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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 11h

I look into this from time to time since I swim regularly and would be extremely sad to not, and had found this, which granted, is from 2021, but is cited by some more recent papers-- will be interested to see what else you find! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in chlorinated swimming pool water

SARS-CoV-2 transmission remains a global problem which exerts a significant direct cost to public health. Additionally, other aspects of physical and mental health can be affected by limited access to...

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Zines From Gaza @coastallinespress.com · 07/10/2026

“I write because memory is a form of survival. I write to plant humanity in people’s heart. And I write because Gaza, despite everything, is still my home--rooted in me as deeply as I am rooted in it.” Huda Skaik, author of the zine Planted Genocide in My Mind www.coastallinespress.com/get-your-copy

live olive green background with a line toward the bottom that suggests waves

Huda Skaik

A journalistic writer from Gaza City. She is interested in journalism and writing. Her works have been published with many media outlets such as We Are Not Numbers, Electronic Intifada, The New Arab, The Intercept, Deep Dive, The Nation, and Aljazeera

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Milo @miloblue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@chrisqzap.bsky.social and I noted that this week is the 25th anniversary of Queeruption 3, which took place in SF/East Bay Oct 4-8, 2001. We were part of the org collective, and out of our experiences and connections, QZAP was born in Nov 2003. Here are some flyers from Q3:

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

would you like to read my book The Politics of Lonely for $0? consider requesting it at your library! to sweeten the deal, if you comment below & let me know you've requested it at your library i will enter you to win a copy of the book for keeps, plus each of my four (four???) zines on friendship.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

huge news for people who love crosswords but want to buy them from nice trans people instead of genocide-supporting legacy media outlets: Anteater Crosswords Vol. 2 is out now! you can pick up both volumes as PDF zines for a sliding scale of $1-5 CAD. sheerspite.ca/product/ante...

An image of the cover of "Anteater Crosswords Vol. 2", with two identical clipart images of anteaters, overlaid against a crossword on a blue-green gradient

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Digital Transgender Archive @transgenderarchive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The third issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. For more information about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our bio. Image courtesy of The Arquives. #TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #DTA #TransWOC

The cover of the winter 1995 third issue of Gendertrash From Hell featuring a photograph of Linda Taylor, a Black transgender woman, wearing a jean jacket and smiling.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!!!!! 💜💜💜

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 05/10/2026

just picked up my pre-order of The Politics of Lonely by @sheerspite.bsky.social from my local bookstore! support small presses and local retail and radical writers and above all the reimagination of a better world

The Politics of Lonely: Why is Friendship so Hard? by Lee Arden

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(he would not let me pay him for this job so i promised to hype up his business online which i am more than happy to do)

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

if you are in montreal (or points beyond) and you have a sick book, you should talk to my buddy Keenan (Le Relieur des Faubourgs) who is a sweetheart and does fantastic work www.lerelieurdesfaubourgs.com

A pulp paperback copy of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. Its spine has disintegrated and its interior pages are separate from its front and back covers.

The same book, but now securely bound back together!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

haven't had submissions open for a while because i have hit my physical limit in terms of shelf space, but i've got room for some PDFs! apply at sheerspite.ca/digidistro; email lee@sheerspite.ca with questions!

call for submissions - digital distro - open until december 31 - prioritizing work that is long, text-centric, passionate, personal, anti-authoritarian, accessible, probably not poetry (sorry.) prioritizing work on topics like community care, friendship, history, food, sex & kink, memoir, DIY, and/or adventures. we sell your pdfs, you get paid quarterly, choose your pricing, keep up to 80% of the $$$ (probably very modest sums of $$$), keep selling 'em anywhere else u want. apply at sheerspite.ca/digidistro

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

Are you a trans person of color doing rad art or community organizing work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2026 grant program are open now through October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

We are specifically looking for projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, and/or other marginalized communities, as well as projects that foster exploration and celebration of gender diversity and trans lives.

We accept applications from anywhere in the world. Collectives/groups are welcome to apply.

Grant recipients are chosen by a paid panel of trans judges of color. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2026.

AI-written applications will be deleted.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But yeah it's a fantastic book! I am very glad Chris is alive and well and writing. 💜

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This post has an important typo I think!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

wowwwwww it is beautiful how that whole crowd came to see my sticker

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

oh hahaha that makes sense, in any case thank you for the stickers!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

did you know it is so fun to be on Gender Reveal podcast & that @tuck.bsky.social personally mails guests stickers? it is quite hard to get press for a book in this bedraggled media environment & i am even more than usually grateful for queer & trans media 💜 🔊 gender.libsyn.com/bonus-lee-ar...

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Gender Reveal

Welcome to Gender Reveal, a t4t podcast that began as a deep dive into what exactly gender... is? Since 2018, the show has evolved into an excuse to chat with a bunch of smart, funny, hot people about...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OTTAWA: i'll be doing two launch events for The Politics of Lonely, both on Saturday, October 24: ✨ signing at @octopusbooks.ca ✨ launch/reading/convo with @alexisshotwell.bsky.social and Adrienne Row-Smith at The Grove (location changed for capacity reasons!) sheerspite.ca/blog/2026/08...

saturday October 24 11 am - 1 pm - Ottawa Book Signing
I'll be sitting out front of Octopus Books (116 Third Avenue at Bank St.) to sign books and chat. Come say hi! Rain date Sunday October 25, 11-1.

saturday October 24, 5 -7 pm
Ottawa Book Launch & Friendship Forum with Alexis Shotwell & Adrienne Row-Smith
NEW LOCATION: The Grove, 18 Louisa Street Unit 280
fundraiser for the Ottawa Trans Library
registration not required to order the book or anything else for pickup, use code OTTAWALAUNCH at sheerspite.ca :)

Alexis Shotwell is a queer SF nerd, functional potter, teacher, and writer, currently living on unceded Algonquin land. Author of Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times (about why purity won’t save us) and the forthcoming Liberation is Other People (about getting together to solve big problems in which we are complicit), she is also finishing a book about Ursula K. Le Guin’s anarchism and why it’s so great.

