at least I achieved a killer bilingual pun.
May 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If I get literally nothing else done today, at least I achieved a killer bilingual pun.