Stuff wot I dun: - a retelling of the myth of Medusa from her POV goodreads.com/book/show/3355… - very sweary myth retellings facebook.com/mythologymonday… - a dumb Twitter account where you judge mythic characters TA @AITAntihero - rants on Medium medium.com/@anwenhayward

So are people still on this hellsite, or

Such a bold statement from Brianna Wu, truly one of the great thought leaders of our time

RT @4thEstateBooks: We are thrilled to launch the 2025 4thWrite Short Story Prize, in association with the @guardian, for Black, Asian & Mi…

Returning to my day job today has been BIZARRE... head empty, only longlist

I don't use this hellsite any more, but look, it me! Thrilled to be on this list with so many talented people. Excited to see where everyone's work goes!

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Coming back onto this goddamn hellsite just to say: 👀👀👀

RT @2fdckpup: starting today (January 8th) it is now explicitly allowed to call queer people mentally ill because they are queer on Faceboo…

RT @speakoutsister: Over the past 10 years "feminists" decided the great threat was from trans people and cosied up to the far right. Now…

WAIT i'm an idiot and i'm so mad. i was so focused on their using my name i missed that they also used the blurb i officially retracted from their anthology. this blurb isn't even for this book (which i've never read) and regardless they don't have permission to use it.

Dactylic hexameter– what The Odyssey was originally written in– is a fucking nightmare to attempt to translate into English. The specific type of meter doesn't affect the narrative, so any poetic meter can be used. Using one that English speakers already associate with classical text like Wilson has done (Iambic pentameter) gives us the flowing, musical pace of the original text in a way that feels natural. Writing a translation with accuracy is more important than using as many big, rare, fancy words as possible. Wilson didn't dumb the original text down, you're just used to the translations by men attempting to look smart.

Also by far the best thing about the Wilson translation is all the writing she’s done explaining and justifying her choices, which you can not like but it’s not like she’s some hack emily613.substack.com/p/on-c…

Nonexperts don’t like the Wilson translation because they’re reacting negatively to the marketing and presentation (fair) and two, they have an idea that Homer should sound “epic” — somewhere between Shakespeare, Milton and Marvel — that is almost completely extratextual

i keep seeing commentary on the blake lively/justin baldoni smear campaign scandal and saying “omg what if a bigger actor did this to a smaller one??”… it did… to amber heard and you all laughed in her face while she sobbed on the stand. i will never forget that yall did that.

99% of “faux” leather is actually worse for the environment than buying real leather. Not only is it entirely just plastic, but it will begin to crack and peel after a few months of use. While real leather will last a lifetime if taken care of, and have way less of an impact

Went on a lovely writing retreat with two excellent pals this weekend, made even lovelier/more excellent by the fact that we also went to Caernarfon Castle and we had some great conversations about queer history and how Edward II definitely got dicked down on the reg

Is there anything more frustrating than watching a couple on Pointless fail to get a single answer correct in a round where you have three stunning Pointless answers?

portfolio is back online! added some updates as well nikfolio.crd.co

Another example of how this was one of the best tweets of all time

my skin is crawling. i need a shower after reading this cloying bullshit. cormac mccarthy groomed a 16 year old girl and this author is waxing poetic about it. eugh