Jen Brown ✨ (is revising)

In the early years of abundance, we lived across the land of many houses. Then, colonizers slapped a border through our home, parceling it into countries, and they prayed for their treaty to erase us, for the land to open along their imaginary line and swallow the Lipan whole. Obviously, it didn’t. But Momma warns me that it’s risky to remind people that we’re still here, 'cause our existence raises uncomfortable questions about the nature of borders and unfinished business. From Children of Owl.

Children of Owl is coming fall 2026, y'all.

This halftime show is so much fun, bro. Like imagine not being able to enjoy this

That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.

👀😈 we'll see if the novel goes anywhere!! :) <3

👀 given that "Bandit, Reaper, Yours" is the seed story for the adult fantasy novel I'm about to query, my WHAT ELEGANT STARS piece miiiight be similar...👀👀👀

Articles of Interest - 99% Invisible Articles of Interest is a podcast about what we wear. It began as a critically acclaimed, mini-series within the 99% Invisible podcast, and now is its own separate independent production with Radiotop...

Oh oh oh! And, if you love fashion, I have another rec for you: Articles of Interest (a podcast & newsletter)

99percentinvisible.org/aoi/

Avery discusses fashion history & style, and never shies away from how capital-E "Empire" has shaped the garments & clothing industries we participate in.

and even if it's not your jam: fund good art. read good stories. scream about the shit you love, and make sure others know it exists. we're going to need to need those beautiful works to hold & re-energize us, for the work ahead.

I may be one of the contributing authors, but I can't wait to read the other stories in this antho. I need them. (& I suspect a lot of us do.)

@davering.bsky.social has a gift for editing stories and bringing collaborations to life.

so, consider backing it. consider exploring what i *know* will be dramatic and unapologetic and utterly dazzling fiction --taking place AMONG THE FRICKIN' STARS, NO LESS.

What Elegant Stars Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.

but then projects like WHAT ELEGANT STARS come along, and i think--hot damn. *this* is why speculative fiction exists. (kinda. it exists for lots of other reasons, including that it's fun going "what if xyz" happened. but, you know what i mean.)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

those fashions; the styles embodied; the persons strutting said-carpets?

often, they're the very things most of us aren't: reed thin. wealthy. white, and/or cis, and almost always able-bodied, and/or adjacent to whiteness in ways that reify the fascist, capitalist, technocratic hellscape we're in.

every year, i'm tickled by the flurry of award-show-related wardrobe analyses. from the mundane to the unsolicited hot takes; from the Met Gala's dapper dandies (that theme still has me in a chokehold), to the Grammy's red carpet flair.

BUT...

Please help with a share. It makes all the difference.

ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.

Yes. They also “lost” in Los Angeles last summer and just yesterday they carried out a record number of kidnappings here in the city.

Please help little Jamal's family keep him alive through Israel's genocide. Jamal is diabetic, is recovering from burn injuries from IDF attacks, & has a severe chest infection that's giving him breathing trouble. His father Mohammed is w/ him in hospital, & urgently needs help covering the costs:

Queer SF/F A subreddit dedicated to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction that explicitly centers queer characters and themes. Books, movies, games, tabletop RPGs, podcasts, etc are all welcome.

@neonhemlock.bsky.social is having an AMA right now and a few authors (myself included) are taking part. So come through and ask some questions, say hi etc. etc.

www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/

Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.

This is textbook censorship of the highest degree

I’m halfway through Tasha Suri‘s The Isle in the Silver Sea, and am loving the concept of tales reincarnated through time! Then, I have The Second Death of Locke, by V.L. Bovalino, on deck after that. 🙌🏾

a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt . Alt: a child screaming, mouth agape, while being filmed by a shaky camera operator. child is wearing striped blue and white shirt.

!!!!!!!! I'M RE-WATCHING SCANDAL RIGHT NOW. On season 4. And I swear, it's *hitting* harder than the first time I viewed it. The writing. The anticipation & build of character plotlines. Seeded details, from seasons ago, rearing up again.

Love YOU!! 🫂

What a treat for the rest of us! 😍 Congrats friend!!

This. 1000x. One isn't going to save you from the other. (As evinced by protestors, begging police to arrest Alex Pretti's murderer, on the spot, and getting tear gassed by those very same officers in the process.)

I keep waiting for this, it's a gaping lack in all this talk. They talk about how bad it is that ICE is kidnapping people but don't say a word about rescuing the people who have been kidnapped.

When you're a paramilitary force, they let you do it

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help

BACK BY DEMAND 🌹 after 2 sell out print runs The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by @dorothyjberry.bsky.social is back Feb 4, 12p ET!

don't miss your chance to grab this important piece of writing on libraries+archives+memory+black history www.weherepress.org

This call is now open 🚀

Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!

Promo graphic for the event showing the book, which is black and red with a shiny knife on the cover, and the author, a dark-haired person wearing glasses

My book launch at Pandemonium Books in Central Sq. is THIS SUNDAY! zomg. Some reminders: 1) event is 18+ ! The book is v. spicy! (combines romance, urban fantasy, BDSM). 2) Bookstore would like RSVPs: pandemoniumbooks.com...