Ada Cadence
@adacadence.bsky.social
Ada Cadence (She/Her) Trans poetics, meditations on wonder. A conduit of word offerings from and to the earth. Written on and influenced by the land belonging to the O’odham nations.
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Ada Cadence
@adacadence.bsky.social
· Oct 22
We Are Made of All This | Ada Cadence | Substack
Inviting wonder as a discipline. Trans. Autistic. Queer. A conduit for the Earth. Click to read We Are Made of All This, by Ada Cadence, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com
I’m compiling my writings and poetry here:
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How does your body respond to atrocity, and what does that say about what is important to you?
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/wonder-eve...
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Wonder, Even as the World Burns
Our bodies as an answer to atrocity
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November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
How does your body respond to atrocity, and what does that say about what is important to you?
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/wonder-eve...
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/wonder-eve...
I love cloudy mornings. The sun's absence is especially notable in this desert. The sky is saying, "Today is not a day to be bright and loud. Today is a lovely opportunity to be quiet and small." Listless, secure, like the covers have been pulled up all the way past my head. I feel safe and free.
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love cloudy mornings. The sun's absence is especially notable in this desert. The sky is saying, "Today is not a day to be bright and loud. Today is a lovely opportunity to be quiet and small." Listless, secure, like the covers have been pulled up all the way past my head. I feel safe and free.
I’ve started a new little project as a scientist of wonder, and I hope it makes you smile today <3
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/fieldnotes...
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/fieldnotes...
Fieldnotes: Coffee
Bringing wonder to everyday moments
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November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’ve started a new little project as a scientist of wonder, and I hope it makes you smile today <3
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/fieldnotes...
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/fieldnotes...
I love being warm. Cold drinks become divine, a breeze becomes like the sensual caress of a lover. Cooling off feels so alive!
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I love being warm. Cold drinks become divine, a breeze becomes like the sensual caress of a lover. Cooling off feels so alive!
We have spent how many centuries perfecting the art of building structures to shelter us from outside? And here I am bringing in animals and plants and winds and waters anyways.
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We have spent how many centuries perfecting the art of building structures to shelter us from outside? And here I am bringing in animals and plants and winds and waters anyways.
I wrote an essay about hugs! I found so much joy as I wrote this and I hope it makes you feel as warm as I do <3
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/a-universe...
#substack #transjoy #trans #poems #queer #lgbt #autistic #actuallyautistic #queerwriters
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/a-universe...
#substack #transjoy #trans #poems #queer #lgbt #autistic #actuallyautistic #queerwriters
A Universe in a Hug
The quiet power of a single embrace
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November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wrote an essay about hugs! I found so much joy as I wrote this and I hope it makes you feel as warm as I do <3
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/a-universe...
#substack #transjoy #trans #poems #queer #lgbt #autistic #actuallyautistic #queerwriters
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/a-universe...
#substack #transjoy #trans #poems #queer #lgbt #autistic #actuallyautistic #queerwriters
Sometimes it still baffles me how powerful a hug can be. In a single embrace, you are saying to someone, “Here is my body. Please take care of it for just a moment.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Sometimes it still baffles me how powerful a hug can be. In a single embrace, you are saying to someone, “Here is my body. Please take care of it for just a moment.”
Loneliness is interesting. I have so many hobbies at my disposal, but when I feel disconnected from those closest to me, loneliness acts as a barrier to me doing the things I like. I'm learning to listen to what the loneliness wants to say to me first rather than simply shoving it away.
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Loneliness is interesting. I have so many hobbies at my disposal, but when I feel disconnected from those closest to me, loneliness acts as a barrier to me doing the things I like. I'm learning to listen to what the loneliness wants to say to me first rather than simply shoving it away.
Now having access to the fullness of human experience, I have so much joy in almost every moment. But I am also afraid. All the time. And I love the part of me that is afraid. That part is a testament of how much I enjoy being alive now.
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Now having access to the fullness of human experience, I have so much joy in almost every moment. But I am also afraid. All the time. And I love the part of me that is afraid. That part is a testament of how much I enjoy being alive now.
Tip: Pretend your emotion is a person who loves something about you and they're eager to tell you. Sadness tells me how much they love that I love other people. Anxiety echoes this sentiment. Anger delights in my value of justice.
What do your emotions tell you about yourself and what is important?
What do your emotions tell you about yourself and what is important?
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tip: Pretend your emotion is a person who loves something about you and they're eager to tell you. Sadness tells me how much they love that I love other people. Anxiety echoes this sentiment. Anger delights in my value of justice.
What do your emotions tell you about yourself and what is important?
What do your emotions tell you about yourself and what is important?
I used to think I was haunted by a ghost. It turns out, I was haunting myself.
Ready my latest post “A Real Life Haunting, Seriously” on my substack at the link below ❤️
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/eyes-full-...
