Jacob Orlando
@jacoborlando.com
a queer young man of letters
Boston IRL 📍
Boston IRL 📍
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jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
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New! Book releases by transfeminine authors coming out Feb - March 2025. Pretty neat genre spread this time, lots of memoirs though. Interestingly, for specfic, all releases are self-published. medium.com/@soverybee/f...
Feb — March 2025 releases by Transfeminine Authors
Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us by Jennifer Finney-Boylan. Memoir. How does gender affect our sense of self? Our body image…
medium.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New! Book releases by transfeminine authors coming out Feb - March 2025. Pretty neat genre spread this time, lots of memoirs though. Interestingly, for specfic, all releases are self-published. medium.com/@soverybee/f...
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The Editor for Dudes Rock is Jay Kang Romanus - take a look at what he did.
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firestorm.coop/products/223...
February 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Editor for Dudes Rock is Jay Kang Romanus - take a look at what he did.
firestorm.coop/products/223...
firestorm.coop/products/223...
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FASCIST: I want minorities to die.
COMMUNIST: I want everyone to live without needing to worry about affording food, housing, and healthcare.
LIBERAL: As ever, often quite hard to tell them apart.
COMMUNIST: I want everyone to live without needing to worry about affording food, housing, and healthcare.
LIBERAL: As ever, often quite hard to tell them apart.
February 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
FASCIST: I want minorities to die.
COMMUNIST: I want everyone to live without needing to worry about affording food, housing, and healthcare.
LIBERAL: As ever, often quite hard to tell them apart.
COMMUNIST: I want everyone to live without needing to worry about affording food, housing, and healthcare.
LIBERAL: As ever, often quite hard to tell them apart.
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[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
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I’ve been waiting for this article 👀 Some really interesting analysis here, but I also have some thoughts.
In particular, this passage stopped me and made me think. It’s an interesting sociological thesis, and one that I think is really worth interrogating. (🧵)
In particular, this passage stopped me and made me think. It’s an interesting sociological thesis, and one that I think is really worth interrogating. (🧵)
January 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ve been waiting for this article 👀 Some really interesting analysis here, but I also have some thoughts.
In particular, this passage stopped me and made me think. It’s an interesting sociological thesis, and one that I think is really worth interrogating. (🧵)
In particular, this passage stopped me and made me think. It’s an interesting sociological thesis, and one that I think is really worth interrogating. (🧵)
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I’m gonna start calling all movies that have only cis straight white able bodied people in it right wing propaganda
December 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM
I’m gonna start calling all movies that have only cis straight white able bodied people in it right wing propaganda
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The angst around Disney reminds me how proud I was to sponsor this @domaindead.bsky.social essay. If you want fresh IPs, diverse perspectives, queer stories, or trans art, you have to support indies, not corporations.
Queer and economic liberation are intrinsically tied. That's why they're scared.
Queer and economic liberation are intrinsically tied. That's why they're scared.
Claiming Queer Characters
YouTube video by Dead Domain
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December 18, 2024 at 11:15 PM
The angst around Disney reminds me how proud I was to sponsor this @domaindead.bsky.social essay. If you want fresh IPs, diverse perspectives, queer stories, or trans art, you have to support indies, not corporations.
Queer and economic liberation are intrinsically tied. That's why they're scared.
Queer and economic liberation are intrinsically tied. That's why they're scared.
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Lavender Menace, Gays the Word, Book Woman…I’ve fallen in love with so many LGBTQIA bookshops. They’re places of joy and resistance, good coffee and even better books. Support 🌈 stories and businesses by sharing this Starter Pack.
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
December 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Lavender Menace, Gays the Word, Book Woman…I’ve fallen in love with so many LGBTQIA bookshops. They’re places of joy and resistance, good coffee and even better books. Support 🌈 stories and businesses by sharing this Starter Pack.
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
go.bsky.app/G321HCf
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a tech platform snubbing it's queer early supporters to appeal to queerphobic mass markets? say it aint so. that's never happened before
December 7, 2024 at 7:39 PM
a tech platform snubbing it's queer early supporters to appeal to queerphobic mass markets? say it aint so. that's never happened before
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The New York Times' long-running attack on trans lives continues to cause massive harm. @imarajones.bsky.social & @translashmedia.bsky.social have done crucial work to expose how Christian nationalists have used NYT as an agent for anti-trans disinformation.
translash.org/podcasts/the...
translash.org/podcasts/the...
Capturing The New York Times (S02 E05) | The Anti-Trans Hate Machine Podcast
Listen to 'Capturing The New York Times,' where Imara Jones examines how mainstream media frames trans issues and the implications for the trans community.
translash.org
December 4, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The New York Times' long-running attack on trans lives continues to cause massive harm. @imarajones.bsky.social & @translashmedia.bsky.social have done crucial work to expose how Christian nationalists have used NYT as an agent for anti-trans disinformation.
translash.org/podcasts/the...
translash.org/podcasts/the...
