NeuroATriplicate

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The best description of my gender is "Nerdy Lesbian Ken." AuDHD. Working on a queer horror novel set in rural New England. They/them

An excerpt from the linked article, reading: “When contacted by NPR, spokespeople for each respective governor's office made it clear that their guard members were sent to help with the influx of crowds expected for America 250 celebrations taking place in the city this summer, not for law enforcement purposes as part of the larger ongoing federal Joint Task Force operation.

But troops from all four Democratic-led states are listed as part of the official federal Joint Task Force numbers released to the public.”

The cover to the book: “When I Walk Through That Door, I Am: An immigrant mother’s quest” by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Cover of the book “All the Hearts You Eat” by Hailey Piper

Cover of the book “An Autistic Horror Anthology”

White text on a black background. The text reads:

They turn back to the car. Becky gasps and Laurel screams when they see her: a woman with hair the color of wet straw framing a pale, emaciated face. She’s sitting in the back seat, watching them through the window, smiling as if she’s been there since they left the church. Becky stumbles backward, slipping on ice and breaking her fall in the snowbank on the opposite side of the road.

When she looks up, the woman is gone.

White text on a black background. The text reads: The shift from September to October seems - as it always does - to flip a switch somewhere in town. Every building on the main stretch, and every other one off it, has sprouted something overnight: a scarecrow with a jack o’lantern for a head, a pair of ghosts waving at the road with friendly smiles, plastic gravestones with sayings like “Rest in Pieces” and “Ken Useemie.” One of the few perks of second shift is that no one expects Jenna to help decorate the porch or the lobby.

White text on black background. The text reads:

“Do,” Jamie’s voice comes out as harsh and ragged as a whisper. She swallows once and tries again. “D’you know why you’re…here?”

The man looks at her with a suddenness that makes Jamie flinch. “No.” He says. “Do you?” Jamie can only shake her head.

“The woods won’t let me leave,” she says. Again, she immediately regrets it, even more so when the man laughs. And there’s the shame again, the realization that he’d been asking about himself, not her. Self-centered, Mom says in the back of Jamie’s mind.

“I bet not,” the man says. “They do that sometimes.” Another pause. “Am I the first one you’ve seen?” Jamie doesn’t know how to answer.

White text on a black background. The text reads: "She doesn’t know what to do, what to think, what’s supposed to happen or how she’s supposed to react. Everything feels twisted and surreal, like a dream she hadn’t realized she was having. The man’s brow furrows in confusion and he says, “Why are you dressed like that?”

This time it’s not fear that courses through Jamie’s blood but cold, hard shame. This, she is familiar with: weaponized confusion, humiliation designed to course-correct her thoughts and reactions. It sounds like something Dad would ask, scoffing in dismissive amusement, or Mom, pointed and edging into disgust. Or Angela. Angela has asked this exact question more than once.

Before Jamie can construct a reply to deflect, to reassure, the man says, “Aren’t you roasting in all that?” Suddenly it makes sense: his clothing, the light in his face, the way he steps silently through the snow without leaving a mark. It’s not hunting season, Jamie thinks, and the idea nearly sends her into hysterical giggling. Adrenaline continues to flood her system but she still doesn’t know what she’s supposed to feel.

“It’s January,” she says, and instantly regrets it. The man draws back, startled, then looks around as if seeing the snow-covered landscape for the first time. His face falls.

“Right,” he says. Then quieter, almost to himself, “right.” He looks at Jamie. “No wonder you ran.” There’s a tense pause as Jamie fumbles for something to say."

White text on a black background. The text reads: "A layer of mist has congealed on the surface of the pond, with delicate white tendrils rising and dissolving in the first rays of the morning sun. The water is still and unblemished under a soft, cloudless sky. When I reach the edge of the water I find myself able to see into its shadows: weeds curled and knotted, minnows darting in and out of them. The rest of the world stands as still and silent as a congregation holding its breath.

Cover of the book “The Sunbearer Trials” by Aiden Thomas.

Moodboard with a light gray background. Pictures in three sections sorted into columns.

Leftmost section: a pair of old hiking boots in snow, trans flag, adolescent walking in snow with his back to the camera, misty woods with a barbed wire fence in front of a shed.

Middle section: five pictures of snowy woods, each with a lot of fog. Color schemes are dreary and desaturated.

Rightmost section: Hunting clothes from the 1970s including a tan jacket, red and black checkered cap with ear flaps, aviator glasses, tan-green pants with suspenders, a man in brown flannel clothing and faded jeans carrying a vintage rifle.

A poem titled "SOME ANALOGIES FOR MY GENDER."
The text reads:

Referring to me as a woman
And referring to me as a man
Evoke the same image in my head:
A near-perfectly spherical person
With a top hat and monocle
Coughing out “preposterous”
In an accent that turns itself inside-out

Sometimes I think I’m missing a page
in a packet passed around
while I was in the bathroom

You want to round me to the nearest gender
Refusing to understand that
I am not on the number line

Screencap of white text on a black background. The text reads: It sits in a polished wooden frame, with just enough small blemishes to give it an air of authenticity. Anyone who knows anything about mirrors and time will recognize that the glass has been thoroughly resilvered, if not replaced, but the brass plaque beneath it reads: “Property of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bridge, donated to the Inn in 1806.”

The interior was dim and smelled like mildew and rotting leaves. Jamie was thrilled to discover that the metal sheets were newspaper presses, with splotchy photographs of old men, headlines about local farming laws and ads for used trailers. 1967, one of the presses said. Almost thirty years old, to a five-year-old nearly unfathomable.

Cover of the book “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate history of riotous black girls, troublesome women, and queer radicals” by Saidiya Hartman.

Markey: Trump & Musk Attack on National Institutes of Health Funding Is Targeted Attack on MA
Bay State ranks #1 in per capita dollars awarded by NIH
2/8/25 Senator Edward J. Markey, top Democrat on the Primary Health & Pensions Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced significant cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to support hospitals, Universities, & research institutions conducting lifesaving research. The drastic limits on this funding would reduce the amount that these institutions are able to spend on researchers laboratories, & students.
Last night, Trump & Musk took drastic steps to make it harder to find a cure for cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart attacks, strokes, & other debilitating diseases that devastate millions of American families by illegally cutting National Institutes of Health funding.
NIH funding is the lifeblood of Massachusetts' innovation economy, creating jobs & fueling the engine for delivering lifesaving care & treatment across the country, & this is a direct attack on the Bay State. NIH isn't just the National Institutes of Health, it's the National Institutes of Hope, giving hope to patients & families for lifesaving medical discoveries.
Instead of working to keep the American economy on the cutting edge, the Trump administration is bullying the Bay State & hamstringing U.S. leadership in medical research. Trump & Musk are cutting the research to cure the diseases that will soon overwhelm our ability to pay for treating millions who will be afflicted by these very same diseases. That's not efficiency, that's stupidity. It's not just bad values, it's bad budgeting.
This budget cut action is illegal. With billions in NIH funding going to both red & blue states, I urge all of my colleagues to join in opposing this overstep of presidential authority — driven by & for unelected billionaires - & not let these cuts stand

Julie Andrews as Maria in The Sound of Music, singing “The hills are alive.” Both of her hands are photoshopped to look like they’re giving the middle finger.

A grid of 4 pictures. The caption reads: “Observing students in classrooms.” The top left picture shows Kim Possible wearing a black bodysuit for stealth and climbing along a ceiling like a badass. Its caption reads: “What I want to do.” The top right picture shows a cartoon character looking nervous as he tries to blend in with a wooden fence and fails miserably. Its caption reads: “What I actually do.” The bottom left photograph shows a man hiding behind some bushes, looking through binoculars. Its caption reads: “What older students see.” The bottom right picture shows the Kool-Aid man bursting through a wall shouting “Oh yeah!” Its caption reads: “What younger students see.”

Cover of the book “Among Others” by Jo Walton

Cover of the graphic novel “Hollow” by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Bernice Nelle.

Cover of the book “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” Authors and illustrator not listed

Cover of the book “All the Weight of our Dreams: On living racialized autism,” edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, E. Ashkenazy, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu.

Cover of the graphic novel “The Fox Maidens” by Robin Ha.

Cover of the book “Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis

Cover of the book “The Telling” by Ursula Le Guin

Cover of the audiobook “Shadowshaper” by Daniel Jose Older, read by Anika Noni Rose

Cover of the book “A Short History of Myth” by Karen Armstrong

Cover of the book “Welcome to the Ark” by Stephanie S. Tolan

Cover of the book “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo

Cover of the book “The world and other places,” stories by Jeanette Winterson

Cover of the book “Monsters in My Mind” by Ada Hoffman

Cover of the audio book “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia E Butler, narrated by Lynne Thigpen.

Cover of the book “Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess worshippers and other Pagans in America today” by Margot Adler.

Cover of the book “Cry, the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton

Cover of the book “Burnt Shadows” by Kamala Shamsie

Cover of the book “The Dark is Rising” by Susan Cooper

Cover of the book “Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A young black man’s education” by Mychal Denzel Smith

Cover of the novel “Hild” by Nicola Griffith

Cover of the book “The Good House” by Tananarive Due.

Cover of the book “She’s not there: A life in two genders” by Jennifer Finney Boylan