s.j. bagley
@heksenhaus.bsky.social
.sjb. is an artist, philosopher, and critic what edits the journal THINKING HORROR, the zine SOFT TEETH, and listens to things.
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FIRST OF ALL!!!
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
FIRST OF ALL!!!
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“I have a wife and a child,” Mitya said. “I don’t need this. The farmer who had no troubles just had to buy a pig, as they say.”
#ghostadvent Night 3 - Punks Don't Die by my personal long-time fave @esedia.bsky.social
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#ghostadvent Night 3 - Punks Don't Die by my personal long-time fave @esedia.bsky.social
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November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“I have a wife and a child,” Mitya said. “I don’t need this. The farmer who had no troubles just had to buy a pig, as they say.”
#ghostadvent Night 3 - Punks Don't Die by my personal long-time fave @esedia.bsky.social
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#ghostadvent Night 3 - Punks Don't Die by my personal long-time fave @esedia.bsky.social
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I write to be loved: by a few, but *from a distance*.
— Roland Barthes
from The Preparation of the Novel
(lecture of December 15, 1979)
— Roland Barthes
from The Preparation of the Novel
(lecture of December 15, 1979)
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I write to be loved: by a few, but *from a distance*.
— Roland Barthes
from The Preparation of the Novel
(lecture of December 15, 1979)
— Roland Barthes
from The Preparation of the Novel
(lecture of December 15, 1979)
john carpenter's 'starman' isn't just his best film (and it is) it's also one of the most beautiful and truly optimistic sf films ever made.
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
john carpenter's 'starman' isn't just his best film (and it is) it's also one of the most beautiful and truly optimistic sf films ever made.
i would spend my days not feeling like i was going to fucking die, all the time.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i would spend my days not feeling like i was going to fucking die, all the time.
halfway through mai der vang's 'yellow rain' and it's so utterly heartbreaking and enraging in equal measure (and the reason i'm coming to this, so late in the game, is that i wasn't sure i'd be able to fully process it without being in therapy until now.)
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
halfway through mai der vang's 'yellow rain' and it's so utterly heartbreaking and enraging in equal measure (and the reason i'm coming to this, so late in the game, is that i wasn't sure i'd be able to fully process it without being in therapy until now.)
stephen is a good dog, buy things from stephen.
In case you needed skulls or other horrific ephemera to decorate your home during these trying times, you can find some art of mine over at INPRNT - www.inprnt.com/gallery/unkn...
#skullart #zombieskulltober #art #darkart #illustration #metalsky #artsky #inprnt
#skullart #zombieskulltober #art #darkart #illustration #metalsky #artsky #inprnt
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
stephen is a good dog, buy things from stephen.
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I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
nothing, knowthing,
bileblack canvas
stained with the guts
of last summer's
cicadas.
bileblack canvas
stained with the guts
of last summer's
cicadas.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
nothing, knowthing,
bileblack canvas
stained with the guts
of last summer's
cicadas.
bileblack canvas
stained with the guts
of last summer's
cicadas.
(also! working on a short essay about my interest in southeast asian poetry and how that arose from my own family history and rejection of american imperialism and how that's changed how i view the literary avant garde, as a whole made of various [often seemingly incompatible] constituents.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
(also! working on a short essay about my interest in southeast asian poetry and how that arose from my own family history and rejection of american imperialism and how that's changed how i view the literary avant garde, as a whole made of various [often seemingly incompatible] constituents.)
let's be clear on something: while we should ABSOLUTELY ostracise those who are bigots, we need to accept that furries and juggalos are generally marginalised (the former through homophobia and the latter through classism) and need to accept them as comrades.
and fuck yr notions of aesthetic purity.
and fuck yr notions of aesthetic purity.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
let's be clear on something: while we should ABSOLUTELY ostracise those who are bigots, we need to accept that furries and juggalos are generally marginalised (the former through homophobia and the latter through classism) and need to accept them as comrades.
and fuck yr notions of aesthetic purity.
and fuck yr notions of aesthetic purity.
and it ended up being one of the greatest works of american literature.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
and it ended up being one of the greatest works of american literature.
