in the wake of your sunshine

FIRELEI BÁEZ Mawu-Lisa (I build my language out of rocks)

2024 Oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas 213.4 x 274.3 x 5.1 cm / 84 x 108 x 2 in

Palestinian boy plays near Bilal Raamadan's section of What Survival Left Behind; visual art exhibit of Palestinians' work held at Al-Bureij camp c. May 2026

Audience gathers around a piece at What Survival Left Behind, an art exhibit in Al-Bureij refugee camp c. May 2026

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

(Some) Queer Presses:

Lurid Editions are "a publishing project committed to intentional and conscientious acts of archival repair". They are "attentive to how marginalised histories are forgotten and remembered, [and] hungry to rediscover overlooked queer books". They've just received funding from Arts Council England to engage queer readers in a project to contribute to the archive!

Cipher Press "We’re really keen on the idea that queer and minority stories are for everybody, and we want to make our books – and the stories they tell - accessible to all" (what an amazing mission statement!)

Anamot Press "Anamot [Անամոթ] means shameless in Armenian. ⁣⁣Anamot Press publishes poetry and prose on intersecting experiences of gender, sexuality, race, migration, class, belonging and loss - with no shame."

(Some) Queer Bookshops

Queer Lit Oh man, I remember when this was just a tiny little shop, and now they're the biggest LGBT+ bookshop in Europe! They do amazing work in donating books about being trans to schools and parliament! They have a pay-it-forward board that will make you sob with its notes of love and support. (You can tell I wish I still lived nearby)

Lighthouse For Scottish friends - "a queer-owned and woman led independent community bookshop. We are an unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space"

Gay's The Word The OG Queer bookshop in the UK. One day I will make my pilgrimage!!

Martha Wells is pretty cool.

I like how she encourages people to just keep on creating. Doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad, what your goal is, what you’re writing. Just write.

Don’t let them take the joy away.

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lmaooo 😭 i gotchu. all you really need is TSP / TVP or a block of extra / super firm tofu, and seasoning that you enjoy. (there are also soy free TVPs and tofus !)

if you're using the textured soy protein, hydrate it in veggie broth (there are beef flavored ones with no actual beef that shouldn't be affected by the screwworm price hikes) if you're using extra firm tofu press it a bit first, then crumble in your hands.

saute some onion and garlic in oil before you add your ground plant, then saute that for a couple minutes. then add either a marinade (i like water, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, paprika, pepper, cumin) or one of those taco beef seasoning packets (or similar) with a bit of water and keep cooking until it absorbs all the flavors