HoustonCVPE I need people to understand that because of a lack of union power in Texas, these folks get to mistake brittleness for strength without any check or consequence.

honestly, my best tweets are buried in the replies

This also applies to writing disabled characters (as I do). Our agency is often stripped from us, either by the physical fact of living in disabled bodies in an inaccessible world, or by (well-meaning or otherwise) caregivers with the power to gatekeep it.

Katie Britt’s response was disastrous because it felt like being trapped in a horror movie

We’re fortunate the GOP is so off-putting and weird right now. It makes them vulnerable. But like all authoritarian movements, the weirdness can soon become normal

jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-deep-wei…

Sell bread 🥖 or get bread 💰 wiiild 🫠

My writing advice is pull a bestseller out of your ass

BREAKING: people aren’t in love with TV that’s unceremoniously chopped halfway through, 6 episodes long with a bottle ep centered on a totally new character, takes 3 years off between seasons, or a combo platter of all of the above

So apparently emails between the Hugo Awards admin team last year have been leaked and...wow

It's such an exciting time to be a writer, dreaming of going out on submission to a publishing company that no longer wants human editors or designers, only CEOs using AIs that were likely trained on your own previous books, without compensation or permission. What a world!

finally had time to get informed about @xiranjayzhao Rebecca F. Kuang and neil gaiman being removed from hugo ballot without explanation and hugos claiming they were 'disqualified' but not being able to say why. there is something about this that i think only i can say so here goes:

🧵🧵For years, Jared Woodfill has led extreme anti-gay campaigns in Texas, comparing LGBTQ people to child molesters.

And for years, he's known of child sex abuse claims against his longtime law partner and Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler.
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/hou…

idk what happened but when i got off my first flight this morning there was a wheelchair waiting for me??

my license/tickets indicate that im Deaf but why would they be like “THIS DUDE CANT HEAR, THERE’S NO WAY HE CAN WALK ON HIS OWN.” 💀💀💀

evangelicals: “paul says marriage is between one man and one woman”

paul: “WHY ARE ANY OF YOU GETTING MARRIED???”

Let's compare the tailoring in two film scenes. Here is Fred Astaire dancing in Broadway Melody of 1940. Pay attention to how his clothing moves with him. 🧵

Please don’t ever let yourself be lectured about abortion by people who refuse to feed or house or educate children.

They are hypocrites.

a publisher dropping $7,000 to put a model (who isn’t a booktok/reader/reviewer) on a cruise ship with a copy of a book, only for it to get a weekly sales bump of 50 is fucking embarrassing 💀💀💀

PLEASE READ THE THREAD

happy drag race day

I actually think it’s insulting to act like Adapted Screenplay is some sort of insult.

Muppet fans rejoice!

Over 45 years later, the Hip Hip Parade has been FOUND and uploaded by YouTube user RyNo84!

To watch: youtu.be/TCe39GPOpJk