Meanings
empty spaces1
- pluralplural of empty space
- slanglifestyleAn online community and subgenre of (often erotic) fantasy microfiction exploring themes of trauma and queer identity through supernatural character archetypes.
empty spaces really was just the commedia dell'arte for traumaqueers, huh
2026 September 11, @ialika_lifina, X (post), archived from the original on 19 Sep 20262 more examples
kind of strange to think of that the most echoed thing in empty spaces twitter is not wanting to undo or heal from suffering, but a desire for some kind of purpose or meaning to all the suffering endured
2021 October 28, @egregirls, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 19 Sep 2026oomfie accidentally reinvented the plot of click by adam sandler on her empty spaces microfiction account
2023 June 21, @fartdysphoria, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 19 Sep 2026
Empty Spaces2
- Alternative letter-case form of empty spaces
Empty Spaces is a writing community and queer art movement.
2022 August 2, @slimepriestess, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 19 Sep 20262 more examples
Central themes of Empty Spaces are based on themes of trauma, abuse, and the queer experience using archetypes like dolls as metaphors and symbols.
2024 September 17, verity-hollow, Verity, Hollow Doll, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2026astral projecting myself into Northernlion’s dreams to explain to him what Empty Spaces is so he starts talking about dolls and moths on stream
2025 April 3, @GayNoumena, X (post), archived from the original on 19 Sep 2026
Cite this entry
empty spaces. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20spaces
“empty spaces.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20spaces. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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