emily moonlight
@threnody.bsky.social
fiction writer • roommate to 3 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
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emily moonlight
@threnody.bsky.social
· Sep 20
yeah, but my vigilante name is bitchbones, so
after about 2.5 years of full engagement with a single social media site after never really being previously embroiled (i had 100 or fewer friends on a myspace & facebook way way back), i have a bunch of takeaways & almost all of them are pretty depressing.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
after about 2.5 years of full engagement with a single social media site after never really being previously embroiled (i had 100 or fewer friends on a myspace & facebook way way back), i have a bunch of takeaways & almost all of them are pretty depressing.
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How far we've come
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
How far we've come
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
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A very happy birthday to the lovely and supremely talented Dottie from @dearyband.bsky.social (the greatest dreampop band since Cocteau Twins)
celebrate by giving a listen to my Song of the Year for 2024
#shoegaze
celebrate by giving a listen to my Song of the Year for 2024
#shoegaze
Selene, by deary
from the album Aurelia
deary.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A very happy birthday to the lovely and supremely talented Dottie from @dearyband.bsky.social (the greatest dreampop band since Cocteau Twins)
celebrate by giving a listen to my Song of the Year for 2024
#shoegaze
celebrate by giving a listen to my Song of the Year for 2024
#shoegaze
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you should read this
I wrote about a potential IOC ban over transgender, intersex and DSD athletes and how that ties in with the tragic death of Lia Smith here in the U.S.
Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?
Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?
What happens when the dog catches the car does it just stop and wag its tail and everyone pats it on the head saying good job?
Ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea the IOC held a series of roundtables with journalists on a number of topics. This was a standard thing that their media relations team wou...
www.sydney-bauer.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
you should read this
we actually *did* leave a plate of cookie sex toys & milk-flavored lube out for santa & steve at our house. by the broken fireplace where the tools had been replaced by other exciting devices.
one year, we got our xmas lists back with a handwritten note from steve saying, “stop doing this. please.”
one year, we got our xmas lists back with a handwritten note from steve saying, “stop doing this. please.”
It’s Adam and Eve not Santa and Steve
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
we actually *did* leave a plate of cookie sex toys & milk-flavored lube out for santa & steve at our house. by the broken fireplace where the tools had been replaced by other exciting devices.
one year, we got our xmas lists back with a handwritten note from steve saying, “stop doing this. please.”
one year, we got our xmas lists back with a handwritten note from steve saying, “stop doing this. please.”
(bluesky moderation has been pretty roundly terrible and that being a fairly undeniable known issue some of you have absolutely lost the plot and should maybe pick different hills to die on)
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
(bluesky moderation has been pretty roundly terrible and that being a fairly undeniable known issue some of you have absolutely lost the plot and should maybe pick different hills to die on)
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People INCLUDING TRANS FRIENDLY MEDIA keep writing news stories on exclusions of trans people from women's sport while never talking to trans women athletes involved in women's sports.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
People INCLUDING TRANS FRIENDLY MEDIA keep writing news stories on exclusions of trans people from women's sport while never talking to trans women athletes involved in women's sports.
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NEW: "Wicked: For Good" is a potent fascism allegory that speaks in the language of one of America's most successfully enduring pieces of mass culture.
I interviewed Oscar winning costume designer Paul Tazewell about designing aesthetics of freedom for @thecut.com.
I interviewed Oscar winning costume designer Paul Tazewell about designing aesthetics of freedom for @thecut.com.
The Costumer Who Changed Hollywood For Good
Oscar-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell shares the inspiration behind his textured designs for the world of Oz.
www.thecut.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NEW: "Wicked: For Good" is a potent fascism allegory that speaks in the language of one of America's most successfully enduring pieces of mass culture.
I interviewed Oscar winning costume designer Paul Tazewell about designing aesthetics of freedom for @thecut.com.
I interviewed Oscar winning costume designer Paul Tazewell about designing aesthetics of freedom for @thecut.com.
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
[looking at a blurry hotel room mirror full body selfie in asymmetrical overhead lighting that i took while barely breaking stride]
“wow, you’d have to cut the whole head off my body to make the most mediocre looking woman on the planet”
it maaaaay be time to call it quits after a 16 hour workday.
