Sign in

Kate Tooley

@katetooley.bsky.social
507 followers 320 following 152 posts

Assoc. Ed. at Uncharted Mag | Writing about gays, ghosts and gay ghosts 🏳️‍🌈 👻 bio.site/katetooley

PostsRepliesMedia
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very talented friend has very excellent story. Take a break from this world and spend some time in Gwen’s!
021
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Loved getting to chat about connecting with readers, rejection, and some of my favorite current writers ✨🍎🐕📝🦋
010
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
rollingstone.com
Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
128190498288
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/07/2026
millions of fireworks will go off in the next 48 hours. the protest at the center of the Prairieland case last July 4th — a year ago tomorrow — was a noise demo setting off fireworks for the detainees inside the ICE facility. did you know the federal government categorized fireworks as explosives?
4752241
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Frank is funny and sharp and I’m absolutely tickled to get such a good write up. 🍎🔥✨ The substack is a great resource for anyone #submitting work, so even if you don’t read this piece I’d recommend checking it out! #writing #writingcommunity
010
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I have two micros coming out soon, one written in a recent @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop and another at a generative session at a @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference led by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social. If you get the chance to work with either of these baddies, do it ❤️☀️🔥
2103
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 30/06/2026
brought some of the books and zines found in the Prairieland exhibit files to sentence 8 people to a combined 450 years in federal prison to @us.theguardian.com's podcast, Stateside, in the longest interview I've done so far about the story
youtube.com
How Trump’s DoJ used zines to convict leftists of terrorism
YouTube video by Stateside Podcast
18037
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
One of my favorite things is getting to read for the Top 50! I always encounter so much wonderful new work. Huge congrats to everyone who made the list this year ❤️☀️🎉
010
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If you’re not ready for #pridemonth to be over, preorder the upcoming Issue of Stanchion where I have a gay little story called Nobody’s Gonna Make You Go to Pigeon Forge, about secret crushes, ill-advised hookups, and, most importantly, Dolly Parton. 🏳️‍🌈❤️😘
151
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I finally got my very own “Mrs Dalloway” riff 😍 courtesy of @dahosek.bsky.social. Many thanks to @stanchion.bsky.social for publishing “Nobody’s Gonna Make You Go to Pigeon Forge” in the upcoming issue.
010
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For writers and scholars in NYC: sign this open letter to remind our wonderful mayor to fund NYC's libraries fully. "New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com
Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget
NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...
1240115
Reposted by Kate Tooley
SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Next Monday at 7:30pm EDT, @livesinpages.bsky.social will be participating in Volume 26 of Wine & Pine at Ten Degrees Bar, New York, NY alongside @katetooley.bsky.social, @kimnarby.bsky.social, and Zachary Zane, hosted by @rachelaggilman.bsky.social! RSVP Here: buff.ly/mJZn2M3
042
Reposted by Kate Tooley
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICYMI: ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW! If you'd like to support a queer magazine during Pride Month, here are a few ways: ✨ Become a patron: www.patreon.com/othersidespec OR buy Issue 2 via... 🪐 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... 🗡️ Patreon: www.patreon.com/othersidespe... 🌈 Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bpBjnW
OTHERSIDE Issue 2 cover on the left, with text on the right that says ISSUE 2: nine stories, six poems, one essay, original art by queer creators available now for subscribers. www.othersidespec.com
01915
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Test copies of Issue 23 are on their way to me! I'm still (& will always be) so nervous that I got the cover layout right, so I get 2 test copies before ordering hundreds. You can order your copy now though (please). Just a tenner for 23 pieces of writing, all of which were paid for!
051
Reposted by Kate Tooley
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
HAPPY PRIDE, ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW FOR SUBSCRIBERS!!! Check your email! 🪐🗡️🌈 Issue 2 will be free online on June 15th—but if you'd like to support a queer magazine AND read Issue 2 without waiting, you can snag a copy now! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/3e872a158d Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/others... (1/2)
OTHERSIDE Issue 2 cover on the left, with text on the right that says ISSUE 2: nine stories, six poems, one essay, original art by queer creators available now for subscribers. www.othersidespec.com
27851
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 28/05/2026
