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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Counterpoint: simply rewatch Muppets Christmas Carol and have a much better time.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 20/08/2026
If you're confused by the conversations around sex testing and trans athletes and all that, I made a podcast that traces the history of this debate from the very beginning. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.tested-podcast.com/listen/
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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Is the danger of outsiders the true horror, or is the difference?" @eqreader.bsky.social pens a thought-provoking piece on the role of race in modern horror storytelling, analyzing films like Sinners. Read "On Black Hobbits and White Vampires" here: www.darkertimes.com/white-vampir...
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On Black Hobbits and White Vampires
Black people can’t be hobbits, but white vampires just want to dance.
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My article for HWAUK on depictions of old women in horror: do we really need all those hags? How can we explore themes of aging in horror without demeaning the people affected?
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The Dark Side of the Crone
An article by Kirsty Syder
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Greeks: He can talk, he can talk, he can talk, he can talk -- Cyclops: I can siiiing! Greeks: Od-y-seus Od-y-seus Od-y-seus Od-y-seus Od-y-seus Od-y-seus Ooooh Od-y-seus (Od-y-seus Od-y-seus)
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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Discourse surrounding sex scenes in horror is not new. But Curry Barker's Obsession has raised a new wave of commentary. @haileypiperfights.bsky.social takes a look at this and what this discourse says about the consumer. Paid subscribers can read it here: www.darkertimes.com/obsession-se...
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Obsession and the Paradox of Sex Scene Discourse
Hailey Piper on how audience reactions to sex scenes tell us more about the audience than the art.
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why would anyone want to read about a mature grounded character??
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sorry to say Miss Piggy has demeaned herself here
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 06/07/2026
get fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked Ronaldo :)
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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
♪ I hate every ape I see ♪ ♪ From chimpan-a to chimpanzee ♪ ♪ No, you'll never make a monkey ♪ ♪ Out of me ♪ ♪ Oh my God, I was wrong ♪ ♪ It was Earth all along ♪ ♪ You've finally made a monkey ♪ ♪ Yes, we finally made a monkey ♪ ♪ Yes, you finally made a monkey ♪ ♪ Out of me♪ I love you, Dr. Zaius.
Season 7 / Episode 19
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Demi Moore in The Substance, with a speech bubble
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
my first for @defector.com! The Omen was released on this day fifty years ago, three years after Roe v. Wade. I wrote about Kathy, bodily autonomy, the arc of abortion rights in America, and Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen. defector.com/diabolical-m...
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Diabolical Motherhood | Defector
On June 25, 1976, three and a half years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S., The Omen hit theaters. Most viewers remember the high-drama deaths—by impalement, decapitation, hanging—or t...
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My god WIDOW'S BAY had an absolutely perfect season of TV. That's one of my favourite things ever,feels like it was tailor made just for me, and yet the huge reach it's having is so wonderful.
Widow's Bay poster
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Correct
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 15/06/2026
World's most exciting 0-0 tie fuck the haters football forever.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Introducing @darkertimes.bsky.social - a new worker-owned website for cultural criticism about all things horror! www.darkertimes.com
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Darker Times
A worker-owned magazine for horror culture, commentary, and criticism.
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is lovely 🍸
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Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Every month could be March! horrificscribblings.com #womeninhorror #creaturefeatures #darkfantasy #darkscifi #apocalypticfiction
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Never felt more like singing the blues 💙
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You might think you know how ugly it will be, but it's worse
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Having once spent an hour trying to get a squirrel out of a library, I don't think I can go bigger than bee.
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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
No amount of neurodiversity awareness training will ever make up for the fact that the average person takes it personally when you want to have lunch alone.
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Tweeted Rivalry?
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The two best butchers in the country secretly pine for each other. Meated Rivalry
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
doing some research reading for my polar sluts book and i miss when chapters had 87 titles
CHAPTER XXII.
Dreary, yet beautiful.— The Formation of Icebergs. —Where and how they grow.-Variety of Form and History.-"The Land of Desolation." -Strength faling.-Travel and Rations. —Unhealthy Influence of mistaken Views. —Managing a Kyack on young Ice. —Secures the Seal. —"Clubbing their Loneliness." - Poor little Pu-ney's Amusement.—Any Thing good to eat that don't poison.— Narwhals, or Sea-unicorns. —A royal Seat. —Hans criticised. —Cleaning House.-"Pounding-day."
