Rainbow is still not tall, dark or handsome, unfortunately
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The Writer isn't a fan of being kept awake past her bedtime. She often falls asleep as the Creator works overnight.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The Writer isn't a fan of being kept awake past her bedtime. She often falls asleep as the Creator works overnight.
Found families. In more ways than one. The Creator, from a broken home. The Seeker, son of a single mother. The Writer, estranged from her family.
#QueerPrompts November 21: Free Friday or snippet share: "family"
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Found families. In more ways than one. The Creator, from a broken home. The Seeker, son of a single mother. The Writer, estranged from her family.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Truly little thing...people who wear their shoes indoors!
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Truly little thing...people who wear their shoes indoors!
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#QueerPrompts November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (in fiction or in real life)
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
#QueerPrompts November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (in fiction or in real life)
How some authors get paid massive amounts for some old guff when there's better work being written by indy authors every day of the week.
What’s something in the publishing world that’s a mystery to you? For me, it’s self-publishing. I want to do trad publishing, but I’ve considered self-publishing. I just don’t even know where to begin #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
How some authors get paid massive amounts for some old guff when there's better work being written by indy authors every day of the week.
The Creator loves the Blues Brothers.
The Writer prefers science fiction.
The Seeker doesn't really have an opinion on the matter but would probably prefer something with a happy ending.
The Writer prefers science fiction.
The Seeker doesn't really have an opinion on the matter but would probably prefer something with a happy ending.
#QueerPrompts November 19: GIF/Audio or description of what show/movie your character(s) would enjoy or relate to
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Creator loves the Blues Brothers.
The Writer prefers science fiction.
The Seeker doesn't really have an opinion on the matter but would probably prefer something with a happy ending.
The Writer prefers science fiction.
The Seeker doesn't really have an opinion on the matter but would probably prefer something with a happy ending.
Yuck.
Oh yeah, we got both kinds of weather.
Cold AND wet.
Oh yeah, we got both kinds of weather.
Cold AND wet.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yuck.
Oh yeah, we got both kinds of weather.
Cold AND wet.
Oh yeah, we got both kinds of weather.
Cold AND wet.
Articles, comments, social media posts. Anywhere as long as I can hold the thought long enough to note it down somewhere.
What’s the most unexpected place you’ve found a story idea? In my backyard as I ear hustled when a group of cyclists rode by #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Articles, comments, social media posts. Anywhere as long as I can hold the thought long enough to note it down somewhere.
Cars - Gary Numan
What’s a great song with a one word title?
Mine: Superstition-Stevie Wonder
Mine: Superstition-Stevie Wonder
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cars - Gary Numan
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BadEnough criticising Foutrage. Love it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
BadEnough criticising Foutrage. Love it.
The Creator is a well known multimedia artist. He's a musician and painter who makes his own videos to go with his music and artwork.
#QueerPrompts November 18: Are any of your characters famous in your story's world?
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Creator is a well known multimedia artist. He's a musician and painter who makes his own videos to go with his music and artwork.
The Writer feels like the cat that got the cream right now. She's working with her idol, living abroad and has a close bunch of friends in the Creator's team.
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Writer feels like the cat that got the cream right now. She's working with her idol, living abroad and has a close bunch of friends in the Creator's team.
Now, I think the Creator is pretty satisfied with what he's achieved and the legacy he will leave. If you'd asked him a few years back he wouldn't have been so sure.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Now, I think the Creator is pretty satisfied with what he's achieved and the legacy he will leave. If you'd asked him a few years back he wouldn't have been so sure.
No students. The Seeker is the youngest, mid 20s. He couldn't wait to leave school.
#QueerPrompts November 17: International Students' Day: Any students in your story?
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No students. The Seeker is the youngest, mid 20s. He couldn't wait to leave school.
First sighting for the season of this beaut. @tim-burgess.bsky.social @thecharlatans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
First sighting for the season of this beaut. @tim-burgess.bsky.social @thecharlatans.bsky.social
And the search for impartial UK media contunues.
I'm not even sure such a thing exists.
I'm not even sure such a thing exists.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
And the search for impartial UK media contunues.
I'm not even sure such a thing exists.
I'm not even sure such a thing exists.
Today's @theguardian.com contribution to my day. Exhibit A why that paper will never get a penny of my money. Part Cosmopolitan, part Hello mag and part a right wing lickspittle. Sacked all its good journalists and no longer calls out lies, racism or abuse.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today's @theguardian.com contribution to my day. Exhibit A why that paper will never get a penny of my money. Part Cosmopolitan, part Hello mag and part a right wing lickspittle. Sacked all its good journalists and no longer calls out lies, racism or abuse.
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We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Archivist to continue archiving the Ri’s collection and to review, refine, and further develop our archive structure and systems.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💼 Work opportunity
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Archivist to continue archiving the Ri’s collection and to review, refine, and further develop our archive structure and systems.
Apply here before 24 November: rigb.org/about-us/work-with-us#a7xPy000000hmfhIAA
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Archivist to continue archiving the Ri’s collection and to review, refine, and further develop our archive structure and systems.
Apply here before 24 November: rigb.org/about-us/work-with-us#a7xPy000000hmfhIAA
I have completed my trawl of the Sunday newspaper reading of choice in less than an hour today. Is it a slow news day or are there stories it is choosing not to cover? I am inclining towards the latter.
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I have completed my trawl of the Sunday newspaper reading of choice in less than an hour today. Is it a slow news day or are there stories it is choosing not to cover? I am inclining towards the latter.
They accept and help, they try not to judge.
#QueerPrompts November 16: International Day for Tolerance: Ways your characters fight intolerance
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
They accept and help, they try not to judge.
The Writer is atypical. She's a feisty, tomboyish female.
The Seeker is a typical young man but quite reserved.
The Seeker is a typical young man but quite reserved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The Writer is atypical. She's a feisty, tomboyish female.
The Seeker is a typical young man but quite reserved.
The Seeker is a typical young man but quite reserved.
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Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Do you think horror helps readers confront something or escape from something? I like the idea that reading is an escape, but that reading horror allows readers to confront fears at a distance #writingq #WritingCommunity
Sometimes. Depends where I'm writing.
#QueerPrompts November 15: Do you listen to music while you write?
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sometimes. Depends where I'm writing.