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Hayden May Knight 🍉

@haymayden.bsky.social

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Deaf. Disabled. Gay. Writer. Book reader. Lip reader. He/Him/His. Indiana-based. California-bound. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤟♿️ https://linktr.ee/haydeniramay

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Nov 19

My essay on disability, queerness, sex, and optics is in Vol. 4 of Sensitive Content Magazine:

www.happydevilboy.com/product/sens...

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 1d

Hey folks, I'm moving to the Altadena/Pasadena area in California in November.

Since I'm uprooting myself from a life lived entirely in Indiana up until now, I'm hoping to find some friends in Los Angeles to make this major life event a little less scary and isolating.

So, hit me up. 🫶

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 1d

I have loved being the Adina Talve-Goodman Fellow this year. It's been so rewarding, encouraging, and motivating as a writer who's been struggling with craft for the last few years. If you have any questions about applying, just ask!

Also, the deadline was extended to October 13!

Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 22d

Applications are open for @onestorymag.bsky.social's Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship! This is a year-long educational fellowship for early career writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. one-story.com/learn/fellow...

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 13d

And now you do what they told ya.

Now you're under control.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 13d

Some of you kids have been playing "Killing in the Name" on Guitar Hero since 2006 and still grew up to vote for fascists.

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 16d

Have you taken your Tylenol today? 🩵

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 17d

I'm so tired of sharing a planet with people who only dream of escaping from it, who treat the earth as fundamentally evil and disposable. So fucking sad.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 17d

True believers who prepared for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Sept. 23 were left looking for explanations.

Christian TikTokers Are Denied Rapture as Viral Prophecy Fizzles Out

For weeks, devout evangelical Christians on TikTok have been preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Rosh Hashanah, but it didn't happen

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 24d

The call is coming from inside the house, folks.

404 Media @404media.co · 24d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 29d

You all love to blame victims all the time until it's an American Nazi literally dying from the kind of violence he endorsed and the instruments of warfare he worshipped. Weird.

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 11

Too many of you lamenting "political violence" today have been silent about Gaza.

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've also been thinking about this.

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · Sep 9

What are the known Zionist literary magazines/journals? I've taken The Atlantic, Guernica, and Gulf Coast off my submission list, but are there others?

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

I like the newsletter model and would appreciate more than a 300 character limit.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ease and access is a concern for me regardless of the platform I use, but that's really sad to hear about substack. Maybe I'll try to track down some previous substack users who've transitioned to other platforms.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

But do other platforms have the UX design ease or user base? That's a concern for me, too. I want to be considerate of which platforms I'm supporting, but I also want to build something people can easily find, access, and use.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

Seems like there are drawbacks to every single one. 😵‍💫

Thanks for the advice. I'll do some exploring.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have my own website, but have been a little overwhelmed with building it into what I need. Accessibility is the most important thing to me, which is why I'm interested in platforms designed for complex text and alt format content.

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh! I didn't actually hear about this. I'll look into that and consider other tools.

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

Or maybe they've never gone out of style and I just didn't appreciate them enough.

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm starting a substack because blogs are back??

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is such a mood

Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey friends. My husband is looking for data science jobs in Los Angeles as we prepare to move out west in a couple months. If you have any leads, I'll pass them along to him. Thanks!

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why are we so desperate to help them keep their straight identity intact, as if it's something precious, even when it's at our expense? Even as they simultaneously use us and reject us?

What does it mean to be a homosexual who covets straightness?

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · Aug 20

What is with gay men's obsession with "straight" men? Why are we so preoccupied with protecting men who fuck us and would never ever admit to loving us?

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