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Jessica Lee

@ninsiana0.bsky.social

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Readerly Writer. Doodler of Doodles. Former Kitchen Witch. Stopped some tar sands. Survived Trolley. she/they https://linktr.ee/ninsiana0

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Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 3h

It's Pumpkin, Sausage & Lentil Chili season

1 lb ground sausage (or protein of choice)
1 can lentils, drained
1 can pumpkin
1 can Hatch Ro-Tel
1 can tomato sauce

All of the following, measure with your heart:
Cumin & Coriander
Cocoa powder
Black strap molasses
Salt & Pepper

Crockpot + Time

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 4h

Day 12

"It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us. But we keep moving."
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire #MakeArt #Sharpie #portrait

Black & white line drawing of a nonbinary vampire.

Words read: "It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us. But we keep moving." --Kelly Hayes

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 8h

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 8h

The ebook edition of Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang is currently on sale for $2.99

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Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

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Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 8h

I just started some lentil chili in mine!

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 8h

"I feel awful. And that feeling is the cost of caring, so I don’t want it to fully go away. But, sometimes, I want it to quiet down. And it doesn’t."

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 21h

Day 11

“Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.” -Ursula K. Le Guin

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #sketchbook #sharpie #PicMonkey #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire #vampires

Black & white line drawing of a femme vampire.

Words read: “Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.” --Ursula K. Le Guin

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 1d

Samhain is one of my favorite fragrances, I wear the perfume oil all the time, and I'm now excited for every surface of my apartment to smell like taking a leisurely stroll in your friendly neighborhood haunted woods

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 1d

SAMHAIN home & linen spray: "Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein."

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 1d

I'm contractually obligated to buy any perfume that allows me to smell like a book, and Dark Macadamia smells like rereading your favorite vampire novel in your favorite coffee shop--sweet & comforting & warm.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 1d

DARK MACADAMIA perfume oil: "The warm, nutty richness of roasted macadamia folded into the dry papery musk of time-worn tomes bound in crackled leather; golden drips of beeswax candlelight flicker against polished teakwood shelves, while the smoky warmth of fireplace smoke lingers in the air."

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 1d

My @bpal.bsky.social Halloween order arrived today, just in time to ease the fatigue & anxiety if the last few weeks.

I'm also waiting on a metric ton of decants, but these two fragrances were so very up my alley & I'm happy they're here.

A 5ml perfume oil bottle of Dark Macadamia, and a bottle of Samhain home & linen spray from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, surrounded by various orange & green gourds.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 2d

This is gorgeous!

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 2d

Day 10

"I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance."

--bell hooks

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Black & white line drawing of a black, femme vampire.

Words read: "I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance." --bell hooks

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 2d

I want to go to my friend's birthday party, but that will require leaving my apartment (agoraphobia), going to a public bar I've never been to before (PTSD), with people I don't know, and I can't bring my dog (anxiety).

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Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 2d

Day Nine

It's a lie, you know, that you only get one story.

--from BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by VE Schwab

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #sketchbook #sharpie #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Black & white line drawing of a femme vampire with thick eyeliner.

Words read: It's a lie, you know, that you only get one story.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 2d

Day Nine

It's a lie, you know, that you only get one story.

--from BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by VE Schwab

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #sketchbook #sharpie #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Black & white line drawing of a femme vampire with thick eyeliner.

Words read: It's a lie, you know, that you only get one story.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 4d

Day Eight

And, suddenly, everything changed.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #drawing #doodle #illustration #sketch #portrait #sketchbook #sharpie #PicMonkey #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire #vampires

Line drawing of a femme vampire.

Words read: And, suddenly, everything changed.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 5d

Day Seven

It's a nightmare. But it's real.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #drawing #doodle #illustration #sketch #portrait #sketchbook #sharpie #PicMonkey #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire #vampires

Black & white line drawing of a sad, femme vampire.

Words read: It's a nightmare. But it's real.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 5d

Day Six

In truth, people are more terrifying than any monster our minds can dream of, and capable of so much more cruelty.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #sketchbook #sharpie #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Line drawing of a sad, femme vampire, with some purple around the edges.

Words read: In truth, people are more terrifying than any monster our minds can dream of, and capable of so much more cruelty.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 6d

That invisible dragon came out of nowhere!

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been working on this for 2 years. There have bumps along the way, crazy drama that could be in a soap, but the time is now. Help me build a freedom school. Help me fight fascism:

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 6d

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...

Wake Productions

An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition

www.kickstarter.com

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 7d

Day Five

How you respond now, to the horrors happening around you, tells you exactly what kind of person you are.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #sketchbook #sharpie #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Black & white line drawing of a sad, femme vampire.

Words read: How you respond now, to the horrors happening around you, tells you exactly what kind of person you are.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 7d

Day Four

Sometimes courage looks like simply continuing.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #drawing #doodle #illusion #sketch #portrait #sketchbook #sharpie #PicMonkey #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire

Black & white line drawing of a femme vampire.

Words read: Sometimes courage looks like simply continuing.

Jessica Lee @ninsiana0.bsky.social · 8d

Day Three

Let's dance in the rubble.

#ArtByNinsiana0 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawtober #Drawtober2025 #art #artist #artsky #artistsofbsky #artistsonbsky #drawing #doodle #illusion #sketch #portrait #sketchbook #sharpie #PicMonkey #IMadeThis #makeartinthefaceoffuck #vampire #vampires

Line drawing of a femme vampire.

Words read: Let's dance in the rubble.