Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 12/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/pratiksh...open.substack.comThe Myth of Neutral SpacesOn the cowardice of being neutral in 2026 021
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Since @persiflage.bsky.social is always gifting me with corvid pictures, here I offer a bit of nature from Xixón, a young white heron from the park near my mom's house 131
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/06/2026How dare you say we are just bog-standard far right crackpots! We have no ill will towards any ethnic minority or LGBT people. We simply oppose *the ideology* of ethnic minorities and LGBT people; the idea that they should have any specific rights, and the inconvenience of being called bigots. 2137885
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 27/05/2026ICYMI: As Japan's traditional publishing industry shrinks, self-published zines are booming. Chain bookstores like Yurindo now stock dedicated zine shelves, and over 30 zine-fests are scheduled nationwide for 2026.unseen-japan.comJapan's Zine Boom: Self-Made Magazines Take Off in the AI EraWhy more people in Japan are forsaking YouTube and TikTok videos and crafting their own magazines by hand. 07215
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Recently published in the Historical Materialism book series! More details on the book from our website, here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/...historicalmaterialism.orgLaura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Towards Counter-Cinema - Historical MaterialismNicolas Helm-Grovas Author: Nicolas Helm-Grovas From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen produced some of the most influential writings in film theory, such as Mulvey’s Vi... 052
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"For me, language derives from poetry; poetry does not derive from language. Poetry is the first language, in childhood and in the culture ..." An interview with Lisa Robertson — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/05/14/p...minorliteratures.com“[P]oetry is, at an occult or clandestine level, infinitely capacious”: An Interview with Lisa Robertson — Cristina PolitanoLisa Robertson’s Riverwork is a novel that traces the disappearance of a family member in tandem with the disappearance of a buried river that once ran through the city of Paris, the Bièvre. … 085
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 14/05/2026extract coming soon ... 074
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Keir Starmer's political failure comes down to one issue above all others: his unwillingness to put the public interest ahead of the demands of the oligarchs, corporations and foreign governments who lobby him. Whoever replaces him had better be prepared to stand up for us, or Labour's finished. 751438372
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What kind of justice is this? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPalestine Action activists in Elbit protest could be sentenced as terroristsJudge’s ruling was not disclosed to jurors in two trials and can only now be revealed after reporting restrictions lifted 60608267
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Kon passing away at just 46, without having been given unlimited greenlight to do his projects as he deserved, was such a tragedy. 711221
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Anyone read this already? Thoughts? 110
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)badaude @badaude.bsky.social · 06/05/2026great news-my Markievicz-award-winning digital narrative Miss-Communication is back online. She's not back making predictions yet but you can read my choose-your-own-adventure critical theory essay on gender/language/computing/Barthes/Enigma/Oedipus/the Dublin Belles & more! miss-communication.ie 164
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 02/05/2026I cannot express how much I love the gender fuckery of Gnosia and how normalized it is within universe (while actually having conversations about it! The characters talk about gender and sexuality openly!) Also I cannot express how hot I find the three of them 010
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Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Suite (212) @suite212.bsky.social · 28/04/2026We're setting up the first episodes of our new series, looking at why Suite (212) is coming back, Labour's cultural policy since 2024, filmmaking in Ukraine after 2022, and more. To help us, why not support the programme as little as £3 p/month? www.patreon.com/posts/155687...patreon.comSuite (212) is returning - but we need your support! | Suite (212)Suite (212) is returning - but we need your support! by Suite (212) on Patreon. Join Suite (212)'s community for exclusive content and updates. 234
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Andy Wang @andywang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026We are the LARGEST union in trade publishing history, and we want better for our workers in order to make a sea change for creatives everywhere. Let's take a stand together against the existential threats to the arts, whether stagnating wages, the AI slop machine, and destructive layoffs. 111181433
