Izzy Wasserstein

I have this already it's called having weirdo friends that send me links, book recs, shows, memes, music, movies. We talk abt places we want to go and share info and laugh about it. It's better than a curated list cuz we get to talk about it. Finding something and knowing who would like it is love

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Survival of the person who "learned to code" but only at precisely the right moment, which was before people were told to learn to code.

(That one could stand to be pithier)

The world would be a much better place if people admitted that chance (or fate or whatever) shapes our lives. That doesn't mean hard work doesn't matter, it just means it's just one factor.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

I returned and saw under the sun that—

The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and chance happen to them all.

Jon was deeply kind and caring, and his love for his community was clear from the first time we met. He worked hard to support institutions he found worthy, but never put institutions over people.

Our community is so much less for his loss, but the good he did will carry on.

Enhance a book!

Catch 22 and Also These Hands

I just saw that a theater near me is showing Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CURE soon. I don't think I've ever remarked on it here, but CURE is one of the most unsettling films I've ever seen, a police procedural horror movie that explores what happens when inexplicable violence spreads. Underrated classic.

This is a joke for people looking for NFL jokes and W B Yeats homages.

For just me, in other words.

"Why, what could they have done, being what they are? / Was there another York for them to burn?"

Required reading.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Ezra Klein’s role is to legitimize elite views. See: his shifting opinions on Gaza, which grant centrists permission to discuss genocide, etc. He doesn’t lead, he reflects. His recent work (even pre-Kirk killing) shows liberals truly don’t understand the threat before them.

This anthology is so cool, y'all. I can't wait for it to be out in the world!

Poster advertising WE WILL RISE AGAIN (edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older). "In this guide for imagining a better tomorrow...Izzy Wasserstein's "The Rise and Fall of Storm Bluff, Kansas" ... "a short story exploring anarchism, setbacks in movement organizing, and the importance of building a flexible, responsive community. Available or pre-order now. Releases 12/2/2025."

My short story "The Rise and Fall of Storm Bluff, Kansas" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Preorder the collection now at www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...!

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My 2013 essay "HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, out from @sagapressbooks on December 2nd. You can preorder the collection now at www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...!

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart - Tachyon Publications “This fast-paced novella blends a pitch-perfect noir voice with all the excitement and grit of an action movie, but at its core, it is ultimately a tale of community, identity, and connection.” —Emma ...

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by @izzyxen.bsky.social
(From @tachyonpub.bsky.social)

📰 Near-future post-collapse Kansas City
🏴 Anarchist commune politics
🧬 Cloning and designer drugs
🏳️‍⚧️ The trans agenda
❓ JUICY DETAILS I WANT TO HINT AT BUT ARE DEFINITELY SPOILERS

BABES, I HEARD YOU LIKE QUEER SFF MYSTERY NOVELLAS FROM TINY PRESSES.

@izzyxen.bsky.social's story has got to be my favorite so far. I got goosies.

Thank you! When I wrote it I wasn't sure if it would resonate with anyone but me. It's been lovely to see that it did!

Embodied Exegesis trans feminine cyberpunk futures edited Ann Leblanc

Today's read is a book I'm incredibly excited for - last year's award-winning cyberpunk anthology from @neonhemlock.bsky.social and @robotleblanc.bsky.social!

Huge shoutout to the team at NH for the review copy, let's give it a whirl ✨

They Call us NPCs, Because That's What they Want us To Be I am so grateful to everyone who has read my new novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster already. And especially to everyone who’s been reviewing it, shouting...

Some dipshits have taken to calling the majority of humans "NPCs". Meaning we lack agency and don't think for ourselves.

These are the same folks who want us to become dependent on A.I., which will make us lack agency and be unable to think for ourselves.

My latest: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

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I'm so sorry, Kij! Sending love and hope for good news.

Hard to say how this isn't willful murder at a population scale. Seniors with chronic respiratory conditions getting denied covid vaccines.

LIghtspeed Magazine: edited by John Joseph Adams A Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

I have a story in this month's Lightspeed: "On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting." It will go up on the website on Sep 18:

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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Anyone who looks at America in 2025 and thinks, "maybe we can fix this by throwing trans people under the bus"

1) doesn't have the brains to understand what's going on or how we got here

2) doesn't have the stomach for any of the fights ahead

and

3) is vice signaling to their MAGA friends.

Your law students/law firm coworkers should never have used this tool; Open AI has been clear that they would disclose information to law enforcement this entire time

But since APPARENTLY this has to be said several THOUSAND times before people digest it,

DO NOT f***ing use this, lawyers