Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
Disaster trans woman with a PhD in media studies. I write stuff sometimes. (she/her)
Buy my book: https://linktr.ee/Shadell13
Buy my book: https://linktr.ee/Shadell13
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Erin Elkin
@shadell.itch.io
· Nov 19
So, since my follower count here doubled this week, hi!
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
I’m a self pub transfic author who writes trans fantasy stories, available on itch, Amazon and Scribblehub.
I’m also a postdoc in media psych with a casual interest in transfeminism and trans studies, so I may post thoughts sometimes.
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When your name is all over the Epstein files, but you don’t want your reputation tarnished by being associated with Glinner
February 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
When your name is all over the Epstein files, but you don’t want your reputation tarnished by being associated with Glinner
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Two weeks after its release, The Persephone Effect is only 23 sales away from meeting its first milestone. :) Would be pretty cool to hit it within the week.
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Two weeks after its release, The Persephone Effect is only 23 sales away from meeting its first milestone. :) Would be pretty cool to hit it within the week.
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I think we need to be meaner to conservatives assholes who create propaganda in billionaire owned media for fascists
It’s time to put Billie Eilish’s theory of property out to pasture, Richard Epstein and Max Raskin write.
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I think we need to be meaner to conservatives assholes who create propaganda in billionaire owned media for fascists
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The world is beautiful actually and full of people with rich lives and vibrant experiences to share and learn from. There can and will be a better tomorrow if we seek it. Hold fast to that hope
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The world is beautiful actually and full of people with rich lives and vibrant experiences to share and learn from. There can and will be a better tomorrow if we seek it. Hold fast to that hope
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Cannibal lesbians are a big topic of discussion today, and you know who's better at eating people than anybody? Dragons! Try out my book, Chained Flame, about a lesbian dragon who eats a whole lot of people because she hates her human mom!
books2read.com/u/mKMan9
saffron-drake.itch.io/chained-flame
books2read.com/u/mKMan9
saffron-drake.itch.io/chained-flame
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Chained Flame by Saffron Drake
books2read.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Cannibal lesbians are a big topic of discussion today, and you know who's better at eating people than anybody? Dragons! Try out my book, Chained Flame, about a lesbian dragon who eats a whole lot of people because she hates her human mom!
books2read.com/u/mKMan9
saffron-drake.itch.io/chained-flame
books2read.com/u/mKMan9
saffron-drake.itch.io/chained-flame
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Hi everyone! I'll be setting up the stream for 2:30pm EST today. Come hear me read the first chapter of Persephone Effect over at www.twitch.tv/callistokhan :D!
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Hi everyone! I'll be setting up the stream for 2:30pm EST today. Come hear me read the first chapter of Persephone Effect over at www.twitch.tv/callistokhan :D!
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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Mercury Filmworks will officially fully animate ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ Episode 1.
Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ
Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Mercury Filmworks will officially fully animate ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ Episode 1.
Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ
Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ
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Mages when a miracle artifact exists:
February 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Mages when a miracle artifact exists:
Has Fate ever had a single grail war go “right?”
Like, has this ever worked out for anyone involved?
Like, has this ever worked out for anyone involved?
February 1, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Has Fate ever had a single grail war go “right?”
Like, has this ever worked out for anyone involved?
Like, has this ever worked out for anyone involved?
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:D :D :D :D
A matching set :D
A matching set :D
Its here also!
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
:D :D :D :D
A matching set :D
A matching set :D
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January 30, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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First teaser for "The Ghost In The Shell" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 AM
First teaser for "The Ghost In The Shell" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
Editing the response letters to adjust for the fact that the number of appendices continues to increase.....
(Plz send help.)
(Plz send help.)
January 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Editing the response letters to adjust for the fact that the number of appendices continues to increase.....
(Plz send help.)
(Plz send help.)
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!!!
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
!!!
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Jan-Feb is a good time to be a fan of sicko lesbian books. Also we all chose covers with a lot of red and black elements for some reason. @taliabhatt.itch.io @mzakharuk.bsky.social @tinylesbianrobot.itch.io
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Jan-Feb is a good time to be a fan of sicko lesbian books. Also we all chose covers with a lot of red and black elements for some reason. @taliabhatt.itch.io @mzakharuk.bsky.social @tinylesbianrobot.itch.io
Haven't missed a day, incidentally.
I think my goal is to write (fiction) every day for the rest of the year
I just do a lot better about things when I have a habit, and it's incredibly good for my mental health
Some of those days will be like 200 words or whatever, and I'll probably trash half of what I put on paper, but that's ok
I just do a lot better about things when I have a habit, and it's incredibly good for my mental health
Some of those days will be like 200 words or whatever, and I'll probably trash half of what I put on paper, but that's ok
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Haven't missed a day, incidentally.
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Celebrating my coauthor's second release of a transfeminist book, which of course is just the phrase "Girls rule boys drool (but they're trans)" repeated a bunch, as all transfeminist writings are. I'd be so owned if a contrarian went and bought Brown/Trans/Les specifically to prove me wrong on this
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Celebrating my coauthor's second release of a transfeminist book, which of course is just the phrase "Girls rule boys drool (but they're trans)" repeated a bunch, as all transfeminist writings are. I'd be so owned if a contrarian went and bought Brown/Trans/Les specifically to prove me wrong on this
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This article from Nature is genuinely interesting, but also basically lies about its own findings.
To wit, the authors searched for ANY AI technology in science between 1980 and 2025 and treated them as one category for most analyses, but wrote the paper to sound like they mean LLMs.
To wit, the authors searched for ANY AI technology in science between 1980 and 2025 and treated them as one category for most analyses, but wrote the paper to sound like they mean LLMs.
Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus - Nature
Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich a...
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This article from Nature is genuinely interesting, but also basically lies about its own findings.
To wit, the authors searched for ANY AI technology in science between 1980 and 2025 and treated them as one category for most analyses, but wrote the paper to sound like they mean LLMs.
To wit, the authors searched for ANY AI technology in science between 1980 and 2025 and treated them as one category for most analyses, but wrote the paper to sound like they mean LLMs.
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Good morning to me!!!
January 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Good morning to me!!!
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For my upcoming book's final entry, I want to examine the claim that "the gender binary is colonial", which depends a lot on the scholarship of Maria Lugones and Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí.
So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?
So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?
The Coloniality of Gender Studies, or: What is a Not-Woman?
On searching for gender-liberation in homelands lost and imagined.
taliabhattwrites.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
For my upcoming book's final entry, I want to examine the claim that "the gender binary is colonial", which depends a lot on the scholarship of Maria Lugones and Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí.
So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?
So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?
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the discussions around this are so annoying. “this is bad because it is piracy, which is illegal!”
babe get an anticapitalist framework please, genAI is bad because it is used to exploit workers, copyright is bad because it exploits workers.
babe get an anticapitalist framework please, genAI is bad because it is used to exploit workers, copyright is bad because it exploits workers.
A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
the discussions around this are so annoying. “this is bad because it is piracy, which is illegal!”
babe get an anticapitalist framework please, genAI is bad because it is used to exploit workers, copyright is bad because it exploits workers.
babe get an anticapitalist framework please, genAI is bad because it is used to exploit workers, copyright is bad because it exploits workers.