easter 🐣

@easterkingston.bsky.social

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easter. author. illustrator. easterkingston.substack.com

Bold white text on a deep pink to light blue background textured with plant leaves. The text is a quote from easterkingston’s Substack article that reads, “I discovered the one living thing that truly never sleeps: a fandom for a non-canon sapphic pairing on a show that had potential but consistently dropped the ball.”
Close-up of a thick stack of papers held together with binder clips. The name EASTER KINGSTON is visible on the top page. A pencil with a detachable pink eraser tip obscures the title of the manuscript.
An illustration of two women’s silhouettes against a snowy mountain backdrop. The words “I’m ready to make it official… I’ve written a novel! A steamy, laugh-out-loud lesbian romance coming this November”
a twitter post by easterkingston (me) saying "the term ‘fan’ fiction assumes an unequivocally positive attitude toward the source material. what a lot of us are writing should technically be classified as foe fiction," followed by a graphic illustrating the desire to write transformative fiction is greatest when the author either loves (fan fiction) or loathes (foe fiction) the source material
a digital painting hand drawn by easter kingston, showing Lena Luthor and Supergirl from the chest up, maintaining an intimate though clearly conflicted embrace. They’re both facing the viewer, with Kara holding Lena from behind, her left arm slung around Lena’s chest while using the right to cover Lena’s eyes with her hand. Lena’s face is in the light, though most of her face is covered by Kara gently keeping her in the dark; her posture is relaxed, trusting, her jaw slack, her hair down, while Supergirl’s face is partially hidden in shadows, her expression deeply troubled. The hand Supergirl/Kara rests just beneath Lena’s collarbone is only barely stretching the collar of Lena’s sweater, one fingertip dipping beneath. Lena’s right hand lies just over/hovers just above Kara’s right hand, a wish more than a demand. Her left hand however is clutching Supergirl’s forearm, as if frightened she will pull away.
Weitzman briefly took down word-stream after author outcry—only for the same website and app to resurface late February 2025 as booktokapp.com. (Two screenshots, side by side, one showing word-stream.com’s main page on the internet archive, dated December 2024, the other showing booktokapp.com’s main page as it looks today. They’re carbon copies, save for the particular works listed: all of them appear to be freely available as part of the public domain.) the sites are identical, though booktokapp no longer lists the stolen works—at least for now.
Speechify®’s Terms & Conditions state that, by submitting material to their platform, you assert you own the rights to it. A screenshot of Speechify’s website, with the following text highlighted: [quote]‘7.6 Each time you submit User Material to us, you represent and warrant to us as follows: (a) You own your User Material or have the right to submit it, and in submitting it you will not be infringing any rights of any third party, including intellectual property rights (such as copyright (…)’[end quote] An arrow points to a second screenshotted paragraph, with the remark ‘<-this one's also interesting. especially for our kinkier nerds’ in a handwritten font: [quote](b) Your User Material is not illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, pornographic, (…) or is otherwise deemed inappropriate.’ [end quote] it also states that, by using their platform, you grant Speechify® the right to publish and exploit this material—or any ideas contained within—in essentially any way the company wants. [quote]“7.8 (…) by submitting User Material you hereby grant Speechify an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, edit, distribute and otherwise exploit the User Material you post on the Services, or any portion thereof, and any ideas, concepts, or know-how contained therein, with or without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity, in any manner (including, without limitation, for commercial, publicity, trade, promotional, or advertising purposes) and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Material, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing without any payment of money or any other form of consideration to you or to any third party. (…)”[end quote]
White and yellow text on a black background, reading: it's time to stop using Speechify® to read fanfiction and self-published (or not-yet-published!) work. (there’s a pink thread emoji, and an arrow pointing down, asking you to) please allow me to explain how using Speechify® harms indie and fanfiction authors.
A digital painting by ekingston, made originally for Broads and Broadswords charity zine. A young Black girl with natural hair is sitting cross legged on a library floor. She’s wearing round glasses, a bright yellow T-shirt, blue jeans rolled at the ankles and hot pink sneakers. On either side of her are shelves of large, thick books. One book is open in her lap. The girl is staring, wide-eyed and slack-jawed, as she pulls a large sword from between its yellowed pages. It’s sparkling with magic.