Katie West

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Current editor, student, and photographer. Former book publisher. Mushroom hunter. History enthusiast. Moss toucher.

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I just backed Queer Horror from Haunt Publishing on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...

Queer Horror from Haunt Publishingwww.kickstarter.com Books highlighting LGBTQIA+ voices.

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all the culture you liked from decades past was made possible by cheap rent and artists' pay keeping up with what things cost

It's because we all have day jobs, advances are pennies, publishers don't market, one underperforming book tanks your career, and we're expected to be well-tuned brand machines on social media websites designed to suck our souls dry.

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There's 17 days and just 71 pledges to go (huh; neat) to hit 1000 pledges for the kickstarter for @mckelvie.bsky.social, @kierongillen.bsky.social, Matt Wilson, and everyone else's Covers for The Wicked + The Divine, all in one gorgeous collection edited and directed by @katiewest.bsky.social:

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

I think it's really great that people still make art despite and in spite of everything. I hope that continues until the end.

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I’m so pleased to have a poem in the new Poetry Review. Lovely company to be in - there’s some real crackers in here. Thank you to Wayne and the Poetry Review team.

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This Kickstarter is the only way you'll be able to get your hands on this beautiful hardback art book in either the Standard or Deluxe versions. It won't be available in shops later! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

Top Ten TV Top of head, no thinky Slow Horses Letterkenny Rick and Morty Star Trek (TNG, VOY, DS9, SNW, Lower Decks) Killjoys Leverage The Originals Xena: Warrior Princess Dark The Expanse

Top 10 TV Top of head, no thinky Person of Interest Star Trek: Lower Decks Killjoys A Town Called Eureka Frasier Game Changer Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Leverage Futurama Murdoch Mysteries

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Did an insta post about trans liberation

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Just about every study that has ever studied this has found that just giving people money is way more effective than conditioning it with a billion strings.

With alt-text because THIS IS LITERALLY EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE & I FUCKING HATE IT. Being disabled is a godsdamn full time job battling different agencies all damn day. #NEISvoid

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🚫 DON'T DUMP YOUR ELECTION LEAFLETS🚫 ♻️ DONATE THEM INSTEAD ♻️ A friend is working with Uni of Bristol to collect election leaflets from all UK constituencies for archiving 🗳️ Find out more: specialcollections.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/tag/leaflets/

leaflets | Special Collections Blogspecialcollections.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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The absolutely wild thing is: This goes for ALL social aid. Just *giving people some fucking money,* literally going "OK, how much did you need?", cutting checks, and waving them out the door? COSTS LESS and HAS BETTER OUTCOMES than the current system's bureaucracy and means testing, EVERY TIME.

With alt-text because THIS IS LITERALLY EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE & I FUCKING HATE IT. Being disabled is a godsdamn full time job battling different agencies all damn day. #NEISvoid

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120 to go. It's a dope project, and if you're not already aware of The Wicked and the Divine, trust me you should be.

At last check, the Kickstarter for the Wic+Div coffee table book has 176 pledges to go to hit 1000. I know that way more than that many of you are or know somebody who wants and can get in on this: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com A hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

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We have updated the FAQ with answers about sizing, the old hardcovers, and for any retailers who want to get hold of this book.

Plug plug plug www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com A hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

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It's Juneteenth. A lot of my lectures and panel presentations on how race and other structures of marginalization intersect with technology and society are available for free, too afutureworththinkingabout.com?page_id=5038...

Since tomorrow's Juneteenth, here's a reminder that a bunch of my writings on the intersections of race and other structures of marginalization with technology and society are available for free, either on my website, or elsewhere: afutureworththinkingabout.com?page_id=5038...

Curriculum Vitae | A Future Worth Thinking Aboutafutureworththinkingabout.com

At the end of May, Kieron was like, it would be cool to do something for the 10th anniversary. And I was like, Bet. And put together a Kickstarter in less than a month. Very grateful to the pals who helped make that possible. It's going to be a beautiful book!

Once again, we etc etc. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Wicked And The Divine, we are kickstarting a coffee table book of all the 126 covers from the series! Standard and Deluxe versions available: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

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Reminder for British voters that the deadline for registering to vote in the general election is *midnight tonight*. Unless you're standing for Reform, that is, in which case the last chance to register to vote for your preferred candidate was shortly before he shot himself in 1945.

