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Kawai Shen
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Read me and weep

she/her; if I like you, you can call me sir

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kawaishen.bsky.social
I'll be tabling online, hope to see you there! ✨💻
jasonli.bsky.social Jason Li @jasonli.bsky.social · 21d
We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰

Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
A giant pixel art squid flanked by two people on the left side saying "it's party time" and below the water there's a shark and a smaller squid reading. Text set on top of the giant squid says ZINE友 OPEN CALL ONLINE PARTY
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Peak liberal ytness is the readiness to grant human rights and qualities to non-human entities like robots, animals, ecosystems, corporations, fictional monsters, etc, while expressing a deep ambivalence (if not outright resistance and hostility) to doing the same for other humans.
A screenshot of a post from bluesky user, "mtsw" reads: guys who have no belief in or respect for human rights are becoming oddly invested in whether robots have rights.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series / Chicago / 13 Dec 2025, 7pm / Comfort Station, 2579 Milwaukee / See you there
Flyer for Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series at Comfort Station, 2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Event on 12/13/25, 7-9 PM. Readers: Moni Garcia, Anne K. Yoder, Benjamin Niespodziany. Performers: Twilight Furniture, Jacob Stovall, Wolf3000. Free, all ages.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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jacobwren.bsky.social
Metonymy Press is one of my all time favourite presses. You can preorder their two new anthologies and at the same time help support them: gogetfunding.com/metonymy-pre...
Preorder SHARP PINK CLAWS & support queer lit
We’re excited to publish two new anthologies that showcase work from some of our brilliant authors but we need some extra help getting there! As you all know, things have been hard for small publisher...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
AFM, The Whitney Review, and many others will be tabling at this year's Press Play in Brooklyn, deets in 🔗 + stay tuned for my AFM essay coming out later this month ✨ www.instagram.com/pioneerworks...
Pioneer Works on Instagram: "꩜⋆🛸.ೃ࿔*:𓃶･✮˚.⋆──★🔥☃️⁠ 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕻𝖑𝖆𝖞 → 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝟏𝟑 & 𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟐–𝟕 𝒑𝒎.⁠ ⁠ ⁠𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅-𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌! ᑭᗩᑕKEᗪ ᗯITᕼ ᑕOᑎᐯEᖇᔕᗩTIOᑎᔕ, ᗯOᖇKᔕᕼOᑭᔕ, ᗩᑎᗪ...
Press Play 2025 is a weekend festival at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, featuring live talks, workshops, and exhibits that showcase the latest artistic and cultural trends. With a focus on creativity and ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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hajarpress.bsky.social
What could be better on a winter’s day than the cosy warmth of community?? 🫂

Come visit Hajar, @thecommonpress.bsky.social, @peoplesletters.bsky.social + more @ the Tower Hamlets BOOK SALE!

❄️📚🧵💎📓🪡🧶✨
Sat 6 Dec, 10am–2pm

Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
277 Bancroft Road
London E1 4DQ
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
You can pick up Broccoli's magazines, books and decks now at 20% off with the code "snowflakes," including Broccoli Issue 20, ft a piece I wrote on cyberweed 💿🌿 broccolimag.com
Cover of Broccoli Magazine #20, a grid of closeup photographs of flowers in bright, saturated colours. Image of spread for Cyberweed, photograph of MJ leaves and CDs. A table of Broccoli products: Broccoli magazine, Mushroom People, Spores, and various oracle decks.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
kawaishen.bsky.social
I miss getting lost with you.
GPS screen mounted to the windshield of a car. The entire field is a blank green, no indication of the road the car is traversing. Long shot of a figure walking up a stony mountain. Trees, bushes and stones fade away into the mist.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
kawaishen.bsky.social
#wip
screenshot: “Maybe,” I said, unconvinced. My problem was not that I was unable to differentiate between ordinary human frailty and abuse. My problem was the fact that my only reliable means of defense against a bad man, was another bad man.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Free Tampopo screening at the JFT 🍜🥚👄📽️ deets in 🔗 tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tampopo/
Tampopo (film screening)
Join us for a screening of the "ramen Western" TAMPOPO (1985), on Tuesday Nov 25, 5:30 PM, at the JFT Event Hall.
tr.jpf.go.jp
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
After the initial shock of ❄️ in Toronto, we're back to our regular 🌧️ - sharing a list of seasonal stormy films to enjoy while you shelter from the rain ☔ inthemoodmag.substack.com/p/are-you-st...
#15: Are You Still Watching? Movies for a rainy day 🌧️
Wallow in the year's moodiest month with a curated watchlist by In The Mood contributor Kawai Shen
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November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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ossuary.bsky.social
I am wearing my finest velvets. I am rich and plush to thr touch like a great, luxurious teddy bear. If you don't come out you will be missing out on a once in a lifetime tactile experience
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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alinapleskova.bsky.social
🪩🪩 tomorrow, in fact 🪩🪩
alinapleskova.bsky.social alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · Oct 13
💿 join us on the auspicious date of 11/11 for the next TRACK CHANGES ft. a very auspicious lineup:

