You're so welcome! I hope it was helpful!
08.03.2026 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You're so welcome! I hope it was helpful!
08.03.2026 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And there's still useful stuff in there for folks like me who came out ages ago and have mostly unpacked that baggage already.
The full review is available here:
syrens.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/b...
4/4
#ThornapplePressReaderProgram
That said, it's a chatty, accessible book full of suggestions on how to find and build community, how to set boundaries, and how to advocate for yourself, plus anecdotes that will have readers feeling seen & understood.
#ThornapplePressReaderProgram
3/4
I'm not the target audience for this book - it's aimed at people who are newly out, or considering coming out but aren't quite there yet, and need some support around that decision. I've been out since my long-gone teens, so.
#ThornapplePressReaderProgram
2/4
A photo of the "Carry On" book cover, against a high-contrast background. Descriptions like "friendly advice", "why we stay closetted even thoug hit hurts", "Boundaries and self-advocacy", "How to find your people", and "Real Life Examples" are written in yellow text around the outside of the book, with curly, white arrows pointing from each description to the book cover, to indicate what readers can expect from the book.
Yellow text against a high-contrast background. There is an orange rose in the bottom-right corner. The text in question also appears, in text format, in the review thread this image is part of.
Yellow text against a high-contrast background. There's an orange rose in the bottom-right corner and a frond of lavender in the upper-left corner. There's also a large, yellow QR code that will take you to the blog where I've provided a longer review of the book. The content of the yellow text is also available, in text format, in the skeet-thread this image is part of.
Okay! So I said this was coming.
#thornapplepress sent me a copy of @nillinlore.bsky.social's "Carry On: Unpacking Your Internalized Transphobic and Queerphobic Baggage" in exchange for an honest review as part of their #ThornapplePressReaderProgram.
The short version is...
1/4
More here:
bsky.app/profile/vers...
At the AWP off-site reading*
*Curled up on the couch with a book
im participating in this online memorial for Chicago/Toronto poet Larry Sawyer today; you should drop by, if you are able; @guernicaeditions.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/lit-...
07.03.2026 19:16 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
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Residents & road users can expect some traffic/transit impacts in the downtown core tomorrow for the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Road closures
10:45am to 2pm
Wellington btwn Kent & Sussex
From 12:30-2pm
Sussex, btwn Rideau & York
From 12:30-3pm
York btwn William & Dalhousie
Thanks so much for coming!
If you also want to learn bystander intervention to build safer communities, join me for the next webinar to mark International Anti-Street Harassment Week. It's free!
April 16 @ 7pm EST
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
So, here's my wee review of @nillinlore.bsky.social's "Carry On: Unpacking Your Internalized Transphobic and Queerphobic Baggage".
#Queer #QueerBooks #CanQueer #ThornapplePressReaderProgram
Color photograph of a display of grave goods from Grave 9 at Vivallen, including glass beads which were found near the head/neck indicating that they were most likely a beaded necklace which is considered feminine attire, a silver rose brooch (also feminine), and a silver finger ring (ambiguous)
Color photo of a reconstructed medieval belt from Grave 9, including all its mounts/fittings (considered male attire), a needle case (considered feminine) and a unique knife in a Sami style
The next gender non-conforming grave is in Vivallen. Grave 9 from the 12-13th C.; osteologically male, artifactually female*, this Sami individual was wealthy, with goods which indicate far travels or a strong trade network
*more in alt txt
An excellent thesis:
uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Black-and-white portrait of Stompin Tom Connors standing against a white background. He wears a dark cowboy hat, a dark fringed jacket, and a patterned shirt. An acoustic guitar is slung over his right shoulder, and his left hand grips the neck near the headstock, where a small keyring or tassels hang. He faces the camera in a three-quarter pose.
On this day in 2013, Stompin' Tom Connors died.
