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Emily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I am so excited for this! @ariel-chu.com’s a first rate talent and has a long, bright writing career ahead of her. Her manuscript blew me over with its exquisite imagery, pitch-perfect voices, and sensitive, insightful portrayals of queer Taiwanese American women pushing back against social scripts.

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 08/07/2026

We're so happy and excited to welcome the newest member of the SLP family, @ariel-chu.com and her collection ANTIBACHELORETTE, which was selected from our 2026 short story/flash fiction submissions period! COMING IN NOVEMBER 2027! Welcome, Ariel!!!

Welcome to the Split/Lip Family Nov 2027: Antibachelorette!

Ariel Chu is a Taiwanese American writer from Eastvale, California. She is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California, where she serves as the fiction editor of Gold Line Press and Nat. Brut. In 2020, Ariel received an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University, where she was awarded the Syracuse Shirley Jackson Prize in Fiction. Ariel's work has been published by Joyland, Black Warrior Review, and The Masters Review, among others, and she has received support from Kundiman, the Steinbeck Fellowship, the Luce Scholars Program, and the P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Antibachelorette is her debut collection.

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Ariel Chu / 朱詠慈 @ariel-chu.com · 31/05/2025

So honored to have been able to translate "Circular Universe" by @chitawei.bsky.social ! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 You can find this piece and many other incredible stories of trans and queer futurity in AMPLITUDES, ed. @leemandelo.bsky.social and published by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/ampl...

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Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

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Chi Ta-wei @chitawei.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🌌 Thrilled to be part of " #Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity"! My story "Circular Universe" (translated by Ariel Chu) is a chapter from " #TheMembranes" sequel, joining many amazing contributors🏳️‍⚧️✨ 🌈 Edited by @leemandelo.bsky.social 📚 NOW AVAILABLE: bookshop.org/p/books/ampl...

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Lydia @elliswkim.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Positively thrilled to have a story in Nat. Brut today. Edited by the incredible @ariel-chu.com who will sharpen your lines to fine point 🔪The story is in such fine company! Though drafted in another year, much is sadly familiar again. www.natbrut.com/lydia-kim

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Nat. Brut | Issue Eighteen | Lydia Kim

"Clara Inside" a story by Lydia Kim. Issue Eighteen of Nat. Brut.

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Ariel Chu / 朱詠慈 @ariel-chu.com · 15/02/2025

So proud of the new issue of Nat. Brut! It's also my first issue as fiction editor — we got to publish some absolutely brilliant, bizarre, and heartrending stories! 💌 Read Issue 18 here: www.natbrut.com

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Nat. Brut Magazine | literary magazine

Nat. Brut (pr. nat broot) is a literary magazine publishing the work of writers and artists who have been historically devalued or pigeonholed by art and literary institutions.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Sharing some resources compiled by @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social, a civil rights org based in San Francisco Chinatown that I work with. There's Know Your Rights info, numbers for Bay Area immigration hotlines, links to legal resources, & more in both English & Chinese. 了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？

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Resources for Immigrant Communities in 2025

Latest Immigration Updates: 中文版本，请点这 Know Your Rights Legal Resources Immigration Court Quick Facts Click or Scroll Down ...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025

On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers! Read, print & distro freely! Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social: itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 21/01/2025

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

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The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship

Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I think a lot of people have mutual aid confused with charity on here, maybe because folks most often see it in the context of fundraiser asks (which are great!). I want to talk a little about what it looks like in everyday life. Because we need it more than ever. Government is getting shredded.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/08/2023

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows. (1/n)

Beautiful crow against a black background

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

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Ariel Chu / 朱詠慈 @ariel-chu.com · 25/01/2025

I am so excited for this collection to be in the world! Many thanks to @leemandelo.bsky.social and @dianapho.bsky.social for your editorial work, and of course to @chitawei.bsky.social for your brilliance 🪐✨

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.

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COVID Home Tests | USPS

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Smurph @oopsallsmurph.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

If you see ICE activity and want to spread the word, be sure to do it thoughtfully and efficiently. This is a great guide on what to call out.

SPREAD INFORMATION, NOT PANIC. When reporting or boosting potential threats: provide as much information as possible!

Size/Strength
"5 to 6 law enforcement officers"
Actions/Activity
"harassing random people on the street"
Location/Direction
"Chicago, West of Millennium Park, on Michigan Ave"
Uniform/clothes
"Dark Blue uniforms that say 'Police ICE' on the back"
Time and date of observation
"12:45 PM January 20"
Equipment and weapons
"They have helmets, vests and batons"

Not a useful message: "URGENT!!! Potential ICE Raids on the west side!!!"
"Where? When? What are they doing? How Many? What are they carrying?"
USE YOUR JUDGEMENT! WE KEEP US SAFE!

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

big thanks to Rejoinder Magazine for the Pushcart nomination! you can read my nominated poem, “Queer Nightlife” here :: www.rejoindermag.com/issue-9/chen...

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2024 Pushcart Nominations

“The Worst and the Dullest” - Jeremy Steen
“Queer Nightlife” - Chen Chen
“Ekphrasis” - Luther Hughes
“Harrison Changes” - Chris Vanjonack
“Fair Exchange” - Destiny O. Birdsong
“Fulfillment Center” - Ariel Chu

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