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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ok. So. Obviously I applaud and deeply respect the students at Cornell Sun who worked on this. But the “the kids are alright” framing that I often see on social media bothers me because it was also “kids” who raped this girl. Yes, there are amazing young ppl doing amazing work, but there are also

Screenshot of NYT article with title “Students are Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years” and a comment that reads “The kids are alright.”

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's a lot I could say abt Dolly Parton's chart (using the Hellenistic syst), but main thing I'll say is this is a woman for whom nothing came easy. 5 of her 7 personal planets are in tense T-square. Yes, Jupiter is in 2nd house of $, but with that pressure on it, she had to work her butt off 1/

Dolly Parton's natal chart, a circle with the twelve signs equally divided, and three red lines that form an exact isosceles triangle

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I have been having a tough couple of days. If you have, too, here’s a kitten:

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Niche post, but if you're pregnant and believe in astrology and today's your due date and also you're in Taiwan, might I recommend that you try to have that baby come out at 7:30 pm because this could be their natal chart

natal chart for 7/19/2026 in Taipei, Taiwan showing a perfect Grand Sextile in astrology, a six-pointed star drawn with blue lines

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’m thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Ones Who Do Not Wake, will be coming out in 2028 with Archer, Bloomsbury’s new SFF imprint. It is honestly the weirdest and most personal writing I’ve ever done, and I hope you will give it a chance when it’s out 💛

Publishers Marketplace announcement that reads: DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA author Rita Chang-Eppig's THE ONES WHO DO NOT WAKE, about two siblings living across different realities, one in the waking world and one in the dream realm, who must heal the rifts that divide them, to Grace McNamee at Archer, for publication in Winter 2028, by Michelle Brower at Trellis Literary Management (NA).

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Everybody look at my awesome new mouse pad. If this isn’t a perfect summary of the novel-writing process, I don’t know what is.

A mouse pad showing the character Frieren (an elf wearing a tunic and boots) with her head stuck inside a treasure chest that has sharp teeth.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Vatican City as of a few months ago. Look at all those hooligans loitering on the roof of St Peter’s

View from the top of St Peter’s Basilica with statues of the Apostles lining the edge

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Help, everyone. I thought I deleted my TikTok account a month ago, but this still shows up when I open the app to check if the account is deleted. Is this normal? Is there a way to tell if the account is gone for good?

Text reads: log in to TikTok. Manage your account, check notifications, comment on videos, and more. Then there is a box with my user name with a trash can icon next to it.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I don’t think Park Bo-Gum is the same species as the rest of us. Every time I see a pic of him I feel mildly offended because I wasn’t emotionally prepared for his hotness. Like, excuse you, sir.

Korean actor Park Bo Gum wearing dark suit and gray overcoat with hands in his pockets

Korean actor Park Bo Gum wearing black leather jacket and white shirt with a cyan sweatshirt thrown over his back. His arms are up for some reason.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Everything is terrible but here's a kitten with the zooms

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The fact that this email was almost certainly written with AI and then Gmail was like "Summarize this email" with AI is very

Spidermen pointing at one another meme: four spidermen pointing at one another. In the background, an NYPD van and some crates.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Taipei folks, my friend @gracelp.bsky.social will be doing an event next week at Bookman Bookstore with Michelle Kuo. Come support!

Poster for author event with Grace Loh Prasad and Michelle Kuo on 1/20 from 7:30-8:30 PM. Location Bookman Bookstore 2F-5 No. 88, Xinsheng S. Rd Section 3, Taipei City

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

And after they’ve harvested the brains, they deliver them to their skeleton friends all over the world

Two large skeletons holding orange pumpkin pails erected on top of a roof in Oakland

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender

The GOAT of rice cookers, a Zojirushi “Neuro Fuzzy,” a white ovoid shaped object with complicated buttons on it that read “Keep warm,” “Reheat,” etc.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Thank you Malta Book Festival for bringing one of my literary heroes @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social for a fascinating and wide-ranging convo. He talked about the biodiversity in Florida, shared tips for writing about impossible things, and spilled the tea re: the Annihilation movie #SouthernReach 📚

Author Jeff VanderMeer in a blue shirt and glasses and interviewer Teodor Reljić in a black tee sitting on stage with legs crossed and hands folded. There is a glass table between them and an orange-colored screen in the background that reads “An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer)

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

If I lived in Mdina I would simply spend all my nights sweeping through its alleys in a floor-length cape like a goddamn Anne Rice vampire

A tiny alley with wooden benches, a carved stone gate, and a wrought iron lamp

A dead end of a stone alleyway with a bright red door

Another stone alley with wrought-iron lamps and a red door to the side

An alley with a great stone arch and wrought-iron windows

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

It is the greatest marketing failure of recent memory that this can of Pringles isn’t mushroom flavored

Can of Pringles with Toad from Mario world against black background. Text reads Pringles Hot and Spicy Super Mario

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Name a more perfect geometric form than a cat curled up into a perfect little ball with its paw covering its face. I’ll wait.

