Rebecca Freedman
@rebeccafreedman.bsky.social
Author living in the Boston-area. Pronouns: she/her 🏳️⚧️ Poetry chapbook Matcha and Birds available now.
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Matcha and Birds／抹茶と鳥方 by Rebecca Freedman
: A Collection of Japanese-Language Poetry From a Westerner／西洋人からの日本語の詞華集
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On Itch.io Creator's day, a reminder that I have two collections available. Matcha and Birds (抹茶と鳥方) is a collection of poetry I wrote in Japanese in traditional forms, such as haiku and tanka, and the accompanying English translations. #haiku #tanka #poetry
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Curtis Sliwa is their landlord.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Curtis Sliwa is their landlord.
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Eric Adams is a beloved guest star, always involved in some zany scheme with a foreign government.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Eric Adams is a beloved guest star, always involved in some zany scheme with a foreign government.
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S03E12: Cuomo launches a racist ad campaign against his school board opponent for being Greek. Dershowitz undergoes plastic surgery but gives himself away when somebody in the Pierogi queue mentions Epstein.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
S03E12: Cuomo launches a racist ad campaign against his school board opponent for being Greek. Dershowitz undergoes plastic surgery but gives himself away when somebody in the Pierogi queue mentions Epstein.
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do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
do you remember the post a while back where someone suggested a sitcom where Cuomo and Dershowitz are roommates in new york city and every episode Cuomo loses an election and Dershowitz is refused a pierogi?
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
Wrote a senryū that is a bit spicy. Just a bit.
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Wrote a senryū that is a bit spicy. Just a bit.
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
少し水っぽい川柳を書いた。ちょうど少し。
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just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
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Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.
It's time for the third entry in my series, "Translating Japanese(-Language) Poetry with Rebecca Freedman." (1/28)
#poetry
#poetry
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.
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they're saying zohran mamdani is too handsome to be mayor of new york. they're saying the mayor has to be a weird little freak. it's in the bylaws
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
they're saying zohran mamdani is too handsome to be mayor of new york. they're saying the mayor has to be a weird little freak. it's in the bylaws
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*chef's kiss*
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
*chef's kiss*
Fun fact, I think tanka (短歌), chōka (長歌), and the three-line katauta (片歌) are all the same poetry form, just different lengths.
The tanka (短歌) is one of the oldest Japanese-language poetry form. It is a five-line poem, and its name means "short poem," in contrast to the chōka (長歌), a poem of any length of 7 lines or longer which has a name meaning, "long poem." (4/28)
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fun fact, I think tanka (短歌), chōka (長歌), and the three-line katauta (片歌) are all the same poetry form, just different lengths.
Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.
It's time for the third entry in my series, "Translating Japanese(-Language) Poetry with Rebecca Freedman." (1/28)
#poetry
#poetry
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Made a thread yesterday translating one of my poems from Matcha and Birds line-by-line, and explaining a little of my creative process.
Central Square needs pop-up nightclubs for Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Central Square needs pop-up nightclubs for Halloween.
Giving Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters tonight while dressed as a witch. So far I have seen one owl, her mother made the costume. 🦉
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Giving Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters tonight while dressed as a witch. So far I have seen one owl, her mother made the costume. 🦉
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Also, want to mention that if you want to buy a physical copy of my chapbook, I have less than 10 copies less, and I am not planning a second print-run.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Also, want to mention that if you want to buy a physical copy of my chapbook, I have less than 10 copies less, and I am not planning a second print-run.
Think I'm going to give a translation thread for one of my favorite tankas I have written this weekend, step-by-step explaining the grammar and vocabulary, and then placing it in the context of my life in the Boston-area.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Think I'm going to give a translation thread for one of my favorite tankas I have written this weekend, step-by-step explaining the grammar and vocabulary, and then placing it in the context of my life in the Boston-area.
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if snakes looked like furbies we would have known this long ago
Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year.
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
Caught on the RattleCam: a most unexpected snake behavior
For a long time, scientists didn’t think snakes needed each other. New research proves that wrong.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
if snakes looked like furbies we would have known this long ago
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As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
12 Chilling Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (CW #16)
Tales of Nazi censorship, haunted houses, and mushroom cults to keep you up at night.
thetransfemininereview.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
Found out today that the Watertown Free Public Library has cataloged and made available the copy of the zine edition of my chapbook that I made as a 2024 Watertown Zine Fest special. You can find it in their zine collection on the second floor.
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Found out today that the Watertown Free Public Library has cataloged and made available the copy of the zine edition of my chapbook that I made as a 2024 Watertown Zine Fest special. You can find it in their zine collection on the second floor.
I'm Jewish and didn't understand the reason for this before, but seeing it laid-out seems obviously correct to me.
If you want to understand why Jewish institutional leadership is so out of touch with actual American Jews, you need to understand the funding dynamic of basically every legacy Jewish institution. 1/
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm Jewish and didn't understand the reason for this before, but seeing it laid-out seems obviously correct to me.
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Good thread
Shall we talk about ebooks?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
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October 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Good thread