< a masterpiece, & First Kill's opening credits song is pretty great too.

I would say, I cannot believe @netflix.com cancelled #FirstKill, but let's be real - a #queer, #SpeculativeFiction love story with a diverse cast? of course they did.

stop giving us representation then taking it away dammit

< even with my eyes more on the colouring page in front of me than on the screen. Am strongly considering watching all four films immediately, with as much of my attention span as I can muster, to be devastated all over again, properly this time.

also: the entire soundtrack to #FearStreet is >

< for the generational trauma, strained yet powerful bonds of family, friendship, and love (with beautiful, pure yet messy teen sapphic romance taking centre-stage), struggle against bigotry (societal, familial, internalised) and mob justice, feminist rage, NiceGuysTM - all of which impressed me >

#insomnia in october means, oooh let's see what #horror shows I can sink my fangs into while colouring romantasy scenes.

over the past 48, it's been Netflix's #FirstKill and #FearStreet parts 1-3, based on #RLStine's beloved YA series of the same days.

main takeaway from both: I was unprepared >

Bluesky's banned Ahmad again. Please share his new account & donate to help his family afford shelter to survive the coming winter as Israel continues 2 years of genocidal destruction & famine, & Bluesky continues to be a platform run by racist imperialist shills:

dear Royal Mail, DHL, etc:

it is unhelpful to email me saying, "your parcel is being delivered on day x" if you neglect to tell me who the parcel is from.

am I expecting books? art supplies? a present for a loved one? a kickstarter reward?

it's a mystery

I didn't want to sully my previous loved-up post with this, but: if this mystery ailment (is it a bug? an IBS flare? did I eat something I shouldn't have? who knows) prevents me from going to London to see Ncuti Gawa as Kit Marlowe, feat. my sister, friend, tiaras & cheese, I'm gonna be very upset

#writing #writer #poetry #poet #spokenword #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordpoet #performancepoetry #performancepoetry

#ownvoices #queer #queerwriting #trans #transwriting #queerpoetry #transpoetry #queerwriter #transwriter #queerpoet #transpoet

<

also, my amazing nesting boyf wrote a #poem (even though he maintains he is not a poet) about me, entitled something like "when he is onstage, he shines," about how I am my most beautiful, best self when I perform and... yeah ❤

I may be slightly poorly, but my heart is full of love.

it occurred to me that my recent accepted #poems got a response within 1 month of submission (pretty fast by industry standards), and THREE DAYS (unheard-of-fast, at least by me). That makes me feel pretty damn good about myself as a writer.

>

> writing in two languages at the same time - perfectly normal & easy

writing solely in the language of the country I was born in - I feel like an old medieval peasant someone is trying to teach the alphabet to.

language is weird.

#translation #translator #poet #poetry #bilingual

< when my sister tried to talk to me in school - presumably because I was already an odd, bullied child, and I had no desire to stand out even further.

3 Lit degrees & 15 years in the UK later, writing in english flows way more easily than italian, but italish remains the mother tongue of my brain.

also - #bilingualism is weird:

translating my own italian poetry into english - piece of cake

translating my own english poetry into italian - slow, clunky, alien-sounding

which is funny considering I spent the first 20yrs of my life in italy, and that I used to pretend I did not speak english >

No Kings #Caturday ❤️

here is my favorite sign from today

hello :)

couple quick questions:

1) do you accept submissions in multiple categories (I have some fiction, poetry, art I'd love to submit), and if so would you prefer a single submission email, or one per genre?

2) do you require/welcome content warnings?

3) are you able to pay contributors?

today was slow and sluggish brain-wise, but still a good day. I played #DnD with my friends, and!

I got not one, but 2 acceptance emails - the first for a bilingual #poem + a #diptych (they even want the #art on the cover!), and the second for one of my favourite #poems I have ever written!!

#poet

Petition nominating the Global Submud Flotilla for a Nobel Peace Prize. It's the least we can do

www.change.org/p/nobel-per-...

the awkward moment when you've been doing so much #writing admin, #Submittable wants you to scan a QR code to secure your account XD

does this mean hyperfocused Jude is so efficient, he could be mistaken for a spammy machine?

eh, I'll take it!

#WriteSubmitRepeat #writer #poet #author

#UnlimitedOpenAwards2025-6 grant application submitted, with all of 4 minutes to spare!

(that's a lie, I've also been applying for grants and submitting poems here and collection manuscripts there, because there's no rest for the independent artist.

recently applied for a pretty life-changing grant & about to apply for a different, even more life-changing grant due at midday tomorrow.

omg after being logged out of here & my main acct on instagram during THE BUSIEST FEW MONTHS OF MY LIFE, I AM FINALLY BACK, BABY!

(doing #EdFringe2025 and the #MrGayGB2025 finale weekend in the same 3 weeks, with a flaring foot stress fracture was a wee bit intense!

I've mostly been napping since)

nuuuu my new (first) lavalier mic is out of stock

my tech rehearsal is in 41hrs and 15 mins

*SCREM*

censorship sucks; lovely boyf is here to help: