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Linnea Peterson

@lpetersonwrites.bsky.social

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Queer, #ActuallyAutistic writer and freelance editor. My queer YA debut, THE GIRLS WILL BE OKAY, is forthcoming. My site: https://linneapeterson.com/. They/them

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 24d

So honored to have been nominated for Genrepunk's Wildcard Award! Thank you so much to @kellyesparza.bsky.social at @flaremagazine.bsky.social for the nomination!

FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 24d

Announcing our Genrepunk Awards nominees through @genrepunkmag!
flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/

Our nominees are (1/2):
sarahmchen.bsky.social
Katie Larson
jbtrans.bsky.social
msmarquartpoetry.bsky.social
kancollan.bsky.social
nicolezelniker.bsky.social
Brady Alexander

Genrepunk Editors' Choice Award: "Taking Space" by Sarah M. Chen, issue 1, "THIS SHIMMERING NOTHING" by Katie Larson, issue 2, "Fifty Shades of Grief," by JB Polk, issue 2
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Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives: "Love Letter to My ME/CFS, Long Covid Body" by M. S. Marquart, special Valentine's Day issue, "Perception" by Katie Collan, "Sliding Scale" by Nicole Zelniker, issue 2
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Genrepunk Haunting Award: "Front Porch at 4:48" by S.R. Azazel, issue 1, "Asking the Body" by Dawn Levitt, special Valentine's Day issue, "Personalization" by Paula Macena, issue 2
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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 10h

Censoring queer books makes queer kids feel more alone, but it can't make them stop being queer.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 10h

It's still #BannedBooksWeek, and today I'd like to celebrate the book Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi. It's a great story about two girls from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds overcoming their negative first impressions of each other and falling in love.

A photo of my hand holding the book Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

It's #BannedBooksWeek, and I think banning nonfiction like this really gives away the game: book banning is a campaign to try to limit people's access to facts and perspectives that don't fit a narrow narrative that people in power can control.

A photo of my hand holding the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Banning books that depict things that teenagers are really going through does not protect them; it leaves them without resources and role models.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

This #BannedBookWeek, I'm grateful for Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert, which offers an unflinching look at teenage mental health issues and the costs of keeping each other’s secrets. Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the first time I talked someone out of suicide, so this book means a lot.

A photo of my hand holding the book Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

People are not trends! Well said!

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I love this place a lot.

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Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 3d

my semi regular reminder to all of us who love to cite Mr Roger’s “look for the helpers” in times of stress

like when folks are being abducted by secret police

that that was advice for children to feel safe in times of crisis or need or fear

YOU are not the looker now

YOU are the helper

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I also knew someone who wrote a Fringe play called Carbon Man-Dating, about an environmental organization that started matchmaking for their queer organizers. It was a fictional scenario, but still.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I've been to a candidate fundraiser/speed dating event for real, actually! It was for a city council candidate in Minneapolis. A local matchmaking/speed dating service got really excited about this candidate and so the event was born!

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 3d

I'm reading through a list of banned books, and I was truly shocked to come across multiple LITERAL DICTIONARIES just now. The nonfiction in general is really surprising me: books about historical figures, STDs, global mythology . . . the assault on facts is stunning. #BannedBooksWeek

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Granarchist @newgranarchist.bsky.social · 3d

I'm just realizing that when they say "break things" they don't mean objects they mean things like social contracts of ethics, boundaries, consent, and even state-sponsored laws

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

I have been saying for a few years now that people really need to take a seriously long look at the center of that venn diagram where the circles are marked "AI Culture" and "Disregard For/Violation Of Consent." The whole "AI Actress" situation is more of why.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jul 30

Again: Marginalized people are disproportionately harmed by the spread of "AI" because the people who use it are essentially being trained to think the machine is "like us" & can speak "for us," even as it simultaneously pressures you to disbelieve *Actual Us* when we tell you "it's not & it cant."

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · Jul 29

Generative AI changes what things mean because it focuses on words, not the meaning. It adds words, changes meaning, and makes "plain language" that is not accessible. We know, because we tested it. Generative AI has no place in plain language. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...

Dark grey textured background. There’s a lighter grey box with text that reads: Artificial intelligence is when a computer program does things that normally need to be done by humans. We call artificial intelligence “AI” for short. There are lots of different kinds of AI.
The way AI works is by using data from people. Data is information a computer can read. AI programs read data made by people to understand what to do.
Generative AI is a specific kind of AI. Generative AI can use data to make new things.
Generative AI can create many kinds of new things, like:
text
images
music/movies
and more
People have already started using generative AI to write plain language.

Grey textured background. Text reads: In our statement, we explain the reasons why people should not use generative AI to write in plain language. Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for people with disabilities. Using generative AI makes “plain language” that is not actually accessible. We hope anyone who writes in plain language will not use generative AI.
Here are the reasons we talk about in our statement:
Generative AI changes what things mean
Plain language is an idea that is too new for generative AI to understand
Generative AI focuses on words, not ideas
Generative AI has discrimination built-in
Plain language is by and for disabled people
Read our full statement to learn more about each of these reasons.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 3d

I'm nonbinary and have mostly done podfics up until now, but I'm working on recording the audio version of my debut novel, which I'm self-publishing next spring!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

It's not an *honor* to have your book banned.

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Zabé Ellor @zrellor.bsky.social · 3d

Trans literature has value because trans authors are human beings telling stories in their unique ways. It is profoundly frustrating to see trans authors are only valued when we write about transphobia or when we write hopeful trans stories intended to serve as an antidote to transphobia

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 6d

I'm no longer Christian, largely because trying to actually follow Jesus was combining with my moral OCD to create a way of life that did have room for my own wellbeing. It's stunning to me how many Christians just aren't trying and don't care.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I agree! And after years of hyping up a particular author I like (first on Twitter, now here and on Instagram), I've been offered an ARC of their next book, which I will also hype up unless something very unexpected happens! It's a win for the author (publicity) and also me (early access to a book).

The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 9d

My #1 tip for generating word of mouth is to create word of mouth for other people first.

Teach yourself how to market by marketing your friends' books first!

You'll gain essential practice, generate community goodwill, make author friends to help with the writing process, and it pays dividends.

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Wishbone Words - SUBS OPEN!!!! @wishbonewords.bsky.social · 9d

There's still plenty of time to submit to Issue 17 of Wishbone Words! We accept prose (fiction & non-fiction), poetry, art, photography, translations, book reviews, and hybrid pieces! Please visit www.wishbonewords.com/submit for more guidelines.
Submission form: forms.gle/36UZKWkVnNUn...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10d

“Out of the three mass shootings TODAY” is one of the most tragic uniquely-American sentences out there.

Most developed countries average zero per year. We have single days where you have to ask “which” when someone talks about a mass shooting.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 10d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 11d

No! I complain about the fact that my parents AREN'T nerdy. No Lord of the Rings or Star Wars in my childhood. I grew up to be a nerd who misses a lot of references.

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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 11d

This is the key. It’s easy to come out for the big guys. It’s the unknowns who are getting hammered that need so much more help.

Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · 11d

We also need to raise hell for every trans and brown and queer and black person who is not nearly as famous as Kimmel.

Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12d

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

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Lindsey Weedston @lindseyweedston.bsky.social · 12d

Me after reading the headline: I bet they were trying to unionize.

The article: They were trying to unionize.

Daily Dot @dailydot.com · 12d

“People came to Seattle for this”: Iconic Starbucks Reserve Capitol Hill location popular with tourists abruptly closes after company announces closures bit.ly/42Jfn64

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