Siv Watkins
@microanimism.bsky.social
I write poems and make paintings about phlegm 🌟 and the relationships between humans and microbes.
Working-class writer and artist. Ph.D microbiologist, recovering academic. I'm British but I live in New Mexico.
sivwatkins.substack.com
microanimism.com
Working-class writer and artist. Ph.D microbiologist, recovering academic. I'm British but I live in New Mexico.
sivwatkins.substack.com
microanimism.com
Brush your teeth. Detail from 'Endocarditis'.
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Brush your teeth. Detail from 'Endocarditis'.
She just put her whole entire butthole right in my face
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
She just put her whole entire butthole right in my face
Happy don't get squished by a horse spooking at a giant flame-throwing penguin,to those who celebrate
October 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy don't get squished by a horse spooking at a giant flame-throwing penguin,to those who celebrate
Meg wants you to know that she is still alive, and while she mourns the death of her sister she'd be greatly comforted by gifts of cocaine, high-end cigars and insider trading tips.
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meg wants you to know that she is still alive, and while she mourns the death of her sister she'd be greatly comforted by gifts of cocaine, high-end cigars and insider trading tips.
First day of Balloon Fiesta, the balloons are taking off and landing right next to my horses. Cool cool.
October 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
First day of Balloon Fiesta, the balloons are taking off and landing right next to my horses. Cool cool.
After nearly 15 years together and with profound sorrow, I announce the death of my perfect and beloved familiar, Esme. Esme cooked up a surprise bellyful of tumor over the last few weeks and died, via euthanasia, peacefully and well-loved in my arms Tuesday morning. I miss her.
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
After nearly 15 years together and with profound sorrow, I announce the death of my perfect and beloved familiar, Esme. Esme cooked up a surprise bellyful of tumor over the last few weeks and died, via euthanasia, peacefully and well-loved in my arms Tuesday morning. I miss her.
My 'official' 'material' delivery systems have been quiet lately, mostly because I've been working on larger projects. Sorry about that. A small publication is in the works, as well as larger prints and original items. Biology for the Otherworlds is happening too, plus, more essays, more poems.
September 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My 'official' 'material' delivery systems have been quiet lately, mostly because I've been working on larger projects. Sorry about that. A small publication is in the works, as well as larger prints and original items. Biology for the Otherworlds is happening too, plus, more essays, more poems.
Free version of this essay not too terribly awful
June 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Free version of this essay not too terribly awful
The murderous angel who has recently cost me $3000 in vet bills and just put an angelic little hairball on my bed.
June 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The murderous angel who has recently cost me $3000 in vet bills and just put an angelic little hairball on my bed.
Goes in all directions, it's not like ours, and it's usually covered in a thin layer of mucus
May 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Goes in all directions, it's not like ours, and it's usually covered in a thin layer of mucus
Me publishing abstract discussions about human/scary virus relationships in my @theartofskinner.bsky.social face thingy
May 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Me publishing abstract discussions about human/scary virus relationships in my @theartofskinner.bsky.social face thingy
Thieved from Inzane Johnny because it killed me, I'm deceased now
May 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Thieved from Inzane Johnny because it killed me, I'm deceased now
When the smalls know us, sometimes we are given disease and untimely rot. Always, we are given a productive end, a functional return to the firmament via the earth. The earth breathes, and our simple parts are shuttled around to where they need to be, by the smalls, with their own small love.
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When the smalls know us, sometimes we are given disease and untimely rot. Always, we are given a productive end, a functional return to the firmament via the earth. The earth breathes, and our simple parts are shuttled around to where they need to be, by the smalls, with their own small love.
As a terminally educated microbiologist who did her Ph.D on sewage, I recommend you don't swim in sewage. I mean, I love sewage - but leave it alone.
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As a terminally educated microbiologist who did her Ph.D on sewage, I recommend you don't swim in sewage. I mean, I love sewage - but leave it alone.
Beautiful, multi-faceted, and durable rarity, comes from diversification and differentiation, which happens as a result of *need*.
To switch from a species or a genus, to a lung or a liver.
To switch from a species or a genus, to a lung or a liver.
May 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Beautiful, multi-faceted, and durable rarity, comes from diversification and differentiation, which happens as a result of *need*.
To switch from a species or a genus, to a lung or a liver.
To switch from a species or a genus, to a lung or a liver.
It's mother's day where I live (US) and I surprise-called my mum in the UK and interrupted her and my dad cutting each other's toenails.
May 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It's mother's day where I live (US) and I surprise-called my mum in the UK and interrupted her and my dad cutting each other's toenails.
No more muthafuckin treestars (bagged salad) for you.
May 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
No more muthafuckin treestars (bagged salad) for you.
The ruling classes have been weaponizing infectious diseases and the broader microbial world against the plebs forever. Where you find political agenda, you'll see the manipulation of public perception of our relationship with bacteria and viruses. We'll see more as the climate crisis progresses.
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The ruling classes have been weaponizing infectious diseases and the broader microbial world against the plebs forever. Where you find political agenda, you'll see the manipulation of public perception of our relationship with bacteria and viruses. We'll see more as the climate crisis progresses.