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Anyway probably if you think you have any trans people who take T following you, please be kind and repost this. It is the first I've heard about it and I had to seek it out myself, I'd have been on this two weeks ago if I knew

Ahh this explains why I haven’t gotten my scrip from 2 weeks ago yet (though CVS just abandoned it, so trying elsewhere) if both the medications I need to live are going to be on shortage this year idk what I’ll do www.ashp.org/drug-shortag...

Drug Shortage Detail: Testosterone Cypionate Injectionwww.ashp.org Drug Shortage Detail: Testosterone Cypionate Injection

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Our first digital game announced www.thewrap.com/she-could-fl.... Worked with brilliant game designer @mink.bsky.social on this. Do wishlist on STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/2679650/...

Christopher Cantwell's 'She Could Fly' Becomes OCD-Fueled Gamewww.thewrap.com "Halt and Catch Fire" cocreator Christopher Cantwell's "She Could Fly" uses comic book language to examine a mental illness he lives with.

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THE WICKED + THE DIVINE: THE COVERS VERSION KS launches tomorrow (18th). Sign up to be notification when it drops.

June 18th is the 10th anniversary of WicDiv. To celebrate, we'll be doing a kickstarter for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE: THE COVERS VERSION - an oversized coffee table artbook consisting of all the series covers and bonus extras. Sign up to be notified on launch. #wicdiv

Coming soon: The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com A hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

I just backed CATGIRLS, DUNGEONS AND ZOMBIES! 3 Fantasy Adventures on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...

CATGIRLS, DUNGEONS AND ZOMBIES! 3 Fantasy Adventureswww.kickstarter.com Three brand new dungeon-delving, monster-fighting adventure comics by five independent creators from the UK!

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The problem isn't that AI can do your job (it can't). The problem is management thinks AI can do your job.

The NYT laying off half it’s art dept as they ramp up the use of A.I. tools is 100% related to UArts closing due to a “steep drop in enrollment.” Regardless of A.I.’s actual capabilities the story being told to (and accepted by) business leaders is damaging the perceived value of the visual arts.

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Oh I realise I haven't said it publicly but we've had to push back the launch of One For Sorrow a bit. That's on me - this year has been a LOT for a host of reasons. The good news is I think it's the best work I've ever done and I'm very excited for you to see it when it's out.

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The ACLU is gonna take action against Mastercard for their anti-porn stance. Please consider signing.

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.action.aclu.org Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective are running a campaign to promote the power of the medium by encouraging creators to send zines and comics to their MPs- read about it here! www.linkedin.com/pulse/send-z... #comics

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18th June is the last day you can register to vote for the upcoming general election. Make sure you're registered, sometimes people fall off the list by mistake, double check so your voice is included: www.gov.uk/register-to-...

Register to votewww.gov.uk Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

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Gonna preface my statement by saying EVERYONE is getting robbed & the fact people earn less in adjusted dollars is criminal & you should be angry. All I want to add to the conversation is that comic freelancers haven’t seen any raises since the early 2000s. Not adjusted dollars. Actual dollars.

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Everyone needs an editor

Sometimes writers think they don't need editors. I tend to disagree (a biased opinion, sure). This article nicely explains their value. lithub.com/is-line-edit...

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?lithub.com “Extraneous baggage”—that was how Albert Erskine, line editor of Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree, described slow sections of the submitted manuscript. McCarthy listened. He spent months revising and cond…

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Again: What Adobe is trying to do here will violate HIPAA laws, FERPA laws, and any number of binding civil structures. Contact the FTC here: www.ftc.gov/media/71268 and provide them with this contact information Adobe 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95110-2704 Tel: 408-536-6000 Fax: 408-537-6000

Yet another reason to dump you Adobe software if you haven’t already appleinsider.com/articles/24/...

Adobe's ToS changes could be an AI overreach on user dataappleinsider.com A new and mandatory terms of service approval for Adobe Creative Cloud requires users agree to the company getting free access to users' projects, for whatever they want to do with it. That's unaccept...

File A Complaintwww.ftc.gov The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.