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Kara Jorgensen

@authorkaraj.bsky.social

Queer, nonbinary author, MFA, adjunct professor, and dog mom. Your local ND science-goth crocheter. Julia Child meets Vincent Price. They/them karajorgensen.com

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Final Edgar biopsy update:
Still NOT cancer. The pathologists think it was a piece of plant material that got embedded in his mouth that encapsulated, got infected, and burst open/fell out.
Once again, fuck the first vet, and YAY FOR NOT CANCER

03.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Ngl, I think I'm still mildly traumatized from my experience at the first vet I went to with Edgar when his mouth was bleeding. I am so glad that I am not a passive or trusting person because I could have put a healthy dog to sleep because the vet was a lazy, high-handed asshole 🫠

03.03.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Call your reps about this. Every time a book ban has been overturned or shut down, it's because the vast majority of people who believe in the freedom to read spoke up.
Find your reps' info at reps.fyi.

28.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 405    πŸ” 282    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

i would love to live in a society that defends, protects, and uplifts effeminate gay boys and men

transphobes don't and never let them fool you into thinking they do

04.03.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Israel has healthcare.

04.03.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot which reads:

Can i be part of you beta reader?

Screenshot which reads: Can i be part of you beta reader?

Uhhh, no.

Writers, don't be falling for this one!

04.03.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Every trans person who refuses to shrink their identity to fit the room is expanding the world for everyone else.

03.03.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
An arrow trope image where several elements point to a central cover. The cover features a masc person and a child stand in a city street with their back to the viewer. The child is pointing towards a flock of birds swooping through the sky. The entire cover is in tones of blue, and it is clearly set in winter.
The surrounding information includes: the evil scientist who betrayed ols community, fixing what’s broken / aftermath story, three arospec leads with messy relationships to romance, the chaos of a six cats household, may contain Baker Thief characters, the gender feels of choosing a body for yourself, fantasy city and spring traditions inspired by Quebec City

An arrow trope image where several elements point to a central cover. The cover features a masc person and a child stand in a city street with their back to the viewer. The child is pointing towards a flock of birds swooping through the sky. The entire cover is in tones of blue, and it is clearly set in winter. The surrounding information includes: the evil scientist who betrayed ols community, fixing what’s broken / aftermath story, three arospec leads with messy relationships to romance, the chaos of a six cats household, may contain Baker Thief characters, the gender feels of choosing a body for yourself, fantasy city and spring traditions inspired by Quebec City

A brilliant engineer must work with the scientist who trapped thousands in small gems to save them, but to do so, they will need to learn to trust one anotherβ€”with the science, with their loved ones, and with their confused aro hearts.

Aromantic fantasy novel! buy.bookfunnel.com/prdyz5509q

πŸŒˆπŸ“š

04.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's nothing funnier than a creator being mad that people hate their self-insert character while loving the character it's obvious they based on someone they hate πŸ˜‚

03.03.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy wearing a dark blue and black top looking slightly to the side with a sign saying I’m Abood from Gaza in black pen

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy wearing a dark blue and black top looking slightly to the side with a sign saying I’m Abood from Gaza in black pen

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy in a tent, looking distressed at his leg which is in a blue cast. He’s wearing a black and green outfit.

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy in a tent, looking distressed at his leg which is in a blue cast. He’s wearing a black and green outfit.

Abood, a disabled boy with autism, has a broken leg & is pleading for your help🀲😭
He needs surgery to have a metal plate inserted in his leg, which costs €200. Abood cries from the pain & can't sleep. We urge you to donate, even a small amount🀲
Verify by Molly shahβœ…
Help

chuffed.org/project/1580...

04.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

This is your daily Abood and Hammam solidarity call

chuffed.org/project/1580...

04.03.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen
disabled MC, stress baking, supportive found family, bisexual MC, shifters, cottage core but steamy, trans MC, sassy fox
Available at all major retailers in ebook, audibook, & paperback

Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen disabled MC, stress baking, supportive found family, bisexual MC, shifters, cottage core but steamy, trans MC, sassy fox Available at all major retailers in ebook, audibook, & paperback

It's Trans Readathon time, so I hope you check out KINSHIP AND KINDNESS, in audio, ebook, & paperback!
🦊A fox shifter starting a union
🐺A disabled werewolf leading in his father's stead
πŸ₯§Baking, steam, and
βš–οΈA yearly werewolf delegation
πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMM cis/trans romance in 1890s Louisiana
books2read.com/psr1 πŸŒˆπŸ“š

03.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Raja is an absolutely terrible choice folks.

03.03.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Limit contact lol

03.03.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Genetic underpinnings of chills from art and music Art can evoke strong emotional responses in humans. Here, we examine genetic contributions to chills, a marker of such responses. We gather self-reports from a genotyped sample of thousands of partly related individuals from the Netherlands ...

This is interesting! I get aesthetic chills strongly, but neither husb nor any of our kids does.

(I also cry easilyβ€”for sadness, happiness, pride, anger, really any strong emotionβ€”and wonder idly if they’re related bc both physical manifestations of emotion)

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

03.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Sex Worker's Rights Day. Sex worker rights are human rights not just because we're humans just like you, but also any rights taken from us will be taken from you too.

Surveillance, police violence, debanking, censorship, we faced all of those for years before it turned on everyone else.

03.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 668    πŸ” 467    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
THE BAYOU by Arden Powell, read by Rowan Hayes and produced by Tantor Media. A black church surrounded by bare trees in front of a full moon or a pale sun, with a staring alligator underneath.

THE BAYOU by Arden Powell, read by Rowan Hayes and produced by Tantor Media. A black church surrounded by bare trees in front of a full moon or a pale sun, with a staring alligator underneath.

THE BAYOU audiobook is coming March 17! Narrated by Rowan Hayes.

