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december seas 🌊✨ @handle.invalid · 13/03/2026

you don’t realize exactly how hard your pelvic floor works when you cough until you’ve got a dildo shoved up against your cervix and have a coughing fit that makes the dildo shoot out of you

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

So many readers lean about sex and, for better or worse, from reading romance and I can’t stress enough how political it is for me to Jam Pack my shit with depictions of consent / clear indications of when consent has gone wrong.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 30/03/2026

anyway, interview more romance authors and ask them about the politics of their work! I mean we managed to write a series so accidentally prescient we ended up kind of becoming our own main characters during the Whistle Adventures and no one is asking me about it. 🤣

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StarX 💜✨ @starx11.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

My hollanov fanfic, come back

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 03/10/2025

Oh my gosh.... feathers! [2/2]

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Lastly, #5) Never assume that you are too smart a person to fuck up and need to apologize. Or too good of a person. Or too well-intentioned. Or too ANYTHING. You're human. You WILL fuck up. And you will need to apologize. Who and what you are, are irrelevant.

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Esther O. Lee @guardapaginas.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Hunger’s Bite is fantastic, easily one of my faves this year. Pls check it out so I can live in hope of a train themed sequel

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they’ve meltzer 📓📇🤼‍♂️ S. Qiouyi Lu 陸秋逸 @s.qiouyi.lu · 02/09/2025

me when I see circumcised dick: but where’s his turtleneck :( he’s cold

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/08/2025

Jonas knows Lydia's deepest secret. He's always wished he could do something about it. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Kiss-... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesand... Kobo: store.koboboo... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #HEA #BrothersSinister

alt: The cover for Courtney Milan's A Kiss for Midwinter, saying: grumpy doctor her who possesses a dark sense of humor, prefers people not dying of cholera, tells women the truth about their own bodies, is also a contraception proponent? is absolutely in love with the sunshine heroine. not even a close call. just embarrassing.

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

in honor of the Ignatz nomination, you can get my digital comic "home by the rotting sea" for 30% off at my store for one more week: claystorks.itch.io/home-by-the-... thank you!

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Elisa G. Schneider @elisagschneider.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The crowd at Stop One of the Mamdani scavenger hunt!

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DGC Ontario @ontariodgc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."' variety.com/2025/film/fe...

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I QRT’d like “I write sex scenes like any other scene and plenty of ace people write flaming hot love scenes without ever being horny.” Christ on a vibrating dildo. Can you imagine having to be turned on *every time* you write a sex scene? Who has time for that?

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Worlds Beyond Number @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Aabria and Erika want you all to know that romance is NOT dead. This is a clip from our Patreon-exclusive talkback episode of Ep. 53! As Book I of this story wraps up, we're going to be releasing tons of exclusive content. Join us to get in on the fun! www.patreon.com/posts/firesi...

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

what a time. ♥️ the new puritanism is to blame for the loss of these covers. most social media sites & AMZ will not allow romance authors to buy ads with clinches, which puts Gadino out of a job, as discussed in this instagram post.

screenshot of instagram post by @emmelnie

The news has broken that the great @victorgadino , one of the last of the working romance-cover artists who started back in the 1970s, will no longer be actively producing romance covers. This is heartbreaking news, of course, because Victor has steadfastly persevered through stages that have transitioned romance covers and stepbacks from traditional oil paintings to digital art and photographs.

But as Victor notes on that last slide, we are in an age of cartoon covers, and that’s not his style. Victor, like many of the great original cover artists, excelled at realism. His ability to capture people‘s expressions, emotions, and feelings in their faces and bodies made his art remarkable. Add to it glorious backgrounds—sometimes majestic, sometimes humorous—and his intricate details, and you had someone who could deliver the whole package.

Victor’s place in the romance cover-art pantheon was secured decades ago with his amazing stepbacks, which I’ve chosen to feature a plethora of today. But he started with the historic Gordon Merrick covers in the 1970s and continued creating front-cover art to this year—a 50-year career!

And Victor is still producing glorious fine art! If you follow him, you know that he’s been working on a grand series of Hollywood movie icons reimagined as space explorers, Glamour Girls in Outer Space. Watching them evolve is one of my favorite things about following Victor‘s feed. He always shares his artistic process with us all, not just the final product, and that’s something I adore seeing unfold.

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

A comic book artist and a sculptor decide to share custody of a shelter dog. Romance happens! (they do it) A Walk in the Park is available now in ebook and audiobook! rebekahweatherspoon.... 💗 two plus size MCs 💗 forced proximity 💗 a sweet doggy #booksky #romancelandia #blacksky

an illustrated romance novel cover. two adorable plus size Black folks and cute tan and brown dog named zeus in the park at dust. A Walk In the Park by rebekah weatherspoon
now available in ebook.

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MC Griffin @scrapbrainzone.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I don’t want to be one of those creators accused of inserting a thinly veiled fetish into their work. I would like to be known for my obvious, observable, unveiled fetishes.

