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Mae Diansangu

@vavapoetry.bsky.social

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Day job☀️ ASN classroom assistant Creative practice✍🏾 Poet [Scots + English] Drag alter ego🕺🏾👑 Uncle Tony [email protected]

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · Nov 15

BUY MY BLOODY BOOK. Shifting between English and North-East Scots, BLOODSONGS, is an ode to matters of the blood: queer carnality; black rage; the crude power of myth and how history is felt in the body🩸 www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/bloo...

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · 2d

those are my emotional support em dashes and you will be prising them from my dead hands!!

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · 3d

It really is such a treat when I get to take part in very cool bookish events with very cool bookish people 💜

Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 3d

Another bit of Aye Write! excitement: I'll be chatting with Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh and Lewis Hetherington on Saturday 8 November about Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/who-...

Cover of the book Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

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Tapsalteerie @tapsalteerie.bsky.social · 9d

All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon (Stewed Rhubarb, 2024)

From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 10d

If you're looking for a good deed to do today, maybe spare some pennies here if you can:

www.gofundme.com/f/my-fathers...

Donate to My Father's Fight Against Stage 4 Cancer, organized by Sonali Misra

Hi, my name is Sonali, a resident of the UK, and I'm fundraising for my father's… Sonali Misra needs your support for My Father's Fight Against Stage 4 Cancer

www.gofundme.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 11d

Publicity shot for a stage production of 'The Wizard of Oz', 1902. Arthur Hill as the Lion and Anna Laughlin as Dorothy

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · 19d

Oh, Fiona, so sorry for your loss. Sending you lots of love 💜

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Ryan Vamps @ryanvance.bsky.social · 22d

I've put together a pack of ghostly, biological, ecological & geological grain textures for use in any art/design projects you might have. 25 files, 300dpi, free for download via Dropbox - if you find them useful, show your appreciation via Ko-fi!

www.ryanvance.co.uk/resources

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Tapsalteerie @tapsalteerie.bsky.social · 28d

Big & joyous news: Mae Diansangu's Bloodsongs has been longlisted for the Poetry Debut prize in the Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎉

Congratulations, Mae! 👏

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We're so happy to see this incredible book continuing to get the recognition it deserves! 🥹

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · Sep 7

🚨 BREAKING!

The Scottish Government has announced that it will back our bill to ban greyhound racing!

This cruel sport resulted in the deaths of hundreds of dogs in the UK last year.

It's time to end it in Scotland for good.

Scotland closer to ban on greyhound racing. Government backs Green bill at stage 1.

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

Love this. LOVE. THIS.

ideaspace.bsky.social @ideaspace.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you hate ai, congrats you now understand racists. The parallels are deep. "But AI isn't human; alive; doesn't have a soul" Yeah, that's what people have been saying about other races since the beginning of time.

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Tapsalteerie @tapsalteerie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Love & Other Cancers by Olivia Thomakos. Deeply personal—yet universally resonant—this book deftly exploring the struggles of life journeys as we discover ourselves & navigate familial, friendly, & romantic relationships through seasons of illness, loss, & change.

stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...

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Tapsalteerie @tapsalteerie.bsky.social · Aug 31

Titular poem from Shane Strachan’s 2024 collection Dwams.

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In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…

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Ryan Vamps @ryanvance.bsky.social · Aug 30

They’re right, you couldn’t make Life of Brian today; the director would be thrown in jail for setting a scene in Palestine and shouting “action!”

RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · Aug 30

Old entertainers need to stop saying this shit. Firstly it's boring grumpiness. Two, It's not true and thirdly, if it's true it also doesn't make sense. How do you "not make" something that already exists

Headline quote from telegraph interview with Michael Palin: I don't think you could make Life of Brian now. Everything is adversarial.

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · Aug 29

Infinitely grateful to have lived in the same universe as James Baldwin.

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · Aug 24

In episode 10 of In My Good Books I spoke to 4 writers who withdrew their nomination from this year’s Polari Prize. They are @vavapoetry.bsky.social @sachacoward.bsky.social Rhian Elizabeth and Robert Hamberger.

Then in episode 11 I caught up with @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social author of Flat 401.

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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com · Aug 26

FINE social is a relaxed evening with no set agenda. Take along games, cards, or creative prompts to share – or just go for a chat with other freelancers.

Back on Wednesday at the Arts Centre Cafe Bar, it’s free and open to all, no booking required.

More 👇🏼
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Bold poster with blue and yellow background. Large yellow text reads “FINE.” Below in smaller text: “Creative Continuum monthly social for creative freelancers. Last Wednesday of the month. Aberdeen Arts Centre 6–8pm. All welcome!” Small red text “POST” at the bottom.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · Aug 25

One can remain happily alive for long periods of time by being vaguely interested in what tomorrow's tiny treat may be.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Aug 23

got to read a favorite poem to some adorable farm friends

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Myshele Haywood @myshele.bsky.social · Aug 22

Westhill welcomes refugees, not racism! Community groups & local residents are gathering on Saturday 23 August, 5-7pm, for a peaceful event outside the Hampton Hotel on Straik Rd, Westhill. There will be food, music, colourful banners and messages of hope for the refugees living there. (1/6)

Westhill welcomes refugees, not racism! Saturday 23 August, 5-7pm, Hampton Hotel, Straik Rd, Westhill, AB32 6TL. Peaceful community event with food, music, colourful banners and messages of hope for refugees. All welcome. With cartoon image of three people smiling and waving, and logos of Disabled People Against Cuts, Aberdeen Trades Union Council and Aberdeen Social Centre.

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LJ @coffeecurls.bsky.social · Aug 20

Stupid sexy Flanders...

Image shows pavement cracked in the image of a shapely bottom - wording relates to a Simpsons episode in which Homer finds Ned Flanders sexy

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Mae Diansangu @vavapoetry.bsky.social · Aug 20

BLOODSONGS has been nominated for Scots Book of The Year(!) The public decides the winner, but you don't need to live in Scotland to vote - just follow the link 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💖
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...