Mel Moorer🏳️‍🌈 she/they

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She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, The Offing, and more. MA/ABD in Geography https://linktr.ee/knownforms

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“sitting down on the job is unprofessional” rule created by people who sit down at professional jobs all day

especially in places where they don’t let you sit down on the job for… reasons. utter bullshit.

oh. I should probably be writing...

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i lost it all in a beach community, where it was lost is not all that clear to me

Beach Communityopen.spotify.com Listen to Beach Community on Spotify. Joyce Manor · Song · 2011.

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what is the piece about project 2025 that you’d like to read

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So many people just joined to ask me questions and I am so excited to answer them! I do so much research and reading that doesn’t make it into my words that nonetheless makes me really good at explaining why I know what I know. Sign up! Ask me things!

Frankly wish more people would subscribe to my Patreon just to ask questions, as the best test of a perspective is to process an issue in real time patreon.com/gothamgirlblue

Now is the time. The books you're reading? Essays? Articles? Short fiction? Poetry? Gas them up! We need to show all the love to the work we love.

We’ve returned to the olden days, when word-of-mouth was the only real way to advertise. As an author, if you enjoy a book, please: tell your friends. Your group chat, your sewing circle, your family WhatsApp, your work Slack, the voice channel of your MMORPG guild, anything.

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I don't get it when people point out that Project 2025 is "nothing new." Yes, obviously, right-wingers have been fanatics for decades. They were blowing up abortion clinics and shooting doctors when I was a kid. But, as you may have noticed, their political vision has kind of been coming together.

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Angel Reese broke Candace Parker's record for most consecutive double-doubles on Sunday night

Angel Reese’s 13th Straight Double-Double Breaks WNBA All-Time Recorduproxx.com Angel Reese put up 17 points and 14 boards against the Storm to snap Candace Parker’s record for most consecutive double-doubles.

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There's that. There's also the framing of the entire "Left" (however loosely defined) as an enemy of the State. It is hard to overstate the importance of not just beating these people at the polls, but grinding their bones into dust. I mean, if we're going to get all Enemy of the State about it...

If you care about criminal system reform, Project 2025 would allow the DOJ to prosecute reform-minded district attorneys.

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“Historically, men made up the majority of those dying in the border desert. But in recent years, the balance has shifted. Increasingly, those dying are women.” — Jessica Kutz, @19thnews. 😰 bsky.social 19thnews.org/2024/07/wome...

Under increasing pressure to migrate, more women are dying at the US-Mexico border19thnews.org Historically, men made up the majority of those dying in the border desert. But the balance is shifting.

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Write those last two sentences across the sky so we never forget

getting blocked & unfollowed by people for being critical of a millionaire sex pest they happen to have liked is unsurprising, but also still disappointing. if you really want, you can still like the art someone awful made without caping for them. stop worshipping powerful men. it never ends well.

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“One of the strongest pieces of advice I could give people who are detained by the police is never talk with them.”

How to Legally Punch a Nazi, According to an Attorneywww.inverse.com Swing responsibly.

Okay. I love Arlo Parks/Phoebe Bridgers Pegasus. It never fails to make me feel better.

Pegasus (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) by Arlo Parks on Apple Musicmusic.apple.com Song · 2023 · Duration 3:06

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Today's GOP: let kids starve.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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imo there is no being late to this party, there is only keeping the door open to get more people in until we've taken over the block for a week

It's 6pm. I'm still in my pajamas and have done nothing but read The Saint of Bright Doors today. It's unputdownable in a way I haven't experienced before and I love everything about it. (I am late to the party, I know.)

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Horrifying the web of complicity and failure to protect, or even consider, Andrea Skinner. Parents and step-parents obviously, but consider this Munro biographer who just decided to ignore her letters.

Simply no words. My heart breaks for Andrea Skinner. Well done to the Toronto Star for publishing this. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

How to Legally Punch a Nazi, According to an Attorneywww.inverse.com Swing responsibly.

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Gift article. Anyone can read. This is what the MAGA / red states want to go back to. This won't go well for anyone. At all. Polio anyone?

Isolation, extreme fatigue, lingering misery: What it’s like to survive measleswapo.st Measles is back, after vaccination largely eliminated it from the United States. Survivors describe having one of the most contagious diseases on Earth.

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As a person who has visited Paris twice, here’s my expert opinion on the French elections (1/64)

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who's coming to alameda for @maggietokudahall.bsky.social's book release party this weds? www.booksinc.net/event/maggie...

MAGGIE TOKUDA-HALL at Books Inc. Alamedawww.booksinc.net Books Inc. Alameda welcomes local author Maggie Tokuda-Hall to celebrate her latest genre-defying graphic novel THE WORST RONIN with fellow graphic novelist Thien Pham! Buy Tickets on Eventbrite

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I just read an article that said "Why is it taking so long for your favorite movies and tv series to air? Blame the writers and actor strikes" No I won't. I'm blaming that ✨single✨ motherfucker at the studio who makes $250 million dollars a year who's one job is supposed to make this shit happen.

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In a future divided America, a lone bookstore straddles the border between two new nations. But it's getting harder to avoid choosing a side. My story "The Bookstore at the End of America" just got a beautiful audio adaptation from Cast of Wonders: www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast...

Cast of Wonders 593: The Bookstore at the End of America | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org A bookshop on a hill. Two front doors, two walkways lined with blank slates and grass, two identical signs welcoming customers to the First and Last Page, and a great blue building in the middle…

Someone should have punched this fucking nazi.

Jordan Bardella: 'Dishonourable alliance' prevented victory

Jordan Bardella: 'Dishonourable alliance' prevented victorywww.bbc.com National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella, who'd hoping to be France's next PM, reacts to the result.

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Cry bullies in action

Jordan Bardella: 'Dishonourable alliance' prevented victory

Jordan Bardella: 'Dishonourable alliance' prevented victorywww.bbc.com National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella, who'd hoping to be France's next PM, reacts to the result.

Universal healthcare Free Palestine Unfuck SCOTUS Basic Minimum Income Free Public Transportation TAX THE FUCK OUT OF THE RICH

Notice France didn’t “reject identity” Didn’t bargain Didn’t deride concerns about imperialism Didn’t treat concerns about inequality as grudges didn’t say soft voice bullshit Protect immigrants Feed babies TAX THE RICH

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Since social media has become hostile to people promoting their work, I'm probably going to return to posting a LOT about the books and essays and articles and poems and short fiction and flash fiction... I am reading and love. Which is a LOT.

"But you’re autistic and you know better. Societal norms don’t blindfold you. You’re aro ace and don’t get blinded by crushes or lust. You can appraise him. See through the human skin to the snake underneath, and offer a small smile. Anything less places you in danger."

In case you're wondering what a modern Cassandra would look like, she's definitely queer and autistic. I wrote a flash about it that's up at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social! #flash #flashfiction www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...

In the Modern Retelling of Cassandra, You're Autistic — Cotton Xenomorphwww.cottonxenomorph.com

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In the Modern Retelling of Cassandra, You're Autistic — Cotton Xenomorphwww.cottonxenomorph.com

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If you’ve gotten so hopeless that hearing about other people having hope is personally offensive to you, maybe grab a nap for a few months, I don’t think we need you on the frontlines. And you probably need a break.