@ginabird.bsky.social (Philly) + Ryan Skrabalak (Kingston, NY)!

it’s giving cosmic alignment, it’s giving big admiration, it’s giving we do not dream of labor

🎟️ track-changes-november.eventbrite.com
TRACK CHANGES A READING, LISTENING, & CONVERSATION SERIES WHERE WRITERS CHAT ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE RECORDS NOVEMBER 11 DOORS: 7PM START: 7:30 PM PEN & PENCIL CLUB 1522 LATIMER ST PHILLY FEATURING: RYAN SKRABALAK GINA MYERS HOSTED BY: ALINA PLESKOVA $5-15 SLIDING SCALE (EVENTBRITE OR AT DOOR)
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
The next issue of The Whitney Review is launching this Saturday, details in 🔗
Whitney Mallett on Instagram: "Launching issue 006 of @thewhitneyreview at the @performanyc Hub 424 Broadway with performances by @abdu__ali @canal_street_research @tardigrade_inc who are all in the n...
Get immersed in a dynamic night of new writing and performance at the Performa Hub in New York City. abdu ali, Shanzhai Lyric, and Tardigrade Inc. come together to push the boundaries of creative expr...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Finally picked up Deciem's Avestan (conceived by the late founder of The Ordinary, Brandon Truaxe). So many have compared this to the CdGs (it's woody, earthy, spicy, starchy so fair) - to me it's also like a pre-Othertopia Aesop. Excellent projection and quality for the price. #fragrancesky #sotd
Bottle of Avestan, a cream-coloured matte bottle with industrial metallic top, set on a wooden shelf with flowers. Publicity shot of Brandon Truaxe (RIP ;_;) in a room with exposed brick, seated at a desk with The Ordinary bottle droppers.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Scene report: Zine Dump was larger I expected (probably bc it was mostly 1/2 tables), a good mix of dif zine types, lots of Gaza fundraising, most ppl still 😷 after end of mandatory mask hour. Venue is accessible - it was crowded but looked roomy enough to navigate with mobility aids.
kawaishen.bsky.social Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social · 18d
Braved the snow to see Zine Dump ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Hand holding zine haul.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Iran is one of the world's most water stressed nations. Shortages have driven protests for years; now there are talks of evacuating cities, relocating the capital.

Below, photos of Zayandeh Rood, the "life-giver" river of Esfahan.

No words for this level of loss.
Allahverdi Khan Bridge at night, the lights from its 33 arches reflected in the waters of the Zayande Rood, one of the most iconic and beautiful sites in Esfahan that has stood since the 17th century. Allahverdi Khan Bridge, the riverbed entirely dry and cracking.
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
For film lovers, In the Mood is hosting a soiree with games and readings on November 18, deets in 🔗 www.instagram.com/inthemood.ma... 📽️📺💖
In The Mood Magazine • film, TV, pop culture criticism on Instagram: "YOU'RE INVITED 💃🏻 Join us for a night of readings, performances, and games to celebrate our love of film and another year of In th...
Experience a night of film readings, performances, and games with a community of film enthusiasts at the Society Clubhouse on November 18th. Join us for a fun-filled evening of entertainment and conne...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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jasonli.bsky.social
We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰

Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
A giant pixel art squid flanked by two people on the left side saying "it's party time" and below the water there's a shark and a smaller squid reading. Text set on top of the giant squid says ZINE友 OPEN CALL ONLINE PARTY
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
"After a decade inside this industry, I no longer see the goal as survival within it. The goal is transformation—building structures that mirror the ethics of the art we publish."
The Quiet Collapse: On the End of Literary Infrastructure
As strikes, censorship, and corporate monopolies reshape how words move through the world, what remains of publishing when even imagination is being privatized?
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November 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Nimbys can't keep us down lol 🍕🍕🍕
Greasy takeout bag from Badiali and a bag of chips flavoured Badiali vodka sauce pizza.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Spent some of last month in a remote cabin, watching stars and telling tall tales by the fire while coyotes around us laughed in the dark
Sunny day overlooking a large pond with lily pads and cat tails. Serene sunset over a lake. Fire at night taken with long exposure so the sparks form a series of bright lines moving upward.
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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thearsonista.bsky.social
Welcome November guest editor - C.C. O’HANLON!!! @ccohanlon.bsky.social

JOURNEYS

Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.

Sendx
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
Burning House Press are excited to welcome C.C. O’HANLON as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today C.C. will take over editorship of Burning House Pre…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
kawaishen.bsky.social
Hoping someone translates this timely book into English 👀 www.full-stop.net/2025/08/18/r...
The Porno President – Bruna Kalil Othero
“Tits or ass?” Othero’s novel urges us to consider this question in today’s political landscape
www.full-stop.net
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM