AJ Fitzwater 🏳️⚧️
@ajfitzwater.bsky.social
SFF Word Unicorn from the void. they/them causing may/hem.
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
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a woman is standing in front of a pink wall with her arms in the air and says `` glitter for everyone ! ''
Alt: A person with dark hair, wearing a white hat and glasses, dances while spreading glitter. The text reads "Glitter for everyone!"
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Ending the week with some really great news:
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
Ha I know how well I sew my field of fucks @profanity.accountant
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ha I know how well I sew my field of fucks @profanity.accountant
I rarely go to the cinema now, but I will make the effort for my Christmas helping of Benoit Blanc.
Wake Up Dead Man was excellent. Lots to be nerdy about.
I wasn't imagining the piss take on Orson Scott Card, right? Coz that is some deep dive sf publishing nerd shit.
Wake Up Dead Man was excellent. Lots to be nerdy about.
I wasn't imagining the piss take on Orson Scott Card, right? Coz that is some deep dive sf publishing nerd shit.
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I rarely go to the cinema now, but I will make the effort for my Christmas helping of Benoit Blanc.
Wake Up Dead Man was excellent. Lots to be nerdy about.
I wasn't imagining the piss take on Orson Scott Card, right? Coz that is some deep dive sf publishing nerd shit.
Wake Up Dead Man was excellent. Lots to be nerdy about.
I wasn't imagining the piss take on Orson Scott Card, right? Coz that is some deep dive sf publishing nerd shit.
I feel like I've been writing this novel my entire life, it's taking so long (currently on draft 3).
a cat is looking at a laptop computer screen with a lot of text on it .
Alt: Gif of an orange kitten sitting on a keyboard. The kitten is sitting in such a way that the letter A is constantly scrolling in bigger and bigger fonts. aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAA is how I feel about my novel.
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I feel like I've been writing this novel my entire life, it's taking so long (currently on draft 3).
My fun capybara romp has been out for 5 years now and still garners cheer and smiles.
#Booksky #4 Dapper. Lesbian. Capybara. Pirate. Winner of a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collection! By terrific NZ author @ajfitzwater.bsky.social! THE VOYAGES OF CINRAK THE DAPPER! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My fun capybara romp has been out for 5 years now and still garners cheer and smiles.
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I increasingly think the pandemic is a gaping wound and generative AI is a Band-Aid
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I increasingly think the pandemic is a gaping wound and generative AI is a Band-Aid
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
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I think it's really important to understand how thorough the guidelines were that recommended the use of puberty blockers, and that careful oversight was always part of the care plan.
The government took this decision out of the hands of medical professionals and the families and people involved.
The government took this decision out of the hands of medical professionals and the families and people involved.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I think it's really important to understand how thorough the guidelines were that recommended the use of puberty blockers, and that careful oversight was always part of the care plan.
The government took this decision out of the hands of medical professionals and the families and people involved.
The government took this decision out of the hands of medical professionals and the families and people involved.
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For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
🎉🏳️⚧️🎉
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🎉🏳️⚧️🎉
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Excellent, honest thread on the reality of being a writer today.
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Excellent, honest thread on the reality of being a writer today.
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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One of the interesting things (to me) about the transphobe-led assault on appropriate healthcare for trans kids is the complete disregard for lived experience.
Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One of the interesting things (to me) about the transphobe-led assault on appropriate healthcare for trans kids is the complete disregard for lived experience.
Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
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Transition is a practice of self-abolition, and it demonstrates that abolition involves both destroying/ending and building/creating in a way that threatens all ideologies of natural right, of hierarchy and power with a simple gesture of desire and self-knowledge
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Transition is a practice of self-abolition, and it demonstrates that abolition involves both destroying/ending and building/creating in a way that threatens all ideologies of natural right, of hierarchy and power with a simple gesture of desire and self-knowledge
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If you want a good summary of what's happened this week, what happens next, what the NZ anti-trans network wants to happen next, and some things you can do to help, here's your listen.
1/200 S2E173 - Puberty Blocker Ban
We speak with @jennifilm.nz about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children.
w/ @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
We speak with @jennifilm.nz about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children.
w/ @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
1/200 S2E173 - Puberty Blocker Ban — 1/200
We speak with Jen Shields about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children...
www.1of200.nz
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you want a good summary of what's happened this week, what happens next, what the NZ anti-trans network wants to happen next, and some things you can do to help, here's your listen.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
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Really not loving the Under New Management approach MRM has taken. From contracts to communication, and on. But this misunderstands how both newsstand/bookstore sales and archiving work. Like, before we even hit the "And the preceding 74 years of pub were...?", how do you not put month/year on here?
First new issue of F&SF in ages says it is "Volume 1."
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Really not loving the Under New Management approach MRM has taken. From contracts to communication, and on. But this misunderstands how both newsstand/bookstore sales and archiving work. Like, before we even hit the "And the preceding 74 years of pub were...?", how do you not put month/year on here?
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This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
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So many doctors, medical experts, paediatric organisations, human rights organisations, and medical organisations coming out against the government’s ban on puberty blockers.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So many doctors, medical experts, paediatric organisations, human rights organisations, and medical organisations coming out against the government’s ban on puberty blockers.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
Yes.
Do you all feel absolutely crazy as I do with everything going on? Please say yes
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
"It is extremely common for medicines to be used when there are limitations in the quality of evidence, and the fact that trans health is uniquely held to an impossible standard is political."
Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
Government Overreach in Healthcare with Puberty Blockers Decision — Rainbow Support Collective
www.rainbowsupportcollective.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"It is extremely common for medicines to be used when there are limitations in the quality of evidence, and the fact that trans health is uniquely held to an impossible standard is political."
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.