Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
Disaster trans woman with a PhD in media studies. I write stuff sometimes. (she/her)
Buy my book: https://linktr.ee/Shadell13
Buy my book: https://linktr.ee/Shadell13
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Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
· Nov 19
So, since my follower count here doubled this week, hi!
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
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Some recommendations for feminist retellings that nail down the feminism part.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Some recommendations for feminist retellings that nail down the feminism part.
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80% of the way to our third goal of $7k!
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
80% of the way to our third goal of $7k!
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Once we hit 100%, I'll release the first chapter of Unlimited Combat Dolls for free, maybe even the first two if I'm feeling nice, I think they're better together :3
Live vicariously through some violent lesbians here:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
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What do I have to do to get you to hear me? I'm shouting and pleading with you, but no one is listening. People, I want to study! I want to study for my future and my dreams, so my family won't need anyone. Please share my voice everywhere.
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What do I have to do to get you to hear me? I'm shouting and pleading with you, but no one is listening. People, I want to study! I want to study for my future and my dreams, so my family won't need anyone. Please share my voice everywhere.
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
@mommunism.bsky.social
I do think this is a better way to think about tech issues than e.g., “anxious generation,” but I do worry that a lot of this thinking, while right in some diagnoses risks being taken too strongly and reifying industrialization as the root of all problems.
While complementary, we point out some unique benefits of taking an evo perspective here:
First, it helps establish a theory-driven baseline of human behavior
(12/n)
First, it helps establish a theory-driven baseline of human behavior
(12/n)
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I do think this is a better way to think about tech issues than e.g., “anxious generation,” but I do worry that a lot of this thinking, while right in some diagnoses risks being taken too strongly and reifying industrialization as the root of all problems.
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🌸beep boop 🌸
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌸beep boop 🌸
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
For no reason at all
50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
itch.io/s/167176/hal...
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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New goals for the poison lilies toxic Yuri bundle! Check it out:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New goals for the poison lilies toxic Yuri bundle! Check it out:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Featuring the Brute of Greengrave, a collection of short stories about how magic women can be awful too.
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Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).
Sentient obsessed swords. Heartless criminals. Domineering vampire mistresses. Star-crossed outcasts.
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves.
Sink your teeth in:
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).
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I think I've hit a point where I'm more irritated by people authoritatively declaring that things are AI when they're pretty clearly not than I am with the people that post AI slop in the first place
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I think I've hit a point where I'm more irritated by people authoritatively declaring that things are AI when they're pretty clearly not than I am with the people that post AI slop in the first place
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
if you're not going to bother to learn how this shit works so you can accurately ID it then shut up
Oh wow! Anyway, bonuses!
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
Somehow we've blown past our second goal in just 6 days! I'll be raising the goal shortly, and many of our contributors will be announcing their new goal incentives.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh wow! Anyway, bonuses!
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.
I don't usually post SV updates, to avoid spamming Bluesky; but I figured I should announce that Carve It on My Bones is back to updating on SV! forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/carv...
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
Carve It on my Bones (Forcefem Mecha Melodrama) Original - Mature - Sci-Fi
My Fair Lady meets Count of Monte Cristo but with forcefem and giant robots.
Held captive against 'her' will, her body altered and augmented without her consent, the newly christened Nasidiena Melusi...
forums.sufficientvelocity.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don't usually post SV updates, to avoid spamming Bluesky; but I figured I should announce that Carve It on My Bones is back to updating on SV! forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/carv...
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
As always, the chapter will be out on Scribblehub next week!
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One of the titles included in this bundle is These Rainy Autumn Nights by @shadell.itch.io, which is best pitched as: what if Dorley but instead of a basement, they're put in a weird eldritch school that's stuck in a timeloop for thousands of years? itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One of the titles included in this bundle is These Rainy Autumn Nights by @shadell.itch.io, which is best pitched as: what if Dorley but instead of a basement, they're put in a weird eldritch school that's stuck in a timeloop for thousands of years? itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Something I love about writing toxic yuri (sorry, “poisoned lilies” plz no delist) is getting to have characters that suck, that hurt and get hurt and genuinely fuck things up but still get to be targets of empathy and understanding and, get to have moments of joy and silliness.
RCBG nails this!
RCBG nails this!
One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth needs no introduction, pretty much peak toxic transfem yuri. The web serial is now collected and included in the bundle!
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Something I love about writing toxic yuri (sorry, “poisoned lilies” plz no delist) is getting to have characters that suck, that hurt and get hurt and genuinely fuck things up but still get to be targets of empathy and understanding and, get to have moments of joy and silliness.
RCBG nails this!
RCBG nails this!
