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They/them/theirs Author, reader πŸ‚πŸ«€βœ¨οΈ Head Writer of Making Queer History www.harperhugodarling.com

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"We Have Always Existed" Queer History Zine | Harper-Hugo Darling Get more from Harper-Hugo Darling on Patreon

Titled "We Have Always Existed", this queer history mini zine seeks to show snippets of the width and breadth of queer history, from the earliest days of human storytelling to now.
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17.09.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

11.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9662    πŸ” 2865    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 92
a picture of a orange cat on a white cat bed

a picture of a orange cat on a white cat bed

The girls love their new bed!

29.04.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the cover of THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES, with dramatic red writing overlaying three ravens flapping and apparently in conflict with one another. some have red threads emerging from their bodies

the cover of THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES, with dramatic red writing overlaying three ravens flapping and apparently in conflict with one another. some have red threads emerging from their bodies

Also yes I am STILL doing copyedits on the ms but it's up for preorder (SORRY JEN SORRY SORRY I'm a little burnt-out and overwhelmed right now) so:

THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES is the third book in the ANNUAL MIGRATIONS OF CLOUDS trilogy! Cover illo by Veronica Park!

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28.04.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10
Isi in light green outfits

Isi in light green outfits

containing my isi rainbow series with spring green 🌿🍡πŸͺ· #oc

28.04.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 876    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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🌸 Ravens in bloom

21.04.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16227    πŸ” 3063    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 45

Wishing for all of my loved ones to live in a neighborhood with a booktuber so their free little library overflows with special editions

16.04.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about wolves.

09.04.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Painted book cover of Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson

Painted book cover of Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson

For people looking to start learning more about American queer history, this book is a good starting point! Request it from your library!

07.04.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am working on making a marketing doc for Moonlit; any advice from other authors? I am going for trad pub, but I would specifically love advice from indie authors, I v much respect y'alls hustle

07.04.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My art, digital. A women and a snarling wolf

My art, digital. A women and a snarling wolf

Some Magical Girls are WOLVES-
Due to demand signed prints are now live

wolfskulljack.com/collections/...

02.04.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1770    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

when people respond to my posts about the world being like "and this surprises you?" it's like, yes, it does. everything surprises me... I'm sort of like a foal in the body a burly man...

26.03.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 735    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1

"don't make the content they'll play at your Nuremberg trial" is the advice I would give

27.03.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1818    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 4

Rejected first thing in the morning after spending yesterday evening certain that I was doing great 😭

22.03.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, if you are feeling a certain type of way about this: participate in the Trans Rights Readathon!

21.03.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly all the queer books I request from my library get rejected. Things are changing, and I'm scared of the future of publishing in a way I never have been before.

21.03.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Step backwards’: Union decries Pride flag removals from Edmonton Public Library branches CSU 52 local president Bryce Jowett told Postmedia he heard disappointment and anger from members about flags being taken down.

This thought continues to plague me as I watch my local library ban pride flags:
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

21.03.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Wolves Became Yellowstone’s $82 Million Tourist Attraction Thirty years after their reintroduction in Yellowstone, wolves have proven their ecological worth, at least in the context of restoring balance in the natural ecosystem. But what are wolves worth econ...

Wolves have value in and of themselves, but in a world where that intrinsic value might not be enough to sway public opinion, it's important to highlight the ecological and economic impacts of wolves. And boy, can wolves shape an economy for the better!

19.03.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3366    πŸ” 666    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 22
HOUSE SPIDER IN LATE MESOZOIC ERA WAITING FOR THE HOUSE TO BE INVENTED: .....
100 MILLION YEARS LATER: 
(spider sees house being built) 
"Sick."

HOUSE SPIDER IN LATE MESOZOIC ERA WAITING FOR THE HOUSE TO BE INVENTED: ..... 100 MILLION YEARS LATER: (spider sees house being built) "Sick."

20.03.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8017    πŸ” 1374    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 20

If you're feeling hopeless and miserable, I cannot possibly overstate how much it helps to just pick one thing you can do that helps people, and do it.

You only need to do one person's worth of work. That's all any of us can do.

You'll be doing what you can, and there is so much relief in that.

19.03.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1794    πŸ” 482    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 40
tweet from @bigsnugga:

i was raised on silk shirt rnb so all that incel shit never hit for me, i believe in beggin for the pussy. outside in the rain, crying, throwing up, just for a sniff. thats your role as a man

tweet from @bigsnugga: i was raised on silk shirt rnb so all that incel shit never hit for me, i believe in beggin for the pussy. outside in the rain, crying, throwing up, just for a sniff. thats your role as a man

β€œBoyz II Stronger Men: Achieving a Better Masculinity Through Slow Jams” (Simon and Schuster, 2026)

20.03.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3998    πŸ” 757    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 54

Just rewrote my query letter, and it bops so hard; it makes me want to send out this better version to some of the agents I haven't gotten a response from yet 🫠

20.03.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OF THE EMPIRE
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

10.03.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8852    πŸ” 2806    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 154
A cat cuddled on a pillow

A cat cuddled on a pillow

My new lock screen

10.03.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My advice for emerging artists and pros alike: it’s time for in person events.

The industry and community is scattered and algorithms are currently siloing us off.

Go to cons, festivals, screenings + launches, and other art events.

While social media is still shifting, invest in face to face.

10.03.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2699    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 47

I'm finally not sick, and I want to edit so so bad. Time to add some words (will we surpass 70,000?)

10.03.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of the bottom of a cats foot

Close up of the bottom of a cats foot

Musichetta is getting more comfy with cuddles

03.03.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œDream of me. Only me.” #Nosferatu

21.02.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 630    πŸ” 203    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I need more space for captions pls

01.03.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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