days into a hunger and labor strike of hundreds detained in GEO Group-run Delaney Hall, people inside report beatings, rotten food, crumbling facilities, and denied medical care. protesters and organizers outside are confronting ICE in the Newark street. talked to a few about it: @us.theguardian.com
theguardian.com
‘We won’t stop until they’re free’: protesters outside a New Jersey ICE facility in their own words
Organizers rally outside Delaney Hall, facing violent clashes with agents, as over 300 detainees are on hunger strike
81277564
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Issue 23 Table of Contents has just entered the chat. What piece of writing, based on its title alone, are you most excited to read?
7198
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Hayley Shucker @hayleyshucker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Happy and amazed to be in the newest issue of Stanchion magazine. Pre orders are available now! Only $10 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... @stanchion.bsky.social is a PAYING market. All 23 contributors were paid for our work. Support them! #literarymagazine #litmag #writingcommunity
2113
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Delighted to be back in Issue 23 of @stanchion.bsky.social -- a particularly sweet homecoming! Pre-order to enjoy a plethora of excellent writing and photography!
032
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Delighted to have my flash "Modifications to a mid-Victorian terrace when a woolly mammoth lands on my doorstep" in Issue 23 of @stanchion.bsky.social Pre-order your copy for just $10 here - or DM me if you're in the UK. I'm gonna do a batch order. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
stanchionzine.com
Stanchion Magazine Issue 23 | Stanchion
Issue 23 of Stanchion will be published in early June 2026. In addition to photographs by Stanchion editor-in-chief Jeff Bogle, Issue 23 will feature original poetry and prose writing from Scott Lauda...
3219
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thrilled to have a sad, sexy flash about alienation and gay bars and finding home in unexpected places in the next issue of Stanchion alongside some very fab writers. Get you a little pre-order today! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
152
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I am prepared to start going door-to-door like when we were kids to sell magazine subscriptions, except its for fucking book clubs, and its so much more worth it. @stanchion.bsky.social is fucking 12 bucks a month and there have already been so many bangers. Skin in the game, folks. #booksky
stanchionzine.com
2026 Stanchion Book Club Membership | Stanchion
When you become a member of the 2026 Stanchion Book Club, you will receive the books of course plus: a PDF of each book well before publication day, four exclusive gifts* (1 per quarter) made just for...
354
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Oh god. This hit. Absolute gut punch of an excerpt. BRB going to lock myself in the closet and catch my breath.
000
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today @victoriascott.bsky.social writes about Juniper Blessing, a University of Washington student who was murdered last week, and worries about the potential loss of a better future for young trans people she had always hoped was coming. www.welcometohellworld.com/this-pain-ha...
welcometohellworld.com
This pain has to become foreign and unknowable
In memory of Juniper Blessing
91170371
Reposted by Kate Tooley
ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This piece is phenomenal. It captures the epic scale of love's intimacy and how it transforms lifetimes and universes—all in the scope of a short story. ✨️ Read this if you want sapphic yearning and hypnotic storytelling to bowl you over. You won't regret it (but you'll probably cry).
141
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My story, “The Golden Apples of Little River, Alabama” is in the new issue of Kenyon alongside some massively talented writers. If you’re down for a small town steakhouse waitress making a deal with the devil (the pastor’s wife), then this one’s for you 🔥
051
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
motherjones.com
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
7952392935
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I am for once not in Brooklyn, please show out on my behalf!!
020
Reposted by Kate Tooley
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/05/2026
They're not going to stop with trans. They've realized that they can get away with just about anything if they claim to be protecting "the children." If they roll back gay marriage, they won't stop there either. There is no fucking accommodating these people, they must be defeated & marginalized.
seattletimes.com
Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
Katy Faust, a Seattle-based Christian activist, has quietly gained prominence as a national leader in a conservative campaign to undo legal same-sex marriages.
1543106990
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Late to the party but finally got to sit down and dig into issue one! Shoutout to my incomparable @lambdaliterary.org pals @srinivassimo.bsky.social and @ayidashonibar.bsky.social for their magical stories ✨✨✨✨
372
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I have a new poem out in Gargoyle! ❤️
First two stanzas of Triage:

