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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

based in turn on 'Sun-Maid and Dragon-Prince' in Apples of Immortality: Folktales of Armenia (LA: UofCA Press, 1968) collected & translated by Leon Surmelian

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

📚 sources
Based on the story 'Sun-Girl and Dragon-Prince’ in the children's collection The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women (Boston: Little, Brown, 2000) as retold by Katrin Tchana, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman...

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

Arevhat decides to search for a cure by walking to the end of the earth. She returns, lifts the curse, and man & land are restored. She is finally located by her monster-prince-turned husband, who asks her to come home. She gladly accepts, leaving her child to be raised by his father.

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

Enraged by her good fortune, her step-mother tries to drown her in a river but she survives until she can climb ashore. Having walked through the endless desert, one day she meets a man who cannot look at the sun and lives in darkness. Their friendship develops and they have a child together...

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

🔎 origin
Armenian

📖 story
Arevhat meets a woman who changes her life forever when she transforms her hair so it shines like the sun. Out into the world she goes, only to be stolen and fed to a monster. Her kindness melts his heart and he falls in love with her, turning back into a prince...

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 1d

#wanderlingwednesday
one for every week of the year

lesliehudson.bandcamp.com/track/sun-gi...

The silhouette of a young woman walking across a wide, deserted plain, beneath the beating sun, to find a cure for her partner. She walks until she wears out her shoes.

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 2d

I love your art, Beckett!

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 2d

The Oatmeal putting it into words better than I could. I hate AI with a depressing monotone of a wearied scream into the corporate void. I've never come closer to quitting making art for a living than I have in 2025. Reading this, helps me put words to thoughts.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 6d

Li Chi is a young woman from 4th c Chinese legend who stood up to power and saved her people from the tyranny of unjust rule and the complicity of wealth.
She had a sword, a dog, and some sticky rice balls. With them she slayed a monster.

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 6d

Give Me a Sword has a new lease on life thanks to Das Binky. This song is for all the Li Chi's among us, slaying the monsters we can. PWYC on Bandcamp today

lesliehudson.bandcamp.com/album/give-m...

Give Me a Sword (I'm Gonna Heal), by Leslie Hudson ft. Das Binky

2 track album

lesliehudson.bandcamp.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 6d

Liam Ó Maonlaí leads tributes to Manchán Magan who has died aged 55

“At the end of the night, the three of us held hands and said a prayer for Manchán on the street. It was before the word came. We got to the B&B and Rónán came in and said: ‘Tá sé imigh’.”
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Manchán Magan: Ó Maonlaí leads tributes to writer and documentary maker who has died aged 55

Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

www.irishtimes.com

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 8d

📚 sources
Based on the story ‘The Serpent Slayer’ in children's collection The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women (Boston: Little, Brown, 2000) as retold by Katrin Tchana, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; originally recorded by Gan Bao in the 4th c Jin dynastic collection Soushen Ji

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 8d

🔎 origin
Chinese

📖 story
Li Chi volunteers to be the annual sacrifice to a local serpent in order to protect her community. Armed with a sword, a dog, and some sticky rice balls she slays the monster and frees the village, bringing the bones of all those who died before her back to their families.

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 8d

#wanderlingwednesday
one for every week of the year

lesliehudson.bandcamp.com/track/give-m...

Young woman with sword raised and loyal dog at her side, prepares to attack serpent monster who wants to eat them. The serpent guards its hoard of bones.

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Nonbinary Memes and More @nonbinarymemes.bsky.social · 10d

Just sayin. 🤷🏻
#nonbinary
#lgbtq

On a purple and gray background with stars, hearts, and rainbows in the colors of the nonbinary pride flag is black text in a variety of fonts that says “If the GENDER BINARY was real, they wouldn’t need to make LAWS to enforce it.”

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 16d

I am autistic. I hear colour and taste sound. My brain is a marvel. I sing, write, paint, sculpt, compose, play, perform, imbue, impart, and inspire. I struggle to find my place in capitalism and arbitrary social constructs. I rebel against power. Passion, patterning, and integrity guide me forward.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16d

The bonkers wellness myths that fueled Trump’s autism announcement

Tylenol, folate deficiency, and other still-undetermined “environmental factors” were all to blame.

www.motherjones.com

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · 18d

for those of us who wrestle our autonomous creativity from the iron fist of perfectionism, especially when perfectionism is so damn hot #MusicSky #Swanky #BossaNova

"repeat after me" new single with @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social
lesliehudson.bandcamp.com/album/repeat...

repeat after me, by leslie hudson ft. mary crowell

1 track album

lesliehudson.bandcamp.com

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 20d

The word “myriad” can be used as either a noun or an adjective, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

#copyediting

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Love him!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Aug 31

Writers Sarah Clancy and Naoise Dolan to sail with the flotilla setting sail today.

www.thejournal.ie/aid-flotilla...

'We need to stop this': Aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg and Irish activists set to sail for Gaza

Irish actor Liam Cunningham, who is supporting the flotilla, described it as “an indication of the world’s failure to uphold international law”.

www.thejournal.ie

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Leslie Hudson @lesliehudson.bsky.social · Aug 10

Having grown up surrounded by green, gardens, and orchards, raised to immerse myself in the natural world and travel to see its wonders, I helped teach a generation of kids to cherish, explore, and nurture their own connections. It was the most important lesson.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...