Erin Kyan
@erinkyan.bsky.social
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Creative type. Queer & trans. Wheelchair user. 🦼✨ He/him. Based in Narrm/Melbourne. If we're mutuals elsewhere, make sure to @ me when you follow so I know who you are! erinkyan.com
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cyberstalin.bsky.social
"women are perfect angels" is a form of misogyny not only because women can do bad things but also because women are PEOPLE and PEOPLE are not perfect. Putting the expectation of literal perfection on women is CLASSIC whore-Madonna complex nonsense.
erinkyan.bsky.social
They're SO cute, I spent so long watching them that the parent one stopped giving them attention and started giving me the stink eye 😭 I was like "it's ok mumma I'm not gonna touch your babies I'm just admiring then!!!"
erinkyan.bsky.social
Thank you so much 😭💙
erinkyan.bsky.social
in case you don't already know there's an all gender meetup once a month at DT's!

www.melbourneleather.com.au - tho the website isn't up to date (it says tuesdays for some reason?? it's not, it's every second friday each month), the fb group is better: www.facebook.com/groups/38752...
Melbourne Leather | Join Melbourne's Leather Community Today
Discover Melbourne Leather, a supportive community hub for leather culture enthusiasts offering events, workshops, and inclusive social gatherings.
www.melbourneleather.com.au
erinkyan.bsky.social
The pigeons in the garage have babies!!! 🥹

(I mean, they do every year but usually I can't see them, only hear them!!)
erinkyan.bsky.social
brain it is very bold of you to assume that we are memorable enough to be hated, c'mon now.
erinkyan.bsky.social
ah yes, now it is time for the traditional "I went out and socialised in public and therefore it is now time to ruminate upon how I am weird and unlikeable and everyone hates me, despite all rational evidence to the contrary" time
erinkyan.bsky.social
ahh I am sorry I missed you! and yeah northside bizarre has always been all genders and very inclusive :D
erinkyan.bsky.social
also today I learned I quite like it when people ask if they can touch my beard

lmao god I'm so basic
erinkyan.bsky.social
it's hard to re-enter a community you had to leave for a few years, especially a different side of it (ie, I used to not be welcome in gay male spaces but now I am), but I miss it, I miss it, I miss being seeped in leather culture with my heart and soul, I cannot stay away any longer.
erinkyan.bsky.social
excited to go to a speed friending event at the laird next week! the perfect event for someone like me with anxiety that's trying to reenter the community after years away.
erinkyan.bsky.social
went to northside bizarre for a bit, chatted with some people, bought a nice chain gadget from the leather and treasure, went to eagle leather after and bought a couple more little things. a nice easy day.
erinkyan.bsky.social
New club, new membership pin, new people - but same me, same community spirit.
A photo of a selection of leather pride pins on a leather garment. The largest is a heart with "ML" written on it for Melbourne Leather. The others are small bar pride pins for leather pride, trans pride, and daddy/boy pride.
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seantcollins.com
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true
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thebevil.bsky.social
Shout-out to one of my coworkers who thought "labubu" was slang for lobotomy
erinkyan.bsky.social
PROBLEM SOLVING IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN AND REWARDING PARTS OF WRITING

jesus fucking christ these ai simps just don't have any fucking inner depth or soul at all do they
junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
erinkyan.bsky.social
"I don't think deeply about my writing all day every day for a long time and therefore this makes me better somehow"????? god these people are so vapid.
erinkyan.bsky.social
I've been playing death note video essays in the background the last couple of days and it's been kinda fun bc I never saw the anime but I did read the manga (when it was coming out! and again recently) but all the vids seem to be about anime only, and it's so interesting how different the exp is.
erinkyan.bsky.social
New therapist (who is a real psychologist, don't worry) wants to start the process of officially diagnosing me with OCD and. aaaaaaaaah scary.
erinkyan.bsky.social
Most of these posts are about editors helping people cut things but as someone who likes to be Concise, editors and dramaturgs have saved me from cutting TOO MUCH multiple times. I'll show up with the latest draft and get "Erin where is that bit. Where is it. PUT IT BACK, ERIN"
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
blipstress.bsky.social
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
erinkyan.bsky.social
Bitey sun weather has arrived. Waiting for a bus and regretting only putting sunscreen on my face and not my arms 😩