Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
@ringwraith10.bsky.social
M.A. in Literature | Blogger on "Video Games as Literature" and "My Forest Library" | I am ♿🏳️🌈. She/Her.
🔜 #SciFiMonth November
♿: CFS, Endo, Autistic, many other dx.
See also @videogamesaslit.bsky.social
🔜 #SciFiMonth November
♿: CFS, Endo, Autistic, many other dx.
See also @videogamesaslit.bsky.social
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In honor of Final Fantasy IX's 25th anniversary, check out my blog post about FFIX and its Shakespearean influence!
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www.videogamesaslit.com/2013/11/fina...
Final Fantasy IX and the Shakespearean Tradition
Spoiler Warning: this post contains spoilers for the game Final Fantasy IX and possibly for various Shakespeare plays. Image Cr...
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Can you sum up your gender in 4 fictional characters?
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Can you sum up your gender in 4 fictional characters?
Thomas King absolutely does need to apologize because he absolutely did do something wrong. He believed a family rumor and didn't do any due diligence in claiming a heritage that he was not a part of.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Acclaimed Writer of Indigenous Stories Says He Is Not Cherokee
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Thomas King absolutely does need to apologize because he absolutely did do something wrong. He believed a family rumor and didn't do any due diligence in claiming a heritage that he was not a part of.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
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This video puts to words some of the feelings I've had about modern movies/cgi/digital film but haven't been able to enunciate, but moreover nails a problem in modern art making: the lack of real, tactile experiences reflected in the work youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This video puts to words some of the feelings I've had about modern movies/cgi/digital film but haven't been able to enunciate, but moreover nails a problem in modern art making: the lack of real, tactile experiences reflected in the work youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Excuse me, why the hell is Joy Behar saying, "Epstein's *alleged* victims" (emphasis mine)?
1) Epstein was convicted. You don't have to say "alleged" when the perp is convicted.
2) You cannot legally defame someone who's dead.
This just feels so insulting to the very real victims.
1) Epstein was convicted. You don't have to say "alleged" when the perp is convicted.
2) You cannot legally defame someone who's dead.
This just feels so insulting to the very real victims.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Excuse me, why the hell is Joy Behar saying, "Epstein's *alleged* victims" (emphasis mine)?
1) Epstein was convicted. You don't have to say "alleged" when the perp is convicted.
2) You cannot legally defame someone who's dead.
This just feels so insulting to the very real victims.
1) Epstein was convicted. You don't have to say "alleged" when the perp is convicted.
2) You cannot legally defame someone who's dead.
This just feels so insulting to the very real victims.
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
It's A Month of Rain & Reads and we wish you a quiet morning.
In today's Guest Post we hear from Sarah Chorn and Ken Scholes who talk about their experiences with Complex PTSD and how it affected their lives and creativity.
www.readindiefantasy.com/complex-ptsd...
#AMoRaR #BookSky #CPTSD
In today's Guest Post we hear from Sarah Chorn and Ken Scholes who talk about their experiences with Complex PTSD and how it affected their lives and creativity.
www.readindiefantasy.com/complex-ptsd...
#AMoRaR #BookSky #CPTSD
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads and we wish you a quiet morning.
In today's Guest Post we hear from Sarah Chorn and Ken Scholes who talk about their experiences with Complex PTSD and how it affected their lives and creativity.
www.readindiefantasy.com/complex-ptsd...
#AMoRaR #BookSky #CPTSD
In today's Guest Post we hear from Sarah Chorn and Ken Scholes who talk about their experiences with Complex PTSD and how it affected their lives and creativity.
www.readindiefantasy.com/complex-ptsd...
#AMoRaR #BookSky #CPTSD
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Great and encouraging ruling. But what an irritating headline, which centers on the perpetrator rather than on the victims. "Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally" could just as easily have been, "Victory for artists as court rules OpenAI violated copyright."
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Great and encouraging ruling. But what an irritating headline, which centers on the perpetrator rather than on the victims. "Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally" could just as easily have been, "Victory for artists as court rules OpenAI violated copyright."
I went ahead and started a list on my blog that I can share when people ask for recommendations of magic kid books that aren't HP.
myforestlibrary.com/2025/11/06/b...
myforestlibrary.com/2025/11/06/b...
Book Recommendations: Magical Kid Books for Children
People regularly ask me for book recommendations in a variety of genres, but one specific genre that comes up frequently is Magic School books — specifically, readers want alternatives to tha…
myforestlibrary.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I went ahead and started a list on my blog that I can share when people ask for recommendations of magic kid books that aren't HP.
myforestlibrary.com/2025/11/06/b...
myforestlibrary.com/2025/11/06/b...
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
Off the top of my head, if I'm recommending children's books about magic schools or magical kids I'd start with these:
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
Franchises Winx Club, Ever After High, My Little Pony also have good books!
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
Franchises Winx Club, Ever After High, My Little Pony also have good books!
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Off the top of my head, if I'm recommending children's books about magic schools or magical kids I'd start with these:
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
Franchises Winx Club, Ever After High, My Little Pony also have good books!
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub
Franchises Winx Club, Ever After High, My Little Pony also have good books!
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
Also in keeping with today's #SciFiMonth prompt ("Previously, on SciFi Month"): can you believe I've been participating in SciFi Month since 2014?! It's hard to believe we've been doing this for over a decade! Here's a history of my SciFi Month blog posts:
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www.videogamesaslit.com/search/label...
Video Games as Literature: Essays by Kirsten Rodning
An academic approach to analyzing video games in a literary context.
www.videogamesaslit.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Also in keeping with today's #SciFiMonth prompt ("Previously, on SciFi Month"): can you believe I've been participating in SciFi Month since 2014?! It's hard to believe we've been doing this for over a decade! Here's a history of my SciFi Month blog posts:
www.videogamesaslit.com/search/label...
www.videogamesaslit.com/search/label...