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One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth needs no introduction, pretty much peak toxic transfem yuri. The web serial is now collected and included in the bundle!
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?
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I know what you're thinking: How did Bee allow us to add RCBG, a story about totally cis men* taking oestrogen for an underground competition?
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
Welcome to Toxic Yuri November! That's not a thing, you say? Well, now it is. Our new bundle is just $15 for TWENTY-FOUR titles, all united by everyone's favorite theme: terrible, no-good, dangerous lesbians.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I know what you're thinking: How did Bee allow us to add RCBG, a story about totally cis men* taking oestrogen for an underground competition?
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!
Holy shit! Amazed and awed at the response this is getting!
120% of our second goal blown straight past, the people crave toxic yuri, and what a delicious thing to crave!
still plenty of time to get your fix in, if you share that most magnificent and unusual of hungers :3
still plenty of time to get your fix in, if you share that most magnificent and unusual of hungers :3
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Holy shit! Amazed and awed at the response this is getting!
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One of the things I really need to write about is the fact that this current wave of fascism, but most especially its transphobic component, is the product of a tiny number of epistemic elites cooking their brains on social media and group chats.
They're literally bored of us, lmao
It's really only the reactionary centrists like MattY Signal still trying to make fetch happen.
Even moderates like Klein basically agree we should be unapologetically steadfast in our policy commitments without needlessly raising the salience of queer politics.
It's really only the reactionary centrists like MattY Signal still trying to make fetch happen.
Even moderates like Klein basically agree we should be unapologetically steadfast in our policy commitments without needlessly raising the salience of queer politics.
I don't know if it's just me, but I've gotten the sense recently that transphobia a political tool is already played out. Not only is it not a winner, but it really feels like the right overplayed their hand with anti-trans hate and people generally seem sick of it, sick of bulling running on hate.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One of the things I really need to write about is the fact that this current wave of fascism, but most especially its transphobic component, is the product of a tiny number of epistemic elites cooking their brains on social media and group chats.
Not to suggest that my field has ever produced something of value, but debunking one influential paper shouldn't change our evaluation of several decades of independent tests?
Even if, the initial theorizing was nonsense, if the theory continues to prove useful empirically, we should keep it.
Even if, the initial theorizing was nonsense, if the theory continues to prove useful empirically, we should keep it.
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Not to suggest that my field has ever produced something of value, but debunking one influential paper shouldn't change our evaluation of several decades of independent tests?
Even if, the initial theorizing was nonsense, if the theory continues to prove useful empirically, we should keep it.
Even if, the initial theorizing was nonsense, if the theory continues to prove useful empirically, we should keep it.
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Have you been thinking, hey I'd have a much easier time reading RCBG if it was put together in one place--an ebook--instead of having to read it on your browser or 20 separate PDF files? That's right. Come get your RCBG in our toxic yuri bundle (and it IS pretty damn toxic). itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth needs no introduction, pretty much peak toxic transfem yuri. The web serial is now collected and included in the bundle!
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Have you been thinking, hey I'd have a much easier time reading RCBG if it was put together in one place--an ebook--instead of having to read it on your browser or 20 separate PDF files? That's right. Come get your RCBG in our toxic yuri bundle (and it IS pretty damn toxic). itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
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Looks like the Birchers weren’t entirely wrong about domino theory
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Looks like the Birchers weren’t entirely wrong about domino theory
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Here's what you can expect from me in this bundle:
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Here's what you can expect from me in this bundle:
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
92% of the way to our second goal!
The people crave bitey lesbian fiction!
The people crave bitey lesbian fiction!
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
92% of the way to our second goal!
The people crave bitey lesbian fiction!
The people crave bitey lesbian fiction!
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Tradwifery is the socially-acceptable sissification kink for cis fems
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tradwifery is the socially-acceptable sissification kink for cis fems
Truth
More people should know Jemma’s name and read her books so, you know, get on it.
Reading @jemma.bsky.social's upcoming book about a transfem special agent ala James Bond (without, you know, the misogyny and racism). I can't emphasize enough that she's an incredible writer with amazing range, you should all be reading her (her books are included in the toxic yuri bundle btw).
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Truth
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Yall fuck with mind control? Of course you do! I would know, as I’m currently knee deep in many of yalls heads wading through all of your delightfully sicko desires. Now, I’m gonna put this link here and you’re gonna click it. I think you can figure out the rest :3
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yall fuck with mind control? Of course you do! I would know, as I’m currently knee deep in many of yalls heads wading through all of your delightfully sicko desires. Now, I’m gonna put this link here and you’re gonna click it. I think you can figure out the rest :3
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...