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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today, a little humour up at The Pride Roars 😁 "We Regret to Inform You..." by Hilary Ayshford @hilary55.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-r...

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We Regret to Inform You… / Hilary Ayshford

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"She held court, delivering honeyed words of praise that had Beatrice hungry for more." Read "A Ballet Queen's Hunger" by @ninamiller.bsky.social in The Pride Roars today! theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-ba...

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A Ballet Queen's Hunger / Nina Miller

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Check out this exquisite corpse! theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/08/crac...

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Cracking Up / Collective Roar

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A stunning new piece in The Pride Roars: Where we Lay by Zoë Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social 'I pre-empt my alarm, watch fat seconds tick towards the hour then slap them quiet.' theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/08/wher...

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Where we Lay by Zoë Davis

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Oh, for the opportunity to be magniloquent! (Magniloquent as the word 😂)

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

New on The Pride Roars: 'Full Circle', a collaborative project by Amy Marques (Art) @amymarques.bsky.social & Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos (fiction) @delgeo14.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/07/full...

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Full Circle / Amy Marques & Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New micro up at The Pride Roars All It Takes Is a Shit Day for Chris to Snap and Key the Neighbour’s Car by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/07/all-...

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All It Takes Is a Shit Day for Chris to Snap and Key the Neighbour’s Car / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Up at The Pride Roars, a new breathless micro by @delgeo14.bsky.social 'this society that has no respect for a girl needing a night out because she’s an angry apple pissed off with her tree' Read "I'm sorry" theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-s...

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I’m Sorry / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We received some stunning work already. Thank you for trusting us with your words. Reminder: Subs CAN CLOSE EARLY if we reach our cap rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We are open and looking forward to reading your work!!

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We're opening on Monday! Here's a reminder about our guidelines. Find out more: rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....

Prose - Fiction & Non-fiction:
Up to 3 pieces - maximum 2000 words total
Formatting: Times New Roman - size 12 - double spaced

Poetry:
Up to 3 poems at a max of 6 pages on one document
Formatting: Times New Roman - size 12 - single spaced

Artwork:
Up to 5 works - paintings, drawings, photography, collages, short comics or digital art (this is not an exhaustive list). All frames must fit on one page.

Hybrid:
Written hybrids: up to 3 prose/poetry on one document via the prose/poetry submission - see Prose/Poetry guidelines
Visual Hybrids: up to 5 images (with a visual background e.g. painting/photography/collage) - see Artwork guidelines

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We'll be opening our subs in one week. In the meantime, meet the team @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/masthead.html

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We're delighted to announce the Shortlist for our inaugural Flash Competition. Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way. Find the shortlisted titles on our blog: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We're delighted to announce the Longlist for our inaugural Flash Competition. Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way. Find the longlisted titles on our blog: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...

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Flash Competition 2026 / Longlist

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"The body remembers what the brain tells you to forget" Read "Muscle Memory" by @ninamiller.bsky.social on The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/musc...

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Muscle Memory / Nina Miller

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Ooh, I'm so excited to see that my wee story is still hanging on!!!

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

There's still time to get your subs in theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"humor and wit are as essential as the courage to engage" Read 'A Godmother's Blessing' by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social up at The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-go...

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A Godmother's Blessing / Amy Marques

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Whoop, I've made the longlist for the first time! Congratulations to my fellow listers!!

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"How reassuring it must be to know exactly who you are—dog, excitable, hungry, playful, occasionally obedient—with one true purpose: to love and be loved." New on The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social 'Sit' by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/sit-...

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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Sit / by Megan Hanlon

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Megan @ Sugar Pig @sugarpigblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"The dog has learned to sit for what he wants." A new bit of creative nonfiction is out in the world at @theprideroars.bsky.social. theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/sit-...

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Sit / by Megan Hanlon

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

COMING SOON @theprideroars.bsky.social The Pride Roars - Free Flash Competition Reader: @mlmcguinness.bsky.social Read the full interview: x.com/PrideRoars94... Find out more: theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

‘I feel that we already have a wonderful mix of writing styles at The Pride Roars.’

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A piece written with my friend Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social and published last year in The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social ... sadly still very much relevant, maybe even more so now. theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/when...

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When the Pride Roars / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos with Marie-Louise McGuinness

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

COMING SOON @theprideroars.bsky.social The Pride Roars - Free Flash Competition Reader - Hilary Ayshford @hilary55.bsky.social Read the full interview: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/02/read... Find out more: theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

Reader:
Hilary Ayshford
‘Common sense, the strength to stand against injustice, and the courage to hold the powers that be to account, mixed in with a healthy dose of empathy and built on a foundation of basic humanity and dignity – these are qualities that women have in abundance, and we need to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves.’