“wow, you’d have to cut the whole head off my body to make the most mediocre looking woman on the planet”
it maaaaay be time to call it quits after a 16 hour workday.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
[looking at a blurry hotel room mirror full body selfie in asymmetrical overhead lighting that i took while barely breaking stride]
“wow, you’d have to cut the whole head off my body to make the most mediocre looking woman on the planet”
it maaaaay be time to call it quits after a 16 hour workday.
“wow, you’d have to cut the whole head off my body to make the most mediocre looking woman on the planet”
it maaaaay be time to call it quits after a 16 hour workday.
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There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
katherine has more patience than me because i just spit on the ground about it.
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One of the reasons people--myself included--are upset is the lack of transparency from the Times about this entire situation when they've gone on endless crusades against transgender people on flimsy evidence or ideological whim; we can also talk about the Mamdani/Columbia thing or Claudine Gay.
"I'm a rando who prefers to believe that everything is a conspiracy and am happy to tell women that I know better than she does how their literal job works" That a news org makes an editorial decision you wouldn't (or I wouldn't) doesn't mean someone is killing a story on behalf of a powerful person
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
katherine has more patience than me because i just spit on the ground about it.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
just got a snail mail rejection from a lit magazine addressed to a deadname i haven’t used in so long i almost put it back in the mailbox because i didn’t realize the recipient was supposed to be me.
cheers to brain plasticity & the mercy of imperfect human memory 🥳
jeers to your editorial team 😒
cheers to brain plasticity & the mercy of imperfect human memory 🥳
jeers to your editorial team 😒
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
just got a snail mail rejection from a lit magazine addressed to a deadname i haven’t used in so long i almost put it back in the mailbox because i didn’t realize the recipient was supposed to be me.
cheers to brain plasticity & the mercy of imperfect human memory 🥳
jeers to your editorial team 😒
cheers to brain plasticity & the mercy of imperfect human memory 🥳
jeers to your editorial team 😒
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I remain skeptical that any rich people plot to control the media requires them to bother dictating day to day coverage, when class solidarity can also get it done, and with less effort
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I remain skeptical that any rich people plot to control the media requires them to bother dictating day to day coverage, when class solidarity can also get it done, and with less effort
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hey look you may have helped finance attacks on trans and immigrant rights and the downfall of democracy as well as the protection of a bunch of extremely high profile pedophiles but at least the wordle was good right
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
hey look you may have helped finance attacks on trans and immigrant rights and the downfall of democracy as well as the protection of a bunch of extremely high profile pedophiles but at least the wordle was good right
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i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
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you can tell bsky is a viable social media platform the way clouds of NYT contributors are crashing out on the timeline today
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
you can tell bsky is a viable social media platform the way clouds of NYT contributors are crashing out on the timeline today
the first time i saw this i laughed hard enough to wake up everyone in the house which includes the upstairs neighbors who didn’t know me and were like “what the fuck is that bitch doing awake at this hour?”
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
if you’ve never seen the skit this is from, it’s sublime
you’re welcome
you’re welcome
Oreo CEO: Stop Making New Oreos
YouTube video by Dropout
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the first time i saw this i laughed hard enough to wake up everyone in the house which includes the upstairs neighbors who didn’t know me and were like “what the fuck is that bitch doing awake at this hour?”
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
honestly. seriously. for real.
if i were not married to someone i like seeing in my 2 hours a day & i didn’t support cats, what would be the point of this?
if the work adds nothing to the world & you hate it what is the point of surviving it?
i miss tending bar, where i was at least drunk.
if i were not married to someone i like seeing in my 2 hours a day & i didn’t support cats, what would be the point of this?
if the work adds nothing to the world & you hate it what is the point of surviving it?
i miss tending bar, where i was at least drunk.
there’s something strangely unsatisfying about working from like an hour after i get up to an hour before i go to sleep all the time but i can’t quite put my finger on it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
honestly. seriously. for real.
if i were not married to someone i like seeing in my 2 hours a day & i didn’t support cats, what would be the point of this?
if the work adds nothing to the world & you hate it what is the point of surviving it?
i miss tending bar, where i was at least drunk.
if i were not married to someone i like seeing in my 2 hours a day & i didn’t support cats, what would be the point of this?
if the work adds nothing to the world & you hate it what is the point of surviving it?
i miss tending bar, where i was at least drunk.
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remember when most of Congress went hard after Backpage in early 2018 but did nothing to actually help young people who are poor, homeless, and trying to get by
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
remember when most of Congress went hard after Backpage in early 2018 but did nothing to actually help young people who are poor, homeless, and trying to get by