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Weird writer living beside a cemetery with three good dogs and a roomba. Author of Take This to Space and The Unmothers. she/her
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Why do I write? Look, it's this or chew through the wall.

If you try to get through art through the gate, you see a lot of gatekeepers, but it turns out there’s actually no fence. Go to the tiny galleries in your town. Find artists on social media. Makes things yourself, even bad things. Especially bad things. Do you want access to art or access to wealth?

No offense to Maggie Smith, but I think the bones might have had dry rot.

When I say "don't worry about being cringe- just do things you love" the exception is the Katy Perry astronaut photoshoot.

If you ever feel powerless I'd like to recommend what I call "Sound of Thunder Time" where you stomp around your yard waving your arms and if anyone asks what you're doing yell "I'M CHANGING THE FUTURE!"

I pray we can abandon the church of "productivity" and pay more attention to quality and usefulness.

If you ever feel powerless I'd like to recommend what I call "Sound of Thunder Time" where you stomp around your yard waving your arms and if anyone asks what you're doing yell "I'M CHANGING THE FUTURE!"

a poem about dandelions

One of the downsides of living next to a cemetery is that the military funerals scare the shit out of me.

Wild that we've added a pink tax to voting and there are women on the internet going "this is fine. I like this actually."

Okay! I made myself an affogato and the goal is 1,000 words! Let's goooo!!

To work in an open office is to be held hostage by the most extroverted person in the corral.

Had a stress nightmare that I didn’t study for the test but I did my best anyway and got a B-. I think the therapy is working.

We shouldn't have complained about the lemons, guys. Life has been giving me live centipedes and boxes of peacock feathers. I'm alarmed and confused.

I've been thinking of the Hobbit lately....

Ordo Mediare's scriptorium moment

You’d think when you’re claiming the richest country in the world can’t afford childhood cancer research you might wait a year before throwing yourself a 100 million dollar birthday parade. But carpe diem, suckers.

Ukrainian children’s author Volodymyr Vakulenko was abducted and executed by Russian forces during the occupation of Izium. His body was found in a mass grave in 2022, identified by DNA. He was targeted for his language, culture, and patriotism.

I'm judging a horror anthology! Details here: www.buckhamgallery.org/literary-ant...

Liberation Day is the new Infrastructure Week, huh?

This is perfect.

So many student visas have been revoked that Inside Higher Ed started mapping them

Literally saw my kid and husband like...six hours ago but I miss them. 😕

Ohhhh!!! 😍

Anecdotally, fucking spot on

Oh, no thank you

Weak men this, strong men that. Good men sacrifice to build good times. Evil men create hard times. Greedy men create hard times. Stubbornly ignorant men create hard times.

Five-year-old: I’m going to make a monster for you. It might scare you but I have to. I’m sorry. So apparently it’s genetic…..

Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great

God, I love writing so much. I just love writing so much!!