Brave Fencer Saoirse (Swollen Face Arc)
@saoirsens.bsky.social
Actor, Audiobook Narrator, Voice Actor,
Myo-fascist, 剣道家, shitposts are free.
Myo-fascist, 剣道家, shitposts are free.
see a goblin, post a goblin!!
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
see a goblin, post a goblin!!
just when you thought things couldn't get worse
January 30, 2026 at 5:44 PM
just when you thought things couldn't get worse
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much meaning gets layered onto biology after the fact, how much interpretation happens automatically—
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much meaning gets layered onto biology after the fact, how much interpretation happens automatically—
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
been meditating again lately. It’s showing up in voice, emotional availability, and dreams more than I expected.
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 AM
been meditating again lately. It’s showing up in voice, emotional availability, and dreams more than I expected.
happy lunar new year
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
happy lunar new year
I had valuable experiences during the war in China. I learned the truth about human beings. I felt that I saw the inner workings of people and the human spirit. I feel that there are no boundaries between different people. I grew up a lot during the war.
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I had valuable experiences during the war in China. I learned the truth about human beings. I felt that I saw the inner workings of people and the human spirit. I feel that there are no boundaries between different people. I grew up a lot during the war.
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Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
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This event is TOMORROW. I would love if a lot of people attended! It's totally free, and it's over Zoom, so you have NO EXCUSE!!!
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
I'm going to be chatting with Amy Freeman at The Writer's Center about the CRAFT of Woodworking on July 17! The event is free, virtual, and open to the public. Sign up right here:
writer.org/event/emily-...
writer.org/event/emily-...
Virtual Craft Chat with Novelist Emily St. James - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by author and cultural critic Emily St. James for a discussion of her debut novel, Woodworking. Emily is in co...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This event is TOMORROW. I would love if a lot of people attended! It's totally free, and it's over Zoom, so you have NO EXCUSE!!!
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
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Looks like the Woodworking ebook is on sale for just $1.99 today, everywhere that sells ebooks! What a time to read it too! Happy Pride!
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bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <p><b>“Big-hearted and hilarious, an ode to authenticity and a must-read in our current times.” —Shelby Van Pelt, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Remarkably Brig...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Looks like the Woodworking ebook is on sale for just $1.99 today, everywhere that sells ebooks! What a time to read it too! Happy Pride!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
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Only four more days to take advantage of this sale!
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
My newsletter Episodes is one of my favorite things I do! It's where I write about film, TV, gender, and so many other things. And it helps pay the bills when, say, I haven't been in a writer's room in over a year!
And we're having a 40% off sale RIGHT NOW! (thread)
episodes.ghost.io/pride-sale
And we're having a 40% off sale RIGHT NOW! (thread)
episodes.ghost.io/pride-sale
Episodes by Emily St. James
A newsletter on culture, identity, and many other things by critic and writer Emily St. James
episodes.ghost.io
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only four more days to take advantage of this sale!
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
June 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
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No joke, the last paragraph of this is the most gratifying thing I've ever read about myself. I might as well pack it in.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
“‘Woodworking’ doesn’t offer easy lessons. Ugliness and hate rub shoulders with glimpses of freedom, growth, and transformation.” @lorimarso.bsky.social reviews Emily St. James’s “Woodworking.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/trans-women-in-the-heartland/
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No joke, the last paragraph of this is the most gratifying thing I've ever read about myself. I might as well pack it in.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
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Finally got to read @emilystjams.bsky.social fantastic debut novel, “Woodworking” — an absolute joy to live in, even though I tore through it, and easily the best book I’ve ever read that incorporates the 2016 World Series. (Constance = MVP)
June 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Finally got to read @emilystjams.bsky.social fantastic debut novel, “Woodworking” — an absolute joy to live in, even though I tore through it, and easily the best book I’ve ever read that incorporates the 2016 World Series. (Constance = MVP)
Níl cogaí nua
Níl aon cogaí feasta choiche
Níl aon cogaí feasta choiche
June 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Níl cogaí nua
Níl aon cogaí feasta choiche
Níl aon cogaí feasta choiche
I can't believe I have to go through all of this because jesus forgot to say btw puberty blockers are totally cool if your kid needs them
June 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I can't believe I have to go through all of this because jesus forgot to say btw puberty blockers are totally cool if your kid needs them
The loneliness stems from schism between the self and family first, then schism between self and society, finally leading to schism within the self. How many years have been wasted pining after people who did not want me, trying to fix myself to be what they and society decided I was.
June 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The loneliness stems from schism between the self and family first, then schism between self and society, finally leading to schism within the self. How many years have been wasted pining after people who did not want me, trying to fix myself to be what they and society decided I was.
thinking about how we treat gender as both an individual act of liberation and a collectively shared experience. But mostly about how lonely this is. How much it has disrupted my life even and maybe especially while i ignored it and hoped it would go away. How hrt both healed me & destroyed my life
June 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
thinking about how we treat gender as both an individual act of liberation and a collectively shared experience. But mostly about how lonely this is. How much it has disrupted my life even and maybe especially while i ignored it and hoped it would go away. How hrt both healed me & destroyed my life
god i'm feeling the anxiety and all of my outlets are unavailable to me. I can't enjoy food, exercise, go for a walk, work on auditions, all i can do is sit here in this room. At least the pain is lessening bit by bit. Still achey though. I feel stuck.
June 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
god i'm feeling the anxiety and all of my outlets are unavailable to me. I can't enjoy food, exercise, go for a walk, work on auditions, all i can do is sit here in this room. At least the pain is lessening bit by bit. Still achey though. I feel stuck.
it's crazy to me that everything the gop said about Obama's america or Biden's america is straight up what they are doing themselves when they have power
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
it's crazy to me that everything the gop said about Obama's america or Biden's america is straight up what they are doing themselves when they have power
It's so weird that all the politics i was surrounded by growing up that made me think this is wrong, this is bad, and constantly shamed over called names like bleeding heart, told i didn't understand x,y, or z... all of it ended up emerging as the greatest threat to the nation it has ever seen
June 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It's so weird that all the politics i was surrounded by growing up that made me think this is wrong, this is bad, and constantly shamed over called names like bleeding heart, told i didn't understand x,y, or z... all of it ended up emerging as the greatest threat to the nation it has ever seen
starting to wonder if voiceover is my only future, and how to make the most of that. Or make anything of that.
June 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
starting to wonder if voiceover is my only future, and how to make the most of that. Or make anything of that.
and then she learned that the real ffs was in the aftercare, the meticulous work to make sure she healed, the hours upon hours spent alone in the quiet with only her own thoughts to keep her company, the loss of her own face to the monstrous bruising and swelling, not knowing what would emerge
June 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
and then she learned that the real ffs was in the aftercare, the meticulous work to make sure she healed, the hours upon hours spent alone in the quiet with only her own thoughts to keep her company, the loss of her own face to the monstrous bruising and swelling, not knowing what would emerge
it's hard to overstate how insane the news about california and los angeles sounds. There was nothing wrong here and now the feds are liberating it. I wonder how much people living outside of this area are seeing it. They have no business here.
June 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
it's hard to overstate how insane the news about california and los angeles sounds. There was nothing wrong here and now the feds are liberating it. I wonder how much people living outside of this area are seeing it. They have no business here.