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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 20d

Kyle MacLachlan has a YT channel?!

First episode up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-N...

What is Kaia Gerber Even Doing?

YouTube video by Kyle MacLachlan

www.youtube.com

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · 15d

✨I have a new essay at @popjunctions.bsky.social on swap storytelling, radical imagining, and why swapping approaches often fall short—not just in fiction, but in social and political realms too.
Oh, and Captain Nemo 🦑
Big thanks to the Pop Junctions team for the space and support💖
bit.ly/nemo-swap

Captain Nemo: A Swap Story, or Why We Can’t Barter Our Way to a Better World — Pop Junctions

Ellen Kirkpatrick dives into the character of Captain Nemo, particularly Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s gender-swapped version. She argues that story is the beating heart of social action, helpin...

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · 20d

Thrilled to share that my review of Sad Tiger is now live at Barrelhouse✨

Neige Sinno’s genre-defying memoir—trans. by Natasha Lehrer, out from Seven Stories Press—left me breathless. Grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the space & support💖
tinyurl.com/sadtiger-rev...
@sevenstories.bsky.social

Ellen Kirkpatrick Reviews Neige Sinno — Barrelhouse

Can literature bear witness without aestheticizing pain? Can story save us? Make us stronger? And what even counts as story?

www.barrelhousemag.com

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HAD @havehashad.com · 22d

one of my fave things about theme calls is when they inspire and turn into work that I'd maybe never expected but that totally knocks me out. today's story from Matti Ben-Lev is such a perfect example of that.

"When I got my second DUI..."

https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s

Five Times I’ve Seen My Father Cry by Matti Ben-Lev

When my sister was born. I was seven. That swollen creature, face plum and puffy. I’ve never seen my father’s eyes shiver quite like that, not even when Mom left, ten years later. After their divorce,…

www.havehashad.com

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 21d

One of the year's highlights this 👇

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Wonderful!! Thank you so much! Excited to read it... 🤩

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Just caught this episode – so good! Marc Garrett’s reflections on being a working-class artist hit hard. Great conversation exploring class, creativity, and resistance.🔥A proper shout from the margins. #FeralClass #RadicalArt #MustRead

minor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · Sep 2

Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 36 Feral Class

Untamed. Unheard. Unstoppable.

For this episode with have a chat with Marc Garrett about his forthcoming book Feral Class.

Feral Class

YouTube video by Minor Compositions

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Hello! Congrats on your publication in Feminist Review! The abstract really caught my eye. I don’t have institutional access—would you be open to sharing a copy for personal research use? Thanks so much! 👋📚🙏

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Channeldraw ★ @channeldraw.bsky.social · Feb 7

"Cartoonists for Palestine" is a beautiful 250-page book featuring over 60 comic stories. I'm honored to be part of it with Issa, a story written by Francesca Mannocchi. The book was published by the American publisher Crucial Comix @mirkdrop.bsky.social

📖 Order the book here: tinyurl.com/26exa9wf

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · Sep 8

You want free comics? I got free comics...!

If you subscribe to my patreon.com/pauljholden you can read this in full colour (so far!)
Terran Omega Page 2-3

Page 2

Double page spread. Left hand side a large full page panel. Terran omega floating in space. An armoured heroic looking character carrying a staff of pure light and wearing a helmet that’s a cross between dr fate and galactus. Floating behind here (and where’s she’s flying towards) is a large chunky salvage ship (which is big and blocky and has two very obvious hands for gripping salvage)
Terran Omega : "No, I think I'd like to do this myself"

Second page has a column of panels.
First: Terran omega flying towards a door (she flies gently while standing)

Second; her hand reaches towards the door and is cracking with energy

Third: her helmet and staff now inside the airlock of the ship
Terran: I'm inside
Terran: ...
Radio: *static*
Terran: Hmmm... on my own.
Terran: Ok

Fourth: she’s walking carefully down a corridor filled with smoke
Terran: Now. Let's look around.

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Pop Junctions @popjunctions.bsky.social · Sep 8

To kick off #EMMYSWATCH2025, Pop Junctions shares a 2-part interview on the @peabodyawards.bsky.social/Centre for Media and Social Impact podcast, We Disrupt this Broadcast. In Part 1, Lauren Alexandra Sowa interviews Jeffrey P. Jones about "Television that Changes Us".

EMMYS WATCH 2025 — Television that Changes Us (Part 1): An Interview with the Peabody Award’s Jeffrey Jones on We Disrupt This Broadcast — Pop Junctions

‘Emmys Watch 2025’ showcases critical responses to the series nominated for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Comedy, and Outstanding Limited Series at that 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Contributions to t...

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HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 26

the streak of banger new list poems continues today with Tyler Tea Friend!

"...Trans Day of Horror
Trans Day of Honor
Trans Day of Dishonoring
Trans Day of Dishing..."

https://www.havehashad.com/7ho8l

365 Days of Trans (January) by Tyler Tea Friend

Trans Day of Being Hungover Trans Day of Rebirth Trans Day of Forgetting to Take the Estradiol Trans Day of Getting a Papercut Trans Day of Getting It Trans Day of Getting Over It Trans Day of Yes,…

www.havehashad.com

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Jul 28

Good luck with the novel 💭🎉 can't wait to see how your ideas evolve through the research... 🤩

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Jun 20

woot! big congrats (this one's been a favourite of mine for ages, soooo good to see it getting the love it deserves!!)

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thank you, and thank you for including it in this issue! As an emerging writer, I really appreciate your support and the space to talk about an issue I care deeply about, and I'm excited to see how readers respond and the conversations that may arise...

a woman in a suicide squad costume is sitting on the ground reading a book .

Alt: Harley Quinn is sitting in a cell drinking espresso and reading a book.

media.tenor.com

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Jan 31

Delighted to see my essay on Generational Warfare in activism featured in the always awesome @thebelfastreview.bsky.social and to be in such excellent company! I know what I'll be settling down to read this weekend, maybe you too...?
thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/issues
#WeekendReading #Activism

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Jan 8

Excited to dive into this beautiful issue!! #MustRead

The Hooghly Review @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social · Dec 24

At long last, 𝑀𝑈𝑅𝐴𝐿𝑆 is live!🎨📸🖋
The most unique issue we have produced yet.

thehooghlyreview.com/issues/murals/

@fbereaud.bsky.social invites you all to wander with him through these pages—free to download or flip through, featuring Roberto R. Pozos & 60 contributors from across the globe.🌏

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · Jan 6

We're delighted to share the cover for There She Goes: New travel writing by women, edited by Esa Aldegheri

#ThereSheGoes celebrates the stories of women getting on with getting from one place to another – the grit, courage and determination of moving through the world

saraband.net/sb-title/the...

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Aisling Walsh @aislingwalsh.bsky.social · Dec 13

In March New Island Books will be launching this fantastic anthology of Irish Autistic Writers edited by @niamhgarvey.bsky.social and I'm delighted to be one of them!

You can pre-order here: www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...

Front cover of Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices on a yellow background

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Dec 16

Fantastic collection of essays – looking forward to reading this!! Congratulations Aisling 🎈

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Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Nov 19

*Reclaiming* is good too though🤩

Ellen Kirkpatrick @elkwrites.bsky.social · Nov 19

That's SO lovely of you to say! Thank you!! #DayMade
I could write & read about #Batman all day, so I'm very much looking forward to reading this! Thanks for sharing & connecting🦇