sarakarpukhin.bsky.social
@sarakarpukhin.bsky.social
Writer, literary historian, college instructor based in the U.S..
Interested in randomness, displacement, fractured temporalities, and identity shifts.
https://sarakarpukhin.substack.com/
Interested in randomness, displacement, fractured temporalities, and identity shifts.
https://sarakarpukhin.substack.com/
What do you do with shame when it doesn’t go away? Sometimes it’s not just a private feeling, it’s historical weather. Queer shame specifically can be both damage and a strange kind of social knowledge. The essay’s here. #LGBTQ #Queer #WritingCommunity
From Gay Shame to Queer Cringecore 😬
A very short history of queer emotions.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
What do you do with shame when it doesn’t go away? Sometimes it’s not just a private feeling, it’s historical weather. Queer shame specifically can be both damage and a strange kind of social knowledge. The essay’s here. #LGBTQ #Queer #WritingCommunity
Serializing a historical novel set in 19C Moscow’s German colony. I can’t stop thinking about how body-sized everything feels in that world: time, distance, work, relations. Writing it felt therapeutic - so I wonder if it’s a projection. Do others feel this when reading/writing historical fiction?
Koenig #2: Orphan
A life begins, accidental and lucky.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Serializing a historical novel set in 19C Moscow’s German colony. I can’t stop thinking about how body-sized everything feels in that world: time, distance, work, relations. Writing it felt therapeutic - so I wonder if it’s a projection. Do others feel this when reading/writing historical fiction?