Dana Katz
@theragnarokd.bsky.social
Poet, speculative fiction writer, special interest in psychology. They/them. Freak and proud. No minors please.
honestly this fully encapsulates my beliefs about labels
November 4, 2024 at 8:44 PM
honestly this fully encapsulates my beliefs about labels
having nuance in 300 chars is hard. i wanna try.
November 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
having nuance in 300 chars is hard. i wanna try.
going full Web of Love in my cosmology here echoschildren.bandcamp.com/track/web-of...
Web Of Love, by Echo's Children
from the album As Good As Any
echoschildren.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2024 at 8:40 PM
going full Web of Love in my cosmology here echoschildren.bandcamp.com/track/web-of...
"i'm just having a mental image of like, little soul fibers sticking to each other like cat fur to a woolen coat
those little suckers WANT to entwine around each other, it's what they do"
- me discussing worldbuilding for my fic
those little suckers WANT to entwine around each other, it's what they do"
- me discussing worldbuilding for my fic
November 4, 2024 at 8:29 PM
"i'm just having a mental image of like, little soul fibers sticking to each other like cat fur to a woolen coat
those little suckers WANT to entwine around each other, it's what they do"
- me discussing worldbuilding for my fic
those little suckers WANT to entwine around each other, it's what they do"
- me discussing worldbuilding for my fic
oh dopamine where art thou
November 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM
oh dopamine where art thou
Today in "takes I don't understand": "I don't believe cis people exist"
- do you believe there's such a thing as being a man or a woman?
- is there a reason people who are assigned the matching gender at birth are excluded from being that thing?
- do you believe there's such a thing as being a man or a woman?
- is there a reason people who are assigned the matching gender at birth are excluded from being that thing?
November 4, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Today in "takes I don't understand": "I don't believe cis people exist"
- do you believe there's such a thing as being a man or a woman?
- is there a reason people who are assigned the matching gender at birth are excluded from being that thing?
- do you believe there's such a thing as being a man or a woman?
- is there a reason people who are assigned the matching gender at birth are excluded from being that thing?
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“Gosh, seems like so many people are being diagnosed with adhd and autism now that we have decent diagnostic tools, it’s so confusing”
It's like the prevalence of lefthandedness; much higher than when it was supressed
November 4, 2024 at 2:07 PM
“Gosh, seems like so many people are being diagnosed with adhd and autism now that we have decent diagnostic tools, it’s so confusing”
#novelmber 4) introduce a supporting character
Ilse, co-founder of the Noether Club for the Occult. Tall and broad, large hands deft and gentle with fragile objects. Likes electronics and playing bass guitar, dislikes rule breakers and being made to play the voice of reason.
Ilse, co-founder of the Noether Club for the Occult. Tall and broad, large hands deft and gentle with fragile objects. Likes electronics and playing bass guitar, dislikes rule breakers and being made to play the voice of reason.
November 4, 2024 at 2:02 PM
#novelmber 4) introduce a supporting character
Ilse, co-founder of the Noether Club for the Occult. Tall and broad, large hands deft and gentle with fragile objects. Likes electronics and playing bass guitar, dislikes rule breakers and being made to play the voice of reason.
Ilse, co-founder of the Noether Club for the Occult. Tall and broad, large hands deft and gentle with fragile objects. Likes electronics and playing bass guitar, dislikes rule breakers and being made to play the voice of reason.
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HANG UP YOUR HAMMER, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
November 4, 2024 at 11:20 AM
HANG UP YOUR HAMMER, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
honestly i'm just flailing around being like "aaaa how do we communicate to each other when we can only use words and never convey our experiences fully?"
well, with poetry and prose, mostly, and a lot of metaphors. but that convo can't start until we realize how bugfuck varied human experience is.
well, with poetry and prose, mostly, and a lot of metaphors. but that convo can't start until we realize how bugfuck varied human experience is.
November 4, 2024 at 11:28 AM
honestly i'm just flailing around being like "aaaa how do we communicate to each other when we can only use words and never convey our experiences fully?"
well, with poetry and prose, mostly, and a lot of metaphors. but that convo can't start until we realize how bugfuck varied human experience is.
well, with poetry and prose, mostly, and a lot of metaphors. but that convo can't start until we realize how bugfuck varied human experience is.
hm - that gets me thinking: I hypothesize a part of alexithymia comes from how we learn to label emotion: basically we display emotion and our parents/surroundings guess what the emotion is and name it for us. "Oh, you're crying, you must be sad!"
learning to name one's gender might work similarly.
learning to name one's gender might work similarly.
