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"Moonwife", my story where the moon is a lesbian and you should try to kill her, is out today with @tasavvurnama.bsky.social ! tasavvurnama.com/moonwife/

Updated my years old pfp, still the same me

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at this point, I just have my convictions and little else, but I'm glad I stuck to them

You'll note that the very same people who insist Zionism means different things to different people will also insist that the USSR was the only possible expression of socialism.

I don't accept soft Hindutva is a good thing. So, no, I am not accepting soft Zionism as a good thing. No gradation of ethnonationalism is a good thing particularly when it has its hands on the levers of state.

Catching measles does not make your immune system stronger… it does the exact opposite. It can wipe out your immunity (both natural and vaccine related) to all kinds of diseases. It’s a deadly and disabling disease that we know how to prevent. Get your vaccine. It saves lives.

I'm very called these days to make stuff around my work; inspirations, where I began and what I do, analysis and what not. perhaps not the best writerly thing to do, to pull back the curtain too much, but I think I will do it

"They call you the bringer of sorrows, yet the grief is all mine." translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...

OMG LETS GOOO! I was watching and SCREAMED because Diana is the BEST

I love you Dolly

I will let you in on a secret ... not a secret, really, but I wish more people were in on it. The poetry in @thedeadlands.com is the best. Or maybe it just suits me the best. You decide, eh? psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

"Bruising is terraforming. Your fingerprints bloom tiger orchids across my calves. Flesh yields flowers, because flesh is weak and supple, like all good soil must be, to bear blunt force and bounce back blue." —Rukman Ragas alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...

Do yourself a favor and read this poem by @rukman.bsky.social when you have a moment… #poetry #newpoems

A gorgeous piece of work 💚

Boosting ICYMI!

New poem release for me! "There are lonely things in the forest", my poem about absence and climate grief is out at @thedeadlands.com today. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

New poem release for me! "There are lonely things in the forest", my poem about absence and climate grief is out at @thedeadlands.com today. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Incase you missed it, I have a poem out! its about the body and also the land, about violence that shapes both.

Hi. Everything I want to say it at the following link, which contains why I think Patrick Barb should not be HWA President. I'm going to step away from socials for a few hours now, and will see you all later. 🫀 CW: sexual misconduct. theodorehill.weebly.com/statement.html

Rukman Ragas is an absolutely unparalleled voice on sensual violence and the intimate violation of colonialism. The last line made my chest tight. A truly astounding poem.

I love a good poem and this is a good one

The aching beauty of those final lines! Absolutely ✨obsessed with this✨

this is one of those poems that makes you really really really mad (complimentary) and upset (admiringly)

Gorgeous poem by the most excellent Rukman Ragas.

Stunning

I have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...

Rice Farmer is Lia's most stunning story to date (and you should believe me because I've read a lot of stunning Lia stories)

my favorite story i’ve written (“revolutions, as told by a humble rice farmer”) is out in @podcastle.org! 🥹😭 referencing tang dynasty poetry it asks “what if we focused on this RANDOM RICE FARMER instead of the empire??” it’s a deconstruction of nationalism & v queer podcastle.org/2026/08/11/p...

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'It is, in 2026, quite clear that only certain people are allowed to treat the internet as their own playground.' Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity https://bit.ly/4w38TuK

Day 214! I read Moonwife by @rukman.bsky.social published in @tasavvurnama.bsky.social. Revenge is a dish best served filled to the brim with venom. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/s...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JUNE 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 40 works by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mdmcd.com @redscribe.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @rukman.bsky.social @ernerker.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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Moonwife is about longing and desire and wanting the moon so much that you'd kill for her -- or kill her. If you've looked up and wished for the moon, I wrote this for you.

Still looking for my secondary world fantasy to sweep me off my feet, so if you have one, please send it to Otherside? I like stories that feel brutal and sharp, beautiful prose, and audacious worldbuilding. Above all, I'm looking for ambition rather than stories that play within an existing canon

Have you read? To Kill a Language by Rukman Ragas at Apex Magazine? Language, death, what else? www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...