Victoria Janssen
@victoriajanssen.bsky.social
I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
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What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire...but cannot win? A trilogy of novellas about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐
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Only on itch.io - sale on A Place of Refuge! Buy the three novellas for $2 each, 11/28/25 03:00 AM EDT - 12/4/25 01:00 AM EDT.
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Victoria Janssen
A bundle by Victoria Janssen, $5.99 for Finding Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part One, Accepting Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Two, Embracing Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Three
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November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Only on itch.io - sale on A Place of Refuge! Buy the three novellas for $2 each, 11/28/25 03:00 AM EDT - 12/4/25 01:00 AM EDT.
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
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I know, Black Friday, bah humbug, etc
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I know, Black Friday, bah humbug, etc
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
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Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Please share!
I am not cooking today, and it feels very odd. (Others are cooking.)
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am not cooking today, and it feels very odd. (Others are cooking.)
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Today’s #postitdoodle is the failed attempt to introduce Thanksgiving to the deepest part of the ocean.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today’s #postitdoodle is the failed attempt to introduce Thanksgiving to the deepest part of the ocean.
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Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
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Thanks for this post! The Sunken Place is an adaptation of my UCLA course, but for the public: www.sunkenplaceclass.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thanks for this post! The Sunken Place is an adaptation of my UCLA course, but for the public: www.sunkenplaceclass.com
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Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
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If you've donated to Native Organizer Alliance and want to keep giving, you can check out some of the groups I've uplifted in previous years in this newsletter edition from last year:
Must-Reads and Some Ways to Support Native People This Weekend
"Colonialism has been destroying worlds for hundreds of years."
organizingmythoughts.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you've donated to Native Organizer Alliance and want to keep giving, you can check out some of the groups I've uplifted in previous years in this newsletter edition from last year:
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Re-reading to All About Love by bell hooks just reconfirms to me that this book should be required reading for all romance authors. Especially, progressive romance authors. #romancebooks
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Re-reading to All About Love by bell hooks just reconfirms to me that this book should be required reading for all romance authors. Especially, progressive romance authors. #romancebooks
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My books SINKING, SINGING and CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME are in stock at The Last Bookstore Studio City! They make great stocking stuffers. (Okay, they might be a little big for a stocking, but still.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My books SINKING, SINGING and CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME are in stock at The Last Bookstore Studio City! They make great stocking stuffers. (Okay, they might be a little big for a stocking, but still.)
Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.
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Steamy Couple Treats includes “The Aid Station, 1916”; “In the Cold With You”; “The Magnificent Threesome” trilogy; “Vanilla”; “Twisted Beauty”; “No Sooner Met”; “Crimean Fairy Tale”; and “8:00 PM: Appointment Tee Vee.” 💙📚 #cozy #western #wwi #contemporary #historical
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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Steamy Couple Treats includes “The Aid Station, 1916”; “In the Cold With You”; “The Magnificent Threesome” trilogy; “Vanilla”; “Twisted Beauty”; “No Sooner Met”; “Crimean Fairy Tale”; and “8:00 PM: Appointment Tee Vee.” 💙📚 #cozy #western #wwi #contemporary #historical
books2read.com/steamycouple
books2read.com/steamycouple
Thread.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thread.
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For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING - DOC NYC
NYC PREMIERE The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing celebrates the life of the dynamic author, editor, and activist. From her Harlem roots to her role
www.docnyc.net
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
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This holiday season, I'm thankful for our common backyard birds. Sometimes we take the common birds for granted, but the fact is we should be grateful they've adapted robustly to urban and suburban settings. Here are a few shots from this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This holiday season, I'm thankful for our common backyard birds. Sometimes we take the common birds for granted, but the fact is we should be grateful they've adapted robustly to urban and suburban settings. Here are a few shots from this morning.
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Reposts encouraged! Community-led, Latine, immigrant organization Juntos in South Philadelphia does deportation defense, community care work, and more.
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Reposts encouraged! Community-led, Latine, immigrant organization Juntos in South Philadelphia does deportation defense, community care work, and more.
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
$75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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I just found out @tachyonpub.bsky.social is having a Black Friday / year end sale!
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I just found out @tachyonpub.bsky.social is having a Black Friday / year end sale!
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
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Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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(SF) Sat., Dec. 6, 9-10:30 p.m.: Mask-required show (also on the first Saturday of every month). Tickets and more info: www.sfneofuturists.org/accessibility
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
(SF) Sat., Dec. 6, 9-10:30 p.m.: Mask-required show (also on the first Saturday of every month). Tickets and more info: www.sfneofuturists.org/accessibility
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Extra Extra! Dr Anthony Onunga reports that the sitting-rising test has now been validated as a predictor of cardiovascular health up to 25 years. Read all about it at MNB! medicalnewsbulletin.com/sitting-risi... #hearthealth #cardiology 🫀🧪 Medskies, medtwitter, medsky, 🩺,⚕️
Check your cardiovascular health with a sitting rising test | Medical News Bulletin
Can you sit on the floor and rise back up without using your hands for support? This simple test can predict your cardiovascular risk.
medicalnewsbulletin.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Extra Extra! Dr Anthony Onunga reports that the sitting-rising test has now been validated as a predictor of cardiovascular health up to 25 years. Read all about it at MNB! medicalnewsbulletin.com/sitting-risi... #hearthealth #cardiology 🫀🧪 Medskies, medtwitter, medsky, 🩺,⚕️
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.