Salem
@salemszarek.bsky.social
(they/he) author of queer romance & dark erotica. chronically ill. audhd. aroacespec & transmasc. 🔞 ⚰️ 🕊️
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There's a transmasculine version of this. If someone assigned female can become a man, it means there's nothing so special or powerful about men.
Each of us has the biological truth of equality between the sexes within us, as demonstrated by the ability of some to pass from one to the other.
Each of us has the biological truth of equality between the sexes within us, as demonstrated by the ability of some to pass from one to the other.
February 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There's a transmasculine version of this. If someone assigned female can become a man, it means there's nothing so special or powerful about men.
Each of us has the biological truth of equality between the sexes within us, as demonstrated by the ability of some to pass from one to the other.
Each of us has the biological truth of equality between the sexes within us, as demonstrated by the ability of some to pass from one to the other.
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I hear a lot of people saying that ai makes art accessible.. well I personally think that's bullshit- so I made this to drive my point home.
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart
February 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I hear a lot of people saying that ai makes art accessible.. well I personally think that's bullshit- so I made this to drive my point home.
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart
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Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
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Please, don’t trust ANY anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit that refuses to support the labor rights of consensual adult sex workers.
We know for a fact that criminalization leads to exploitation and trafficking.
I would also be wary of those who fund such organizations.
We know for a fact that criminalization leads to exploitation and trafficking.
I would also be wary of those who fund such organizations.
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Please, don’t trust ANY anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit that refuses to support the labor rights of consensual adult sex workers.
We know for a fact that criminalization leads to exploitation and trafficking.
I would also be wary of those who fund such organizations.
We know for a fact that criminalization leads to exploitation and trafficking.
I would also be wary of those who fund such organizations.
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Sorry to vent on main but I'm just so sick of being a grown-ass adult online who can't openly enjoy talking about or drawing sex stuff even in completely adult spaces where all minors are completely banned just because everyone has gotta be such fascist controlling fucking babies about it
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sorry to vent on main but I'm just so sick of being a grown-ass adult online who can't openly enjoy talking about or drawing sex stuff even in completely adult spaces where all minors are completely banned just because everyone has gotta be such fascist controlling fucking babies about it
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I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
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It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
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EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
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me: [screaming and scratching all my skin off and banging my head against the wall]
guy in a lab coat with a clipboard: um. Is it bad when it does that .
guy in a lab coat with a clipboard: um. Is it bad when it does that .
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
me: [screaming and scratching all my skin off and banging my head against the wall]
guy in a lab coat with a clipboard: um. Is it bad when it does that .
guy in a lab coat with a clipboard: um. Is it bad when it does that .
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Christopher Nolan should have cast Helen of Troy the way the Greeks would have: by casting the most attractive young man in the company and giving him a really fuckable porcelain mask.
Having a WOMAN play Helen of Troy??? Talk about inaccurate. The Greeks would fucking riot.
Having a WOMAN play Helen of Troy??? Talk about inaccurate. The Greeks would fucking riot.
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Christopher Nolan should have cast Helen of Troy the way the Greeks would have: by casting the most attractive young man in the company and giving him a really fuckable porcelain mask.
Having a WOMAN play Helen of Troy??? Talk about inaccurate. The Greeks would fucking riot.
Having a WOMAN play Helen of Troy??? Talk about inaccurate. The Greeks would fucking riot.
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I keep seeing people say “yeah but ppl who make weird stuff get passed over/gate kept/shut out/isolated” in response to “make weird art” and that’s true! But the whole point is: make it anyway. Build an honest community with like minded people. Be brave. Be you. Make something that matters.
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I keep seeing people say “yeah but ppl who make weird stuff get passed over/gate kept/shut out/isolated” in response to “make weird art” and that’s true! But the whole point is: make it anyway. Build an honest community with like minded people. Be brave. Be you. Make something that matters.
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I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
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From the moment ICE was founded, I have always been sure that it was designed to be a tool of oppression and terror. It is functioning as intended which means the only option is to abolish ice.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
From the moment ICE was founded, I have always been sure that it was designed to be a tool of oppression and terror. It is functioning as intended which means the only option is to abolish ice.
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My grandma has started referring to ICE as "those thugs," and I'm so proud.
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 AM
My grandma has started referring to ICE as "those thugs," and I'm so proud.
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Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
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my only notes to people under 30: your 30s aren't for ditching fandom, they're for re-evaluating all the "cringe" stuff you liked as a teenager through the lens of someone who can appreciate it fully, going, "that owned, actually," and becoming even more unhinged about it. please look forward to it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
my only notes to people under 30: your 30s aren't for ditching fandom, they're for re-evaluating all the "cringe" stuff you liked as a teenager through the lens of someone who can appreciate it fully, going, "that owned, actually," and becoming even more unhinged about it. please look forward to it.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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TEST SUBJECT; Cyrus Abernathy is woken from cryosleep for one reason — to do whatever it takes to lean about the alien life form discovered on their new planet. With most of the ship still in cryo, he’s left alone with the massive creature to study it.
He doesn’t realize it’s studying him, too.
He doesn’t realize it’s studying him, too.
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
TEST SUBJECT; Cyrus Abernathy is woken from cryosleep for one reason — to do whatever it takes to lean about the alien life form discovered on their new planet. With most of the ship still in cryo, he’s left alone with the massive creature to study it.
He doesn’t realize it’s studying him, too.
He doesn’t realize it’s studying him, too.
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A national general strike is needed not just to protest the violence, but to acknowledge the absurdity that we’re all just supposed to carry on with our stupid little daily lives amidst the ambient terrorism of an unchecked state militia executing innocent people in the streets of our country.
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A national general strike is needed not just to protest the violence, but to acknowledge the absurdity that we’re all just supposed to carry on with our stupid little daily lives amidst the ambient terrorism of an unchecked state militia executing innocent people in the streets of our country.