Rafi/Rita M. Pérez-Padilla
@rmperezpadilla.bsky.social
SF writer / translator / professor • they/any pronouns • 🇵🇷🏳️⚧️💛💜💛 • 🍉🇵🇸
WIP: THE VOID BETWEEN, polyam T4T anarchist space opera
WIP: THE VOID BETWEEN, polyam T4T anarchist space opera
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Transmogrification, R.M. Pérez-Padilla
“You tried to finger yourself and had a panic attack,” my girlfriend concludes. Not unkindly, but not with much gentleness, either, like
futurefire.net
Hello new Bluesky followers!!! Glad to be (re)building a new network over here. As an intro to me & my work — here’s a short story of mine that appeared in The Future Fire earlier this year (slightly nsfw): futurefire.net/2024.70/fict...
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日本語ができます！ (sort of lmao)
日本語ができます！ (sort of lmao)
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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日本語ができます！ (sort of lmao)
日本語ができます！ (sort of lmao)
YAAAAAA
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
YAAAAAA
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I wanted to boost the accounts of the three families from Gaza I have been focusing on posting - here is a thread of what is going on with them.
They are all doing really badly and there is just no food.
They are all doing really badly and there is just no food.
July 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I wanted to boost the accounts of the three families from Gaza I have been focusing on posting - here is a thread of what is going on with them.
They are all doing really badly and there is just no food.
They are all doing really badly and there is just no food.
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Let's all fight back against the right wingers who want to silence our voices as a prelude to silencing us for good! #queersky #booksky #queeradultsff
31 books by 12 authors. All of them shadowbanned by itch.io. A new #Bundle for those who want to find out what Mastercard finds too perverted for words. (You might be disappointed!) With thanks to @ormakal.bsky.social for putting it all together. ♥️ 🏳️🌈
itch.io/b/3200/fight...
#BookSky #LGBTQ
itch.io/b/3200/fight...
#BookSky #LGBTQ
July 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Let's all fight back against the right wingers who want to silence our voices as a prelude to silencing us for good! #queersky #booksky #queeradultsff
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We're disabled and queer. 🏳️🌈 We sell our writing to eat.
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
Disability Pride Against Censorship
We’re Disabled and Queer — Itch.io and the Payment Processors Are Starving Us.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're disabled and queer. 🏳️🌈 We sell our writing to eat.
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
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Happy Juneteenth! Just updated my list of books by Black intersex authors -
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
A list of books by Black intersex authors! | Bogi Reads the World
www.bogireadstheworld.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Happy Juneteenth! Just updated my list of books by Black intersex authors -
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
(Aiming for completeness, please let me know if I missed a title!)
ok This Week is gonna be the week I hype myself up into organizing & sending query letters for real this time !!
June 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ok This Week is gonna be the week I hype myself up into organizing & sending query letters for real this time !!
drawfee pride stream as unhinged as ever in both content and speed of money raised ❤️🏳️⚧️!!!
tilt.fyi/5VevCoqhaM
tilt.fyi/5VevCoqhaM
Tiltify
tilt.fyi
June 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
drawfee pride stream as unhinged as ever in both content and speed of money raised ❤️🏳️⚧️!!!
tilt.fyi/5VevCoqhaM
tilt.fyi/5VevCoqhaM
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They have no gods. They work magic, and think they are gods themselves. But they are not. And when they die, they become dust and bone, and their ghosts whine on the wind a little while till the wind blows them away. They do not have immortal souls.
April 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
They have no gods. They work magic, and think they are gods themselves. But they are not. And when they die, they become dust and bone, and their ghosts whine on the wind a little while till the wind blows them away. They do not have immortal souls.
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SHE’S HERE! The Trans Rights Readathon has officially begun! ✨🥳🎊🎉📚 #booksky #trr25 #transrightreadathon
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
SHE’S HERE! The Trans Rights Readathon has officially begun! ✨🥳🎊🎉📚 #booksky #trr25 #transrightreadathon
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18-year-old Jude on laws banning gender-affirming care:
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
18-year-old Jude on laws banning gender-affirming care:
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
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I wrote a poem the first go-around and published it in @rejectionlit.bsky.social rejection-letters.com/2020/10/08/t...
