Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Kay

Emily Zhou @emializh.bsky.social · 16h

thrilled to be able to talk about this directly now: the first book I edited for LittlePuss is available for pre-order.

we’ve got a little marketing gimmick as usual but i’m gonna be sincere for a second

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 19h

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

1 27 130

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never called someone a bozo but I bet it feels incredible

1

Reposted by Kay

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 2d

To have Olga Ravn say to you, “If you ever need a witch…”!!!!!

David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 11d

Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House

Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...

tinhouse.com

2 2 15

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 3d

wowww it was longlisted for the Booker Prize? I guess you have really good taste :))

1 1

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 3d

I read 10 books per year for fun and 40 to impress the people I’m trying to sleep with

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

2 6

Reposted by Kay

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

3.5K 16K 44K

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 5d

this one is soooo tender, I love it

1

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 6d

an exhortation

1

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 7d

SAME

1

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 7d

Instagram ad that says “Warning: This is the first Tucking Jeans turly (sic) made for you.”

1 2

Reposted by Kay

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 8d

82 2.2K 9.9K

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 8d

>:)

I am holding Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon in my hand!

2 1 9

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 8d

This month’s concerts:
Oct 11 - Destroyer
Oct 18 - Grizzly Bear
Oct 25 - Fiery Furnaces
I am living my best late-00s indie life

5

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 9d

oh heyyy

Paperback copy of Gendertrash from Hell, edited by Mirha-Soleil Ross

1 15

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 9d

apparently you aren't supposed to take Descovy and NSAIDs (Advil, Motrin) together, as they're a combined heavy load on the kidneys

I can't believe I have to choose between my two great loves: unprotected sex, and taking Advil

1 2

Reposted by Kay

zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 11d

22 200 980

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 10d

A Reagan appointee made me lib out??

1 1

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 10d

high speed chase down the freeway in Wayne Coyne’s giant bubble

1

Reposted by Kay

Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 11d

[reposting at the slightest provocation]

youtu.be/AHeW8McMBS8?...

2 9 89

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 13d

at the Isamu Noguchi Museum with @saraburke.net

1 6

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 13d

you ever have a dream that moves you a quarter-unit on the Kinsey scale

5

Reposted by Kay

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14d

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color

Every queer press org should be picking up this story

Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody

State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.

gothamist.com

35 2.1K 3.6K

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 14d

new Neko Case, Cate Le Bon, and Geese albums today. our cups runneth tf over

1

Reposted by Kay

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

99 2.1K 4.6K

Kay @kayannbee.bsky.social · 15d

@mexican_shinji has salvaged so many Thursday mornings. I owe him multiple coolers of Fantas