Talking about my first public reading in Los Angeles over on IG. A hot time with other cool writers. 💦

I'm thinking about deleting Bluesky to simplify my digital life. It's not for certain, but I've been on here less and less. If you'd like to stay connected on social media, I'm on Instagram (link in bio), where I try to share regular updates about my writing work and life in L.A.

thirty-two. alexander the great may have died at this age, but i'm not worried because i'm cooler than him.

How do people just shit out novels? Writing this thing feels almost impossible almost all of the time.

I'm sorry you're not gay

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This is a warning. A disabled man died during a plane transfer. Not an isolated incident. A system failure. This risk exists in the UK and Ireland too. “Nothing went wrong” isn’t safety. cutt.ly/8tPGeYWR

I'm tired of disabled people not understanding Deaf people and Deaf people not understanding disabled people. Two parallel yet very distinct worlds, and I feel like I exist between them.

People don't realize how an assistive device entwines with a nervous system, becomes an extension of the body, as much a part of you as your own tongue. Its interface, battery life, maintenance, malfunctions—even its obsolescence—are yours. You don't just wear the machine. You live its life.

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180 job applications. 10 months of unemployment. 3 rejection notices. 0 interviews.

Astrologers, if you're using your lore prescriptively, congrats, you've found religion and dogma again. Leave me out of it. 🫶

Amy graduated from her Co-Active Leadership Program with her new service dog Bronwyn and her old service boy Hayden helping her to the end! Our last week in Sonoma was one of laughter, tears, access, barriers, coffee runs, dirty jokes, service dog shenanigans, queer joy, and cripple-punk kinship. 🤟

I was inspired by the regal @haymayden.bsky.social for this morning's color study drawing. Just in time for #tummytuesday.

hayden m. knight@haymayden.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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Any other gay men struggling to vibe with Heated Rivalry? The excitement and joy among you all is genuinely wonderful, but I feel like I must be missing something.

I am going to Latin America on a small travel grant, but need $3,000 more for coverage of unions fighting back against Trump. I've covered unions in Latin America for 20 years & feel workers abroad need to hear their stories. Donate & fightback! paydayreport.com/send-a-labor...

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You shouldn't need to see a woman's death in photos or videos to care about her. That isn't empathy. Empathy is the ability to find within yourself the means to love someone in abstract. It does not demand evidence or ask that the last intimate, violent moments of her life be made into spectacle.

With One Story's support, I ended the year with 100+ pages of my first novel—entirely different from the one I committed to writing at the start of this fellowship.

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Anyone have any disability advocacy / rights / justice connections in Los Angeles? Really trying to find a job. I'm looking for anything, but would prefer to be doing the work that is important to me, and for a safe, access-driven employer. I keep trying to network, but I'm not getting anywhere.

2025 gave me psychic damage.

Almost every single job opening cites "strong verbal/oral communication skills" as a requirement. Not a preference. A requirement. Even "inclusive" and "equity-focused" employers. Even disability and Independent Living employers.

How do I stand a chance in this job market when I frequently have to disclose my disability just to be able to interview?

I guess I should have posted this on Tummy Tuesday, but I came early, which happens to the best of us sometimes

hayden m. knight@haymayden.bsky.social · 8mo ago

sorry

sorry

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Bruna Ferreira isn't some political prop of comeuppance for Karoline Leavitt. She's a person, a young woman and mother forcibly detained by ICE and awaiting deportation as a prisoner.

CNN@cnn.com · 8mo ago

Bruna Ferreira came to the US from Brazil as a child, and by all accounts, lived a life like any American: playing on the high school tennis team, getting married and divorced, building a small business and helping raise her son.

Gaza is still starving.