McKayla Higgins

Hi friends! I'm having a double hernia repair tomorrow and because the surgery is open and not laproscopic, I have to miss six weeks of work for recovery. If there's anything you can give to help, it's so appreciated. #gofundme gofund.me/71f0b8ce3

i think i miss rainbow capitalism

No, this opening scene I'm writing where a gay man on a train in Texas is attacked by a creature with a head like the sun in the medieval heliocentric model of the universe isn't a metaphor for ANYTHING! Why do you ask?

This is the craziest time to be a horror writer because I'm like "okay, I'm going to stop thinking about all these real life fascist monsters and go think about the metaphor-for-fascism monsters that live in my head now."

New professional photos🌸🩷

Uh ohhhh she's writing a new horror novel about the gays!!! Book number two is underway!

the internet is fake. come find me on tumblr: firstfelltofawn.tumblr.com

I wrote about the importance of sad art and the current attempts to silence it. I also share some of my favorite sad stuff, like My Chemical Romance, Michael Haneke, and A Little Life. #writerwednesday #writing #booktok #mychemicalromance #ALittleLife open.substack.com/pub/mckaylahig…

Also, a quick heads up that this is the first and last article of mine I'll be posting on X since I don't have the app anymore and am enjoying being off of social media! I encourage you to subscribe to my Substack if you want more!

Here's the most vulnerable thing I've ever written in my life where I talk about the importance of misery in art. I also share some of my favorite sad stuff, like the band My Chemical Romance, the films of Michael Haneke, and the book A Little Life. open.substack.com/pub/mckaylahig…

Consider subscribing to my free Substack so you don't miss my upcoming article about something near and dear to my heart: sad art and the weaponization of the phrase "trauma porn" to try and silence it. #writers #LGBTwriters #WomenWriters #QueerWriters @mckaylahiggins?r=9p8sq&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@mckaylahiggin…

Breaking my social media silence to tell you I have a Substack you can subscribe to! I'm working on a post about something near and dear to my heart: sad art. Subscribe so you don't miss it! @mckaylahiggins?r=9p8sq&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@mckaylahiggin…

@celinedionysus_ thank you so much!!!!

@witchingheure oh my god congrats to you both!! 🥰

I married my favorite person in the world last week!

@thechairness thank you!!!!

I married my favorite person in the world today. 💖 I'm so happy to say that Andy is my spouse now, forever, and always.

A happy update: my partner and I have our wedding dresses. We're officially ready for our little gay ceremony in October! 😭

damn 💔

have you asked a lesbian about her relationship to the music of elliott smith or david berman or jeff magnum or alex g or thom yorke or conor oberst or stephen malkamus or stuart murdoch or nick drake or leonard cohen or bruce springsteen or ben gibbard or