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Happy #ScifiMonth when we share our love of a favourite genre. It’s a casual cruise across galaxies and timelines this year, and we can’t wait to see where your travels take you!
As always we have daily prompts and Friday Fives plus a picture bingo and a read along of Ancillary Justice 🚀
As always we have daily prompts and Friday Fives plus a picture bingo and a read along of Ancillary Justice 🚀
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Happy #ScifiMonth when we share our love of a favourite genre. It’s a casual cruise across galaxies and timelines this year, and we can’t wait to see where your travels take you!
As always we have daily prompts and Friday Fives plus a picture bingo and a read along of Ancillary Justice 🚀
As always we have daily prompts and Friday Fives plus a picture bingo and a read along of Ancillary Justice 🚀
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
I'm planning 🤞 to read The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum and Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. In terms of video games, I've already started playing Slime Rancher 2, and I'll be playing Outer Wilds with the Literary Game Club. #SciFiMonth #SciFiMonth2025
Day 1: put your suits on! What will you be reading this month? #SciifiMonth
Full challenge: adancewithbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/a...
Full challenge: adancewithbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/a...
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm planning 🤞 to read The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum and Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. In terms of video games, I've already started playing Slime Rancher 2, and I'll be playing Outer Wilds with the Literary Game Club. #SciFiMonth #SciFiMonth2025
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
"The two listed here are the clearest examples of women reporting such crimes, but they are by no means the only ones..."
theconversation.com/written-acco...
theconversation.com/written-acco...
Written accounts reveal how sexual assault claims were dealt with in the middle ages
Written medieval records clearly show that women publicly and successfully reported men to the local authorities for sexual assault.
theconversation.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"The two listed here are the clearest examples of women reporting such crimes, but they are by no means the only ones..."
theconversation.com/written-acco...
theconversation.com/written-acco...
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Well he should march right down to the Anti Fascist HQ and explain to them why being Pro Fascist is the better position.
November 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Well he should march right down to the Anti Fascist HQ and explain to them why being Pro Fascist is the better position.
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
If you did paid work for a game you shouldn’t be in “special thanks”
‘Special thanks’ is for people’s dogs and cats. Not for people who spent five years of their lives actively developing a videogame for you
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you did paid work for a game you shouldn’t be in “special thanks”
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
I hate/love this. I need a new word for that mix of horror and hope.
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I hate/love this. I need a new word for that mix of horror and hope.
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I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
Chloe was not as cooperative with her Halloween costume as I'd hoped (popped her head up out of full ball pose), but still she's rocking the soot sprite outfit
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Chloe was not as cooperative with her Halloween costume as I'd hoped (popped her head up out of full ball pose), but still she's rocking the soot sprite outfit
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
Big fan of conservation cemeteries and this is a delightful read about this slice of the death and conservation movements! (I like to think that there's an alternate world version of me running a pet and human cemetery with cake emporium.)
Life Beyond the Grave
These morticians are both conservation heroes and undertakers
www.sierraclub.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Big fan of conservation cemeteries and this is a delightful read about this slice of the death and conservation movements! (I like to think that there's an alternate world version of me running a pet and human cemetery with cake emporium.)
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
every couple of days the official white house website says "we want to kill you. we want to destroy everything you love. we are the living incarnation of death and we shall sweep life from this earth like an unstoppable whirlwind" and its like oh. ok. do i still have to pay taxes
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
every couple of days the official white house website says "we want to kill you. we want to destroy everything you love. we are the living incarnation of death and we shall sweep life from this earth like an unstoppable whirlwind" and its like oh. ok. do i still have to pay taxes
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The City of Boynton Beach is ending free little libraries and food pantries when they are needed most. Please speak up and support these hundreds of community support outreaches in neighborhoods next door.
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
Sign the Petition
Amend City Code to Protect Boynton Beach's Little Free Libraries
www.change.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The City of Boynton Beach is ending free little libraries and food pantries when they are needed most. Please speak up and support these hundreds of community support outreaches in neighborhoods next door.
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
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I am required to show off this spectacular cover (artist: Juan Bernabeu) for my near future political novelette coming on @reactorsff.bsky.social on Nov 5.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I am required to show off this spectacular cover (artist: Juan Bernabeu) for my near future political novelette coming on @reactorsff.bsky.social on Nov 5.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
Reposted by Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic)
I have been playing Stray Children ahead of launch. I'm not as far into it as I'd like to be due to being bogged down in other obligations. But I love it so far and am also fascinated by it.
If you liked Moon, Earthbound, Undertale, and other "oddball games" as it were, this is for you.
If you liked Moon, Earthbound, Undertale, and other "oddball games" as it were, this is for you.
Small release-day housekeeping note:
The Steam version... is alive! You can get it right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
The eShop page for the Nintendo Switch version will be up in 1 hour and 45 minutes!
Please hold the champagne uncorking until then!
The Steam version... is alive! You can get it right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
The eShop page for the Nintendo Switch version will be up in 1 hour and 45 minutes!
Please hold the champagne uncorking until then!
Save 10% on Stray Children on Steam
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
store.steampowered.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I have been playing Stray Children ahead of launch. I'm not as far into it as I'd like to be due to being bogged down in other obligations. But I love it so far and am also fascinated by it.
If you liked Moon, Earthbound, Undertale, and other "oddball games" as it were, this is for you.
If you liked Moon, Earthbound, Undertale, and other "oddball games" as it were, this is for you.
We should all wear "Urban Decay Desperation" eyeliner and make J.D. Vance most famous for starting a huge makeup trend.
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We should all wear "Urban Decay Desperation" eyeliner and make J.D. Vance most famous for starting a huge makeup trend.