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Working As Designed — maexmaya Alma scrolls LinkedIn posts in the parking structure so that she doesn’t badge in 'too early' and confuse the system into paying her for extra time. The green OPEN TO WORK banners multiply every week.

While Alma Santos sits in a breakout room, her neighbor texts that ICE is on her parents' street. She has student loans and a job that tracks her bathroom breaks. Her watch buzzes with messages she can't read. HR put a 4:30 on her calendar. (6,200 words, free to read)

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09.02.2026 00:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Immigrant Rights Groups Immigrant Rights & Mutual Aid Groups by State This list was compiled from Fair Immigration Reform Movement membership, Win Without War immigration and mutual aid resources, National Network for Immigr...

Immigrant Rights Groups by State. List by @jayapal.house.gov - docs.google.com/document/d/1...

25.01.2026 19:43 — 👍 265    🔁 243    💬 1    📌 0

A watercolor painting of two cowboys riding their horses side by side, one leaning in as if about to kiss the other. Text at the top says "We've Always Been Here: a queer historical zine" and a diagonal banner at the bottom says "Kickstarter coming 3/3".

Mark your calendars: the We've Always Been Here kickstarter will launch on March 3, 2026! 🥳

If you want to be the first to hear future announcements, get the first look at our official cover, and more, join our email list: taplingzines.aweb.page/p/038bb7b1-7...

Art by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social

23.01.2026 15:21 — 👍 285    🔁 135    💬 0    📌 3

Full text version, 3,950 words: maexmaya.com/stories/were...

20.01.2026 00:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

we're so proud of you! — maexmaya The wristband arrived in a white box with watercolor leaves printed on the sides. Inside: one black band, one glossy brochure, one QR code on cardstock. Computer-generated cursive designed to look per...

NEW STORY: Marissa Ramirez can have health insurance or privacy. Not both. (Visual storytelling, free to read.)

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20.01.2026 00:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mexican Halloween — maexmaya 'I never would have bought something from Shein,' one of the Frida Kahlos is saying to her friend. She’s holding a painter’s palette and brush. 'But they have a Frida Kahlo license and it’s so importa...

Sofía paints her face like the dead and tells ghost stories for tips. The tourists want Mexican Halloween—spooky but safe. Meanwhile, ICE raids happen ten minutes away, and her cousin's daughters are asking when mom is coming home. (7,200 words, free to read)

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13.01.2026 05:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Take your time healing. The Schrodinger's Cat phase of submission means we can still tell ourselves we might be accepted a little while longer.

12.01.2026 20:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

maexmaya Once upon a time, before the platforms ate everything, the internet was different.

Can I tell you a story? I've missed making things for the sake of making them, and sharing them for the sake of sharing them. So I built maexmaya.com to share my short stories, experimental fiction, and thoughts.

11.01.2026 18:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How to make a great first impression: realize immediately after submitting a piece of writing to a journal that you uploaded the draft instead of the final version.

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