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

-->The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<-- @theprideroars.bsky.social -Free to enter -Open to all women writers -1000 words max -Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap. theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

>The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<-- @theprideroars.bsky.social -Free to enter -Open to all women writers -1000 words max -Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap. theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Read this absolute beauty! 👀😍❤️❤️

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_3.html Coral by Mirjana M. @cyanidecherries.bsky.social & When Ma Crossed the Bridge Between Life and Art by Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social

Coral
by Mirjana M
Mirjana M. (they / them ) are an artist and writer from Belgrade, Serbia. Their work explores juxtapositions through mixed media, photography, double exposure, textures and light. They authored 4 poetry collections.
https://mirjanamoloriel.com/
Instagram: @cyanide_cherries
Twitter: @selena_oloriel

When Ma Crossed the Bridge Between Life and Art
by Emma Phillips
“Ma didn’t mean to become a work of art; it started when she sewed her mouth shut to make a point. “None of you listened,” she mumbled as she tried to pull her lips into sounds. ”
Emma Phillips writes by the M5 in Devon, which sometimes lures her off in search of adventure. Her words have been placed in the Bath Flash Award, Free Flash Fiction Competition and appear in various places such as Literary Namjooning, Gone Lawn and Trash Cat Lit.
Bluesky: @words-outwest.bsky.social

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_4.html Misspoke by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Social Niceties by Benjamin Drevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social

Misspoke
by Amy Marques
“I often wonder at the unsaid words that hide behind the words that are spoken.”
Amy Marques strives (with varying degrees of success) to say more using less words. More of her art and words at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.

Social Niceties
by Benjamin Drevlow
‘When the lady at Walmart says, And how are you doing today, honey? and you say, Hello.’
Drevlow is EIC of BULL and poet laureate of all things bull. You can check out more of his bull stuff at thedrevlow-olsonshow.com
X: @thedrevlow
instagram/threads: @thedrevlow
facebook: @thedrevlow
bluesky: @thedrevlow.bsky.social

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_5.html Loneliness by Mirjana M. @cyanidecherries.bsky.social & The Last of Us by Mario Senzale

Loneliness
by Mirjana M.
Mirjana M. (they / them ) are an artist and writer from Belgrade, Serbia. Their work explores juxtapositions through mixed media, photography, double exposure, textures and light. They authored 4 poetry collections.
https://mirjanamoloriel.com/
Instagram: @cyanide_cherries
Twitter: @selena_oloriel

The Last of Us
by Mario Senzale
‘One surgical mask in each room. Two in the car. Three in my purse. Sixteen boxes in the spare room.’
Mario Senzale is a South American writer and mathematician currently living in Indianapolis, Indiana. His stories have been published in multiple magazines including Expat Press, Last Girls' Club, and Horrific Scribes.
https://mariosenzale.neocities.org/

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_6.html Howl by Victor Georgakopoulos & No Wolves on Long Island by Mario Aliberto III @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

Howl
by Victor Georgakopoulos
Victor Georgakopoulos is a nineteen-year-old Political Science student who likes to sketch.

No Wolves on Long Island
by Mario Aliberto III
‘Early hours of the world’s violent end. No internet, no television, no electricity to occupy the woman’s terrified mind’
Mario Aliberto III is the author of All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury (Chestnut Review, 2025), and his short fiction has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Fractured Lit, The Pinch, and other fine journals. Find him online at marioaliberto3.com

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_7.html The Road Ahead by Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & I See Myself by Thomas Rions-Maehren

The Road Ahead
by Michael Anthony
“In the Southwest, one can travel for miles and not encounter another voyager.”
Michael Anthony is an American artist and writer. He has published fiction, poetry, illustrations, and photographs in literary journals and commercial magazines. His work may be viewed at: MichaelAnthony.MyPortfolio.com

I See Myself
by Thomas Rions-Maehren
‘among the roadkill:
pelt & splattered ambition.’
Thomas Rions-Maehren (he/him), along with being a poetry reader for wildscape. literary journal, is a bilingual poet, novelist, and educator. He is the author of the novels En las Manos de Satanás (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2022) and Diabólica (Ápeiron Ediciones, 2025).
Instagram: @maehrentom

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_8.html Dora by Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & The Multiple Whammies of December 2019 by Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social

Dora
by Michael Anthony
“The realities of life often remain in our eyes forever.”
Michael Anthony is an American artist and writer. He has published fiction, poetry, illustrations, and photographs in literary journals and commercial magazines. His work may be viewed at: MichaelAnthony.MyPortfolio.com

