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Nora 🐝
@elanorjb.bsky.social
PDX, some kind of forest gremlin.

also a trans femme mom lawyer writer.

2023 Literary Arts Fellow, words at Slate, Rumpus, Catapult (RIP), etc. More charming irl
I’m 3/4 of the way thru the last Wheel of Time book, just at the finish line and adjusted to Sanderson, but my big takeaway on the changeover is still the fascinating gender deal. Robert Jordan’s main fixation really was women talking in lovely dresses. Then the last 3 are jarringly by and about men
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
big part of the elder millennial struggle is of course the fact that the world truly is just far worse now
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had a major gender surgery a few weeks back and in retrospect I really needed to uninstall bluesky. Doesn’t matter that the problem is just relentless, accurate reporting on the state of things. Not the time or place
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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my short stories are coming out in paper form from feminist press next may! time to pre order a copy!
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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If you look on the list of donators, you will see a lot of familiar comic pro names. That's because we all love and respect BOOKS WITH PICTURES and Katie Pryde.

They are so close to their goal. Pitch in what you can to get them across the line.

www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help. I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
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November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
wait so the “chili” goes on fucking spaghetti?? please say psych
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don't care how many times I see the maps over how many years, it still does not compute for me that the entire US is at southern european / mediterranean / even north african latitudes. and that northern europe is canada
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ok, but don't the American people really want us to focus on kitchen table issues
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
trans people deserve so much better
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
the total normalization of "biological sex vs. gender identity" framing with "biological sex" synonymous with agab is just a really kick in the teeth
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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I feel weird. I don’t have a word for this sensation.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
He had me the moment he cruised to a stop on one bike pedal
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Please for the love of god let this be true
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
honestly the best thing mainline Dems can do is to keep our names out of their mouths (while having their staff hold the quiet lines quietly)
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Feels so much lower stakes, but actually important to turn out for the Portland parks levy after their park renovation in my east-of-82nd neighborhood park made a huge and hugely positive community impact this year
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
she’s just a girl with a little something extra (god complex)
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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the most expensive part of transition is actually all the books
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I appreciate baseball for the way every team is like, nine different version me of Some Guy and their teammate, Achilles Himself
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
ok but how do we actually snatch Lord of the Rings back from the chuds?

this isn't for you, fuck off
November 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I mean it just kind of sucks to be out with the six year olds just as trick or treating is getting going, trying to have a good halloween, and every single "take one" bucket has already been emptied out by teens or other aholes
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ok but where can I place this 7,000 word essay on the closet, queer fantasy, and noted transsexual woman writer Robert Jordan
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM