#thank you sweatermuppet

[sweatermuppet]

[Image ID: a typography edit that reads "not every transsexual is a pervert... but i sure am!" to the right of the text is a part of knee-high length rubber boots. the boots have a slight halftone dot pattern. there is a border of black dashes. the entire picture is textured to look vintage & printed. /End ID]

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#realized after posting i had planned to throw some doodles (hearts & smileys) on here.... so maybe do that in an alt idk #silas denver melvin #sweatermuppet #trans #trans artist #thank you brave souls who reblog this LOL

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everybody look how cool these @sweatermuppet stickers are ‼️‼️‼️ :D

#THANK YOU SILAS ! #sweatermuppet

[deathpowerphantomjester5110]

thank you @sweatermuppet for helping my xbox become the best version of itself

#jason speaks #trans #transgender

[orpheuslament]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTTTTTTT

my first ever chapbook, MISPLACED ORGANS & VARIOUS SAINTS, is now available for preorder!

GET IT HERE

i started working on this little book around five years ago, i cant believe its finally out. thank you to everyone who supported me & believed in me & made this possible.

special thanks to my publisher, querencia press, & to the unbelievably talented @sweatermuppet for the wonderful foreword!

#AHHHHH #dante émile #words #poetry #poets on tumblr #dante.txt

[thatqueervampire]

A PLACE OF HONOR!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

@sweatermuppet

Thank you so much🥺🥺🥺

I love my little snoop!!!!!

[g1rlonl1ne]

Fuck Yes thank you sweatermuppet i need a million of these

link 2 stickers

#sweatermuppet #equally as excited abt the gonzo sticker as i am the one i bought

[allthatdivides2]

YAAAAAYYYYYY MY STICKERS CAME!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEE WAHOO YAAAYYYYY THANK YOU @sweatermuppet !!!!!!!!!!!

#heheheheehehehhehehehhee #sooooo happy rn

[asoftepiloguemylove]

Hey. Can I request a web weave about thinking you're not someone people can love? Thank you. Take care.

-if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more. but you know what i am.

i hope this is what you were looking for !!

Sue Zhao / Fatima Aamer Bilal my heart has claws / Julien Baker Funeral Pyre / pinterest / Chen Chen Nature Poem; When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities / Silas Denver Melvin Love as an Act of Merciful Conquer (via @sweatermuppet) / pinterest / Clarice Lispector The Stream of Life / Jane Austen

#on longing #on heartbreak #on feeling unloved #on yearning #sue zhao #fatima aamer bilal #my heart has claws #julien baker #funeral pyre #chen chen #nature poem #when i grow up i want to be a list of further possibilities #silas denver melvin #love as an act of merciful conquer #clarice lispector #the stream of life #jane austen #poetry compilation #web weave #web weaving #poetry #words #writing #text #quote #poem #spilled ink #dark academia #spilled thoughts #spilled poetry

[sloth-sloth-sloth]

AND OF COURSE MY FLESH YEARNS FOR YOURS

A webweave for the amazing it's just a fish. by @ty-bayonet-betteridge ! one of the best fics i've ever read. happy completion! (heed the tags pls and thank you)

Under My Skin by Jukebox the Ghost / THE LOVERS by Studio Heartbreak / Matthew 25:35 (New International Version) / Sweet No Death by arcadekitten / on the romance of cannibalism by silas denver melvin (@.sweatermuppet) / edit by @.valentina-poem / A Complete Kingdom by komodobits [heed the tags.] / The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard / THE LOVERS [again] / Under my Skin [again] / It Will Come Back by Hozier / White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi / THE LOVERS [again] / Work Song by Hozier / I Want You by Mitski

#blood cw #cannibalism cw #web weave #gempearl #hermitshipping #sloth's originals #scopophobia cw #ouagh. anyways

[verysium]

what do you read in your spare time? you’re one of the most eloquent users i know, id love to hear how you find the media you consume and what your favorites are

omg ei 😊 welcome back to the inbox! thank you for your sweet words although i'm probably not qualified enough to be considered the full definition of eloquent. i am going to preface this post by saying that i definitely don't read as much as i should, so this list is not going to be comprehensive whatsoever. the last time i even visited an in-person library was like half a decade ago, and since then my spare time has been nonexistent lmao. anyways, here are some of my favorite/most recent reads as listed by author:

