Selby Liebert
@sqliebert.bsky.social
(Re)emerging writer in Oregon
Trans 🏳️⚧️ Elder Millennial
Coparent of 2 humans
Feeder of 3 cats
she/her, per/pers, they/them
Trans 🏳️⚧️ Elder Millennial
Coparent of 2 humans
Feeder of 3 cats
she/her, per/pers, they/them
Pinned
Selby Liebert
@sqliebert.bsky.social
· May 20
Hello!
I’m a trans, disabled writer/photographer/music nerd.
I love poetry (but am currently focused on a magic horror novella).
Flowers are my favorite things. I shoot a mix of film (Yashica-A) & digital (Olympus PEN E-PL1).
I play piano, and experiment with composition & electronic music.
I’m a trans, disabled writer/photographer/music nerd.
I love poetry (but am currently focused on a magic horror novella).
Flowers are my favorite things. I shoot a mix of film (Yashica-A) & digital (Olympus PEN E-PL1).
I play piano, and experiment with composition & electronic music.
Agents kidnapped over two dozen people this past week in Salem alone.
We aren’t a large city by any means.
Resistance is happening, but there are so many vulnerable people in our community.
We aren’t a large city by any means.
Resistance is happening, but there are so many vulnerable people in our community.
"Call the cops! He took my wallet and my keys!”
SALEM, OR — Trump’s lawless ICE goons threaten U.S. citizen with AR-15, steal her car keys & wallet, leave her stranded in the middle of the road. (They then gave them to the police as though they found them🤔)
SALEM, OR — Trump’s lawless ICE goons threaten U.S. citizen with AR-15, steal her car keys & wallet, leave her stranded in the middle of the road. (They then gave them to the police as though they found them🤔)
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Agents kidnapped over two dozen people this past week in Salem alone.
We aren’t a large city by any means.
Resistance is happening, but there are so many vulnerable people in our community.
We aren’t a large city by any means.
Resistance is happening, but there are so many vulnerable people in our community.
Have been struggling toward revisions for this project and haven’t talked about it much as it sat untouched.
Had a bit of a breakthrough, finally, and while it will require more work, I feel the emotional core of the book will be stronger for it.
It feels more *me* now, as well.
Had a bit of a breakthrough, finally, and while it will require more work, I feel the emotional core of the book will be stronger for it.
It feels more *me* now, as well.
So…
Book draft is finished.
Working title:
Under a Hungry Sky
Book draft is finished.
Working title:
Under a Hungry Sky
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Have been struggling toward revisions for this project and haven’t talked about it much as it sat untouched.
Had a bit of a breakthrough, finally, and while it will require more work, I feel the emotional core of the book will be stronger for it.
It feels more *me* now, as well.
Had a bit of a breakthrough, finally, and while it will require more work, I feel the emotional core of the book will be stronger for it.
It feels more *me* now, as well.
So, in an effort to regain some momentum, I have managed to reorganize my entire writing folder this week, including:
Sorting my poems and prioritizing my strongest work for submission
Combining separate full book outlines (5 of them!) into a larger, sorted hierarchy
Sorting stories by genre
Sorting my poems and prioritizing my strongest work for submission
Combining separate full book outlines (5 of them!) into a larger, sorted hierarchy
Sorting stories by genre
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
So, in an effort to regain some momentum, I have managed to reorganize my entire writing folder this week, including:
Sorting my poems and prioritizing my strongest work for submission
Combining separate full book outlines (5 of them!) into a larger, sorted hierarchy
Sorting stories by genre
Sorting my poems and prioritizing my strongest work for submission
Combining separate full book outlines (5 of them!) into a larger, sorted hierarchy
Sorting stories by genre
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Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" is a trans gal anthem, it's ours now
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" is a trans gal anthem, it's ours now
John Berger’s work in general, but AND OUR FACES, MY HEART, BRIEF AS PHOTOS.
To be moved by something so short, to tear gently into the human condition & come away dialectically embracing love & death: beautiful.
Shifted my world emotionally in addition to his other works informing my politics.
To be moved by something so short, to tear gently into the human condition & come away dialectically embracing love & death: beautiful.
Shifted my world emotionally in addition to his other works informing my politics.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
John Berger’s work in general, but AND OUR FACES, MY HEART, BRIEF AS PHOTOS.
To be moved by something so short, to tear gently into the human condition & come away dialectically embracing love & death: beautiful.
Shifted my world emotionally in addition to his other works informing my politics.
