柯婕 Jie Venus

I’m going through an *intense* chronic issue with my stomach, and I completely sympathize. GI symptoms are unlike anything I’ve experienced with other chronic illness issues I have =\ blah! Get well please!

My weirdest piece of writing ever is featured in this issue. Thank you Diagram :)

Say wallahi

The Breeders

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Gackt, L'arc-en-ciel, Dir en Grey, TM Revolution, The Pillows, Flow, Malice Mizer, Sambomaster, X Japan, Asian Kung Fu Generation, and High and Mighty Color

This is such a good book. I am so excited!!!

My wife @ashgabrielle.bsky.social is pitching sapphic fantasy--conan the barbarian but lesbians in central asia!

AMAZING.

The title is a reference to Lady of Shalott, yes? :) So great!

My wife just started her querying journey and I am helping her out with it! Her novel is rather long at 115k, sapphic fantasy set in Central Asia. Would the word count be something you’d worry about? Or is that within a range that agents of fantasy find acceptable if they like the query/pages?

Do it! My friend did this and is happily living and working in Italy now c:

I hate my viewers

The problem with this, though, is that ultimately they are teenagers and want the easiest way out. Plus, that essay needs to be written eventually—so even though it is a good activity, those kids are still going to go back to generative AI to do the heavy lifting for their writing anyway…

Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv

They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already

WAIT I JUST STARTED REWATCHING THIS TOO!!!

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I only have $150 more dollars to raise! Then I will be able to achieve my dream of attending #lambda !

I have one day to do it!

Please consider throwing this cool #intersex teacher a bone <3
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I'm a high school teacher and I refuse to assign homework. It's one of my best qualities.

A career

when you receive a request for a full with a dream agent and you suddenly start to panic about every sentence in your damn manuscript lmao.

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I am once again asking for your financial support. Please consider donating whatever you can to help me achieve my dream of attending the @lambdaliterary.org 2025 retreat as a poetry fellow. Give this intersex femme some sugar & I'll pay it forward when I can.

A cute cat name Grey with Venus Limbs by Jie Cohen

Venus Limbs by Jie Cohen

VENUS LIMBS IS BLOOMING
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Was selected as a 2025 Lambda Literary Poetry Fellow. I am beyond excited :) I also just finished the first draft of my novel. Things are interesting.

The cover for Venus Limbs by Jie Cohen uses the Death of Lucretia painting as the jacket design. Ordering information can be found at thirtywestph.com and the chapbook is due out on 5/9/25.

A small write up about The Blooming Series and growth and newness. More can be found on the Thirty West website.

🌹 VENUS LIMBS the debut chapbook by @jiecohen.bsky.social
is open for preorders.

A surreal exploration of how the medical industry treats fatness, chronic illness, & intersex conditions. The narrative is told through the POV of the Venus of Willendorf statue. 🌹

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April is for new growth. The Blooming is occurring all around us. 🌺

I love being a coastal elite. Do not follow me if you have heartland values

Wowza a Napkin Poem double feature! @jiecohen.bsky.social & Ashley Cline. Take a peek and read them on your coffee break. Only on Afterimages.

“Genetic Disturbance”:

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“Breakfast Hymnal”:

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I mean, I'm no daddy, but I can be a paperwork mommy. I got you. I'm obsessed with paperwork.

The Right to Pee Is Everything

I wrote about the right to bathrooms, trans rights, executive orders, personhood, the history of politicizing peeing, Susan Stryker, Sarah McBride, and public space for @thenation.com

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ughhhhhhhh. i remember these days.