Catherynne M. Valente
@catvalente
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NYT/USAT Bestselling author of Fairyland novels, Space Opera, Deathless & more | https://t.co/OUZ0J1HN8G | TipJar: https://t.co/5hMWKj7ZiW
Peaks Island, ME
Joined December 2008
As Twitter leaves us, please don’t lose touch. Patreon: Substack: Mastodon: Bluesky: Insta: FB: I’ll be seeing you…
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You use italics for emphasis. I use italics because it makes letters dress up pretty and dance. We are not the same.
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This is one of my favorite poems of all time, written by the wonderful & greatly missed John M. Ford. I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently. So I thought I would share it.
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I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate strategy, but I think it’s getting dangerous how often the worst almost happens but not quite, at the last minute. It’s made us numb, jaded, unable to believe the worst COULD happen, that the last minute could just…go by without us pulling back
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Wow Just read my child The Velveteen Rabbit for the 1st time. I recall being DEVASTATED by the end My kid? PUMPED their fists in the air & shouted HE TURNED REAL! Maybe if your family loves you & doesn’t abandon you, so you don’t HYPER identify with the Rabbit, it’s not so sad
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I just don’t know how to work today There used to be this thing called “the social contract” The terms were basically “we pay taxes & don’t wreck the place & you take care of us & don’t wreck the place” But they’re wrecking the place Sure, that Zoom meeting is gonna go great.
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The Right: BABIES BABIES BABIES. YOU MUST HAVE BABIES. YOU MUST HAVE SO MANY BABIES. THERE IS LITERALLY NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU HAVING BABIES RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Also the right: Hold our Huel real quick while we destroy civilization
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Stop screaming at Democrats. They have no path to stop this. The ONLY people who can stop this are Republicans, & the media needs to be hammering them every second of the day. They’re not, but it’s the only way. That, & us hammering them. Not screaming at Dems where it’s safe.
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This aired in 1999. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUCKING JOKE, AMERICA
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It’s wild how almost everyone, left or right, from all walks of life & identities, though they disagree on why they don’t have it, just wants a normal boring life where things are basically fine & predictable. But like 7 guys want to re-enact that Theatre des Vampires scene so
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God damn I love #Severance so fucking much but I’ve never seen one of these puzzle shows stick any kind of landing whatsoever.
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New recipe up on Patreon! This month: Club Pasta (Everything You Like About a Club Sandwich, But In Pasta Drag)
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Omg omg this review of Space Oddity! “Catherynne Valente has done it again. There you are, off you pop…”
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Lord Byron lost so much weight he’s been on a steady diet of ham & Fancy Feast 6 times a day. My ragdoll Totoro HATH A FURY WITHIN HIS SOUL TO OUT-BURN THE GALACTIC CORE
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Lord Byron Update New crazy priced antibiotics bc of course, but kitty has gained some weight back & shown spark again This is how entirely extraordinary a cat my boy is: he smelled HORRID & let me cradle him in a full hot bath & clean him all over with no fuss. Many purrs even
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I love how Joe Biden trips over a word and the media goes full-court screaming but Trump can illegally turn off every federal program at once and they’re like oh well what y’all doing for Valentine’s Day this year?
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New essay up on Patreon. Trigger warning: deals with recent allegations of sexual abuse.
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New photo essay up on Patreon—and this one’s free for all because I’m so proud of what I made! This is the Magical Midnight Mermaid Mathematician Scarf I designed & knit for my 1st grader: a wearable abacus you can use to actually do math!
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The sin of empathy. Jesus fucking Christ these psychopaths. And still half the country thinks this is great, while they walk in and out of fucking church. How’s those eggs? Cheap and plentiful?
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OKAY let’s clear it up! Elon with the salute? MAGA with everything they do that pushes up against Nazi shit with the very *slightest* sheen of deniability? This is called edging, or edgeplay. Teasing without blowing the whole load. The closer they get the more excited they are
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God I really thought my cat was going to die today I know the world is on fire, but that big boi has outlasted 2 husbands, 3 dogs, 4 other cats, a child being born, triumphs & disasters of the last 12 years, at my side all the way I don’t even know how to get rid of this stress
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