anita kelly 🌈
@anitakellywrites.bsky.social
Writer of queer romance.
Last: DONUT SUMMER, out now 🍩
Next: HEARTWAVES #2, out sometime 2026 (hopefully lol)
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Last: DONUT SUMMER, out now 🍩
Next: HEARTWAVES #2, out sometime 2026 (hopefully lol)
they/them
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okay for mental health gonna make a thread of books I’ve truly loved this year in hell, 2015:
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
I tried to sell a romance last year that largely dealt with Covid grief (by the two MCs making a comic together about it). It died on sub.
I do hope to self-pub it one day, just don’t know when that will be.
I do hope to self-pub it one day, just don’t know when that will be.
Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I tried to sell a romance last year that largely dealt with Covid grief (by the two MCs making a comic together about it). It died on sub.
I do hope to self-pub it one day, just don’t know when that will be.
I do hope to self-pub it one day, just don’t know when that will be.
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Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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An American elected official with courage enough to say this in the Oval Office is quietly the biggest news out of the meeting
Israeli press is irate that Trump didn't push back on Mamdani saying the US funds genocide against Palestinians
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An American elected official with courage enough to say this in the Oval Office is quietly the biggest news out of the meeting
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
hard agree
Me, 5 minutes into every re-read of an Erin McLellan novella: WHY aren’t there 100,000 more of these so I never have to read anything else 😍😭😍😭😍😭😍
Nobody does joyful, queer sex-positivity quite like this, I’m telling you
Nobody does joyful, queer sex-positivity quite like this, I’m telling you
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
hard agree
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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on the day someone finally yeets Bill Clinton into the sun, this site will be united in a way we have not been since....
well, I mean, last night because the sun gave us pretty lights.
but you know OTHER than that.
well, I mean, last night because the sun gave us pretty lights.
but you know OTHER than that.
99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
on the day someone finally yeets Bill Clinton into the sun, this site will be united in a way we have not been since....
well, I mean, last night because the sun gave us pretty lights.
but you know OTHER than that.
well, I mean, last night because the sun gave us pretty lights.
but you know OTHER than that.
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this is pure joy
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
this is pure joy
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
My reading habits are the same (although I’m trying to change that) and I have also only read one
…and I found it to be my most problematic read of the year 🙃
…and I found it to be my most problematic read of the year 🙃
I looked at the goodreads choice awards nominees and I read romance almost exclusively, like 98% of my reading is romance. Of the nominated books, I’ve read one single title. Make of that what you will.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My reading habits are the same (although I’m trying to change that) and I have also only read one
…and I found it to be my most problematic read of the year 🙃
…and I found it to be my most problematic read of the year 🙃
Finished ONCE A VILLAIN today, the conclusion to @vanessalen.bsky.social’s ONLY A MONSTER series, and man, what a banger of a series!! Sad it’s over but enjoyed every moment
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Finished ONCE A VILLAIN today, the conclusion to @vanessalen.bsky.social’s ONLY A MONSTER series, and man, what a banger of a series!! Sad it’s over but enjoyed every moment
shocker!!!
The Senate has rejected a plan from Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-WI to extend the expiring Obamacare health insurance subsidies for 1 year. Party line vote.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
shocker!!!
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
huh
keep up the pressure good citizens
keep up the pressure good citizens
As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
huh
keep up the pressure good citizens
keep up the pressure good citizens
As I’m trying to mentally detach myself from publishing I don’t listen to any book/writing/publishing podcasts—except for this one, which never misses
Today is the one year anniversary of launching my podcast, Rebel Ever After!
- 37 authors interviewed about writing progressive romance novels
- over 10,000 downloads
- 4.8 ⭐ rating on Apple Podcasts
Big thank you to everyone who has listened, subscribed and bought a book by one of my guests.
- 37 authors interviewed about writing progressive romance novels
- over 10,000 downloads
- 4.8 ⭐ rating on Apple Podcasts
Big thank you to everyone who has listened, subscribed and bought a book by one of my guests.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
As I’m trying to mentally detach myself from publishing I don’t listen to any book/writing/publishing podcasts—except for this one, which never misses
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My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
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Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
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Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
May 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass