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If it goes up, don’t cross the picket line. Collective action is the only way we ever get things done.

Three long haired cats, one gray stripe, two solid fluffy voids, in a row.

Oh.

So Halloween is over.

I refuse to change my name back.

The end.

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away' Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD

Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"

She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

Well. There goes my career aspirations.

WGA Members and Aspiring Writers:

Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.

A digital painting of a man looking out into the sunset. His left arm hangs down his side. He wears a black shirt with white delicate flowers scattered in its pattern. His beige shorts crinkles up as he leans his weight on on leg. The blurry orange sky sets a bright burning orange on his outline. Clean lettering writes the title: Things I Only Draw When I'm Sad by Hien Pham. A small ribbon on the corner of the illustration says "Coming Soon!"

A digital painting of a man wading into water. The composition centers on his half-submerged hand. His wet shirt clings to his body as he casts a shadow upon the turbulent waves. The deep teal water is lit by presumably moonlight. Next to the painting is a simple black-and-white drawing of a man sitting on a chair drawing on his digital art tablet. An identical man stands right behind him with his hands resting on the back of the chair, he watches as his counterpart continues to paint. Narration: "Small, seemingly meaningless things can pull me under than my heart can beat."

A digital painting of a balding bearded Asian man. Both of his arms are held at the back of his head as he ties up what's left of his hair. The back of his figure is lit by a warm, golden light source. He faces away with his eyes closed. Next to the painting is a black-and-white cartoon of two men who look identical to the men previously depicted. One takes on a pose similar to the one in the painting, albeit with a more whimsical and playful expression. His counter part sitting at the drawing desk looks away from his work to let out a pleasant sigh at the posing man. Narration: "Unreciprocated yearning is a veil so thick it only makes sense on a canvas"

My zine Things I Only Draw When I'm Sad pairs emotive paintings with simple cartooning to deliver its narrative. I hope the chibi Hiens work both to ground the sometimes-abstract illustrations and add levity to otherwise heavy topics!

Coming soon on Nov 6th 😊💖✨!!

As long as they remix Nightwish, Ella Fitzgerald and Enya, I’d ship it

Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. clarkesworldmagazine.com Includes our robot mascot's head looking up and over at the cover of a recent issue that has a building on a hill with red tubes bursting through the walls and into the sky. A small robot and some people approach the woods in front of the building. Ok, so maybe that place has problems too, but at least it's pretty to look at. I won't say that won't happen in the real world because you never know who will decide to invest in the BuildingDestroyer(tm) after seeing that picture instead of buying a subscription and supporting real human artists and authors. Those people probably wouldn't support us anyway because we hate their so-called "AI" and mock their little toys when we have the opportunity to. But yes, visit our world. The stories are good. Really. At least we think so. Can't hurt to try, can it? Stay as long as you like. There's nineteen years of stories, many in audio too. Just don't forget to stop to eat and drink and sleep and take care of yourself. And when you're ready, go back to the real world and fight your monsters or just breathe. You can come back any time. I suppose I should stop rambling now. I apologize for the lack of a screaming possum in this ad, but trust that it is there in spirit.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
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Oh god, too soon

Me: silent for days

Also me: randomly goes on a BLUESKY BENDER that may or may not involve the following:

* pets
* writing
* entertainment
* genitalia
* existential crises

or

* writing about existential crises that fuel entertainment (genitalia likely, not required) and also pets save souls

In case y’all wondered how I dared.

And how I plan to keep daring.

And also how you could dare too.

I dare you.

Go fucking nuts.

I only knew the modern meaning of "Luddite" until recently. Turns out, the Luddites were badass, actually. So you get a thread! And now you'll know too!

Cover of Linghun with the following text on the graphic: Looking for your next spooky season read? Welcome home…

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian writer and immigrant, Ai Jiang. LINGHUN is set in the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go.

looking for your next spooky season read? 👀👻🏡

WOOF! This beautiful three-thousand mile dog rescue story wins the internet this month.

I wouldn’t blame it unilaterally on her editors. Ally she may have been, but her own fetishes are habitually clear in most of her books. Among them: m/m power fantasies that involve age. This is a common thread.

That said, I know what you mean and can agree that it would have been nice to see more

YES PERFECTION also Puck in the series was the first indication in my youth that I would have a Thing(TM) for behind the scenes people who were powerful enough to get things done but didn’t need to wear the crown.

…Anyway may the kiddo love the movie and/or series as much as it deserves. I loved it

SHE WROTE ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL HAVING SEX ON A GRAVE WIH HER COUSIN

I’m sorry, do modern day depictions of the fucked up and depraved characters of her many and varied imaginations hurt your little sensibilities? Do you prefer your pretty vampires tortured AND straight?

As Lasher would say: laughter

My favorite Anne Rice book is Cry to Heaven.

YES I am aware the book is deeply problematic. But the thing is so emblematic of her voice: gayness, prettiness, eternal youth (one way or another), kinky and forbidden sex, and eroticism beyond “subtle”.

Wtf do these people think they’re defending?

Did 👏 nobody 👏 actually 👏 read 👏 Anne 👏 Rice.

The woman was absolutely gay for gayness. She worshipped at the font of “pretty hair and pretty dicks deserve prettier hair and virgin dicks”

Did these people actually read her books or do they consider 1994 the ultimate source material because…

Coming from a small, white, loose-knit family who can’t agree on queerness or gender or poverty or representation and yet unilaterally agree on “Cuomo sucks”. In various quantities of words.

“because gay” seems too easy an answer AND YET

It’s heartbreaking and soul-crushing to see this happen. And I hate hate hate that I am not shocked. Furious but unsurprised. What a way to exist.

If you know someone relying on SNAP, reach out to them.

Don’t assume they can “just go to a food bank”

Don’t assume they have a contingency.

Many people, especially with disabilities, either can’t get to a food bank or have special diets they can’t accommodate.

They need help

Wishing you a peaceful night filled with restful dreams, my precious kittens.

Listen, my mum is great in many ways but I wouldn’t exactly call her totally accepting of my whole existence

But as soon as she’s done with The Untamed, I’ll send her to Word of Honor.

With each episode, she opens up that much more and understands me a little more each time.

Art. Changes. Worlds.

Guarantee: I will be watching The Untamed again.

Also: I got MY MOM to start The Untamed. Woman looks me dead in the soul and says, “Bromance is real” and I did NOT say, “First hit’s free, BL addict-in-training,” but you and I know it to be true.

She’s that much closer to queer appreciation.

I AM STILL SO HAPPY I CANNOT.

Anyway so I’m in Season 2 and it’s miraculous to me how close the donghua is to the live action. I’m so so so so so so so so in love.

(Donghua: in very general terms, thats the Chinese form of the standard “anime” that most people are familiar with)

Um.

So.

ATEEZ or gtfo.

THERE I SAID IT

In another life, I would be fluent in multiple languages and transcribe light novels for western audiences.

Because no matter what, the world NEEDS light novels. Mass market fiction, pulp, everything that is considered less than by literary snobs.

Pulp shapes worlds. Prove me wrong.