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It’s World AIDS Day, so here’s my reminder that more than a dozen states have HIV criminalization law on the books that disproportionately punish people of color, trans people, and sex workers. Most recently, I wrote about Tenneessee’s law here: theappeal.org/doj-blocked-...
The DOJ Blocked a Tennessee HIV Criminalization Law. State Lawmakers Keep Pushing Back.
The U.S. Department of Justice fought an HIV criminalization law in Tennessee, but state lawmakers have since fought the change.
theappeal.org
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
It’s World AIDS Day, so here’s my reminder that more than a dozen states have HIV criminalization law on the books that disproportionately punish people of color, trans people, and sex workers. Most recently, I wrote about Tenneessee’s law here: theappeal.org/doj-blocked-...
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Just took care of half my Christmas list at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. Books, but also games, puzzles, and some socks for various uncles! Shop local when you can—most of that money stays in your community.
a woman in a library holds a stack of books in her hands
Alt: A woman in a beret cheerfully strides between bookshelves, with a stack of books in her arms and a huge grin on her face
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Just took care of half my Christmas list at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. Books, but also games, puzzles, and some socks for various uncles! Shop local when you can—most of that money stays in your community.
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Sometimes I think about this drawing Bill Watterson did of himself bargaining with his own character and how I relate to it WAY too much
November 22, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Sometimes I think about this drawing Bill Watterson did of himself bargaining with his own character and how I relate to it WAY too much
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It’s bisexual Bob Belcher’s day!
November 28, 2024 at 2:45 PM
It’s bisexual Bob Belcher’s day!
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This particular emerging use of Bluesky labelers is an elegant means to improve the way citizens relate to those who claim power over them.
November 28, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This particular emerging use of Bluesky labelers is an elegant means to improve the way citizens relate to those who claim power over them.
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Against Settler-Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
More than a year into...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Against Settler-Colonialism: A Reading List
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*sigh*
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
*sigh*
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
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alright I am wide awake working on a project so you all get my poetry starter pack of poets who know what the fuck is up (AKA are lefty, support Palestine, write good shit of all varieties, and are very worth reading in my expert opinion... disclaimer, most are my buds!) go.bsky.app/2s73n71
November 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM
alright I am wide awake working on a project so you all get my poetry starter pack of poets who know what the fuck is up (AKA are lefty, support Palestine, write good shit of all varieties, and are very worth reading in my expert opinion... disclaimer, most are my buds!) go.bsky.app/2s73n71
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Yesterday I shared the article on censorship in a popular Facebook Horror group (Books of Horror) & my post was deleted without a note (I assume because it was "political").
Subsequently, I have removed myself from the group, since I guess my existence political. jamreads.com/articles/ref...
Subsequently, I have removed myself from the group, since I guess my existence political. jamreads.com/articles/ref...
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
jamreads.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday I shared the article on censorship in a popular Facebook Horror group (Books of Horror) & my post was deleted without a note (I assume because it was "political").
Subsequently, I have removed myself from the group, since I guess my existence political. jamreads.com/articles/ref...
Subsequently, I have removed myself from the group, since I guess my existence political. jamreads.com/articles/ref...
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i love it when people are like "I want a queer reimagining of moby dick!"
bro that's just moby dick
bro that's just moby dick
November 26, 2024 at 7:35 PM
i love it when people are like "I want a queer reimagining of moby dick!"
bro that's just moby dick
bro that's just moby dick
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The vid for the official launch of Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is live on our publisher's YouTube channel! This panel on Palestinian speculative fic, and writer's craft was better than a seminar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xnx...
Speculative Palestinian Futures: A Roundtable Discussion on Thyme Travellers
YouTube video by Fernwood Publishing
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November 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM
The vid for the official launch of Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is live on our publisher's YouTube channel! This panel on Palestinian speculative fic, and writer's craft was better than a seminar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xnx...
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You can never be wholesome enough to satisfy a bigot, so don't cut off pieces of yourself to fit the shape of their artificial box. They'll just shrink it after you do and demand you keep cutting.
I think we need "the good the bad and the ugly" of queer stories because that's the real representation when all kinds of shit have space to exist.
Because that's how it is with cishet stories.
Perfectly "wholesome" and polished "queer rep" is in fact an artificial vitrine, not real culture.
Because that's how it is with cishet stories.
Perfectly "wholesome" and polished "queer rep" is in fact an artificial vitrine, not real culture.
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 PM
You can never be wholesome enough to satisfy a bigot, so don't cut off pieces of yourself to fit the shape of their artificial box. They'll just shrink it after you do and demand you keep cutting.