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✏️ YA writer 🚸 Children's Books Ireland Raising Voices '25 πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Board of North Tipperary Queer Shed, former Chair of Trans Limerick Community πŸ“š ed CAMP CRASH FILTH 🎢 Composer

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"didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?"

05.03.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul

Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul

Eddy and Double Dee from Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy. Fanart by hogancraft

Eddy and Double Dee from Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy. Fanart by hogancraft

same characters

05.03.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i'm 5.7 wbu

05.03.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

- elevating the characters and their dynamic to this really moving kind of heightened symbolism

- while never exactly 'reading too much into it', feels like it's improving the original text through close and careful attention (although I'm still v early in Gundam so I can't really judge)

03.03.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

would love that. not to be boss baby about it but this has the same energy as Captain America fanworks from ten years ago. and I mean that as high praise

03.03.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is remarkable. well done

03.03.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope they name the new museum in Limerick dedicated to the women after Frank McCourt

28.02.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I was reading 'The Odyssey' (yes, the Wilson one) recently & what stands out is an emphasis on looking after guests, visitors and strangers & the relationship between host & hosted. There are very, very old ideas that conservatives *loathe* because it requires them to care for other people

27.02.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is good shit

27.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me: yeah I'm into vinyl

The vinyl:

22.02.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Trans+ kids say about draft education guidance that could force schools to segregate them We find out what 19 Trans+ young people's school lives are like, to understand the potential impact of new draft school guidance

β€œThe government has engineered a situation where materially accommodating a Trans+ child now presents a major headache for even the most well-intentioned school administrator,” @sasha98.bsky.social

We spoke to 19 Trans+ pupils about the latest education guidance ⬇️

24.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

stunning

24.02.2026 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

get weirder 🫡

23.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10533    πŸ” 4543    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 34

top goodreads review of my favourite book I read last year was "This book doesn't really do anything wrong but it's not what I expected it to be. 2⭐"

like – you're not buying a litre of milk here

22.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

either way i should loan you Females: A Concern by Andrea Long Chu

22.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you have to write the omegaverse you want to see in the world

22.02.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is good

22.02.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

very sorry to hear this

21.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The plan, quite obviously, is to restrict the age to 14 when it's too late for puberty blockers to do anything and then use that as evidence that they are ineffective. Transphobic policy based evidence making.

20.02.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1111    πŸ” 265    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4

the Den, the Den, the pick of the Den /
the call of the telly at 2 a.m. /
the hen, the hen, I think he's a hen /
he holler into the morning

19.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder of this fabulous opportunity for aspiring children's writers and illustrators with @childrensbooksireland.ie. WCLF is proud to be partners and can't wait to welcome the Raising Voices fellows to our festival in July. Deadline 19 February

09.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

16.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2037    πŸ” 368    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 8

I'm an expert in drag performance.
If I was put in charge of a review of cancer treatment, would RTE describe me as "the expert who led the review into cancer treatment" or would that be an insane and misleading thing to write?

15.02.2026 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

love Shirani

15.02.2026 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Title for divine light, the game,

Title for divine light, the game,

Main character, Uri, holding herself and looking up

Main character, Uri, holding herself and looking up

Divine Light, The new game I did the art for is out now :O

Check it out my little starlings...

paletteheart.itch.io/divine-light

15.02.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
"I say! Are you Georgina?"
The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short
curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and
β€œFamous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7
her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was
rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's.
"No," she said. "I'm not Georgina."
"Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?"
"I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl.
I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I
can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any
fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if
you don't."
"Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't
care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway,
you look like a boy."

"I say! Are you Georgina?" The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and β€œFamous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7 her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's. "No," she said. "I'm not Georgina." "Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?" "I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't." "Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway, you look like a boy."

To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.

14.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1657    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, I'd like to point out that, the more the children's book industry does to convince the world that anyone famous can write a kids' book, the more they will reinforce the idea that children's books are an inferior form of publishing, which will increasingly undermine our industry.

13.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I also daydream about this. I would call it the High Score. you can have the slot though

10.02.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

did this once. "baby vampire"

10.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a stylized 3d render of a 1600s dutch woman at the door with her clandestine lover (?)

a stylized 3d render of a 1600s dutch woman at the door with her clandestine lover (?)

night meetings

09.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2710    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1