A beloved Canadian icon, he wrote over 300 songs and released four dozen albums during his career.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
buff.ly/irihLmB
The words "VERSeFest x Arc - Wednesday, March 25 - 8:30pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio - Isabella Wang, T Liem, Lucia Farinon" appear in black text against a gradient background that shades from orange to yellow. The text is accompanied by photos of the three poets mentioned in the text.
The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in black text above a black QR code that can be used to get you to the VERSeFest 2026 website. The background, again, shades from orange to yellow.
VERSeFest x
@arcpoetry.bsky.social
Ft Isabella Wang, Lucia Farinon, T Liem
Wednesday, March 25 - 8:30pm
Black Box Studio
Mercredi, le 25 mars - 20h30
Studio Black Box
$15 ($25 for both March 25 shows)
15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 25 mars)
www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/arc...
The words "VERSeFest - Wednesday, March 25 - 7:00pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio - Gwen Aube, D.A. Lockhart, Claudia Coutu Radmore" appear in black text against a gradient background that shades from orange to yellow. The text is accompanied by photos of the three poets mentioned in the text.
The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in black text above a black QR code that can be used to get you to the VERSeFest 2026 website. The background, again, shades from orange to yellow.
VERSeFest Presents/présente :
Claudia Coutu Radmore, DA Lockhard, Gwen Aube
Wednesday, March 25 - 7:00pm
Black Box Studio
Mercredi, le 25 mars - 19h00
Studio Black Box
$15 ($25 for both March 25 shows)
15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 25 mars)
www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/wed...
If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!
06.03.2026 12:05 — 👍 2113 🔁 1093 💬 17 📌 22BELOVED FRIENDS. You have raised $15k in 45 minutes. Do you know how much good this is going to let @immcouncil.org do??
05.03.2026 23:50 — 👍 96 🔁 44 💬 0 📌 2Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
05.03.2026 05:17 — 👍 17394 🔁 5762 💬 128 📌 102Wow that was alot of politics posting. Back to gooseposting. 🐣🪶
05.03.2026 21:15 — 👍 144 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 4The new issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social is live! My cento crown of sonnets "The Idle Crown" is made of work from all 7 past issues, so check out one of the hardest poems I've ever written. Check it out below:
05.03.2026 22:46 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
On a wooden cutting board we see soy sauce, rice vinegar, peanut butter, chili oil, sesame oil, three cloves of garlic, some chopped ginger, a small bowl of sugar and salt, and a package of shanxi style noodles.
Ready for a new episode of Cooking with Uncle Kevin? Today we’re making CHILI PEANUT BUTTER NOODLES using the goodies you see here, plus green onion, sesame seeds, and some crushed peanuts for garnish. Recipe is for one—multiply as needed!
First: Use the noodles you like, ok? LET’S GOOOOO
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Screenshot of a book cover showing an illustration of a crow perched on an "ICE" jacket lying in the middle of a snow-lined road under the light of a full moon. The cover reads "ICE Out " by Charles de Lint. Text to the right of the cover reads "ICE came to Newford. Big mistake." and "Download for free!"
Urban fantasy author Charles de Lint just published a new "novelet" and released it for free, his stories of myth and magic and community and found family are full of so much love and hope and we could all use some of that right now
www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html
I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere
To donate havenwatch.org. I’ve never met any of these folks but honestly this is the top tier of awesomeness in Minnesota
05.03.2026 14:17 — 👍 42 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 0
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/03/12-o...
We're smokin' that Argentinian himejoshi catgirl shit out of a puma bone pipe at an altitude of 12,600 feet, concurrent with the third Dynasty of Ur, you stupid shit.
02.03.2026 21:30 — 👍 3102 🔁 1157 💬 29 📌 26Brain May having a PhD in astrophysics means we could still get a song lyric update to "conservation of angular momentum makes the rockin' world go 'round".
04.03.2026 20:23 — 👍 224 🔁 12 💬 22 📌 1Right? So beautiful!
05.03.2026 00:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0#Ottawa, if you go outside RIGHT NOW (7:46pm), you van watch the moon rising. She's very orange and gorgeous tonight.
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