Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Michelle Delgado

@mdelgadia.bsky.social

140 followers 140 following 220 posts

author of a weekly horror newsletter: Scare Me! https://scare-me.beehiiv.com/subscribe | occasional journalist in Wired, Smithsonian, Broccoli, Literary Hub, other places.

scare-me.beehiiv.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Apr 26

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I put together a special edition of my newsletter ft. 13 of my favorite spooky books: scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/happy-indi...

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! 13 Spooky Books I Love

Let me enable you!

scare-me.beehiiv.com

2 7 30

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · 4d

genuinely could not take a nap because I was thinking about the scum in the bottom of the toothbrush cup fml

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · 4d

having OCD is so stupid. what do you mean my mental health and emotional wellbeing depends on me scrubbing obscure items in my house

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Aug 18

(I’m traveling today)

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Aug 18

Force feeding myself oatmeal at 5:30 in the morning to keep my ancient (32 year old) body from careening off schedule

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jul 27

Sometimes I feel like a big dummy for trying to write about culture, and then the Atlantic publishes a brain dead take that gives me the confidence boost I need to continue blogging

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

Crow 🔞 @bookishcorvid.bsky.social · Jul 27

@sgj.bsky.social Stephen Graham Jones will be like let me write a story about a man in a situation after he kills an animal he knows he shouldn’t and I eat it up every single time

4 40

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · Jul 17

A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂

Newsweek’s infamous 17 July 1995 cover: “Bisexuality: Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.”

220 3.2K 9K

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jul 12

Had a really wonderful conversation with one of my favorite authors, David Sodergren (@paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social) about the incredible freedom of self publishing, Scotland as an underused horror setting, and a lifetime of loving the genre: scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/david-sode...

Scottish Novelist David Sodergren on the Punk Rock Possibilities of Self Publishing

The fiercely independent horror author reflects on a lifelong love of horror.

scare-me.beehiiv.com

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tomorrow! I interviewed Matt Kirkland, the creative mind behind @draculadaily.bsky.social 🦇 💌

Subscribe to read it first thing tomorrow: scare-me.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Dracula Daily @draculadaily.bsky.social · Jul 1

It's July 1. Back to Renfield!

draculadaily.substack.com/p/dracula-ju...

Dracula: July 1

Aaaannnd back to Renfield

draculadaily.substack.com

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 29

Humbly requesting a setting for social media apps that plays all inspirational weight loss content backwards. I am proud of all of you but my ED rat brain cannot be trusted

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 28

so sorry for your loss ❤️‍🩹 it really helps so much to have a comfort show while grieving

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 25

so encouraged by Mamdani’s victory in New York and also appalled that autocorrect and closed captioning cannot seem to spell his name right

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 25

my computer is always muted so WHY did it start playing Tron Cat at top volume while Jack is on a work call ☠️

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nothing humbles me faster than trying to do a task that requires spatial reasoning

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 21

Jack and I are both so dumb it’s incredible we function in society. We’ve been trying to hang curtains for like 3 hours

1 1

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's Juneteenth, so an evergreen reminder that HORROR NOIRE is mandatory horror film history. xoxo @fangoria.bsky.social

www.fangoria.com/review-horro...

Review: HORROR NOIRE Is Mandatory Horror Film History

For Juneteenth, a look back at the influential 2019 documentary on Black Horror.

www.fangoria.com

36 97

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · Jun 18

our queer book fair was rained out so we're trying again on Sunday, this time at Access Oasis accessible garden in Astoria!

*hundreds* of free LGBTQIA+ books plus:
free snacks and zines from people's bodega, free button- and patch-making from qns collab, and more. tell yr friends!!

the rolling library and access oasis present
free queer book fair
june 22nd 12-5pm
2410 hoyt ave n astoria

1 10 23

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 18

One of the funniest, weirdest, most meta books I’ve read in ages. And a beautiful cover design! What more could you ask for!

Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · Jun 17

The beautiful paperback of Irena Rey is officially out now!!!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

1 1 1

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · Jun 18

I can barely express how gutwrenching it is to steal health care away from trans kids and essentially force them into conversion therapy defector.com/on-bridges?g...

Dysphoria and all the surrounding feelings are notoriously difficult to describe clearly, so here is the best metaphor I can come up with for what I want to talk about. Imagine, when you were a kid, that there was an intersection in your neighborhood that you regularly had to walk across, and it was a dangerous endeavor every time: There's no crosswalk, the cars don't respect speed limits, and everyone runs red lights or turns without looking. You did what you could to survive these perilous journeys, but maybe not every kid got to the other side unscathed.

Imagine, then, that years later you passed through your old hometown and found that, since you left, a stylish pedestrian bridge had been built at this intersection. You see a bunch of kids, and they're laughing with each other as they use it to cross safely, not even aware of all the times that you, years ago, just barely missed getting smashed by a car.

2 70 280

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 18

“Pop, she was just here! The little girl—she was in my bedroom!”

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 18

This was a really joyful conversation—Joe is a delight and had so many interesting thoughts about the relationship between horror and queer culture, particularly the missing generation of artists we lost to AIDS. There also *might* be a few hints about his next project 👀

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 18

The interview comes out bright ‘n early on Thursday morning, subscribe to get it sent straight to your inbox: scare-me.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Scare Me!

a weekly horror newsletter

scare-me.beehiiv.com

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 18

IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET 🪦🌈 I love this beautiful anthology and recently had the chance to speak with its creator, Joe Vallese, for my newsletter!

My hand holding a copy of IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET: QUEER REFLECTIONS ON HORROR with a bookshelf and my black cat in the background.

1 1

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

Katrina Lehto @lithera.bsky.social · Jun 15

As of 2025, Seattle's population is approximately 764,753.

10% of Seattle showed up at /this/ protest and there were more than just this one.

Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · Jun 15

“At the largest rally in Seattle, over 70,000 people flooded the streets shoulder-to-shoulder, marching en masse from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center — making it one of the largest protests in the city’s history. “

SEATTLE SHOWS UP FOR DEMOCRACY!

@seattletimes #NoKings #Seattle

8 280 1.1K

Reposted by Michelle Delgado

Phantasmag @phantasmagpress.bsky.social · Jun 12

Subscribe to the awesome Scare Me! Newsletter to read our little Q&A and much more spooky goodness 🖤

Michelle Delgado @mdelgadia.bsky.social · Jun 12

tomorrow on the newsletter! I interviewed the genius team behind @phantasmagpress.bsky.social 💀 ✨ truly a dream to learn more about my favorite indie magazine, made specifically for and by queer horror fans

Two copies of Phantasmag, an indie magazine, on a background of green fabric. Both magazines are shades of purple with black illustrations of horror imagery, including chains, gravestones, and skulls.

2 3