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“[T]he point of Transat’ is that language is not a monad”: An Interview with Maud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau — Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2026/04/28/t...minorliteratures.com“[T]he point of Transat’ is that language is not a monad”: An Interview with Maud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau — Cristina PolitanoMaud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau are the editors of Transat’, a magazine of experimental poetry that straddles the Atlantic Ocean, with footholds in Chicago, Marseille, and Paris among other ci… 024
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Very interesting anthology of queer Indonesian writing from Anamot Press I picked up at a recent book fair over here. Part of the reason I picked it up is that one of the editors is Norman Erikson Pasaribu, whose "Happy stories, mostly" (I have the @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social edition) I loved 042
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 26/04/2026and coming up this week ... — an interview with Maud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau of Revue Transat' — an extract from a new novel by @joshuatrentbrown.com / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 055
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 26/04/2026ICYMI — last week @MinorLits ... — @crawjill.bsky.social on a star-crossed Northern Ireland/north of Ireland love story minorliteratures.com/2026/04/21/w... — new fiction from @zurajishkariani.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/23/h...minorliteratures.comHakim, The Dawn Maker — Zura Jishkariani— Your waiting is a loaded gun, Hakim. Yes, you’ll tell me now that caution is masturbation and bla bla bla, whatever your program spits out, but still — be careful, count it as friendly advice… Wh… 035
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 26/04/2026ALSO! Monthly Dispatch # 34—feat. everything we published in April & more ... — goes out Thursday ... sign uo here: minorlits.substack.comminorlits.substack.comminor literature[s] | Substackminor literatures ; stuttering cultures. Click to read minor literature[s], a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. 013
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026if you're a contributor and able to make it, get in touch ... 033
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 25/04/2026"Alchemised is not meant to be a romance!!" My pal have you seen the kind of fanart the author features and squees over in their Instagram account? 000
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New! Games released by transfems from Jan - April 2026. If you know of anything else that should be included, link in the reply and I'll add to it! medium.com/@soverybee/t...medium.comTransfem Games Releases — Jan-April 2026Hungerwinter by Das Kunstkollektiv, the creators who brought you Lovely Ladyverse RPG, which I loved. It was clever, fantastically written… 69258
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I'm so obsessed with this book 020
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Preparing to discuss the great Ann Quin for the next session of our difficult reads book club 🔥 120
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 23/04/2026"Unfinished architectural sketches – as tattoos. Listen how trains go toward the seaside towns, while we sleep, how grass grows on the walls ..." Hakim, The Dawn Maker — @zurajishkariani.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/23/h...minorliteratures.comHakim, The Dawn Maker — Zura Jishkariani— Your waiting is a loaded gun, Hakim. Yes, you’ll tell me now that caution is masturbation and bla bla bla, whatever your program spits out, but still — be careful, count it as friendly advice… Wh… 013
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026It's apparently World Book Day, so here are the books I've written/edited, any attention given to them is always appreciated. Thank you🤍 THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR; 90s/00s mythic realist coming of age about a Calcuttan family who may be refugees from another reality. BFA winner, Locus nominee.subterraneanpress.comThe Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBookSubterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 11614
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Faolan @brujofaolan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back 510148423863
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 23/04/2026There are shonen authors out there supporting real life pedophiles. There's all kinds of sus fanservice with underage characters in shonen &yes we can have a conversation abt if that's ok or not, I don't care abt that discussion right now, this is about hypervigilance on queer art &on women creators 020
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I know authors have no say on who does the blurbs of their books and I really want to read this and I will (I loved I saw the TV glow) but ooof, this is such a turn off 100
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Reading this for my queer SFF book club this month and one of my nerds is already asking if we're going to talk about Saber (we are) 010
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Anarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 22/04/2026Excited for them to be so extremely sued about this, I wish all the writers a huge payday. 0266