POETRY

richard siken: i think siken is already well-known both in the literary world and in whatever booktok deems is popular culture. if you don't already know him though, he is best known for his poetry collection crush, which delves into themes of obsession, gay love, and violent eroticism. i actually read this chapbook unknowingly. as in i was hounding sketchy pdf download sites at 3 AM and saw a man with bloodied lips on the cover and decided to read it. he basically became my summer fever dream after that. the way he juxtaposes images is seamless, smoother than water. only richard siken can talk about violence without making it sound violent. i also enjoyed his other poetry collection war of the foxes, especially "portrait of fryderyk in shifting light." i think light is a common motif throughout most of his poems, and he manipulates it effortlessly. the most recent piece i read from him is "piano lesson." i have nothing left to say that he didn't already say, so i would just recommend reading it for yourself. he is the og big brain when it comes to word play.

ocean vuong: he's unforgettable, and i mean that literally because nobody forgets a person named ocean. time is a mother was exactly what the name suggests: an exploration of grief, loss, and the rewind of time after his mother's death. some of the poems are almost cinematic in quality. "künstlerroman" is my favorite because it feels exactly like watching a video tape in reverse. i think his most famous work is "someday i'll love ocean vuong." it was the first piece i ever read from him, and to this day, it remains my comfort poem.

silas denver melvin: i only recently discovered him through his chapbook grit. i think he's also on tumblr @/sweatermuppet. he writes a lot on the trans experience, and his work gives me a mix of southern gothic and country vibes. would definitely read his other publications if i had the time.

chen chen: one thing about chen chen is that he always comes to devour. my favorite works from him are "self-portrait as so much potential" and "song of the anti-sisyphus." you have to put on your thinking cap for some of his poems, but once you grasp the meaning, everything makes sense all at once.

franny choi: "disaster means without a star" was the entire inspiration behind my first rin fic. i relate to her more personally in regards to the diaspora experience, but her collections are worth reading in general because of the sheer quality.

pages matam: his poem "piñata" was what got me into slam poetry. his work mostly consists of political commentary which i feel is particularly relevant in today's social climate. "on learning america's english" also resonates with people who have encountered the entire losing/learning immigrant tongues experience.

laura lamb brown-lavolie: i've only read one spoken word poem from her, and tbh i only needed to read one. "on this the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, we reconsider the buoyancy of the human heart" is my two-headed calf poem. one day i will get this tattooed.

brendan constantine: once again, this was the result of me being chronically online coupled with the boredom of an august heat wave. i found "the opposites game" through TED. honestly, i was a bit unsure about it at first, but it's a cute little poem that makes you really delve into the intricacies of craft.

TEEN POETRY & PROSE

yasmeen khan: she could mouth her words onto every square inch of my body, and i would still be coming back for more. ingraining them into flesh is not enough. "movie stars" is by far my favorite work from her. she writes about femininity and womanhood so profoundly. it's tragic, but really i wouldn't have it end any other way.

kaya dierks: her writing is basically middle-of-nowhere small town stoner teenage life but personified. "crushed" is my favorite piece from her. the soundtrack for this work was definitely by ethel cain, and you cannot convince me otherwise.

FICTION

madeline miller: i was first introduced to her when i read the song of achilles. let's just say that book had me nonverbal for the greater half of three months. it was my metaphorical hatchet. i buried it once, and i never want to dig it up again. i read circe a few years later. the first time was during the blue hour at an airport, right between one red-eye flight and another transfer. i don't even remember that experience because i was heavily sleep-deprived. i read it again recently for a literature course, this time for academic analysis. overall, i enjoy the the heroine-centric narrative. typically, i'm a bit wary of novels with heavy feminist themes because they either project their agenda too strongly or they run the risk of misrepresentation. circe doesn't exactly have that problem. it was more about empowerment and less about exercising power over others.

charlotte brontë: as a historical figure, brontë was questionable, but jane eyre most certainly was not. that book rewired my brain, and that is saying something because i have never read any classic by choice. and it is so important to me that jane was the ugliest, plainest girl you could ever imagine. also cus i unironically enjoy angst, and this book was full of dramatic misunderstandings.

yoko ogawa: i love japanese literature, so there is no reason not to include this one here. "a peddler of tears" is one of my favorite short stories. i did not expect the ending at all, but it was welcome. something about violence, body gore, and dismemberment being framed as romantic and semi-erotic just gets to me. sign me the hell up. hotel iris is a hit-or-miss with some people. either you like the fact that art makes you uncomfortable or you shut it down completely. for me, i was alright with exploring some of its darker themes, but read at your own discretion.

