Vance Anthony | Author

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NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us.

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your shirt
smells

like sun
and salt

i press it
to my face

as if
cloth

could be a bridge

it can

for a minute

#Poetry

A yawning black cat sitting on a gray couch.

A black cat standing on the seat of a gray couch and looking at the camera.

A black cat standing on an end table with an outdoor couch on either side of it. There is a fireplace in the background and a blue sky beyond that.

A black cat laying on a couch cushion covered with a white towel.

I hope you know how many times I would've turned this world upside down to make you better. To keep you with me. You've been the greatest adventure of my life, Jos, and I'll forever love you more than this one heart allows me to. Wherever you are, I hope it's nothing but sunny days and windowsills.

A black graphic displaying the words “Nationwide shutdown! Friday Jan 30, 2026. No work. No school. No shopping. ICE out everywhere!!!”

Money is the only thing that matters to capitalists. Shut down the national economy and we might get someone’s ear. 🖤

#ICEout #fuckICE

In response to ICE’s execution of Renee Nicole Good & violence against our communities, the 50501 Movement is demanding the immediate abolition of ICE & is joining its partners in the Disappeared in America Coalition to announce ICE OUT For Good, a nationwide mobilization scheduled for 1/10 & 1/11.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

I watched #SerialMom this weekend and now I can’t stop saying “ooh-wee ooh-wee” over and over in my head.

Libraries are really THE place to find out without fcking around all that much tbh

It was my first time making (or trying) eggnog. Not bad, but far too sweet for my taste.

It’s cliche, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I can read my work and think, “wow, that’s not great,” then get an excellent review. The first draft of anyone’s work typically isn’t great. Also, not everyone is a fan of James Baldwin’s work. Don’t judge your ability based on someone else’s. 🖤

It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!

A Christmas tree with red, green, and silver ornaments and a white tree skirt tucked into a nook between a stone fireplace and a sliding glass door.

Two plates of food sitting on a counter.

Two wine glasses filled with homemade eggnog topped with nutmeg and cinnamon.

A black cat asleep on my lap on a gray couch.

Well… now that this is out of the way, I’ll be over here listening to SWV’s 1997 gem of a Christmas album, A Special Christmas, on repeat until New Year’s Day. 🎄💿

Just a reminder that Reagan, a Republican, sat on his hands for five years and allowed tens of thousands of Americans to die while a preventable virus spread through the US before ever saying a word about #AIDS publicly. Access to antiretroviral treatments, condoms, and PREP saves lives.

A banana leaf plant growing tall out of a gray pot in front of two windows and a wooden wall.

This is Mavis. She’s been with us for 10 years and no less than 4 cross-country moves. She blocks the TV. She nearly died once, then brushed herself off and grew even taller. Out of spite, I assume. You WILL throw your back out trying to lift her. She does not care. #plants

Poetic and immersive. The words somehow put me at ease while forcing me to reexamine the way I look at everything. Very nice.

Month-old pic, just because.

A sign nailed to a log reading “Caution - Wet wood is slippery”

I believe that’s the point.

#wetwood #funnysigns

Black cat standing on a glass-top wooden table with a window in the background.

What? There was simply something on this table that I no longer wanted to be on this table. #cats #blackcats

My husband and I only text about very important things.

I watch the light fall
across the unwashed dishes
it doesn’t care
that’s its kindness
I raise my glass
to the indifferent day
to beauty
that never once
asked for witnesses

#poetry

Waking up to November #snow in the South is cool, right? Right?!

My well-worn cassette tape is hard evidence of this.

Call Me YouTube video by Deee-Lite - Topic

Peak #90s bull ish. 🖤

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#deee-lite #landline #busysignal #callwaiting #music #housemusic #jam

I’m never closer to committing murder than when I’m digging trinkets and trash out of every single one of my husband’s pockets while loading the washing machine.

#marriage

Don’t forget to #VOTE TODAY, especially if you live in CA, NJ, NYC, PA, or VA! And at the polls, just remember: WWCNJD? What Would Christian Nationalist Jesus Do? Think about that, then do the opposite. 🖤

#YesOn50 #ZohranMamdani #MikieSherrill #AbigailSpanberger #FuckTrump

🍁 Everything That Made Him Up is out now! 🍁

Pick up your copy: books2read.com/u/4A6ZAq

Fall Vibes | Hometown Reunion | One Bed | Friends to Lovers | Gay Awakening | Soulmates

#mmromance #gayromance #eroticromance #spicyreads #friendstolovers #onlyonebed #soulmates #secondchanceromance #booksky

A black cat curled up on Vance’s lap from above.

Cat: 1
Work: 0

#cats #blackcats

October is almost over! Last chance to get your copy of Everything That Made Him Up for only $2.99 USD! 🖤💜🧡

🍁 books2read.com/u/4A6ZAq 🍁

#mmromance #gayromance #eroticromance #spicyreads #friendstolovers #onlyonebed #soulmates #secondchanceromance #gayawakening #hometownreunion #booksky

It’s hard telling what the future will look like for those who are losing their SNAP benefits this weekend. If you’re able, find a local food pantry or pet food bank to donate to. Here are a couple in my area I’ll be donating to: Atlanta Community Food Bank and @pawsatlanta.bsky.social

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