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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition)

@jemma.bsky.social

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She/Her | Trans | Lesbian | 🔞 Author All links: jemmatopaz.carrd.co PFP: @anemoneart.bsky.social

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · Jul 11

No preorder or cover yet, but my next book, "Lo Nuns!" is a set of stories set in a late medieval pseudo-Europe. As normal (for me) there are loads of lesbian and transfem nuns, and they do more than just pray.
By the grace of the Saints (also mostly trans) please prepare to get hype!
#transbooks

Reads:
Lo, Nuns!
Or
By the Grace of the Saints

Being An Honest Accounting Of The Orders Of Nuns Which May Be Found In The Eighty Kingdoms

With such scandals and outrages as may shock even the most curious reader!

Chronicled for your Interest by the Esteemed Mrs. Noémi Lagrâce

Translated for The Modern Age by Miss Jemma Topaz

Reads:
Table of Contents
Dedication
The Saints of Faggots Lane
Checking the Teeth
The Giantess and the Virgin
Petrification
The Death of Körbl Bauknecht
The Resting Place
The Hermitess
Boars, Sows, and Piglets
The Order of the Saints
Sanctuary
The Quarry
Oh Wayward Sisters
The Chronicler’s End
Translator’s Notes
Afterword & Acknowledgements
Other Books by this Author

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woketoberpus @woketopus.bsky.social · 1h

it's no coincidence that octopus day and lesbian day are both on the same day! hug a lesbian octopus today 🐙🐙

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 4h

It's International Lesbian Day! 🧡🤍💗

As a reminder, you can get so many literary lesbians from me at riengray.shop and they are all unabashedly attuned with their sexuality 🔥

My one trad pub release is also available here: www.amazon.com/Her-Wolf-Wil...

Covers for Rien Gray's lesbian romance books: Valerin the Fair, The Scales of Seduction, Her Wolf in the Wild, and Martis the Brazen.

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Tris~~ @trishusband.itch.io · 7h

thinking about her again...

🔞AnemoneArt @anemoneart.bsky.social · May 21

I've had this pose for Hades (The Hades Calculus) in mind for a while, but it never materialized quite as clearly until last night. A goddess so somber as the lord of the machine dead should stand as a statue, a monolith, so that even the cracks on her facade may speak more of power than frailty.

A woman seen from the front, wearing heavy black robes that cover all but her arms and a long v neck down to the navel. Her body and robes bear glowing golden cracks, breaking into spots of light and smoke. On the background, a stylized pomegranate tree with unfeasibly large fruit.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 1d

Mentioned this a while back, but I've come into possession of a bunch of Vogue and Good Housekeeping magazines from the 60s onward, which don't seem to be archived anywhere.

Does anyone know of any ways to digitize these quickly? I'm willing to scan these by hand, but I bet there's a quicker way.

A photo of a box, containing some 50 issues of Vogue and Good Housekeeping, from the 1960s onward.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 5h

Okay, it's a special day for those of us who love tentacle yuri:

#LesbianOctopusDay

Text reads:
About World Octopus Day
To find out more about this eight-armed animal, jump to our
facts sections below. When is
World Octopus Day?: World
Octopus Day is celebrated on
the _8th of October_ every year.
It was first observed in 2014 but
has been an annual event ever since.

Text reads:
International Lesbian Day, held on _October 8_, is a day of celebrating lesbians, along with their culture, history, and diversity. This day is celebrated by lesbians and allies with various community events, dances, and conferences and is mostly celebrated in New Zealand and Australia.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 10h

Another piece of the puzzle: I've discovered that our world also has a sun!! What does that mean? Is there some crossover event planned? What if our world also contained girls?!

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 10h

In 1998 they did a quick check, and, yup, it still explodes.

Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 10h

Writers, ever feel your made-up corporation names are a bit obvious or too on-the-nose?

Well, worry not! Guess what the name of the company that makes the popular plastic explosive / unpopular car part Semtex is called?

Wikipedia clip: "According to the manufacturer, Explosia..."

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 1d

Why would I, a person who cannot in any way directly interact with the American political system but whose loved ones are now having to flee their homes because of it, criticise those who are responsible?

It is a mystery.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2d

One of the underrated funniest demographics is “people who aren’t going to vote for the Democrat regardless but for some reason think their views on Democratic politicking should be valued”

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love & barley 🐸🌶️🪏🎃 @loveandbarley.bsky.social · 1d

give greta thunberg a gundam

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 1d

Any lesbian authors are a good shout for this

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

“where’s the whale? did he get the whale yet?”