To be moved by something so short, to tear gently into the human condition & come away dialectically embracing love & death: beautiful.
Shifted my world emotionally in addition to his other works informing my politics.
Yet another reason to enjoy listening to Madi’s music.
New album last month (beautiful and cathartic and raw). Cover album this month (with proceeds going to a great cause).
New album last month (beautiful and cathartic and raw). Cover album this month (with proceeds going to a great cause).
Madi Diaz releases blink-182 'Enema Of The State' covers album benefitting immigration legal aid
Madi Diaz Releases Enema Of The State Covers Album Benefitting Immigration Legal Aid - Stereogum
Enema Of The State was a crucial album to a lot of us growing up, and Madi Diaz is no exception. Last month the Los Angeles singer-songwriter released her new album Fatal Optimist, but it turns out sh...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Yet another reason to enjoy listening to Madi’s music.
New album last month (beautiful and cathartic and raw). Cover album this month (with proceeds going to a great cause).
New album last month (beautiful and cathartic and raw). Cover album this month (with proceeds going to a great cause).
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One from me and one from Carver today for #smallpoemsunday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One from me and one from Carver today for #smallpoemsunday.
One from me and one from Carver today for #smallpoemsunday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One from me and one from Carver today for #smallpoemsunday.
What an incredible lineup.
Two more events this month and then I am done with book-travel until January. Next week Boston (see flier for details), then Madison on Nov 22. (Flier coming soon.) If you live in one of those places I would like to read poems to you with my actual mouth.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What an incredible lineup.
Came for the music, stayed for the Walt Whitman shitposting.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself
I am large, I post multitudes
Very well then I contradict myself
I am large, I post multitudes
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Came for the music, stayed for the Walt Whitman shitposting.
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this is absolutely true and this should not strike fear, it should strike righteous fucking fury in you, are you going to let them break you, or are you going to make them break upon us?
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
this is absolutely true and this should not strike fear, it should strike righteous fucking fury in you, are you going to let them break you, or are you going to make them break upon us?
We GAINED an hour (supposedly), and it was still dark in the morning and dark by 5 PM and the rain is cold like the broken shower at the rec center. You know the one. My neighbors had their fireplace going before I left the driveway. Good luck everyone.
listen, i don’t wish ill will on guard members, but if you send the texas national guard to the pacific northwest in the long dark, you are sending those people to die. it was dark when i got on the bus to work, it was dark when i got on the bus to go home and the rain is like the movie SEVEN
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We GAINED an hour (supposedly), and it was still dark in the morning and dark by 5 PM and the rain is cold like the broken shower at the rec center. You know the one. My neighbors had their fireplace going before I left the driveway. Good luck everyone.
Demon Summoning
Wish I were kidding. 🤷♀️
Wish I were kidding. 🤷♀️
Zoom in and the first tag you see is how your November will go
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Demon Summoning
Wish I were kidding. 🤷♀️
Wish I were kidding. 🤷♀️
A little feeling for this #smallpoemsunday.
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A little feeling for this #smallpoemsunday.
This game, y’all.
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This game, y’all.
Watching Scherzer walk off after those 4 1/3 innings. The wave. The fist pump. The man loves the game and what he does.
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Watching Scherzer walk off after those 4 1/3 innings. The wave. The fist pump. The man loves the game and what he does.
Blade Runner 2049
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Blade Runner 2049
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2019 feels like a lifetime ago, but Max Scherzer starting game 7 of the World Series still gives me all the feels. As a fellow old guy I hope he has at least one more special performance in the tank. The matchup with Shohei is absolute cinema.
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
2019 feels like a lifetime ago, but Max Scherzer starting game 7 of the World Series still gives me all the feels. As a fellow old guy I hope he has at least one more special performance in the tank. The matchup with Shohei is absolute cinema.
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No. valid. reason.
Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No. valid. reason.
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Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
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Mad Max is the absolute best avatar of the insanity that is a World Series Game 7, very important to put a total lunatic on the mound
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Mad Max is the absolute best avatar of the insanity that is a World Series Game 7, very important to put a total lunatic on the mound
Happy Halloween.
Go listen to some gothwave or some metal. Eat candy. Embrace your friends, living and dead.
Go listen to some gothwave or some metal. Eat candy. Embrace your friends, living and dead.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy Halloween.
Go listen to some gothwave or some metal. Eat candy. Embrace your friends, living and dead.
Go listen to some gothwave or some metal. Eat candy. Embrace your friends, living and dead.
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Moselle - Moselle - DFAD (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by MoselleVEVO
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM