Lauren

@laurenthemself.bsky.social

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Does stuff to words. Social justice bard. Queer. Aussie, but not a death spider. Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded. #OutliersWriters

A very small silver tabby kitten (~7 weeks) stares alertly at the camera.
A tall stoneware mug, coloured red and printed with small paper fans, containing chicken crouton Cup-A-Soup.
Screenshot of AusAlert popup
A white cat with black cap and saddle markings and tail is curled up on a square blue floor cushion.
The Lions editions of the Chronicles of Prydain quintet.
Screencap of the 'Smart features' function in Gmail settings, with the checkbox unticked. Just under this is a screencap of a Gemini 'Summarise this email' button that persists on showing up on individual emails.
A hand-drawn koala that has very pointy teeth, reading a book.
Spellcheck from Ellipsus. It is suggesting that the word 'sexualized' be changed to 'desexualized' as a first option, followed by the suggestions of 'desexualize', 'sensualized', and 'serialized'.
A light purple 5x5 bingo card titled 'Book Bingo 2026'. First row: Sexuality, sex, or straight up erotica; Paranormal/supernatural fantasy; romance; sequel, horror Second row: Media tie-in; high fantasy; science fiction; short story collection; essay collection Third row: Urban fantasy; local history; children's chapter book; art book; mystery Fourth row: Crime fiction or true crime; biography/autobiography; TTRPG/game book; A book that's been on your TBR pile for at least five years; nonfiction Fifth row: Reread a comfort book; historical fiction; something you personally consider cosy reading; queer fiction; young adult
Merriam-Webster Your 2026 Word: theatrical
Beautiful wall mural of a peacock sitting on a branch surrounded by pink and red blossoms that make the blues and greens of the peacock look even brighter.
The L-Z book of the two-part boxed set of the Macquarie Dictionary, 9th Edition. The spine is gumleaf green and the front is decorated with yellow wattle and red banksia flowers.
Lauren's hand and forearm barely visible under a stack of assorted A5 spiral-bound notebooks. The cover on the top of has a drawing of a cat and the words, 'You are the cat's meow' in all caps. It is reasonable to assume the rest of the stack are similarly humorous.
L-R Taliesin Jaffe, Satine Phoenix, Amy Vorpahl, Amy Dallen, and Matthew Mercer sit on log-themed ottomans around an oversized Jenga tower. Everyone is looking at Taliesin, who is about to pull the first block from the tower.
A small pale blue tumbled larimar stone in the palm of a person's hand.
Quiz results: Lauren Core - Mid-Autumn Core Remembers everything Living worry doll Sacrifices for others Can't say no Detailed perfectionist Considers others' comfort Shy but wants to lead Touched by small things Anxious without plans
Five complete and two half metal d20 dice, the two halves are separated to show how the pieces magnetise together and the complete dice are all in half and half colours.
The cover of Live's 'The Distance to Here' album
Brightly coloured adventure playground equipment adorned with what appear to be painted wooden masks, behind a fence with blue rails. There are palm trees beside the playground, and eucalyptus trees against the blue sky behind it.
A screenshot of Baldur's Gate 3. Astarion, an elf with short white hair, is in the centre wearing black armour with red accents and silver embellishments, standing in front of his tent at camp, which is also red and adorned with various paintings, vases, and other pretty things he has pilfered.
A street in Mexico City where the houses are painted bright colours: the left-hand side includes lavender, bright pink, and red, and the right-hand side includes lime green, aqua, and lavender.
Roll20 screenshot where four people independently rolled a 12 on a Deception check despite bonuses ranigng from +3 to +10.
A business in Epping is seeking a part time Team Member (up to 20 hours per week) to join our team. To be considered for this role you should: Be available at least 1 day at weekends Have at least 6 months of experience as a Team Member Have the right to work in Australia
A non-binary person with turquoise and dark purple hair holding up a T-Rex themed rubber duck. It has a green head with pointy teeth and an orange body with black stripes.
