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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 6h

NIN is SUCH a good show

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 9h

oh so bitcoin runescape guy is worried about his hypothetical children being "LGBTQ" and whether it's a fad

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 18h

I am always surprised by international lesbian day lol

I'm Makana! I'm a mixed race nonbinary lesbian who writes science fiction full of mixed race nonbinary lesbians! my debut cyberpunk space heist novel HAMMAJANG LUCK is out now, and it's standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE will be out Feb 17th!

trope graphic for the obake code but oops it's all lesbians. the cover is in the center of the graphic, showing malia, a black woman in a white shirt, black pants, black boots, and her long hair in green dip-dyed locs. she is looking up at a futuristic sky, with skyscrapers with pink and purple windows and a flying car whizzing overhead. the cover is on a background of the lesbian flag in spattered paint. the arrows read "lesbians," "so many lesbians," "butch lesbians," "chapstick lesbians," "femme lesbians," "aro/ace lesbians," "lesbians of color," "indigenous lesbians," "black lesbians," "they/them lesbians," and "he/him lesbians."

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 12h

HI CHAT. DID YOU KNOW IT IS INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY? BECAUSE I TOTALLY FORGOT.

Please look at Erika, my dumpster fire lesbian lead of the Azaes Realm series, and her girlfriend Abby. Art by @bmwillows.bsky.social.

And maybe buy the books too please?

anotherindiewriter.itch.io

A colored digital sketch of two women. On the left is Erika (fair-skinned, brown eyes, light brown hair tied in a messy bun, orange shirt, blue jeans). On the right is Abby (light/warm complexion, long dark straight brunette hair, gray-blue crop tank top, dark blue leggings). Erika looks somewhat coyly over her shoulder at Abby as Abby kisses her shoulder and teases down the collar of her boatneck shirt.

A drawing of two women sitting on a bench. The one on the left (Abby) has very straight brunette hair. She's wearing red and black flannel with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She has a black shirt underneath the open flannel and black leggings. The one on the right (Erika) has light brown hair that is mostly hidden under a grey beanie hat. She's wearing an orange hoodie and blue jeans. Erika is resting her head on Abby's shoulder and looking at her lovingly.

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 19h

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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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 18h

Oh hey it is International Lesbian Day

I am an International Lesbian, please see attached photographic evidence

A selfie of me in my apartment in Jersey

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 13h

YES YOU CAN! right here!!!
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Obake Code

An all-new, stand-alone sci-fi caper from the author of Hammajang Luck: a bored hacker is forced by vicious gangsters to take down a crooked politician...on...

www.harpercollins.com

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 13h

found my agent through APIpit on twitter! also met my bestie @thesoonjones.bsky.social through the same event! vaguetweeted my crush on my wife before we even dated. recapped dramatic dnd sessions with friends through angsty threads

honestly was very sad to see twitter go, will be sad for bsky too

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

the lesbian community and lesbian history is so rich and varied, i really wanted to portray more than what's shown in the mainstream (cis, femme, skinny, white). obviously it's never going to be exhaustive, but I wanted to at least show what MY community looks like!!!

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

this is also why i specifically wanted to include he/him lesbians in the heist lesbians universe! they are treasures of the lesbian community and deserve more love and respect than they get

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

what I mean by "he/him lesbians"

makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

- pronouns =/= gender
- the white stripe in the flag stands for "complicated relationship to womanhood"
- he/him, transmasc, and passing lesbians have always existed

highly recommend the books Stone Butch Blues, A Persistent Desire, and Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold for more info

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

oh boy

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14h

- pronouns =/= gender
- the white stripe in the flag stands for "complicated relationship to womanhood"
- he/him, transmasc, and passing lesbians have always existed

highly recommend the books Stone Butch Blues, A Persistent Desire, and Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold for more info

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 16h

support my super cool artist cuz and get some incredible art in the process!!!

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d

So just once again reiterating, if you wanna be a patron of my art, every dollar of your support goes really, REALLY far in making a tangible difference in my life.

patreon.com/kodyisover
subscribestar.adult/kodyisover
ko-fi.com/kodyisover

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 18h

relevant links here on my linktree!
linktr.ee/makanayama

if you wanna take advantage of anti-Prime day, THE OBAKE CODE is available on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

don't have a bookstore to support? can I suggest my local queer woman owned SFF indie, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social???

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 18h

I am always surprised by international lesbian day lol

I'm Makana! I'm a mixed race nonbinary lesbian who writes science fiction full of mixed race nonbinary lesbians! my debut cyberpunk space heist novel HAMMAJANG LUCK is out now, and it's standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE will be out Feb 17th!

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 1d

omg this comp! Starstruck Odyssey is my favorite d20 hahaha. mahalo for your kind words!!!

Hammajang Luck is OUT NOW and still available on Bookshop!

Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 1d

This book was so fun; Ocean’s Eleven (but no cis men allowed) meets Starstruck Odyssey.

makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · Oct 8

it's anti-Prime day on Bookshop, which means FREE SHIPPING!!! interested in reading about a crew of scrappy lesbian thieves taking down a trillionaire tech mogul with superhuman aspirations? HAMMAJANG LUCK is available to preorder with free shipping!!!

l;nk below!

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 2d

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 3d

mind you this is after a separate man did his intro by naruto running down the hallway

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 3d

"it's a depreciating investment"

makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 3d

did this man just say he traded his bitcoin for runescape gold

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 5d

I need someone to tell me which seasons of love is blind has the least worst men you’ve ever met

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 6d

censorship is bad, puritanical shit is on the rise, but also if you want the fun freaky people to come to your party you need to let in ALL the freaky people

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 6d

seeing a lot of things that are like, "transgressive, weird, and taboo welcome!" and then it's like "but not this and this and this"

girl then you are NOT welcoming!!!

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