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 22/04/2026the fascists have been lying, cheating and changing the rules to their benefit for years. turnabout isn't just fair play, it's the only way to maintain some semblance of a civil society. 533937814
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This is already hitting the bookstores, it makes me si happy 🥳🥳 000
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026For #LesbianVisibilityWeek, why not dive into Gunmetal Olympus, THE most lesbian, most trans Greek myth-inspired setting ever? Multiple entry points by lots of authors: giant mecha and cannibalism, cyberpunk noir, bisexual transfem romance, and so much more. hadescalculus.com/2026/01/06/r...hadescalculus.comReading GuideThis is a reading guide to help you choose from both the “main” Gunmetal Olympus books by Maria Ying and the “expanded universe” by other writers. What is Gunmetal Olympus? … 18957
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I always get in trouble for saying this but 90% of the use of "Not like other girls" as derogatory is simply a way to discipline gender non confirming girls into being ashamed for rejecting cissexist pressures to idolize femininity. (See: when Barbie came out &was celebrated by mainstream feminism) 0356
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"This relationship is causing us to grapple with questions and burdens that belong to us and don’t ... We are attempting to decipher a puzzle that’s perhaps unsolvable ..." Who Among Us? — @crawjill.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/21/w...minorliteratures.comWho Among Us? — Jill CrawfordMy life partner and I are one half each of our home, the north of Ireland/Northern Ireland – as you prefer. Though far from the same, we fit mostly. Sometimes we can’t bear being close. We battle f… 056
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026This is an excellent piece about the Mia Ballard situation "There is no hard evidence that Mia Ballard used AI to write her book. A disputed percentage from an unreliable tool is not evidence. Public suspicion is not evidence. A witch hunt reaching critical mass is not evidence."literaryagentmarkgottlieb.substack.comThey Burned Her at the Stake. And Called It Journalism.The "Shy Girl" scandal is a masterclass in how AI paranoia, sloppy reporting, and spineless publishing can destroy an author's career overnight—and why all of us should be furious. 66214
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 05/04/2026That's the actual scandal, to me. Well, one of them. Major publishers picking up already moderately successful indie works or even fanfics, and then expecting not to have to do any actual publishing... that's bad and nobody should put up with it. 2597
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Anti-piracy discourse truly rots the brain of authors. My phone translates to Spanish but for English speakers: Manhwa author YD says people who pirate webtoons have things in common with r*pists: both disdain other ppl's rights, ignore victim's cries &imagine victims enjoy it. Wild to say imho 020
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 19/04/2026‘Writing fiction seems to have cleared the mist from her memories, revealing a different kind of truth, one that aligned more closely to the history she had lived through. But some truths remained obscured.’ Sarah Resnick on the divided life of Ágota Kristóf. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukSarah Resnick · Enemy Language: Ágota Kristóf’s SecretsKristóf’s books recognise human passions as dark things that can ensnare anyone. We have social norms, moral codes,... 0104
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)petrichor @petrichorlit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026petrichor 30, our 10th Anniversary issue, is here! feat. CAConrad, Rosaire Appel, Jose-Luis Moctezuma, Sy Hoahwah, Orchid Tierney and many more! petrichormag.com/petrichor-30... 23813
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)Sugaar Editorial @sugaareditorial.bsky.social · 13/04/2026HOY ANUNCIAMOS PROYECTO LITERARIO De la mano de @gglapresa.bsky.social y @diesclara.bsky.social nace Irás y no Volverás, una novela ilustrada que sabe a terror sobrenatural, a cuentos de infantiles y a horrores grotescos mas alla del entendimiento mortal. www.verkami.com/projects/431...verkami.comParticipa en el Crowdfunding "Irás y no volverás" en VerkamiCuento de terror completamente ilustrado que te transporta por un viaje de misterios, estilos y horrores. 26840
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026thanks to everyone who sent in work, we'll do our best to get responses out as soon as we're able 034
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Those are two very good books to walk out of a bookstore with 031
Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 20/04/2026No advice works for every1 but trying out different things helps. Me I never write in chronological order ie I don't write the 1st scene of a story then the 2nd then the 3rd... I write whatever I want to write at that moment, it might be scene 27 &then have fun connecting stuff &filling in the gaps 110
Reposted by Lara Alonso Corona (they/them)So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 19/04/2026This thread is amazing, full of creative humans helping someone be creative by offering dozens of beautiful, practical variants on "you've got this! Let yourself mess around & fail! Do something else! It's all good." 03216