When my grandfather was dying
in the hospital, a surgeon
stuck a tube in his back, vacuumed
out the extra fluid in his lungs, laughed
with the nurse about golf and football
while my grandfather screamed,
then sobbed, then breathed in crackling gusts
like dry branches catching fire.

The surgeon followed me into the hall,
pulled down his mask and said
Your grandfather is overreacting about the pain.
I was overreacting about the pain.
He was not going to be critiqued
by somebody who’d never held
a scalpel. It was not his fault
an old man was dying loudly.
1313225
Reposted by Kate Tooley
OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Our Issue 2 TOC is officially here! 🪐🗡️ We are so excited to reveal this stellar lineup of nine stories, six poems, and one essay by sixteen incredible authors—and we absolutely cannot WAIT for you to read this dreamy, gorgeous, magical issue in June. More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/7)
White text on a blurry orange and purple background. Text reads:

Issue 2, June 2026

Original Fiction
Crowns - cee-cee manrique
First to Rot - J.N. Howell
Chī Kǔ - J.Y. Zhang
Before She Knew About Magic - Joshua Geller Schwartz
This Is C(lone)-Pop - Lia Lao
We Who Have Been Raised by Tigers - P.V. Vamsidhar
Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - Sydney Paige Guerrero

Nonfiction
A Noose of Purple Silk - Sidney GradyWhite text on a blurry orange and purple background. Text reads:

Issue 2, June 2026

Original Poetry
girl flogged by a false-named whip - Amie Shen
Masquerade. - Chidera Offor
Ganymede - Gospel Chinedu
obsolesce - Macey Levington
As seen through the hole of the hag stone: - Sienna Tristen
Open Your Eyes Again - Toby MacNutt

Reprint Fiction
Two People - Ben Francisco
Spider Kiss - Bree Wernicke
16629
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
There’s still time to submit a public comment opposing this new rule. There’s not even 2000 comments yet. There’s a link here, easy to use. Took me just a few minutes, the time it took me to write this post. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com
The Trump plan to add work requirements to public housing
Here is something you can do about it
34132
Reposted by Kate Tooley
ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This queer, neurodivergent, genre-blending story with Bengali worldbuilding (and a little linguistic experimentation) is now free to read! An assassin sent to eliminate external threats against her community's deteriorating food source discovers the real rot is closer to home... 🗡
085
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13/04/2026
Idaho has the most punitive anti-trans bathroom ban in the country, with up to five years in prison for a second offense. I spoke to the folks pushing back—over what just a few years ago led to calls for boycotts, the state legislature shamed on the national stage—on how they fight.
newrepublic.com
Idaho Is Ground Zero of Republicans’ Escalating War on Trans People
Ten years ago, bathroom bans inspired boycotts and celebrity opposition. Where’s the national outrage now?
1494190
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I am apparently a fan of Boise now
020
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Eviction, healthcare denial, food scarcity, overwork, imprisonment—all these things are violent.
Twitter user @zapatistarising: the violence built into the system never counts as violence 
but the violence of resistance is always considered violence
4489175
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Hey writers come join @barrelhouse.bsky.social and whole lot of other literary magazines and small presses on April 18 for a great day talking craft and publishing at American University in DC! We have about 25 tickets left, so sign up soon! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Barrelhouse conference in Washington, DC on April 18!
0167
Reposted by Kate Tooley
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 31/03/2026
This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...
newschannel5.com
Rutherford County Library Board fires director after she refuses to relocate 132 children's books
Dr. Lu-anne James called the board's order to move books with LGBTQ+ themes to the adult section an unlawful act of viewpoint discrimination.
617461130
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."
216102532836
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5
gofund.me
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
2102137
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is what Potter money pays for. Why pay money to watch pretend heroes when you’re propping up a villain in real life?
6573243
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The new IOC (Olympic) policy banning transgender women from competing in women's sports is inhumane, disgusting, and rooted in ignorance. sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bre...
sports.yahoo.com
International Olympic Committee bans transgender athletes from competing in women's category starting at 2028 Olympics
The policy will go into effect in 2028 and is not retroactive.
073
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Another banger from @livesinpages.bsky.social — I can taste the olive juice 🍸🍸🍸
021
Reposted by Kate Tooley
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
ALA is disappointed that the House Committee on Education & Workforce moved forward dangerous federal book banning legislation yesterday. HR 7661 contains vague, confusing, and overly broad language, inviting government censorship. More from ALA: www.ala.org/news/2026/03... (1/2)
ala.org
'Dangerous' bill inviting government censorship passes House committee
The American Library Association condemns the March 17, 2026, passage of H.R. 7661 by the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
5342310
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!
241343439
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Has someone come up with a word for literary incels yet?
020
Reposted by Kate Tooley
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 19/03/2026
If you’re a pop-culture feminist who doesn’t take GamerGate or video games-as-culture seriously, I just don’t have time for you or your takes
191155140
Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This book is so smart and wonderful! Thrilled to see it getting its flowers 😍
022