A sun and cloud emote, below which are the words 'Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing else.' attributed to Robert A. Heinlein.
Lauren, Andi, Paula, and Kelly at Trivia.
Dark trees silhouetted against an eerie red sky.
A trimmed screenshot from the BOM app showing a big blue swathe of rain on the radar covering the middle third of Victoria.
Dorian Electra and Lauren: two non-binary people. Dorian's wearing a fluorescent green top with a black harness over it, with elaborate green makeup and hair. Lauren has purple hair and is wearing purple cat ears. Both of them are grinning at the camera, arms around each other.
Bumper sticker design: rainbow brain with text 'my sex dreams are so weird they have freud coming in his grave'
Rainbow dice tray, rainbow dice bag, rainbow gemstone dice, miniature dice.
A bubble-filled bathtub.
A non-binary person with blue hair holding a tiny lilac Burmese kitten.
A collection of Seanan McGuire pins and Sevenish Magpies paraphernalia!
A brown wooden bookshelf with a fair chunk of Seanan McGuire's bibliography on it, including books as Mira Grant and A. Deborah Baker. Three and a half shelves are full and some books are on their sides to fit. I need more time and spoons to reorganise them so that's not the case.
Myf Warhurst, Guy Sebastian, and David O'Doherty on an episode of Spicks and Specks from 2005.
Chris Barrie and Craig Charles in Red Dwarf: 'Body Swap'. Chris is playing Lister in Rimmer's body but wearing Lister's leather jacket, grubby white t-shirt, and black trousers; Craig is playing Rimmer in Lister's body but wearing only a waist-to-thigh pink girdle.
Breakfast smoothie in a +10 Wisdom glass.
A bowl of fruit salad with a suspiciously butt-esque strawberry on top.
A white speech bubble on a pink and purple background. The text in the speech bubble is as follows: Blue heading: #XanderAwayModsPlay Black subheading: For this week only, streams will be on twitch.tv/laurenthemself The stream list follows with a small icon before each date/time: 'Objection!' image from Ace Attorney: Mon 29-Jan-24, 1-4pm Pacific: Lauren tries to remember how the early Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney cases went, while Xin commentates. 7th Guest logo: Tue 30-Jan-24, 3-5pm pacific: Livescreaming The 7th Guest, a classic 90s puzzle game. CW: horror themes, jumpscares, fade-to-black kissy stuff. Thauna logo: Wed 31-Jan-24, 3-4pm Pacific: Creative workshop with timed sprnts, idea prompts, and fan theorising about Xander's Thauna TTRPG/novel.
A unicorn water bottle, a dish of peppermint chocolate chip ice cream, and Seanan McGuire's latest Wayward Children release, MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN, displayed on a small wooden table in front of a hot bubble bath.
An illustration of five people laughing and having fun while wearing face masks, with the hashtag #COMEDYIsNotOver below them.
A silver tabby cat curled up sleeping on a black cat dome that is so fur-covered it matches the cat.
Mashup of Troy Barnes with pizza and This is Fine dog GIFs.
A garden gnome with a cat held out in front of them, another climbing their pointy red hat, one climbing up their right side, and two chasing each other around their left boot. They are wearing a cosy pink coat and big black boots (the gnome, not the cats).
A questionably shaped plastic mould for something that was gifted in a box.
Text: Cancer sun. "A wroth tempest I will raise." - Gale Background: A misty lake and mountains.
A silver tabby cat lying on a wooden floor and looking plaintively at the camera.
Selfie of Lauren in a dark room, cooling cloth draped around their sunburned shoulders. They look like they're about done with summer, five days in.
A white and black cat peering out from inside the undercarriage of a recliner chair.
A white and black cat curled up sleeping on the seat of a recliner chair.
The words 'Urban Legend Weird Scenarios' stylised like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo (first three words white on a red banner above the final word in a green typeface resembling the pattern of a turtle shell).
The 'board' game Tesseract, a large part of which is 64 dice stacked in a 4x4x4 cube, hence the quotation marks. The dice are yellow, purple, blue, and orange, with interesting little patterns of dots and lines on the faces.
Bright blue sky with a few puffy white clouds, a lovely clear sea, and pale yellow sand.