Carolina Mata
@carolinamata.bsky.social
Pushcart Nominated. Mexican American. Queer. Writer. Teacher. Editor. Bruja. Reiki Master. Psychic.
I’m a lot of things 🧿 🏳️🌈
Flash Reader and Social Media for @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
I’m a lot of things 🧿 🏳️🌈
Flash Reader and Social Media for @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
How much are we expected to shrink ourselves for assimilation? I love pieces that tell me I’m not alone in contemplating this.
"Sometimes, I watch videos to learn the Bengali alphabet, writing the letters in my journal, then give up and forget within the next week."
Enjoy @monmita.bsky.social's essay, MICRO, from our OCTOBER ISSUE before it hits the archives 💕: buff.ly/FlseDZ6
Enjoy @monmita.bsky.social's essay, MICRO, from our OCTOBER ISSUE before it hits the archives 💕: buff.ly/FlseDZ6
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How much are we expected to shrink ourselves for assimilation? I love pieces that tell me I’m not alone in contemplating this.
When I say I feel this one in my fucking bones ❤️
"You can cut through any kind of distress with a little pain. Depression and self-loathing, shame that brings you to your knees, grief."
We're proud to have Kimaya Diggs' memoir JUMP IN for our SEPTEMBER ISSUE 💕CW for self harm, but we hope you enjoy: buff.ly/YvLxiqJ
We're proud to have Kimaya Diggs' memoir JUMP IN for our SEPTEMBER ISSUE 💕CW for self harm, but we hope you enjoy: buff.ly/YvLxiqJ
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When I say I feel this one in my fucking bones ❤️
It’s my bday month. So as my present, you must check out our new September issue lol 😝
Seriously tho, this is one is pretty cool 🥰
Seriously tho, this is one is pretty cool 🥰
Kick back, fix yourself a warm drink, and enjoy our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🍁
WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti
buff.ly/uOXuAsg
WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti
buff.ly/uOXuAsg
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s my bday month. So as my present, you must check out our new September issue lol 😝
Seriously tho, this is one is pretty cool 🥰
Seriously tho, this is one is pretty cool 🥰
So my niece’s school and another school down the block from me were threatened on social media today.
While my initial reaction is to hope it’s a bunch of losers or kids making edgy jokes to get attention, I know that’s a result of and part of the problem. I’m just fucking exhausted
While my initial reaction is to hope it’s a bunch of losers or kids making edgy jokes to get attention, I know that’s a result of and part of the problem. I’m just fucking exhausted
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So my niece’s school and another school down the block from me were threatened on social media today.
While my initial reaction is to hope it’s a bunch of losers or kids making edgy jokes to get attention, I know that’s a result of and part of the problem. I’m just fucking exhausted
While my initial reaction is to hope it’s a bunch of losers or kids making edgy jokes to get attention, I know that’s a result of and part of the problem. I’m just fucking exhausted
Gotta love a new issue day 💕💕 look at that art!!
We're enjoying Summer with our brilliant new JUNE ISSUE 😎 Enjoy it at our website: buff.ly/M9YTorb
All the love to our contributors!
WORDS: Amelia Valasek, Jack Barrie, Ella Harrigan, Alex Bortell
ART: Jasper Glen
PLUS: @taniamalik.bsky.social interviews Esinam Bediako
All the love to our contributors!
WORDS: Amelia Valasek, Jack Barrie, Ella Harrigan, Alex Bortell
ART: Jasper Glen
PLUS: @taniamalik.bsky.social interviews Esinam Bediako
June 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gotta love a new issue day 💕💕 look at that art!!
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Along with @carolinamata.bsky.social & AJ Jolish, this is a DREAM TEAM!! We are so lucky to have such talented, enthusiastic people shouting out the amazing SLM FAM!
We love our staff and we're so excited to expand it 🤩 Please help us welcome these new additions to our Social Media team as Co-Directors: Shae Carroll, Lilly Clausen, Elizabeth Motes!! 👏
June 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Along with @carolinamata.bsky.social & AJ Jolish, this is a DREAM TEAM!! We are so lucky to have such talented, enthusiastic people shouting out the amazing SLM FAM!
Thank you for joining us ❤️
We love our staff and we're so excited to expand it 🤩 Please help us welcome these new additions to our Social Media team as Co-Directors: Shae Carroll, Lilly Clausen, Elizabeth Motes!! 👏
June 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Thank you for joining us ❤️
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I saw someone say “setting women back” is just how liberals call women sluts and now it’s all I can think about!!!
"Sabrina Carpenter's album cover and Sydney Sweeney's bathwater soap are setting women back!!"
The only people setting women back are the Supreme Court, conservative legislators, and tradwife influencers on brainwashing duty.
Take a breath.
The only people setting women back are the Supreme Court, conservative legislators, and tradwife influencers on brainwashing duty.
Take a breath.
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I saw someone say “setting women back” is just how liberals call women sluts and now it’s all I can think about!!!
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put an em dash key on the keyboard you cowards
June 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
put an em dash key on the keyboard you cowards
Love is wrapping gold tinsel around several tiny clear rubber bands at 12am bc my niece had a VISION for her elementary graduation day hair 💛
June 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Love is wrapping gold tinsel around several tiny clear rubber bands at 12am bc my niece had a VISION for her elementary graduation day hair 💛
Just me and my ice pack against the world.
A diary from a girl with chronic pain.
A diary from a girl with chronic pain.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just me and my ice pack against the world.
A diary from a girl with chronic pain.
A diary from a girl with chronic pain.