Adrienne Row-Smith (she/her) is a Queer Black visual specialist based in so-called Ottawa, working across photo and video to create bold, impactful imagery. Rooted in a deep commitment to authenticity and accessibility in media, she co-founded The Grove, which is an interdisciplinary art and community space offering affordable rentals and sliding-scale events. Through both her creative practice and community work, Adrienne aims to build a space and working body that reflects the elements of care, resistance, and belonging, where disenfranchised voices are not only heard but celebrated.

Lee Arden is the author of The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?, a book that takes friendship out of an individualistic context and argues that we’re struggling with our friendships because we live in the decaying ruins of colonial capitalism. Lee also runs the small press and zine distro Sheer Spite Press and has written lots of zines, including PALS: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship, which formed the basis for this new book.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that's awesome, thank you so much! no further details needed and i am so grateful :)))

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the letter ess @theletteress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I requested this at my library here in Huntington, WV, & just picked it up today! It looks soooo good & I’m very excited to read it! 😍

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Zine makers and self-publishers: If you still haven't seen it I made this spreadsheet everyone can use to share their results and experiences at fairs and zine fests so other publishers can manage expectations and learn from you. Add your stats and reflections! www.tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

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Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency

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beef buddy @666ofswords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

hey so i have a ton of art and poems from queer and trans people in prisons that i would really like to get to an organization that will use them and archive them. the org i was working with is not one i would like to give them to. any recs? is it you?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The show documents an incredibly important but little-known avenue through which people who are incarcerated make themselves known: prison newspapers, produced by and in solidarity with communities inside of prisons." chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...

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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ - Chicago Reader

“Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity” documents an important avenue through which the incarcerated make themselves known.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this is so cool! immediately sent the link to several people 🎯

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Diskette Press @ PCX 38 @diskettepress.com · 28/09/2026

Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one. diskettepress.com/pages/belove...

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Beloved! A Riso Fundraiser Anthology

Help Diskette Press get a new Risograph by picking up a new anthology featuring work by artists you know and love.

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Hilary 💀 BisenEEKs @hbbisenieks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

my favorite thing i've made this year that's available anywhere is this zine i wrote to get more queers interested in archery! in fact i just published it today after spending a month and some working on it hbbisenieks.itch.io/a-tgirls-gui...

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a tgirl's guide to archery by Hilary B. Bisenieks

a (queer) introduction to archery

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

awww thank you!! hope i can see ya when i am in otty next month! 💜

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello, it is Monday now so perhaps people are thinking about work. Please consider sharing this job posting with smart Canadians who know about queer and trans issues and culture. Social video experience a must; journalism experience a huge asset. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Sage Pantony @sage-pantony.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a zine reading in bed morning. 😌

A hand holding up a zine in a bedroom, entitled, "on being the same kind of girl: a trans dyke love story in words and pictures."

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

if you would like a take on why our relationships are suffering and we struggle with loneliness when we could be reaching for solidarity and interdependence, that is not written by a vile TERF i have one of those lol bookshop.org/p/books/the-politics-of-lonely-why-is-friendship-so-hard-lee-arden/

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The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?

Why is it hard to make and keep friends as an adult? Even if you finally find time to see each other, can you connect more deeply than just catching up over coffee? How many do you count as ride-or-di...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

how i answer that question in the book is that a lot of forces (austerity, white supremacy, the housing crisis, etc) are making our lives a struggle materially, while ALSO giving us "you don't owe anyone anything" brainworms right while we need each other most.

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The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 24/09/2026

If everyone’s looking for connection, why is it still so hard to make and keep friends as an adult? xtramagazine.com/culture/book...

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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine

Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness

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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh passion projects are money pits but being alive is also a money pit so fuck it we ball

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Genuinely no joke one of the most important lessons you can ever internalize is that for all the systemic oppression in the world, the number one obstacle between you and making *something* is inertia I won't pretend it will always make you money or fix your life but all of us will be better for it

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

that's awesome, thank you so much!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hell yeah!! thank you so much :)))

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

also, public lending right programs allow traditionally published authors whose books are in libraries to make a tiny little bit of money in addition to the royalties we get from the library buying the book! very cool stuff!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

requesting stuff at your library is such a great way to support authors and publishers without having to spend any money! i do it all the time and it makes me feel so powerful.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

here's her vital statistics for you to copy and paste: Title: The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? Author: Lee Arden ISBN: 9781773638263 Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Publication Date: September 10, 2026

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this is completely my ideal as well! and i loved reading your reflections on this 💌

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have been thinking a lot about this balance between friction and convenience/relaxation, especially since @sheerspite.bsky.social talks about how the positive aspects of friction in their new book, The Politics of Lonely.

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Great Worm Express Distro - Zines and books @greatworm.ca · 24/09/2026

“I’d been informally helping people make and sell their zines for a long time, but I realized if I called that ‘running a small press,’ I could launder legitimacy for them and their work and help them access those types of opportunities. ... The first author I published got ... a $25,000 grant”

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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyone have suggestions for someplace that might help a poet published a handwritten chapbook? the poet is a trans woman in prison, so her access to typing and printing (and keeping her submission copies!) is limited.

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