J. S. Kuiken

J. S. Kuiken

@jskuiken.bsky.social

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Writer. Work in Nightscript VIII, Foglifter, Bosie Magazine, others. UEA alumnus & Lambda Literary Fellow. He/his.
Website: https://jskuiken.com
Linktree: http://linktr.ee/jskuiken

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#Queerwriters Saturday: Check in Day! I did indeed get some major outlining on short stories done, and started writing one of the stories, so I met my goals for the week. Huzzah! 🥳

#queerwriters Saturday: Check in Day! How was your week? Did you accomplish what you set out to do? Share your progress, encourage, cheer, and support others! #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #indieauthor #lgbtqauthor

#BookChallenge The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Join in! 💙📚 Day 8 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

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For once can we please listen to the one girl in class who did her homework?

“Ocasio-Cortez claimed none of the people she’s spoken w/who are calling on Biden to drop out—including lawmakers and legal experts—have articulated a plan to swap out the nominee w/out minimizing the serious legal and procedural challenges that are likely to ensue.” www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeedwww.msnbc.com The progressive New Yorker spoke on Instagram about the potential risks of pressuring President Joe Biden to end his campaign.

#BookChallenge The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Join in! 💙📚 Day 7 Ceremonies by Essex Hemphill

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preview of just how much danger we're in. imagine a presidency built on this

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Alt-text, when done both accurately and with style, is a work of art.

You got it, sister

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Agenda47 would basically outlaw gender affirming care for everyone (all ages). Any hospital or healthcare provider that offers gender affirming care would be terminated from Medicare and Medicaid. We'd lose access to HRT, surgeries, etc. Please vote!

Project 2025 just got some shiny new jackboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_47

Agenda 47 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

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If Biden drops, in a month Harris's numbers will be similar to Biden's now, Biden's approval will skyrocket now that he's no longer running, there will also be a bunch of spurious but lingering legal challenges to her on ballots, and Dem fundraisers will start leaking about swapping Biden back in.

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"Don't die wondering... Transgenderism could be for you" Sticker spotted in Dublin, Ireland

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I'm going to start with this: "Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing." - Audre Lorde, "Sister Outsider and Other Essays"

This is fascinating!

I mentioned the storytelling structure if "Ki•Shō•Ten•Ketsu" earlier today. If you don't know what that means, or rather what each of those elements signifies, here are my notes on it. #WritingCommunity

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The two questions I think authors should ask themselves at different times in a project & in their career: What is my promise to me? What is my promise to my readers? Answers are private so you can be (must be) rawly honest. #writing

#BookChallenge The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Join in! 💙📚 Day 6 Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

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Worth thinking about how long Tolkien goes on in Return of the King about despair being a weapon, and presenting defeat as a forgone conclusion being a deliberate and effective tactic

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

I've heard the number 70% for the amount of eligible voters who do not know anything about Project 2025. It's a massive document with a billion ideas in it, but picking out ones you think your friends or network will understand helps parse it. These policies are extreme.

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We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.

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Some important things to know about Project 2025, and about book banners in general. I'm going to talk about legal underpinnings, but want to state upfront that I am a cataloging and metadata librarian, not a lawyer or a law librarian. So first of all: book banners hate the 1st amendment.

We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.

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It's just incredibly fucked up that one of the two major parties is demanding the largest forced migration in human history -- the sort that historically result in mass death -- yet since Saturday, the arbitrators of civility have told us that to call this what it is would be fomenting violence.

#BookChallenge The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Join in! 💙📚 Day 5 The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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“Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who understood the assignment.”

Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.

Italian officials slam tourist who ‘mimicked sex acts’ on a statue of Bacchus in Florence | CNNwww.cnn.com Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.

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I want to make this explicit, and I’m going to try and do so gently and directly because I want to be listened to: Trump and his people want to put people like me in prison, just for writing stories that feature queer themes, characters, and content.

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This is page 5 of Project 2025, and I need to say something about it as an author whose work contains queer characters and themes. The right has made no secret over the last few years of regarding the mere inclusion of those things in a work of fiction as being innately pornographic.

AmaraJLynn 🔴〰️🔴 mothem

Thanks!

#BookChallenge The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Join in! 💙📚 Day 4 Beloved by Toni Morrison

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Um. This calls for the imprisonment of writers of queer stories. WHAT THE FUCK?!

According to Project 2025, which is the heart of Trump's campaign and platform, if you teach or talk about the existence of LGBTQ people then you are a sex offender and should be imprisoned.

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According to Project 2025, which is the heart of Trump's campaign and platform, if you teach or talk about the existence of LGBTQ people then you are a sex offender and should be imprisoned.

Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

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For fellow Veterans: They basically call out the PACT act for removal, talk about cutting costs as the Vietnam generation dies off, and focus on politics over veterans. They NEVER care about Vets. They will always use you as props, then toss you like trash. Always. Vet the Vote. Register.

Someone here likened Project 2025 to the DNC email hack of 2016 because they both involve the slow drip of bad news for the party and, while that’s true, Project 2025 is so much worse. Read it now before they wise up and take it down: www.project2025.org

Project 2025 | Presidential Transition Projectwww.project2025.org Presidential Transition Project The 2025 Presidential Transition Project paves the way for an effective conservative Administration based on four pillars.

Hey all, I'm in a bit of a bind and if you could donate and/or share, that would be incredible. I'm hoping to at least cover rent for August! gofund.me/c451f403

Urgent Assistance to Prevent Homelessness, organized by Jesse Kuikengofund.me Hey all, it's unfortunate it's come to this, but in September I lost my job and… Jesse Kuiken needs your support for Urgent Assistance to Prevent Homelessness

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The LeGuin Award continues to have excellent taste in its shortlist! 2024 list just announced. www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24 Congratulations, @vajra.me, @emilytesh.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com and the others on the list! A mix of stuff I've read & liked & new to me stuff to add to the TBR.

Ursula K. Le Guin — 2024 Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)www.ursulakleguin.com

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If I could go back in time and give myself professional advice it would be: -own the art you make -own the art you make -own the art you make And, oh yeah, -own the art you make