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This was a really special event: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Christy Nolan posthumously awarded degree from TCD
Poet and author Christy Nolan, who died in 2009, has been posthumously awarded a degree from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This was a really special event: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
there is no compliment i have received that brings me as much joy and terror as the fact that are people who be deeply sad if i disappeared.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
there is no compliment i have received that brings me as much joy and terror as the fact that are people who be deeply sad if i disappeared.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
(untitled. 11.25.25.)
the reek of rotten alium
and a soft notion
whispering
that if robins had fur
they would lose their
++-{wings}-++
and be reborn
as scampering red squirrels,
ears tufted with mischief.
the reek of rotten alium
and a soft notion
whispering
that if robins had fur
they would lose their
++-{wings}-++
and be reborn
as scampering red squirrels,
ears tufted with mischief.
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
(untitled. 11.25.25.)
the reek of rotten alium
and a soft notion
whispering
that if robins had fur
they would lose their
++-{wings}-++
and be reborn
as scampering red squirrels,
ears tufted with mischief.
the reek of rotten alium
and a soft notion
whispering
that if robins had fur
they would lose their
++-{wings}-++
and be reborn
as scampering red squirrels,
ears tufted with mischief.
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
no favourites, not ever, but i've been finding that the poetry of kim hyesoon, evie shockley, don mi choi, sylvia legris, noelle kocot, mahmoud darwish, harryette mullen, sawako nakayusa, and m. norbese philip to really be resonating with me, lately.
(obviously a partial lost but so it goes.)
(obviously a partial lost but so it goes.)
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
no favourites, not ever, but i've been finding that the poetry of kim hyesoon, evie shockley, don mi choi, sylvia legris, noelle kocot, mahmoud darwish, harryette mullen, sawako nakayusa, and m. norbese philip to really be resonating with me, lately.
(obviously a partial lost but so it goes.)
(obviously a partial lost but so it goes.)
DIRT!
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
DIRT!
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Updated: my zine making resources padlet, lists of places to find free images, how-to guides, zine ideas, digital tools, bookbinding information, and fonts
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Zine making resources
Resources for zine-making, collated by Pen Fight https://penfightdistro.com /// Zine things: https://padlet.com/penfightdistro/zinethings /// Online zines: https://padlet.com/penfightdistro/onlinezine...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Updated: my zine making resources padlet, lists of places to find free images, how-to guides, zine ideas, digital tools, bookbinding information, and fonts
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oh, i guess it's that time of year, so: nothing i do will ever be up for award consideration if there isn't a cash prize attached.
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
oh, i guess it's that time of year, so: nothing i do will ever be up for award consideration if there isn't a cash prize attached.
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The denial of self-determination to trans kids is rooted in the notion of children as property. Victorian parents lost their shit over the idea that they can't send their 5 yo to work in the mines, and that’s the origin of "parental rights"—a reactionary assertion that parents own their kids’ bodies
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The denial of self-determination to trans kids is rooted in the notion of children as property. Victorian parents lost their shit over the idea that they can't send their 5 yo to work in the mines, and that’s the origin of "parental rights"—a reactionary assertion that parents own their kids’ bodies
fenway park can seat just over 37,000.
so the amount of billionaires alive couldn't even fill a tenth of it.
so the amount of billionaires alive couldn't even fill a tenth of it.
There *are* objectively elites, elon musk is one of about 3,000 billionaires who collectively own more than all other 8.1 billion humans combined.
A handful of billionaires may control literally every company in an industry.
Populism pointing this out is totally accurate.
A handful of billionaires may control literally every company in an industry.
Populism pointing this out is totally accurate.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
fenway park can seat just over 37,000.
so the amount of billionaires alive couldn't even fill a tenth of it.
so the amount of billionaires alive couldn't even fill a tenth of it.
i don't actually think there's a higher percentage of bad poetry vs. other literary forms (and, in fact, i suspect it skews toward less being garbage than other forms) it's just that the bad poetry that exists is PROFOUNDLY bad in ways other literary forms can't replicate.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
i don't actually think there's a higher percentage of bad poetry vs. other literary forms (and, in fact, i suspect it skews toward less being garbage than other forms) it's just that the bad poetry that exists is PROFOUNDLY bad in ways other literary forms can't replicate.
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”