Kym Deyn
@kymdeyn.bsky.social
Nuisance, writer, publisher - the devil's dandy - poetry & weird fic - tarot - kymdeyn.com - thebraag.co - she/they with MECFS. In books and in bogs.
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Kym Deyn
@kymdeyn.bsky.social
· Dec 7
I'm Kym, a poet, spec fic writer & editor from the North of England. My debut poetry collection is forthcoming with @ninearchespress.bsky.social 2026 & you can find the other stuff I've done here kymdeyn.com. I run a press: @thebraag.bsky.social. I love books, bogs, and my wife.
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HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
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Seems legit
People are claiming Pancake Day wasn’t originally a pagan festival, when you only have to look at the name to know it was once a day when cakes were offered to Pan
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Seems legit
Like, yeah, it sucks to be disabled sometimes, but genuinely? I think it sucks more for all of you, because if I had the energy I *would* be doing a drag routine to 'Hard to be the Bard' from Something Rotten. And of course, I would find the world's most ridiculous cod piece.
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Like, yeah, it sucks to be disabled sometimes, but genuinely? I think it sucks more for all of you, because if I had the energy I *would* be doing a drag routine to 'Hard to be the Bard' from Something Rotten. And of course, I would find the world's most ridiculous cod piece.
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I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
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Stopping autistic kids from fixating on a special interest, pressuring trans kids to try not being trans, pressuring gay kids to try being straight instead, pressuring dyslexics to just try to read better or to see themselves as stupid otherwise, whatever.
All of these need to stop.
All of these need to stop.
February 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Stopping autistic kids from fixating on a special interest, pressuring trans kids to try not being trans, pressuring gay kids to try being straight instead, pressuring dyslexics to just try to read better or to see themselves as stupid otherwise, whatever.
All of these need to stop.
All of these need to stop.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Hello Monday.
🖼️ Igor & Marina
🖼️ Igor & Marina
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Hello Monday.
🖼️ Igor & Marina
🖼️ Igor & Marina
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Forgot to post this one
![[Scene is KEIR STARMER as FATHER CHRISTMAS in his factory, with RACHEL REEVES as an awkward-looking Head Elf]
1
FATHER KEIR:
Well, well, well!
[Elf Reeves is holding an enormous sack of letters]
2
FATHER KEIR:
Look at all these letters of membership cancellation!
ELF REEVES:
More than ever this year
3
[Father Keir reads one out:]
“Dear Father Keir
I am writing to cancel my Labour Party membership…”
Awww how sweet
4
“I have truly believed for 40 years, but now I’ve had enough.”
5
“Please please please this year can you deliver some policies that aren’t craven right wing bullshit?”
6
FATHER KEIR:
Well, I think we know what to give this good boy don’t we?
Elf Mahmood!
7
[Show SHABANA MAHMOOD as an elf poking her head round a doorway to afactory full of busy elves, above the door is a wooden sign reading CRAVEN RIGHTWING BULLSHIT FACTORY]
ELF MAHMOOD:
What.
8
FATHER KEIR:
Do we have any performatively cruel immigration stuff left?
9
ELF MAHMOOD:
We've got ‘stealing their belongings and a 20-year wait for settled status’…?
10
FATHER KEIR:
In the sack, please!
[Elves Mahmood and Reeves push the big sack into the sleigh as father Keir climbs in the driver’s seat]
11
And off we goooo!
[He wooshes off into the snowy polar night]
12
[Cut to a person’s LIVING ROOM - a man and a woman are looking in their stockings - the man looks disappointed]
WOMAN:
Is it not what you wanted
MAN:
Not really, no
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreid3i66ptsq5hvcwqftxwpr5hetglcixslpbskhsigu7t6c7bng3uq@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Forgot to post this one
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howl’s many faces
(tattoo flash design)
(tattoo flash design)
February 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
howl’s many faces
(tattoo flash design)
(tattoo flash design)
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Hi everyone I’m really struggling to find people of color who have ME/CFS to take the survey. I’m at a bit of a disadvantage because I can’t flyer in person. I’ve reached out to over 20 practitioners, only 2 have responded. Please lmk if you have any advice! This is an international survey
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Hi everyone I’m really struggling to find people of color who have ME/CFS to take the survey. I’m at a bit of a disadvantage because I can’t flyer in person. I’ve reached out to over 20 practitioners, only 2 have responded. Please lmk if you have any advice! This is an international survey
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📢 Exciting times ahead
🖊️ Sign-up for our TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH
Tuesday 21st April, 7pm
Featuring #poetry from @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social and @kymdeyn.bsky.social as they celebrate these wonderful new books.