#trans #transwriter #queer #queerwriter #halloween #transjoy
Ready my latest post “A Real Life Haunting, Seriously” on my substack at the link below ❤️
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/eyes-full-...
#trans #transwriter #queer #queerwriter #halloween #transjoy
A Real Life Haunting, Seriously
Not your typical ghost story
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I used to think I was haunted by a ghost. It turns out, I was haunting myself.
Ready my latest post “A Real Life Haunting, Seriously” on my substack at the link below ❤️
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/eyes-full-...
#trans #transwriter #queer #queerwriter #halloween #transjoy
Ready my latest post “A Real Life Haunting, Seriously” on my substack at the link below ❤️
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/eyes-full-...
#trans #transwriter #queer #queerwriter #halloween #transjoy
Sometimes everything is messy and chaotic in my brain, so I find myself cleaning and organizing everything in the space around me. It is nice having a clean and cozy home though <3
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sometimes everything is messy and chaotic in my brain, so I find myself cleaning and organizing everything in the space around me. It is nice having a clean and cozy home though <3
Animals don't take breaks. They just rest when their body tells them to do so. They find a cool, shaded spot and take a nap. And no one has any opinion of their doing so, other than "Cute!"
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Animals don't take breaks. They just rest when their body tells them to do so. They find a cool, shaded spot and take a nap. And no one has any opinion of their doing so, other than "Cute!"
What if I don't want to read or write anything? What if I want to just spend the day refreshing the stats page until I see a number that makes me good enough? What number will show the world that I'm not crazy for being trans? What number will convince the president that I don't belong in a camp?
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What if I don't want to read or write anything? What if I want to just spend the day refreshing the stats page until I see a number that makes me good enough? What number will show the world that I'm not crazy for being trans? What number will convince the president that I don't belong in a camp?
I feel the need to write more about anger, but my estradiol put mine to sleep. Or am I just happy now? I actually think I'm just more at peace, and that is wonderful revelation. :D
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I feel the need to write more about anger, but my estradiol put mine to sleep. Or am I just happy now? I actually think I'm just more at peace, and that is wonderful revelation. :D
I used to think depression was numbness, but now I’ve realized that numbness protects us when we can’t handle the depression.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I used to think depression was numbness, but now I’ve realized that numbness protects us when we can’t handle the depression.
I wrote a new poem! It’s about seeking to establish. not just literary merit as a writer, but as a human.
Link: wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/i-am-a-pub...
#trans #poetry #transgender #queer #art #writing #queerart #queerwriting #queerpoetry #transpoetry #transwriter #queerpoet #poet
Link: wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/i-am-a-pub...
#trans #poetry #transgender #queer #art #writing #queerart #queerwriting #queerpoetry #transpoetry #transwriter #queerpoet #poet
I Am A Published Poet, Actually
For context, I am not a published poet, actually
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October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wrote a new poem! It’s about seeking to establish. not just literary merit as a writer, but as a human.
Link: wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/i-am-a-pub...
#trans #poetry #transgender #queer #art #writing #queerart #queerwriting #queerpoetry #transpoetry #transwriter #queerpoet #poet
Link: wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/i-am-a-pub...
#trans #poetry #transgender #queer #art #writing #queerart #queerwriting #queerpoetry #transpoetry #transwriter #queerpoet #poet
Birds are just tiny chirping dinosaurs. How cute!
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Birds are just tiny chirping dinosaurs. How cute!
So in a single moment—a hug—I get everything I was hoping for, and then my body dehydrates itself with tear offerings to the Earth in gratitude? Amazing.
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So in a single moment—a hug—I get everything I was hoping for, and then my body dehydrates itself with tear offerings to the Earth in gratitude? Amazing.
Unreciprocated love is haunting. How beautiful is it to feel such a way about another human? The heart containers for such infatuation are sacred. You are sacred.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Unreciprocated love is haunting. How beautiful is it to feel such a way about another human? The heart containers for such infatuation are sacred. You are sacred.
I feel anxiety in all of my relationships. Because all of my relationships are very dear to me, and I love that about myself.
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I feel anxiety in all of my relationships. Because all of my relationships are very dear to me, and I love that about myself.
The mouth sounds I use to communicate to humans (and cats. And trees and everything really) could have been different. Language is divine.
October 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The mouth sounds I use to communicate to humans (and cats. And trees and everything really) could have been different. Language is divine.
I wrote a poem!
#chingalamigra #nooneisillegalonstolenland #ningunserhumanoesilegal
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/invader
#chingalamigra #nooneisillegalonstolenland #ningunserhumanoesilegal
wearemadeofallthis.substack.com/p/invader
Invader
A poem by Ada Cadence.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Gray hairs are beautiful, like lined clouds finally setting in to offer respite from the desert's endless sun.
October 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gray hairs are beautiful, like lined clouds finally setting in to offer respite from the desert's endless sun.