@laviecestmoi.bsky.social
Ignyte Award- and National Book Award-winning Filipina writer and editor of SFF. Books: Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (2022), Mirror Marked (2025). Rep'd by Stevie Finegan. Website: https://vidacruz.org Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/vidacruzborja
Cover reveal day! Super stoked to be in this one 💜
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Boosting @laviecestmoi.bsky.social’s fundraiser once again. gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
Thanks Mina :)
Thank you, Rochita! The story in question is free to read over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social.
Rochita is helping me with my fundraiser for my medical needs. If you liked the story and feel so inclined, my fundraiser is linked below:
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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social could use a little more help at this time. Do check out her fundraiser gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
@haymarketbooks.org is offering 3 free ebooks for anti-fascists wanting to learn how to resist fascism.
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social and
"The Case for Open Borders" by @jwashing.bsky.social
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Er sorry I should have been clearer: order any of the books in the series and get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving our Fallen angel cast, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus.
PENELOPEEEEEEEE
“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” - Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
Very kind of you to boost, John. Thank you 💜
Thank you! Right back at you with manageable health 💜
I closed my eyes as I took the screenshot, so it must be meant to be! Claiming this energy and throwing all my troubles to the sky ✨
Thank you 💜
Not me looking for the cursed symbol and going "surely they don't mean the rocket penis on the left..."
What in the *actual* fuck indeed...
ICYMI:
So there. I'm still recovering in every way. I still mean to finish off that zine I promised to donors; please hold on a little longer while I get everything in order; for the sake of my baby and myself, I have to go at a much slower pace these days.
May we all have a gentler 2026. 💜
But my mental health was still shit. I figured this out when I heard the ultra-negative mind voice looping while I played with my baby daughter. So I made the decision to forcibly turn this car around; rehabilitating my mind included a drastic decrease in social media use. +
With my bank account depleted and my mental health spiralling, I got a second opinion. I was put on more affordable meds, a stricter diet, and ordered blood tests every 2-3 months to monitor my creatinine, among other things. I could live with this, it made me feel better. +
It turned out that one of the many cysts in my kidneys had burst. Probably from the stress and the UTI that took 3 courses of different antibiotics to beat.
On top of the transplant, the nephrologist said I would need to take new meds to delay the transplant by 7 years. They cost 135 USD a week. +
I've had my PKD diagnosis for almost 15 years now. For the longest time, I was only in the 1st stage. It turns out that pregnancy can speed it up quite a bit.
In that 1st month after she was born, I had recurring fevers, back pain, bloody urine. Anxiety spikes so bad, I thought I would die. +
First things first: the baby is fine now. She's honestly the best baby anyone could ask for. My husband and I are so in love with her. 💜 When people ask me what the hardest thing about being a mom is, I answer that it's being chronically, devastatingly ill while trying my best to mother her. +
Hello all, I'm sure some here are wondering why I've gone quiet lately.
The TL;DR: I have Polycystic Kidney Disease for a long time. This year, I was pregnant and gave birth prematurely. And while dealing with the baby's NICU stay, a nephro told me I will need a kidney transplant in 4 years. +
Yeah, that ruined my day and I couldn't even get through that whole unreadable piece
Evergreen reminder, especially if you find these holidays difficult!!!
Aww 💜💜💜
Ask and you shall receive
Advice to all writers from my most fucked up character.
It's awards eligibility time and I finally have something to put forward for you all: