a.a. de levine

@aadelevine.bsky.social

♦️ work in taco bell quarterly, new gothic review, psycho holosuite, elsewhere ♦️ computer boy, poppy church, stimulation clicker ♦️ fiction editor at @theargylelitmag.bsky.social ♦️ linktr.ee/aadelevine

It's always heartbreaking when a lit mag goes away, but it's also a reminder about how much human care and effort goes into making a space for art. Transience doesn't make something less beautiful.

JAKE@publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hey all, @beansbaker5.bsky.social here. After much deliberation, and many missed deadlines, we've decided to end submissions to JAKE indefinitely on Feb. 15th (two weeks from today). All open submissions will receive a response, and all announced/scheduled work will release, but we're winding down.

i don't understand the 2016 meme. you wish to return to 2016? the year we all died and went to hell? the year the fabric of reality tore, revealing the terrible void beneath? the year of our spiral into despair and nothingness? the year of the angry birds movie?

i want to so badly to experience a christmas filled with magic! reverence! and child-like wonder! but every year, without fail, my extended family decides to become embroiled in a jolly holiday fight or share things like, "christmas makes me think of everyone who has died." where is krampus.

anyway go see One Battle After Another in a movie theater, I know we said this about Oppenheimer but I mean it for real with this one, there are cinematographic and audio mixing things that are essential to the experience and you won't get it at home

I'll add that while there's nothing wrong with comfort art, there's absolutely something wrong if you're willing to engage ONLY with comfort art. You should be running into art that perplexes you or gets under your skin or makes you ask questions or that you dislike without calling for its removal.

✨Stardust Melody✨ — Polyamorous Lesbian Dragon Era@dragonsandsapphics.bsky.social · last yr.

Let's talk about weird art. Weird art, gross art, sexual art, violent art, all has its place and belongs. And you really need to stop acting like the existence of uncomfortable themes equals harm. That kind of censorship, which IS what that is, only serves to silence and abuse people.

i'm trying to find the right balance between following my heart (checking out what my friends are talking about online) and not losing my mind (checking out what my friends are talking about online).