—Our Carpet.—Lunching by the Yard on Seal's Entrails.—" Oh! give me my Harpoon."—No Clothing fit to hunt in.—Inrentory of Wardrobe.—Narwhals useful in carrying off Ball and Ammunition. —Pleasant Sensations in Retrospect.-The Skin of the Nose. —Castles in the Air. —Violent Gale and Snow-storm.- Dig. ging out.—Three Feet square for Exercise. -Dante's Ice-hell.
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
So happy to see this!
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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
No, for real, can our pets tell when we’re drunk/high? Do we smell sick or off to them? When we smoosh their faces and start crying from the love inside for them, do they know it’s the wine?
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Yes defector.com/we-live-in-t...
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I have been remembering this and bursting out laughing again and again all afternoon
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I have a story in this, with other great authors!
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I have a story in this, with other great authors!
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Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Kirsty Syder joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with “Prepped,” a throwback to the fears of New Year’s Eve 1999 and the “prepper” phenomenon that was all the rage... but it takes a sharp turn. horrificscribblings.com #apocalyptichorror #shorthorrorstories @poisonedsugar.bsky.social
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
imagine being the demon visiting me in my sleep and leaving weird, deep scratches on my body but every day I’m just like “huh wonder where that came from” and move on with my life
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poisonedsugar.bsky.social @poisonedsugar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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Does it even need to be said? No, you don’t need to do a ‘parasite cleanse’
Pricey deworming remedies are being touted as cure-alls. Supermodel Heidi Klum gave it a go – experts roll their eyes
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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Homer Simpson in witness protection being told he is now Mr Thompson by the FBI. To no avail.
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 18/01/2026
i’m so lilith-coded
tweet from

Joyce Carol Oates O @JoyceCarolOates
since Lilith can't go outside at all out of a fear (?) of the snow and/or getting her tender pads wet, she remains in doors all day; she is always underfoot, or nearby; she mews for attention & constant love (ie., treats, though she is not really hungry); she is sleeping even more than usual (how is this possible?); she is gaining weight, & becoming ever more zaftig & ever more neurotic. help!

and there’s a picture of her cat lilith, iirc a smoke calico
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/01/2026
spending my day interviewing trans people for a piece (hopefully coming out next week!) and what a stupid, stupid, mean, absurd state of affairs
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I have not been read this year's Yuletide fics because I've spent the last week or so feeling extremely antisocial but this one is fucking incredible archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
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Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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The Anti-Christ Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 17/12/2025
Stephen King's tribute to Rob Reiner is extremely worth reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
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Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The good thing about running Romancing the Gothic independently of any institution and supported only by people's donations is that I have no pressure to cowardice or capitulation. Trans people are right there at the heart of RtG and if you don't like it, that's your problem. Not ours.
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
If you like small time drama with simmering tension amid an apocalypse, there's my most recent book uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9781...
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The Horses: A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster
A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 17/11/2025
hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/10/2025
I wrote a short story! I would be happy if you read it. It is very short I promise and I think funny (and a little scary but not that scary I promise). www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...
coyotemedia.org
More Teeth Than a Mouth
MOUTH did not do interviews. MOUTH was a reclusive genius. MOUTH was the mind behind all your favorite songs.
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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/09/2025
This is the kind of deep dive, kind of weird, story I always want to do, and that is almost impossible to sell. Another reason to support @coyotemedia.org (to let me do weird things!) www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...
coyotemedia.org
Where Did the Fairyland Dandelions Go?
For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 20/09/2025
I long for the day when this podcast is no longer relevant. But if you're still trying to understand sex testing and gender in sports, I made this for you. There are transcripts on the site if you don't like listening to stuff.
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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Not naming names but fuck a couple of guys in particular
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We have become slaves to the idea of being able to sound convincing
I have a real grudge against the Enlightenment. Sure, the scholars of the Enlightenment pushed Western society towards democracy, pushing us into a theoretically more egalitarian future, but they…
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