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Kat W

@katwhen.bsky.social

Intersectional feminism, books, television, words of love and rage. She/Her. Does not have access to DMs.

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Tracy King@tracyking.bsky.social · 4d ago

Back when I had Twitter I used to offer free headshots for low-income authors, not sure I have much reach here but the offer is still there. London or Birmingham (although I’m in Glasgow and Edinburgh at the end of Aug and can fit in a session. Will have lights so can be indoors).

Rose Ruane@regretteruane.bsky.social · last wk.

Painting created c.1967, by Mary Lorraine, in the art therapy studio at Netherne Hospital, where she was compelled to live. Several of her surviving works depict dancers & we have reason to believe she, herself, was a trained ballet dancer. This & other biographical details are awaiting confirmation

Painting in an untaught style of six white ballerinas doing a barre class with a teacher in pink tutu in the centre of the room. The practice is room is opulent with large scalloped gilt framed mirrors and a gold and crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, although the figures are anatomically incorrect and actually impossible, there is an incredible sense of movement which is really evocative and somehow true to life and despite the perspective of the room being all wrong, it also gives a sense of place, of the long narrow room filled with music and purpose
Rose Ruane@regretteruane.bsky.social · last wk.

Satyr created by Mary Lorraine, c.1967, in the art therapy studio at Netherne Hospital, where she was compelled to live. One of several surviving works her paintings often depict scenes of ballet, art making & society occasions & it seems, pre-hospitalisation, she may have been a professional dancer

A pale painting of a white, grey haired satyr dressed in a grey v neck sweater, white shirt and black tie with furred legs and pointy hooves, the left hand raised to shoulder height. The figure is rather stranded in the middle of an expanse of yellowing paper, it is painted in an untaught style and there is something quite camp about the satyr’s stance but there is also a slightly unsettling quality to it. His face is not very detailed but the expression on it is certainly not friendly
Max@paisleystars.bsky.social · last wk.

A tour group over at Ymerbukta have stumbled across a mummified polar bear while out in their kayaks. Current working theory is that it has melted out of the glacier. Fascinating potential for scientific discovery or horrifying portent of the end of days, TBD.

Close up of a mummified polar bears's paw
Kat W@katwhen.bsky.social · last wk.

The sofa repairperson has been and gone and the sofa is once more ready for sitting on. This did involve a morning of frenzied tidying* in a desperate attempt to make the place look like actual responsible adults live here. Like Babylon 5, we probably failed. *Hiding things in other rooms.

Michael Broussard@michaelbroussard.myatproto.social · last wk.

A reminder that the video replay of my show Doctor Who Saved My Life is now available and you can watch it anytime, day or night, up until 8/31/26. Details and tickets at the link. Support my storytelling!

Michael Broussard@michaelbroussard.myatproto.social · last wk.

The on demand video replay of Doctor Who Saved My Life is now available for a $5 donation. All tickets allow you to watch the play any time day or night up to and including 8/31/26. Thank you for your support! #DoctorWho #TheatreSky DoctorWhoSavedMyLifeReplay.eventbrite.com

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 2w ago

Exactly the afternoon pick-me-up we needed during our afternoon BM. Whoever's been posting these in the Roybal bathroom stalls, we see you. 🖖💚 CDC fam: What's the best act of rebellion (or workplace joy) you've seen around the office lately?

Brown metal bathroom stall door with a black sticker showing two stylized science fiction characters beneath the text, "TRUST DATA NOT LORE," in orange and white lettering.
Kat W@katwhen.bsky.social · 3w ago

NOT NOW, GIANT, SPIDERY CRACK IN THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE TOILET BOWL! (We live in a flat with one bathroom with one loo in it. And we are coming up to that joyous time of the year when it is almost impossible to find alternative short-term accommodation here. Again.)

Kat W@katwhen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Watched Children of the Blitz (Coventry, Hull, Cardiff, Clydeside, Belfast, as well as London). Powerful, with some people speaking about their experiences for the first time, reflecting on silence embedding trauma, full of compassion, and horror at the resurgent ideology that caused that trauma.

Kat W@katwhen.bsky.social · 4w ago

Me: *orders more pairs of linen trousers* Me: *ponders* Me: *orders more multiple trouser hangers* Given the intensification of summer, my summer fashion future is linen trousers, and one pair of linen + two pairs of cotton trousers are no longer enough, not when I sweat through a pair a day.

Piers Beckley@piersb.bsky.social · 4w ago

“We used to think AI-generated fiction would always be obvious, and we were not prepared.” A small press was nearly tricked into publishing AI-generated stories. This is how they fought back. An essential read. www.bona-books.com/news/we-boug...

Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...

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