@shanmonster
Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Work appears in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, The Malahat Review, Strange Horizons, Narratively, etc. Aurora finalist and total weirdo. shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
Though the doctor fried affected parts of my anatomy out with an electrified wire, this wasn't nearly as painful as the initial colposcopy. The freezing made a big difference, and I'm not even sore down there today.
Putting this in my back pocket for the next time someone tries to claim that you can't be disabled and ride a bike, or that advocating for cycling infrastructure is "ableist"
Yes. Now that I have issues with exhaustion, my e-bike lets me get around to places where I can't go on foot or on a regular bike.
While suffering from a disabling hip condition, I was unable to walk without agony, but I could ride a bike without pain.
Good riddance
Or are we just at having fun?
There shall be no mental health found here. Only illness of the most perfidious sort.
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The worst for me was Prairie Fire's 50 over 50 contest which said no sim subs AND they wouldn't be sending any rejections.
I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!
gofund.me/ac93c03d5
Here's hoping.
Kinda feels like a nasty gas station hotdog is slowly twirling in my nether regions.
Green background with sparkles and a chain of daisies. Text reads: ALOCASIA seeks creative writing workshop leaders! Deadline: March 10th
ALOCASIA seeks applications for instructors to lead our upcoming Summer Creative Writing Series. Instructors will each lead a one-time Zoom workshop with dates between May and August. Compensation is $500.
High as balls on Adivan because of a nasty gynecology appointment. This one went better than the colposcopy last month. Really hope I don't need more work done under the hood. Will be leaking what looks like coffee grounds and cigarette butts for a couple of weeks. Sexy.
Amal messaged me today, very distraught: 'Nasser was very exhausted yesterday and today. He has run out of all his medication. The cost of all his medication for a month is $500. Please, do everything you can, I trust you. I am begging you from my heart💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏'
gofund.me/ada35961
We are officially seeking panelists for our virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, happening on May 30th! Head over to our blog or read this thread to find out more about the event & how you can be part of it 1/9
Also being told homosexuality is unnatural. I lived on a farm in the country, and if it was unnatural, why were so many animals doing it?
Being told through religious texts that I must avoid independent thinking. I was about fourteen or fifteen at the time, I think.
Looking forward to seeing you in Kitchener!
Free music sampler from Artoffact Records today. Get your industrial/electro/goth fix. artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/misogy...
Ooh, there are SO MANY great items in this literary auction (several of which I'm bidding on myself!), including signed books by @marthawells.com, @brynneweaver.bsky.social , & @veronicarothbooks.com , Zoom calls with agents, and lots more:
www.32auctions.com/organization...
#romancelandia
This means that 9-year-old Lucy can deadlift me.
We'll be running a lively day of online folk horror writing, with a series of workshops and interviews with STRANGE AS FOLK on the 9th May! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strange-as... #folkhorror #folklore #horror #writing #writers #authors #fiction #books
This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.
I had to use a maxipad for the first time in years because of a very awful gynecological procedure a while back. I'm having another tomorrow. I used one of these 100% cotton pads by goauntflow.com
I wish these had existed when I was young. It's the most comfortable pad I've ever used. Recommended.
I got jizzed on by Hitler at a GWAR show right before he was decapitated.
Slymnestra Hymen of Gwar wishes you a happy international women's day.
I'm part of a rejection contest where each month we log our rejections. I passed 100 for the year by the end of February. Winning!