NONFICTION

ross gay: he lives up to his name both in optimism and in carefree joy. probably one of my favorite creative nonfiction authors simply based off the accessibility of his writing style. easy to read and understand but still hits you with the full force of a semi-truck. i would recommend his book inciting joy. it's a collection of essays that delve into grief, but since this is ross gay, he makes it seem like a quintessential part of life.

paul kalanithi: sixteen-year-old me was mind blown by him cus before that doctors were shrewish old men with bald spots and sterile coats, not poetic surgeons who dissected the anatomy of word and recited t.s. eliot in the most heart-wrenching way possible. he is everything i want to become in both life and death. when breath becomes air literally does take your breath away.

#asks #moots ♡

[hamborgerler]

Thank you @sweatermuppet , in love with these (stickers in their temporary holding place)

[sweatermuppet]

hello!! use code THANKS9K for 15% off ANY order until march 30th 8PM EST!!!

#thank you for 9000+ orders!!!! 🎉🥺🥺🥺 #sweatermuppet #silas denver melvin #lgbt #queer #merch #small business

[eggrolls-and-fandoms]

is it this one? https://www.tumblr.com/gender-entity/705280919900241920/silas-denver-melvin-sweatermuppet-grit-poetry?source=share (cowboy poem)

YES!!!! YES IT IS!!!! THANK YOU FINALLY OH MY GOD!!! I WOULD DIE FOR YOU <333!!!

#AHHH #THANK YOU SOSO MUCH #asks #cowboy manners poem #WE’VE DONE IT #finally after all these years #cowboy manners poem has returned to me

[all-or-nothing-baby]

WHAT AM I UP TO? (with tags)

tagged by @poebin thank you, charles <3

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LAST SONG: was wish by sign crushes motorist.

WATCHING: catching up on some american horror story (i'm 3 seasons behind) bc it's honestly just bloody trashy dumb fun and my head is a shed right now and in need of that specific brand of nonsense, i guess. also watched this film on gender the other day.

READING: nothing but everything. nothing bc my reading brain has gone caput again but also everything bc i'm part way through so many things, as ever. one is an as of yet unpublished novel that @poebin very kindly sent me recently :) oh, and i also read some of @sweatermuppet's grit this morning, again (always).

NEW OBSESSION: definitely procreate! i honestly had no idea it was so feckin cheap—why did nobody tell me this?! due to chronic pain, i can't really do trad art any more which is horribly shit. so discovering i could actually own this software has been such a boon and a very big help in me coming out of a creative block that's lasted like 6ish months or something. i now have something new to play with, huzzah! and yeah i highly recommended it to any digital artist who hasn't had a bash — it's got a ton of good stuff in there to try.

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tagging, play or nay: @shealynn88 @sharkfish @novemberhush @greyhavenisback @jmeelee @jimmypricegf @iscarusholmes @witchsickness @passivenovember @aeon-of-neon @lenaospinka @wellwaterhysteria @deklo @artymcart @gorgeousgreymatter-x @wulfnerd @demonlandline

#tag thingy

[b3bitofiufiu]

everybody say thank you sweatermuppet <3

@sweatermuppet

#updated his ig since the original was suspended :p #make friends with butches #lesbian

[wizfurb]

My six best books of 2023

Not in any particular order:

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Grit by Silas Denver Melvin aka @sweatermuppet

Something Is Killing The Children (all of it) by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto

She Doesn’t Seem Autistic by Esther Ottoway

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaru Kinoshita

2023 was the year of poetry, comics/manga, and horror, it seems!

Thanks for tagging me, @petesdragon ! Don’t have anyone in particular to tag myself but please if you see this feel free! And tag me! I’d love to see any of my mutuals fave reads.

#about me #tagged