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https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.

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War is bad etc but it’s fascinating to see the news guy just shocked that Iran isn’t going to wilt in the face of the US military

06.03.2026 05:27 👍 354 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 0

Oh please.

05.03.2026 13:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We are at AWP today through Saturday. Stop by to hear about new initiatives at The Rumpus, our redesign, buy amazing books from my imprint and merch and also we have candy and swag! Booth 1240.

05.03.2026 12:51 👍 382 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 2

We can’t pretend that something isn’t terribly wrong. And in turn it puts added pressure on all women to conform to that.

04.03.2026 19:39 👍 205 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

This has really been on my mind lately. GLP-1s are surfacing. a pathology that has always been there. And now some women are out here looking whatever is well past gaunt. Their skin is stretched over sharp bone and no they shouldn’t be criticized for it but we can’t pretend we don’t see it!

04.03.2026 19:39 👍 238 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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The New Scratch How is anyone who writes making any money right now?

SCRATCH is back and sorely needed.

03.03.2026 23:07 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

By any chance do any of you work at qr.io?

03.03.2026 20:46 👍 19 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1

All my friends are sending me the same essay asking if I’ve seen it. Yes! I have. Yes. We must talk about it.

03.03.2026 20:17 👍 135 🔁 2 💬 10 📌 1

What on earth is the law firm thing about? And why this sudden reversal? Are the incompetent or just unhinged?

03.03.2026 17:38 👍 143 🔁 7 💬 19 📌 3

Why would the fat joke be cool if she’s riffing on whatever?

03.03.2026 14:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

03.03.2026 03:55 👍 705 🔁 142 💬 7 📌 0

OMG thank goodness. I was v stressed because Chris seemed really upset about the move.

02.03.2026 17:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The SecDef basically confessing to war crimes is an interesting choice.

02.03.2026 14:46 👍 756 🔁 63 💬 13 📌 1

There's no way Chris and Miguel on this episode of House Hunters are still together. Like... YIKES!

02.03.2026 06:46 👍 151 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0

No pressure but I sure would love to read the Age of Vice sequel.

02.03.2026 04:08 👍 91 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

01.03.2026 03:58 👍 18249 🔁 3474 💬 381 📌 171
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A Heartbreaking Work of Swaggering Genius Namwali Serpell’s study of Toni Morrison – Omari Weekes

My latest review for @bookforum.bsky.social is also out now. In it, I think alongside Namwali Serpell’s resplendently rigorous new book on Toni Morrison about the last greatest living writer’s legacy and how we’re meant to read her.

10.02.2026 18:33 👍 204 🔁 65 💬 6 📌 5

You have made being a disappointmet your life’s mission so congrats on that I guess.

28.02.2026 18:43 👍 31 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That would be….civillians

28.02.2026 16:27 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.

28.02.2026 15:44 👍 3690 🔁 637 💬 50 📌 18

Easier to believe the worst about yrself

28.02.2026 05:07 👍 59 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh Greg. I am so sorry for your loss. Truly.

27.02.2026 21:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love seeing all the love (richly deserved) for Eva. Y'all are good eggs.

27.02.2026 20:48 👍 74 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

I wish I could link to the years' worth of pictures/information about MacPark meals I posted on the old site, but Eva has done so much good for so many people. She's why I know how long it takes to make 48+ quarts of pasta salad, fried rice, pulled pork, & more. She gets shit done. Help if you can!

27.02.2026 19:31 👍 67 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 0
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Here's what The Rumpus will be up to at AWP 2026! therumpus.net/2026/02/27/t... And we're having a soiree!

27.02.2026 20:05 👍 131 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 3
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Donate to Support A Community Leader's Recovery, organized by Catherine Schetina Hi, my name is Catherine Schetina, and I’m organizing this fundraiser on beha… Catherine Schetina needs your support for Support A Community Leader's Recovery

Eva Woods is a tireless community leader in Los Angeles who has, for years, spearheaded care for our neighbors in MacArthur Park. She was recently assaulted and needs help to pay for extensive medical bills. If you can support, friends have organized a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...

27.02.2026 19:20 👍 352 🔁 147 💬 3 📌 7

LOL. The farce of it all. The stupidity is endemic.

26.02.2026 18:46 👍 830 🔁 73 💬 14 📌 1
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Trans Continental Pipeline-Donate to help queer relocation! At TCP, our mission is to help Queer and 2SLGBTQIA+ people move from unsafe environments to Colorado and provide connections and resources through our relocation program.Every Cent you donate will go ...

Here is a direct donation link. Please use it. I just did.

www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

26.02.2026 02:15 👍 807 🔁 600 💬 21 📌 42

I am black. I have traveled the world. So I do l know what I am saying when I say racism is a universal truth. You’re being a complete dick and I’m not even sure why.

25.02.2026 20:28 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

These men are so grimy. So unoriginal.

25.02.2026 19:15 👍 405 🔁 13 💬 8 📌 1