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 25/06/2025

The "Vote Blue No Matter Who" bitches can vote Mamdani in November 😌

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What happened in New York is monumental. It shows that big money can be defeated, and that you can elect the leaders you deserve. I know it’s just the primary but New York sent a real message that I hope resonates across the Democratic Party.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards

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salt∴ @wickedsalt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

More close ups! 🧿🩵

Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the embroidery on the back, young Howl catching a falling star.

Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the back and shoulder from the right.

Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the front left part of the jacket.

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salt∴ @wickedsalt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

1/2021-1/2025 After 4 years, Howl is finally finished! A companion and a project of love to me; I hope it keeps inspiring magic and creativity. 🧿🩵 See the rest of the thread for close ups! #howlsmovingcastle #howlcosplay #katsucon2025 #embroidery

Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, frontal three quarters view. White shirt and black pants with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. There are also two necklaces with blue pendants around the form's neck and a pair of green drop earrings pinned close by.

Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, view from the back. Black pants pinned to the sewing form with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. The back of the jacket shows the scene from the Ghibli film as a young Howl standing on a meadow catches a falling star. There are other falling stars in the night sky. The meadow is completely beaded and framed in a golden velvet ribbon. Embroidered with golden floss beneath the golden ribbon reads: "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man".

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app

A business woman in a grey skirt suit, pointing a rifle at a boxy 90s PC

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Suzi @suzisteffen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

WELP! Excuse me while I go snag it.

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ranibow sprimkle @deadpokerface.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Fandom needs interaction to thrive, if u want to keep enjoying art, fic, edits, animations, silly little hcs, and all of that gud stuff, give some of the love back that creators pour out for you, fandom shouldn't be /content/ to mindlessly consume, let it be a dialogue of love and appreciation 🙏✨❤️

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Worlds Beyond Number @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

are you new here cmon

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18/02/2025

I have failed you all. JUST IN CASE ANYONE ELSE DOESN'T KNOW, watch Wheel of Time if you want to see Rosamund Pike and Sophie Okonedo play badass powerful witches who are secret girlfriends.

A scene of Pike and Okonedo in gorgeous blue dresses leaning in to kiss each other against a very fantasy stone wall.

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THEJordonBrown @thejordonbrown.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Did you know if you go to johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com, it will show you how to disconnect many of the ways Meta profits off of your data?

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How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/02/2025

You may have seen this elsewhere, but I'm also sharing it and acting as verification: I know who this is for. I know their current situation. For their safety, please don't speculate... but they do so much for ALL writing communities. So if you can help... 💓 www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bel...

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Donate to Help a Beloved Kidlit Author Recover, organized by Jessica Burkhart

Friends, a beloved member of the kidlit community needs our help. This author is… Jessica Burkhart needs your support for Help a Beloved Kidlit Author Recover

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

ill be all official and shit tomorrow, but the patreon is live and the first post is free to the public. www.patreon.com/posts/book-t...

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Book Tour and Tiktok broke me, but here I am. Alive and full of Pizza Rolls. | Rebekah's Kitchen Nook

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

One of the best people and best writers I've met in the SF/F genre is @aliettedebodard.com. She's going through a rough time right now and needs the community's support. I just donated and urge others to do the same. www.gofundme.com/f/helping-al...

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Donate to Helping Aliette, organized by Paul Cornell

Our friend Aliette de Bodard is going through some awful times right now, and we seek to provide her some… Paul Cornell needs your support for Helping Aliette

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And this is why I thank the crews! Kendrick has works with the union’s finest and it shows.

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Carmen Vitali @carmiev.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Serena just showed us all that sometimes you do, in fact, need a little hateration in this dancery

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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Shooters shoot

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/02/2025

The Trans Journalism Association is seeking a new director, a really critical role for a growing org at a moment when we need more support and resources for trans journalists. 30 hour workweek, remote, $80k. airtable.com/apppaTdSPRyF...

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Jacqueline Raposo @wordsfoodart @jacquelineraposo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Ursula K. Le Guin via @thellpsx.bsky.social’s THE FUTURE IS DISABLED. Pulled from a library book as I spend a week restoring my metaphorical muscle

“Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We'll need writers who can remember freedom—poets, visionaries—realists of a larger reality.” — URSULA K. LE GUIN via Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s THE FUTURE IS DISABLED

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Esther O. Lee @guardapaginas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

currently mainlining Sierra Simone's novel works. i thought i knew what to expect from the novellas but whewwwww i was wrong. 🥵

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

In case you missed it... HERE'S THE REPLAY LINK! www.youtube.com/live/5FyTfEn...

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 23/01/2025

In more positive news, the legalization of LGBTQIA+ marriages in Thailand took effect today on January 23. Thailand is the first SE Asian nation and the 3rd region in Asia overall to legalize queer marriage. It’s important to celebrate every win Look how happy these couples and folks look

A photo of queer married couples in Thailand celebrating the historic recognition of their right to marriage

A photo of queer married couples and allies in Thailand celebrating the historic recognition of their right to marriage

A photo of a large pride flag being spread out in celebration in light of Thailand’s new queer marriage equality laws

Two men linking arms smiling happily and in love holding signs that read “Getting Married Finally Equally.” And “Love Wins”. While a queer pride parade is behind them celebrating

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 23/01/2025

ballare con il diavolo

digital sketch of a woman straddling a demon who tightly embraces her

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