November 4, 2024 at 11:24 AM
hm - that gets me thinking: I hypothesize a part of alexithymia comes from how we learn to label emotion: basically we display emotion and our parents/surroundings guess what the emotion is and name it for us. "Oh, you're crying, you must be sad!"
learning to name one's gender might work similarly.
learning to name one's gender might work similarly.
gender is not an experience I have. when I learned some people had a deep knowledge of being a man or a woman I was first puzzled, then wondered how one obtained that knowledge: was there a quiz?
there isn't. some people have the experience of knowing they are a particular gender. I don't.
there isn't. some people have the experience of knowing they are a particular gender. I don't.
November 4, 2024 at 11:04 AM
gender is not an experience I have. when I learned some people had a deep knowledge of being a man or a woman I was first puzzled, then wondered how one obtained that knowledge: was there a quiz?
there isn't. some people have the experience of knowing they are a particular gender. I don't.
there isn't. some people have the experience of knowing they are a particular gender. I don't.
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When wholesome trans inclusion is also a trap for wizards
saw this in a group im in and once again librarians are the fucking S tier class of what it is to be a good human
November 3, 2024 at 8:21 PM
When wholesome trans inclusion is also a trap for wizards
welp, gonna try out royal road... totally not antsy waiting for my first chapter submission to be approved, nope!
November 3, 2024 at 8:12 PM
welp, gonna try out royal road... totally not antsy waiting for my first chapter submission to be approved, nope!
My protagonist is Yasha, a perpetual grad student currently working on an MA in English lit feat chivalric romances. He's completely over his ex boyfriend and isn't concerned about him at all, and and has only stayed in the same city for five years because moving is such a hassle. #novelmber
November 3, 2024 at 3:44 PM
My protagonist is Yasha, a perpetual grad student currently working on an MA in English lit feat chivalric romances. He's completely over his ex boyfriend and isn't concerned about him at all, and and has only stayed in the same city for five years because moving is such a hassle. #novelmber
(1/2) In the secret recesses of his heart, Yasha has always been fond of autumn. There was something about a brisk walk among crisp fallen leaves, rainwater washing the air anew, one's scarf slung just so around one's neck, the very image of a brooding poet-slash-academic.
November 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
(1/2) In the secret recesses of his heart, Yasha has always been fond of autumn. There was something about a brisk walk among crisp fallen leaves, rainwater washing the air anew, one's scarf slung just so around one's neck, the very image of a brooding poet-slash-academic.
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YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH WATER TODAY?
November 2, 2024 at 7:20 PM
YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH WATER TODAY?
pov: you're my alpha reader who just woke up
a black and white dog with the words me excited to annoy you
Alt: a black and white dog with the words me excited to annoy you
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2024 at 4:49 PM
pov: you're my alpha reader who just woke up
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#NOVELMBER
I'm working on "Marsupoly: A game of Dice and Wombat".
It's a LitRPG/Isekai story, about a person who gets reincarnated into a world that works like an RPG, but based on a Monopoly board.
And he gets reincarnated as a wombat, whose cube-shaped... leavings are the dice he uses to move.
I'm working on "Marsupoly: A game of Dice and Wombat".
It's a LitRPG/Isekai story, about a person who gets reincarnated into a world that works like an RPG, but based on a Monopoly board.
And he gets reincarnated as a wombat, whose cube-shaped... leavings are the dice he uses to move.
November 2, 2024 at 4:44 PM
#NOVELMBER
I'm working on "Marsupoly: A game of Dice and Wombat".
It's a LitRPG/Isekai story, about a person who gets reincarnated into a world that works like an RPG, but based on a Monopoly board.
And he gets reincarnated as a wombat, whose cube-shaped... leavings are the dice he uses to move.
I'm working on "Marsupoly: A game of Dice and Wombat".
It's a LitRPG/Isekai story, about a person who gets reincarnated into a world that works like an RPG, but based on a Monopoly board.
And he gets reincarnated as a wombat, whose cube-shaped... leavings are the dice he uses to move.
