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Vida Cruz-Borja

@laviecestmoi

Ignyte Award- and National Book Award-winning Filipina writer and editor of SFF. Books: Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (2022), Mirror Marked (2025). Rep'd by Stevie Finegan. Website: https://vidacruz.org Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/vidacruzborja

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Cover reveal day! Super stoked to be in this one πŸ’œ

13.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Join me in helping a talented writer, awesome human, and friend - for @laviecestmoi.bsky.social

11.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay β€œWe are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

Boosting @laviecestmoi.bsky.social’s fundraiser once again. gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

08.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks Mina :)

07.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Rochita! The story in question is free to read over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social.

Rochita is helping me with my fundraiser for my medical needs. If you liked the story and feel so inclined, my fundraiser is linked below:

gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

07.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay β€œWe are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social could use a little more help at this time. Do check out her fundraiser gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

27.01.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

@haymarketbooks.org is offering 3 free ebooks for anti-fascists wanting to learn how to resist fascism.

"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social and
"The Case for Open Borders" by @jwashing.bsky.social

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...

26.01.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Er sorry I should have been clearer: order any of the books in the series and get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving our Fallen angel cast, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus.

23.01.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PENELOPEEEEEEEE

12.01.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” - Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

03.01.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very kind of you to boost, John. Thank you πŸ’œ

03.01.2026 04:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Right back at you with manageable health πŸ’œ

03.01.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I closed my eyes as I took the screenshot, so it must be meant to be! Claiming this energy and throwing all my troubles to the sky ✨

03.01.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ’œ

01.01.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not me looking for the cursed symbol and going "surely they don't mean the rocket penis on the left..."

30.12.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What in the *actual* fuck indeed...

30.12.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI:

30.12.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So there. I'm still recovering in every way. I still mean to finish off that zine I promised to donors; please hold on a little longer while I get everything in order; for the sake of my baby and myself, I have to go at a much slower pace these days.

May we all have a gentler 2026. πŸ’œ

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

But my mental health was still shit. I figured this out when I heard the ultra-negative mind voice looping while I played with my baby daughter. So I made the decision to forcibly turn this car around; rehabilitating my mind included a drastic decrease in social media use. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With my bank account depleted and my mental health spiralling, I got a second opinion. I was put on more affordable meds, a stricter diet, and ordered blood tests every 2-3 months to monitor my creatinine, among other things. I could live with this, it made me feel better. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It turned out that one of the many cysts in my kidneys had burst. Probably from the stress and the UTI that took 3 courses of different antibiotics to beat.

On top of the transplant, the nephrologist said I would need to take new meds to delay the transplant by 7 years. They cost 135 USD a week. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've had my PKD diagnosis for almost 15 years now. For the longest time, I was only in the 1st stage. It turns out that pregnancy can speed it up quite a bit.

In that 1st month after she was born, I had recurring fevers, back pain, bloody urine. Anxiety spikes so bad, I thought I would die. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

First things first: the baby is fine now. She's honestly the best baby anyone could ask for. My husband and I are so in love with her. πŸ’œ When people ask me what the hardest thing about being a mom is, I answer that it's being chronically, devastatingly ill while trying my best to mother her. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello all, I'm sure some here are wondering why I've gone quiet lately.

The TL;DR: I have Polycystic Kidney Disease for a long time. This year, I was pregnant and gave birth prematurely. And while dealing with the baby's NICU stay, a nephro told me I will need a kidney transplant in 4 years. +

30.12.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Yeah, that ruined my day and I couldn't even get through that whole unreadable piece

30.12.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Evergreen reminder, especially if you find these holidays difficult!!!

24.12.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aww πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

24.12.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A rabbit bursting in saying, β€œA message to all bitches! Please survive!”

A rabbit bursting in saying, β€œA message to all bitches! Please survive!”

Ask and you shall receive

13.10.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 4623 πŸ” 1904 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 17
Amelia is pointing a gun at the viewer, text over her reads "Get writing, bitch. Infinite worlds cry out to be born and you are to be a god."

Amelia is pointing a gun at the viewer, text over her reads "Get writing, bitch. Infinite worlds cry out to be born and you are to be a god."

Advice to all writers from my most fucked up character.

10.12.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 1374 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 16

It's awards eligibility time and I finally have something to put forward for you all:

16.12.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0