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 1d

...

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 1d

I know that since becoming disabled, my personal amount of plastic waste has gone up. Sorry! It was definitely a bad idea to become disabled; very thoughtless of me.
But some might say that I am not more to blame than the massive corporations that pollute everything just to make the line go up.

Eel-AIEEEE (Eli, he/they) @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 1d

This is just the plastic straw hysteria all over again, and it's ableism at its finest: Blame disabled people instead of the corporations that are actually wrecking our environment, that way to poor widdle CEOs won't have to deal with people telling them to fucking STOP KILLING THE PLANET.

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io · 1d

lol

video of hendrix (legaltweetz) burning a polyester rainbow amazon branded bag

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 1d

If bluesky does go up in flames, I would like to make a suggestion: maybe try making the next social media website a different colour.
I mean, the blue probably isn't the thing driving the CEOs to madness, but it's worth checking.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 1d

Soon I'm going to have to add this warning to my books:
"Shocking Warning: these characters wantonly engage in the intimacy that is properly reserved for the marital bed, except that they are in no wise married!"

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, with the new "mention erotica and you're off to the phantom zone" rules being put in place everywhere, 'spice' is only going to become more common. Or whatever comes next, euphemism-wise.

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VivisectiAnne @vivianne900.bsky.social · 1d

My Most Anticipated Reads!!

(Links contained in the alt text and at the end of the thread.)

@b-saxon.femfactory.tech https://bailey-saxon.itch.io/mother-of-machines

@trishusband.itch.io https://trishusband.itch.io/keeping-the-peace

@corruptivespirit.bsky.social https://corruptivespirit.itch.io/gxg-omnibus-one

@danifinnwrites.bsky.social https://danifinn.itch.io/may-you-wear-me-like-a-shell

@taliabhatt.itch.io @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social https://taliabhatt.itch.io/rcbg-serial

@mzakharuk.bsky.social https://mzakharuk.itch.io/appetite

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VivisectiAnne @vivianne900.bsky.social · 1d

My Most Anticipated Reads Part 4!!

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@dragonsaffron.bsky.social https://saffron-drake.itch.io/chained-flame

@danifinnwrites.bsky.social https://danifinn.itch.io/ghoul-girls

@lotusws.bsky.social https://lotus-ws.itch.io/gmo-ce

@jemma.bsky.social Lo, Nuns!

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VivisectiAnne @vivianne900.bsky.social · 1d

Honorable mentions to these books I recently read and loved:

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Honorable mentions to these books I recently read and loved:

@jemma.bsky.social https://moniker-ersatz.itch.io/a-rotten-girl

@devi.bsky.social @benjanun.bsky.social https://mariaying.itch.io/the-moth-of-the-house-of-hua

@vyriadurav.bsky.social https://vyriadurav.itch.io/the-dragon-and-her-princess

@rubyroberts.bsky.social https://rubyroberts.itch.io/the-price-of-a-princess

@abigailgloom.bsky.social https://abigail-gloom.itch.io/in-her-garden

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 1d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

"Hey, do you know who's always had an open and lenient attitude to IP, and doesn't shy away from edgy stuff? Disney!"

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 2d

And here it is! The chapter list for The Persephone Effect, don't mind the blacked out one. Everything is fine. #gunmetalolympus

Personnel
The Story So Far
Prologue: Pupa
One: General of Old
Two: Kataibates
Three: Root and Stem
Four: Charis
Five: Tribunal
Six: Crucible
Seven: Symfonia
Eight: Crowns of Wheat
Nine: Rites of Eleusis
Ten: Mitosis
Interlude: The Godly Houses
Eleven: Apple of Concord
Twelve: Garden of the Hesperides
Thirteen: Mercies of the Dead
Fourteen: Autopsy
Fifteen: Euchomai
Interlude: Seasons
Sixteen: Arrow
Seventeen: Signal
Eighteen: Seed and the Sun
Nineteen: Anthesis
Twenty: Corona
Twenty-One: Keraunios
Twenty-Two: Foremother
Twenty-Three: Sapling
Twenty-Four: Bringer of Spring
Epilogue

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 2d

It took a while but I understand this and it looks real bad for bsky

Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 2d

the rolling crashout of the site's CEO over moderation policies crashed headlong into discourse about being mean to AI, which pokevolved into multiple high follower black accounts being personally banned by said CEO, and an AI appview that the CEO promoted apparently belongs to a serial sex offender

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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