Pay what you can: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
🖊️ Sign-up for our TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH
Tuesday 21st April, 7pm
Featuring #poetry from @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social and @kymdeyn.bsky.social as they celebrate these wonderful new books.
Pay what you can: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
February 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
📢 Exciting times ahead
🖊️ Sign-up for our TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH
Tuesday 21st April, 7pm
Featuring #poetry from @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social and @kymdeyn.bsky.social as they celebrate these wonderful new books.
Pay what you can: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
🖊️ Sign-up for our TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH
Tuesday 21st April, 7pm
Featuring #poetry from @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social and @kymdeyn.bsky.social as they celebrate these wonderful new books.
Pay what you can: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
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February 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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I can't convey with words how utterly revolting is to find your own work regurgitated by genAI.
Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021.
Right: ..whatever that is
Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021.
Right: ..whatever that is
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I can't convey with words how utterly revolting is to find your own work regurgitated by genAI.
Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021.
Right: ..whatever that is
Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021.
Right: ..whatever that is
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If you see this, post a dragon! #kidlitart #illustration
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you see this, post a dragon! #kidlitart #illustration
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“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
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Happy scream at eachother day :P
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Happy scream at eachother day :P
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long distance relationship
February 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
long distance relationship
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I am a @kymdeyn.bsky.social fanatic. save me kym deyn. kym deyn swoop in on your velvet dandyness & boggy murkwaters and carry me away.
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I am a @kymdeyn.bsky.social fanatic. save me kym deyn. kym deyn swoop in on your velvet dandyness & boggy murkwaters and carry me away.
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Another snoopy commission
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Another snoopy commission
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Neolithic Pig Cauldron floating in the woods
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Neolithic Pig Cauldron floating in the woods
In the libraries I work at, the older generation are reading Mills & Boon titles like "Passionate Night with the Greek Billionaire" "A Convenient Engagement for the Rake", and "My Forbidden Viking Liason". You ✨cannot✨ scandalise them.
What tf is this supposed to mean, my grandmother read Harlequin romance novels, women over 65 are among the most hornt up people imaginable
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
In the libraries I work at, the older generation are reading Mills & Boon titles like "Passionate Night with the Greek Billionaire" "A Convenient Engagement for the Rake", and "My Forbidden Viking Liason". You ✨cannot✨ scandalise them.
Folkish, Nine Arches Press (2026)
Babe, would you still love me if I was a wyrm?
February 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Folkish, Nine Arches Press (2026)
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Consultation here: consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Keeping children safe in education: 2026 proposed revisions
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Consultation here: consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
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Staggering. The guidance shows clearly how trans kids will be treated as pariahs, with sanctioned discrimination built into every part of school life. And the insane bigots of the press remain upset that these kids *exist* bsky.app/profile/hlee...
You all saw the guidance that went out yesterday for trans kids in schools. Absolutely horrific stuff.
This is how the right wing papers are covering that news. Times, Mail and Telegraph all have it on their front page, the first two as their main story of the day.
Guardian's coverage included
This is how the right wing papers are covering that news. Times, Mail and Telegraph all have it on their front page, the first two as their main story of the day.
Guardian's coverage included
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Staggering. The guidance shows clearly how trans kids will be treated as pariahs, with sanctioned discrimination built into every part of school life. And the insane bigots of the press remain upset that these kids *exist* bsky.app/profile/hlee...
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Labour did a Section 28 and who the hell was it for? If it was to appease bigots, guess what? They failed.
You all saw the guidance that went out yesterday for trans kids in schools. Absolutely horrific stuff.
This is how the right wing papers are covering that news. Times, Mail and Telegraph all have it on their front page, the first two as their main story of the day.
Guardian's coverage included
This is how the right wing papers are covering that news. Times, Mail and Telegraph all have it on their front page, the first two as their main story of the day.
Guardian's coverage included
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Labour did a Section 28 and who the hell was it for? If it was to appease bigots, guess what? They failed.