end of year “best book” lists are coming out, so just a little reminder that you and you books are valuable, whether or not you’re on them 💛
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
end of year “best book” lists are coming out, so just a little reminder that you and you books are valuable, whether or not you’re on them 💛
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
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it's gutting to see access and widening participation initiatives being binned across the university sector. ELCE here at Bristol, Essex Pathways here. nothing pushes my personal, visceral buttons like the idea of denying academic study to someone whose life it could change
In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
it's gutting to see access and widening participation initiatives being binned across the university sector. ELCE here at Bristol, Essex Pathways here. nothing pushes my personal, visceral buttons like the idea of denying academic study to someone whose life it could change
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Only a few days to go! Get your tickets, Berliners!
Come to the launch of @coastallinespress.com next Monday in #Berlin!
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#Poetry #Prose #Launch
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#Poetry #Prose #Launch
Zines from Gaza – Writing From the Heart of Gaza in Berlin | Diverses
Veranstaltung am 08.12.2025 in Berlin. Am 8. Dezember 2025 findet in Berlin ein Abend mit jungen AutorInnen aus Gaza statt, die über ihre K
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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Only a few days to go! Get your tickets, Berliners!
If you donate £10 or more to this fundraiser by @divyampersaud.com, I'll send you a signed copy of Another Way to Split Water - will post anywhere 💙
(3 copies available - just msg me with a screenshot)
(3 copies available - just msg me with a screenshot)
The last H had to ask for help was a year ago, when his toddlers were facing shrapnel & deadly cold in their tent. He hasn’t asked since—trusting us to come through for them each month while protecting these girls’ privacy.
You’ve never failed. Join in:
You’ve never failed. Join in:
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If you donate £10 or more to this fundraiser by @divyampersaud.com, I'll send you a signed copy of Another Way to Split Water - will post anywhere 💙
(3 copies available - just msg me with a screenshot)
(3 copies available - just msg me with a screenshot)
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It´s Friday, it's raining- and most of us have a safe place to stay, away from the rain and the cold. Palestinians do not have this luxury, the situation is catastrophic and wishing it away won´t help. But you can help by sharing and donating, you can offer real, tangible help. Please do.
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It´s Friday, it's raining- and most of us have a safe place to stay, away from the rain and the cold. Palestinians do not have this luxury, the situation is catastrophic and wishing it away won´t help. But you can help by sharing and donating, you can offer real, tangible help. Please do.
to be a writer is to want to be known and unknown, public and private, searchable and imperceptible, visible and hidden both
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
to be a writer is to want to be known and unknown, public and private, searchable and imperceptible, visible and hidden both
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Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Applications are now open for 2026-27 Fellowships at IASH! Apply via the portal on our website: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-...
This round (for visits between August 2026 and July 2027) closes on 27 Feb for mid-career/senior scholars, and on 24 Apr for postdoctoral/early-career researchers.
This round (for visits between August 2026 and July 2027) closes on 27 Feb for mid-career/senior scholars, and on 24 Apr for postdoctoral/early-career researchers.
Application form | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Applications are now open for 2026-27 Fellowships at IASH! Apply via the portal on our website: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-...
This round (for visits between August 2026 and July 2027) closes on 27 Feb for mid-career/senior scholars, and on 24 Apr for postdoctoral/early-career researchers.
This round (for visits between August 2026 and July 2027) closes on 27 Feb for mid-career/senior scholars, and on 24 Apr for postdoctoral/early-career researchers.
what are some poetry journals people are loving these days? want to read some new work by poets I don't know yet
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
what are some poetry journals people are loving these days? want to read some new work by poets I don't know yet
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a year and 11 months of Crips for eSims for Gaza ;-;
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
a year and 11 months of Crips for eSims for Gaza ;-;
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
missing home, the idea of home, multiple homes, the home of my past self
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
missing home, the idea of home, multiple homes, the home of my past self
“I try to forget violence. but isn’t art
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“I try to forget violence. but isn’t art
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
thinking back to when I used to write poetry maybe clumsily, but with a real, untameable passion. every image, every sensation, was brand new. every line was a portal, even if just back to myself. the poems are possibly better now, but sometimes they feel empty, lacking in vigour, lacking in life.
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
thinking back to when I used to write poetry maybe clumsily, but with a real, untameable passion. every image, every sensation, was brand new. every line was a portal, even if just back to myself. the poems are possibly better now, but sometimes they feel empty, lacking in vigour, lacking in life.
I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves.
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves.
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
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We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
I will never, ever understand people who put alignment with institutions and literary organisations before Gaza. Who trade silence for opportunity. Who publish so many words in their books but, when it comes down to it, truly say nothing at all.
May 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I will never, ever understand people who put alignment with institutions and literary organisations before Gaza. Who trade silence for opportunity. Who publish so many words in their books but, when it comes down to it, truly say nothing at all.
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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
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It was a great and timely reminder that our published work is out in the world making essential connections, even if we don't see it. Amazing to think of those books travelling to Finland. Also to see my poetry being taught in good company with @alycia.bsky.social and @reshmaruia.bsky.social.
May 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It was a great and timely reminder that our published work is out in the world making essential connections, even if we don't see it. Amazing to think of those books travelling to Finland. Also to see my poetry being taught in good company with @alycia.bsky.social and @reshmaruia.bsky.social.
have an exciting meeting about my manuscript in progress next week - and suddenly everything about it feels real 🌱
May 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
have an exciting meeting about my manuscript in progress next week - and suddenly everything about it feels real 🌱
trying to simultaneously (re)read 4 books at a time because I can't choose where to begin
April 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
trying to simultaneously (re)read 4 books at a time because I can't choose where to begin
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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No transphobic court ruling, no bigot in charge of NHS, no billionaire media can indefinitely hold back the fierce tides of love and joy and courage that is queer community and solidarity. These are the desperate gasps of a dying era, one we will survive.
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
The boundaries of womanhood have always been policed & politicised by the powerful & narrow minded: we have, & we will continue to, dismantle their world. We will make it new.
Beyond headlines & hate are people, trans & nonbinary people, whose very existence expands, reimagines & enriches our world
Beyond headlines & hate are people, trans & nonbinary people, whose very existence expands, reimagines & enriches our world
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No transphobic court ruling, no bigot in charge of NHS, no billionaire media can indefinitely hold back the fierce tides of love and joy and courage that is queer community and solidarity. These are the desperate gasps of a dying era, one we will survive.
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️