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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · 1d

"It was always nice to hear one's work had caused significant anguish" might be the most KJ Charles line to ever exist. 🤣🤣🤣 @kjcharleswriter.com

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · 20d

I'm going to be SO annoying about this when it comes out, be warned.

Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 20d

The preorder for THE REANIMATOR'S FATE (TRM #4) is officially up!
Paperbacks will be up closer to release, but you can preorder the ebook, which will be out January 29th.
books2read.com/trm4

cover reveal soon. preorder now, out January 29th.
autistic necromancer x undead ADHDer, mm romance, book curses and malicious magic, mutual aid, support, community, a new beginning, if im not a weapon, what good am i?, gwen to the rescue, the paranormal society is in peril, book 4 final book

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jul 21

"It shouldn’t be harder for you to let go of a children’s book series than it is to let queer and trans people know that you’re in their corner."

Period.

Pajiba @handle.invalid · Jul 17

At Romance Con, the Shadow of J.K. Rowling and Questions of Fan Culpability Loom Overhead

This year, there are no fewer than three novels receiving wide releases from major publishers that started out life as Harry Potter fanfictions. After 50 Shades of Grey opened the floodgates and made it socially and (sorta) legally acceptable for... Read more...

www.pajiba.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 25

I’m so fucking serious about this you guys

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jun 25

brad lander primary chuck schumer

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 25

I'm almost always proud to be a New Yorker, but tonight?!?! This shit slaps.

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 25

No politician is perfect but sometimes you get an opportunity to vote for one you truly believe in. It's a hell of a feeling, particularly when you've got a lot of other people feeling the same way.

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 25

When I first moved to NYC eight (!!!!!) years ago, I was in AOC's district and got to vote for her. Last week I got to vote for Zohran in early voting. These are the two elections I was most excited about and optimistic to be not just a New Yorker but a US citizen, because of those votes.

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 25

After finishing a devastating memoir last night about a family fighting for their trans daughter's rights in NH, this win for my home state is particularly nice to see.

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Jun 25

Democrat Billie Butler has won a special election for the NH House by a 55-45 margin, very close to Harris' 55-44 margin in 2024.

Butler, a trans woman, was the target of vicious anti-trans attacks by Republicans.

Background on the race: www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/p...

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 12

By contrast, I've read loads of books featuring trans men MCs but for some reason I've got a blindspot where trans women are concerned, at least in the fiction space. I've got tons of nonfiction but I'm more of a fiction reader in general. Also spend less time with YA so perhaps that's part of it.

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Jun 12

Been making my way through my June TBR (99% queer obv) which led to a discussion with a friend about our lack of awareness of much fiction featuring trans women. I've read Lady For A Duke by Alexis Hall and Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander but can't think of other examples I've seen around. Recos?

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · May 17

House sitting for my mom while she's in Ireland and this is pretty much my whole experience so far. Heaven.

A small black and white cat laying on her back with a white person's hand petting her cheek.

A calico cat with her head and front legs laying on a person's lap with a white person's hand laying on the cat's side

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Apr 29

White knuckling my way through every day with the help of Bonnie Raitt, Cher, and every romance novel I can get my hands on. Finals season is here and I am also, somehow, here.

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 27

One thing about living in NYC is if you have a random craving for a Korean corn dog at 7:45pm, you can just go get one

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 25

Katie Pruitt in the indie/folk genre, she is one of the best songwriters and singers in the game. Writes a lot about growing up queer in the Bible belt. Just an immaculate artist on all counts.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Mar 17

happy st. paddy’s day ☘️

Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Nov 22

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

lady of sophistication @janky_jane
Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario
Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty
Replying to @janky_jane
I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket.

Matthew @MrWeir
Replying to @janky jane
I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'.
Replying to @janky _jane
My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her
15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App

was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said,
"Where are we off to now. Columbo?"

Eoin O Neill
@eoinjoneill
Replying to @janky_jane
Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's"

Loic Wright
@dufflest
Replying to @janky jane
I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it.

Eóin O Coileáin
@L20_MTN
Replying to @janky_jane
I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 16

I really tried to hold off on reading Emberclaw until after my last midterm test but I only have so much self control. I mean, come on. Dragons. Queer normative world. So much YEARNING. I'll be up until the wee hours, I fear. I loved Dragonfall (book one) but this is even better.

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 9

Did my entire admin law outline yesterday and now realize the bullets are kind of off so instead of reviewing cases and actually studying for this midterm, I'm actively re-positoning all 10 pages of descending lists. I'm sure there's an easier way to do it but it is not within my knowledge base

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 9

I don't even want to know the number of hours of my life that have been wasted reformatting bulleted lists in Word.

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 7

So I will be participating in this, considering we just learned about notice and comment rule making in my admin law class and I just heard about this today. I highly recommend participating, time is winding down but it's wildly important and an act of resistance that's fairly easy to participate in

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Feb 19

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans

www.reddit.com

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 6

This book used up all but one of my orange tabs. If you need a little hope, inspiration, some righteous anger, and/or a little kick in the behind to get to work in your own community, I couldn't recommend this more. Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba

A white hand holding an orange and yellow book "Let This Radicalize You" by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Mar 5

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️In libraries & itch
#romancelandia
🌈📚 #booksky

Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 4

One of the best things about being an adult is the ability to put Buffalo sauce on whatever you want. I am an adult.

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 2

Of course on designated homework day I develop a migraine. Love that for me and my unfinished assignment due by midnight. 🫠

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Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 1

Another day at the New York Botanical Gardens, this time to see orchids, and I hope these flowers bring a smile to your day:

Three pink orchids against a blurred background of leaves and brown plant matter

A cluster of white flowers with thin petals and multi colored centers

Two pink orchids with orange centers against a blurred background

Emily Wood @emilyredwood.bsky.social · Mar 1

Ok I just finished and noticed maybe something else popped up on GR for the series and I'm all 👀👀👀👀 also, I am, even more than before, dying to know the story behind a certain librarian...

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