There’s just some students I feel bad saying goodbye to 😢
May 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There’s just some students I feel bad saying goodbye to 😢
One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-fou...
A fucking fertility clinic.
A fucking fertility clinic.
One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror ⋆ The Palm Springs Post
An FBI official described the law enforcement response as "probably one of the largest bombing investigations that we've had in Southern California."
thepalmspringspost.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-fou...
A fucking fertility clinic.
A fucking fertility clinic.
Just finished the last book of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde and now I feel a little lost. Cue the sad girl vibes.
a black and white drawing of a woman sitting in the rain .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman sitting in the rain .
media.tenor.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just finished the last book of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde and now I feel a little lost. Cue the sad girl vibes.
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"The other night I danced for the first time in months /
to my favorite Sheryl Crow song—opens with guitar /
and drums."
The poem SELF-ELEGIES by our recently passed contributor @marthasilano.bsky.social
was published in Poetry Magazine ❤️🩹 Please give it a read: buff.ly/UDTtaHC
to my favorite Sheryl Crow song—opens with guitar /
and drums."
The poem SELF-ELEGIES by our recently passed contributor @marthasilano.bsky.social
was published in Poetry Magazine ❤️🩹 Please give it a read: buff.ly/UDTtaHC
May 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The other night I danced for the first time in months /
to my favorite Sheryl Crow song—opens with guitar /
and drums."
The poem SELF-ELEGIES by our recently passed contributor @marthasilano.bsky.social
was published in Poetry Magazine ❤️🩹 Please give it a read: buff.ly/UDTtaHC
to my favorite Sheryl Crow song—opens with guitar /
and drums."
The poem SELF-ELEGIES by our recently passed contributor @marthasilano.bsky.social
was published in Poetry Magazine ❤️🩹 Please give it a read: buff.ly/UDTtaHC
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We think you should read 37 WAYS TO CLEAN CUM FROM A SUEDE SHIRT by Jahan Khajavi tonight. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/TyXE46d
May 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We think you should read 37 WAYS TO CLEAN CUM FROM A SUEDE SHIRT by Jahan Khajavi tonight. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/TyXE46d
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My free virtual event on writing and disability, chronic illness, and neurodivergence is tomorrow 5/13 at 7 PM EDT! There's still time to register with @thewriterscenter.bsky.social!
writer.org/event/sarah-...
writer.org/event/sarah-...
Virtual Craft Chat with Sarah Fawn Montgomery on Writing and Disability, Chronic Illness, and Neurodivergence - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing! We’re joined by Sarah Fawn Montgomery to discuss her new craft chapbook, Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your...
writer.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My free virtual event on writing and disability, chronic illness, and neurodivergence is tomorrow 5/13 at 7 PM EDT! There's still time to register with @thewriterscenter.bsky.social!
writer.org/event/sarah-...
writer.org/event/sarah-...
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Psst: Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to apply to be Social Media Director at Split Lip Magazine!
May 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Psst: Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to apply to be Social Media Director at Split Lip Magazine!
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very clear that official policy of the united states right now is to accept any white person abroad who claims asylum status
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
very clear that official policy of the united states right now is to accept any white person abroad who claims asylum status
Just sent my partner a pic of my grape energy drink and grape infused water—bc I gotta caffeinate and hydrate—and they replied: Fruit it up babygirl.
So as a millennial queer, this is my slogan for the rest of the week. Feel free to use at your will.
So as a millennial queer, this is my slogan for the rest of the week. Feel free to use at your will.
May 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just sent my partner a pic of my grape energy drink and grape infused water—bc I gotta caffeinate and hydrate—and they replied: Fruit it up babygirl.
So as a millennial queer, this is my slogan for the rest of the week. Feel free to use at your will.
So as a millennial queer, this is my slogan for the rest of the week. Feel free to use at your will.
Today! Happy indie bookstore day 😍😍😍 going to a baby shower, but hoping to stop by my local bookstore today. I miss the book barn in Fresno.
📖 Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day 📖 Shout our your ❤️ favorite ❤️ indie bookstores! And let us know if you'll be celebrating 🎉
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today! Happy indie bookstore day 😍😍😍 going to a baby shower, but hoping to stop by my local bookstore today. I miss the book barn in Fresno.
Great writing, cool art, sharing info, and applauding accomplishments…it’s a pretty good time 💕
We're so excited to announce: APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🤩
SLM is expanding our Social Media Team!
Our mag is an all-volunteer team with a passion for words, art, and just good vibes ✨ Apply on submittable ASAP--applications are open for 1 week! buff.ly/3RlJZb1
SLM is expanding our Social Media Team!
Our mag is an all-volunteer team with a passion for words, art, and just good vibes ✨ Apply on submittable ASAP--applications are open for 1 week! buff.ly/3RlJZb1
April 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Great writing, cool art, sharing info, and applauding accomplishments…it’s a pretty good time 💕
And that’s a wrap for AWP ❤️ lots of love to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social and @maureenlangloss.bsky.social for the opportunity 🙏
March 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
And that’s a wrap for AWP ❤️ lots of love to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social and @maureenlangloss.bsky.social for the opportunity 🙏
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ATTENTION! It's the last day of #AWP25! And ALL items are on SALE!
Please swing by Table T316, check out our cool swag, & meet our staff!
Please swing by Table T316, check out our cool swag, & meet our staff!
March 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
ATTENTION! It's the last day of #AWP25! And ALL items are on SALE!
Please swing by Table T316, check out our cool swag, & meet our staff!
Please swing by Table T316, check out our cool swag, & meet our staff!