Category: Online Spaces

Hiding in Plain Buzzwords

I want to share an recent example of how easily bigoted thought just moves through “progressive” spaces, needing only a few key words to side step overt detection, but allowing for that harmful perspective to breed and maintain a place in people’s “allyship”. There was a comedian going around...

Writing About People You Know

Themes: Writing, Writing about people, facilitating abuse, privacy, comfort I’m writing this October 2025 in a very reactive headspace. let’s see if that comes through after whatever light editing I end up doing.(Author’s note. So,I was writing this during my breaks at work, and because of that, this ended...

Complaining about the HEA in Romance Bullshit Again

I actually don’t think I’ve mentioned it before but I’m going to now.One of the key things that strikes me as making the “HEA is required for a book to be a romance” a deeply unrespectable position, is how their arguments are word for word pulled from how cishet...

The Bible and Media Literacy

I don’t remember the whole concept and if I find it, I’ll bring it back to y ‘all. But the idea is that a lot of people’s understanding of how to engage with and enjoy media stops at bible study. That if you like something, that means you aim...

Science in Fantasy

I have a lot of feelings about so many book oppinions. Let’s talk about this hate for science in fantasy. 1. If you like potions class but not blasters, it’s not a science issue it is a “I want mideaval fantasy” issue. 2. It feels very tunnel visioned and...

Its Not a Small World If You Look Beyond What’s Put In Front of You

A while ago I saw a group talking about books and realize there was a book they’d read in common and someone said “It really is a small literary world”. And that has haunted me ever since. Because it literally is not. The problem is, imperialism puts certain things...