Hesse Phillips
@hessephillips.com
🏳️🌈 Historical fiction | Queer history | Theatre history | Early modernist | USian in Spain.
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE out now.
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
More at hessephillips.com
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE out now.
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
More at hessephillips.com
This play. If I hadn't stumbled across *this fckin play* in college, and found it so fascinating, infuriating, brilliant, and cruel, I wouldn't have spent the next 20-odd years of my life trying to write a book about it, which ended up being a book about its author. God DAMN Marlowe. Ya got me.
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This play. If I hadn't stumbled across *this fckin play* in college, and found it so fascinating, infuriating, brilliant, and cruel, I wouldn't have spent the next 20-odd years of my life trying to write a book about it, which ended up being a book about its author. God DAMN Marlowe. Ya got me.
That canceled show you'll never stop thinking about.
This show was on its way to being one of the earliest and most thoughtful portrayals of a trans child on US TV, when the Writer's Strike killed it. Also Susie Izzard and Minnie Driver. I'm still BEREFT.
This show was on its way to being one of the earliest and most thoughtful portrayals of a trans child on US TV, when the Writer's Strike killed it. Also Susie Izzard and Minnie Driver. I'm still BEREFT.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
That canceled show you'll never stop thinking about.
This show was on its way to being one of the earliest and most thoughtful portrayals of a trans child on US TV, when the Writer's Strike killed it. Also Susie Izzard and Minnie Driver. I'm still BEREFT.
This show was on its way to being one of the earliest and most thoughtful portrayals of a trans child on US TV, when the Writer's Strike killed it. Also Susie Izzard and Minnie Driver. I'm still BEREFT.
I'm so happy I took a picture of this before my wife and I housed it bc it was DELICIOUS. Leftover ramen noodles with gochujang, leftover adobo pork, eggplant, and cabbage stir-fried with a packet of kimchi and topped with a fried egg.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm so happy I took a picture of this before my wife and I housed it bc it was DELICIOUS. Leftover ramen noodles with gochujang, leftover adobo pork, eggplant, and cabbage stir-fried with a packet of kimchi and topped with a fried egg.
Can you sum up your gender in 4 fictional characters?
Better yet, I can find them all in the same movie:
Better yet, I can find them all in the same movie:
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Can you sum up your gender in 4 fictional characters?
Better yet, I can find them all in the same movie:
Better yet, I can find them all in the same movie:
Me from now until Saturday (bc we celebrate on Saturday).
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Me from now until Saturday (bc we celebrate on Saturday).
This was the first thing I had to see when I fired up the old Bluesky this morning, so now you have to see it too.
Also me, every morning, looking at the internet just before the last Americans finally stop melting down and go to bed:
Also me, every morning, looking at the internet just before the last Americans finally stop melting down and go to bed:
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This was the first thing I had to see when I fired up the old Bluesky this morning, so now you have to see it too.
Also me, every morning, looking at the internet just before the last Americans finally stop melting down and go to bed:
Also me, every morning, looking at the internet just before the last Americans finally stop melting down and go to bed:
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
4 hours by train to Girona to see Rigoberta Bandini. It was abso-fucking-lutely worth it. Would have crawled over broken glass, in fact.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
4 hours by train to Girona to see Rigoberta Bandini. It was abso-fucking-lutely worth it. Would have crawled over broken glass, in fact.
You all need a wee terrier in a yellow raincoat with little rainbows to start your day off right.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
You all need a wee terrier in a yellow raincoat with little rainbows to start your day off right.
Mamdani would be like
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Mamdani would be like
Ugh, yes.
I imagine this is what logging on to Twitter feels like these days:
I imagine this is what logging on to Twitter feels like these days:
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ugh, yes.
I imagine this is what logging on to Twitter feels like these days:
I imagine this is what logging on to Twitter feels like these days:
Really enjoyed this one recently. But also anything by Amy Jeffs.
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Really enjoyed this one recently. But also anything by Amy Jeffs.
James Baldwin never said this. Robert Jones Jr., author of THE PROPHETS, who formerly used the handle "sonofbaldwin," said this.
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
James Baldwin never said this. Robert Jones Jr., author of THE PROPHETS, who formerly used the handle "sonofbaldwin," said this.
This could've been about 1/2 an hour shorter but I was completely engrossed anyway. For lovers of weird cult films, Spanish cinema, and the sound of Iggy Pop's speaking voice.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This could've been about 1/2 an hour shorter but I was completely engrossed anyway. For lovers of weird cult films, Spanish cinema, and the sound of Iggy Pop's speaking voice.
Stuck at a cabin in the woods in the pouring rain. Please entertain me with pictures of your pets that look like album covers. Bonus points for naming the band.
The Tree-Pissers, [self-titled]
The Tree-Pissers, [self-titled]
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Stuck at a cabin in the woods in the pouring rain. Please entertain me with pictures of your pets that look like album covers. Bonus points for naming the band.
The Tree-Pissers, [self-titled]
The Tree-Pissers, [self-titled]
Pumpkins designed by my nephew, carved by me.
May your Halloween be filled with the sense of piercing unease that heals a weary soul. May all your zombies be double-tapped. May all your enemies be sewn into bear suits. May we all, for one night, be Final Girls. 👻
May your Halloween be filled with the sense of piercing unease that heals a weary soul. May all your zombies be double-tapped. May all your enemies be sewn into bear suits. May we all, for one night, be Final Girls. 👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Pumpkins designed by my nephew, carved by me.
May your Halloween be filled with the sense of piercing unease that heals a weary soul. May all your zombies be double-tapped. May all your enemies be sewn into bear suits. May we all, for one night, be Final Girls. 👻
May your Halloween be filled with the sense of piercing unease that heals a weary soul. May all your zombies be double-tapped. May all your enemies be sewn into bear suits. May we all, for one night, be Final Girls. 👻
Instantly reminded of this gif the groomer made of my dog burping and then scaring himself with his own burp-face.
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Instantly reminded of this gif the groomer made of my dog burping and then scaring himself with his own burp-face.
This might just do - historical fantasy, witches, Spanish Inquisition (not exactly gothic but the vibes are there). The hardback is gorgeous, as a bonus!
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This might just do - historical fantasy, witches, Spanish Inquisition (not exactly gothic but the vibes are there). The hardback is gorgeous, as a bonus!
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
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October 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
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