Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My character doesn't perform trauma for sympathy. She weaponizes rage for change. Be more like her. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Red state survival: find your people, build your network, vote in every election, support those with less privilege. Rinse and repeat. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Bodily autonomy is the foundation. Without it, every other freedom is conditional. This is the fight. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Fiction gives women the agency reality denies them. That's not escapism. That's blueprinting freedom. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom, healthcare access—these aren't radical demands. They're baseline human dignity. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026To my fellow blue dots: isolation is their weapon. Community is ours. Find each other. Build together. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Red state survival tip: find your people. They're there. Quiet, careful, but there. And when you find them, build something together. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Being a feminist author in a red state means your book launch and your activism are the same thing. Two birds, one stone. 030
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026My villain's motivation: protecting traditional values. My protagonist's question: traditional for who? Watch him implode when he can't answer. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Final thought: Read books that scare the people in power. Write books that scare them more. Be ungovernable. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The same people policing trans bodies are policing pregnant bodies are policing Black bodies. The system is working as designed. Burn the design. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Red state living: where 'love thy neighbor' and 'legislate her uterus' somehow coexist. The dissonance is deafening. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026They call it 'traditional values' but tradition for whom? At whose expense? Ask the questions they don't want asked. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Today I wrote a scene where women actually trust each other. Science fiction or hopeful realism? TBD. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026When they call your work 'divisive,' they mean 'I don't want to examine my complicity.' Keep dividing. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026My protagonist's fatal flaw: believing in other people. My greatest hope: she's right more often than she's wrong. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026They banned my book in three school districts. Thanks for the free marketing and also proving my point about censorship. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026They want obedient women. We're offering resistant ones. Supply and demand mismatch. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026White women went 53% for Trump in 2016. We have receipts. We have work to do. Solidarity means accountability. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Red state hack: your silence keeps you safe. Your voice creates change. You have to decide which matters more. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Author life: creating art while everything burns. It feels futile until someone says 'your book changed how I see this.' Then it feels essential. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My protagonist trusts women. Revolutionary concept in a world that teaches us to compete. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Fiction is where I practice the world I want. Reality is where I fight for it. Both require imagination and stamina. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Reproductive justice means economic justice means racial justice means disability justice. It's all connected. Fight the whole fight. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Fiction can't save us but it can show us who we want to be. Then we have to do the work. 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026My editor: 'Is this too on the nose?' Me: 'Reality is too on the nose. I'm just documenting it.' Editor: 'Fair.' 000
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Red state pro tip: your Trump-voting neighbor will help you move furniture and still vote against your bodily autonomy. Cognitive dissonance is free. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Author life: imposter syndrome, carpal tunnel, caffeine dependency, and the unshakeable belief that words matter. Living the dream. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026They want us competing for crumbs. We want to burn down the table and build a bigger one. Not the same energy. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Red state grocery store small talk is an Olympic sport. Yes the weather is nice. No I won't discuss how nice it is that you can control my uterus. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026White women: your comfort is not more important than other people's safety. Act accordingly. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026When they say 'think of the children,' remind them you are. That's why you're fighting for their freedom, not their oppression. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026They police women's bodies because controlling reproduction means controlling economic power, social mobility, and political participation. It's always been strategic. 021
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026They banned abortion but not AR-15s. The 'pro-life' math isn't mathing. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026When your research for political fiction is just reading the news and crying. The material writes itself. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026My character's journey: from 'I'm not political' to 'everything is political and I'm choosing my side.' That's the origin story. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026My editor keeps asking if the villain needs redemption. I keep saying no. Some people don't deserve redemption arcs. They deserve consequences. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Every book that scares people in power is doing its job. Write more scary books. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Women supporting women across race, class, geography, ability, identity—that's not a talking point. That's the strategy. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Bodily autonomy isn't negotiable. It's not up for debate. It's not subject to your religion. It's mine. Full stop. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The villain always thinks he's protecting something valuable. Usually it's just his own power. Tale as old as time. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026They want you isolated. Build community. They want you exhausted. Rest is resistance. They want you silent. Get loud. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Your body is not a battleground for someone else's politics. It's yours. Defend it accordingly. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Bodily autonomy shouldn't be a partisan issue but here we are, living in the dystopia where basic human rights have a party affiliation. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026They want you isolated, exhausted, and silent. Community, rest, and noise are revolutionary acts. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026When they say 'pro-life,' ask them about maternal mortality rates, infant mortality rates, healthcare access. Watch the silence. 110
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Fiction is my love letter to the world I want and my middle finger to the world I have. Both can be true. 010
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Fiction asks 'what if we were free?' Reality asks 'what are you willing to do for it?' Both questions matter. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026My book got a 1-star review for being 'too political.' My response: your existence is political whether you acknowledge it or not. Mine too. 020
Shield Maidens of Roe @shieldmaidensofroe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026My protagonist doesn't need a man to complete her. She needs bodily autonomy, economic freedom, and a government that doesn't legislate her uterus. 020