✨Queer southern gothic horror
✨1930s bank robbers
✨A deadly gay relationship
✨A disappearing town haunted by a murdered girl

Preorder from your favourite retailer!
books2read.com/u/mdO9pX
www.audible.ca/pd/The-Bayou...

03.03.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That phrase is the most passive aggressive method of saying β€œAutistics, shut the fuck up, you’re fucking annoying when you talk all the time. Go talk to ChatGPT or something, just go away and shut the fuck up please, no one cares about you.”

03.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I. the audacity. the shallow. The perfect encapsulation of ai broness

I would actually slap a bitch if they came up to me with this I think. I would have less of a reaction if someone told me to kill myself than if they told me to hyperfixate and vent to chatgpt

03.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FOSSIL FORAGER ECCC CATALOG
March 5 - 8, 2026
artist alley D17
seattle convention center
summit floor 2

Showing various images of my illustrations arranged together on a redwood sorrel photo background.

FOSSIL FORAGER ECCC CATALOG March 5 - 8, 2026 artist alley D17 seattle convention center summit floor 2 Showing various images of my illustrations arranged together on a redwood sorrel photo background.

A page from my catalog showing the various prints I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con. They all feature nature or natural history.

A page from my catalog showing the various prints I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con. They all feature nature or natural history.

A page from my catalog showing the various prints I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con (continued).

A page from my catalog showing the various prints I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con (continued).

A page from my catalog showing the various sticker sheets I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con.

A page from my catalog showing the various sticker sheets I will be bringing to Emerald City Comic Con.

SEATTLE!! I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con this upcoming Thurs-Sun at D17 in artist alley. I’m bringing lots of prints and goodies, please stop by if you love natural history and nature art! πŸ›β€οΈ

Preview my catalog below!

#ECCC #emeraldcitycomiccon #eccc2026

03.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of Masa and Maha with a text: The war is over, but now I stand on land I no longer recognize, caught between two feelings: the joy of survival and the unbearable bitterness of loss. I search for my daughter's hands, but I can't find them. My tears today are neither pure sadness nor pure joy. They are an acknowledgement that life has won over us, and that the price was my soul. πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜”πŸ’”

A picture of Masa and Maha with a text: The war is over, but now I stand on land I no longer recognize, caught between two feelings: the joy of survival and the unbearable bitterness of loss. I search for my daughter's hands, but I can't find them. My tears today are neither pure sadness nor pure joy. They are an acknowledgement that life has won over us, and that the price was my soul. πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜”πŸ’”

Picture of Bara'a and her son Ibrahim

Picture of Bara'a and her son Ibrahim

Im asingle mother struggling with hunger&fear alone.
With the borders closed & prices skyrocketing,my only child is withering away from starvation before my eyesπŸ’”πŸ˜”
Please,dont let my son Ibrahim face the same fate as his two sisters while the world watches😭
Every €1 saves alifeπŸ™πŸ₯Ί tinyurl.com/baraaZ2

02.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 25
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after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

03.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 18979    πŸ” 4801    πŸ’¬ 878    πŸ“Œ 651
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Queer Liberation Library Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...

Hey everybody! While AO3 is down, why don't you head over to www.queerliberationlibrary.org and check out some published gay shit on there for free, too! @queerliblib.bsky.social

03.03.2026 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The #transrightsreadathon is just around the corner so I thought I'd remind everyone of how gender-not-normal my books are, and will continue to be regardless of any societal pressures or repercussions.

Life is hard, so read some trans books this March.

03.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ omg seriously.
Him spitting out the mass in the car and having to hand it to the vet was equally gross

03.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When modern researchers or orgs talk about β€œpreventing” autism, they don’t mean β€œcuring” living #autistic people. That is impossible; there is no non-autistic version of us hiding underneath!

β€œPreventing autism” means β€œeliminating autism from the gene pool” by screening out autistic pregnancies.

10.03.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Collections curated by Margaret Owen Collections curated by Margaret Owen.

My sweet old man cat's end-of-life bills put a pretty big dent in my bank account, so I've added a bunch of art from Little Thieves to my INPRNT gallery. If you've been hankering for color versions of the book illustrations, or missed out on preorder incentives, now is a GREAT time to get prints!

03.03.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Where is a good online space for LGBTQI+ people to hang out online?

It's very important to help my friend stuck in Greece. They're stuck in the closet and lonely.

Are there discords, etc? Especially for nonbinary or trans people?

03.03.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Individuals who carefully followed the rules in place until just last week now face criminal penalties for having the "wrong" gender marker on their identity documents. Simply driving to the Division of Vehicles to change a license back to one's birth sex becomes
"operating a vehicle without a valid credential," a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, and a 90-day license suspension.
More troubling, officials are required to keep a list of everyone who reverts the gender marker on the driver's license back to their birth sex. According to
an email obtained by independent journalist Marissa Kabas, Ken Selk, Driver's Services Manager for the Kansas Department of Vehicles, instructed employees to track people complying with SB 244.

Individuals who carefully followed the rules in place until just last week now face criminal penalties for having the "wrong" gender marker on their identity documents. Simply driving to the Division of Vehicles to change a license back to one's birth sex becomes "operating a vehicle without a valid credential," a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, and a 90-day license suspension. More troubling, officials are required to keep a list of everyone who reverts the gender marker on the driver's license back to their birth sex. According to an email obtained by independent journalist Marissa Kabas, Ken Selk, Driver's Services Manager for the Kansas Department of Vehicles, instructed employees to track people complying with SB 244.

The Kansas law labeled existing IDs as no longer legal, was implemented without giving people a reasonable window to change their IDs, and establishes a special state database to track and monitor trans people. Is there any other group for whom this would be acceptable?

03.03.2026 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4