Ms Allison and Dr Matthew now, and anything from my specific departments comes to Ms Allison. And today I unlocked a new achievement, having something for both of us addressed solely to me. 10/10 alumni relations, no notes
I popped it in the postage-paid envelope and sent it off. Friends, feminist screeds work. I don’t know what happened in that donor relations office the day they received that, but no department at that university has ever called me Mrs Matthew again. Everything comes to -
Ms to Mrs because men didn’t have a separate title to show whether they were married or not as if that were the most important thing about them. I concluded by saying that they weren’t getting a penny from me as long as this blatant disrespect and erasure continued. -
Started mailing me things without my actual name attached. I turned over the letter and wrote a feminist screed on the back saying that we were both alumni and my degree was not erased when I got married, that my name was not Mrs Matthew, and that I had never consented to change my title from -
Some years ago, the university noticed that two of its alumni had gotten married and changed me in their mailing system to Mrs Matthew Campbell. I was merely annoyed when university-wide donation appeals came to Dr and Mrs Matthew but I was incandescent with rage when my own department -
A letter from Emory University held over the address on the envelope by a woman’s thumb (wow, she needs a manicure) greets Allison and Matt while the envelope is addressed to Ms. Allison Campbell.
I received a padded envelope from the university Spouse and I graduated from addressed to Ms. Allison Campbell and was gratified as always because this reclamation of my own name actually took some work on my part. I was absolutely blown away when I opened it to find it was for both of us. (Cont’d)
"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"
It’s beautiful. When a friend group was having typical tween drama, the counselor (public school, so shared among several schools in the district) brought them in to facilitate healthy conflict resolution.
We have this in our child’s public elementary school (southern California). No letter grades, heavy focus on social-emotional development. Report cards let us know if she’s meeting grade level academic standards but focus on how kind and supportive she is. I agree, this should be everywhere.
Do they make oscars for weather reporting?
Love this for you
We have a loud and territorial scrub jay who thinks he’s the sheriff of our backyard when the crows or Cooper’s hawk come by!
Oh shit, wtf!
a microsoft word comment that begins, ominously, deservedly, "Now, let's talk about em dashes..."
my copyeditor holding my hand and looking me in the eyes like she's staging an intervention:
Did you know that the bees that need saving are NOT honeybees?
Honeybees are the dairy cows of bees. People brought them over from Europe to make us honey.
The problem with honeybees, esp in resource-limited ecosystems (like hey! cities!) is that they compete with our native bees for food.
Macro photograph of a dandelion seed head
The close I got to the dandelion, the more the bristles started looking like fireworks
#art #photography #flowers #macro
I love one-star reviews that make me immediately download the book
…and ordered!
Well, this review convinced me to buy it
Omg I just saw the tickets and it’s a 45th anniversary tour
it would be an excellent birthday present if you (a) preordered my upcoming queer cozy horror and (b) nominated last year's queer cozy fantasy for a Hugo (and also bought it)
more info under "books" on my website!
#ChaosChat
www.elizmanderson.com
a barn swallow trying to fit a large twig into the hole of a swallow box, and failing
the swallow looking towards the camera with the twig out of the side of its face, unsure what to do
the swallow looking at the camera with the twig, more directly
the swallow flying off
"uh ya i dont know it doesnt fit"
"what the hell"
"i dont know what to do with this thing"
"fuck this. i'm getting something else" 🪶
Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."
Once again.
In one four-day period in March 2025, engineers logged 205 maintenance calls. Sailors reported working up to 19-hour days to fix leaks and restore suction, with problems in a single head capable of disabling an entire section of the ship. Since 2023, the Navy has carried out at least 10 acid flushes, each costing about $400,000, though the procedure cannot be performed while the carrier is underway.
The sailors on the USS Gerald Ford who keep stuffing their t-shirts into the toilets so the bathrooms flood and the carrier can’t deploy to Iran should be awarded a collective Nobel Peace Prize
My Swiss-cheese memory, the gift that keeps on giving
I’ll forget I preordered it so it’ll be like a present to myself when it shows up in my ebook reader ❤️
Ofc now I’m like, ugh I only paid $2.99, that is not enough for a book, should have waited until the sale was over
Sold!
So it's a long shot, but due to getting a few sales this week, I'm only 3 book sales away from extending my double digit sales streak to 15. Can I sell 3 books in 24 hours?
SCI-FI WITH GIRLS KISSING
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