Brave Fencer Saoirse (Swollen Face Arc)
@saoirsens.bsky.social
Actor, Audiobook Narrator, Voice Actor,
Myo-fascist, 剣道家, shitposts are free.
Myo-fascist, 剣道家, shitposts are free.
see a goblin, post a goblin!!
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
see a goblin, post a goblin!!
just when you thought things couldn't get worse
January 30, 2026 at 5:44 PM
just when you thought things couldn't get worse
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much meaning gets layered onto biology after the fact, how much interpretation happens automatically—
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much meaning gets layered onto biology after the fact, how much interpretation happens automatically—
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
Some things are just consequences you live with, not statements you’re making. I’m more interested lately in reducing noise than explanations.
been meditating again lately. It’s showing up in voice, emotional availability, and dreams more than I expected.
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 AM
been meditating again lately. It’s showing up in voice, emotional availability, and dreams more than I expected.
happy lunar new year
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
happy lunar new year
I had valuable experiences during the war in China. I learned the truth about human beings. I felt that I saw the inner workings of people and the human spirit. I feel that there are no boundaries between different people. I grew up a lot during the war.
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I had valuable experiences during the war in China. I learned the truth about human beings. I felt that I saw the inner workings of people and the human spirit. I feel that there are no boundaries between different people. I grew up a lot during the war.
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Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
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This event is TOMORROW. I would love if a lot of people attended! It's totally free, and it's over Zoom, so you have NO EXCUSE!!!
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
I'm going to be chatting with Amy Freeman at The Writer's Center about the CRAFT of Woodworking on July 17! The event is free, virtual, and open to the public. Sign up right here:
writer.org/event/emily-...
writer.org/event/emily-...
Virtual Craft Chat with Novelist Emily St. James - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by author and cultural critic Emily St. James for a discussion of her debut novel, Woodworking. Emily is in co...
writer.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This event is TOMORROW. I would love if a lot of people attended! It's totally free, and it's over Zoom, so you have NO EXCUSE!!!
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
You possibly have an excuse, but I'll need it submitted in writing.
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Looks like the Woodworking ebook is on sale for just $1.99 today, everywhere that sells ebooks! What a time to read it too! Happy Pride!
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bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <p><b>“Big-hearted and hilarious, an ode to authenticity and a must-read in our current times.” —Shelby Van Pelt, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Remarkably Brig...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Looks like the Woodworking ebook is on sale for just $1.99 today, everywhere that sells ebooks! What a time to read it too! Happy Pride!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
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Only four more days to take advantage of this sale!
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
My newsletter Episodes is one of my favorite things I do! It's where I write about film, TV, gender, and so many other things. And it helps pay the bills when, say, I haven't been in a writer's room in over a year!
And we're having a 40% off sale RIGHT NOW! (thread)
episodes.ghost.io/pride-sale
And we're having a 40% off sale RIGHT NOW! (thread)
episodes.ghost.io/pride-sale
Episodes by Emily St. James
A newsletter on culture, identity, and many other things by critic and writer Emily St. James
episodes.ghost.io
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only four more days to take advantage of this sale!
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
Just today, I published a new piece on 28 Years Later, and don't you want to read that?
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No joke, the last paragraph of this is the most gratifying thing I've ever read about myself. I might as well pack it in.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
“‘Woodworking’ doesn’t offer easy lessons. Ugliness and hate rub shoulders with glimpses of freedom, growth, and transformation.” @lorimarso.bsky.social reviews Emily St. James’s “Woodworking.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/trans-women-in-the-heartland/
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No joke, the last paragraph of this is the most gratifying thing I've ever read about myself. I might as well pack it in.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
This is such a lovely piece and such a beautiful read of my little book.
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Finally got to read @emilystjams.bsky.social fantastic debut novel, “Woodworking” — an absolute joy to live in, even though I tore through it, and easily the best book I’ve ever read that incorporates the 2016 World Series. (Constance = MVP)
June 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Finally got to read @emilystjams.bsky.social fantastic debut novel, “Woodworking” — an absolute joy to live in, even though I tore through it, and easily the best book I’ve ever read that incorporates the 2016 World Series. (Constance = MVP)
It is hilarious how often they tell on themselves
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It is hilarious how often they tell on themselves
maybe the real big beautiful bill was the friends we made along the way
June 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
maybe the real big beautiful bill was the friends we made along the way
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Tá feidhm ar leith ag gach duine ina shaol. B'fhéidir is ea é an ceann s'agatsa ná a bheith i do rabhadh do dhaoine eile.
June 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tá feidhm ar leith ag gach duine ina shaol. B'fhéidir is ea é an ceann s'agatsa ná a bheith i do rabhadh do dhaoine eile.
No, just a bit of cursing and swearing and a touch of crying
May 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No, just a bit of cursing and swearing and a touch of crying
Not as fast as I'd like but at least it's going now.
May 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Not as fast as I'd like but at least it's going now.
i came up with a new talking point it's called autogyneandromorphaphiliographophiliography it's very important and it's taking over our schools we have to protect our children
May 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i came up with a new talking point it's called autogyneandromorphaphiliographophiliography it's very important and it's taking over our schools we have to protect our children
it'd be nice if people could articulate why trans people need medical care outside of a vague philosophical difference of opinon
May 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
it'd be nice if people could articulate why trans people need medical care outside of a vague philosophical difference of opinon
The inverse of Atlas Shrugged, instead of the owners of capital disappearing into their own secret utopian state they steal the nation itself and then build the technocracy that leaves the citizenry redundant and problematic to completing their paradise
May 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The inverse of Atlas Shrugged, instead of the owners of capital disappearing into their own secret utopian state they steal the nation itself and then build the technocracy that leaves the citizenry redundant and problematic to completing their paradise
streaming is such a weird twist of social media. The idea of one guy deciding to make himself the center of a group chat and hang out with himself, selectively interacting with whatever comments he likes to drive a conversation only he wants to have.
May 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
streaming is such a weird twist of social media. The idea of one guy deciding to make himself the center of a group chat and hang out with himself, selectively interacting with whatever comments he likes to drive a conversation only he wants to have.
rethinking my whole existence but in a cool and approachable way
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
rethinking my whole existence but in a cool and approachable way
feeling anxious about something impending, i wonder if anyone has advice for how to deal with it, perhaps something along the lines of hyper-focusing on social media and on the state of politics?
May 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
feeling anxious about something impending, i wonder if anyone has advice for how to deal with it, perhaps something along the lines of hyper-focusing on social media and on the state of politics?