A calico cat curled up in a perfect ball covering its eyes with its little paw

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I’m teaching an open-level fiction workshop for One Story! Details below:

Text in purple box reads Online Workshop: Open Level Fiction Workshop with Rita Chang-Eppig. Sept 11-Oct 16. Register today www.one-story.com

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I don’t speak Korean, but I’m pretty sure this awesome-looking arcade game involves kicking a slipper off your foot and trying to have it land as close to the bullseye as possible

A bullseye outlined with yellow and black tape on the floor with a single slipper smack dab in the middle

Sign is in Korean, which I don’t speak, but there is a picture of a foot kicking off a slipper and a cartoon character looking on in awe, as well as a picture of a present/prize

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Saw this spider the size of my whole palm in an underpass today. While I was busy taking pics of it, my partner was shouting, “Get away from that thing. It’s a huntsman spider, it’s venomous, and it JUMPS.”

Spider the size of a human palm on a wall

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

TIL that pandas pee by going into a handstand, and never have I felt more failed by the educational system. I think pandas are the ultimate hustlers. They are all “we’re so clumsy we fall over just sitting so please take care of us” but can do a handstand every time they need to pee? Not buying it.

A panda standing on its front paws, butt in the air

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Actual conversation I just had with my partner:

Meme of Posh and Becks, where Posh is saying "I used to work at a secure, extraterritorial site in Europe. I had a Swiss bank account and diplomatic plates."
Becks: Be honest
Posh: It was complicated!
Becks: Be honest
Posh: I was a grad student at CERN
Becks: Thank you

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I understand the intent behind this brand’s name, but I still think it’s unfortunate

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Finally received my copy of @erikaswyler.bsky.social new novel and I cannot emphasize how gorgeous the cover is in person.

Cover of Erika Swyler’s novel We Lived on the Horizon. The cover shows a series of purple-orange rectangles with sand dunes in the background and a flash of sky

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I also have a few items for sale, like this Moroccan hanging lamp for $50

Hanging Moroccan glass lamp with multicolored glass and metal filigree

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Finally this decorative plate for $20. Again, not sure if you can actually serve food on it.

Hand painted Moroccan plate in blue, yellow and white. Star or Sun pattern in the center

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

WTF is up with this racist-ass ad? I know JE is a real disease, but did they really have to frame it like “Going to Asia could kill you”? You don’t see us making ads like “Going to the US could kill you. They give guns to anyone there.” Also I don’t think that yellow background is accidental

Racist ad on yellow background of a cartoon mosquito that reads “Is Asia a vacation to die for?” The mosquito is saying “I can make that happen. Don’t let me.”

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Or how about the fabulous steampunk Metro stop at Arts et Metiers

Arts et Metiers stop on Paris Metro. Bronze-colored walls with “portholes” and a giant gear coming out of the ceiling. There’s a lone dude sitting on a bench because, look, it’s the Metro, it was impossible for me to get a shot with no one in frame

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

You know what, sure, I'll jump on the bandwagon I don't know how I feel about being an "elder," though. I'm now at the age where if I report a new symptom to my doctors, they go, "Well, let's check it out just in case."

text reads: celebrating 10 M users, confetti emoji
#86,055, "Certified Bluesky Elder, 1%"
Joined May 22, 2023

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Hi folks, I’ll be teaching a craft intensive with Tin House about how to write a good first line, paragraph, and page. Hope to see some of you there. tinhouse.com/product/fall...

Text reads: The Art of Beginning with Rita Chang-Eppig Sunday Oct 20, 12-3 pm PST online, 2024 Tin House Craft Intensives Online. Photo of person with shoulder length black hair.

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Friends, in conjunction with The Ruby, many writers better than I (and I) are trying to get a family out of Gaza. Please share widely and bid. Thank you💛

Text reads: the Ruby is raising money to help a family escape Gaza. Bid on a 1:1 consultation with a leading writer: Rita Bullwinkel, Rita Chang-Eppig, Ming Jin, Naomi Kanakia, Rachel Khong, R.O. Kwon, Mimi Lok, and C Pam Zhang. Auctria.events/gazafamily

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

That song is a BANGER and is going to bring down the roof at the convention

Tweet from Philip Lewis with a photo of Beyoncé next to Kamala Harris. Reads: Beyoncé gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song Freedom for her presidential campaign

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

My favorite category of social media comments is people discovering Manny Jacinto for the first time

Actor Manny Jacinto dressed in dark pinstripe suit with cheekbones and a jawline that can cut diamonds

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

FREE BOOK! Tonight I’ll be chatting with Sasha Vasilyuk about my novel for a free virtual event. The library is offering free copies of Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea to attendees. RTs appreciated! #authors 📚 smcl.org/blogs/post/meet-deep-as-th…

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 22/07/2023

Late to the game but I wrote a historical novel with speculative elements for adults about a real-life Chinese pirate queen: bookshop.org/p/books/deep-as-the-sk…

Book cover is of a woman’s face superimposed over blue waves and a pink sky. The text reads: Indies Introduce: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 20/07/2023

Also I wish people understood that masks can be fun! Here’s me at my eye doctor today, coordinating well with the clinic decor

Asian person wearing a black/white cap and an orange-white ombré face mask

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Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they) @rchetypes.bsky.social · 20/07/2023

Next Wed I’m chatting with @SashaVasilyuk about my book at a virtual event for @SMCLibraries — register here! #authors 📚 smcl.org/blogs/post/meet-deep-as-th…

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