The Multiple Whammies of December 2019
by Patience Mackarness
‘Whipping branches in the dark beyond the window-glass, morse-flashes of streetlamp between flying raindrops. I’m there too, reflected.’
Patience Mackarness lives and writes in Brittany, France. Her work has appeared in Moon City Review, Mslexia, Northern Gravy, The Coachella Review, Flash Flood, and many other print and online publications. Her first novella has been shortlisted in the Bath Novella-in-Flash competition.
Facebook @patience.jones1
Instagram @patience_mackarness
Bluesky @patiencemackarness.bsky.social

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_9.html Teddy Bear by George Priniotakis & Exposed Wiring by Katie Toler

Teddy Bear
by George Priniotakis
“The smiling innocent face of a teddy bear.”
George Priniotakis is a professional producer / sound engineer and an enthusiast photographer living in Athens, Greece. https://www.flickr.com/photos/199618069@N03/
Instagram: @george_priniotakis
Facebook: George Priniotakis

Exposed Wiring
by Katie Toler
‘My face keeps zapping. Electricity in my lips. I turn to look, and my head keeps spinning.
I’m a live wire.
Raw, exposed.’
Katie Toler is a writer and ICU nurse living in St. Louis with her family.
https://criticallystable.substack.com/

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_10.html Sappho's Poems by Mirjana M. @cyanidecherries.bsky.social & dil shikastagi by Sumayya Arshed

Sappho's Poems
by Mirjana M.
“Inspiration for my artworks comes from nature the most, and my mind which likes to twist it via surrealism.”
Mirjana M. (they / them ) are an artist and writer from Belgrade, Serbia. Their work explores juxtapositions through mixed media, photography, double exposure, textures and light. They authored 4 poetry collections.
https://mirjanamoloriel.com/
Instagram: @cyanide_cherries
Twitter: @selena_oloriel

dil shikastagi
by Sumayya Arshed
‘dil is the heart, yes, but it is ancestral, a vessel of grief, longing and duty,
where your grandmother’s sighs still live in a corner of the left atrium.’
Sumayya Arshed is a writer based in Pakistan. Her poems have been featured or are forthcoming in The Marrow, Ultramarine Literary Review, Full House Literary, underscore_mag, The Bloomin' Onion, Blood+Honey, Prosetrics, The Shore, La Rotonde Review, Some Words, Inksight and elsewhere.

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_11.html Guitarist’s Ghost & Soldier-Farmer-Poet by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social

Guitarist’s Ghost
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Soldier-Farmer-Poet
by Amy Marques

‘My grandfather, a farmer who was the son of a farmer, was a poet who worked his family land into bankruptcy and married a woman who spent a lifetime fighting too many losing battles.’

Amy Marques strives (with varying degrees of success) to say more using less words. More of her art and words at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_12.html A Glorious Ending by Katharine Weinmann & The Voice of the Ocean by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social

A Glorious Ending
by Katharine Weinmann
Katharine Weinmann is an award-winning poet and photographer who sees beauty in life's imperfections and captures its shimmer in word and image.
www.awabisabilife.ca

The Voice of the Ocean
by Oliver Kleyer
‘Today I heard the voice of the ocean,
calling me to join him, summoning me
back to the ancient spring, the source
of all life’
Oliver Kleyer is a teacher and poet from Northern Germany. He teaches German as a Second Language in a refugee camp. His works have appeared in Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry), Suburban Witchcraft and Bulb Culture Coll
Bluesky: @funnyfrogget.bsky.social

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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I am so proud of every contributor in this issue and especially my super talented artist daughter. She has had so many things to deal with in her life so far but she is resilient, strong and knows who she is!

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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Check out this beautiful issue of Raw Lit! My CNF contribution, 'The Multiple Whammies of December 2019', is very raw indeed. Thanks @kathyfish.bsky.social for the inspiration. rawlit.weebly.com/issue8.html

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I’m happy to officially welcome Marie-Louise McGuinness as a Prose/Poetry Editor. We have worked together on many projects– you might remember her fabulous work as our Issue 5 Guest...

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Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Huge thanks to @delgeo14.bsky.social and @mlmcguinness.bsky.social for including my weird tale in this issue. Inspired by a prompt on one of @therelphian.bsky.social's Trash fam WhatsApp chats.

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is painful, honest & funny. After that terrible PM was elected I had the most horrendous hangover! Drowning my sorrows.

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Live today: Issue 8 of Raw Lit, featuring my poem "The Vioce of the Ocean", together with a beautiful photo by Katherine Weinman. Special thanks to @delgeo14.bsky.social & @mlmcguinness.bsky.social for their great work as editors! CW: Mental Health rawlit.weebly.com/8_12.html

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Kath arine Weinmann is an award-winning poet and photographer who sees beauty in life's imperfections and captures its shimmer in word and image. www.awabisabilife.ca

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