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A reminder to everyone that LITTLE GHOSTS is OPEN FOR NOVELLA SUBMISSIONS.
We are looking for adult horror fiction between 17.5-40k words. Queer stories, work from BIPOC writers, weird horror, and more is welcome.
More about contracts available on the site 🖤👻
www.littleghostsbooks.com/contact-us
We are looking for adult horror fiction between 17.5-40k words. Queer stories, work from BIPOC writers, weird horror, and more is welcome.
More about contracts available on the site 🖤👻
www.littleghostsbooks.com/contact-us
November 2, 2024 at 3:58 PM
A reminder to everyone that LITTLE GHOSTS is OPEN FOR NOVELLA SUBMISSIONS.
We are looking for adult horror fiction between 17.5-40k words. Queer stories, work from BIPOC writers, weird horror, and more is welcome.
More about contracts available on the site 🖤👻
www.littleghostsbooks.com/contact-us
We are looking for adult horror fiction between 17.5-40k words. Queer stories, work from BIPOC writers, weird horror, and more is welcome.
More about contracts available on the site 🖤👻
www.littleghostsbooks.com/contact-us
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September 26, 2024 at 9:58 AM
hmm. i still don't have a firm enough grasp of the story (I like to have at least the major beats fairly well understood before I start writing)
let's try another way: what about this story is most likely to sucker-punch me in the feels?
let's try another way: what about this story is most likely to sucker-punch me in the feels?
November 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
hmm. i still don't have a firm enough grasp of the story (I like to have at least the major beats fairly well understood before I start writing)
let's try another way: what about this story is most likely to sucker-punch me in the feels?
let's try another way: what about this story is most likely to sucker-punch me in the feels?
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INCORRECT: Trans women have received Male Socialization and will reproduce patterns of behaviour associated with men
CORRECT: Trans women tend towards the psychological profile you'd expect from women who've been gaslit about their own sense of identity throughout their formative years.
CORRECT: Trans women tend towards the psychological profile you'd expect from women who've been gaslit about their own sense of identity throughout their formative years.
October 24, 2024 at 11:16 AM
INCORRECT: Trans women have received Male Socialization and will reproduce patterns of behaviour associated with men
CORRECT: Trans women tend towards the psychological profile you'd expect from women who've been gaslit about their own sense of identity throughout their formative years.
CORRECT: Trans women tend towards the psychological profile you'd expect from women who've been gaslit about their own sense of identity throughout their formative years.
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Authors, this is your occasional reminder to never shut up about your books
but also
To talk about them a little differently each time.
I just bought a book I’ve seen on the tl 20+ times. Something about the last promo just clicked for me.
Not even sure what it was.
Anyway
NEVER SHUT UP
but also
To talk about them a little differently each time.
I just bought a book I’ve seen on the tl 20+ times. Something about the last promo just clicked for me.
Not even sure what it was.
Anyway
NEVER SHUT UP
November 2, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Authors, this is your occasional reminder to never shut up about your books
but also
To talk about them a little differently each time.
I just bought a book I’ve seen on the tl 20+ times. Something about the last promo just clicked for me.
Not even sure what it was.
Anyway
NEVER SHUT UP
but also
To talk about them a little differently each time.
I just bought a book I’ve seen on the tl 20+ times. Something about the last promo just clicked for me.
Not even sure what it was.
Anyway
NEVER SHUT UP
Day 2: What are you writing this month?
Haunt, original m/m/m novel, starry eyed idealist/cynical bastard/even more cynical bastard so spiteful he wraps back around to loving, plus consensual(ish) possessions by not-so-friendly spirits
Haunt, original m/m/m novel, starry eyed idealist/cynical bastard/even more cynical bastard so spiteful he wraps back around to loving, plus consensual(ish) possessions by not-so-friendly spirits
November 2, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Day 2: What are you writing this month?
Haunt, original m/m/m novel, starry eyed idealist/cynical bastard/even more cynical bastard so spiteful he wraps back around to loving, plus consensual(ish) possessions by not-so-friendly spirits
Haunt, original m/m/m novel, starry eyed idealist/cynical bastard/even more cynical bastard so spiteful he wraps back around to loving, plus consensual(ish) possessions by not-so-friendly spirits