on documenting
I’ve been thinking a lot about documentation. There’s, of course, an obvious sense here. It’s not a small matter for trans people. Some friends have...
against reading lists
Reading checklists encourage complacence. And they're weirdly moral. What's the antidote?
what's in a data gap?
The project to redefine transgender data tells us some things about authoritarianism.
Oct/Nov reading and Trans Readathon
Hi all, Hope you’ve had a good fall. I’ve been busy with too many things to summarize, including a presentation on covering LGBTQ+ rights in Kuala Lumpur,...
what I read in my first month at the JSK Journalism Fellowships
Hi! Welcome to the first newsletter I’ve written in, oh, three years. I’m rebooting this (kinda) to document my time at the John S. Knight Fellowships at...
January reads — stetted
January readsFebruary 27, 2023Hello, it's been months! I'm hoping to write a few sentences about every book I read this year. nonfiction Skid Road: On the...
trans movie alert — stetted
trans movie alertNovember 12, 2022just watched please baby please (2022), a film about an ostensibly heterosexual pair of newlyweds who get tangled up with...
Halloween reads (ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and also the terrors of true stories) — stetted
Halloween reads (ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and also the terrors of true stories)October 31, 2022Here's a quick roundup of my top October readers, generally...
revisiting argumentative feminist SF from the 70s with Joanna Russ — stetted
revisiting argumentative feminist SF from the 70s with Joanna RussOctober 31, 2022After Picnic on Paradise, I wasn't convinced by Russ's fiction. (Though,...
queer dystopias — stetted
queer dystopiasAugust 8, 2022just finished Davey Davis' X, which feels very much like an heir to Patrick Califia's lesser-read work (and only published...
notes on Eric LaRocca — stetted
notes on Eric LaRoccaJuly 27, 2022Catching up on the LaRocca craze, as I managed to entirely miss the hype (which I guess? occurred? via people on TikTok...
On Missing Things: Review of E. Saxey’s Lost in the Archives for Ancillary Review of Books — stetted
On Missing Things: Review of E. Saxey’s Lost in the Archives for Ancillary Review of BooksJune 1, 2022This blog has been pretty empty this year — I've been...
My fav 2021 reads — stetted
My fav 2021 readsDecember 25, 2021Novellas The Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate The Silence of Wilting Skin by Tlotlo Tsamaase Fireheart Tiger by...
February Reads — stetted
February ReadsMarch 21, 2021Eternally struggling w/ how to accurately and meaningfully describe romances in these short summaries — I want to help hype up...
Review: The Unbroken by C.L. Clark — stetted
Review: The Unbroken by C.L. ClarkMarch 21, 2021Publication Date: March 23, 2021 Attributes: adult novel, f/f unresolved sexual tension, enemies-to-still-...
Review: Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley — stetted
Review: Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne TooleyMarch 6, 2021Publication Date: March 9, 2021 Attributes: young adult novel, f/f enemies to lovers romance,...
Review: On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu — stetted
Review: On Fragile Waves by E. Lily YuJanuary 27, 2021Publication Date: February 2, 2021 Attributes: adult novel, immigration story, nested narratives,...
Review: Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha — stetted
Review: Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia ChadhaJanuary 15, 2021Publication Date: January 19, 2021 Attributes: young adult fiction, cyberpunk/mecha, climate...
Review: The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate, trans. David Bowles — stetted
Review: The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate, trans. David BowlesJanuary 10, 2021Publication Date: January 19, 2021 Attributes: adult fiction,...
Review: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell — stetted
Review: Winter's Orbit by Everina MaxwellJanuary 1, 2021Publication Date: February 2, 2021 Attributes: adult fiction, novel, space opera, intergalactic...