January 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I wrote a poem the first go-around and published it in @rejectionlit.bsky.social rejection-letters.com/2020/10/08/t...
Concho tiene frío :(
January 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Concho tiene frío :(
ok, i’ve had my coffee, no plans for the next two hours, time to find out how many songs i get through before i cry ❤️
#BadBunny #DebiTirarMasFotos
#BadBunny #DebiTirarMasFotos
January 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ok, i’ve had my coffee, no plans for the next two hours, time to find out how many songs i get through before i cry ❤️
#BadBunny #DebiTirarMasFotos
#BadBunny #DebiTirarMasFotos
My 2024 storygraph wrap!! Wow I sure did read all of Beastars in August
January 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My 2024 storygraph wrap!! Wow I sure did read all of Beastars in August
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Over the last month, 206 authors, critics, editors, and diehard readers came together to vote on the best transfeminine literature of 2024. This is the inaugural TFR Reader’s Choice Awards! 🥳
The 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 200 authors, critics, editors, and diehard readers came together to vote on their favorite literature by transfemme authors of 2024.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Over the last month, 206 authors, critics, editors, and diehard readers came together to vote on the best transfeminine literature of 2024. This is the inaugural TFR Reader’s Choice Awards! 🥳
Am I super behind on end of semester grading? Yes. Did I post a fanfic for the first time in years yesterday? Also yes 🥰 I have only moderate regrets, the dopamine of Doing Something Nice has helped me recharge.
December 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Am I super behind on end of semester grading? Yes. Did I post a fanfic for the first time in years yesterday? Also yes 🥰 I have only moderate regrets, the dopamine of Doing Something Nice has helped me recharge.
From the first chapter of TVB – future polycule's first real interaction :)
[cw blood, some injury description]
#WritingPrompt
[cw blood, some injury description]
#WritingPrompt
December 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
From the first chapter of TVB – future polycule's first real interaction :)
[cw blood, some injury description]
#WritingPrompt
[cw blood, some injury description]
#WritingPrompt
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“This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child...Alongside the levelling of hospitals, schools and homes, a trail of psychological destruction has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”
December 12, 2024 at 10:08 AM
“This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child...Alongside the levelling of hospitals, schools and homes, a trail of psychological destruction has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon!
December 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon!
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QUERY + FIRST 10 PAGES CRITIQUE for urgent Gaza mutual aid amid forced starvation and genocide
For as long as I can, I'm offering a query + first 10 pages critique for proof of $50 donation (or more) to any of the following:
For as long as I can, I'm offering a query + first 10 pages critique for proof of $50 donation (or more) to any of the following:
December 6, 2024 at 4:51 AM
QUERY + FIRST 10 PAGES CRITIQUE for urgent Gaza mutual aid amid forced starvation and genocide
For as long as I can, I'm offering a query + first 10 pages critique for proof of $50 donation (or more) to any of the following:
For as long as I can, I'm offering a query + first 10 pages critique for proof of $50 donation (or more) to any of the following:
Managed 21K into new book for not-official-nanowrimo this year — less than I was hoping for (I’m usually high word count low quality on first drafts lol). But it was An Interesting Month, and 21k is still a lot of words! Hard to remember that sometimes 😅
December 2, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Managed 21K into new book for not-official-nanowrimo this year — less than I was hoping for (I’m usually high word count low quality on first drafts lol). But it was An Interesting Month, and 21k is still a lot of words! Hard to remember that sometimes 😅
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🌌 please just remember the land your on and how it was taken today
please remember that we are still here
please remember that we are still here
November 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
🌌 please just remember the land your on and how it was taken today
please remember that we are still here
please remember that we are still here
grateful to have seen this lovely awards eligibility post for its leading me to a short story that will live in my head rent free for the next decade
Reposting in the good place:
please consider “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” for any and all awards ballots, on account of my very good graphic design skills and also if you liked my story
please consider “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” for any and all awards ballots, on account of my very good graphic design skills and also if you liked my story
November 28, 2024 at 12:11 AM
grateful to have seen this lovely awards eligibility post for its leading me to a short story that will live in my head rent free for the next decade